Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

After the woman who showed off her feet was taken away, the other seven women no longer dared to act presumptuously and walked barefoot in the hall trembling with fear.

Even a fool can understand what entertaining the troops means. The crude soldiers will not show any mercy to women.

Naturally, the emperor wouldn't do that, but at least they could eat and drink delicious food, and as long as they served the emperor happily, they might soon be crowned queens.

I heard that among the three queens of the Atlantis Kingdom, two were crowned queens not long after they entered the palace.

Yes, there is more than one queen in Atlantis.

But after Zhang Xianzhong's interest was dampened, he lost interest in the other women and just waved his hand to have them all taken away.

Then he sat alone on the dragon throne, feeling somewhat depressed.

At this time, the former imperial concubine who was demoted to a eunuch seemed to feel that she had a chance.

She approached Zhang Xianzhong leisurely, and then calmly pressed her feet together to take off her shoes and socks, then knelt sideways on the steps under the dragon throne, revealing her white and tender feet.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I beg Your Majesty to give me a chance. I will serve Your Majesty well and will never speak nonsense again."

This woman thought she had won the favor of Zhang Xianzhong, so she spoke ill of the three queens beside their pillow.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong became furious and kicked her off the bed, and demoted her from a concubine to a eunuch.

Zhang Xianzhong sniffed his nose when he heard the words, and seemed to be attracted by the smell of the woman's feet, and immediately became a little lustful.

"You bitch, you have a nice pair of feet!"

When the woman heard this, she thought Zhang Xianzhong had forgiven her, and immediately stood up and sat in Zhang Xianzhong's arms.

She felt that she was too impatient last time, and she would definitely not repeat the same mistake this time.

Ever since she was demoted to a eunuch, the three queens and other concubines have bullied her openly or secretly.

Fortunately, she racked her brains and returned to work for Zhang Xianzhong again, otherwise she would have been tortured to death by those women sooner or later.

This time she had already thought it through. She would try to please His Majesty once again, and once she had secured her position, she would make those bitchy women pay the price.

Thinking of this, the woman pulled up her palace dress, revealing not only her entire white and tender feet, but also her slender white legs.

She thought she knew Zhang Xianzhong's habits, so she almost felt that she was going to succeed.

However, Zhang Xianzhong was indeed moved, so he said:

“It’s a pity that such beautiful feet were born on a bitch like you!

Come here! Cut off this woman's feet and hand them over to the Imperial Hospital for safekeeping."

Beautiful feet excited him, but Zhang Xianzhong didn't like people guessing his thoughts, which made him feel particularly insecure, and he firmly believed that such people deserved to die.

He would never put himself in danger. For example, he had already seen cruelty in the eyes of this woman and thought that she must be looking for an opportunity to take revenge.

What he liked was just the feet of these women. They were so beautiful and they wouldn't kill him.

Those mediocre doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau are not very good at treating illnesses, but they can preserve limbs for a long time.

After all, those who couldn't sit there went to see their grandmother.

A moment later, his generals rushed in from outside the hall and dragged the woman out.

The woman wailed so hard that she became incontinent, but Zhang Xianzhong remained unmoved.

After his subordinates cleaned up the hall, Zhang Xianzhong ordered the civil and military officials to attend the court.

Yes, the court meetings of the Atlantis Kingdom were basically irregular. Zhang Xianzhong would attend court whenever he was free.

He really didn't like getting up before dawn, thinking that it was those stupid civil servants trying to make trouble for him.

Soon, civil and military officials dressed as birds and beasts entered the hall and kowtowed to him.

Zhang Xianzhong enjoyed this feeling very much and would always let his court officials kneel for a while before asking them to stand up.

In fact, most of the civil and military ministers in his court were just there to make up the numbers. For example, the most powerful military officers were of course his four adopted sons.

However, the four adopted sons were all stationed in various strategic locations in the Great Western Kingdom to command troops, and among those civil officials, only two were Jinshi, and the rest had at most the status of Juren, and most of them were Xiucai.

Although it was called a meeting, it was nothing more than Zhang Xianzhong's one-man show. He just enjoyed this feeling, so he liked to hold court meetings.

The court meetings were also unusual. Zhang Xianzhong felt that all important matters from all over the country had already been approved by him in the form of memorials.

Therefore, at court meetings, he preferred to listen to strange stories from all over the world.

Those civil servants also racked their brains to please him. Sometimes he even wanted to laugh at something funny. Poor civil servants thought it was what they said that made him happy.

As usual, it was time for the civil officials to tell stories. Zhang Xianzhong felt bored. A quarter of an hour later, the right prime minister Yuanzhou Lu came out and said:

"Your Majesty, this year's imperial examination has ended. As the chief examiner, I have selected 120 new Jinshi for Your Majesty, among whom Zhang Dashou is the top scorer.

With these talented people assisting Your Majesty, our Great Western Kingdom will surely prosper in the future!"

Yuanzhou Lu stuck out his big butt and said in a very flattering manner.

He was the one who had served the longest among the many civil servants of the Great Western Kingdom. He had worked for Zhang Xianzhong before the establishment of the Great Western Kingdom, and his former colleagues had been replaced several times.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has a keen eye. The 120 Jinshi selected must be extremely talented. This is a blessing for our Great Western Kingdom!"

The Minister of Rites Qin Donglai also echoed the idea, and other court officials followed suit, especially praising the new number one scholar Zhang Dashou.

It is said that he is handsome, suave, and has a noble bearing. He also has extraordinary riding and archery skills, and his literary talent is also very outstanding. He can be said to be a man of both civil and military talents.

Zhang Xianzhong was quite happy at first, but for some reason, he suddenly became angry.

"I have important ministers like you, and that's enough for me to command. Why do I need so many Jinshi?

Isn't it going to take your place?

You have no sense of crisis at all. You really betrayed my trust!"

The other court officials were all a little confused, except for the Right Prime Minister Yuan Zhoulu who continued:

"Your Majesty is teaching me that I am stupid. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty. How should I deal with this?"

Of course, Zhang Xianzhong was not really complaining because there were too many important ministers in the court, or that these ministers had no sense of crisis.

He never cared about these important ministers. There was only one reason why these people could stay in the court: Zhang Xianzhong could see through them at a glance.

He likes people who are clever, but he doesn't like really smart people, especially smart people who are knowledgeable.

Those people are extremely evil and have ulterior motives. They will definitely destroy his foundation in the future.

Zhang Xianzhong was very satisfied with Yuanzhou Lu as the Prime Minister. After thinking for a while, he said with a bad face:

"Leave Zhang Dashou here, and kill the rest."

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