Chapter 1080: Dark War (1)

The struggle for power has always been ruthless, and it doesn't need too many reasons, nor does it need too many explanations, Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze have already heard the meaning of this layer from Su Tiancheng's words, and they have been in the officialdom for a long time, they understand this truth very well, since they have chosen to support Su Tiancheng, they must be ready to do everything to confront the court and the emperor.

From this time on, changes began to appear, although this kind of change, for the time being, will not affect the heads of the common people, but the struggle will eventually break out, whether it is a peaceful transition, or go through a brutal fight, resulting in a great loss of national strength, the common people encounter brutal killing, no one knows.

Su Tiancheng, who crossed over, has some sensitive understanding of many points in time, when he just crossed, he thought of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, which was the time of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, judging from the current situation, it is completely impossible for Liukou and Houjin Tatar to destroy the Ming Dynasty, but the other kind of downfall, is it already emerging, that is, the dynasty of the Zhu family no longer exists, and another kind of dynasty change is realized.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Su Tiancheng dared to make up his mind and began to confront the court and the emperor head-on, which is probably an inevitable situation of historical development.

The situation in Korea was still very calm, Qu Qingze did not get any information about the Japanese invasion of Korea, and Zhang Fengyi, who was stationed in Xuanzhou, was also honest, especially after the Jiangning Battalion of Zhilu Dao won a great victory in Liaodong.

Su Tiancheng estimated that there must be a lot of Japanese in Shenyang, responsible for transmitting intelligence, the news of the Ming Dynasty's victory in Gaizhou and Liaodong, these Japanese could not be indifferent, maybe they invaded Korea and helped the Houjin Tatars from the side. Because of the sudden change in the battles of Liaodong and Gaizhou, there is a great possibility of such a thing, knowing that it cannot be done, and no wise leader would make such a stupid move.

After receiving Su Tiancheng's recital, the holy decree has been sent. Although Su Tiancheng returned to Dengzhou, Zhu Youzhen, who had a good face, still sent the holy decree directly to Liaodong, as for how to deal with it later, whether the will will go from Liaodong to Dengzhou, it is not a problem that Zhu Youzhen needs to consider.

It was precisely because of this delay that Su Tiancheng would receive the holy decree for many days later.

After watching Su Tiancheng's recital, Zhu Youzhen's hands were trembling. This twist and turn is the evidence of Su Tiancheng's confrontation with the imperial court, which also shows that Su Tiancheng has no scruples at all, and the struggle has developed in the direction of superficiality.

I just discussed this matter with Zhou Yanru, Zhu Youzhen was quite calm, he was not angry, and he did not tear Su Tiancheng's twists and turns. Instead, he directly found Yang Sichang and Zhou Yanru.

In his heart, Zhu Youzhen didn't want to let Zhu Xianxuan go. After all, the relationship between Zhu Xianxuan and Su Tiancheng is very close, and judging from the actual situation, it will not have much effect to detain Zhu Xianxuan in the capital, since Su Tiancheng is ready to fight against the imperial court. will not be shaken, once the imperial court makes a decision to continue to put Zhu Xianxuan under house arrest, or even kill Zhu Xianxuan, it may trigger a complete confrontation with Su Tiancheng. There will be a split situation in the Ming Dynasty.

The calm Zhu Youzhen is still able to think through many key issues.

Yang Sichang and Zhou Yanru hurried to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

The two looked at Su Tiancheng's recital carefully, and their expressions were different, Yang Sichang seemed calmer, and Zhou Yanru looked more excited.

"You have all watched Su Tiancheng's recital, if you have any thoughts, say them all."

Yang Sichang looked at Zhou Yanru, and Zhou Yanru also looked at Yang Sichang, but no one spoke first.

This situation was noticed by Zhu Youzhen, and there was a faint trace of disappointment in his heart.

"I see, let's talk about Zhou Aiqing first."

The emperor spoke, of course Zhou Yanru needs to obey the order, he is the second assistant of the cabinet, and it is a little inappropriate to say in front of the first assistant of the cabinet, but this is what the emperor meant.

"The minister thinks that Su Tiancheng has gone too far, this is a typical blackmail of the court and the emperor, Su Tiancheng's request, the court can't agree."

Zhu Youzhen nodded and looked at Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang calmed down a lot.

"The minister disagrees with Lord Zhou's suggestion, since Su Tiancheng can write such a recital, that is, he is ready for everything, the court does not allow Su Tiancheng's request, what can he do, how can he control Su Tiancheng, in case Su Tiancheng is rumored and slandered the court because of this matter, how should he respond."

Yang Sichang said this, and Zhu Youzhen interjected.

"Yang Aiqing, what do you think, even if I say that I want to listen to your truth today, I also have to find a solution to the problem."

"Your Majesty, Su Tiancheng's request in the fold is actually reasonable, asking the imperial court to send people to Dengzhou, Liaodong and other places to inspect, this is the rule of the imperial court, and it is already half a year, as for Su Tiancheng's proposal to invite His Royal Highness the King of Jin to Dengzhou to inspect, it is a bit excessive, but the relationship between Su Tiancheng and His Royal Highness the King of Jin is known throughout the dynasty, and from the perspective of family affection, this is not a fault."

"There is also the most critical problem, that is, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has no sin, so far, the court has only asked His Royal Highness the King of Jin to rest in the mansion because of physical reasons, in other words, if His Royal Highness the King of Jin is in better health, he still has to come to the court to do things, His Royal Highness the King of Jin is not a sinner, and it is impossible for the court not to allow His Royal Highness the King of Jin to leave the capital."

"If the imperial court does not allow His Royal Highness the King of Jin to leave the capital, it will definitely anger Su Tiancheng, the emperor has just issued an order, praised the merits of Su Tiancheng's establishment, and asked Su Tiancheng to make persistent efforts to quickly launch a clean up of the Houjin Tartars, and exterminate the Houjin Tartars in one go, the emperor put forward a request, and the minister also thought that this was what Su Tiancheng should do, but now the situation is different, if the court does not agree to Su Tiancheng's request, Su Tiancheng may jump off the wall in a hurry, and ignore everything, in that case, he will eventually suffer losses, Or the emperor and the court. ”

"Therefore, the minister thought that he agreed to Su Tiancheng's request."

"It's not a big deal to let His Royal Highness the King of Jin go to Dengzhou, the sky can't fall, not to mention that the minister thinks that the emperor can also take the opportunity to win the hearts of the adults in the court."

Zhu Youzhen nodded, he heard a hint of clues.

Zhou Yanru also understood, and lowered his head a little ashamedly, he didn't think carefully about what he said just now, he just wanted to follow the emperor's thoughts, in fact, the method Yang Sichang said was the real solution to the problem.

"The minister thought that the emperor could tell the world about Su Tiancheng's performance, print it into a newspaper and send it to the provincial, government, state, and county yamen, and then issued an order, from the perspective of concern, to allow His Royal Highness the King of Jin to bring his family to Dengzhou to inspect, since it is an inspection, why bring his family, I think all the officials of my Ming Dynasty will understand, from this recital, my Ming officials can be clear about Su Tiancheng's sinister intentions, and it will be revealed, so that Su Tiancheng can be isolated to the greatest extent and make all preparations for the coming day."

After Yang Sichang finished speaking, Zhou Yanru immediately spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks what Lord Yang said is very true, but the minister was reckless just now and lacks thought."

A smile appeared on Zhu Youzhen's face, Yang Sichang's suggestion is indeed feasible, and the effect must be very good, so that Su Tiancheng's wolf ambition and the officials of the Ming Dynasty can understand.

"Very good, Yang Aiqing's suggestion is good, I see that it will be done, tomorrow morning, Yang Aiqing will preside, discuss this matter, I will make an order tomorrow, and do it according to Su Tiancheng's requirements, this time, I will send it directly to Dengzhou."

After Yang Sichang and Zhou Yanru left the Heart Cultivation Palace, a sneer appeared on Zhu Youzhen's face, what did the many civil and military ministers in the court think, how could he not know, many people are wall-riding factions, and they will not show their attitude at all, the contradiction between the court and Su Tiancheng, many people know, but there are very few people who discuss this matter, on the one hand, they are afraid of offending Su Tiancheng, and on the other hand, it is also for their own considerations, who knows what kind of situation Lu Dao will be in the future.

At such a time, Zhu Youzhen wanted to force the ministers of civil and military affairs in the court to express his position, and tomorrow's early court is the best opportunity, and fortunately Su Tiancheng wrote such a twist and turn, otherwise he would not have found the opportunity to make trouble.

The ministers in the cabinet, Zhu Youzhen is also ready to make adjustments, Fu Guan and Xue Guoguan's abilities are still good, but the two of them are a little hesitant about how to treat Su Tiancheng, Zhu Youzhen will not allow such hesitation to exist, this is very dangerous, besides, after so many years, the adjustment of the cabinet is not very large, and it is not too big to take this opportunity to adjust.

In terms of candidates, Zhu Youzhen has already considered that Qian Qianyi can enter the cabinet, originally Qian Qianyi is not a good person, but don't ignore it, Qian Qianyi is the leader of Donglin Academy, once Qian Qianyi enters the cabinet, Zhu Youzhen has won the support of Donglin Academy, as for some radical understandings of Donglin Academy, they have long been beaten by reality.

In addition, it is Chen Xinjia, although Chen Xinjia suffered a fiasco in Liaodong, but the actual responsibility for this is on Zhu Youzhen himself, I believe that some people in the court are also clear, this time the great victory in Liaodong has long made the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs forget the previous defeat, and Chen Xinjia is capable and is at the lowest point.

Moreover, letting Chen Xinjia enter the cabinet can reassure the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, even Chen Xinjia can forgive ministers who have made big mistakes, not to mention the rest of the ministers, as long as they are loyal to the emperor and the court, they can always be promoted and reused.

Zhu Youzhen was happy about his decision, and he was full of confidence that he would definitely be able to win in this contest with Su Tiancheng. (To be continued......)