Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

Youdao means that the general will not accept the emperor's orders. Even if Zhu Youxiao is in the Forbidden City, in this capital, he can arrest whoever he wants and kill whoever he wants.

But outside of this capital city, even Zhu Youxiao was not sure how much he sincerely obeyed the will of the supreme imperial power and how much he was hypocritical.

The Ming Dynasty in front of Zhu Youxiao is a rotten Ming Dynasty, a Ming Dynasty with piles of messes, and the root cause of all this is the continuous party struggle.

What is the party fighting over?

Yes!

It’s a profit!

It's a name!

It’s gong!

It was in this atmosphere that the imperial power continued to weaken and the power of ministers continued to increase, which led to extremely serious consequences. Today's Ming Dynasty still seems to be unified, but in fact, there are too many hidden things in many places. Careers, they are in power, they control the troops, they have advantages. Whether it is the will of the central court or the decree, if it is beneficial to them, then they choose to obey it, but if it is not beneficial to them, then they will be embarrassed. Got it!

"Mao Wenlong, how many secrets are hidden behind you?"

Zhu Youxiao, who was concerned about the Liao Bureau, looked at the map of the whole Liao Dynasty that he had found, his expression was extremely serious, and he thought to himself, "I know you can't deal with Liu Xingzuo, so I will transfer Liu Xingzuo to Tianjin, but I will award him If you dare to make false promises about your secret decrees, I will be unhappy."

Zhu Youxiao, who was familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, knew Mao Wenlong very well. He was the second quasi-warlord force to gather in Liaodong after the generals of Liaodong.

Dongjiang Town is Mao Wenlong's semi-independent kingdom.

The Dongjiang Army is Mao Wenlong's semi-private armed force.

Zhu Youxiao did not deny that Mao Wenlong was good at fighting, brave in battle, and had a unique strategic vision. Otherwise, Zhu Youxiao would never have allocated 100 million taels of silver to Mao Wenlong's department.

But none of these can conceal Mao Wenlong's problems.

If Mao Wenlong cannot absolutely obey the established strategy against Liao, then Zhu Youxiao will definitely have to change his commander, but Zhu Youxiao still has hope for him.

Mao Wenlong is a very complex person and has a bad side, but it is undeniable that he has a sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

This is an important point.

It was precisely this point that made Zhu Youxiao willing to make a big gamble. Zhu Youxiao bet that Mao Wenlong was a smart man. With the steady implementation of the Liao strategy and the situation surrounding Liaodong changing, Mao Wenlong would definitely think about it. and contrast.

Hit a punch to avoid a hundred punches.

The more he understands the situation of the Ming Dynasty, the more Zhu Youxiao can understand the depth of this sentence. It is inevitable to go to Liao Yujia to conquer personally.

What the Ming Dynasty needs is not just a tyrant who only knows how to kill, but also a tyrant who knows how to fight and who can gather a group of absolutely loyal and strong troops under his command. Only in this way can all the villains be intimidated!

After Wei Zhongxian and Han Zanzhou left the capital one after another, Zhu Youxiao stayed in Qianqing Palace for the next few days, ignoring all matters in the court.

Compared with the changes in the central court, Zhu Youxiao wanted to improve his strategy against Liao.

And also in the past few days, the public opinion turmoil in the capital was quite big.

In particular, a group of officials with official positions were arrested and imprisoned by Tian Ergen from the Jinyiwei Banner School. With the secret encouragement of some officials with official positions in the DPRK, the situation became increasingly intense.

"It seems like someone can't hold back his temper anymore."

Dong Nuan Pavilion.

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, was reading the memorial submitted by Tian Ergen. After reading the content above, he showed a faint smile.

"A group of treacherous traitors who were bribed by Jianlu's secret stakes were captured. Each one of them looked like his own father had been captured. There was such a big commotion between the government and the public."

Tian Ergen, who was standing with his head bowed, could not help but raise the corners of his mouth when he heard the emperor's vulgar words, but he quickly recovered. He did not dare to lose his etiquette in front of the emperor.

"What do you think about this?"

Zhu Youxiao threw the memorial on the imperial desk and looked at Tian Ergeng with his sharp eyes.

"I think there is something fishy about this matter."

Tian Ergen hurriedly bowed and said, "The traitors captured by the minister all confessed in the imperial edict. Although they did not know beforehand that they had built hidden traps, it is true that they secretly bought and sold officials. This alone is a capital crime."

"In addition, all the Tiqi sent before have returned to the capital. The batch of prisoners who were confessed by Wu Changchun have all been arrested without exception. They are now under intensified interrogation in the imperial edict."

"According to the information I currently have, maybe the case of Xiyuan falling into the water has little to do with this gang of traitors, but I feel that there is much more than this hidden stake in the territory of Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, in the beginning, on the border of Liaodong, no one was built. How can a prisoner act so wantonly!"

The ability is still there.

The vision is not bad either.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Tian Ergeng. Maybe this person had many problems and was greedy, but given the current environment, Zhu Youxiao needed such a knife.

"Then what do you think we should do next?"

Zhu Youxiao lifted up the sleeves of his robe and tapped the throne with his fingers.

"I am brave."

Tian Ergen paid his respects again and said, "Your Majesty, please issue an order to execute the gang of traitors who sold their official positions tomorrow. They will first be paraded through the streets inside and outside the capital, and then they will be skinned and stuffed with grass."

"One more."

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said: "The affair between them and Jianlu will also be made public. As for their relatives, they will all be taken to the imperial village on the outskirts of Beijing to work. They will atone for the Ming Dynasty in this life!"

"The minister obeys the order."

Tian Ergen responded immediately, but in his heart he exclaimed that the emperor was wise. He wanted to use this matter to severely slap the faces of the gang of people who were stirring up trouble behind the scenes, and also let many people in the capital know why Jin Yiwei wanted to arrest him in the first place. This bunch of traitors.

Tian Ergen could even imagine what kind of uproar the capital would usher in when all the crimes of these people were announced.

"Also, Wu Changchun and others must step up the interrogation of the hidden stakes."

Zhu Youxiao continued: "What you just said is correct. I also feel that based on Jianlu's character, he will not just send a group of secret agents to dig for information and win people's hearts in Beizhili and Shandong. Maybe There are more hidden stakes hidden in other places. I will continue to dig deeper along this line. However, Jin Yiwei cannot act privately and must pay attention to confidentiality. If anything goes wrong, I will come to you, Tian Ergen."

"I understand."

Tian Ergen was startled, bowed his head and saluted, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will handle this case well."

"Well, let's go down and do some work." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand.

"I resign!"

The case of digging into the hidden plots of Jianlu is not over yet. Even if we want a reward, we have to wait until the case is concluded.

Favor and prestige are not given casually.

As a superior, if you want to make the people below you obedient, you must be able to grasp this degree. You must not only let them see hope and taste the sweetness from time to time, but at the same time, you must also make them hungry and know that the only Only by working hard can you get more and better things.

This is the heart of the people.

This is human nature.

The moment Tian Ergen exited the Dongnuan Pavilion, he subconsciously let out a soft sigh and suddenly felt a chill on his back. Just now when he was staying in front of the imperial court, he broke out in a lot of cold sweat.

Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger.

This is a true psychological portrayal of Tian Ergeng.

Ok?

When Tian Ergen turned around and left, he saw a guard running towards Qianqing Gate. This appearance let Tian Ergen know that something big had happened.

At present, both the inside and outside of the Forbidden City, including the wider Imperial City, are completely controlled by the Royal Forbidden Army. All the direct guards are undergoing reorganization. All this is jointly promoted by the Grand Governor Zhang Weixian, the Left Governor Zhang Qingzhen, and the Right Governor Wei Shitai. , and according to what Tian Ergen knew, there were still a small number of people among the nobles in the capital who successively served in the Imperial Guards House.

The inner court that used to be leaky has long since ceased to exist.

It is impossible for people outside the palace to find out about the inner court.

Seeing the guard arriving at Dongnuang Pavilion and reporting to the eunuch of Qianqing Palace on duty, Tian Ergen couldn't help but slow down. What could it be?

Under Tian Ergen's confusion, the eunuch outside the hall turned around and entered the hall.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Keli has arrived in the capital and is asking for an audience outside Qianqing Gate!"

"Hurry up!"

Zhu Youxiao, who was busy at his desk, immediately raised his head when he heard the report from the eunuch outside the palace, "Tell Yuan Qing to come to Qianqing Palace to see me immediately!"