Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 333 Chapter 333, Fan Jingwen thanked the guests behind closed doors, Emperor Chongzhen appeases the queen
Fan Jingwen returned home.

On the carriage, the chief minister of the cabinet thought about many things.

Occasionally, the light from a lantern outside shone through the cracks in the car window, making Fan Jingwen's old face look uncertain.

As a veteran minister who has served as the chief minister of the cabinet for two years and broke the record of serving as the chief minister of the cabinet in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Fan Jingwen has his own philosophy of doing things.

Obviously, during the journey of this carriage, he had made some kind of determination.

As soon as he got off the carriage, Fan Jingwen ordered the housekeeper in front of him: "No matter who it is, they will stay behind closed doors for the past two days!"

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked the guards in the mansion to close the door tightly.

Half an hour later, people began to arrive in carriages to pay their respects.

After another hour, greeting cards flew in like snowflakes, almost drowning the concierge.

The concierge came to the housekeeper tremblingly: "General Manager, there are too many people outside. There are more people than in the market. What should we do?"

The butler's expression was also a little unbearable. When he heard Fan Jingwen's instructions, the butler had indeed imagined what the situation would be like, but he really didn't expect it to be like this!

The last time I saw the situation here was...well, when a large number of clansmen were arrested a few days ago.

When he thought of this, the housekeeper suddenly became much calmer.

"Why are you so anxious! Since the master has already given the order, just stop all these people from entering!"

As he talked, the housekeeper even seemed to be calm and relaxed.

It's all trivial!
On this day, not only Fan Jingwen, but also several other important cabinet ministers also had their houses crossed.

Everyone wanted to know why King Fu was arrested again not long after the clan incident.

Does this mean that His Highness the Crown Prince is unwilling to stop, and will continue to kill the clan?
Does it even mean that His Highness the Crown Prince wants to expand this matter and affect more people?

To everyone's disappointment, the elders, including Fan Jingwen, went against the norm and did not reassure people like they did last time. Instead, they chose to thank guests behind closed doors.

At the same time, new news also came.

Dongchang and Jinyiwei started a large-scale mobilization, arresting hundreds of people in Beijing, and it seems that there is no sign of stopping.

As a result, it naturally increased the panic in Beijing.

In the middle of the night, Fang Gongqian returned to Duanben Palace and reported to Zhu Cihong: "Your Highness, the arrest is almost complete."

Zhu Cilang was staring at a huge map of Ming Dynasty in a daze at the moment, nodded slightly when he heard the words, and said casually: "Is there any other news?"

Fang Gong said: "Before the city gate was closed, many officials sent their cronies out of the city. The servant suspects that they may be reporting to the family in their hometown."

Zhu Cixi laughed and said: "Let them report the news, so that the local government can understand my attitude. Huh, a bunch of moths should have been eliminated long ago! I have already asked the Ministry of Personnel to report this. If anyone fails to do this right once, I will immediately take off his hat!"

There are hundreds of thousands of clans in the Ming Dynasty, but not only in Beijing, there are also a large number of clans like Nanjing and Fengyang, and there are more or less descendants of local vassal kings in major cities across the country.

The Beijing city needs to act as a deterrent at the beginning, so that the local officials can know that it is true, so that these local officials who are not willing to offend the clan must kill them, otherwise they will only miss the future.

Fang Gong said: "What Your Highness said is very true, but the servants are still a little worried. Will some of them go to His Majesty to complain?"

This question is a bit delicate, and it made the palace a little cold for a while.

Chongzhen did not abdicate, he just took a leave of absence.

Zhu Cihong laughed: "Is there anything in the Ming Dynasty that needs to be hidden from the father? Just do it."

Jinan City, the temporary residence of Emperor Chongzhen.

Chongzhen was lying on the bed, and Queen Zhou knelt beside him, reaching out and tapping Chongzhen's back gently.

Chongzhen squinted his eyes and clasped his chin with his hands, judging from his expression, he enjoyed it a lot.

Empress Zhou said: "Your Majesty, I heard from the people below that recently, Lang'er has made a lot of noise in the capital."

Chongzhen laughed, moved his shoulders a little, and said: "There is indeed a lot of movement. There have been several memorials from the cabinet, but I didn't read them."

Queen Zhou was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but retracted her hand, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, Xun'er has not even reached the crown yet. You have to teach him well. How can you let him do what he does? That is the inheritance of our ancestors. .”

Chongzhen waited for a while and saw that Queen Zhou had no intention of continuing the massage. He sighed with some disappointment and sat up.

"Queen, who do you think is more talented in running the country, between me and Xun'er?"

Queen Zhou said without hesitation: "Your Majesty is diligent in government affairs and has rich experience, so he is naturally far better than Hong'er."

Chongzhen smiled and said: "Then why did my diligent service for so many years make Ming Dynasty worse and worse?"

Queen Zhou was speechless for a moment, but she responded quickly and immediately said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. Isn't the Ming Dynasty now very prosperous and showing signs of revival again? This is all your Majesty's credit."

Chongzhen shook his head and said: "Others can of course say that it is my fault, but the queen...hey, don't I still know it in my heart? If it were not for Xinger, this Ming Dynasty would have perished long ago!"

Empress Zhou wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Chongzhen with a wave.

Chongzhen smiled and said: "Queen, you and I are one, so there is no need to say those words to comfort me. In fact, at that time, when Hong'er persuaded me to rest for a while, I knew that he must want to do something big."

"So, I left the capital and let him do it freely. Young people are motivated, that's a good thing. Every time I think about the experiences of these years, I always feel that I had too many scruples back then, and I dare not let go of many things. .”

"If it is done well, his prestige as the prince will naturally increase greatly, and his succession to the throne will be much smoother in the future."

"If he can't do well, I'm still here, and I'll just go back and help him clean up the mess, and there won't be any big troubles."

Empress Zhou was silent for a while, and said: "But...the concubine is still worried."

Chongzhen laughed loudly, and hugged Queen Zhou gently.

"Queen, our child is much more capable than you think! Come on, turn off the lights!"

There was a sound of footsteps, and Wang Chengen's voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, there is a special envoy from the capital asking to see you!"

"Let him stay well. I want to go to bed. I'll talk about it tomorrow if I have anything to do!"

……

Many people were destined to have trouble sleeping that night, but this definitely did not include His Majesty the Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)