Chapter 275: Far-depth layout

Li Weizheng's forced palace was like an ice-breaking stone, causing huge waves in the court. But at this moment, news came from the palace that the emperor fell ill and passed the order on his sickbed, and he appointed Li Weizheng as the Minister of War. The former Minister of War Qi Tai was changed to the Minister of Rites. Then Li Weizheng entered the palace to thank him for his kindness. At this time, the court was not interested in court. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty was facing huge changes in the pattern, everyone was anxious about the Ming Dynasty and their future.

Zhu Yunwen was really sick. The young emperor could no longer bear the huge pressure. Various diseases caused by the torture and anxiety in the past two years followed one after another. On the sickbed, Zhu Yunwen's face was as bright as gold paper, without a trace of blood. Although he was already very ill, he still forced himself to meet Li Weizheng. He was worried about the Ming Dynasty and he had to keep the tiger who broke into the room safely.

At this time, Li Weizheng took back the sharp claws that had just been exposed. He was a person who knew how to advance and retreat. He knew that this was not the time for him to show his power. If he forced him too hard, it would cause a strong backlash from the court officials. It was done by reckless men. In contrast, he prefers to use the method of boiling frogs in warm water, and changes everything unknowingly. At present, he wants Zhu Yunwen and the court officials to understand that Li Weizheng is actually not a warlord power. The reason why he was cruel in the court was completely forced by Huang Zicheng.

"Your Majesty, this is a ten thousand-year-old ginseng that I have obtained in Goryeo. It has become a human form. I offer it to you. I hope your Majesty will recover soon."

Li Wei respectfully placed a jade box on the small table beside Zhu Yunwen, and said sincerely: "Please be content with your Majesty. It is because of your loyalty to the Ming Dynasty that I am angry that Li Jinglong was defeated. I asked Your Majesty to dismiss Huang Zicheng and Li Jinglong, and I also wanted to give an explanation to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, this matter would seriously hurt Your Majesty's prestige in the army. Perhaps I have any extreme points, so I would also like to ask Your Majesty to forgive me."

"Li Aiqing doesn't need to explain, I understand in my heart."

Zhu Yunwen said weakly: "Actually, I want to dismiss them, but I can't make up this cruelty. Today, Li Aiqing finally made me make this decision. I don't blame you at all."

Li Weizheng nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I have been thinking about how to deal with the King of Yan for a while. I wonder if Your Majesty would like to listen to my humble opinion?"

Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly and said, "Why don't I want to listen? Just say Li Aiqing."

"Thank you Your Majesty!" Li Wei was pondering for a moment and said, "First of all, you can't be anxious to deal with the King of Yan. King of Yan is not Lan Yu. He has been preparing for rebellion for many years. Li Jinglong's defeat was a result of rushing to achieve success. I am considering taking three years to slowly pacify the King of Yan. There is no need to say military. Currently, Shengyong, Shandong, Deng Jian is in Sichuan, Gao Wei is in Huguang, and Ping An is in Henan. These generals can stand alone. With them, it is difficult for the King of Yan to cross the Yellow River. But I also understand in my heart that if I really fought for three years, it would be impossible to do without strong national strength. Therefore, the rich courts in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang, and Sichuan are best able to directly control the treasury tax. "

Speaking of increasing the treasury tax, Zhu Yunwen suddenly interrupted: "Li Aiqing, I want to re-activate Ye Tianming. This person is very good at managing finances and is pragmatic and capable. I wonder if Li Aiqing agrees?"

Li Weizheng smiled modestly and said, "I am just the Minister of War. I cannot interfere in the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel. Your Majesty will decide for himself and there is no need to ask me."

"Okay then! I understand, please continue talking."

"Actually, I have nothing to say. I want to make two suggestions. I hope Your Majesty can agree. First, open the sea ban and give coastal fishermen a way to live, and second, open the ban. I hope that our Ming Dynasty can inherit the legacy of the Tang and Song dynasties and not be punished for words. I allow Goryeo to publish newspapers in private to enlighten the wisdom of the people. It is quite inspiring. I also know that Your Majesty is an enlightened monarch and will definitely agree with my opinion. I am willing to assist Your Majesty and continue the new policy of establishing literature."

Zhu Yunwen on the sickbed couldn't help but be stunned. He never expected that a large warlord like Li Weizheng would support his new policy, and he was more pragmatic than him. At this moment, Zhu Yunwen was a little dazed. He had an illusion that Li Weizheng seemed not to be an ambitious man who took power by dictatorship, but a firm supporter of his new policy. At this time, he heard Li Weizheng say: "Your Majesty, I also admit that the removal of Huang Zicheng is a little selfish intention of me. I have a deep conflict with him. He cannot tolerate me, and I cannot tolerate me, but state affairs cannot be disturbed by private affairs. I recommend Huang Zicheng as the governor of Henan so that he can continue to serve His Majesty."

Li Weizheng's words made Zhu Yunwen overjoyed, and a glimmer flashed in his weak and heartless eyes, saying, "Do you take this sentence from Li Aiqing seriously?"

Li Weicheng nodded solemnly, "I will never dare to deceive the emperor."

The fact that Li Weizheng recommended Huang Zicheng as the governor of Henan was like the strongest psychedelic drug. Zhu Yunwen, who was young and lacking political experience, was finally blinded by the illusion. He nodded happily and said, "I never expected that Governor Li would also support my new policy, which made me very relieved. My dear suggested that the opening of the maritime ban is for the benefit of the people. This is my consistent purpose. I fully agree with the second suggestion that not being guilty for words. This is also the government style advocated after I ascended the throne. I absolutely agree with it. As for allowing the public to publish newspapers, I don't know much, but I know that this is the remains of Song Feng. I can try it. I will give my dear two things: opening the maritime ban and running newspapers. "

Li Wei was kneeling down and thanking him: "I am willing to do my best to assist Your Majesty!"

At this time, Zhu Yunwen was completely confused by Li Weizheng, who had already retracted his sharp claws. He was much better and smiled and said, "I have finally understood a truth now. Many things need to be communicated with each other to truly understand the truth of the problem. For example, Huang Zicheng repeatedly told me that Li Aiqing would obstruct and oppose my new policy. I believed it, but I didn't expect that this was not the case. I really need to communicate more with Li Aiqing."

Li Weizheng also said ashamedly: "Your Majesty is right. In fact, I came here today to explain something to Your Majesty. The King of Shu and Zhang Yi were indeed killed by me. I was afraid that Your Majesty would blame me, so I concealed the truth. In fact, I killed them entirely for Your Majesty. If I had told Your Majesty the truth earlier, I would not have had the unhappiness of the early court."

"Kill them for me?" Zhu Yunwen was stunned. He asked quickly, "Can you explain clearly what happened?"

Li Wei sighed and said, "When I was discussing with Zhang Yi to remove the Shu king's vassal, I was firmly opposed by Zhang Yi. That night, Zhang Yi sent someone to report to the Shu king. I suspected that Zhang Yi had already formed an alliance with the Shu king when he was in Hanzhong and he wanted to support the Shu king. Because I brought not many troops into Sichuan, I fought a fierce battle with Lan Yu, and suffered heavy losses. Zhang Yi had an army of 200,000. Once the attack was launched, the consequences would be unimaginable. When I learned that Zhang Yi secretly went to Deyang to meet the Shu king, I took action first. It was just because I had no evidence in this matter, so I dare not tell the truth. As a result, everyone in the world thought that I was trying to seize Zhang Yi's troops privately and made me bear the bad reputation. You must know that Zhang Yi's 200,000 military ministers were deployed on the front line of Henan to resist the Yan army's southward. How could this be said to be 'private'?"

After saying that, Li Wei sighed a long time, took out Zhang Yi's tiger talisman from his arms and placed it in front of Zhu Yunwen, "This is the tiger talisman that mobilizes the 200,000 troops. Your Majesty can mobilize this army at any time. This is the army of the court. I will return the jade to Zhao to show my innocence."

Zhu Yunwen was a little moved. He picked up the tiger talisman in front of him, looked at it for a while, and nodded and said, "I will not let my beloved be accused of notoriety. I will officially announce to the world that the king of Shu will be slashed."

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

Li Weizheng kowtowed respectfully and said, "In addition, in order to deal with the Yan army more effectively, I suggest setting up a temporary military affairs senate hall to discuss and coordinate combat matters against the Yan army. The Ministry of War will lead the Ministry of War, and the six ministries of the court and various functional departments will send officials at the head level to participate. If there are any difficulties, you can raise them in person, which can prevent the shirk between the departments and the departments from rushing and procrastinating, so as to facilitate everyone to unite against the Yan army. What does your Majesty think?"

Zhu Yunwen pondered for a moment and said, "I'm sure!"

The deep conversation between Li Weizheng and Zhu Yunwen seemed to have had substantial effect. Of course, Zhu Yunwen's illness was still there and there was no obvious improvement. However, after meeting with Li Weizheng, he issued a series of decrees to re-activate Ye Tianming as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and appointed Huang Zicheng as the governor of Henan; formally issued an order to open up the maritime ban, and announced that the Ming Dynasty would not be convicted for words, allow private newspapers, formally cut off the vassal of Shu and deprive Zhang Yi of his title, and other major issues.

These events caused strong responses in the court and the country like bombs, especially because they were not guilty of words. This was an enlightened system that was only found in the Song Dynasty. It actually reappeared in the Ming Dynasty. This made all the scholars who had just experienced the suppression of Zhu Yuanzhang's power and cheered and made an appointment to drink together.

Since this measure was issued at the same time as the open sea ban, and everyone knows that the open sea ban must be Li Weizheng's decision, many people speculate that "no conviction for words" may have been proposed by Li Weizheng.

Just as if he wanted to explain this matter, Li Weizheng officially announced the premise of not being guilty for words, that is, he should not attack or humiliate His Majesty the Emperor in public, which further confirms that this important measure was jointly decided by the emperor and Li Weizheng, and it was this incident that completely reversed the image of warlords in the minds of scholars.

In addition, the two things that formally cut off the Shu king's vassal and deprive Zhang Yi of the title were immediately understood, and the killing of the two of them was probably related to the reduction of the vassal states. It seemed that Li Weizheng was actually acting under the order.
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