"Them?""
Who are they?"
Qianqing Palace.The bitter north wind knocked on the Zhumen, and the dim white light gradually disappeared into the black clouds.Zhu Youxiao looked at the candlelight that had been lit, and asked Wei Zhongxian with a cold face.Wei Zhongxian prostrate on the ground, his face flushed, and replied tremblingly: "The slave doesn't know, the original words of the eyeliner Moyu report placed by Fang Shihong in Dongchang are like this!"
”Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian, who was wearing a big red robe on the ground, and said: "They are obviously threatening Fang Congzhe, but they are actually threatening me!"
Next, we must let Dongchang make every effort to ensure the safety of Fang Congzhe and the people related to him, and find out who kidnapped Fang Shihong as soon as possible!
In addition, immediately tell the people who are planted next to Fang Congzhe and do their best to prevent Fang Congzhe from committing suicide!
”"Slave obeys!"
Wei Zhongxian replied.Next, Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian to retreat.But Zhu Youxiao himself had no intention of continuing to watch the music, he still stayed aside, thinking about countermeasures.Zhu Youxiao knew that the Donglin Party was not strictly speaking a party like that of later generations, but just a group of civilian officials with common interests and political demands.And after the emperor's severe crackdown on the civil officials of the Donglin Party, it will definitely cause the power of the Donglin Party to be greatly reduced, and many civil officials will automatically fade the Donglin color on their bodies.However, Zhu Youxiao also knew that this did not mean that many civil officials in the civil official group were willingly driven by the emperor because of this, nor did it mean that all civil officials did not dare to get close to the group of civil officials who lectured at Donglin Academy, that is, the civil officials of the Donglin Party.Because in Zhu Youxiao's view, the civil officials and gentry who control most of the wealth of society must pursue political power and will not be willing to be controlled by the emperor.Zhu Youxiao knew that this was not a problem that could be solved by relying on him, the emperor, to be stronger.Although he killed a number of civil officials, it did not prevent some of the powerful gentry behind the civil officials from wanting to fight against the essence of the imperial power manipulating the emperor.And now Fang Congzhe's son Fang Shihong has been kidnapped, and Fang Congzhe is threatened, which is obviously the reaction of these civil officials and the powerful gentry behind them to Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, after killing a large number of civil officials this time.After all, if they directly attack Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, the probability of success is too low, and the price after defeat is also very large, and because the emperor is both the person they want to fight against and the guarantor of their privileges, they can only retreat to the second place, and attack the civil official who listens too much to the emperor, that is, Fang Congzhe.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao said that these civil officials were actually threatening him.Zhu Youxiao had to admit that the reason why the first assistants in the late Ming Dynasty were more useless than one did not be entirely to blame for the first assistants, but the nature of this era determined that most of the powerful gentry did not like strong first assistants, just as they did not like strong emperors.After all, these civil officials prefer to manipulate the emperor or manipulate Shoufu to become their own agent."
Emperor, Yuanfu asked to see you now, do you want to see Xuan or not?"
At this time, Liu Ruoyu walked in quickly and asked Zhu Youxiao.And Zhu Youxiao raised his eyes as deep as a black pool and nodded.Not long after, Fang Congzhe walked in, holding the notebook in both hands, his breathing was slightly short, and as soon as he came to Zhu Youxiao, he fell directly to the ground, and because he was too anxious to kneel, he fell to the ground, but his mouth said impatiently: "The minister has seen Your Majesty!"
”Zhu Youxiao glanced at him with slanted eyes: "I know you are coming, give me a seat!"
”Liu Ruoyu hurriedly helped Fang Congzhe up, and helped him sit on the soft stool beside him.Fang Congzhe sat down and carefully handed out the notebook: "The minister is here to hand over the resignation of the official, please ask Your Majesty to return to his hometown." ”Speaking of this, Fang Congzhe's voice choked, his mouth trembled, and then he knelt on the ground again, his head pressed against the cold floor tiles.Zhu Youxiao did not answer Fang Congzhe clearly, but said: "I know that they don't want me to have an obedient person by my side, even if they know that you Fang Congzhe will not use them when he leaves the court, but they will still get rid of you Fang Congzhe, because only in this way can they force all the people around me to be people who stand on their side, and only in this way, if my will is not accompanied by their consent, I will not be able to leave the Forbidden City!"
”Zhu Youxiao said and said: "They want to turn me into a canary, raise me in the cage of the Forbidden City, and use my name to satisfy their selfish desires, but they will put the pot that will overturn the world in the future on me!"
”When Fang Congzhe heard this, he didn't dare to answer, after all, he admitted that this was the truth, but he himself was also a civil official, so it was not good to directly admit that we just wanted to put the emperor under house arrest in the Forbidden City, and only at our mercy.Zhu Youxiao suddenly roared at Fang Congzhe: "But I don't want to be at your mercy!"
”Zhu Youxiao roared like this, Fang Congzhe trembled with fright, and his back was cold.And Zhu Youxiao directly waved his sleeves: "Because of your insatiable greed, there are not many days of peace and tranquility!"
You Fang Congzhe is a native of Daxing, you should know how many homeless people are starving to death outside the city, this is still at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it will only be worse than this outside!
And how many restless forces are eyeing the border outside the border, and they have been in the cabinet for so many years, and they know better than me!
But when the time comes, you can change out of my Ming official robe and serve the new dynasty again, but what about my Ming Dynasty?
”Fang Congzhe naturally Zhu Youxiao's meaning, and cried directly for a while: "Your Majesty, they kidnapped the minister's son and asked the minister to commit suicide, if you don't let the minister resign, the minister can only commit suicide!"
I beg Your Majesty to allow the minister to resign, so that the minister has a chance to live, woo!
”Ants still have a love for stealing life.As a human being, Fang Congzhe naturally didn't want to die like this, Zhu Youxiao naturally understood this, and knew that Fang Congzhe wanted to beg him to let him go and allow him to resign, so that he didn't have to leave the power center of the empire by committing suicide."
I know that your request is not excessive, and it is reasonable, and I am indeed not a merciful person, but I can't agree to you!"
After Zhu Youxiao answered, he gritted his teeth and continued: "I have to be like this!
You must be ruthless to everyone, not only them, but also you and even myself, I must be ruthless!
There's no way, since you, Fang Congzhe, have become my first assistant, you will either die in their hands or in my hands!
”Zhu Youxiao stared at Fang Congzhe as he spoke: "Want to get out of the way?"
”Then, Zhu Youxiao sneered: "Impossible!
”Fang Congzhe cried even more excitedly: "Your Majesty!
I beg you!
”Fang Congzhe banged his head with a bang."
No need to knock again, it's useless!"
Zhu Youxiao shouted, and said, "I'm not afraid!"
What are you afraid of?
Do you really think they can cover the sky with one hand?
In fact, they are the most cowardly people, you know it or not!
They are as cowardly as you Fang Congzhe are now!
Don't look at them are extremely arrogant behind their backs now, but they are all a group of guys who are strong outside, they only dare to do something disgraceful, and they have the ability to directly come to oppose me, do you believe that next time I seize the opportunity to slaughter a few more of his nine clans, they still don't dare to rebel against me?
Do you know why, it's because I'm still the lord of the world!
”Zhu Youxiao squatted in front of Fang Congzhe and patted Fang Congzhe on the shoulder: "Continue to be my first assistant, Aiqing!"
As long as you continue to be loyal to me, in the future, I will only give you eternal wealth and prosperity for the Fang family, and will not let your Fang family's life be unsafe!
Otherwise, although I can't control them yet, it will still be easy for me to destroy your Fang Clan, and it will be easier than them!
”Fang Congzhe trembled, he wanted to scold Zhu Youxiao for being a tyrant now, but he didn't dare to scold, so he could only reply stubbornly: "The minister obeys the order!"
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