Chapter 56 Cabinet minister intends to resign
Guo Rong had already led his men to drag He Tianqu down. After a while, the sound of chopping melons and vegetables could be heard again outside the Meridian Gate.
The civil servants in the court were almost frightened at this time, and no one dared to challenge Zhu Houzhao's majesty.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao seemed to have awe-inspiring majesty in every move he made. He once again asked Min Gui, the Minister of Punishment: "Min Shangshu, did you hear clearly what I just said?"
When Min Gui, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, saw Zhu Houzhao asking him, he was so frightened that he knelt down instinctively: "I have heard clearly that Wang Yue and others have committed heinous crimes and should be severely punished. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will obey your orders!"
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Zhu Houzhao nodded, thinking that this minister was worthy of being a minister, and he would not be confused when he shouldn't be.
So, Zhu Houzhao waved his long sleeve: "Let's disperse the court!"
The civil and military officials of the ascended dynasty began to shout, "I will retire!" Then they retreated one after another.
At this moment, all the civil and military officials did not dare to say anything casually, and they were all worried and uneasy. Some officials were even so frightened that they almost tripped over.
Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, looked downcast. He was very angry and helpless now. He knew that he had lost, and he also knew that he could no longer influence Emperor Zhu Houzhao. He even knew that he could no longer resist Emperor Zhu Houzhao.
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that our new emperor could actually defeat Wang Yue. How did he do it? It's not that the officers and soldiers were not full of energy. Would he, Zhang Zhao, use this to lead the troops into the palace? As a result, now Having fallen into such a situation, Zhu Houzhao has now killed three famous officials in a row. Does he really not care about his own reputation and the dignity of our civil servants? "
Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, finally sighed and said.
"Speaking of which, we should have discovered the clues a long time ago. Yesterday, our Majesty was very different from the past. He seemed to be a different person. He directly killed Li Ke and gave it to Sun Lingmei. At that time, we should have realized that he, Zhu Houzhao, had already figured something out. Prepare, it’s a pity that we thought Wang Yue could suppress him!”
Li Dongyang shook his head helplessly as he spoke.
"Our Majesty is probably already ready to take action. Of course, we also expected this, but we thought that Wang Yue, Zhang Zhao and others could control the morale of the army and get rid of Liu Jin and others with lightning speed. As a result, but put myself After sinking in, the energetic sergeants in front of me didn't seem to be dissatisfied because of the lack of Lumi. They all looked very calm. It can be seen that our Majesty had already let these sergeants get Lumi!"
Xie Qian also said helplessly.
"Wang Yue is a useless thing. If it weren't for Zhang Yu, the late emperor's matter would not have been possible if he had relied on him alone! As Yu Qiao said, we did not allocate money to the Ministry of War, and we did not leave any internal funds for your majesty. How much, where did your majesty get the money?”
Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, was very puzzled.
"Didn't His Majesty hold a royal exposition some time ago and earn a lot of money? Didn't he go around raising stocks and asking officials for money?"
Xie Qian, the third assistant to the cabinet, asked.
"But according to the people in Jinyiwei, His Majesty spent the money lavishly! That night, Gu Dayong used the pretext of beauty pageants to search for beauties, and even bought more than ten actresses back at Mingyue Tower! And Ma Yongcheng took His Majesty for more I lost 100,000 taels in the casino. Isn’t this all fake news?”
After Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, finished speaking, Li Dongyang asked with a smile: "Shou Kui, do you think His Majesty in the hall today seems to be an overdrinker?" Liu Jian and Xie Qian suddenly realized at the same time: "We have been deceived by Zhu Houzhao! ”
"In this case, His Majesty has already lost the morale of the army, and naturally he cannot go around the Ministry of War if he wants to win the morale of the army. This means that Xu Jin is also with them! I am afraid that Liu Gong's death has something to do with them!"
As Liu Jian spoke, he waved his long sleeve angrily: "Poor Mr. Liu, he died miserably!"
"What the First Assistant said is true. Your Majesty is no longer the same as before. From now on, we can only continue to talk about Liu's thief and not His Majesty's fault. Now that Liu's thief is in power, the three of us cannot be tolerated by Liu's thief. Why don't we resign? , lest we be the next to be killed!”
Li Dongyang said and left first, not daring to go with Liu Jian and Xie Qian again.
Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, sighed and walked out of the palace alone.
Xie Qian looked back at Fengtianmen and thought to himself that it was a pity that he left the Ming Dynasty before he became the chief minister!
The elders of the three cabinet ministers originally hoped that Zhu Houzhao would be really cynical, so that they could control the government together with Wang Yue and others in the inner court. Wang Yue had always respected the ministers of the three cabinet ministers. This would be equivalent to the elders of the three cabinet ministers ruling the world.
But they didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao today was not really cynical, but an emperor with a deep palace.
And they originally hoped that Wang Yue and others could use the army to force Zhu Houzhao to kill Liu Jin and others at the last opportunity so that they could continue to control Zhu Houzhao together. Even if Zhu Houzhao was more scheming, the city would be unable to survive alone; but what they did not expect was that the final victory would The person was Zhu Houzhao, who had already won the hearts of the army without their knowledge.
Now that the three cabinet ministers think about it, Zhu Houzhao's behavior was full of flaws, but they don't know why they didn't see it at the time. Even if they know it now, it won't help and they can only resign.
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The Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao did not know how he was able to change the inner court in history. The historical records are very concise. They only say that because the civil servants requested Liu Jin to be killed, Liu Jin and other Eight Tigers came to Zhu Houzhao to intercede, and Zhu Houzhao directly ordered Liu Jin to take control. The Chief of Ceremonies then dismissed Wang Yue, and then Wang Yue was assassinated and the three cabinet ministers resigned.
Of course, the historical truth may not be that simple. First of all, Wang Yue cannot sit still and wait for death. Secondly, the three elders of the cabinet cannot be cowed as soon as Liu Jin takes office. There should be more unknown secrets in the process, and the current Zhu Houzhao does not know.
However, he could guess that the three cabinet ministers would probably resign next, because if they did not resign, he, the emperor, would be unhappy, Liu Jin and others in the inner court would also be unhappy, and Ma Wensheng and other civil servants would also be unhappy.
However, Zhu Houzhao didn't know whether Li Dongyang would stay, because the original historical record was that Li Dongyang did not leave the court because of Liu Jin's coming to power, but Zhu Houzhao was sure that as long as Li Dongyang resigned, he would not hesitate. Li Dongyang's resignation was approved.
Because according to the existing rules of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet is based on seniority, and those who come first naturally have the most say. In other words, as long as one of the three cabinet ministers is still in the cabinet, even if he recruits new ministers, the new ones will be replaced. Cabinet ministers cannot become chief ministers, as that would naturally be detrimental to the ability of new cabinet ministers to reform the new policy.
Note: It is not said here that we should let Mr. Sange go. It is certain that the family will be confiscated and the clan will be exterminated. This is just the beginning. I have already mentioned this in the author's remarks
Thank you to book friend Huaiyou Buyi Zhao for the 600 starting coin reward. Sorry, this chapter is still very short. I am really used to the method of one chapter with two thousand words, and I can’t change it for a while. I don’t know why, I feel a little uneasy recently, and I really want to take it seriously. I have finished writing a novel and have a minimum of 2 million, but I am worried that the results will not be good on the shelves. Fortunately, the current recommendation data is not bad, and the book friends are very good. The daily recommendation is nearly 500, and the score can also increase. Five hundred, but the increase yesterday I dropped it, but it is still ranked second on the new book list in the historical category. I hope that the results on the shelves will not be bad. Just grit your teeth and persevere. As long as the results on the shelves are good, I will try my best to update it. I am no longer as lazy as before. I really feel that it is short and does not read enough. You can first fatten up and read the author Jun's book "Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty" or "Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty as Emperor", but please don't forget to collect and vote for recommendations, because this is related to whether the author Jun can get better recommendations, thank you support! In addition, the resignation of cabinet ministers does not mean that the protagonist will let them go. This is just the beginning.
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