Zhu Youjian looked at the aggressive civil servants and fell silent.
This was the first time that the ministers collectively challenged Zhu Youjian face to face and attacked Zhu Youjian's authority as the emperor. Since Zhu Youjian overthrew Wei Zhongxian and received widespread praise from the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, this was the first time that Zhu Youjian was criticized. The civil servants openly attacked collectively.
These civil servants are not small figures. If they launch a collective attack, they may be able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. Their influence in the capital is enough to mobilize public opinion in the capital. In the most terrifying place, they can provoke a uprising in the capital. Civil uprising.
However, these powerful civil servants have no regard for the country of the Ming Dynasty or the common enemies facing the national crisis. Am I, Zhu Youjian, the only one who cherishes the country of the Zhu family?
Zhu Youjian looked at the civil servant who was frying the pot coldly, and anger gradually filled his heart.
He stood up from the throne and said calmly: "I'm tired."
But before he finished speaking, two officials jumped out and refused to let him go.
"I have my own notes!"
"My minister, Zhou Yanru, has something to report!"
"Retreat!"
Zhu Youjian swung his dragon robe, walked out of the Huangji Palace, and walked towards the Qianqing Palace under the gaze of the officials.
When more than a hundred civil servants saw this, they looked at each other, and there seemed to be some anger in their eyes.
After returning from Huangji Palace, Zhu Youjian returned to the study room of Qianqing Palace, silently called the palace maid, and changed into regular clothes.
Wang Chengen had just seen the officials besieging the emperor in the Huangji Palace, and also saw the emperor's decisive departure. At this time, he saw the expression on the emperor's face was so calm, and knew that the emperor was extremely angry at this time.
The emperor is very scheming, and usually does not express his joy or anger in front of others. The more angry he is, the calmer his face is.
Wang Chengen bowed and stood beside the emperor, not daring to make a sound.
Zhu Youjian sat at his desk and asked calmly: "Have the eunuchs sent to Tianjin already set off?"
Wang Chengen replied: "Your Majesty, the eunuch who announced the decree set off yesterday. I think that early tomorrow morning, Li Zhi will know about the royal guards sent by the Holy Emperor."
Zhu Youjian asked again: "Let Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, choose a thousand Jinyiwei to prepare for entering Shandong. Did he choose?"
"Your Majesty, the selection was completed yesterday. The guards have packed their luggage and are ready to go to Shandong at any time."
Zhu Youjian nodded with satisfaction and tapped his fingers slowly on the imperial case, seeming to be thinking about something.
In this way, Zhu Youjian knocked on the table and thought for an hour without saying a word. Until outside the Qianqing Palace, a sound of yelling and cursing suddenly came from outside. The calls of the young eunuchs kept coming.
"Take down this rebel!"
"Grab his stick!"
Zhu Youjian frowned and shouted: "Who is making noise outside?"
Wang Chengen was also startled, and hurriedly ran out of Qianqing Palace to see what was happening outside. When he ran back, he was sweating profusely with shock, and was trembling a little when he spoke. He knelt on the ground and shouted: " Your Majesty, the little eunuch outside held down a rebel who rushed into the palace with a wooden stick in his hand!"
When Zhu Youjian heard this, his face turned pale, and he couldn't help but trembled with fright. His face turned white and red, and he said slowly: "Bring him in!"
After a long time, a thin, middle-aged man with disheveled hair was escorted in and knelt in front of Zhu Youjian.
A thin wooden stick was put aside by the eunuch, which was probably the weapon of the rebel.
Zhu Youjian looked at the rebel for a long time and shouted: "Who sent you?"
The rebel looked up at Zhu Youjian and started shouting, but not a single word could be understood.
Wang Chengen walked to Zhu Youjian and gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, this is an illiterate mute! I guess nothing can be found out."
Hearing this, Zhu Youjian closed his eyes helplessly.
The Forbidden City has many restrictions and no ordinary people are allowed to enter, but at this moment, someone rushed in with a wooden stick. How many palace guards did it take to bribe to rush to the Qianqing Palace? Those Beijing soldiers guarding the gate, those "big Han generals" standing guard , have all become decorations? Which person has so much energy to bribe so many people?
As soon as Zhu Youjian rebelled against the collective will of the civil servants in the court, something like this happened in the Forbidden City. Zhu Youjian guessed that this was most likely the collective work of civil servants from other dynasties. This was the civil servants warning themselves, Don't allow yourself to help Li Zhi against the world's gentry anymore.
Zhu Youjian took a sip and closed his eyes.
The last time Zhu Youjian felt that his life was threatened was Wei Zhongxian who controlled Ouchi.
Zhu Youjian has been the emperor for fourteen years and is no longer the ignorant young man.
In the past fourteen years, the Ming Dynasty suffered from leaks and rains, and famines and wars broke out all over the country. Whether it was the bandits in the Central Plains or the slaves in Liaodong, they were corroding the foundation of the Ming Dynasty bit by bit. Every time I think of those who were exiled Zhu Youjian felt like crying when he thought of the common people who were carried by thieves and the Han people who became slaves of the Tatars.
This mighty Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian did not want to die in his own hands.
Zhu Youjian worked day and night reviewing memorials and working hard on state affairs, just to revive the dynasty. Let the faltering Ming Dynasty get out of the predicament of war and chaos. Every time he stood in front of the memorial tablets of his ancestors, Zhu Youjian You should all ask yourself, have you made the right decisions and have you done enough?
However, it was not Zhu Youjian but Li Zhi who supported Daming's trembling body.
The Tatars ravaged the capital, and the bandits poisoned the Central Plains. When hundreds of officials and generals were at a loss, it was Li Zhi who stood up, repelled the bandits, defeated the Tatars, and returned the Ming Dynasty to Zhu You, who almost fell off the cliff. Check your hand.
Although Zhu Youjian was angry at Li Zhi's domineering and arrogant countless times, when Zhu Youjian calmed down, he still understood: Today's Ming Dynasty can no longer do without Li Zhi. It is said that Li Zhi was the one who turned the tide. Once it falls, it is not too generous to be the mainstay who holds the building up.
This Jinzhou battle is related to the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty and cannot be lost. What is the point of sending Jin Yiwei to escort Li Zhi's "newspaper"? Even if he goes to Tianjin to beg Li Zhi in person, Zhu Youjian will also ask Li Zhi's Huben division to go to the battlefield. .
Zhu Youjian has seen these civil servants over the years and has become more and more disappointed with them.
What do they want? Don’t they just want to draw more money from the crumbling Ming Dynasty? Not only do these civil servants take bribes, they not only accept bribes from generals at all levels, but they also cover up merchants from all over the country who do not pay business taxes. The wealthy gentry refused to pay the land tax, which forced the common people who were striving for promotion to join the bandits and rebel.
These civil servants also did not consider whether they would have a good life if the Ming Dynasty died.
When the Tatars enter the customs, will they receive their land tax? If the bandits conquer the world, will they confiscate their homes?
Zhu Youjian was thinking about it, and suddenly slammed the table angrily and shouted loudly: "Push this mute down and behead him, and punish his three tribes!"
