Chapter 162 I’m not dead yet, so what kind of legacy will I issue?
Capital University.
Zhu Houzhao was giving instructions to Qiu Yue: "Closely monitor the situation around the Capital University, and don't let anyone know I'm here yet!"
"I obey the decree!" Qiu Yue said and withdrew from the court.
Then, Zhu Houzhao entered the classroom and said to a student: "I will continue to tell you why the imperial court implemented the New Deal, and the possible fate of the Ming Dynasty in the future if the New Deal was not implemented. You must be familiar with the alien race's destruction of China. Song Dynasty is an example..."
When Zhu Houzhao was holding the new chalk from the Royal Industrial Company and vividly brainwashing the students of the Capital University in the classroom on the blackboard, Jin Yiwei Guo Rong appeared outside.
Zhu Houzhao left the classroom again and asked: "How is the situation outside?"
"Report to Your Majesty! Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, broke into the palace with a group of civil servants and forced the cabinet to issue an edict to abolish the New Deal! Redress the injustice! Said it was to bring order to the chaos and usher in a new dynasty!"
Guo Rong replied.
"Issuing a posthumous edict is really a joke. Since I was killed in a bombing, how can I issue a posthumous edict? These civil servants only play this trick. Even if I issue a posthumous edict, it is impossible to abolish any new policies. Isn't that denying myself! Keep observing first , let’s see if more snakes come out of the hole, and let the officials who support the reform see what kind of situation they will face without me! Lest Ma Wensheng and others really think that the civil servants don’t hate them!”< br>
Zhu Houzhao continued to walk into the classroom to teach.
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At this time, the palace hall was already in chaos. Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, and others forced the cabinet ministers, Ma Wensheng, and others to write a posthumous edict.
In fact, Ma Wensheng and others had no reason to refute, because the emperor was dead and no one in the world supported them. If they did not make a will, they would only be killed by the gentry in the world, but he could have a good death after making a will.
However, Liu Jin, the chief seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, knew that he could not get a good ending just by drafting a testament like Ma Wensheng and others. Moreover, seeing that Ma Wensheng and others were forced to make a testament but Ma Wensheng and others refused to agree, he was determined to reform. Not wanting Zhu Houzhao's hard work to go to waste, he came over and said:
"You, these young men, will never succeed! Even if their cabinet drafts a will, I, Liu Jin, will never approve the red seal! Without His Majesty's decree! I will never approve the red seal!"
"Liu Jin! Do you still think you are the chief minister of etiquette?!"
Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, smiled coldly and gave in immediately. At this time, Zhang Yong brought the horse-breeding army from the Royal Horse Prison and broke in, directly putting a knife on Liu Jin's neck.
"Zhang Yong! You traitor! Your Majesty treats you badly, why did you betray His Majesty!"
Liu Jin started to drink loudly. He really didn't expect that Zhang Yong would suddenly appear, so he couldn't help but curse.
"Zhang Yong did not betray His Majesty! It's just that Your Majesty has passed away now! Zhang Yong must protect his own wealth. Is it possible that he must treat you, Liu Jin, as his master?" Zhang Yong said with a smile.
At this time, Chu Ke, the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, also came out and handed the emperor's jade seal to Zhang Yong's hand: "Godfather, please keep it!"
Zhang Yong smiled lightly, immediately took the seal, and said to Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites:
"Grand Master, you can draft the edict. Don't forget to add a clause: Add Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, Zeng Jian, the Minister of Works, and Du Long, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, to the cabinet, and promote Zhang Yong to the post of Chief of Ceremonies, and demote Liu Jin to Handyman!”
“Minister, don’t worry!”
Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, replied to Zhang Yong with a smile and directly called him the internal minister. Then he took the pen from Ma Wensheng's hand and was about to start writing the edict.
At this time, Jiao Fang couldn't help but cursed: "You are really treasonous!" Xu Jin also slapped the table: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of War. Are you deceiving me that I have no soldiers?!"
At this time, there was another sound of armor, and Duke Cheng Zhu Feng came in with a group of officers and soldiers:
"Mr. Xu Ge, although you are the Minister of War, what you can mobilize is the border army. But is it too late now? In addition to the Guards, which can only be mobilized by His Majesty's personal order, the Ming Engineering Corps is now under the control of the prince. You also have What to say! ”
As Zhu Feng spoke, he said to Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, "Now, the Duke of our country listens to His Majesty's decrees, and His Majesty's decrees are naturally drafted by the elder."
With that said, Zhu Feng asked the officers and soldiers to arrest Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang, Xu Jin and others.
All of a sudden, only Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, was left in the entire cabinet. It was clear that the entire Ming Dynasty was now in the pocket of Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites.
Immediately, Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, began to draft a decree and decided to abolish a series of new policies and even re-divided the equity of the Royal Bank!
But now Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang, Xu Jin and others can only watch helplessly as they are detained and their equity is taken away: "You are treason, you are treason!"
"Your Majesty is no longer here, what kind of rebellion is this?" Zhang Yong said.
At this time, Du Long, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Ma Wensheng, Liu Jin and others still have many disciples outside. If they refuse to plead guilty, I'm afraid it will be bad if they cause trouble. It would be better to directly execute them for treason!"
"It would be better to let the Queen Mother issue an edict on this matter!"
Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, said to Cheng Guogong Zhu Feng and Zhang Yong: "Let's go to the Queen Mother to ask for the imperial edict!"
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In front of Cining Palace, Queen Mother Zhang gritted her teeth and tears fell from her cheeks unconsciously. At the same time, she hugged the Queen to her side, wiped her tears, and shouted to the officials in front of her:
"You, what do you want to do?! You civil servants forced the late emperor to death, and now you have killed Zhao'er. What else do you want to do! If you want to kill me, just say so!"
"I don't dare. I just asked the Empress Dowager to issue an edict to kill the traitors Ma Wensheng, Liu Jin, Jiao Fang, Xu Jin and others! I have already drafted the empress dowager's edict for the empress dowager. I just ask the empress dowager Yu Lan to seal it!"
After Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, returned, he gave the drafted imperial edict to Chu Ke, the eunuch of the eunuch of the eunuch of the eunuch of the eunuch of the eunuch of the eunuch Chu Ke.
"The harem does not interfere with government affairs. It is not inconvenient for the Ai family to interfere with government affairs. Please step back!"
Empress Dowager Zhang knew that these people were loyal ministers of her son, so she naturally did not want to be the executioner. However, Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, and others were not willing to bear the sin of killing Ma Wensheng and others on their own, so they continued to force Empress Dowager Zhang: "Now Your Majesty is here to "Beng, Queen Mother, you are the first person in the royal family, you should execute the traitor!"
"Are you forcing the Ai family? The Ai family is not afraid of you forcing them. The late emperor and Zhao'er are not afraid of death, and the Ai family are not afraid of death either!"
Queen Mother Zhang replied forcefully.
"You must not treat the Queen Mother like this! You rebels!"
Queen Xia suddenly stood up and reprimanded Zhang Sheng and others. At this time, Zhang Yong below drew his bow: "It seems that I really need to scare you!"
With that said, Zhang Yong drew his bow and aimed at Queen Xia.
Seeing this, Queen Mother Zhang shouted: "You dare to murder the queen! You are so presumptuous!"
There will be another chapter later, don’t worry! Working hard on coding
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