Saving the Ming Dynasty: I can exchange bodies with Chongzhen

Chapter 13: Luo Yangxing, a slave of three surnames

Zhu Changgan stared at the name.

Luo Yangxing.

Why did Zhu Changgan feel extremely insecure ever since he entered the palace, fearing that he might fall into the water at any time?
Because Chongzhen had no soldiers at his disposal when he died.

How can he feel safe when even the private armies directly under the emperor, such as the Western Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, are not under his control?
Before fighting the outside world, you must first make peace with the inside.

After what happened in the Western Factory today, the civil service group should have been alerted.

The recovery of Jinyiwei's power has become urgent and inevitable.

Zhu Changgan wanted to take action against Luo Yangxing because of this kind of person.

To be honest,
Luo Yangxing is far from being comparable to Wang Zhixin.

Wang Zhixin was born a eunuch and has no background at all.

But the nature of the camels is different.
Luo Yangxing came from a noble family in the Ming Dynasty.

His ancestors had served the emperor because of their military merits, and his great-grandfather had served in the Embroidered Uniform Guard since his great-grandfather Luo An served as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Besides, his maternal grandfather, Zhao Mengyou, also served as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard during the Wanli period, and his father, Luo Sigong, was the tutor of the youngest prince and the prince's tutor, the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and the left governor of the Left Army Governor's Office.

Let’s talk about his father, Luo Sigong.

Known as the commander in the war.

During Luo Sigong's tenure, major wars broke out in the Ming Dynasty, namely the three major expeditions of the Wanli period.

For this reason, the main responsibility of the Jinyiwei shifted to foreign warfare.

They participated in spying, transmitting information and even directly participated in combat, and made great contributions.

Luo Sigong was in charge of the guard department from the 10th year of Wanli to the 4th year of Tianqi, a total of 42 years, and he was the department that made the greatest contribution to the emperor's three major expeditions.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, which was last year, Luo Sigong died of illness. Chongzhen bestowed upon him the title of Taifu and buried him with many precious items.

This shows that the Luo family's family power and the deep-rooted Jinyiwei,

In the third year of the Tianqi reign, due to his father's achievements, Luo Yangxing was able to inherit the title of a hundred-householder of the Jinyiwei and enter the officialdom.

In the second year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to the position of Assistant Secretary of the Southern Pacification Division. Just at the beginning of this year, he was promoted to Assistant Governor-General and in charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. It can be said that his official career was smooth and his power was extremely heavy.

Luo Yangxing has a nickname: the money-making commander.

After the Jinyiwei fell into his hands, they did not play any role in the war like his father Luo Sigong.

Instead, it became his personal tool for making money, and it did nothing else except making huge amounts of money.

If he was just greedy for money and sincerely wanted to share the emperor's worries, Zhu Changgan might really not want to touch him for the time being.

But this man, who sits in such an important position, has deep ties with the civil servants.

The nature is completely different.

What's more, this guy is extremely ambitious. He often interferes in the court situation and participates in party struggles.

He pretended to obey the emperor's orders but actually disobeyed them.

There are two things.
One of them was the impeachment of Zhou Yanru by Donglin Party members Xiong Kaiyuan, Sheng Renxing and others.

At that time, Zhou Yanru had been in seclusion for seven years, and the people in power in the court were Wen Tihen's confidants.

Chongzhen was angry at Wen Tihen for stirring up factional strife.

So he ordered Luo Yangxing to arrest Xiong Kaiyuan and Jiang Cai, the Imperial Censor who also impeached Zhou Yanru, and put them in the Jinyiwei prison, and asked the Jinyiwei to investigate the mastermind behind them.

As a result, Luo Yangxing deliberately protected the two men and reported the interrogation results to the emperor the next day.

This result naturally did not satisfy Chongzhen, who demanded a strict interrogation to find out who was behind the incident.

He also ordered the eunuch to hold the emperor's imperial pen and ordered Luo Yangxing to execute the two men secretly.

But Luo Yangxing did not execute it immediately.

Instead, he went to the palace to meet the emperor and said, "If Xiong Kaiyuan and Jiang Cai deserve to die, then the emperor should issue a clear edict to let the world know about their crimes. If you send someone to execute them secretly, how will the people of the world and future generations view your majesty?"

Subsequently,

He also deliberately leaked the matter and used public opinion to put pressure on Emperor Chongzhen, so that the matter eventually came to nothing.

Another thing is that the later minister Wu Shen once submitted a memorial to the emperor, bluntly pointing out that the Jinyiwei had many bad policies and requested to clean up the redundant Jinyiwei.

Please dismiss the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

You know, the power of arrest is the foundation of the Jinyiwei, and this undoubtedly touched upon Luo Yangxing's fundamental interests.

Later, Wu Sheng lost power while suppressing the peasant uprising army, and was caught by Luo Yangxing, who framed him and sent him into exile.

Immediately afterwards, he and Wang Zhixin of the East Factory reported to Chongzhen what Zhou Yanru had done in lying about military intelligence, which led to Zhou Yanru being sentenced to death.

Later, he teamed up with Shi Jiang Gongchen and others to impeach Zhou Yanru's close friend Wu Changshi for corruption and embezzlement of huge amounts of money.

Finally, under the leadership of Luo Yangxing, Emperor Chongzhen not only personally interrogated Wu Changshi, but also personally ordered the torture and broke Wu Changshi's thigh. After the charges were confirmed, Wu Changshi was finally beheaded in public.

also,

It's just that Luo Yangxing's bones are too soft.

When Li Zicheng led a million peasant army into the capital, Chongzhen had no soldiers at all, so he had no choice but to let the eunuchs and Jinyiwei take over. Speaking of which, during the Chongzhen period, the Jinyiwei was said to have 15 soldiers. What were they doing before Chongzhen hanged himself?
Seeing that there were so many peasant soldiers, they offered almost no resistance and surrendered directly to Li Zicheng.

In a few days,
After Li Zicheng was defeated and the Qing government entered the pass, he surrendered to the Qing again.

He was ordered to be the governor of military affairs in Tianjin and other places, and suddenly became the first governor-general of the Qing Dynasty, and was given additional titles such as Prince Taifu and Left General.

A slave of three surnames!

From any perspective, Zhu Changgan had to get rid of Luo Yangxing.

Ok?
Zhu Changgan suddenly raised his head because footsteps were suddenly heard outside.

Zhu Changgan directly lit the paper on the table and spun it in the air a few times, so that even a corner would be burned through.

Turned into ashes and fell to the ground.

"Prince!" A graceful and gentle maid came in carrying foot washing water.

"Oh, Hongtao, come in." Zhu Changgan looked at the woman. She was beautiful and graceful, like a girl from a secluded boudoir. She was dignified and not vulgar, and even the corner of her skirt was not messy.

It’s indeed a wealthy family, even the maids are so pretty.

"Hongtao, how old are you?"

"I am 16 now."

"Oh, you're already 16? Come, let the prince check you." Zhu Changgan stretched out his hand, but the maid dodged with a blushing face.

"Prince, the princess said that anyone who dares to climb into your bed will be beaten to death and thrown into a dry well."

"No, no, no, we can just stand here."

The maid was stunned for a moment, and finally understood. The blush on her face instantly turned as dark as ink, spreading from her cheeks to her neck. A warm and sweet breath emanated from her, and she ran away in panic.

"Tsk... this natural woman is still the best!"

real stuff.

She will blush at your glance and be devoted to you just because of your words.

Unlike later generations,

She wears heavy makeup and would rather tear her skirt or break her waist outside than go home and cook a meal when she goes out for a day.

If you dare to say anything, you will be told: "If you can live with it, live with it. If you can't, leave it."

……

Within the palace,

“I paid for it.”

"Yes, our family paid for it."

Uncle Jiading and his son finally left. They supported each other as they walked, and before leaving, they did not forget to take away three elbows.

Chongzhen was so angry that his lungs almost exploded, "Wang Chengen, go to Concubine Tian."

"Your Majesty..." Queen Zhou was so ashamed that she wished there was a crack in the ground so she could fall into it.

At this moment,
A eunuch came to report, "Your Majesty, the eunuchs Wang Yongzuo, Wang Dehua, Cao Huachun and others request an audience with you."

"Oh, let's go to the Qianqing Palace!" After Chongzhen said this, he wanted to get up and prepare to meet his eunuchs.

But after walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered what Zhu Changgan said, his face changed, and he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let them go back. If there is anything, come and see them after the morning court tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The eunuchs could actually wait outside the door directly, but today's matter concerned state affairs, so they specially asked the eunuch to go in and ask a question.

quickly,

The eunuch came out.

Cao Huachun grabbed the young eunuch and said, "Goudan, what did the emperor say?"

"Godfather, His Majesty originally wanted to see you, but then he came and said forget it today and asked you to come after the morning court tomorrow."

"..." Cao Huachun was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes kept flickering.

The eunuchs Wang Yongzuo and Wang Dehua also looked surprised and suspicious.

"What does your majesty mean?"

"Your Majesty will not attack us as well, will he?"

He was fine during the court meeting today, but he fell down as soon as Wang Zhixin said so, and almost all of his close associates were hacked to death.

All the eunuchs were trembling with fear and ran to the residences of Cao Huachun, Wang Yongzuo and Wang Dehua to cry and complain, with their foreheads bruised.

Wang Yongzuo and Wang Dehua were really undecided, so they asked Cao Huachun to come along and find out the truth.

But the emperor doesn't even see them. What does that mean?
"It's over." The eunuch Wang Yongzuo's Adam's apple rolled, and his legs felt weak as he sat down on the ground. "Is it really as Luo Yangxing said, that the emperor is going to take action against us?"

Cao Huachun was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Wang Yongzuo, "Why did Luo Yangxing come to find you?"

　I have something to do today, so I wrote less.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)