The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 21 The Old Bitch and the Little Rebel

Wanli went to the Jinyiwei Yamen and threw a tantrum, then he raided Wang Zhizhen's mansion and actually found gold and silver treasures worth over a million taels.

Wang Zhizhen was left speechless by the chaotic barrage of punches, and Zhang Siwei was caught off guard.

After Wanli completely controlled the Beijing Camp and the Imperial Guards, he felt a little confident. He didn't follow the rules and started to attack with random punches.

Who could have imagined that he would lead the Beijing Camp and the Imperial Guards to surround the Jinyiwei Yamen?
He acted very quickly. As soon as he finished raiding Wang Zhizhen's house, he issued an edict to dismiss Wang Zhizhen and his five thousand-household officers from their posts and exiled them to the border of Yunnan.

This is not over yet.

Immediately afterwards, he issued another decree, appointing Duke Chengguo Zhu Yingzhen as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and holding the seal of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, promoting Lu Yi to be the deputy commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and taking charge of the Northern Pacification Office, and promoting Zhang Yuande, the younger brother of Duke Yingguo Zhang Yuangong, to be the deputy commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and taking charge of the Southern Pacification Office.

After this barrage of punches, Zhang Siwei was stunned.

Almost all of his trusted associates in the Jinyiwei were in the Northern Pacification Division. Wang Zhizhen and the five captains were the basis for his control over the Jinyiwei.

Who knew that the young Wanli suddenly led the Beijing camp and the imperial guards out of the palace to capture Wang Zhizhen and his five thousand men.

Moreover, the young Wanli also brought in Duke Cheng Zhu Yingzhen and Lu Bing's son Lu Yi. These two guys had too many old friends in the Jinyiwei, and they were no match at all.

Coupled with the threat from the Beijing Camp and the Imperial Guards, the control of the Jinyiwei was unexpectedly taken away.

Now, Wanli had control over the Beijing Camp, the Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and he also had some private money in his hands.

The gold, silver and treasures that Zhang Jing had confiscated from Feng Bao's family were sent to the Cining Palace for Empress Dowager Li, but the gold, silver and treasures that he had ordered people to confiscate from Wang Zhizhen's family were taken to the Qianqing Palace for safekeeping by Li Xuancheng.

Now that I have some private money, many things will be easier to handle.

The next morning at about 1 a.m., he asked Duke Dingguo Zhu Yingzhen to bring Luo Sigong into the palace.

Duke Dingguo Zhu Yingzhen was beaming with joy at this moment, and was extremely happy.

You can tell at first glance that this guy is simple-minded.

Luo Sigong still looked calm.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli solemnly asked, "Sigong, what kind of people have you recruited for the Secret Guard?"

Luo Sigong said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, the secret guards are all the remaining members of the Jinyiwei and their families, including female relatives."

Wanli nodded slightly and asked, "How many secret guards do you think we can recruit at most?"

This one.

Luo Sigong pondered, "Your Majesty, the secret guards must be smart, able to adapt to changes, and have decent skills. I estimate that at most I can recruit about 10,000."

These secret guards are really useful, so we should recruit as many as we can.

Upon hearing this, Wanli said decisively: "Then recruit 10,000 men. I will provide the food and money. You should keep it secret. Recruit and train secretly. It is best not to let others know.

You have done a great job this time. I will issue an edict shortly to promote you to the rank of Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guard. You can nominate ten thousand men to help you manage the Secret Guard. Just give the list to Ying Zhen."

I just sent someone to keep a close eye on things, and he was promoted to the rank of deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard?
Moreover, the number of his men must be expanded to tens of thousands!

Is His Majesty going to use me?

Luo Sigong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he bowed and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

There was naturally a reason why Wanli valued Luo Sigong. Luo An had served as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and Zhao Mengyou had also served as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The influence of the Luo and Zhao families in the Embroidered Uniform Guard was second only to the Zhu and Lu families.

By winning over these four families, the Jinyiwei was firmly under his control. In addition, Luo Sigong was efficient and quite obedient, so he naturally wanted to use him.

He nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Alright, hurry up and recruit troops. Once they're trained, send them out to investigate corrupt officials."

After Luo Sigong bowed and took his leave, he sat there in a daze again.

Zhang Siwei suffered such a big loss this time, how will he retaliate?
This time, Zhang Siwei really lost more than he gained. Not only did he fail to seize control of the Jinyiwei, but he also lost a general.

Wang Zhizhen was the eldest son and grandson of Wang Chonggu. He was immediately confiscated and exiled, and the young emperor also robbed him of more than one million taels of gold and silver treasures.

This little emperor is looking for death!

He was secretly resentful, but he did not retaliate immediately.

Zhang Siwei was an extremely sinister person. Zhang Juzheng was deceived by him for ten years and still regarded him as his right-hand man.

As a result, Zhang Juzheng died of illness for unknown reasons, and as soon as Zhang Juzheng died, he began to persecute Zhang Juzheng's family, abolish Zhang Juzheng's reforms, and purge Zhang Juzheng's old party!

Before he wants to settle accounts with or take revenge on someone, he will definitely not let anyone know.

Zhang Juzheng didn't notice it, Feng Bao didn't notice it, and even Wanli didn't notice it before he attempted to seize control of the Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

If Wanli had not recruited Qi Jiguang to take control of the Beijing camp in advance, and later recruited Li Xuancheng to take control of the imperial guards, the whole army would have been in his hands.

This time, Wanli had gotten his eldest nephew into trouble, so he was definitely going to take revenge. However, he was only making preparations in secret, and outwardly, he pretended to be submissive.

Wanli was still wondering how this guy would retaliate when Li Xuancheng's voice suddenly came from outside: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister Zhang Siwei requests an audience."

This guy actually dared to come to the Qianqing Palace. Isn’t he afraid that he would suddenly lose his temper and order people to drag him out and chop him into pieces?

He thought about it and gave up this tempting idea.

There is more than just Zhang Siwei among the three major families of Puzhou in the court. At least half of the officials in the court have connections with the three major families of Puzhou, and no one knows how many people from the three major families of Puzhou there are at the border.

He caught Zhang Siwei and killed him for no apparent reason, which forced him to mobilize the border troops to purge the court.

That stupid woman, Empress Dowager Li, would definitely agree with it.

The Beijing troops had not yet been trained, and he was unable to withstand the border troops, not to mention that the three major powerful families in Puzhou were collaborating with the enemy and betraying their country, and secretly communicating with the northern barbarians.

If he angers them and lets the northern barbarians in, and the border troops and the northern barbarians attack together, he will not be able to withstand it.

He could only continue to pretend to be an ignorant and rebellious teenager and paralyze this guy.

He thought about it carefully, then said loudly: "Xuan."

Soon, Zhang Siwei walked in quickly, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Wanli pretended to be cautious and said, "Zhang Aiqing, what's the matter? Are you here to plead for Wang Zhizhen?"

Is my plea any use?

Forget it, as long as you have money you can live a good life anywhere.

Besides, you can't let him hold any official position anymore.

I might as well pretend to be selfless and deceive you.

Zhang Siwei feigned a shake of his head and sighed, "Your Majesty, Zhizhen failed to discipline his subordinates, and something like this happened. According to the law, he should indeed be confiscated and exiled. I dare not plead for mercy."

It's not that you don't dare, it's that you know it's useless to beg for mercy.

Wanli pretended to be curious and asked, "Why did you come here, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Siwei pretended to be frank and said, "Your Majesty, I dare to say that Your Majesty seems to have misunderstood me.

In fact, I did not intend to not approve the imperial edict of Your Majesty. The last two times, I dared not to approve it because the imperial edict could not be executed.

Your Majesty can still send his decree to the cabinet. As long as it does not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, I will not interfere."

Did I misunderstand you?
Do you think I don't know how sinister and vicious you are?

Wanli pretended to be skeptical and asked, "Really?"

Zhang Siwei nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course it's true. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can issue an imperial decree to test it."

Do you still want to paralyze me?

I still want to paralyze you!
Wanli thought for a moment, then pretended to be excited and said, "Didn't you say last time that you would select a concubine for me? I want a beauty from Jiangnan, is that okay?"

You want a beauty?

well.

Zhang Siwei nodded without hesitation and said, "This doesn't violate any Ming laws. If His Majesty wishes, it's fine. As long as His Majesty issues an order, I will immediately send a letter to the Southern Zhili Prefecture, instructing them to quickly select women of appropriate age."

Wanli pretended to test him again, "Didn't you say last time that you wanted to renovate the palace? When will you start the renovations?"

Zhang Siwei said without hesitation, "As long as His Majesty issues an order, I will immediately arrange for people to repair it."

Wanli suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Oh right, it seems that we need to arrange for noble relatives to supervise the renovation of the palace. How about arranging Yongnian's family to supervise the work? Xier said she missed her family."

What is all this mess?

Zhang Siwei nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course there is no problem with this. Your Majesty can arrange anyone to supervise the work.

However, according to convention, a Minister of Works must be assigned to oversee the renovation of the Imperial Palace. Your Majesty, how about He Qiming, the Left Minister of Works?"

Is He Qiming your man?
Wanli nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem. I don't understand this. Just do it as you see fit."

The old bitch and the little rebel numbed each other and both were very satisfied.

Zhang Siwei believed that the rebellious young emperor Wanli was really paralyzed by him, and that he certainly could not have imagined that he was secretly preparing for revenge.

Wanli looked at his back, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled evilly in secret.

You old bastard, I'll deal with you when the Beijing camp's training is almost done!
(End of this chapter)