Chapter 165 Wanli's Death
Eight days later, Gao Shixin brought a group of local buns from the Wei family back to the capital.
Gao Shixin temporarily arranged the group of local buns to live in his home. After resettling them, he took the group of local buns to the Jinyiwei Yamen and handled the identity of the Jinyiwei Junyu for them.
Although they were temporary workers, these local buns didn't understand. When they wore a pointed, wide-brimmed helmet, black military uniforms, and embroidered spring swords, they immediately felt superior. Without a big red flying fish suit or a wingless black hat, these local buns had no complaints. In their eyes, the captain wearing the flying fish suit was also a high-ranking official.
Anyway, this group of military officials had nothing to do for the time being, so Gao Shixin arranged for them to go to the Zuowei of Tongzhou to help the military households do farm work.
"My uncle, didn't you let us be officials? Why did you go to the countryside to do this farm work?" Yang Liuqi asked.
"The emperor is seriously ill and bedridden. We have nothing to do now. Look, am I going to the field to do farm work? After a while, the situation will improve, I will arrange things for you." Gao Shixin could only continue to fool these local buns.
"Brother, are you brother and sister? You're so handsome." Wei Chunhua asked, pointing at Yuan Yue'er's back. She also came to Tongzhou to do farm work with her husband. Speaking of which, Wei Chunhua is just an ordinary rural woman. The rural women back then were not a delicate lady from a wealthy family. They showed up in public, went to the fields to work, carry water and chop wood, and rural women could do the work that men could do.
Gao Shixin replied: "Sister, Miss Yue'er is my wife who has not passed away."
"What a good girl. Brother, you have to treat her well." Wei Chunhua said with satisfaction.
When he returned to the capital in the evening, Jiu Qiansui and Zhang Yong had been waiting at home. He heard that Gao Shixin brought the Wei family to the capital. Jiu Qiansui not only did not blame Gao Shixin for making his own decisions, but instead felt happy. He had been castrated as an unknown white man until he entered the palace for more than 20 years, but he had not seen his relatives for more than 20 years. He naturally felt happy when he saw his relatives again.
Jiu Qiansui is not a ruthless person. He used to be a bastard, selling off his daughter, angering his father to death, and leaving his wife to anger, but he never forgot his family.
"Chunhua, my good daughter, you are suffering! Dad, I'm sorry to you. If you hate dad, then you scold me. Even if you don't recognize me, I won't blame you." Jiu Qiansui hugged his daughter tightly, and she burst into tears. The father and daughter hugged their heads and cried bitterly, crying into tears.
Gao Shixin pulled Zhang Yong aside: "Yongwazi, there are so many people here, and it's a bit crowded. You can tell your uncle later and ask him to rent a big house outside and settle them. Also, they are now Junyu. In order to make them happy, I lied to them to be officials. Please tell my uncle not to let them say a word."
Zhang Yong said: "Brother, don't worry. On the way back, I will tell my uncle. However, I probably won't care about finding a house during this period. Your Majesty's situation is very bad. Maybe it's just in these few days..."
"What's the situation in the court?" asked Gao Shixin.
"The Donglin Party is trying to win over Wang An. A few days ago, my confidant at the Dongchang Factory told me that the Donglin Party members frequently entered the palace and had close contact with Wang An. Your Majesty has a breath of breath and they are already preparing!" Zhang Yong lowered his voice and said angrily, "What I worry most now is that they will be unfavorable to Lao Xiong! If something happens to Lao Xiong, all our efforts in Liaodong will be wasted! Jiannu will become unstoppable!"
"Can you find a way to let me enter the palace and see Your Majesty for the last time?" Gao Shixin asked.
"Let me try it. No one can guarantee whether you can enter at this time. The palace is already in chaos, and there are also open and secret battles outside. During this period, many people have entered the imperial city, and the Donglin Party has the most people."
In the Imperial City Sili Supervisor, Lu Shou, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, was basically out of business at this time. Anyway, he knew that he was a dog of Emperor Wanli. Wanli was almost out of reach, so he could only accompany the emperor. When Wanli passed away, the position of the Sili Supervisor was the crown prince's eldest son and Wang An's eunuch.
At this time, Wang An was sitting in the Sili Prison, with a person sitting opposite him. This person was Wang Wenyan who had been secretly here a few days ago.
"Eunuch Wang, as long as the subordinates use a little trick, they can make the three parties of Qi, Zhejiang and Chu turn against each other! We will take the opportunity to force Fang Congzhe to get out and let Taishan (Ye Xianggao) enter the cabinet; and Xiuwu (Li Sancai) is also ready to leave for the capital!" Wang Wenyan said.
"When Yetai Mountain is about to enter the pavilion, Fang Congzhe is the biggest obstacle." Wang Andao.
Wang Wenyan sneered: "I will find a way to get Fang Congzhe out of the cabinet, let him get out of the cabinet and give up the position of chief minister! This is a series of strategies. We hide behind first and watch the three parties fight. When they are almost done, we will stand up and eliminate Fang Congzhe and the three parties together! If the three parties fight, we can give Fang Congzhe a charge of not being strict in governance and causing internal strife. Fang Congzhe is not clean, and there are many suspicious points in the case of Taishou. He hastily closed the case, which is also the matter that we can impeach him. If the emperor hadn't protected him, he would have done so quickly, and he would have done so quickly."
"Serial plans, one after another, it is indeed a clever plan!" Wang An praised with a smile.
After Wang Wenyan left Silijian, he immediately spread rumors everywhere, saying that the Donglin Party, which had been cleaned up by Wanli and Fang Congzhe, had no chance to turn around, and that the Qi Party is now the dominant one. Then he walked around the rumors, saying that Zhejiang and Qi parties did not give Zhang Juzheng the opportunity to rehabilitate. At the same time, Wang Wenyan also secretly used a group of three-party supervisors and scholars to seize their weaknesses and disagree with them.
In the original time and space, Wang Wenyan's approach was very successful, and he successfully alienated the three parties, leading to the split of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties, who originally joined forces to deal with the Donglin Party, and internal strife occurred, and successfully defeated Fang Congzhe. But later, Eunuch Wei took power and got rid of Wang An, and took part in the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties to the eunuch party, and began to fight back against the Donglin Party, and used factory guards to deal with the Donglin Party, resulting in a large number of innocent and upright Donglin Qunxian being tragically harmed.
Gao Shixin finally met Emperor Wanli. On the afternoon of July 21, 2018, with the help of Zhang Yonghe Jiuqiansui, Lu Shou and Concubine Zheng agreed to Gao Shixin to come to the palace to meet the saint.
When he walked into Hongde Hall, he saw Emperor Wanli lying on the sickbed. After a few months, the originally obese Emperor Wanli was already extremely thin and lying on the sickbed. Concubine Zheng sat next to him, his eyes were swollen, and his tears had already dried up.
The historical books say that the Emperor Wanli was lazy in the court and was brave in making money. He was not in the suburbs, but in temples, and was isolated from the foreign court for thirty years. He even compiled Wanli's extensive selection of concubines from the people to enter the palace, and why did he control the nine girls at night? That's not all. It's said that Wanli not only likes women, but also likes men! He drinks and has fun day and night, but eventually he can't afford to fall ill because his body is empty because of the wine and sex.
This is like a dark wine. In fact, Wanli only loved Concubine Zheng in his life, and it was not as ridiculous as in history books. Although he was lucky to other palace maids, as an emperor, it is normal to change his taste occasionally.
Besides, where is such a foolish monarch in the Qing Dynasty? The emperors of the Qing Dynasty are not good at women. Don’t you see that the harems of our Qing Dynasty are ugly than the other. Isn’t this a manifestation of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty not good at women?
Gao Shixin entered the Hongde Hall and knelt on the ground and waited.
After a long time, Wanli woke up slowly. Seeing him open his eyes, Concubine Zheng said, "Your Majesty, Gao Qianhu is here."
"Your Majesty!" Gao Shixin kowtowed a few times on the ground, his tiger's eyes were filled with tears.
"Aiqing Gao, don't cry, tell me about the matter of going to Fujian to recruit pirates." Wanli said.
Gao Shixin told him what happened when he went to Fujian, but he concealed the incident when he met the White Lotus Sect's demon girl. When he said that Yan Siqi and others were as rich as the country, Wanli widened his eyes. He also said that Yan Siqi opened up overseas land and cultivated farmland on Dongfan Island. Wanli smiled and said, "If you can expand your territory, you are a good minister!"
"It's a pity that Yan Siqi refused to accept the amnesty because of Wang Zhi's incident. However, Zheng Yiguan and others under his command were willing to accept the amnesty in the court." Gao Shixin replied.
Wanli said expressionlessly: "Since Yan Siqi does not accept the invitation, and the court has no choice but to do anything to him. Gao Aiqing might as well divide them, let them kill each other, and then recruit the rest."
Before he finished speaking, Wanli kept coughing.
"His Majesty!"
"I'm fine, I know that there is not much time left, but the one who is most worried about is Jiannu from Liaodong! Fei Bai (Xiong Tingbi) is in charge of Liaodong, I feel relieved. I am only worried that after my great business, my incompetent son cannot protect Fei Bai. If the Donglin Party is in power, Fei Bai will definitely be driven out of Liaodong by them! Gao Aiqing, I only hope that you will assist Fei Bai in destroying Jiannu. Your official position is not enough. I will grant you the assistant commander of the Jinyiwei! I will give you the Shangfang sword to control officials below the third rank. After my great business, you can quickly go to Liaodong to assist Fei Bai. If someone is not good for Fei Bai, officials below the fifth rank can be executed first and then reported!"
"Thank you Your Majesty!" Gao Shixin thanked him repeatedly.
Wanli ordered Lu to accept the decree, then stamped the jade seal, handed the imperial edict to Gao Shixin, and rewarded him with the sword of the emperor.
After doing all this, Wanli said to Lu Shou again: "People Xuanfang and all the ministers of the cabinet will enter the palace."
Gao Shixin knew that this was going to draw a last order. One era, the era of the rejuvenation of the Ming Dynasty was about to end. Next was the era of the struggle between the Donglin Party and the eunuch Party. Emperor Tianqi could still stabilize the situation. Once the Tianqi died, it would truly open up the chaotic times in the late Ming Dynasty until the Qing Dynasty entered the pass...
Fang Congzhe brought the cabinet and six officials into the palace, and Gao Shixin stood aside for the time being. He wore a wingless black gauze hat, a flying fish suit, a gold belt hanging around his waist, and a Shangfang sword standing aside.
After the will was drafted, the cabinet directly passed the ticket in Hongde Hall. Lu was criticized for the red, and the will came into effect and then sealed it in a box.
Chapter completed!