Emperor Zhu Youjian looked at the indignant civil servants, took a breath, and a few drops of sweat broke out on his forehead.
Of course Zhu Youjian knew how powerful these civil servants were.
Together, these civil servants constituted the imperial court. In the eyes of these civil servants, the emperor was just a memorial tablet held high in the imperial court.
Whether it is the Ministry of Personnel, which manages the civil servants of the world, the Military Ministry, which manages the military attachés of the world, or the Household Bureau, which manages the finance and taxation of the world, civil servants can still play their own games without the emperor. Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, is very afraid of the civil servants and depends on Dong Lin for everything.
The expression of the party boss. As long as the civil servants collude and do not report the truth, the emperor will know nothing at all.
The generals and deputy generals in various places were promoted by civilian officials, and they were more loyal to the civilian officials than to the emperor. Even if the emperor did not issue orders, the civilian officials could mobilize most of the soldiers and horses in the world. If the civilian officials did not tell them, the emperor would even send the army to fight.
I don’t even know if I win or lose.
Even inside the palace, the eunuchs and maids were deeply influenced by civil servants. The Donglin Party's orders outside the palace could cause an uproar in the palace at any time.
The Donglin Party often said that the world of the Ming Dynasty was ruled by scholars and the emperor. This statement is absolutely true. Without the cooperation of civil servants, the emperor is nothing.
To confront the civil servants collectively and forcefully defeat the Donglin Party is almost to seek death.
Historically, Zhu Youjian did not have the support of Li Zhi and never dared to resist the collective will of the civil servants. For example, when Li Zicheng sent troops to the capital, Zhu Youjian once wanted to go to South Zhili to reorganize the country. However, the civil servants did not agree during the court meeting.
, there was collective silence, and Zhu Youjian reluctantly gave up the idea of evacuating to the south.
At that time, Zhu Youjian said about moving south to Nanjing: "I have wanted to do this for a long time, but no one has praised me, so I have delayed it until now. You want to agree with me, but the ministers outside do not agree. What can I do?" It can be seen that there is no civil servant.
If allowed, the emperor of Ming Dynasty would not even dare to go south to Nanjing to save his life.
In the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zhu Youjian could kill for the negligence of individual civil servants, but he would never dare to resist the collective will of civil servants.
However, history took a turn because of the appearance of Li Zhi.
Li Zhi was the mortal enemy of the civil servants, but from another perspective, he was also the defender of imperial power. Li Zhi fought with the civil servants day after day, which weakened the dominance of the civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, but also strengthened Zhu's power in another aspect.
By the authority of the inspection.
With Li Zhi here, Zhu Youjian had reason to strengthen the Beijing camp and control a considerable army. While Li Zhi and the civilian officials were fighting desperately, Zhu Youjian strengthened the East Factory and gradually got rid of the almost blind intelligence.
Work.
Li Zhi's military exploits in the southern and northern campaigns were also Zhu Youjian's decisive contribution, and they directly enhanced Zhu Youjian's authority.
The "public morality" culture and "public interest" advocated by Li Zhi in Tianjin also directly poked at the heart of Confucian academics who only advocated "private morality". Li Zhi's theory of public morality theoretically tore up the reputation of moral gentlemen among civil servants.
This allowed Zhu Youjian to get rid of his awe of the great Confucians, and from now on he could truly look down on the great Confucians in the court.
With Li Zhizai, Zhu Youjian was not as afraid of civil servants as before. He was more confident to confront civil servants.
Liu Zongzhou was a great Confucian in the Ming Dynasty, and he was one of the leading figures in the Ming Dynasty in terms of writing and knowledge. Perhaps he felt the devastating harm Li Zhi had done to Confucianism, so he was a vanguard against Li Zhi. He worked extremely hard to mobilize Guan Ning's army to attack Li Zhi.
His every move fell into the eyes of the secret guards. In Li Zhi's memorial, he was named to kill him.
Since Li Zhi wanted this man's life, Zhu Youjian decided to stand with Li Zhi this time and kill Liu Zongzhou.
Liu Zongzhou can be lost, but Li Zhi must not be lost. This time the imperial court mobilized Guan Ning's army to attack Li Zhi, which can be said to be a great test of Li Zhi's loyalty. If Li Zhi is heartbroken and no longer supports the imperial court because of Liu Zongzhou, even
If you raise the flag to rebel, the Ming Dynasty will face the most severe test.
The civil servants came up one after another to second the proposal, determined not to let Zhu Youjian say what he said about the investigation of Liu Zongzhou. Dozens of people stood in front of the dragon chair holding tooth plaques to second the proposal. It was more of a demonstration than a remonstrance.
Looking at the boiling civil servants, Zhu Youjian closed his eyes and didn't speak for a long time.
The civil servants looked at the emperor who closed his eyes and meditated, and were a little surprised. If the emperor encountered so many civil servants in the past, he would definitely regret and give in. But now the emperor is so calm, and seems not to be affected by the menacing momentum of the civil servants.
Influence.
After a long time, Zhu Youjian opened his eyes.
Word by word, Zhu Youjian said slowly: "Liu Zong, the imperial censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was so stubborn that he manipulated 70,000 Guanning border troops without authorization, resulting in the loss of 400 miles of territory, and almost forced Li Zhi, the Duke of Jin, to rebel.
Unforgivable! Come, capture Liu Zongzhou and put him in jail for detailed interrogation!"
When the civil servants heard this, their faces turned pale.
They looked at each other in confusion, their eyes full of disbelief - so many civil servants came up to oppose, and the emperor wanted to kill Liu Zongzhou. The emperor was going against all the civil servants!
The emperor is not afraid that he will not be able to leave the Forbidden City, the emperor is not afraid of being scolded by the world's scholars, and he is not afraid of dying inexplicably one day?
When Liu Zongzhou heard the emperor's words, he lost consciousness. He suddenly stumbled to the left, lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Four Jin-clad "Han generals" rushed forward to capture Liu Zongzhou.
Wang Keming, the censor of Zuo Qian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, jumped out and shouted loudly: "Who dares to touch the censor's platform?"
When Zhu Youjian saw that the censor dared to resist the imperial edict, he was furious. He pointed at the censor and shouted: "Come here! Drag the censor Wang Keming out and beat him with a hundred sticks!"
How can you still survive if you hit the court with a hundred sticks? The emperor is about to go on a killing spree!
The civil servants looked at each other, and no one dared to stop Jin Yiwei. Jin Yiwei went up to catch Wang Keming, and Wang Keming started to struggle with the Jin Yiwei on the spot. But he, a civil servant, was no match for Jin Yiwei, and finally Jin Yiwei grabbed his hands and feet.
Lift him up and carry him outside the Meridian Gate.
Liu Zongzhou was also pulled up from the ground by the Han general and taken to the imperial prison outside the palace.
The civil servants were all stunned in the Huangji Palace, their eyes full of shock. Is this Zhu Youjian who was nakedly confronting the civil servants like this? This was taught by the great Confucian in the court, Zhu Youjian, who has always been known as a Confucian scholar.
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This emperor actually captured Liu Zongzhou, the famous Confucian master of the Ming Dynasty.
Sweeping it all away with grace, a great shame and humiliation!
Zhu Youjian finished issuing a series of orders, and his face was a little pale. But he did not flinch at all. He stood up, glanced around at the civil servants in the court, and snorted coldly.
With a flick of his sleeves, Zhu Youjian strode out of the Huangji Palace.
"Retreat!"
The civil servants looked at each other for a while, with anger in their eyes.
