Chapter 2 Wei Zhongxian shot in the second quarter

A country cannot live without a king for a day. On the second day after the eldest brother passed away, Wei Zhongxian announced outside the Meridian Gate in a helpless tone: "Call the King Xin to succeed the Datong!" The king of letter is Zhu Youjian. "Joining the Datong" means inheriting the throne. This is the result that Wei Zhongxian is least willing to see, and of course this result is also the last result that Wei Zhongxian is unwilling to announce. But times have changed, and everything has to happen.This is Wei Zhongxian's melancholy. Xin Wang Zhu Youjian entered the palace with a piece of wheat cake in his arms.

Zhu Youjian knows: In this world, some foods are edible, and some foods are not. Some meals can be eaten by others, and some meals must be cooked by one's own people. The wheat cakes that Zhu Youjian carried were made by his father-in-law's family.This reassured Zhu Youjian, because before entering the palace, the queen (should be called the emperor's wife) had already warned him: don't eat the food in the palace-the dog will jump over the wall if he is in a hurry, and Wei Zhongxian will poison him if he is in a hurry. Therefore, when Wei Zhongxian sent the loyal admiral Tu Wenfu to lead him into the palace with a smile on his face, Zhu Youjian's eyes were suspicious.The road to the top is full of strange faces and the unfathomable expressions behind the faces.Zhu Youjian must be vigilant and defend himself.

The night is long, and the situation in the palace is tense.That night, Wei Zhongxian never showed up, but Zhu Youjian always felt Wei Zhongxian's existence.Zhu Youjian deeply felt that Daming was about to end, and he clearly heard the creaking sound of the country and mountains collapsing.It can be said that there has never been a king in history who succeeded to the throne in such an atmosphere of fear, but Zhu Youjian unfortunately caught up.My night is longer than my day, and my waiting determines the history of a dynasty.Zhu Youjian was almost in tears. If you catch up, you will catch up, and Zhu Youjian sees the trick.Of course he couldn't fall asleep, so Zhu Youjian sat on the floor with a candle, waiting for dawn.A patrolling eunuch came with a sword. He took the sword and "appreciated" it for a long time.In order to increase his affinity with the guards patrolling at night, Zhu Youjian ordered the eunuchs to bring him wine and food, as if he was enjoying himself with the people.Of course, what he ate himself was the wheat cake made by his father-in-law's family.Zhu Youjian bit the cold wheat cake hard, smiled at the gluttony of the crowd, and believed that his tomorrow would be better.

And that night, Wei Zhongxian also tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.Because he is not sure whether his tomorrow will be better, or even whether he has a tomorrow. In fact, every tomorrow, the sun will still rise. There are two reasons why many people cannot see the sun tomorrow: first, he died; second, it was cloudy or rainy. Although Zhu Youjian, who was already Emperor Chongzhen, saw the sun of the next day, the sun was hazy. Because Wei Zhongxian is still alive, this makes the bright sun of Daming look less brilliant. What's more terrible is that next to Wei Zhongxian, there is a woman named Ke Shi who is still alive, which makes the bright sun of Daming look even less brilliant.

This Ke Shi is really not a simple woman.Because she used to be Xi Zong's wet nurse and nanny, and also his sexual enlightenment; later she was Wei Zhongxian's mistress and best friend, and a community of interests for him.In Xi Zong's era, the Hakka family stayed in the palace as Xi Zong's wet nurse and nanny, but when the dirty news spread, the officials of the outer court strongly demanded that the Hakka family move out of the palace.Wei Zhongxian fought against tens of millions of people with one person, and finally kept Keshi in the palace, and Keshi finally created her nurse legend with her tough style: every time she went out, she would carry a big sedan chair eight times, and if she was too late, she would fight immediately. die.Many people paid the price for this, and many officials also paid the price: during the incident, Zhu Qinxiang and Ni Sihui accused this kind of strong woman style and were dismissed from office; I also took it in.Wei and Ke formed the best iron-blood combination of men and women in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. What's more terrible is that Xi Zong also joined in friendship, turning the male and female duet into a male and female trio.Every birthday of Hakka, no matter how busy Xi Zong is, he would go to congratulate him in person.So while shouting long live; while shouting ancestor Taizong thousand years old.Of course, it is necessary to call Wei Zhongxian nine thousand nine hundred years old.

This is the Iron Triangle of the Ming Dynasty.Xi Zong has gone, and a corner of the Iron Triangle has gone, but it is still extremely strong. Do you want to move Wei Zhongxian, or Dong Keshi, or both? What answer will Chongzhen give? He looked very sad but calm and calm, sent away the first emperor and canonized the empress concubine, not many of them but not too many.Those who should be rewarded must be rewarded, and those who should be punished must also be punished, which means that rewards and punishments are clearly defined.But only for Wei Zhongxian and Ke family, he "picked up" them and put them aside, and ignored the memorials to impeach Wei, Ke and their party members, and ignored them.

Chongzhen's attitude towards Wei Zhongxian and Hakka was neither reward nor punishment. silence. Nothing but silence. This is a silence that is so overcast that water drips out, but it can also be interpreted in another way: preferential treatment of Wei Zhongxian is Xi Zong's political will.Perhaps, Chongzhen didn't want to do things that would disturb the peace of the late emperor Jiuquan. Chongzhen couldn't speak.He has no soul confidant, he is a lonely king.In this empty Forbidden City, he is a lonely king who gets along day and night with hundreds of ministers who have ulterior motives.He is loneliest in the busiest places.His nights were indeed longer than his days.

Everything was terribly silent, like playing Go and entering a long exam.The opponent fell into a deep sleep, but the sound of the countdown was clearly audible.Is there a next step?Did he just give up or did he throw the winner at the last second?Nothing is known.What is he waiting for, waiting for Wei Zhongxian to show his flaws or waiting for Godot? Chongzhen turned his back. Wei Zhongxian shot slowly. Only eight days after Xi Zong's death, on the first day of September, Wei Zhongxian proposed to Chongzhen to resign from the position of eunuch as the governor of Dongchang. This is to retreat to advance, this is to know autumn when the leaves fall.

Chongzhen shot quickly: no. Wei Zhongxian thought he heard it wrong, he crawled on the ground and slowly raised his head, meeting Chongzhen's eyes. What is in that gaze?Nothing at all. Chongzhen looked at Wei Zhongxian with a hollow gaze.Wei Zhongxian couldn't see Chongzhen's joys, anger, sorrows and joys in it. An 18-year-old youth with such a mature gaze made Wei Zhongxian feel like he was meeting his opponent. He quickly made a second move.On the third day of September, Hakka asked to move back to his private house from the palace. This time, Chongzhen hesitated for a long time before uttering two words softly: Zhun Zuo.But to Wei Zhongxian's ears, these two words were like Hong Zhong Da Lu, and they exploded in his ears-he did it after all.Back then, when Xi Zong was here, how many people wanted to move the Hakkas out of the palace, but now, the bones of the first emperor are still cold, but the Hakkas have no choice but to move. It seems that Chongzhen wants to separate Wei and Hakka. Ah... Wei Zhongxian pondered Chongzhen's intentions, and while wiping off his sweat, he peeked at him, but unexpectedly saw Chongzhen's eyes fixed on him, without saying a word...