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

Chapter 184 The emperor granted marriage! Lawless! Burn Qianqing palace on fire!
Zhu Yijun, who realized something was wrong, first patted his precious son Zhu Changxun on the head and said, "Be good, let's play." Then he turned around and asked Chen Ju who was beside him.

"Chen Ju... why do you think I reinstated Zhang Jianxiu's official position? And... also reinstated Zhang Yunxiu's official position?"

Zhu Yijun didn't realize until this moment how confusing his previous confusing operations were.

After much back and forth, although he still did not rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng, he reinstated Zhang Juzheng's two sons and even gave Zhang Yunxiu a house!
Although based on the situation at the time, it seemed reasonable for him to do so, but in the end, when he thought about it again, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became!
Zhu Yijun even doubted whether he was crazy!

When Chen Ju heard this question, he didn't know how to answer it. In fact, compared to these two points, what puzzled Chen Ju the most was why the emperor suddenly asked Zhang Chonghui to read to the prince.

It would be troublesome to keep such a scourge, but sending him to the prince's side is not leading the prince to evil.

"Go back to the Emperor." Chen Ju could only reply: "Actually, it doesn't matter. This ancestral land belongs to you, the Emperor. You can just find an excuse and remove these two people from their positions."

"No! If I change my order day and night, what kind of person would I be!" Zhu Yijun rejected Chen Ju's proposal without any explanation, as if the things he had done before, changing his orders day and night, had never existed.

His Majesty the Emperor's decisive refusal made Chen Ju even more speechless. He couldn't be allowed to tell the truth, "Your Majesty, it's not the first time you changed your order in the morning and evening. It doesn't matter if you do it again," right?
Facts have proved that misfortunes never come singly.

Zhu Yijun was unhappy when Zhang Cheng arrived with two copies of the memorial.

As for the two ministers who wanted to resign, one was Shen Li and the other was Shen Yiguan.

……

But after all, he still read the memorial, and occasionally appointed new people to fill vacant official positions.

If the emperor grants a marriage, if you refuse, you will be disobeying the decree and will be punished by death.

"Your Majesty." Chen Ju advised carefully: "You are giving Zhang Yunxiu a house and a marriage. Are you going to give him too much advantage?"

Zhu Yijun knew that this was a test by Shen Yiguan, Shen Li, and their cronies to test who he, the emperor, would choose in the end and who he could not live without.

"From today on, any memorial regarding resignation or replacement of employees will be ignored! If they like to do it, they can do it! If they don't like to do it, just go home!"

While Zhu Yijun was cursing, he threw the two resignation letters to the ground and ordered:

But Chen Ju felt that there are thousands of ways to insert this eyeliner, so why does it have to be a marriage? Isn't this a benefit to the sinner?

Facts have proved that Zhu Yijun doesn't want to choose anyone. He is even so annoyed that he wants these two old guys to get out together!
"Resign, resign! Everyone tried their best to get into the cabinet, but once they got into the cabinet, they were clamoring to resign! When I think of the cabinet in the Ming Dynasty as a grass-roots team, they can come and leave whenever they want!"

The contents of these two memorials are the resignations of two ministers.

These people come and go, and it doesn't seem to make any difference to Zhu Yijun.

In the twenty-third year of Wanli, it is the first day of April.

Therefore, Zhang Yunxiu could only accept the imperial edict with gratitude and thank the emperor loudly for his grace.

After waking up, it was already dark. Zhu Yijun seemed to have received some inspiration from this sleep. As soon as he woke up, he said to Chen Ju:
"According to my will, Zhang Jianxiu will be transferred to Nanzhen Fusi first. In addition, Zhang Yunxiu is not young yet, but he is not married yet. You go and choose a 'reliable' family, and I will grant Zhang Yunxiu a marriage!"

Zhu Yijun, who had just realized that he had been tricked, was not in a good mood to begin with. After seeing these two resignations that came to add to the chaos, he was so angry that his teeth hurt.

Zhu Yijun was completely tired of this kind of 'changing people' all day long, and he even had the idea of ​​"just let the chaos continue like this".

When he was extremely angry, he even said loudly:
"As long as I, the emperor, are still here in the Ming Dynasty, even if there are no more officials, it will not be destroyed!"

In fact, Zhu Yijun's meaning is very obvious. He just wants to put a bright eyeliner around Zhang Yunxiu. It's so disgusting and disgusting to Zhang Yunxiu.

Unexpectedly, it was because of the Zhang family...

Facts have proved that sometimes escape is also a way.

In other words, Zhao Zhigao had to leave.

Especially these resignations and the promotion of colleagues.

However, from this moment on, Zhu Yijun really didn't want to deal with these nonsense anymore.

As if escaping from reality, Zhu Yijun hurriedly returned to his Qianqing Palace, as if he had returned to a safe house. Even though it was still broad daylight, he still fell asleep.

Therefore, in the current cabinet, only Shen Yiguan, Shen Li, and Zhu Geng, who had just joined the cabinet, were left.

Chen Ju also knew that whenever His Majesty encountered troubles, he would take a nap.

Now that the demon book incident has come to an end, Zhao Zhigao, the chief assistant, has become an inevitable victim in this struggle.

"Now that I have rewarded you, there is no reason to take it back. Why don't I reward you completely!"

The Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun had already agreed to Zhao Zhigao's request to become an official and let this "honest man" go home to retire.

After all, no matter who is replaced in the cabinet or who is replaced as his minister, he, the emperor, will always be the 'unified' 'enemy' of these civil servant groups.

……

Although this is a kind of escape mentality, after sleeping, maybe things will really get better?
……

Chen Ju was stunned for a moment when he heard these two instructions. He originally thought that the trouble that caused His Majesty the Emperor to fall asleep was caused by the resignation of the two ministers in the cabinet.

He knew very well that the real purpose of these two old guys was not to resign, but to force him, the emperor, to make a 'choice'.

Zhu Yijun was really angry this time. Over the years, although he did not go to court, he did not pay much attention to the appointment and dismissal of officials.

"What do you know?" Zhu Yijun seemed to be immersed in his own world, thinking to himself:

After all, what kind of eyeliner can be more irritating than a married woman who lives with her day and night and sleeps in the same bed?
……

On this not very auspicious day, Emperor Wanli's imperial edict granting marriage was delivered to Zhang Yunxiu's house without any warning.

After His Majesty the Emperor got so angry, he was no longer in the mood to play with his son anymore.

Chen Ju could actually understand why His Majesty the Emperor did this. He just wanted to find an informant to keep an eye on Zhang Yunxiu.

Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Cheng reported all Zhang Yunxiu's actions and actions when receiving the imperial edict to His Majesty the Emperor in detail.

"Oh? Not only did Zhang Yunxiu not show any displeasure, he even smiled happily?"

Zhu Yijun was still a little surprised. Although he knew that the emperor had granted him a marriage, Zhang Yunxiu did not dare to show it even if he was really dissatisfied.

But you must know that the woman he married to Zhang Yunxiu was Luo Sigong's cousin!
Wouldn't Zhang Yunxiu feel resentful if he had something to do with an enemy like Luo Sigong, who indirectly killed his own eldest brother?
With such a harsh response, wouldn't it be... a little bit out of character?
"Returning to the emperor." Zhang Cheng complimented: "After Zhang Yunxiu was a guilty minister, it was a great joy for him to be granted a marriage by the emperor and your father in person! Such a great good thing, he naturally smiled and said that it was their old Zhang It’s not an exaggeration to see smoke rising from our ancestral graves!”

Zhang Cheng naturally knew what His Majesty the Emperor was thinking. He even knew that Zhang Yunxiu's smile was all fake, but he didn't say anything.

Anyway, it had served its purpose of stymieing and monitoring Zhang Yunxiu. Zhu Yijun did not pay any more attention to this matter, and turned to ask about another matter, saying:

"Is Zhang Chonghui still pretending to be sick?"

"Go back to your Majesty." Zhang Cheng replied with some anxiety: "According to your instructions, I personally took the imperial physician to the Zhao Mansion to see Zhang Chonghui. But diseases like mental illness...even the imperial physician cannot diagnose... …”

Zhu Yijun sneered and said: "Oh, he really knows how to pretend to be sick, and he chose such a crazy disease to pretend to be that even a doctor can't diagnose!"

Yes, since Zhang Chonghui left the palace, he has been claiming to the public that he has not been mentally normal recently. Furthermore, he refused to go to the East Palace to study with him on the grounds that he was afraid that he would suddenly go crazy and hurt the prince.

Zhu Yijun knew that Zhang Chonghui was pretending to be sick to avoid it, but he still had nothing to do with Zhang Chonghui.

There was no way, what if Zhang Chonghui suddenly fell ill and injured the prince while he was studying in the East Palace?
The controversy over the emperor's desire to change the crown prince's position has just passed. At this juncture, if Zhang Chonghui really hurt the prince, what would the former ministers think?
The ministers will definitely say that His Majesty the Emperor ordered Zhang Chonghui to do this! The purpose is to kill the prince so that he can be replaced by a prince!

After all, everyone knows that Zhang Chonghui’s crown prince was conferred by Emperor Wanli himself!
Every time he thought about this, Zhu Yijun was so angry that his teeth ached, but now that the incident had just subsided, he had to wait.

And there was nothing wrong with waiting. If he could avoid the first day of the new year but not the fifteenth, he didn't believe that Zhang Chonghui could keep pretending to be sick!

Just when Zhu Yijun firmly believed that Zhang Chonghui was pretending to be ill, Zhang Cheng's voice suddenly sounded.

"Your Majesty, I saw Zhang Chonghui with my own eyes. He doesn't seem to be pretending to be ill." Zhang Cheng hesitated before saying:
"My slave looked at him with a bad expression. I heard that he was dreaming every night and couldn't sleep well. He also said..."

Zhu Yijun didn't believe that Zhang Chonghui was really sick, but he still asked: "What else did he say?" "He also said..." Zhang Cheng's tone became even more uneasy: "He also said... He didn't know why. , Recently I have been dreaming about you, Your Majesty, when you were a child..."

"Nervous!" Zhu Yijun hurriedly interrupted Zhang Cheng's 'alarmism' and said angrily for no reason:

"I will only give him one month. If he still dares to pretend to be sick and not go to the East Palace to study with him after one month, I will let him know what it means to be truly terminally ill!"

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Zhao Mansion.

The first time Zhang Yunxiu received the marriage gift, he rushed to Zhang Chonghui to discuss it.

"The emperor's grant of marriage is clearly to find someone to disgust me! The key point is that this person is Luo Sigong's cousin. This is really disgusting!"

Zhang Yunxiu really couldn't pretend anymore. When he thought about marrying his enemy's relative, he wished he could just shave his head and become a monk!

"Don't panic." Zhang Chonghui patted Zhang Yunxiu's back gently and comforted:
"If you don't like that woman, just marry her back and put her in the back house, and treat her like a guest.

Even though she was sent by the emperor to monitor you, she can only listen to you, the male master, after all.

As for Luo Sigong, it's even better. When he sees you in the future, he will have to call you cousin. Isn't that good? "

Although Zhang Chonghui's comfort was a bit of a joke, it was also true.

After all, the only place a boudoir woman can stay in all day long is the back house. How much can she monitor Zhang Yunxiu?
"I understand the truth, but I just..." Zhang Yunxiu was still very uncomfortable and said: "Although she lives alone in the back house, I always feel uncomfortable when there are such eyes behind me staring at me and monitoring me!"

"Ha..." Zhang Chonghui smiled tiredly: "That's wrong. Sometimes being monitored is safe, but being unsupervised like me is even more unsafe."

"Oh, yes, let's just monitor." Zhang Yunxiu could only accept his fate, but he quickly cheered up and comforted himself: "It just happens to remind me that revenge should never be forgotten!"

After cheering himself up, Zhang Yunxiu found that Zhang Chonghui yawned two more times. This was already the tenth yawn he had seen Zhang Chonghui yawn since he came in.

"You don't look very good. You don't have to pretend for so long just to show off to the emperor, right?" Zhang Yunxiu asked worriedly.

"Ah?" Zhang Chonghui was stunned for a moment, but he didn't explain anything. He turned to business and said:

"I have been pretending to be sick for so long, the emperor will definitely give me an ultimatum and force me to go to the East Palace as soon as possible.

But now everyone in the imperial court is fighting to the death. If I go to the East Palace at this time, they will definitely make a fuss about it.

So I had to do something to show the emperor, but I couldn't go to the East Palace in person. "

Zhang Yunxiu knew that there was something for him to do, so he hurriedly said: "Just say whatever you want, I will do it as long as I can do it, and I will try my best to do it if I can't."

With such a guarantee, Zhang Chonghui felt relieved.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Chonghui announced two arrangements and said:
"You go to Eunuch Chen Ju and ask him to find a way to help me get someone into the East Palace, but you can't let the prince know that this person is mine.

In addition, hasn't Uncle Zheng Guo been driven to the Taizu Imperial Mausoleum in Yingtian to guard the tomb? I'm sure he won't live in peace!

Find some reliable people and go..."

Time passed by minute by minute, and Zhang Chonghui finished his explanation.

After hearing this, Zhang Yunxiu's face was filled with confusion, but the first question he asked was: "Who do you want to send to the East Palace? Is it a woman? To use a beauty trap?"

"No." Zhang Chonghui shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Not a woman, but not a man either. He is... a godson whom I recognize."

"Ah?" Zhang Yunxiu was stunned: "When did you recognize your son?"

"How should I put it..." Zhang Chonghui replied: "It's a long story, but in short, just leave this matter to Chen Ju. As for yourself, remember not to get involved with this person. He is a scoundrel and will rely on others!"

"Why do you want to accept a scoundrel as your godson?" Zhang Yunxiu asked again: "Do you really want to be your father?"

"It's a long story, I can only help him find a job." Zhang Chonghui didn't want to say too much, he just said: "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that the less you know, the safer it is for you."

"Okay..." Zhang Yunxiu stopped asking, but he always felt a strange sense of familiarity in his heart.

"That's right." Zhang Chonghui suddenly remembered something and said again:

"One more thing, hasn't the Emperor granted you a marriage now? Since he has thought of granting you a marriage, his son's marriage must also be put on the agenda.

Just go to Gu Xiancheng and tell him this. As for the rest, it depends on how they use the topic. "

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Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yijun soon learned from Chen Ju that Zhang Chonghui had personally entered the East Palace.

"Put a eunuch in there?"

Zhu Yijun didn't quite understand why Zhang Chonghui did this, but he probably guessed that he wanted to show it to him, the emperor.

"You want to keep pretending to be sick after stuffing an eunuch in there?" Zhu Yijun didn't fall for the trick and said, "It's still one month. After one month, his illness must be cured!"

……

One month is coming, but Zhang Chonghui's illness is not cured yet.

Not only did his condition not improve, he even announced that it was getting worse.

Logically speaking, Zhu Yijun should send someone to force Zhang Chonghui from the Zhao Mansion to the East Palace to do business.

However, with all the recent events, Zhu Yijun had no time to distract himself from Zhang Chonghui.

First, the ministers of the court forced the emperor to arrange a marriage for the prince Zhu Changluo early, which was not difficult.

Zhu Yijun directly left the selection of the princess for the prince to the Ministry of Rites, and he himself felt at ease.

His Majesty the Emperor even chooses his daughter-in-law so casually, how could the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government tolerate this, when even someone is using this matter to make a fuss and impeach the Emperor, and at the same time they want to use this to eliminate dissidents.

Zhu Yijun had long been tired of this kind of "using the topic to play" method of excluding dissidents. He simply didn't even look at the memorials. He was out of sight and out of mind.

His Majesty the Emperor has become more and more Buddhist, but the party struggles in the previous dynasty have become increasingly fierce.

The Zhejiang Party and the Donglin Party were fighting fiercely, and the Qi Party, Chu Party and others were not to be outdone.

Today you scold me, and tomorrow I will scold you. Although the emperor did not even read these impeachment memorials, but this still does not prevent them from continuing to quarrel!
Over time, these people also discovered that something was wrong.

Without the emperor's statement, what's the point of them quarreling like this?

After all, their purpose is to get the enemy out of the way, occupy the court themselves, and have another so-called "all the people in the court"!
But now His Majesty the Emperor doesn't even bother to replace people, let alone dismiss them!

After realizing that all this was in vain, someone finally couldn't sit still!

What? Your Majesty the Emperor doesn't care?
Yes, but you can’t just ignore everything, right?

……

In the twenty-third year of Wanli, it was night on April 24th.

I don’t know where the evil fire came from, but it actually lit up the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace of the emperor and empress one after another in the middle of the night!

The fire was so big that although there were no casualties, it was because the fire was not put out in time enough that it burned both Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace into ruins!
Looking at the ruins in front of him that were burned beyond recognition, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was at a loss...

The Emperor's Qianqing Palace, the safe house he always thought was burned down...

Only now did Zhu Yijun know how fragile his emperor's life was...

It was not until this moment that Emperor Wanli truly realized how lawless his ministers were!

(End of this chapter)