I am the king of the dead

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Before the Yuan Dynasty, people-friendly officials in non-states and counties were not allowed to be prime ministers. In Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, almost any prime minister had the experience of being a people-friendly official.

But when it came to Ming Dynasty, it became that non-Hanlin was not allowed to join the cabinet. This was a necessary means for the imperial court to centralize power.

This change has turned the Imperial Academy, the cabinet, and the court into a place for high-spirited talk. If you don't understand local affairs, how can you manage the affairs of the world?

If it floats too high, it will not do well for the government.

Empty talk harms the country, but hard work rejuvenates the country.

Once Wang Wen entered the cabinet, Chen Yi would have to be transferred back to Beijing to take up the position of chief constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Wang Wen himself would be the co-administrator, and he was too busy to handle it.

The other person is Hu Wei's left servant of the Ministry of Rites, named Yang Ning, who manages the affairs of the Ministry together with Hu Wei, and helps Hu Wei to take charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites.

Yang Ning and Mu Sheng used to work together in Yunnan, set up garrisons to control the barbarians, and once served as a military counselor, he was the same person as Hu Wei.

Yang Ning, as Wang Wen's deputy, is responsible for sorting out Wenyuan Pavilion.

The position of the right governor of the Chinese military governor's mansion was vacant, Zhu Qiyu gave this position to Shi Heng, and Zhu Qiyu gave the position of the right governor of the former army governor's mansion to Yang Jun.

Zhang Fu's two younger brothers ran away, and these two positions were given to Shi Heng and Yang Jun, so that the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion could be operated again.

In order to deal with the rebellion, Zhu Qiyu carried out a whole discussion of personnel transfers.

He went to the lecture hall again to deal with important political affairs.

It was not until night that Zhu Qiyu returned to Tai'an Palace.

Zheng Xu Dun, the Zhongguan of the Qin Tianjian, was right, the recent weather, apart from being colder than usual, is indeed full of bright moon and few stars.

The bright moon hangs high in the sky like a jade plate, and the moonlight falls from the sky like a waterfall, coating the entire capital with a layer of silvery white. Occasionally, birds fly by, but they leave behind afterimages.

The moon slanted west quietly, and finally arrived at Yinshi (three o'clock in the middle of the night), the moonlight still illuminated the entire capital, and countless figures kept turning out from the Lighting Square and Huanghua Square. The palace kept approaching.

Yu Qian's prediction was correct. Uncle Hui Chang did indeed plan to rob Prince Ji's mansion and take away Prince Ji's son or Prince Ji's heir. As long as he can reach Nanjing safely, the rebellion plan can be carried out in full swing.

The Ten Kings' Mansion is located in Qingqingfang. Zhu Qiyu's Prince Yi's Mansion continues to expand, and eventually half of Qingmingfang is included. The Ten Kings' Mansion is located in the southeast of Qingmingfang, facing Tai'an Palace far away.

Tai'an Palace has Tiqi patrols, and Qingming Square, as the outer wall of Tai'an Palace, has also done some city defense tasks such as raising the height, wrapping bricks, and setting up overlooking towers and horse paths.

Those hidden figures kept throwing out the hook locks in their hands, trying to climb over the wall.

"Crack."

There was a sound of claws falling to the ground.

Lu Zhong, who was dozing off in the overlooking building of Clarification Workshop, opened his eyes suddenly, put on his mask, and shouted loudly: "Enemy attack!"

When he yelled, the copper bell in the four-corner building had already started to ring suddenly, and there were people on the square wall.

In the sound of the copper bell, the torch, like a yellow dragon, instantly lit up the entire wall of the clarification workshop.

The Tiqi on the wall became restless.

The first to ring out was the flintlock pistols that the Tiqis were equipped with. The first wave of people who wanted to climb the wall in the dark were killed immediately.

Lu Zhong picked up a blunderbuss, aimed at an enemy with a bow and arrow, and pulled the trigger.

The matchlock fell into the fire door, ignited the primer, and the primer burned into the medicine chamber. The gunpowder exploded, and the lead whizzed away, landing on the enemy's forehead.

Lu Zhong often compares martial arts with His Majesty, to be exact, in the use of firecrackers, Lu Zhong always loses to His Majesty very cleverly.

In fact, he manipulated his hand guns and bird guns like his arms, and he couldn't say where he pointed, but he could only shoot without missing a shot.

In a contest with His Majesty, His Majesty must win.

Lu Zhong didn't load the gunpowder, and shouted loudly: "Commander! Send the order, sharpshooter, aim at the enemy's rocket-carrying person, but if an arrow feather falls into the Tai'an Palace, the whole team will sit together, and the military law will be discussed! "

The Commander started running.

The sharpshooter is Lu Zhong training Tiqi, a group of Tiqi with good marksmanship specially set up, specially trained to deal with emergencies.

During the communication between the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, a group of people in the Jin Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty attacked the city with more than a dozen layers of cowhide armor, only one eye was exposed, which was extremely difficult. For this reason, the Southern Song Dynasty specially trained sharpshooters to shoot the eyes of these cowhide armor siege troops to break the enemy. .

If you want to be a sharpshooter, you have to hit every shot with a handgun, and you can be considered a sharpshooter without missing a shot.

Lu Zhong is obviously a sharpshooter.

However, Lu Zhong did not reload the gunpowder, but picked up a new bird gun, and pointed it at another enemy again. That person was about to draw a bow and shoot an arrow, which was also a rocket.

After Lu Zhong fired his gun, the lead bullets embedded in the eyebrows of the enemy, the archer fell to the ground, the arrow went to the sky, and then fell from the sky, stabbing heavily on the archer's body, igniting the unlucky archer.

The archer trembled a few times, then stopped moving.

The sharpshooters each have ten birdcracks filled with gunpowder, which can be fired at any time.

There are about 100 sharpshooters on watch at night, so more than a thousand bird guns are filled every day, but they never sound.

waste?It's quite a waste.

To maintain a thousand shot guns that can be fired at any time requires nearly 50 silver coins a day, and the defense expenditure of the entire Tai'an Palace costs at least [-] silver coins a year.

Is it expensive?It is quite expensive.

But how much is the great emperor's head worth?

Even Xing'an, who was so tight, never had any dissatisfaction with this matter. On the contrary, Xing'an asked for more money several times.

Isn't the great emperor spending so much money?

Lu Zhong issued an order not to let an arrow shoot into Tai'an Palace, it would be a real arrow, and it had never landed on the outer wall of Qingqingfang, let alone Tai'an Palace.

The four Tianzi Tiqi, wearing plate armor, slid down the rope from the wall of the square, and led a group of Tiqi behind them to fight with the bandits.

These Tiqi are all soldiers in Mingguang armor. The only difference between their armor and Tianzi Tiqi is that there are fewer patterns.

Tiqi, dressed in bright armor, is like a lion falling into a flock of sheep, invincible.

Every time the hook, sickle, gun and knife flashed, there were patches of blood mist, and the enemy fell to the ground wailing.

When it suddenly sounded on the wall of Qingqingfang, the rapid copper bell sounded immediately on all the walls and towers of the workshop, waking up the sleeping capital.

The Jinyiwei yamen moved in response to the sound, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities moved in response to the sound.

Even the Siwu regiment camp and the Siyong regiment camp outside the city were full of noisy voices, and they quickly gathered in the school grounds, waiting to enter Beijing at any time.

This bell has never rang at night in the capital, but the soldiers are extremely sensitive to this sound. Once they heard it, they immediately put on their armor, received firecrackers, long and short soldiers from the arsenal, and in less than half a quarter of an hour , the gate of Jinyiwei opened, and countless Tiqi rushed towards the clarification workshop.

With the sound of horseshoes, the soldiers and horses of the five cities all moved towards each square within a quarter of an hour.

Zhu Qiyu woke up suddenly from sleep, listened carefully to the voice outside the window, and began to dress.

He said to Empress Wang: "Be safe and don't be impatient. I will go out and have a look. You stay still. If there is any change, from the secret road to the Jinyiwei Yamen, someone will take you and the children away."

There is a secret road from Tai'an Palace to Jinyiwei. This secret road was excavated by Tiqi. If Tiqi also betrayed, Queen Wang and the others would not be able to fly out of the capital even if they put on wings.

Empress Wang hurriedly got dressed and went to the child's side hall.

After Zhu Qiyu packed up, he walked out of the room and saw Xing'an waiting in front of the door.

"Your Majesty, Xiaoxiao made a disturbance. He didn't even cross the wall of the clarification workshop. Tiqi has already arrived outside the workshop. Your Majesty will sleep again? It's only three o'clock." Xing'an bowed his head and said.

Queen Wang heard that nothing happened and did not wake up the children, so she stood behind Zhu Qiyu.

"Are you all right?" Zhu Qiyu understood, he spent more than 50 silver coins in the clarification workshop every year, and it seemed that the effect was good.

People who are looking for death are full of bags.

The palace gate of Tai'an Palace opened, and the palace gate of Qingqingfang opened. Lu Zhong and Yuan Bin had already extinguished the fire outside Qingqingfang.

Lu Zhong was fully armored, came to the Tai'an Hall, saluted and said: "I'm going to die."

"It's been dealt with cleanly?" Zhu Qiyu gestured to Lu Zhongping, and he said with a smile: "Don't talk about capital crimes in the future, this time you handled it very well, and not a single tile in the clarification workshop was broken, so why is there a capital crime? "

Lu Zhong stood up, bowed his head and said: "The thieves are either dead or captured. Several leaders have been arrested. They are ready to interrogate overnight. They should be from Huichangbo Mansion. They want to rob everyone in Jiwang Mansion."

"Maybe I haven't been to the capital for a long time. I don't know that there has been a change in the clarification workshop."

"Otherwise I wouldn't have come to die."

Apparently, Sun Jizong underestimated the defense capabilities of Tai'an Palace and Qingfang where the Ten Princes' Mansion is located, otherwise he would not have sent someone to send him to his death.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Very good. Tonight's Tiqi will be rewarded with fifty silver coins, and five city soldiers and horse commanders will be rewarded with ten silver coins each. Not bad, the response is very fast."

Lu Zhong bowed to the command and continued: "The leader confessed that their target is Prince Ji's Mansion, but the main direction of attack is actually Tai'an Palace, intending to create chaos and then rob everyone in Prince Ji's Mansion."

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while: "It's not stupid. They know how to make noises, but it's a pity that they don't know that our Tai'an Palace has been expanded."

Sun Jizong's conspiracies and tricks are quite interesting, not the kind of stupid donkeys who close their eyes and do things.

What does it mean that water cannot be poured in?

Don't even think about falling an arrow into Tai'an Palace, even if you splash water.

Lu Zhong said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, do you want to build a diamond-shaped artillery mortar? Install a few cannons of the General Zhenglu?"

Chapter 324 Who is Cooperating with the Conspiracy?

"No need." Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said.

Cannons are out of the question.

The movement of the General Zhenglu Cannon is slow. If the General Cannon is really used, the general situation is basically over, so why bother?

At that point, whether or not there are a few guns will not affect the overall situation at all.

Lu Zhong bowed his head to take the order, he hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is strange, I am afraid that there are people in the capital who join hands with Huichang Bo, otherwise there are so many people in ambush in the capital, with bows, armor, and even firecrackers." , I believe that it should be thoroughly investigated."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Well, investigate this case thoroughly."

Lu Zhong took the order and left.

Zhu Qiyu yawned and walked into his bedroom. Empress Wang had already comforted the concubines.

Tang Guiren, who was pregnant, heard the sound of firecrackers. Instead of being afraid, she was eager to try, which really worried Queen Wang for a while.

Tang Yunyan's father is Tang Xing, Tang Yunyan's temperament is very similar to Tang Xing's, she is very happy, when she heard the sound of firecrackers, she wanted to get up to watch the excitement, but she was persuaded by Wang Meilin.

"Is everything okay outside?" Wang Meilin still asked worriedly.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "It's okay, don't worry, it's not a big deal."

Wang Meilin breathed a sigh of relief, undressed Zhu Qiyu, and said helplessly: "When my husband was the king of Yi, he didn't have to work so hard. Every day he just fished, raised flowers, read books, and waited for Ru'er to grow up. That's it."

"Hey, my husband has let go of the things my husband liked in the past. He is busy and worried all day long."

Zhu Zhanqian told Luo Bingzhong that when the world is peaceful, he is the happiest person in the world.

Even if there is a rebellion, Xiangyang Mansion, as the third office of Huguang, will not cause any trouble.

What's so good about being an emperor?

Beware of this and that all day long, busy, if you are a wise king, you will be plotted against by treacherous villains, and if you are a foolish king, you will feel uneasy and be scolded.

It's bad to be a wise ruler and a foolish ruler.

Zhu Zhanqian thought that his second nephew was very wise, otherwise he would have defected to the rebels instead of going to the capital to join his second nephew.

Wang Meilin's statement is the same as Zhu Zhanqian's statement.

If it weren't for civil and natural changes, even the Deng Maoqi-Ye Zongliu uprising that affected the five provinces of Fujian, and the Shengmiao uprising that affected the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang, etc., would be nothing more than local rebellions.

It will not affect Zhu Qizhen's throne at all.

But it happened that all four disasters happened at the same time, and my husband was helplessly involved in this dispute, and even sat on the throne.

She has been in fear for a long time. Although she is the mother of the world and the wife who leads the world, she has some authority, but this authority is not as comfortable as the days when the case is equal to the eyebrows.

"Heard the discussion again?" Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile.

Wang Meilin nodded, made the bed for His Majesty, and said: "No, some people say that Your Majesty passed the examination, it was extremely cruel, alas."

"Your Majesty, let's rest for a while, and I will go and cook some porridge for His Majesty."

But Zhu Qiyu pulled Wang Meilin, and pulled the rope of the bed curtain, and the heavy curtain covered the dragon couch.

"Hey..." Wang Meilin was unsteady, leaned over Zhu Qiyu's body, felt the hot hands moving around, groaned, and said in a low voice: "What an enemy."

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In Prince Ji's Mansion, Mrs. Qian had already woken up completely. She had been sitting in the main hall, waiting for the news from outside. When she heard that all the culprits had been executed and many of them had been arrested, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Jianshen sat steadily on the second seat all the time. He sat up straight and said, "Mother, did you say that someone from grandma's family came to pick us up?"

Mrs. Qian shook her head and said: "They don't want to take us to Yingtian Mansion, they want us to die."

"My child doesn't understand." Zhu Jianshen was still young and couldn't figure out the logic, but his aunt had a well-documented approach and never missed it. He was very obedient.