Chapter 102 The price of coffin boards in the capital has increased!
‘Surprised or not?’
When the emperor's voice falls into the ears of the ministers, it sounds like thunder.
This group of courtiers stood in the main hall, each with their heads lowered and their eyes slightly raised, not daring to look directly at Zhu Houzhao sitting on the dragon throne.
They could clearly feel that the emperor had changed and was completely different from before.
There was a brief silence, Yang Tinghe took a deep breath, and then smiled.
"Your Majesty is favored by destiny and has a complete dragon body. Naturally, the ministers and others are extremely surprised."
The words fell.
A large group of fans came online immediately.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty on getting the dragon body in full!"
Wow, these ministers all bowed and saluted in unison.
This move, in professional terms, is called using softness to overcome strength.
In Yang Tinghe's view, this trick has been tried and tested against Zhu Houzhao.
"Are you really happy that I can sit here safely?"
Zhu Houzhao ignored the congratulations of the courtiers. His eyes skipped Yang Tinghe and scanned the courtiers in the palace. Most of them had criticized Zhu Houzhao.
The chill deep in my eyes became even colder.
Among the ministers in the court, the six ministries and the nine ministers, how many of them are truly loyal to him, the great emperor?!
Even the reign name Zhengde.
Being virtuous and righteous is tantamount to being pointed in the nose and saying that one has no virtue.
Zhu Houzhao loves to play, but he is not a fool. How could he not know what this year number means?
However, with the attitude of trying to calm things down and give these civil servants a thumbs-down for the sake of the late emperor's face, they held their noses and admitted it when they first came to the throne.
I thought to myself that it was just a year, and as long as I achieved results, it didn’t matter whether he was virtuous or immoral.
It was because of his big heart that he replaced the Jiajing Immortal and wrote down everything neatly in a small notebook.
Who would have thought that these idiots would be brilliant if they were given a little sunshine, and they would open a dyeing workshop if they were given a little paint, and they would become more and more outrageous every year, and in the end they would even have to control where the emperor sleeps.
"In that case, I will make you happy again."
Still happy?
The ministers were stunned when they heard this.
Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and shook it.
A yellowed old book flew into the air in front of hundreds of officials and ministers, and was caught by Jiang Bin in mid-air.
The moment the old book appeared, the pupils of more than half of the ministers in the palace shrank sharply, especially Yang Tinghe.
They all realized what this old book was, and they mentally scolded Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao a thousand times, who had already gone to see the King of Hell.
You just pay bribes, why are you keeping accounts? Did you study accounting?!
Can we be more pure as a person? What about trust between people?!
When King Ning's rebellion was put down, the imperial court immediately sent someone to ask Wang Shouren for this booklet.
At that time, Wang Shouren told the visitor with clear eyes: I am an honest person, and I don’t know what kind of booklet there is.
This is also one of the reasons why Wang Shouren made extraordinary achievements but did not receive any reward and was almost killed.
Given Zhu Houzhao's character, since he would choose to summon Wang Shouren, he would naturally recognize Wang Shouren's achievements. And Zhu Houzhao's temperament has always been forthright, so there is no need to be fussy about awarding Wang Shouren.
The main reason why Saint Wang did not receive the reward was that he did not turn in the booklet and Wang Qiong was his benefactor.
It was Wang Qiong who pulled him out of Longchang and promoted him to the governor of Jiangxi Province.
The relationship between these two levels is that the emperor's decree to reward Wang Shouren cannot be implemented by the cabinet. And Zhu Houzhao fell ill after returning to Beijing, so naturally he would not ask a minister whether the reward was implemented.
From the fact that Wang Shouren decisively reported illness and returned home after quelling the rebellion of Prince Ning, it can be seen that the court was in chaos, and during the rebellion of Prince Ning, it had reached the point where there was no distinction between black and white.
"Dad, this booklet really does exist."
Beside Yang Tinghe, Yang Shen frowned, with unconcealable worry in his eyes.
At that time, Yang Shen personally traveled to Jiangnan for this booklet. Obviously, he returned without success.
"It's just a booklet, it's nothing."
Mr. Yang is still calm and calm. In his opinion, the law does not punish the public.
The list in this booklet involves most of the court, and all the chief officials of the six departments are involved. Is it possible that we can win them all?
If Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle were still alive, it would be possible to do this.
Based on his understanding of Zhu Houzhao, it is absolutely impossible.
The words fall.
Jiang Bin, who had just glanced at the brochure, grinned and raised his hand to point at the crowd in front. In an instant, the Jin Yiwei quickly stepped forward and arrested the seven crimson official robes.
Wearing crimson official robes means that the grades of these seven people are at or above the fourth grade.
"Bold!"
Yang Tinghe's expression suddenly changed and he shouted angrily at the Jin Yiwei.
"Your Majesty, how can you seize ministers with only an unknown book of unknown origin, without interrogation and without going through three divisions! This goes against the wishes of the late emperor and goes against the ancestral system!"
Ancestor system?
It’s true that everything can be related to ancestral production.
If you really want to follow Lao Zhu’s ancestral system, can you bunch of domineering civil servants still survive to this day?!
On the dragon chair, Zhu Houzhao looked at Yang Tinghe who looked a little anxious.
He suddenly discovered that this feeling was so wonderful!
Thinking carefully about the grievances of the past few years, doesn’t Mr. Yang just treat himself like a monkey?
Every time he wanted to do something, Mr. Yang always smiled and refused without hesitation, not caring at all what he, the emperor, thought.
A smile appeared at the corner of Zhu Houzhao's mouth, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Collude with the chaotic party, plot rebellion and usurp the country."
"Push it out."
"Beheaded."
Speak out the word "faint".
Boom!
These two short words were like a bolt of thunder exploding in the hearts of the ministers.
Since Hongwu and Yongle, civil servants began to be respected, and there have never been any cases of ministers being beheaded.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty is wronged!"
"…………"
The arrested ministers originally looked very calm, and they were even pushing the Jin Yiwei who arrested them.
In their view, as Yang Shoufu's loyal followers, how could there be any big problems? They spent a few days in jail, and Yang Shoufu fished them out a few days later.
At this moment, these seven people were dragged out of Fengtian Palace by the Jin Yiwei, with snot and tears pouring out.
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They never expected that they would be treated like chickens and killed in the last court.
Among the ministers in crimson official robes, Wang Qiong, who had been silent these days, stood up resolutely and shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty, I have my heart and I want to tell you!"
"I want to impeach Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, for using power for personal gain and colluding against the king!"
After finishing his words, Wang Qiong took out a memorial from his arms.
Obviously, this Wang Shangshu had already written the memorial to impeach Yang Tinghe.
This is a masterpiece that Wang Qiong wrote because he couldn't sleep late at night and was so angry. But before today, it was all self-pleasure.
"Wang Qiong, you are talking nonsense!"
Yang Tinghe scolded sternly, obviously angry.
But Wang Qiong didn't care at all about Yang Tinghe's rage, and handed the memorial to Jiang Bin, who presented it to Zhu Houzhao in the Jinluan Palace.
Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the throne, took the memorial and casually opened it and glanced at it. In fact, he didn't even read what was written in it.
Because it is not important what is written in this memorial. What is important is that this impeachment memorial was handed over by the Minister of Civil Affairs. What is important is that this impeachment memorial is to impeach Yang Tinghe.
Zhu Houzhao pretended to be furious, threw the memorial to the ground, slapped the dragon chair, stood up, pointed at His Highness Yang Tinghe and shouted.
"What a good Yang Tinghe, what a good minister of the cabinet! It's in vain that I trusted you so much and pledged the country to each other, but you deceived me like this!"
"Are you worthy of me, worthy of the late emperor, and worthy of the Ming Dynasty?!"
"I am so heartbroken, so heartbroken!"
Hats were put on Lao Yang’s head one by one.
Zhu Houzhao looked so heartbroken that he almost beat his chest and stamped his feet, and finally sighed "helplessly".
"From now on, Yang Tinghe will be stripped of all his official positions and thrown into imperial prison, where he will be scrutinized strictly by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang with full authority."
The sound of "sadness" came from Zhu Houzhao's mouth.
This sentence is tantamount to completely pronouncing Yang Tinghe's fate.
‘Not bad.’
After the throne, Ji Boying was very satisfied with Zhu Houzhao's performance and arrangements.
How can an emperor not have acting skills?
Handing Yang Tinghe to Jiang Bin for trial, considering the relationship between Jiang Bin and Yang Tinghe, it basically sentenced Yang Tinghe to death. Confiscation of the house, exile and annihilation of several tribes are the most basic operations. The main thing is that you can use Yang Tinghe's vine to find out a
Large pieces of melon.
This is a hundred times more dangerous than if Yang Tinghe was killed by the imperial court.
‘Old man, you have today too!’
"Take it."
Jiang Bin waved his hand and personally led the Jin Yiwei to rush forward.
Yang Tinghe, who was still in a dazed state before the other ministers, was directly restrained. Jiang Bin even took off Yang Tinghe's crimson official robe with his own hands, and asked other royal guards to take him outside the palace.
From the moment Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth to when Yang Tinghe was stripped of his official robe, taken out of Fengtian Palace and sent directly to the imperial edict.
This process lasted for more than a minute.
All the ministers have been completely stunned.
It turns out that the chief minister, who is supreme in their hearts and is more powerful than the emperor, is actually so fragile.
This is an illusion caused by habit.
In the Ming dynasty, as long as the emperor has a sword in his hand and is ruthless, it is that simple to mess with people. It doesn't matter whether you have the powerful chief minister of the cabinet or a nine-thousand-year-old eunuch who has all the power in the government. All the messy schemes are nonsense.
.
As long as the emperor is determined to kill you and uses his words, I will report it to the King of Hell.
The fear and awe of the imperial power and the emperor took over the hearts of these officials and ministers of the Zhengde Dynasty again.
"As for you and others."
The sadness on Zhu Houzhao's face disappeared and he smiled.
His eyes swept over the ministers in the palace, Liang Chu, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji, these three cabinet ministers, as well as the ministers in the six ministries who usually had close contacts with Yang Tinghe. At this time, cold sweat was flowing from his temples, and his back was completely broken.
Soaked.
Looking closely, many people's legs have even begun to tremble crazily.
This group of people knew how much money they had received from Prince Ning, and they all knew that their names were on the roster.
"Go back and have a good sleep today and have a good meal with your family."
As soon as the words came out.
Thump, thump, thump...
With a crash, all the ministers in the palace immediately fell to their knees, and all of them were paralyzed. At this moment, they could all think of the scene when the Jin Yiwei came to ransack the house.
It’s hard to say how prices are in Beijing.
But one thing can be basically concluded: the price of Sunchon’s high-quality coffin boards will definitely skyrocket today.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand.
Jiang Bin grinned and pressed the knife fiercely, and hundreds of royal guards immediately rushed forward.
The guards in Jinyi were like wolves and tigers, driving the paralyzed ministers out of the palace like pigs. Some even had weak legs and could not stand up, so they could only crawl out on their knees.
They say they are going home to eat, but in fact they are all under the surveillance of Jin Yiwei.
As long as Beizhen Fusi's interrogation process of Yang Tinghe is officially launched, these temple gentlemen who usually look up at people with their noses raised will have to say goodbye to their families.
Wang Qiong was the only one left in the palace.
At this time, Wang Qiong looked extremely excited.
He never expected that His Majesty the Emperor, who had always been gentle, would become so powerful!
Looking at Wang Qiong in the palace, Zhu Houzhao was silent for a moment.
"I am going to let Yang Yiqing join the cabinet as the chief assistant."
"You are the second assistant."
This was originally Zhu Houzhao's plan. The reason why he talked secretly with Yang Yiqing for three days and three nights before his tour to the south was to draft the entire court team with Yang Yiqing.
The first person Yang Yiqing mentioned was that Wang Qiong was going to join the cabinet as a secondary assistant.
As for the candidates for the ministerial ministers of the Six Ministries and the chief officials of the Dali Temple of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, they were all decided during those three days of secret talks.
Originally, Zhu Houzhao planned to boil the frog in warm water to handle this matter after returning to Beijing. Who knew that when he wanted to boil the frog in warm water, the other party directly gave him strong medicine.
"Your Majesty loves me so much that I will never give up even if I die."
Wang Qiong knelt down, kowtowed respectfully, then raised his head and spoke.
"Your Majesty, I would like to recommend someone."
After Wang Qiong finished speaking, he was waiting for Zhu Houzhao's attitude.
"Say."
After Zhu Houzhao nodded, Wang Qiong continued speaking loudly.
"I want to recommend someone to quell the rebellion of King Ning. Now that I am at home, Wang Shouren, the governor of Jiangxi, will join the cabinet to participate in politics."
The reason why Wang Shouren is said to be the first governor of Jiangxi is because Wang Shengren has resigned and returned home to recuperate.
"Idle time?"
Zhu Houzhao was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly thought of something, and his anger rose up.
After returning to Beijing, he had clearly issued an order to the cabinet, promoting Wang Shouren to the rank of Left Minister of the Ministry of War and conferring the title of earldom.
Now it seems that this decree was completely in vain, and the cabinet did not obey the decree at all. The reason has been mentioned before. The existing civil servant group will not allow Wang Shouren to enter the center of power.
"No need to wait for the process."
"Go to the cabinet room now and issue an order in the name of the cabinet to summon Wang Shouren to the capital. He will be promoted to Minister of War and Bachelor of Wuying Palace. He will be given the title of Shaobao and be granted the title of Changbo. He will be given the title of Thousand Stones per Year."
When Wang Qiong heard this, she was overjoyed and fell to her knees with tears streaming down her face. She finally came to an end.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and Wang Qiong stood up and retreated, leaving Fengtian Hall with excitement.
Stepping out of Fengtian Hall, Mr. Wang looked up at the hazy sky and grinned.
"The weather is really nice today."
At the same time, the moment when Wang Qiong walked out of Fengtian Hall.
The solemnity on Zhu Houzhao's face disappeared in an instant, and he quickly put on a playful and smiling look. He walked down from the dragon chair and quickly came to Ji Boying's side to greet him.
"Master Immortal, sit down, sit down."
Ji Boying glanced at this guy, didn't say anything, and sat down on the dragon chair.
My butt hurts after standing for a long time.
Every time he felt this discomfort, he admired Mr. Lu Xun who had persisted for decades.
"Master Immortal, how was my performance just now?"
With such a temperament, Zhu Houzhao looked like he wanted to be praised by the teacher.
"General."
In fact, I am quite satisfied with Zhu Houzhao and Ji Boying.
Ji Boying really didn't expect Wang Shouren to join the cabinet.
That’s not to say that Wang Shouren doesn’t have the ability and qualifications. Judging from Wang Shouren’s performance in local governance and his ability to put down rebellions, this Sage Wang is a complete civil and military talent.
Just by letting this originator of mind science join the cabinet, this righteous time and space will not be constitutionalized by the monarch in advance.
"Go and choose some reliable medical doctors and take good care of yourself."
Glancing at Zhu Houzhao, I saw that this guy's originally strong body had been completely ruined in the past few months.
Although Niuhuang Pills can relieve him of the poison for a while, this guy has been taking the medicine for too long, so he must adjust slowly.
"Also, I would like to remind you that after using the knife, you should replace it promptly if the blade is sharpened."
Of course Zhu Houzhao understood what this sentence meant. He was silent for a moment and nodded.
And this is not the first time he has changed his knife, such as the first knife Liu Jin.
Zhu Houzhao is no stranger to this process.
"Don't worry, Immortal Master, I know it well."
"Yeah."
"It's time to go back to class."
Ji Boying tapped his finger on the dragon chair.
In an instant, the surrounding scenery changes.
When Zhu Houzhao reacted, the figures of his ancestors came into view again.
…………………………
Hongwu time and space, the main hall of Zuixian Tower.
"The Immortal Master is back!"
Xiao Zhusi, who was educating Jianwen Zhu Gaochi on how to lose weight as soon as possible, shouted out, and instantly everyone else looked towards the podium.
"Brother, how are things going?"
Lao Zhu stood up and asked urgently.
He roughly guessed what Ji Boying took Zhu Houzhao to do.
Although it happened in another time and space, as the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu would naturally care about any issue related to the Ming Dynasty.
"Speak for yourself."
Ji Boying glanced at Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, his eyes shining.
"Listen, gentlemen, this is a splendid, world-shaking, weeping ghosts and gods, full of countless dangers..."
"Speak humanly."
Ji Boying glared at Zhu Houzhao, you kid is talking about stand-up comedy?!
"Ah, good, good."
Zhu Houzhao scratched his butt and smiled.
Then he quickly told his ancestors everything he had just done.
"Yes, we have some courage, but the number of kills is a bit small."
After listening, Lao Zhu nodded.
"Taizu, don't be in a hurry. Once the trial in prison is over, I will issue an order to kill you and try to break your record."
Zhu Houzhao grinned, but of course he was just bragging. After all, even if he killed all the people on the book, he still wouldn't be able to achieve Lao Zhu's glorious record.
"It deserves to be killed."
Old Zhu Di and Zhu Laosi also nodded in approval.
The three Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaochi frowned slightly, obviously in their opinion, this killing was excessive.
Jingtai Zhu Qiyu’s eyes sparkled.
During his Jingtai dynasty, although the civil servants were not as strong as Zhengde, they were often very unhappy. For example, he wanted to make his son the prince, but he was criticized.
New idea! It turns out that the emperor can still do this!
"Okay, let's continue with class."
"You can choose a table to sit at, and we will arrange a new seat for you later.
Ji Boying glanced at Zhu Houzhao.
Then his eyes swept over these emperors and princes.
"How to restrict civil servant groups"
On the rice paper at the back, these eight characters hang.
"Are you ready for push-ups?"
Ji Boying finished his sentence.
Among the emperor and princes, the three Zhu Gaochi all felt their hearts tremble when they heard this.