"Wen Tiren enters the cabinet, and the Zhejiang Party will sooner or later replace us. There is almost no place for us to stay in the court..."

In the Wei Mansion, several officials were sitting around the round table, sighing.

The current chief assistant Wei Guangwei has a very subtle status. At first, because his father Wei Yunzhen was a veteran of Donglin, he was regarded as a member of the Donglin scholars in the court and the public.

However, Wei Guangwei was treacherous and did not care about the so-called reputation. He betrayed Donglin and served Wei Zhongxian as his father, so he was famous all over the world.

In that era when Zhu Youxiao had just succeeded to the throne and the chaotic bureau was in chaos, villains like Wei Guangwei were exactly what the chaotic bureau needed.

Wei Guangwei was soon valued by Wei Zhongxian, and his official career was successful and he was promoted step by step. During the critical election, he rebelled from the eunuch party again.

After Ye Xianggao was killed, everyone in the court was in danger, but Wei Guangwei did not hesitate to break up with Wei Zhongxian and showed his determination to Zhu Youxiao.

Because of this, Zhu Youxiao took a fancy to him and appointed him as the assistant minister of the current dynasty.

It is precisely because Wei Guangwei used all means to climb up step by step that not only did the Donglin Party and the eunuch Party sneer at him, but Yu's Kun Party, Qi Party, Chu Party and other factions also kept their distance.

Except for a few confidants, Wei Guangwei was almost alone.

It can be said that during these three years of career as a prime minister, Wei Guangwei, the authority of the cabinet assistant, relied almost entirely on the trust of the Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

People like Wei Guangwei are all capable generals in the two years when Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne. Now they feel that the situation is suddenly changing and everyone is in danger.

At the beginning, such a prime minister was the consideration that Zhu Youxiao needed to centralize power, but now, the prime minister without external forces can do very little.

Wen Tiren's entry into the cabinet marked the re-rise of the Zhejiang party faction in the court, and also confirmed the secret conjectures of many people.

This Ming Dynasty is about to change.

Everyone in the court was secretly talking about Wei Guangwei, the chief assistant, was about to finish his life. What he feared the most now was that the emperor would kill the donkey.

He knew that he had almost completely relied on the emperor and offended countless people in order to get to power.

During his three years as the prime minister, he offended countless parties in order to continue to gain the trust of Emperor Apocalypse.

Leaving office means losing the emperor's trust.

Without the emperor taking action, new and old hatreds will come together. Wei Guangwei knew very well that at that time, he would die without a place to bury him.

In history, this is what the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty reads clearly, and the chief minister who has done the most inaction since the founding of the Ming Dynasty finally abdicated and gave way to the wise.

He, Wei Guangwei, except for serving as the chief minister for three years, had no name or profit, but only left a synonym for incompetence in history.

"Geor, please make an idea."

"Yes, Wen Tiren must not be allowed to enter the cabinet. Once Wen Tiren enters the cabinet, the Zhejiang Party will revive, and the court will change its course!"

Wei Guangwei's face looked ugly. He pondered for a moment and smiled bitterly:

"Don't you understand? The Zhejiang Party has revived and Wen Tiren enters the cabinet, which is all controlled by His Majesty."

"It is Your Majesty, I want to replace me with Wen Tiren, I want to replace Donglin with the Zhejiang Party, and I want to fight with the Wei Party in the court, and Your Majesty's fisherman will benefit."

Hearing this, the faces of the few people were not good-looking.

Their situation is similar to that of Wei Guangwei, and they are all wise to get ahead. If what Wei Guangwei said just now is true, then their life will be difficult.

Once the emperor's trust is lost, the next storm of revenge will be enough to kill their whole family several times.

For a moment, several people were depressed and speechless.

"Now I just hope that Your Majesty can remember the old love and will not deal with the old master. Otherwise, I will be doomed."

After saying that, the few people looked at each other and understood in their hearts.

......

On the New Year of the Sixth Year of the Heavenly Revelation, firecrackers were everywhere in the country to celebrate the New Year, especially in the palace, with lights and colors to show that everything was renewed.

However, it was on such a festive day that several anecdotes that happened all over the country cast a shadow in everyone's hearts.

The first one comes from the capital observation deck.

The observation deck was built during the Yongle period and was magnificent. On this day, when Zhu Youxiao took Zhang Yan to watch the scenery, hundreds of birds that looked like ghost cars were from far to near.

They came to the viewing platform in the rain, hovering in the low altitude, and cried endlessly. Their sounds were like babies crying and wailing like wronged souls, which lasted for a long time.

No matter how the Yongwei camp drove away, these birds never dispersed, and their sarcastic sounds were very sad, and those who heard them were all shaken.

Zhu Youxiao did not believe in these so-called legends of gods and ghosts. The sudden abnormal behavior of birds and beasts, hovering at low altitude, or running out in groups, was the sign of a major disaster.

Suddenly, Zhu Youxiao remembered a major event that happened more than three months later in May of the sixth year of the Tianqi revelation.

Apocalypse explosion!

The rare and strangeness of this matter has never been reasonably explained in later generations, and the losses caused are also incalculable.

The Apocalypse Bang is known as the most serious and weird one among the many natural disasters in the late Ming Dynasty. It is not unreasonable.

Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered this incident and was full of prevention in advance to avoid major casualties like in history.

For a moment, he was in a good mood and left with Zhang Yan in disappointment.

A strange thing happened again. Yongwei Camp protected Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Yan, just as they walked down the observation deck, the people were about to disperse, and the birds in the sky gradually stopped crying.

At this time, the drizzle that had been drizzling all day long stopped.

For a moment, there were a lot of discussions in the audience. Even some eunuchs, along with their civil and military officials, looked up at the sky, fearing and respecting.

Some people even knelt on the ground in groups, putting their hands together, thinking that a miracle was revealed, and they were extremely pious.

Zhu Youxiao also held Zhang Yan with one hand and stared at the blue sea and blue sky that was already clear.

Just when everyone thought that Zhu Youxiao would pray to God like many people, or show respect on his face.

Zhu Youxiao pulled Zhang Yan away slowly, his face so dull that it seemed as if nothing had happened just now.

But then, there were more and more strange things, and the folk rumors were boiling. It was no longer something that Zhu Youxiao could stabilize if he was calm.

The second strange thing still appeared at the capital, at the foot of the emperor.

At the third day after the New Year, shocking words were heard from the temple fair in the suburbs of Beijing. The people who participated in the temple fair will cry on the same day, and the statues of the gods in the City God Temple will show miracles again.

The tears of the statue of God is a rare thing that is rare in a thousand years.

For a moment, people flocked to see miracles, and rumors spread everywhere among the people. Even scholars who were well-read in poetry and books thought this was not simple.

As soon as the sixth year of the Apocalypse began, strange things happened frequently. The emperor and the empress visited the viewing platform together, but they encountered news that the warning of the heavenly manifestation spread wildly.

Although Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Yan's performance on that day can be said to be very calm, the superstition of people at this time was obviously very serious.

In response, Zhu Youxiao called a Taoist priest who was quite famous in the capital to break his superstition with superstition.

To stop rumors, you still have to start from the root.

The Taoist priest who was summoned to the palace was named Ma Zhenyi. He graduated from the Quanzhen Long Sect and had a well-known name among the people - Huashan Immortal.
Chapter completed!