Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 13 13, Wei Zaode impeached the prince, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be persuaded
Fengtian Temple.

Du Xun's body has been carried away, and the blood stains have been wiped clean. After a heavy rain, the smell of blood in the air has long since dissipated.

But despite this, Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting in the main hall, was still in a daze.

The road to peace talks with Li Zicheng has been cut off, so what should Daming do next?

Can Wu Sangui arrive in time?

Are there any teachers of King Qin in Shandong and Nanzhili?

Countless question marks were swirling in the mind of the Ming Emperor, but sadly, the emperor did not have the final say in all of this!
An emperor cannot even control the fate of his own capital. This is undoubtedly a big joke.

Chongzhen suddenly felt a burst of dizziness in his mind, obviously exhausted physically and mentally.

His Majesty the Emperor raised his head and stared at the officials in the hall.

Dukes of the country, bachelors, factory princes, ministers...all the top figures of the Ming Dynasty can be seen here, but now they are like ostriches with their heads buried in the sand, unable to even say a word. .

Chongzhen sighed, feeling that it would be meaningless for the court to continue.

Just when Chongzhen was about to announce the dismissal and return to the palace, there was a burst of hurried footsteps.

Wang Huamin, the deputy head of the Daming Department of Ceremonies, hurried in and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, according to the report from the eunuch Cao Huachun, the admiral of the Changhua Gate, the crown prince just forcibly broke into the Changhua Gate, but Cao Huachun was unable to stop him, and the crown prince rushed up the city wall!"

When Chongzhen heard this, his originally silent face was suddenly startled: "What did you say? Why did Xian'er end up in a place like that? It's such a nonsense!"

Although Zhu Cihong made a big fuss in the hall just now, to Chongzhen, after all, Zhu Cihong was his own son who had been trained for more than ten years and the future successor of Ming Dynasty.

When Wang Huamin heard this, his eyes couldn't help but flicker slightly, a hint of cunning flashed through his eyes, and he said slowly: "Admiral Cao said, although he tried his best to persuade, the prince insisted not to do it, and ordered Wang Chengen and others to use violence on the spot. So. Admiral Cao has no choice but to ask someone to come back and report to His Majesty. Please also ask Your Majesty to quickly order the prince to return to the palace, otherwise if something happens to the prince's rich body on the city wall,"

This Wang Huamin was actually of the same generation as Cao Huachun in terms of age, but he had hugged Cao Huachun's thigh early and was willing to submit to Cao Huachun.

If Zhu Cihong were here, he would be highly vigilant against this Wang Huamin.

Because it was Cao Huachun and Wang Huamin who opened Changhua Gate to surrender.

After Cao Huachun noticed that Zhu Cixiang was in the city, the first thing he did was to quietly send someone back to the palace to inform his comrade Wang Huamin, and to accuse Zhu Cixiang severely at Chongzhen, and to ask Zhu Cixiang to leave Changhua Gate quickly, so that he would not be wronged The two men's open city gate surrender plan had no impact.

After hearing Wang Huamin's embellished words, Chongzhen's anger became more and more intense: "This Xian'er is really messy. Come on, send someone to Changhua Gate quickly to ask the prince to come back!"

This is what Wang Huamin wanted. After hearing the news, he hurriedly said: "Old slave, let's do it now!"

Just when Wang Huamin was about to leave, a voice suddenly sounded: "Wait a minute!"

Wang Huamin paused, turned around and saw that it was Wei Zaode (Note 1), the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, the Minister of War and the Minister of Industry.

When such a big guy spoke, Wang Huamin naturally didn't dare to neglect, so he stopped to see what Wei Zaode had to say.

Wei Zaode is only 39 years old this year. He has good facial features, but his eyebrows are quite long and slender. His figure is a bit fat, and even court clothes cannot cover his bulging belly.

Wei Zaode came out and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, today the crown prince showed off his power in the hall and killed Chuang without His Majesty's will... Li Zicheng's envoy, and then disregarded His Majesty's prohibition, Rushed into the city wall of Changhua Gate.

As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, it is a serious crime to disobey the decree twice!The veteran believes that the prince's crime should be carefully discussed! "

After the voice fell, everyone understood that Wei Zaode, the emotional Wei Zaode, stood up not to speak to the prince, but to shoot the prince!

Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this. He was obviously quite surprised, but soon Chongzhen said: "Of course I know that Xun'er did something wrong. Aren't we asking people to let him come back? Wang Huamin, why don't you go quickly!"

Seeing that Chongzhen was angry, Wang Huamin didn't dare to stay, and left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Wei Zaode frowned more and more, and said in a deep voice: "What your Majesty said is ridiculous! The Master said: 'Jun Jun, minister minister, father father, son son.' This means that the king has the way of being a king, and the ministers have the way of being a minister. The father has the way of the father, and the son has the way of the son.

Now, the prince, as a courtier, does not follow the way of his father.If it cannot be punished, then what is the majesty of your majesty, the majesty of the father, and the majesty of the Ming law?

Please ask your Majesty to make a wise plan and punish the prince severely! "

Wei Zaode's words were sonorous and loud, which immediately attracted the approval of many courtiers of the Ming Dynasty.

None of these courtiers of the Ming Dynasty had forgotten the threatening words that Zhu Cilang brandished a pistol when he left Fengtian Hall.

"...Whoever dares to surrender, I will kill his entire clan!"

This makes no sense.

Daming is about to die, what happened when we surrendered to our new master?Your crown prince actually threatened us, do we have to die for Daming?
Such a prince must be suppressed, severely suppressed!

For a moment, the hall was filled with accusations against Zhu Cihong.

"The prince is shameless, your majesty must punish him severely!"

"If he is not severely punished, Li Zicheng may go crazy outside the city."

"Yes, as the saying goes, if the two countries do not fight each other, they have to give King Chuang an explanation."

Listening to these ministers' words, Chongzhen gradually frowned.

The Chongzhen Emperor, after all, was an indecisive and impatient person.

According to some statistics, the Chongzhen Dynasty lasted for 17 years in history. During these 17 years, 20 chief assistants were replaced, 24 governors and governors were killed, 87 ministers were replaced, and other lower-level officials were ignored. number.

Basically, the core ministers of the Chongzhen Dynasty were considered qualified if they could hold their positions for half a year, they were considered powerful if they held their posts for one year, and they were considered great if they could hold their posts for two or three years, Guaiguai.

For people like Chongzhen, it is necessary to have immediate results, not in a short time?I will replace directly.

But the problem is that officialdom is not a child's play. Many officials may have been working for a few months. They have just sorted out their relationships, arranged their cronies, and controlled the situation. They are gearing up to start a big fight. At this time, Chongzhen issued a decree and asked whether you, an official, can do it. For political achievements, he will be removed from office.

Who can stand this.

Therefore, why the Ming Dynasty perished during the Chongzhen Dynasty is really not as simple as the Little Ice Age or the vicious slave-building. Chongzhen himself also has to bear a huge responsibility.

An impatient person like this is actually very easy to be persuaded.

Therefore, after hearing the officials' condemnation of Zhu Cixiang, Chongzhen suddenly felt that his son seemed... to have a big problem.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

"The prince is so decisive, which is a blessing to our Ming Dynasty! How can you frame the prince like this?"

　Note 1: Regarding the name of the last chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty in the Chongzhen Dynasty, some said it was Wei Zaode, and some said it was Wei Dezao.After flipping through a few Ming Dynasty history books in my hand, I found that Wei Zaode was recorded.Then I looked it up on the Internet, and all the encyclopedias also wrote Wei Zaode. Another name, Wei Dezao, was not included in any encyclopedia, so the name Wei Zaode was adopted here.

　　
　
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