All the ministers knelt on the ground and shouted.
Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon chair and said calmly:
"Pingshen!"
The ministers stood up and said:
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Today is Zhu Youxiao's second time to go to court. Apart from the last enthronement ceremony, this is Zhu Youxiao's first time.
"Chao Wangfu, declare the decree!"
Wang Chaofu on the side took three steps forward, opened the imperial edict and said:
"The Emperor was entrusted to heaven, and the edict said: Concubine Zheng and Li Xuan worked together to murder the late emperor, held me hostage, and attempted to control the government. Now Li Xuan was killed in front of the late emperor's spiritual throne. Concubine Zheng found out that she had gone astray and returned, but at first it was
I was seduced by Li Xuan's servant, which was an unintentional act, and now I am willing to guard the grave of Emperor Shenzong to atone for his sins. All the maids and eunuchs who participated in it have been executed!"
Wang Chaofu took another imperial edict from the little eunuch next to him and said:
"The emperor was entrusted with the destiny of heaven and issued an edict: The harem has no owner, which caused the incident between Li and Zheng to happen. In order to avoid the recurrence of the incident, I now respect Emperor Shenzong's concubine Liu Shizhao as Princess Xuanyi, hold the seal of the Queen Mother, and move into Ci
Ning Palace, in order to take charge of all affairs in the harem!"
After hearing this, the officials below quickly called out to His Majesty, Your Majesty.
But Dong Lin Qingliu was not satisfied. They originally planned to use this matter and His Majesty's departure from the palace today to force His Majesty to compromise and give up power. As a result, Your Majesty has already finished everything. Now he just informed them that he even approved the imperial edict.
It must be Fang Congzhe, an old thief.
The most urgent thing is that Yang Lian has been involved in the military affairs department. Now he just wants to rush out and argue with His Majesty.
"Do you have any reports for me, my dear friends?"
As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Yang Lian ran out and said:
"Your Majesty, I have something to report. I want to impeach Yuan Fu Fang Congzhe!"
Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that they would attack Fang Congzhe first to see what tricks they were playing.
When Fang Congzhe heard that Yang Lian was impeaching him, he was completely unmoved, as if he had known about it for a long time.
"I impeached Fang Congzhe for three major crimes. First, he colluded with Emperor Zheng's concubine and Li Xuanshi to murder the late emperor. Second, he colluded with the feudal officials to support the bandits. Third, he controlled the government and relied on nepotism!"
Zhu Youxiao found it interesting when he heard it, but he didn't expect that they would also commit three major crimes.
"Oh, please tell me carefully, Aiqing!"
Yang Lian bowed and said:
"The major crime: When the late emperor was seriously ill, Cui Wensheng, the chamberlain, found a prescription from nowhere. As a result, the late emperor had vomiting and diarrhea after taking it. He went to the toilet more than 30 times a night? This made the late emperor's condition even more serious. I seriously doubt this.
It's poison! Even if a little chamberlain can cure diseases, is his medical skills better than those of the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital? And Li Kezhuo also found a so-called elixir from nowhere, and the late emperor took two pills and then died.
Sudden sudden death, if there is a so-called elixir in the world, how come no one lives forever? Fang Congzhe and Wei Yuanfu don't understand this truth? Fang Congzhe personally brought these two people into the palace, and I suspect that Fang Congzhe has evil intentions!"
"The second major crime: Fang Congzhe colluded with Xiong Tingbi to embezzle the Liaodong Army. The late emperor issued two million taels of silver to supplement Jiubian and the Liaodong Army. Only ten days later, Xiong Tingbi reported to the court to issue another silver. However, the original Xiangyin was one
Fang Congzhe was responsible for everything, so the two must have colluded with each other! Moreover, Xiong Tingbi had been managing Liaodong for more than two years. Even if Lao Nu's army was strong again, there would always be war. Xiong Tingbi feared the enemy like a tiger, and Lao Nu's army
If he takes a step further, he will take a step back. Now that he has retreated to Shenyang, won't Shenyang have to give up to him in a while? The Ministry of War ordered him to go to war several times, but Xiong Tingbi avoided his edge and resisted the order by saying that he was on the defensive and waiting for attack. He can be said to be raising the bandits.
Respect yourself!"
"The three major crimes: From the 46th to the 48th year of Wanli, there were many vacancies for officials in the DPRK, and all the people selected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs were rejected. As a result, there were too few officials to deal with state affairs in the first time, which led to the loosening of the country and the establishment of good relations with it.
Officials are promoted year after year, regardless of their ability!"
Yang Lian spoke out loud about Fang Congzhe's three major sins in one breath.
During the official affairs, Wei Dazhong came out again and said:
"Your Majesty, is it possible that such a traitor is the leader of all officials? Please issue an order to remove Fang Congzhe, the chief minister of the cabinet!"
A group of Donglin civil servants who had discussed it long ago came forward and said:
"Your Majesty, please issue an order to remove Fang Congzhe!"
At a glance, Zhu Youxiao saw that at least half of the officials supported Yang Lian's dismissal of Fang Congzhe.
Although Fang Congzhe is not the one he wants to focus on, he doesn't like this unfaithful person very much. It can only be said that he is protecting his own interests.
Moreover, most of what Yang Lian reported was based on facts. Although he did not want to protect Xiang Congzhe, he also wanted to let him live.
Fang Congzhe seemed to know what the emperor was thinking, and immediately stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to become an official!"
"allow!"
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he looked at the ministers who wanted to remove Fang Congzhe. Some of them had relaxed expressions, while others were full of reluctance, but there was no other way. The emperor had allowed him to retire.
"Dear ladies, do you have anything else to say?"
Next came the recommendation reports of the civil servants below. They all said that so and so was outstanding and could be used in great ways, but whose talent was not appreciated. They also impeached seven or eight officials from the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties.
In today's court meeting, the Donglin Party can be said to have won a complete victory.
noon
Hearing that there wasn't much noise below, Zhu Youxiao opened his eyes and looked at them. The ministers below also looked at Zhu Youxiao, waiting for the emperor to announce that he would leave the palace that day. Zhu Youxiao was thinking, since you guys
Now that the performance is over, let's see what I do.
He gave Wang Chaofu a look on his face, and Wang Chaofu took a memorial and read:
"Jin Yiwei reported: Zou Yuanbiao, the censor of the left capital, Feng Sanyuan, the censor of the criminal department, Wang Wenyan, the scholar of Zhongshushe, Cao Yubian, the censor of the right capital, Chen Yuting, the left minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Zheng Sanjun, the left minister of the Ministry of official affairs,
The evidence is conclusive that Sun Bixian, a member of the imperial family, and Zhang Guangqian, Li Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of War, and Sun Juxiang, the right minister of the Ministry of War, were corrupt and perverted the law, suppressed the good, harmed the loyal, and forced the good into prostitution."
After Wang Chaofu delivered more than a dozen memorials and a piece of evidence to the officials, Zhu Youxiao quietly watched their reactions.
Sure enough, Zhou Jiamo, the official minister, immediately stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty, the factory guards have always been cruel and cruel. It is commonplace to harm loyal ministers. Your Majesty must not believe it."
"Your Majesty, how can you believe the factory guard's words? This must be the crime that the factory guard wants to incriminate. Furthermore, even if the ministers are guilty, they should be brought to the Tri-Faculty Division for trial to find out the actual evidence. Your Majesty should stay away from such hawks as the factory guard.
, I suggest that your Majesty abolish the factory guards!"
Yang Lian plausibly changed the subject.
The other civil servants also echoed:
"Your Majesty, please abolish factory guards!"
But Zhu Youxiao looked at these so-called important ministers of the country and said coldly:
"The Imperial Guards are the emperor's personal soldiers, and you actually call them eagles and dogs. Yang Lian, aren't you too bold?"
"Yang Lian spoke without restraint and was dragged out to fight for thirty years!"
The two royal guards quickly dragged Yang Lian out. Yang Huan glanced at the throne and saw Wang Chaofu giving a gesture. Yang Huan understood the emperor's intention and followed him out together.
The other ministers became anxious when they saw this, and a censor hurriedly stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty, according to the ancestral system, officials will not be punished for gossip. Your Majesty's behavior is a sign of ignorance!"
Zhu Youxiao was afraid that no one would confront him today, otherwise how could he kill people and establish his authority?
"Since someone mentioned the ancestral system, I will act according to the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu!"
"Where is the Yulin Army?"
The civil servants were confused. When did the Ming Dynasty have the so-called Yulin Army? Is this the new army that was built last time His Majesty left the palace?
No matter how stupid these ministers are, they know it.
As soon as the Yulin Army guards who had been waiting outside the main hall heard the emperor's call, they immediately entered the main hall and quickly occupied the area around Fengtian Hall.
Li Xing, the commander of the Yulin Army, came forward and knelt down to greet him:
"I would like to obey your Majesty's will!"
"Drag these treacherous ministers who have deceived the emperor and deceived the emperor to death!"
When Liu Yishen, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, heard that Ling Chi was to be executed, he immediately stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty, no, there is no solid evidence for the crimes of the ministers reported by the Jin Yiwei. Moreover, the punishment is not as good as that of the scholar-bureaucrats. Even if the ministers are corrupt and bend the law, at most they will only be dismissed from their posts and returned to their hometowns. How is your Majesty's move different from that of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty?"
Zhu Youxiao just wanted to remind them today that he was not going to kill him in a bloody manner. He still wanted to keep this second minister in the cabinet.
"The Jinyi Guards were set up by Emperor Taizu to monitor the officials. Now you keep saying that the Jinyi Guards are cruel. What are your intentions?"
"Besides, these people have solid evidence. Didn't Master Liu see the evidence just now?"
Yang Huan, who was performing court battles outside, knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, Yang Lian was weak and weak. I only hit him twenty-two times and he was killed."
Liu Yishen hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty, this is the factory guard's move to deceive the Holy Spirit. Yang Lian must have been assassinated and died by these traitors. Please order the dismissal of the factory guard!"
Zhu Youxiao said in a deep voice:
"While the Jinyi Guards were still here, these people dared to be so bold and deceive the emperor. This Cao Yubian is even more insane. He dared to kidnap, sell, and rape a young girl. How dare you protect such a treacherous minister?"
"The Yulin Army listened to the order and pulled all these people out to be executed by Ling Chi. Cao Yubian castrated him first and then Ling Chi."
"The Jin Yiwei quickly ransacked the house, and the men were made slaves, and the women were sent to the Jiaofangsi. Anyone who collaborated with these people would have their honors removed and be exiled to Ningxia, where their families would live together!"
At this time, all the civil servants were anxious, and they all stepped forward to shout to your Majesty, but it was no use. Zhu Youxiao ignored them at all.
Several imperial censors were excited to criticize the emperor, and branded Zhu Youxiao as the contemporary Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, cruel and unkind, but Zhu Youxiao just lightly ordered that all the families be confiscated and exterminated for the crime of disrespect.
Later, several ministers from the Sixth Ministry came forward to argue with Zhu Youxiao and used the ancestral system to argue with Zhu Youxiao. In the end, Zhu Youxiao used the ancestral system to kill them all.
After dealing with nearly twenty officials in a row, these "important ministers of the country" finally became afraid, and no one dared to stand out anymore.
Zhu Youxiao secretly laughed and said, these people really can only be dealt with with strong methods, otherwise they will only be proud of criticizing the emperor every day.
Zhu Youxiao believes that after today, these people will be much more honest, at least they will not jump like this again, and he can reorganize the army with peace of mind. When he has a strong army, he will be rid of these worms who are only for their own interests and those who suck the common people.