Now that Emperor Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian at the beginning of his reign and ruthlessly eliminated the eunuchs, he soon became an unprecedented saint in the Ming Dynasty in the hearts of the people, clans, and nobles of the world, and at the same time, he quickly sat on the throne by virtue of this.

In later generations, there were always people who criticized it, saying that Emperor Chongzhen's killing of the eunuch party was a good name and caused real trouble, thinking that he should not kill the eunuch party, and it was inevitable that he would die if he killed the eunuch party.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen, who came from later generations, had heard of this statement, but he did not agree with it.

When he first arrived, he still killed Wei Zhongxian according to the practice in the history of Emperor Chongzhen, and he killed him more ruthlessly than in the original history.

Why? Is this to gain the false name of a holy king?

Of course, it is not all for the sake of fame, but it must be said that at the beginning of Emperor Chongzhen's succession, it was very important for him to sit on the throne.

As for fame, when the strength in your hands is strong enough, of course, it is just a false name, and it doesn't matter if you want it or not.

But when you don't have any strength in your hands, a name that has won the hearts of the nobles of the world's clans is an extremely important thing.

This is why Emperor Chongzhen must kill Wei Zhongxian at the beginning of his succession.

Even if it is just to brush up his prestige, he must be killed.

Because Emperor Chongzhen at that time had nothing, the prestige of Lord Zhongxing was the only thing he could grasp and use.

Emperor Chongzhen is the fifth son of Emperor Zhu Changluo of Mingguangzong, that is, Emperor Taichang, and only one of the first four survived, which was Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse.

And Emperor Chongzhen's mother was just an ordinary palace maid surnamed Liu, because she was occasionally favored by Zhu Changluo, who was still the prince at the time, she became pregnant, and finally gave birth to him smoothly.

When Emperor Chongzhen was five years old, his mother Liu angered Zhu Changluo because of a trivial incident and was directly given death by Zhu Changluo.

Since then, a five-year-old child has struggled to survive in the treacherous and dangerous Forbidden City, and has grown up with difficulty day by day.

was first handed over to the so-called Xi Li to raise, and later because Xi Li didn't like him and always abused him openly and secretly, he was handed over to the so-called Dong Li to raise.

It wasn't until the crown prince Zhu Changluo ascended the throne and became Emperor Taichang, and it wasn't until Zhu Youzhen's mother, who had been dead for several years, was posthumously crowned as a virtuous concubine that his situation improved slightly.

However, at that time, this seven or eight-year-old child had already suffered all kinds of hardships in the palace.

At this point, as long as you look at the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who was in the same situation as him, and gave the two servants of Emperor Taichang's favor to Xi Li and Dong Li soon after he ascended the throne and took power, you can know how much suffering and how many sins the two brothers Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen have endured at the hands of these two adoptive mothers.

Emperor Chongzhen died of his biological mother at the age of five, and he was given death by his father, in such a situation, he was fortunate to be able to grow up safely.

Later, he was able to ascend the throne entirely because Zhu Youxiao only had such a younger brother, and if there was another one, I am afraid it would be difficult for him to take his turn.

Therefore, the civil officials who helped him to ascend to the throne, although it is said that everyone can be killed, are his only reliance at the beginning of his succession.

As for killing the eunuchs, and then going back and cleaning up these people step by step, it is because he has already secured the throne.

Now, more than three years have passed, and Emperor Chongzhen is no longer the unfounded lord of Chong Ling at the beginning of his succession.

He not only established the Guards, but also personally promoted a number of high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China, local governors, and newly promoted nobles in charge of the army.

At this time, the name of the Holy Monarch really became a kind of false name that he no longer needed.

It's good to have it, it's the icing on the cake, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter, because he still has a lot of cards to play.

The most important thing is that now Emperor Chongzhen has an heir, at least a legitimate heir.

Of course, the importance of the clan to him immediately declined.

Let's say that after Emperor Chongzhen said categorically, "The original intention of the ancestors to establish the country was definitely not like this", he quietly looked at Xu Guangqi and Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, and waited for a long time, only to see that these two people were silent and did not answer.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen sighed secretly, knowing that such a matter was too important, and it was too abrupt to say it to them on an occasion like today.

And the queen has just given birth to a prince, and she wants to rectify the clan, which is quite a bit of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, unloading the mill and killing the donkey, so she thought about it and said to the two:

"As the so-called Qing officials are difficult to decide family affairs, clan affairs have always been the most difficult matter in the world, with a lot of things to do, and every move is very important, and I don't actually have too clear ideas here.

"Since I talked about it with the two Xu Aiqing today, then I will ask the two Aiqing to go back and think about it, after all, the expenses of the clan and the clan are huge, and it has become a common burden for the court and the local government.

"Now I have set an example, since the succession to the throne of the internal subsidy Taicang countless people, just say that the Taicang expenditure side of the military salary, in the past three years, I have spent more than 10 million, but I and the queen and even the harem concubines, but I have never taken a penny from the household Taicang.

"I and the queen's concubines are still like this, how can the emperor's relatives, relatives, clans, and descendants of the world's ancestors not think of the country's difficulties and help me in the same boat?!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen saw that Xu Guangqi and Xu Yunzhen both looked like they wanted to speak and stopped, so they paused for a moment, but the two looked at each other and did not speak after all.

Emperor Chongzhen knew that the two of them were not prepared for the matter they talked about today, so he continued:

"In this way, the queen gave birth to a prince for me, and a courtier wrote to me early this morning asking me to grant amnesty to the world. I will have an amnesty for the world at the Zhengdan court meeting this spring, so there is no need for this time.

"However, the queen gave birth to a prince for me, but it is a first-class royal event, and I have thought about it for a long time, so it is better to give grace to the clan!

"I mean that from today onwards, the Zongren Mansion and the Ministry of Rites will officially abolish the ban that the descendants of Taizu are not allowed to engage in the livelihood of the four people!

"All the descendants of Taizu have nowhere to go in the world, no job can not be operated, they can be cultivated and studied, they can work and business, they can also study and study, and they can enter the imperial examination, or they will be promoted by the princes' mansions in the Zongren Mansion and the Ministry of Rites, and then recommended to me to be selected and selected!"

Although Xu Guangqi was surprised by Emperor Chongzhen's earth-shattering words, he did not object.

Because in the final analysis, this matter is indeed the Ming Emperor's own family matter.

Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, obviously recognized this more clearly, looked at Xu Guangqi, and then the two bowed together and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

In the past, generations of emperors of the Ming Dynasty knew that the descendants of Taizu were forbidden to engage in the business of the four people, and in the end they could only be supported by the court with money and grain.

Because your emperor doesn't let these people do anything else, and the court doesn't support them anymore, these people have nothing to live on, do they want to starve to death?!

However, the reason why generations of emperors of the Ming Dynasty knew the problem was that they would rather let the court bear a heavy burden than lift the ban, but they were wary of these clan children, worried that these people would have a bad heart, so that one day they would seek to usurp the throne.

For the previous generations of Ming Emperors, now this Chongzhen Emperor is not worried, if he has no heirs, maybe there will be a little worry.

But now that he has an heir, with the tenacity of the vitality of the patriarchal system of the Ming Dynasty, the children of the other clans have no chance at all.

Taking 10,000 steps back, if there is a child of the clan who can grow step by step to the point where he can threaten the throne of his descendants just by virtue of his identity as a disciple of the clan, then he must also be a heroic figure.

For such a character, what is wrong with giving him the throne?

As long as he can destroy the Jurchens and subdue Mongolia within a dozen or decades, and pacify the surrounding areas, as for a hundred years later, it will be someone else's business.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that the two of them just said that they would obey the order, and did not say that His Majesty Shengming, who usually had to say a word casually when the courtiers received the order, knew that the two still had doubts in their hearts, so he said:

"After you two go back, settle this matter first! Then, together with the Hanlin Academy, we will check the genealogy of the clan, find out the situation of the children of the clan of the feudal kings in various places first, write a note, and send it to the palace on a certain day, and hand it over to the imperial court! ”

Xu Yunzhen and Xu Guangqi heard this, and said in their hearts, "It's really not that simple", but they didn't say much, just bowed down again to receive the order, and then said goodbye with a lot of heart.