Tu Wenfu turned his head to look at Wang Chengen beside him, and suddenly said sarcastically: "If I don't take advantage of this time to show my loyalty to Your Majesty, I'm afraid what I'm waiting for is the will of my life." Have you really forgotten who recommended you to Gonggong Cao back then, so that you have your current status? ”

Wang Chengen was silent for a long time before he said: "I will try my best to arrange it, but from now on, you and I will not owe each other." ”

On the afternoon of the second day when the two met, Zhu Youzhen summoned Tu Wenfu in the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Tu Wenfu, who was kneeling below and saluting himself, for a long time before he spoke: "Get up, you want to see me this time in the palace, do you have something to report to me?" ”

Tu Wenfu couldn't hear any emotional fluctuations from Zhu Youzhen's tone, and after he got up, he replied in a shocking manner: "The minister is here to ask Your Majesty for guilt." ”

Tu Wenfu's words surprised Zhu Youzhen, and he asked with some curiosity: "Excuse me, what kind of crime do you want to ask me?" ”

"The minister was blinded by lard before, and as His Majesty's courtier, he was attached to Wei Zhongxian, the prince of the factory, which is really a big crime..."

Tu Wenfu's frank attitude won Zhu Youzhen's favor. Although everyone in and out of the palace believed that after the first emperor returned to heaven, Wei Zhongxian would inevitably fall. But there is no one like Tu Wenfu who surrenders to Chongzhen cleanly.

After listening to Tu Wenfu's words, although Zhu Youzhen felt a little happy, he didn't trust him so much.

"Since even you said that Duke Wei was so arrogant and domineering on this fair day, what do you think I should do with him?"

"The minister thinks that Fengyang, the central capital, is suitable for Wei Gonggong to think about it, and it can also calm the heart of his party members."

"Didn't you say that Gonggong Wei's party members are all over the government and the opposition, if he refuses to go to the central capital to guard the mausoleum, what should he do?"

Tu Wenfu knew that this was the time when he was really needed to perform, "The minister thinks that Your Majesty should first remove and replace the Jinyi Guard, commanding Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun and others, and Your Majesty's mastery of the Jinyi Guard is equivalent to mastering the garrison of the Imperial City." Then use the brocade to clean up the East Factory, then the inside and outside of the palace city are under the control of His Majesty. At that time, although Wei Zhongxian was the commander of the East Factory, he couldn't get out of the palace wall. ”

Zhu Youzhen was really a little moved at this time, although he had always wanted to move Jinyiwei, but he was afraid of startling the snake and arousing Wei Zhongxian's suspicions. What's more, there are only two people he knows in Jinyiwei, one is Zhang Shijie of Qianhu, and the other is Lian Shanxiang of Baihu. Although the former is qualified and has enough strength to take over Jinyiwei, but letting the British Duke completely control the force of the capital is tantamount to entrusting his safety in the hands of the British Duke, Zhu Youzhen naturally would not do such a stupid thing.

And the latter's background is too low, surpassing so many senior officers of Jinyiwei, and suddenly promoting a hundred households to the position of commander of Jinyiwei, not to mention whether this will make those Jinyiwei officers deviate from morality, even Shanxiang can't restrain such a huge army.

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while before continuing to ask, "Then what are you going to do to let me master the Jinyi Guard?" ”

"Nanzhen Fusi commanded Luo Yangxing, Jinyi Wei Qianhu Dong Kun are all confidants of the first emperor, as long as His Majesty personally writes to the two of them, then Jinyi Wei will be in the hands of His Majesty." Tu Wenfu replied without hesitation.

Luo Yangxing and Dong Kun were the Jinyiwei officers who were summoned by Tu Wenfu before Tianqi's death, because he knew that Wei Zhongxian had no strength to compete with Zhu Youzhen, and Tu Wenfu was also the bridge between Tianqi's last order to contact Jinyiwei and Zhu Youzhen.

Although Tu Wenfu hesitated before, he went to see Wei Zhongxian first to probe the tone. But Wei Zhongxian's reaction disappointed him, so as soon as he got out of Wei Zhongxian's courtyard, he found Wang Chengen and prepared to act according to the apocalypse's will.

Zhu Youzhen really couldn't see any conspiracy and tricks of the respectful Tu Wenfu, but he still didn't plan to act completely according to Tu Wenfu's script. Although this method of relying on conspiracy to eradicate the powerful ministers is very effective, it is also endless.

As a high-ranking person, arresting people first and then starting to collect evidence of crimes is undoubtedly a manifestation of lack of confidence in the power in his hands. Although the Ming Dynasty was going downhill, the imperial power had not yet declined to this extent.

Since there is Luo Yang and Dong Kun in the Jinyi Guard, Zhu Youzhen will naturally not be blind to ride a blind horse, and he will not find anyone to control the Jinyi Guard. "Summoning Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian over."

After Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while, he said something that Tu Wenfu did not expect. "Your Majesty should first master the Jinyi Guard, and then summon Gonggong Wei. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be twists and turns in this matter. Tu Wenfu hurriedly admonished.

Zhu Youzhen just smiled, "Since there are loyal ministers like Tu Wenfu in the palace, and reliable officers like Luo Yangxing and Dong Kun in the Jinyi Guard, I am still afraid of any twists and turns." Punishment without teaching is abuse, and as a great tomorrow, even if I want to punish someone's crimes, I must be charged with several crimes under Lang Lang. Wang Chengen, why don't you go quickly, what are you doing standing there? ”

Wang Chengen, who had already stopped, finally left to summon Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian. And Tu Wenfu was sweating a little on his forehead, he didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to be so impulsive, if Wei Zhongxian saw him here, wouldn't he immediately understand what had happened.

But just when he was anxious, he suddenly thought: "Letting Wei Zhongxian know that he betrayed him, isn't this tantamount to forcing himself to break with Wei Zhongxian." This can't be deliberately arranged by Chongzhen. ”

Tu Wenfu quietly looked up at Zhu Youzhen, and found that the young man's face was as flat as water, as if he didn't know what a dangerous move he had just made, which made Tu Wenfu, who originally thought that everything was under control, a little frightened.

Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian, who were summoned, did not suspect anything, and these days because they all knew that the superintendent was auditing the construction costs of the three major halls, Zhu Youzhen would often summon the two to inquire.

For example, the eunuchs in charge of the inner transport depot take out the items in the depot and sell them secretly, and then buy back inferior goods in the market, or ask for food and cards for the foreign tribute transfer ambassadors who are sent away.

For this reason, Zhu Youzhen not only punished and dismissed several eunuchs from their positions, but also ordered the chief eunuch who managed the treasury to come up with a set of rules and regulations for managing the treasury. In addition, the power of the celebrant eunuchs and eunuchs to appoint and dismiss the remaining 24 yamen stewards and eunuchs in the palace at will was also abolished.

Originally, the appointment and dismissal of the chief eunuchs of the twenty-four eunuch yamen in the palace were all based on the emperor's preferences, and the positions below the chief eunuch were decided by the chief eunuchs of each yamen themselves. However, after Shenzong, the personnel power of the twenty-four yamen gradually fell into the hands of the celebrant supervisor.

This also caused a situation in which the master of ceremonies and eunuchs had a dominant family, which was completely intolerable to Zhu Youzhen. It was because he took advantage of the chaos in the management of the inner carrier warehouse that he simply deprived the celebrant of the power to appoint and dismiss the palace personnel.