After eating at Cining Palace, Zhu Youxiao also thought about it thoughtfully. He didn't know if he could come back from this personal expedition. If he couldn't come back, wouldn't he have restored history?
Then what's the use of traveling through time by yourself?
Since he has no heirs, Zhu Youjian will definitely ascend the throne, and it will probably be even more outrageous than in history.
Historically, when he ascended the throne at the age of seventeen, he was able to mess up the Ming Dynasty. Now that he is only ten years old, the Ming Dynasty may die a few years earlier than in history.
Is it the right choice to fight in person?
If he is trapped in the grassland and no news comes back for a long time, there is no guarantee that the civil servants will not cause trouble. They are now eager to die suddenly and then enthrone the "holy emperor" in their eyes.
Even if he died outside the customs, he would rather let Prince Fu ascend the throne than Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youxiao thought about it all the way and finally made up his mind. If an accident happened to him, this would be the only thing he could do.
Since history has proven that Zhu Youjian is not good, then let's change him.
"Go and announce that Wei Guangwei and Gu Bingqian are coming to Qianqing Palace!"
"Your Majesty, these are the officials of the two divisions drafted by my ministers. Please make your decision!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at the list above. He had seen the names of many people, all of whom were eunuch officials in history.
In fact, the existence of the eunuch party was also created by the Donglin Party themselves. They eliminated dissidents in the court, suppressed centrists, and kept saying that they wanted to make the court more upright.
In fact, in the eyes of those people, anyone who is not from Donglin is a traitor who brings disaster to the country and the people, and he is the only one who is clean.
Since Fang Congzhe, the leader of the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, was driven out of the capital by them, the officials of the three parties were suppressed by the Donglin Party to the point where they could not even lift their heads.
It just so happened that Wei Zhongxian, a great eunuch, came out of the palace at this time. In order to have a little living space, these people turned to Wei Zhongxian one after another. The eunuch party was just a combination of officials from the three parties and Wei Zhongxian's inner court to deal with the Donglin Party. This This is also the reason why the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party fought to the death in history.
Although the officials of the Eunuch Party are not good people, at least they do more practical things than the Donglin Party. They don't talk about benevolence, justice and morality every day.
"That's right!"
"You two get started as soon as possible. I will first allocate two million taels of silver to your two departments. The two departments will first send officials to various places. After all preparations are completed, I will issue an edict to the world."
"The Information Department will first build the head office and publish a newspaper in the capital to see how the public responds. If there are any deficiencies that can be improved, the content will be titled "The Corrupt Officials Dealt with by the Imperial Court." "
"Let's print 100,000 copies first. A newspaper costs two cents, and put up a copy in other markets, vegetable markets, and government offices as a notice."
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he looked at Wei Guangwei:
"The officials of the Education Department have been decided for the time being. How are the candidates for teachers from various places?"
"Back to Your Majesty, except for Shuntian Mansion, candidates from other places are still being selected and evaluated. There is no news yet."
It has only been more than half a month since His Majesty last issued an order to them, and I am afraid that many places in the southwest have not started yet, but Zhu Youxiao is not in a hurry, and he still has plenty of time.
"Well, this matter needs to be implemented as soon as possible. We must wait until all parts of the country are ready before we can implement the reform. Step back."
"I resign!"
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"Mr. Liu, what will happen to the court tomorrow?"
Han Xu was extremely anxious now. He heard that His Majesty had ordered Wang Xiangqian back, as well as Xu Guangqi. His Majesty's move was clearly to recommend them to the cabinet. By then, he might not be able to become the second minister.
Although Liu Yishen pretended to be nonchalant on the surface, he was actually more anxious than Han Xu. He was only one step away from being the first minister of the cabinet with less than one person and more than ten thousand people. With Wang Xiangqian's qualifications, once he entered the cabinet, he would Yuan Fu's dream may come to nothing.
"What else can you do? Your Majesty has been bewitched by Na Ke and Wei Gong since he came to the throne, and he has been so cruel to the people of Donglin. Today, Wei Gong made the capital miserable and arrested more than 100 people from Donglin Qingliu. people."
"If we do anything, I'm afraid you and I will be the next ones to go to jail."
Han Xu said helplessly after hearing this:
"Your Majesty is so foolish, so convinced of that traitor, yet so alienated from us, the pillars of our country, that our Ming Dynasty has no hope of reviving it!"
Liu Yishen could only sigh helplessly. Your Majesty can't even see them now. No matter how hard you say it, it's hard to say.
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next day
Today is the day of Tingtui. Tingtui is to recommend officials to the cabinet. The cabinet, six ministers, ministers, and nine ministers will vote, and then the emperor will make the final decision based on the number of votes.
Due to yesterday's purge, the number of people eligible to vote has decreased by more than half. Compared to a few months ago, the number of people in the palace can be described as deserted.
"Your Majesty's decree, the court push begins!"
If the previous process was followed, these officials would first recommend candidates, and then the emperor could also recommend them.
The officials then discussed who was more talented to join the cabinet, and finally voted, but after half a quarter of an hour, no one took the lead to speak.
They were really afraid, fearing that what they said was dissatisfying the emperor's wishes and that they would be beaten for being the first to do so.
Zhu Youxiao looked at the quiet people below and smiled secretly:
"My thoughts are correct. These extremely shameless people can only be suppressed by thunderous means."
Zhu Youxiao stood up and walked around twice. Seeing that there was still no movement from them, he said:
"Since my dear friends have no one to recommend, let me make the decision!"
"I would like Wang Xiangqian to be the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and Xu Guangqi to be the Assistant Minister of the Cabinet. Do you have anything you would like to say?"
Liu Yishen secretly said that this was indeed the case, but for the sake of his own status, he had no choice but to offend the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not in line with etiquette. Xu Guangqi is just a young minister and censor. How can anyone jump so many ranks to join the cabinet?"
There was something in Liu Yishen's words. In fact, what he wanted to express was that he wanted the emperor to pay attention to him, a junior minister in the cabinet.
And how could Zhu Youxiao not understand? But he didn't want to explain too much, he just said lightly:
"I think Xu Guangqi's talent is enough to join the cabinet. Master Liu will know about it then."
Liu Yisui was heartbroken. He didn't expect that His Majesty would ignore his second assistant like this.
Zhu Youxiao ordered Wang Chaofu again:
"Wang Banban, prepare a decree!"
"Wang Xiangqian was promoted to the bachelor's degree, Yuanfu of the cabinet, the crown prince's grand preceptor, and the minister of the Ministry of War. Xu Guangqi was promoted to the bachelor's degree, the cabinet's assistant minister, the prince Shaobao was appointed, and he was the minister of the ministry of industry!"
During today's court hearing, only Liu Yishuo said a few words from beginning to end. Everyone else seemed to be just spectators. Even Han Xu did not dare to deny the emperor's will.
And this is exactly what Zhu Youxiao wants. If the emperor cannot keep his word, what kind of emperor is he?
Today is just the beginning. The nightmare of these civil servants has not yet begun. Zhu Youxiao will take back the rights that originally belonged to the emperor from them bit by bit.
Zhu Youxiao also wanted to correct all the mistakes made since Emperor Yongle.