Chapter 161 His Majesty passed away?
boom!
A loud noise sounded near the imperial city!
And there were several explosions in succession.
However, these explosions are precise explosions, rather than directly igniting large amounts of gunpowder.
The main explosion point was the test range outside the Ordnance Bureau. Of course, in order to create the effect of an explosion in the Ordnance Bureau, the gate and external buildings of the Ordnance Bureau were blown up, but the internal facilities and important documents were still intact.
In order to convince the officials of the central ministries and temples inside the Daming Gate that an explosion had occurred, Zhu Houzhao specifically asked Jin Yiwei to set off several boxes of large firecrackers near the Daming Gate.
at this time.
When the explosions sounded one after another, officials from various ministries and temples of the central court were still working, so they all heard the sound and even felt that the earth was shaking.
"What happened?" Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, suddenly asked at this time.
"It seems like there was an explosion coming from the Ordnance Bureau. I heard that His Majesty is going to inspect the Ordnance Bureau today." Du Long, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, said suddenly at this time.
It was precisely the words of Du Long, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, that made Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, and the officials present tense up, and suddenly thought that His Majesty might be in danger.
Recently, because the imperial court wants to abolish the craftsmanship system, many major cases have occurred one after another. Either the imperial officials were killed or the noble children were bombed. The civil servants could all guess who was behind this, and naturally they all guessed. If His Majesty insists on having his own way, I might take action against Him.
Although many civil servants have guessed this, not many civil servants are willing to remind Zhu Houzhao that firstly, it is easy to offend Long Yan, and secondly, they actually want the emperor to be killed. Although the consequences of murdering the emperor may be very serious, but Nor would they prevent others from plotting against the emperor.
Now when he thought that the emperor might have been killed, Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, showed some joyful smile, but then he straightened his face and said solemnly: "Let's go and have a look!"
As a result, many civil servants rushed over following the sound of the explosion. Many civil servants were very excited and wished they could see the body of Zhu Houzhao. After all, the emperor who was determined to reform had caused them so much harm. After passing the examination, now whoever proposes a sutra banquet is required to write a 10,000-word sutra banquet manuscript and submit it every day, which makes these civil servants simply intolerable.
At this time, Zeng Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, ran over with only half a roll of dragon robe that had been burned. When he saw these civil servants coming, he started to cry:
"Everyone! There was an accident at the Ordnance Bureau. His Majesty was bombed and there was no trace of him. Only this half-rolled dragon robe was left. Woohoo!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty passed away? Hahahahahahaha..."
Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, asked, and then laughed instinctively, but then he realized that he might have lost his temper. At this time, he should be extremely sad and excited, so he hurriedly shouted again:
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You failed half way through your business. It's really God's fault for my Ming Dynasty! Wow! Why did you just go!"
"Your Majesty! Woohoo!"
Other civil servants also started crying.
Xia Yan, who was responsible for supervising Zeng Jian's acting, smiled secretly when he saw most of the civil servants wailing. Then he followed Zhu Houzhao's instructions and shouted: "Everyone, please give me my condolences. Now I ask you all to come up with an idea quickly." Go! ”
"Now His Majesty has passed away. Although I am extremely sad, the country cannot be without a king for a day. Naturally, we must first find a way to establish a new prince. But now that Your Majesty has no children, he can only choose from the vassal king. But before choosing the vassal king, he must first Kill the traitors in the court, declare your Majesty's decree to the world, abolish the law of chaos, and save all people from water and fire! ”
Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, wiped away his tears and said something, and then shouted loudly: "Everyone, since Your Majesty has passed away, now is the time to take this opportunity to abolish the policies that harm the country and the people before the new emperor is established, and punish the traitors in the court. You said yes or no!”
"As Uncle Zong said, before the establishment of the new dynasty, the bad government of the previous dynasty should be rectified. We will enter the palace immediately and ask the elders to draft the emperor's edict!" At this time, Ai Sheng loudly agreed with the incident, and other civil servants Immediately following suit, they all rushed towards the palace.
Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, read the words of Zeng Jian, the Minister of Industry, and said with a smile: "If the new emperor is established, Zeng Gong should take the first credit!"
Zeng Jian just smiled awkwardly and looked at Xia Yan beside him. He didn't dare to tell the truth.
At this time, Zhang Sheng ordered Du Long, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, to tell Eunuch Zhang and Zhu Feng, Duke Cheng, that His Majesty was unfortunately killed, and ask them to come to the Qianqing Palace Cabinet and the Supervisor of Rites as soon as possible for the overall situation!
Suddenly, the civil servants rushed to the palace city like chicken blood. Gao Feng, who was in charge of the palace guard, asked: "What are you doing!"
"Eunuch Gao, His Majesty has passed away. We are going to report it to the elders. Please let us in quickly!" Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, said this. Gao Feng was dumbfounded and murmured: "His Majesty has passed away? Is this so? ...This, Your Majesty!”
Gao Feng really started crying. He was so sad that he lost his mind. He also forgot to stop this group of civil servants, so they barged in directly.
Not long after, this group of civil servants came to the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies duty room, and informed the cabinet chief assistant Ma Wensheng, second assistant Jiao Fang, third assistant Xu Jin, and the chief official of the Supervisor of Ceremonies Liu Jin and others.
The chief minister of the cabinet, Ma Wensheng, and others felt as if they were struck by lightning when they heard the news of Zhu Houzhao's death. Ma Wensheng almost fainted, but fortunately he had nitroglycerin to survive. Jiao Fang and Xu Jin were also frightened and almost lost their balance. Even Jiao Fang was supported by Liu Jin, and Liu Jin himself was so frightened that his ink pen fell to the ground.
But what these people didn't expect was that these civil servants would impatiently flock to the cabinet and the supervising room of ceremonials so soon after learning that His Majesty had passed away. They were obviously coming to seize power!
Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, stood up first: "Master Shoukui! Now His Majesty has passed away, but Emperor Daxing has not yet issued a testament. Please ask Mr. Ge to write a testament!
Abolish the entrance exam law!
Abolish the Guards military system and the four divisions and one court, and change back to the Beijing camp and the ban on soldiers!
Retract the decree abolishing the craftsmanship system!
Abolish the Outline of the Constitution!
Destroy the Capital University!
Withdraw the post of governor of Southern Zhili and abrogate the covenant with Southern Zhili! ”
"That's right! Please make a posthumous edict quickly, promulgate it to the world, abolish the New Deal, and give preferential treatment to scholar-bureaucrats!"
"Please, Lord Chief Assistant, quickly issue a posthumous edict to redress unjust imprisonment and release the officials arrested by Dongchang!"
One by one, the civil servants stood up and spoke aggressively towards Ma Wensheng and others.
Seeing this, Ma Wensheng couldn't help but blushed: "You! You are too impatient! Your Majesty has just passed away, and his body is not yet cold, and you are so anxious to persecute me. I will never listen to your mercy! It is against your Majesty's last wish!"
"How presumptuous! We are cabinet ministers, and we have been ordered by His Majesty to uphold state affairs. How can we allow you to be so arrogant! I urge you to retreat quickly! Otherwise, you will be treason!" Jiao Fang also scolded.
"Ma Wensheng! Jiao Fang! Now His Majesty has passed away! It's the end of you! Do you think the officials and gentry of the world are really willing to follow your reforms! You have already provoked criticism from the gentry of the world, why don't you take this opportunity to prove yourself? It’s innocent. Is it possible that you really want to be infamy for eternity?”
Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, shouted.
(End of chapter)