Chapter 2 Does this world belong to me or the Donglin Party?
Chongzhen had no good idea about how to avoid hanging on the old crooked tree in Coal Mountain. However, judging from the novels read later generations, these gentlemen are unreliable - even if the mountains and rivers are hanging upside down and sows are on the tree, these "gentle gentlemen" are probably unreliable.
However, for Emperor Chongzhen who had just ascended the throne, the environment from the Qi Niu to the first year of Chongzhen was more than tens and hundreds of times better than the environment after the third year of Chongzhen, whether from a political or military perspective. At this time, Wei Zhongxian had not been killed, and the factory guards had the due deterrence and ability. In a certain way, Wei Zhongxian, as the emperor's slave, was more reliable than those "righteous gentlemen". When the army broke into Beijing, most of the people who died in battle were eunuchs - as for the civil and military ministers and nobles in the court, they had long "fooded a pot of slurry to welcome the king's army" - although these people were finally forced to hand over the silver by the King of Chuang with a knife, which was also considered to be angering Emperor Chongzhen!
"Wang Cheng'en, I ordered Tian Ergeng, Jinyiwei, and Wei Zhongxian to come to see me." When Emperor Chongzhen hanged Coal Mountain, the only eunuch who was with him, the other Eastern leader Fang Zhenghua, had already died in a fight.
When Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng came to meet Chongzhen, Chongzhen was reading a book with the Three Kingdoms in his forehand, and he turned a page from time to time.
"Old slave Wei Zhongxian, my minister Tian Ergeng, I will pay a long life to see my emperor."
Chongzhen behind Yu'an had no expression on his face, and he didn't ask the two to be flat. He just kept watching the Three Kingdoms. Wei Zhongxian and Tian Legeng, who were kneeling below, were speculating in his mind about what Emperor Chongzhen was trying to summon the two late at night, but he was not sure which one was it. He was worried that five hundred swords and axes were ambushed behind the tent, but he felt that there should be other problems in his heart. As time went by, the two of them were thinking more and more, and they became increasingly unable to figure out what Emperor Chongzhen was thinking.
Just when the two of them had already sweated from their foreheads, Chongzhen, who was behind the imperial case, also spoke, "Wei Daban, tell me, who belongs to the Ming Dynasty? Who belongs to me? Or you are from the nine thousand years old? Or from the Donglin Party? Or from the people of the world?"
Wei Zhongxian, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked, but he couldn't guess what Chongzhen said. It seemed that he didn't have to die? Is the emperor dissatisfied with the Donglin Party?
Before Wei Zhongxian could speak, Chongzhen continued, "Get up. Tian Ergeng, you can get up too."
After the two of them thanked each other, Chongzhen's words scared Wei Zhongxian and knelt down again: "I read the Three Kingdoms and found that something is very interesting. It is obvious that only a few minor officials can take down the Ten Generals, why does the general still have to recruit soldiers from various places to Beijing?" As he said, Chongzhen looked at Tian Ergeng with a playful look and said: "Is this Jinyiwei my personal army or the nine thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian's personal army?"
Wei Zhongxian was scared to death, thinking that the emperor wanted Tian Ergeng and Jinyiwei to attack him, so he quickly knelt down and apologized: "I am guilty, and I am dead!"
Tian Ergeng also couldn't figure out what the emperor wanted to do. Do you want to take the nine thousand years old by himself? If you die, I will die. If you are Wei Zhongxian, you can survive. As long as the emperor does not kill him, even if he is allowed to take Wei Zhongxian immediately, he will have to let Wei Zhongxian die first!
With this idea in mind, Tian Ergeng hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "Emperor, this Jinyiwei is naturally the emperor's personal army! I am naturally loyal to the emperor."
Chongzhen still said "hmm" with an expressionless face and said to the two: "Get up."
For Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng, it has almost become an instinct to figure out the superior intentions, but Chongzhen's face has never been expressed, making people unable to guess what he was thinking. Chongzhen took all the reactions of the two, and he was also secretly happy: Who can't act? Kang Mazi played by Teacher Chen Daoming really has a strong aura, so I can't learn from Teacher Chen Daoming's aura. I can't learn it, so I have to learn from the young and handsome guys in the future - I don't have enough acting skills, so I'll get my face paralysis!
Seeing that the beating was almost done, Chongzhen spoke again, but said to Wei Zhongxian: "Zhongxian, Zhongxian, this name is good. But I hope you are really loyal." Before Wei Zhongxian could speak, Chongzhen's next words made Wei Zhongxian feel nervous: "Zhongxian, tell me, there are many garrisons in the Ming Dynasty, why are they getting worse and worse? So that those Tungus wild boars are bullying me? The Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world, why is the treasury getting poorer? From time to time, it requires subsidies from the treasury?"
Wei Zhongxian's heart was the same as Mingjing: The emperor was so embarrassed to ask? Your brother knew to be a carpenter all day long. If it weren't for the labor and capital for him, it would have been absent. Then he thought again: What was this little emperor thinking? This question could never be aimless. Is the emperor also dissatisfied with the Donglin Party? Thinking again, anyway, the labor and capital have no good impression of Chongzhen, and it is probably impossible to escape death. So I just threw the table over and pulled the grandsons of the Donglin Party to go to the water to bury him: "When the emperor says, Daming
Although he is rich all over the world, the tax is only collected from farmers. How many big sons can the mud-legged men have? The rich merchants are really rich, but they have close ties with the Donglin Party, and this commercial tax cannot be collected. Once collected, the Donglin Party will be asked not to compete for profit with the people. As for the barbarians in Liaodong, Liaodong is poor, but many rich merchants ignore the country. For the sake of interests, they dare to sell weapons, food, and even the information of border troops. If this continues..."
Wei Zhongxian didn't say the rest. It might not be of any use to say it thoroughly. Leave half of it and let the emperor think about it slowly. Don't be afraid of him thinking, but he doesn't want to. As long as you can think about it, even if I, Wei Zhongxian, cannot escape death, you Donglin Party will have to go there sooner or later to accompany the labor and capital!
Regardless of what Wei Zhongxian thought, Chongzhen raised the words just now again: "Then tell me, who belongs to this world?"
Seeing that he could not avoid it, Wei Zhongxian said helplessly to Chongzhen: "When you come back to the emperor, you are the emperor's master in this world. The emperor is wise and powerful, and can shine thousands of miles. He will be the commander of the heaven. He will naturally be the lord of this world."
After hearing this, Chongzhen squeezed out two words with a smile: "Haha". If there were people from later generations present, he would definitely hear countless meanings from these two words - like the air that you put on your mother, like Ai Si B, like I bought a watch last year, but I don't have much shame anyway.
But to Wei Zhongxian, these two words full of maliciousness were like listening to the sound of nature - judging from this meaning, the emperor is dissatisfied with the Donglin Party! And it is not testing me! Labor and capital really doesn't have to die this time! This time it's the turn of those bastards from the Donglin Party to die!
Looking at Wei Zhongxian, who was smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum, Chongzhen turned his slogan again: "Tian Ergeng, I want the Jinyiwei to have the majesty and ability of the Yongle period. Can you do it? Don't worry, I will not kill the donkey. As long as you don't carry me on my back, I will protect you from death. If you can't do it, I can find someone to do it for you. How about it?"
Tian Ergeng was surprised and happy when he heard this. He was afraid that the emperor would really find someone to do it for him, because it meant that he was not far from death. He was happy that not only could he survive, but he was also the commander of the mighty Jinyiwei in front of others. Thinking of this, Tian Ergeng knelt down in panic and expressed his opinion: "I will serve the life of death for the long live, and I will never refuse to die!"
Chongzhen just said to Tian Ergeng: "I will tell you to do an errand today. If it is done well, you will still be the commander of the Jinyiwei. If it is done badly, you will be the one who will be self-destructor. The state will not raise waste. Do you understand?"
Tian Ergeng complained in his heart, knowing that Chongzhen would throw a big blame to him for carrying it, but he didn't dare to say anything. He just lowered his head and said, "Please tell the emperor. I will do my best and die!"
Chapter completed!