Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 182: In the Ming Dynasty, there is no moon and no sun!
Gu Xiancheng looked like he was crazy. He was shaking Zhang Chonghui with all his strength, and spoke one sentence after another, all of which were treasonous and unethical!

"Nowadays, there are constant internal strife in the court, and everyone only thinks about the interests of their respective parties!

The emperor is acting like a child having a tantrum again! Sitting in the harem all day without going to court, let alone doing things!

Do you know how long the cabinet documents have been pending but no one has voted for them?
Do you know how many officials there are in the six departments of the capital now combined?
Do you know how many poor people were exploited by the mine supervisors sent by the emperor to mine in various places to make money?
Do you know how much stipends the vassal kings receive from the imperial court every year, and how much taxes they do not have to pay?

Chonghui, haven’t you seen through it yet? The Ming Dynasty has long been rotten to the core, and now it is in twilight!
The national destiny of the Ming Dynasty has come to an end! The strength of the Ming Dynasty is about to be completely exhausted! "

Gu Xiancheng was shouting hysterically. With his shouts and accusations, those who didn't know thought he was a man who served the country, the people, and the world.

"So?" Zhang Chonghui pulled away the frantic Gu Xiancheng and asked:

"You have said so much, and then what? Do you want me to praise you for your ability to judge the situation? The royal family does nothing, but are you, the Donglin Party, a good man and a believer in women?

Are you saying that the Ming Dynasty is about to run out? Let me ask you, what is qi number? Why did Ming Dynasty’s energy run out? As long as the common people have something to eat! Will the Ming Dynasty be exhausted? "

Seeing that Zhang Chonghui's attitude was still unclear, Gu Xiancheng immediately changed his strategy and changed the topic:
"Ha, you don't think that by consuming Japan's national power in advance, you can avoid the major foreign troubles of Toyotomi Hideyoshi? You are too naive!

Seeing Zhang Chonghui's expression becoming more and more impatient, Gu Xiancheng hurriedly said to reassure him:

Not to mention Emperor Yingzong. If it weren't for Yu Qian's strong advice, who in the whole court would be willing to welcome Yingzong back from Oara?

"To be honest, I actually understand your approach, but I don't understand your thoughts." Zhang Chonghui said:

Zhang Chonghui just wanted to see what this person wanted to say and do!
At this time, Gu Xiancheng also saw that Zhang Chonghui simply couldn't listen to what he said.

Gu Xiancheng, who knew that his efforts were fruitless, was too lazy to rack his brains to persuade the other party.

The country is at war every year, there are disasters and famines every year, and all provinces and regions need funding from the court every year!
But how much money does the national treasury still have in reserve? You don’t think that the Ming Dynasty can undergo another restructuring and another ZTE, right?

'He' has completely given up the struggle, and is also prepared to 'add fire' to this already chaotic situation at some point, and simply end it all!
for what? He doesn't know, he only knows:
"Well, no matter how hard we survive, what can we do to continue the Ming Dynasty? It only takes a hundred years to change dynasties...

"Chonghui, I treat you as a confidant, so I dare to say these treacherous words to you. I know you don't like to hear these, but I still want to say it!
Everyone in the world knows that the emperors of the Zhu family are ruthless and unjust, starting from Emperor Taizu Gao to the current emperor!
Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang played an important role in helping Emperor Taizu found the country, but what happened to them in the end?
In order to protect the capital, Yu Qian and Yu Shaobao supported Emperor Jingtai on the throne against all odds, but wasn't Emperor Jingtai still afraid of Yu Qian?
When Emperor Yingzong was re-established, the first person Emperor Jingtai suspected was not his brother, but Yu Qian, who supported him in the throne, who had rebelled!

"So?" Zhang Chonghui looked at Gu Xiancheng and asked, "Are you anxious to change your master to another emperor and change into an official robe to kowtow to the new master?"

Gu Xiancheng suddenly slowed down as he spoke, seeming to realize that he had just been a little impatient. He then softened, put on his usual smiling face again, and said bewitchingly:

"What else?" Gu Xiancheng said with a bitter smile: "For hundreds of thousands of years, no matter what dynasty was at its peak of national power, it eventually perished due to the inaction of the fatuous emperor, and because the royal family and officials at all levels of the court preyed on the common people and occupied fertile land. It has been like this for thousands of years..."

"You said the Ming Dynasty should die, and then what? Change the dynasty, change the emperor's surname to rule the world, change someone to call my emperor long live the emperor? And then continue the reincarnation, this unchanging law for thousands of years?"

But after Emperor Yingzong was restored, how did he treat Yu Qian? Make a decision! besides……"

"Then what?" Zhang Chonghui looked at Gu Xiancheng expressionlessly. He knew that the other person was trying to brainwash him.

After the Ming Dynasty died, it died. To start over with another dynasty, for us, it is just a change of emperor and shouting "Long Live the Emperor"..."

This time, Gu Xiancheng didn't answer. He just lowered his eyes, as if he was thinking about something, and even more so, he seemed to be waiting for something.

The two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty stretch for tens of millions of miles. Even if there are no foreign invasions by barbarians, there are still countless internal worries!

Just like he knew that the Ming Dynasty was terminally ill and hopeless, so he simply gave up saving and struggling.

Gu Xiancheng seemed to want to talk about Zhang Juzheng, but the words were already on his lips and he swallowed them back.

"Okay, okay, I know you're impatient! Let's not talk about the far ones, let's just talk about the nearby ones, the nearby head office, right? Just talk about Zhang Ju... forget it, he doesn't have anything to say..."

A whip has squeezed all the blood out of the poor people at the bottom! The Ming Dynasty could no longer afford to change the system!
Now there is a fundamental problem with the Ming Dynasty! Unless there is a change of dynasty! Otherwise it would be impossible to solve it! "

Zhang Chonghui nodded and thought for a moment, then blurted out: "In the final analysis, the land is still unevenly distributed."

It was just a sentence that was blurted out, but it made Gu Xiancheng excited again and said in shock:

"Don't you want to re-measure the land?"

"Ah?" Zhang Chonghui was stunned for a moment, then quickly skipped this boring topic and said bluntly:
"Let your comrades stop forcing the emperor to issue edicts to punish yourself."

"Ha..." Gu Xiancheng laughed strangely: "Why should I listen to you?"

Zhang Chonghui knew very well that it was useless to negotiate conditions with people like Gu Xiancheng. It was better to threaten them directly, so he said directly:
"Now that my fourth uncle has been reinstated, he is now the second-in-command of the Jinyi Guards. And I have your handle. If I catch you, you are the culprits of the lightning strike on Jingdemen. It's just a matter of time."

"You are wrong." Gu Xiancheng smiled calmly: "Jingdemen was struck by lightning. It was really not us."

"What?" Zhang Chonghui looked puzzled and asked deliberately: "It wasn't your Donglin Party who did it, how could it be someone from Shen Yiguan?"

"No, no, no." Gu Xiancheng shook his head again. This time, he smiled maliciously: "Is it possible that this is God's will, that God wants to punish the emperor?"

Zhang Chonghui didn't answer anymore. He was waiting for Gu Xiancheng to continue talking.

Sure enough, I saw Gu Xiancheng put his hands behind his back very naturally, and while tapping the palm of his left hand rhythmically with the index finger of his right hand, he said:

"You don't know, right? Not long before lightning struck Jingde Gate, the emperor issued a decree to punish all the officials who had rehabilitated Zhang Juzheng with a full year's salary!

Do you, like the emperor, suspect that the lightning strike at Jingde Gate was man-made? Haha, I can’t say, what if this is the anger descended by Zhang Juzheng’s spirit from heaven? "

"Do you think I will believe it?" Zhang Chonghui was speechless. He thought Gu Xiancheng could say something, but it turned out to be such a joke.

Seeing that Zhang Chonghui was still so calm, Gu Xiancheng finally couldn't help it anymore. He approached Zhang Chonghui and looked at his face carefully, as if he wanted to see something through this young face.

Zhang Chonghui felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. After turning his face away for a moment, he said seriously:
"Through these several interviews, I have almost figured out the emperor's temperament through my conversations with the current emperor.

I found that he was as sensitive as a thin-skinned rebellious child, and he was also face-saving and unreasonably suspicious.

So... no matter how hard you try to force the emperor, I am sure that he will never do anything wrong.

Moreover, as you continue to force the emperor to issue edicts to punish yourself, many people have been dismissed and demoted, right?

By destroying your own future like this, you are simply using your own corpses to pave the way for Shen Yiguan’s Zhejiang Party! "Zhang Chonghui is really not trying to scare Gu Xiancheng. After all, there are not many Donglin Party members left in the court.

Although these people all had a good reputation as "not afraid of power", almost all of them were punished by Emperor Wanli.

Either he was exiled like Yuan Keli, or he was demoted, transferred to another company, or the lightest was slapped with a blackmail or a fine.

The main reason why Li Sancai and Ye Xianggao were urgently transferred back to Shuntian Mansion was because the Donglin Party was almost depleted.

These problems raised by Zhang Chonghui all existed in reality. However, in the face of this 'well-intentioned reminder', Gu Xiancheng acted as if he didn't hear it!
Gu Xiancheng was still staring closely at Zhang Chonghui's face. As Zhang Chonghui's words fell, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter!
"What are you looking at?" Zhang Chonghui was so uncomfortable being stared at that he finally couldn't help but ask, "Is there something on my face?"

"No..." The seriousness on Gu Xiancheng's face gradually turned into surprise. After staring for a while, he said:
"Zhang Taiyue, are you just pretending, or do you really not remember anything?"

Zhang Chonghui was already extremely uncomfortable being stared at. Now that he heard such an inappropriate question again, no matter how good his temper was, he couldn't help but become annoyed and blurted out:

"Gu Xiancheng, are you crazy! I'm talking to you about something serious, can you be more serious!"

It was just an impatient warning, but in Gu Xiancheng's eyes, this scene had a different meaning...

Seeing that Gu Xiancheng didn't say anything else, Zhang Chonghui just thought that this guy was trying to divert his attention, so he simply started talking:

"Gu Xiancheng, aren't you still thinking about creating glory again when the students in your academy are admitted to the imperial examinations?

You have said it yourself, the Ming Dynasty will fall within a hundred years, and by the time the students in your academy stand firm in the court, I am afraid that the country will be destroyed! "

Perhaps the words "subjugation" inspired Gu Xiancheng, and Zhang Chonghui finally pulled the other person's thoughts out of his "face".

"Let me tell you the truth." Gu Xiancheng rarely took off his usual disguise, looked calm, and said without hiding anything:
"It's not that I want to force the emperor to issue an edict to punish himself. He has been in power for so many years, and his right and wrong will be recorded in history books and judged by future generations.

But the demon book case has not yet been solved, and Jin Yiwei is arresting people everywhere for interrogation. If this continues, sooner or later they will be found on me.

I have no choice. Since I can't solve this problem, I might as well make things even more messy!
If I don't have a good time, the Emperor will never have a good time either! "

When Gu Xiancheng said the last sentence, there was a fierceness in his eyes that Zhang Chonghui had never seen before, with an unwillingness to resent!
Seeing that Gu Xiancheng was finally 'normal', Zhang Chonghui could have a serious conversation with him.

"I can help you." Zhang Chonghui suddenly slowed down his voice and said gently: "I have a way to help you settle the issue of the demon book."

"Haha..." Gu Xiancheng has completely stopped pretending. His eyes were full of coldness and he said with a sarcastic smile: "You still want to help me settle it? You can't even protect yourself, right?"

In response to this sarcasm, Zhang Chonghui smiled calmly and said:
"Why can't I protect myself? Look, not only have I come out fine now, I have also restored Zhang Jianxiu and Zhang Yunxiu to their official positions!

Oh, by the way, there is one thing I forgot to tell you. The Emperor also asked me to be a companion to His Highness the Crown Prince! "

"Hahaha..." Gu Xiancheng laughed again, this time he laughed even more sarcastically, and said coldly:
"It seems that you are willing to be the emperor's sword? No! Do you want to turn to the prince and kill the emperor instead?

No, Zhang... Chonghui, you don't really think that the prince is a good thing, do you? "

"I don't know if the prince is a good person or not." Zhang Chonghui looked indifferent and spread his hands and said: "Anyway, I, Zhang, am not a good person! No, you are not a good person either!"

As the words fell, the atmosphere fell silent for a moment.

Gu Xiancheng knew very well that although Zhang Chonghui didn't say it explicitly, he was clearly threatening him!
There was no way, who told him, Uncle Gu, to 'voluntarily' fall into the trap that the other party had dug long ago?
Realizing that all this might really be doomed, Gu Xiancheng once again showed his "too lazy to struggle" attitude.

I saw Gu Xiancheng put on the smiling mask of the past 'again' and asked:

"Tell me, what other conditions do you have?"

"Simple." Zhang Chonghui said directly without being verbose: "Let Yu Shenxing join the cabinet!"

As soon as Zhang Chonghui said these words, Gu Xiancheng shook his head as expected and said with a smile:

"It's not that I don't want to help you. How many times have the officials recommended Yu Shenxing to the cabinet? But every time, he was rejected by our petty emperor."

"You just recommend Yu Shenxing, and I will figure out the rest." Zhang Chonghui only said this.

"Okay." Gu Xiancheng agreed without saying a word, but in the blink of an eye, he smiled weirdly and said:
"Since I have promised to help you, you have to tell me what you want to do..."

"Don't ask questions yet." Zhang Chonghui raised his hand to interrupt the other party's unclear question and asked directly:

"I'm just curious. Since you already knew that I would plot against you, why are you still willing to fall into the trap?"

Regarding this question, Gu Xiancheng was silent for only a moment, and finally said with a silly smile:
"Yes, why? Is it possible, just like what is written in Wen Tianxiang's poem?
Step up to the Lioyang Palace to reach gold, but as soon as you fall off the cliff, you will be plunged into hell. Su Wu prefers to lie down in his cellar, but Liu Kun might as well sing in his prison.

I have seen the Yaksha face during my lifetime, and my death is due to my Bodhisattva heart. Thousands of miles away, no matter how close you are, who will get the sound of Guangling?

You ask me why? Because, who will get Guanglingyin... Because you and I are close friends...

Because...I am willing? "

Gu Xiancheng's expression became intoxicated again. He seemed to have drunk several jars of wine in an instant. He no longer cared about the scabbed blood at the corner of his mouth and staggered to the window.

The moment I pushed open the window door, the biting spring cold rushed into my face!
The howling night wind carried fine pieces of icy rain, covering Gu Xiancheng's slightly weathered face.

However, he didn't seem to feel the cold.

"Look, there's no moon tonight!"

Gu Xiancheng raised his hand and pointed out the window, which was dark, starless and moonless, and even raindrops were falling.

It's like a young child showing off to adults, eager to prove something!
"Look, it...has no more days left..."

Gu Xiancheng was still 'showing off'. Showing off should be joyful, but instead he was 'showing off' to tears.

Looking at Gu Xiancheng's "drunk without wine, but drunk" appearance, Zhang Chonghui finally became suspicious and asked:
"Are you really Gu Xiancheng?"

(End of this chapter)