Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 598 He Zhu Cihong is not far from death
Ruan Dayue slapped his hand on the table angrily: "If I knew it earlier, I should have been tougher on these old stubborn people! Now it's a good time to leave this difficult problem to His Majesty, but in the end, King Hui Zhu Cihong seized the opportunity. Who cares?" If you don't come out, this is His Majesty's reward for his ability to subdue the scholar-bureaucrats!"

"You should call him His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now, not King Hui Zhu Cihong. Pay attention to your words."

Ma Shiying said with a sneer.

Ruan Dayue was furious: "Don't be awkward! We won't really want to change the family and put a smile on Zhu Cihong, will we?"

"If you put a smile on your face, they will accept it!"

Ma Shiying waved his hand: "However, you are right, the old man made a mistake, and it is indeed not the fault of being too tough. These scholar-bureaucrats, he, Zhu Cihong, comforted and promised to make them submit. If I really use the butcher's knife , they also yield;
From now on, the old man will not only continue to fight with him, Zhu Cilang, but also fight harder. The new policy will continue to be implemented more vigorously. This is not for the sake of His Majesty, but also for the purpose of making the factory owners live better and get rich, so that the court can fight wars better. , Those officials who took the lead in resisting slavery were all detained and detained in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs on the grounds of resisting the New Deal and obstructing the imperial government's decree. The cabinet wrote to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Zhengchao Gang! "

"Uncle Kai Luo who took the lead in resisting is Zhu Cihong's father-in-law. If you really kill him, you will break with Zhu Cihong completely. Don't forget, he is now the prince," Ruan Dayue reminded.

"Do you think he can really be the crown prince in the long run? Others don't know, but I, Ma Shiying, don't know if he will succeed? He promised those gentry that he would restore the old government when he became emperor in the future, and even abolished the Grand Marshal's Mansion and implemented the text The strategy of unifying the military, otherwise, do you think that his status as the eldest son can really make so many ministers support him? And the ministers all know that His Majesty is very dissatisfied with Zhu Cihong!"

Ma Shiying patted Ruan Dayue as he spoke: "Brother, you still haven't seen it clearly. It's not a matter of choosing which prince to be the emperor. It's a matter of how the Ming Dynasty will go. They support Zhu Cihong, who has established himself as the prince. To support the old government is to oppose His Majesty, His Majesty knows better than us, and has a bigger plan than us, His Majesty is waiting to catch them all."

"According to what you say, once Zhu Cihong becomes the crown prince, these people will not be far from death?" Ruan Dayue asked.

"Exactly! But this is also a lesson His Majesty taught us. If we were tougher, we wouldn't be like this. Maybe Your Majesty would have done it long ago. Now His Majesty is probably waiting for our reaction. He Zhu Cihong became the prince. We There is no need to hide the matter with the second prince, you should immediately contact Prince Ding and ask him to find a way to get Xia Wanchun back to the capital!"

Ma Shiying said.

Ruan Dayue thought for a while and said, "Why did you let Xia Wanchun return to the capital? He is now the governor of the Northeast, controlling the military and political power in the Northeast, and even shouldering the heavy responsibility of exterminating the remnants of the Qing Dynasty. Do you think he can return to Beijing? He and Yan Yingyuan have been together In comparison, he was born as the number one scholar of the Ming Dynasty, he is not as good as a classic history, this is a thorn in his heart all the time, do you think he will put aside his important position as governor of the Northeast and return to Beijing?"

"But he is the only one who can let Xu Zhaohua leave the Prison of Rituals! Your Majesty doesn't know whether he believed in Buddha or was possessed by a Bodhisattva. He paid attention to human nature, or maybe it was for the sake of population growth that the eunuch system was banned. Let a woman preside over the inner court, but there are not many women who can preside over the inner court now, so let Xu Zhaohua, the ceremonial supervisor who is involved with the prince's party, take charge of the inner court alone. Without her help, Zhu Cihong would not know about this official and His Majesty. discussion!"

"So Xu Zhaohua must be removed, but His Majesty is unwilling to admit that there is a problem with the policy of letting the female officer preside over the inner court. He will not let Xu Zhaohua out of the inner court easily. He can only let Xia Wanchun return to Beijing to marry Xu Zhaohua. The marriage contract was made by His Majesty himself back then. , Now when Xia Wanchun comes back, we help His Majesty make a promise, she Xu Zhaohua has no choice but to agree, and the old man dares to say that His Majesty will force her to agree! We will force her to agree!"

When Ma Shiying said this, Ruan Dayue understood what he meant: "I'm going to send a message to King Ding, but you are sure that King Ding can persuade Xia Wanchun to return to Beijing, if you want to let go of his post as governor, His Majesty must personally issue an order. "

"I don't care about this. If Prince Ding doesn't even have the means to let Xia Wanchun return to the capital, we won't worry so much about him. There are still a few princes, so it might be better to find someone younger."

Ma Shiying smiled coldly.

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Yongwang Zhu Cihuan was very unhappy here, and said to Hua Yuncheng: "Unexpectedly, my father agreed so easily to restore him as Zhu Cihong's crown prince. What can Zhu Cihong do? It must be 17 years before returning to Chongzhen!"

"He Zhu Cihong is not capable, but his status as the eldest son has made many gentry who are dissatisfied with the New Deal implemented by His Majesty since Chongzhen 17 years ago see the hope of restoring the ancestral system. As long as Zhu Cihong becomes the emperor, Confucian orthodoxy can continue. Existence has even returned to its previous status, which is why so many scholar-bureaucrats are willing to trade the current compromise for Zhu Cihong's crown prince! Because once Zhu Cihong ascends the throne, they have a reason to restore the old government!"

Hua Yuncheng said and said: "At the root of it, these talents don't care whether the current prince is wise or not, whoever allows them to enjoy the privileges like before is the emperor they support, so, His Royal Highness, if there is One day when Zhu Cihong is gone, you have to have the political philosophy of being an emperor, and it’s best to have the same philosophy as these officials, so that they can choose you to support you, which is better than giving gold and silver treasures.”

"This king understands what you mean. Zhu Cihong wins because the officials can see the hope of restoring the old government in him. If this is the case, I want them to know that Zhu Cihong is in him. They just see it. On the body, not only can you see but also see this king is such a proposition!"

Yongwang Zhu Cihuan laughed sinisterly after saying this: "But Zhu Cihong can't stay on the crown prince forever. The longer he stays, the more people will support him. I want to pull him down in advance, and let him There will be no redemption, and there will be no chance to stand up again."

"In this case, there is only one way, which is to encourage him to rebel, but do you think Zhu Cihong will do this?" Hua Yuncheng asked.

"Others may not, but I know Zhu Cihong very well. He is a soft-eared person and an idiot. Don't forget that I am his best third brother. Of course, I will not let him succeed. "

Yongwang Zhu Cihuan laughed.

(End of this chapter)