I am the carpenter king

When Princess Hepu left, Wei Chao said flatteringly: "Your Majesty really loves the princess so much that he can set an example for the world."

Ignoring Wei Chao's flattering words, Emperor Taichang frowned and asked: "Don't talk about these things I told you, how are you doing?

Nodding vigorously, Wei Chao said cautiously: "Return to Your Majesty, it's done."

"Very well, what about those who are leaning towards the empress dowager?" Emperor Tianqi stared at Wei Chao closely and asked with a stern face.

"Those servants have already sorted it out. Does Your Majesty want to have a look?" Wei Chao said and took out a booklet, and raised his hands.

"No need, you are in charge of these people." Emperor Tianqi waved his hand, he didn't care about these things.The only thing I care about is Li Xuanshi, as long as I pull out her minions.As for those who went to the empress dowager to prepare for retirement, I naturally wouldn't ask too much.

One day before, Tianqi issued an order to the Wei Dynasty. In addition to strictly inspecting and cleaning the palace, he also secretly killed the eunuchs and maids who were loyal to Li Xuan.Since Wei Chao said so at this time, it seems that the task has been completed.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go to court." An old eunuch came to Emperor Tianqi's side and whispered to Emperor Tianqi.This eunuch is called Chen Hong, who was just selected by Dongchang to serve Emperor Tianqi, or he was hand-picked by Emperor Tianqi himself.There is no special reason, because this Chen Hong is a master.

In later generations, countless novels, movies and TV shows have mentioned some masters, and there is even the peerless "Sunflower Treasure".Two days ago, Emperor Tianqi suddenly remembered this matter, so he asked Wang An for a question.

Unexpectedly, this Chen Hong was the eunuch with the highest martial arts in the palace, and he practiced hard qigong, eagle claw skill and iron sand palm.Although he was disappointed that there was no martial arts secret book like "Sunflower Treasure", Tian Qi was already very happy to find such a person.So I dropped him to my side, not only to protect my own safety, but also to learn a few tricks from him.

This Chen Hong was a poor family back then. He was only six years old and passed out on the side of the road. Unexpectedly, he became a eunuch after waking up.Although he was furious, he had no choice but to enter the palace.

After coming to the palace, I had a lot of time to practice my Kung Fu at home.Because there are many martial arts classics in the palace, this practice lasted for 40 years, and naturally the kung fu has been practiced to an unfathomable depth.

Emperor Tianqi has seen it with his own eyes. This Chen Hong can punch a hole in the wall with one palm. If he hits someone, there will be only one end.Fortunately, after decades of time, this Chen Hong's loyalty to the emperor has become almost like that of a cultist, otherwise Emperor Tianqi would really not dare to use it.

Glancing at Chen Hong, he nodded lightly. Although he didn't want to go, there was nothing he could do. After all, it had been three days, and he was a little embarrassed not to go to court just after he ascended the throne.

When he came to Qianqing Palace, all the ministers were already waiting here, looking at the ministers kneeling below, Emperor Tianqi still felt a burst of excitement in his heart.

"There is an early performance, and there is no reason to retreat." Following Chen Hong's shout, the morning court began, but soon Emperor Tianqi's good mood for the first morning court was actually gone.

Countless trivial matters and countless troubles were all directed at Emperor Tianqi, and finally his eyes fell on Fang Congzhe, the chief minister of the cabinet.At this time, Emperor Tianqi already felt that something was wrong, what happened to these guys?These trivial matters should not be discussed here, they should be handled by the cabinet scholars and then approved by themselves.As for going to court every day, some big things are discussed, but what's going on now?

Looking at Fang Congzhe, the old god below, Emperor Tianqi suddenly felt strange in his heart, what is this going to do?

Suddenly Emperor Tianqi remembered an excerpt from yesterday, which was on Zuo Guangdou, and only then did he understand what was going on.These days, I have been busy rectifying the affairs of the palace, but I forgot a very important thing, that is, meritorious deeds and rewards.For those who helped me ascend to the position of emperor, it is natural to reward them and let them get what they want.

"These matters will be handled by the cabinet! I have just been enthroned, and many things are still unclear. But there is one thing I understand, that is, those who make meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and those who have done wrong will be punished. The cabinet will come up with a charter as soon as possible. , rewards and punishments for merits and demerits, and then send them out as soon as possible." Seeing the ministers below obediently shut their mouths, the Emperor Tianqi knew what he said and said that they were upset, annoyed himself with these trivial matters, just wanted to go back and read the book.I believe that Zuo Guangdou is not the only one who has accepted the reward booklet, but Emperor Tianqi hasn't read it yet.

Time passed slowly like this, and three days later, the cabinet came up with a reward charter, which should be a reward charter.In this one-off incident, the ministers basically all contributed, after all, it was the one who committed suicide.

Gently knocking on the table, watching the booklet in front of him meditating quietly, the rewards on the booklet are only a dozen or so people.The number is quite appropriate, but Emperor Tianqi is a little dissatisfied with these people.I can't help but slowly fell into contemplation. When it comes to the end of the Ming Dynasty and the first dynasty of the Apocalypse, there is only one thing that is most famous and that is party struggle.

Because of Yang Lian's contribution in the case of moving the palace, Emperor Tianqi began to favor the Donglin Party, and revived all the Donglin Party that had been demoted in the late Wanli period.As Ye Zhigao, the leader of the Donglin Party, became the first minister of the cabinet, the Donglin Party basically controlled the court.The Qi, Zhejiang and Chu parties, which were originally fighting with the Donglin party, fell into a passive position as a whole because of Fang Congzhe's departure.This led to the fact that the Qi, Zhejiang and Chu parties took refuge in Wei Zhongxian and became the eunuch party.

In the ensuing struggle, the Donglin Party failed to fight against the Eunuch Party in the end. Facing the death of Yang Lian and the other seven gentlemen, the Donglin Party was completely defeated.But when Chongzhen ascended the throne, the Donglin Party once again started the road to power. These Donglin Party who talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality made Chongzhen believe that all officials in the world read the books of sages and are good officials who are not corrupt.

But when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, what were these ministers doing?They surrendered, collaborated with the enemy, and betrayed their country.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, party disputes almost became the main thing in the court. It is more appropriate to say that it was a dispute over ruling opinions, but in fact it was a dispute over local interests.

The Donglin Party represented the interests of the big landlords and businessmen in the southeast. Most of these people were local tyrants. They annexed land, smuggled, and traded by sea.It can be said that every family is very rich, but they always think about not paying taxes, so the Donglin Party advocates emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business every day, and hides wealth among the people.

In fact, the emperors of this era had a wrong understanding of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce. Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce did not mean emphasizing the collection of agricultural taxes, but collecting less or even no commercial taxes.These Donglin officials falsified this theory. According to them, agriculture is the main source of state taxation, and it needs to be taxed heavily, while merchants have a low status, so they need to collect less tax.