Emperor Chongzhen was filled with righteous indignation. He wished he could slaughter all the civil and military officials in the court. None of these civil officials were good!
Killing all of them wouldn't satisfy their hatred. They deceived their superiors and deceived their subordinates, causing a fine Darming Dynasty to be riddled with holes.
Chongzhen was so excited that even Empress Zhou could not bear to listen to it.
"Your Majesty, you…"
Yes, this was too intense.
Zhu Ciao was afraid that Chongzhen would not be moved, but he was even more afraid that he would be too ambitious.
Why? It was because Emperor Chongzhen was too eager for quick success.
He thought that civil officials could be killed, but these officials indeed deserved to die.
But even if you killed all the officials, the problem was still there.
Indiscriminately killing wouldn't solve the problem. During the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, many officials had been killed.
"Imperial Father, this won't do. Even if you kill all the corrupt officials in the world, the problem is still there. Emperor Chengzu had given his son a dream, reminding him not to be impatient and to be stable in everything.”
"If you kill all these people, will the problem be solved? Even if you change to another official, the problem will still not be resolved, and things will still end up the same. There was nothing that could not be eaten in one bite. It had to be done slowly.”
"Ruling a big country is like cooking a small fish. This matter cannot be rushed. Your son felt that he should first kill Chen Yan, Wei Zaode, and Wang Zhixin. These three people were not important to the civil officials.”
"This is to shock the officials and let them know that it's not that Father doesn't know the inside story, but that he doesn't want the matter to escalate. If anyone dares to stop the collection of business tax, these three will be their role models. What does Imperial Father think?”
Zhu Ci Xin's words shocked Emperor Chongzhen.
Even Empress Zhou's face was filled with fear.
Who would have thought that a 12-year-old child could see everything so clearly?
After all, Empress Zhou still felt that something was not right. She pulled Zhu Ciyan over again.
"Son, tell mother. What kind of opportunity did you encounter? How did you become so strange? Is this a good thing or a bad thing?”
"Mother doesn't seem to recognize you at all. Ci Xu, don't scare your mother!"
Indeed, Zhu Ci Xin had changed too much in the past two months. He was like a completely different person.
A change in a person's personality might be able to hide it from others for a while, but the people around you, especially your family, could not be hidden from them.
They will soon discover that you are completely different from before. This is also why Empress Zhou and Emperor Chongzhen have always suspected that Zhu Ciao had some illness.
Regarding this matter, Zhu Ci Xin could only try his best to deceive him.
It was still the same sentence, Emperor Chengzu visited him in his dream.
In any case, he would just push all the things that they suspected and could not explain to his ancestor.
"Replying to mother, your son does not know what is going on. Ever since I went to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and saw the portrait of Emperor Chengzu, I would often dream of him.”
"Emperor Chengzu has taught your son many great principles of how to conduct himself. Your son suddenly felt enlightened and became smarter. His mind became clear, and he understood many things that he didn't know or understand before.”
Heavens! Could it be that the ancestors were really watching over their descendants? All of this was too unbelievable.
Chongzhen finally rekindled hope. Perhaps the ancestors of Ming Dynasty could not stand it anymore. After all, Emperor Chongzhen was indeed unlucky enough.
How unlucky was he? Ever since Emperor Chongzhen came to power, natural and man-made disasters had never stopped.
The famous Chongzhen drought in history referred to a major drought that occurred between the 10th and 16th years of Chongzhen.
The length of its duration and the extent of the drought were unprecedented in the past 500 years.
The entire Darming Dynasty suffered from severe droughts in the north and south.
The main areas of drought were in North China, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong. These areas had been dry for more than five years. Henan Province, where the center of the drought area was located, had been dry for seven years.
Among them, the drought in the 13th year of Chongzhen was the most rampant. In the early stage of the drought event, the north was dry and the south was flooded, and the drought area expanded to the east and south year by year.
After the 13th year of Chongzhen, the rainfall in the north increased, turning into floods in the north and droughts in the south.
During this period, plagues and locust plagues were rampant.
The severity of the disaster and the extent of its involvement were extremely rare in history.
The local chronicles of Shaanxi recorded that in the first year of Chongzhen, the sky of Shaanxi was as red as blood.
Five years of famine, six years of floods, seven years of autumn locusts, famine, eight years of September Xixiang drought, Lueyang flood, people's houses were completely submerged.
Nine years of drought and locust plague, ten years of no autumn crops, eleven years of summer locust plague…Thirteen years of drought, fourteen years of drought.
In other words, since the natural disaster appeared when Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, it basically did not stop until Chongzhen hanged Mei Shan.
There was no rain in spring, locusts and hoppers ate up the wheat, and the plague spread widely. Five or six tenths of the people died, and the year was very dangerous.
It was not easy to avoid the drought, but the plague came again.
Some said they died in the Eastwoods, while others said they died in natural disasters.
There were also people who said that it was due to fate. In fact, no matter what kind of explanation it was, it was one of the reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
It was such an unlucky era that Emperor Chongzhen was involved. How could he not be angry? How could he not despair?
This was simply a big joke that the heavens were playing on him. The heavens just didn't like Big Ming.
Now, the ancestors could not stand it anymore. This was too much of a bully.
Therefore, Emperor Chengzu visited Zhu Ciyu in his dream.
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