Chapter 10 All the civil and military officials were shocked!
Wan An first bowed respectfully and then spoke.
"Your Majesty has been on the throne for more than a few months, and the harem is not yet full. Your Majesty should draft a queen as soon as possible for the foundation of the country!"
Zhu Youtang nodded calmly: "Wu Youzhang said, The Empress Dowager has already started the process, and the draft will start soon.”
Empress Dowager Wu?
Zhu Youtang's words made the ministers in the court suspicious.
Shouldn’t the harem be managed by the Empress Dowager Zhou now?
Why is there still something about Wu Feihou?
And when did the queen become queen mother again after she was deposed?
Still the Queen Mother!
The empress dowager and the empress dowager are two different concepts.
Now the only person in the palace who can be called the empress dowager is Emperor Xianzong's empress Wang.
These cabinet ministers are very familiar with the affairs of the emperor's harem, and they know better than their own families.
Could it be that something new happened in the harem?
No one who could be an official under the eyes of the Ming Dynasty emperor was stupid.
Just the words "Empress Dowager Wu" already made them feel that something was wrong.
The emperor's family affairs, which were once well understood, have now changed.
They seemed to have lost control of the palace, which made them feel deeply uneasy.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wan An slowly finished his salute and stood back in the queue.
This surprised Zhu Youtang.
Is this gone?
Why don’t you come and ask me why you want to keep the memorial from the cabinet?
Zhu Youtang originally thought that Wan'an would just start with the draft, and then move on to the abolition of the Opening Law.
Unexpectedly, after Wan An lightly said something about the draft, he returned to the team.
Zhu Youtang frowned. Could it be that Wan An learned about the palace purge last night?
No reason!
The palace was under martial law last night and no one was allowed in or out.
Even the carrier pigeon sent by Wei Xing to send a message to Jinyi Weiwan was shot down by Dongchang's fans.
Moreover, the cleaning operation was handled by Dongchang’s Ten Thousand Fans, so the news would never leak out.
Or is it that the cabinet does not want to discuss matters with the emperor at all, and only waits for the next court to contact the Empress Dowager Zhou in the harem alone...
If this is the case, Wan An will be punished!
Zhu Youtang looked at the ministers expressionlessly: "Is there anyone else who has something to say?"
"Your Majesty, I have my own memorial!"
Crowd From behind, far away from Fengtianmen, there was a loud shout.
"Accurate!"
The man held the wat board, ran up all the way, and prostrated himself in front of Zhu Youtang.
Zhu Youtang didn’t know this person, but Huaien whispered in Zhu Youtang’s ear: “Your Majesty, this person is Zhang Yuan, the official in charge of Zuojiashi.”
Zhu You Tang suddenly realized that it was Yan Guan.
In the Ming Dynasty, the officials were divided into the Duchayuan and the Six Branches.
Although the rank is low, the power is great.
Take the Sixth Section Guishizhong as an example. The last step in the daily processing of each department is to hand it over to the Guishizhong for verification.
After the six ministries submit a letter to the cabinet or the emperor for approval, they cannot be implemented immediately and must be handed over to the government for verification.
Liu Ke also has the right to refute the matter, and can refute the six ministries and the emperor's memorials.
Even if you don’t refute it, you can get stuck here and be unable to advance.
Moreover, the original responsibility of Liu Ke Shi Zhong was to supervise the officials and advise the emperor.
Every day's work is to go to court to impeach officials and emperors.
Although Zhang Yuan's official, Zuo Gishizhong, was only a minor official from the seventh rank.
But when the minister of the Ministry of official affairs saw him, he had to be polite.
In this system where a small one is used to make a big one, does it matter if there is a difference of five or six grades?
To put it simply, this is a group of people who can't do anything and curse people every day, but they can make you unable to do anything.
And if officials collectively impeach an official, even the chief minister of the cabinet will not be able to bear it, and those who are thin-skinned will have to retire and go home.
Zhu Youtang has always been very disgusted with the Yanguan group, and he doesn't have a good face at this moment. "Your Majesty, I want to join the Jinyi Guard's Qianshi Mou Bin and secretly seize important officials of the court!"
"As a Jinyiwei Qianshi, Mou Bin secretly captured the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Wantong. Jinyiwei Qianhu Zhou Ping, Zhou Yi."
"Zhou Ping and Zhou Yi are relatives of the emperor and a clan member of the Empress Dowager Zhou."
"Mu Bin's move is an offense against the above and is a conspiracy against others. Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly!"
It turns out! He is from the Zhou Party.
The Zhou family began to collude with internal and external parties since the reign of Emperor Xianzong, causing chaos in the government.
Zhu Youtang was not surprised at all that there were people from the Zhou Party in the government and the public.
Immediately after Zhang Yuan finished playing, several more ministers stood up from the team.
"I second the proposal!"
"Your Majesty, I also second the proposal! Jinyiwei Mou Bin must be severely punished, and Wantong, Zhou Ping and Zhou Yi must be released!"
"Zhou Ping and Zhou Yi You are a relative of the emperor, and Mou Bin’s crime cannot be punished!”
“…”
All the officials in the capital last night only knew that Mou Bin openly captured Wantong, Zhou Ping and Zhou Yi in the first half of the night. They didn't know that the Jinyi guards raided the Qingyunbo and Changningbos in the second half of the night.
Going to the morning of the Ming Dynasty is very torturous. You have to get up in the middle of the night and wait in the Hou Chao room at midnight.
When Jin Yiwei ransacked the house, the officials were already waiting in the palace to go to court.
The officials did not receive any news about the confiscation of the homes of Uncle Qingyun and Uncle Changning.
Zhang Yuan himself is an official promoted by the Zhou family, and belongs to the Zhou Party with its roots in Zheng Miaohong.
Only after climbing the big tree in Zhou's house did Zhang Yuan know what it means to rest against a big tree to enjoy the shade.
In just a few short years, he sat in a position of real power in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
He is naturally loyal to the Zhou family.
After receiving the letter from Uncle Qingyun last night, he set out to attend court in the palace, waiting to read a copy of Mu Bin in front of the palace.
Zhang Yuan looked at the crowd around him and behind him, feeling very relaxed.
According to past experience, as long as these ministers collectively force the palace, the little emperor will panic and agree to all their requests.
But this time, something seems different.
Zhu Youtang was not in a hurry to express his position, but looked at Zhang Yuan calmly.
Zhang Yuan couldn't help but feel a little uneasy after not seeing Zhu Youtang's response for a long time, and a drop of sweat quietly slipped from his forehead.
Even the ministers behind him could not give him a sense of security.
Zhu Youtang took a quick look and saw that a dozen ministers stood up.
There are officials from the Six Ministries, Kedao Yanguan, and personnel from the Five Temples. They are widely distributed and can be found in almost every yamen.
Zhu Youtang remained silent until the court meeting fell into a deathly tranquility, then he looked around at the officials.
"Is anyone still impeaching Mou Bin?"
All the officials bowed their heads in silence and did not respond.
Zhu Youtang sneered: "If not, then Xuan Moubin will come to the court."
The young eunuch, the eunuch of the ceremony, quickly sang the salute: "Xuanjin Yiwei Commander Mou Bin, come to the court to see you!"
Commander of the Imperial Guard?
The faces of Zhang Yuan and other civil and military officials changed dramatically!
The next moment, Mou Bin, covered in blood, had already crossed the Jinshui Bridge and arrived at Fengtianmen Square.
He didn't come alone.
Behind him, followed a group of ferocious Jin Yiwei.
Every Jin Yiwei is either holding a member of the Zhou clan, or holding the head of a Zhou clan member.
The two people at the front were none other than Uncle Qingyun and Uncle Changning.
All the civil and military officials were shocked!
(End of this chapter)