Chapter 161: The ministers are wandering on the road to death
"What's the shortcoming?" Zhao Gao was very puzzled. He frowned and thought for a long time, but he couldn't find what the palace lacked now.
Lack of palace?
It is said that the city of Luoyang in Henan Province is currently being expanded, and the palace is also under construction. Shen Wansan, known as the richest businessman in the world, is taking the lead. The palace in Luoyang is much larger than the palace in Chang'an. There is no need to build a palace now. ah!
Lack of money? Lack of gold, silver and jewelry?
This is even more impossible!
Shen Wansan is your Majesty’s man! His Majesty’s private treasury is probably richer than the national treasury!
So what's missing?
I really can't figure it out.
Zhao Changqing kept seeing him thinking deeply, and felt annoyed, so he said directly: "Don't you realize that I am in short supply of women? Among the seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard, I only have one woman, Mi Yue, do you think it's too much? ?”
Zhao Gao was startled when he heard this, "This... is indeed quite excessive... What does your Majesty mean...?"
Zhao Changqing smiled and said: "How is the construction of the factory guard?"
Zhao Gao said: "Your Majesty, we are proceeding in an orderly manner. There are no problems for the time being. It is estimated that within two or three days, the entire factory security system will be established."
Zhao Changqing nodded and said with satisfaction: "Very good. After you have completely established the factory guard, I will tell you what I want you to do. Remember, work hard for me and if you are satisfied with it, I will naturally not treat you badly. ."
Zhao Gao quickly kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
At the same time, in the Chengde Palace.
Xiao Yuming left and returned. He looked at the ministers and said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty has decreed that you will not go to the morning court today. You can leave the court and go about your own affairs."
As soon as these words were spoken, the civil and military officials in the entire palace became restless and began to discuss one after another.
"I won't go to the morning court? What should I do?"
"Yes, Your Majesty is trying to show us off and wants us to retreat in spite of the difficulties!"
"Is it possible that we can only sit back and watch the factory sanitation be completed? Isn't this just sitting back and waiting for death?"
"..."
They all talked in low voices, fearing that the old people who had become famous and successful with His Majesty would complain.
Among them, the one who is most frightened is still the six ministers.
After all, they were the ones who took the lead in doing this.
Now that His Majesty has expressed his dissatisfaction, how can they not be shocked or afraid?
Huang Cheng claimed that he had written two articles for His Majesty and had some merit, so he relied on this small achievement to ask Xiao Yuming:
"I would like to ask General, we have a memorial in hand that we urgently need to present to His Majesty. We must not delay this matter. Your Majesty is not going to the morning court today. I will wait until the morning court tomorrow to present this memorial to His Majesty. I am afraid it will be too late!"
Now that someone has taken the lead, as an ally, we cannot let the leader down. The ministers of various ministries also came forward to support Huang Cheng and expressed their own opinions.
"Yes, this is a state matter and must be decided by His Majesty in person!"
"If your Majesty does not come to court early today, all these things will be wasted, which is not good for the country!"
"..."
Xiao Yuming remained calm after hearing what they said.
What he dislikes most is that these ministers from aristocratic families are too lazy to pay attention to them.
After Zhuge Liang heard this, he frowned and thought to himself: "If the matter of factory guards is raised to this level, according to His Majesty, wouldn't it be these people who are rushing to kill them?"
Finally, Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, stopped the noise in the palace, and said: "Everyone can hand over the memorials in your hands to me, and I will personally deliver these memorials to His Majesty's case later. Colleagues, please feel free to , since it concerns our family and country, Liang will naturally not take it lightly."
After some discussion, the ministers could not think of a good solution for the time being, so they finally had no choice but to put the memorial in their hands in front of Zhuge Liang.
Each person had one book, and the books were piled up until they were nearly as tall as one person. Then, these people left the main hall.
Zhuge Liang stared at the memorial in front of him, thoughtfully.
Xiao Yuming came up and asked, "Prime Minister, what's wrong?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Seeing so many memorials in front of me, I thought of your Majesty's other thoughts. From these memorials, it is not difficult to find out who has colluded with Peng Yu to form a faction of his own.
From now on, there will be constant bloodshed in this court."
Xiao Yuming was stunned when he heard the sound, and suddenly felt fear in his heart.
Your Majesty's methods are still so cruel and ruthless!
Zhuge Liang said again: "The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are all people who only know how to conspire. Facing your majesty's unsolvable conspiracy, I am afraid that I will suffer the consequences."
They also don’t think about it: His Majesty has unprecedented talents, how can these people be able to fight against him? Let’s go and send these memorials to His Majesty’s palace, and come with me to face the Holy Spirit.”
He took a few memorials and went to the palace.
Xiao Yuming asked several eunuchs to carry these memorials, and then followed Zhuge Liang closely.
After arriving at the Daming Palace, Zhao Changqing heard from the guards outside the palace that Zhuge Liang was here to have an audience, so he asked him to come directly into the palace.
In front of the dragon bed, Xiao Yuming and Zhuge Liang saluted.
Zhao Changqing asked: "Why is the Prime Minister here?"
Zhuge Liang took two steps forward, presented several memorials in his hand to the Holy Father, and said: "Your Majesty, these are the memorials that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will present today. This is only a small part, and most of them are placed at the outer door of the palace.
Come forward."
Zhao Changqing was shocked when he heard this, "Why are there so many memorials today?"
Zhuge Liang bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, most of them advise you not to reuse eunuchs and establish factory guards."
Zhao Changqing nodded. He expected this, but he didn't expect that these people would dare to go to court.
He thought for a while and said: "Order someone to sort out the memorials outside the palace. All memorials that are not related to the factory guard will be sent to Zhongshu Province, and the Prime Minister will deal with them later.
The rest of the memorials related to the establishment of factory guards were sent to me, and I personally inspected them."
Zhao Gaozuo bowed and replied: "Yes."
After a while, he asked someone to place a memorial about the factory guards next to the dragon bed.
Ninety percent of the memorials were related to factory sanitation.
Zhao Changqing picked up the two memorials and looked at them. The more he read, the angrier he became.
Anyway, the general meaning is that eunuchs cannot be reused, otherwise they will cause chaos in the country.
Failure to establish factory guards will make everyone uninterested in political affairs.
Nonsense, if such a goal cannot be achieved, then what's the point of establishing factory guards and returning power to Zhao Gao.
He slammed the memorial to the ground, and everyone in the hall was shocked and knelt down again.
Zhao Changqing said to Zhao Gao angrily: "After the factory guards are established, follow the order of this memorial and deal with them one by one!"
Zhuge Liang thought to himself at this moment: "Sure enough, His Majesty just wants to use the memorial to get rid of these people who form cliques for selfish purposes."
Zhao Gao bowed to receive the decree.
In fact, Zhao Changqing just wanted to get rid of them and increase his reputation as a mediocre person. He did not consider it as much as Zhuge Liang thought.
If he knew Zhuge Liang's inner thoughts, he would definitely scold his mother.
Don't always think of me as so wise, okay?
The ministers knew that Zhuge Liang would present the memorial to Xiang Sheng, so they thought that His Majesty would change his mind because of their face.
However, the result was a slap in the face.
It seems... before and after the memorial was presented to the Holy Spirit, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no trace of the aftermath.
What's going on?
They began to think about it,
"Is our approach wrong?"
"Even if His Majesty doesn't want to cancel the factory guards, you still have to give us some response, right?"
"I think a response without a response is the best response!"
"What should we do now?"
"..."
All the ministers gathered together, and they were all noisy and discussing.
Several ministers also spoke,
"Since His Majesty doesn't respond, then we will simply go to court every day. Could it be that His Majesty will not go to court every day because of this matter?"
"That's right. From now on, we will submit discounts every day. If His Majesty doesn't respond for one day, we will submit for one day!"
"Isn't this good? Our Majesty is an emperor on horseback. If we offend him, what good can we gain?"
"Are you scared? As the saying goes, there are so many of us, what are we afraid of!"
Chapter completed!