C23 (2/2)

Wan Li thought it was his own family's business to decide who was the crown prince, but this bunch of useless officials were too lenient. He might as well vent his frustrations on the court, because there was a serious lack of staff in the court and the minister would not supplement them. He might even wait for all of them to leave their posts and leave the court …

He was a rich emperor, but instead of going to court he sent eunuchs to the provinces to act as tax envoys, arranging the mines in order to keep his wallet up.

Last year's great defeat was a huge loss for Salman. It was equivalent to taking Emperor Wanli's life, and while border guards were important, they couldn't not spend money.

The death of the Queen who had accompanied her for more than four years made Emperor Wanli, who felt very helpless, sigh. He wanted to make Noble Consort Zheng his queen, but he was not allowed to, so his complexion became worse and worse.

Previously, he was still happy for a while, but Liu Shimin came back from the Daizhou and even brought him a thousand silver. It was given to him by Zhu Yisu's son. This made him very happy, so he asked him again and again. Liu Shimin could guarantee that this little guy was acting on his own and that the old emperor would like him.

After that, the secret service of the Ming Dynasty spy sent a message confirming that the person who made the old emperor sigh the most was still one of his own. Since his son was so filial and loyal, then Zhu Yisu, as a nephew, must also be an excellent one.

He then found out about the interesting news of Zhu Yisu and his son asking their ten-year-old son to copy the books and make a marriage bet due to the lack of money in return. As well as the matter of Zhu Hongzhao copying the 13 books and making up his mind to change his name, the old emperor felt that this fellow was a young man who valued friendship and tenacity just like him. He sent out an imperial edict to promote Zhu Yisu to his official position.

Not long after being happy, his body became all sorts of unwell. The emperor summoned Wu Tie, who came from a military background from the Chu Party, to the palace to have a secret talk and instruct him on future matters. After that, he concentrated on recuperating, and not long after, secret service of the Ming Dynasty, Taiyuan Town, Garrison Eunuch came over one after the other, and played about how East Datong Road, Sun, Sun, steel, and Liu went against the law.

The emperor couldn't be bothered to care about it, so he casually called Ministry of War and let them handle it.

Only two days had passed and the sound of servant Ma Chengxuan oppressing the bankrupt military had disguised themselves as a horse bandit to abduct business. At night, they ambushed Zhu Yisu and his son who had entered the northern troop.

What made the old emperor even more angry was that his favorite nephew, Zhu Hongzhao, had risked his life to save his father from the arrow. Luckily, with the help of the hidden secret service of the Ming Dynasty s like Hee Chong and the rest, the Tai Yuan Guo Family s were able to kill off the enemies at level 22, capture two servant s, and then capture Zhang Shi Lu and the rest, who were the Tiancheng s guards.

Then, Tai Yuan, Garrison Eunuch and Zhang Gong dispatched all their guards to the north to escort Zhu Yisu to the Xinping Fort realm in order to protect the safety of his imperial family bloodline. As for Zhu Yisu, he was full of righteous indignation when he saw Ma Chengxuan's various evils. Ma Chengxuan intended to silence the mounted gangsters, but Hee Chong and the others did not want to wait for their deaths. They took the initiative and seized the military power of Ma Chengxuan.

After that, the various pleadings arrived in succession, the assistant minister of Ministry of War wanted to investigate the situation, but the emperor called out and reprimanded them. What made the emperor the most angry was that the soldiers of the three thousand people were actually being paid, and there were not even a single one of the thousand soldiers of the Xinping Fort.

Everyone was well aware of this situation. Only Zhu Yisu wasn't clear about it, so he mentioned it again and again during the performance.

”The filial piety of Hongzhao can be used as an example for the clan. Your son is bold and unbridled. In consideration of Ma Gui's meritorious service to the dynasty, Ma Chengxuan was dismissed and investigated. His Xinping Fort will be replaced with a retroactive one. ”

The emperor didn't know that all of this was a trick played by Garrison Eunuch and the local secret service of the Ming Dynasty. They only wanted to get some silver from Xinping Fort to subsidize their families.

They could only blame the Ma Family that fed a portion of the people and not everyone. Even if he did not get even a single silver coin out of the Ma Family, he still wouldn't be able to feed everyone.

The days passed, and the emperor's body got worse and worse. The imperial edict circled around the cabinet a few times, and then slowly removed the Datong Town from his body.

The emperor also knew that he could not do anything anymore. He could not even meet Prince Fu and Zhu Chang Xun, so he had to settle the rest of the matters and let Crown Prince Zhu Chang Luo and the ministers make all the necessary preparations.

At the same time, he did not forget to urge the secret service of the Ming Dynasty, so that they could closely monitor the various seignior. He let secret service of the Ming Dynasty do this when his body was in a bad condition at the beginning of the year.

Finally, on the night of 21 July, this old man who had experienced endless ruckus with the court officials and the palace, who had suffered countless futile struggles, who had become frustrated after countless helpless compromises, who had hidden away deep in the palace and ignored court politics, recalled his past life with regret towards Noble Consort Zheng and his third son, Zhu Changmun, and took in his last breath.

Ming, Shenzong and Zhu Yijun, died in 48 years, aged 58.

He was not a bad emperor, nor was he a good emperor. He was a loving, slightly foolish husband. He did not do well enough with this husband of his. He could not give his beloved woman what she wanted.

He was, after all, a half-good man, an honest man.

If they had been more resolute, the ministers would never have stepped on their noses and shown their faces. For example, if a eunuch was released, the entire imperial court would be completely obedient.

To Ming Dynasty, he was guilty. The long absence from court, let the hall within the party dispute increasingly white-hot. In order to fight, the internal power of the Ming Empire was greatly depleted.