Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

three years later.

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Wu Shigong sat alone in the imperial study, silent.He has been sitting like this for over an hour.Ye Zhong, who was standing by the side, kept looking at Wu Shigong's face, only feeling chills all over his body.

I have been a king for a long time, and I have been the leader of the Runing Army for even longer.When Wu Shigong inadvertently exuded murderous aura, ordinary people really couldn't bear it.

In just a few days, it should be New Year's Day in the fifth year of Qiongyuan.Originally, this would be a festive day, and the Daping Dynasty planned to hold a grand celebration ceremony on the fifth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

And the current Daping Dynasty can really be called Guotai Minan.

Externally, after the conquest of Shengjing, the Manchu Qing had surrendered to the Daping Dynasty, and the Daping Army also conquered the tribes of Eastern Mongolia, solving the most troublesome Manchurian border violations for decades.The various Daping armies that went south also basically wiped out all the resistance forces, and in the first half of the fourth year of Qiongyuan, they completely wiped out the remaining tribes of the former Ming Dynasty entrenched in the southwest region, making the whole country a unified one.

Although the battle between the Daping Dynasty and the Western Mongolian tribes has started again, there have also been wars with Western countries at sea.But these are all overseas operations, which have no impact on the stability of the Daping Dynasty.Not to mention, the Daping Dynasty has become more and more dominant in these wars.

Internally, Wu Shigong has returned the power of prime minister to the court.The court organization of the Daping Dynasty was straightened out, and the government affairs of the court began to get on the right track.Especially through internal and external plunder, coupled with the reform of the currency system and tax system, the Daping Dynasty not only paid off the huge arrears, but also greatly increased its annual fiscal revenue.

And after years of war.People all over the world are determined, and Wu Shigong's prestige is also increasing day by day.In addition, the evaluation of officials in the Daping Dynasty was linked to the income of the people, and various places also vigorously developed production.People's lives are getting better and better.

But even under such a good situation, there is still a shadow, and that is the issue of Wu Shigong's succession.

Since the prince Xue Chenglin did not change his surname, a group of officials who had newly defected to the Daping Dynasty wanted to push Wu Chengying out of speculation.And behind them, the Supreme Emperor Wu Weizhong was supporting them.

And Prince Xue Chenglin is not alone.A large number of Xue family generals, their subordinates and students in the original Runing Army gathered around the Supreme Emperor Xue Lian and Xue Yongli, the head of the military officer, to escort the prince Xue Chenglin.

Although this undercurrent is raging.But the original Wu Shigong didn't care.He always thought that with his lofty prestige, the conflict would not develop to the point where it was out of control.

After all, Wu Shigong was a little indecisive.His love for his family made this conflict not only unresolved.Instead, it was because of Wu Shigong's ambiguous attitude.This makes the groups supporting Wu Chengying more and more daring.

What's even more ominous is that since the main support for the prince Xue Chenglin is the forces in the army, they have been fighting everywhere and are not in the court.However, important officials like Deng Qifan remained neutral on this matter, which greatly increased the arrogance of the civil servants in the court who supported Wu Chengying, and the conflict between the two forces was on the verge of breaking out.

And all this, Wu Shigong didn't know before.Or to be more precise.Just turn a blind eye and pretend to be an ostrich.But this National Day ceremony.The imperial court summoned the meritorious soldiers scattered all over the city to Beijing to hold a grand military parade, so the situation changed.

More than an hour ago, Li Zhu, the director of the Shanchuan Bureau, told Wu Shigong secretly: Many military officers who went to Beijing are rushing to the company, and they want to counterattack the civilian officials who support Wu Chengying.Of course, most of these officers are middle- and low-level, and most of them are young. They are mainly venting, and they have not formed any strict plan.

However, among these military officers, some radicals suggested that they should hold military admonitions, arrest Wu Chengying and officials who were close to Wu Chengying, and ask Wu Shigong to reassure that Xue Chenglin would never be replaced as the crown prince.

This immediately made Wu Shigong's hair stand on end.

So now Wu Shigong is trembling intermittently, this is both angry and a little scared.You know, it should be Xue Cunyi from the Military Intelligence Bureau who is responsible for monitoring the dynamics in the army, and Xue Cunyi should have heard the news first.Unexpectedly, it was Li Zhu from the Shanchuan Bureau who came to the secret concert first.However, considering that Xue Cunyi is also a member of the Xue family general, it is obvious why he concealed the news.

But that's not the main thing.The most important question now is - how should Wu Shigong deal with this problem?If only these young officers who are running around are arrested, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.But go further up?Not to mention the turmoil caused by too much involvement in the court, there may also be cases of father and son killing each other and husband and wife turning against each other.How could Wu Shigong not be upset by this?

Seeing that it was past lunch time, Wu Shigong was still sitting there, his expression fluctuating. Ye Zhong, who was at the side, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and asked in a low voice: "My lord! Should I pass on the meal?"

Wu Shigong's two sharp eyes immediately looked at Ye Zhong, and Ye Zhong took a big step back in fright.But before Ye Zhong recovered his breath, Wu Shigong suddenly stood up from his chair and ordered: "Wait a while! Call Da Shan, I haven't seen him for a long time. Wait a while Eat with him."

"Yes!"

Seeing Ye Zhong running to the door of the imperial study and summoning a young eunuch, Wu Shigong muttered to himself, "Let's get everything together today!"

Without much effort, Quan Dashan ran to the palace.This time he is also going to Beijing to report on his duties, and he was attending a banquet with some military colleagues just now.But when he heard Wu Shigong's call, he hurriedly left the banquet and came to see Wu Shigong immediately.

But as soon as he entered the imperial study room, Quan Dashan was taken aback.Wu Shigong was not alone in the imperial study room, there were more than a dozen palace guards dressed as military officers in the study room, and Wu Shigong was sitting on a chair wiping a sword.

Seeing Quan Dashan coming, Wu Shigong put the sword into the scabbard.Then he smiled at Quan Dashan and asked, "Dashan! Can I still trust you?"

Upon hearing this, Quan Dashan fell to his knees in fright.While kowtowing again and again, he said, "Your Majesty! The final general is willing to put his heart and soul to the ground for the Emperor.!"

"Okay! Get up!" Wu Shigong said to Quan Dashan with a smile.

Seeing Quan Dashan stand up, Wu Shigong suddenly threw the sword to Quan Dashan who was undecided, and then said: "This sword is the Longquan Sword of the tribute, and I will give it to you. Dashan! I will let Ye Zhong will accompany you, and let these children also accompany you. First, go to Wei Feng to pass the decree, take away the post of guard commander, and you will take over!"

"Ah!?" Quan Dashan immediately exclaimed. (To be continued..)