Chapter 1051 Slaps can't be counted as hitting people
A few days later, Li Chishui passed the report of the General Affairs Department and placed it on the imperial case of Emperor Zhu Jianshen.
Snap!
Zhu Jianshen was so furious that he swept all the pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the imperial desk to the ground. Still unable to calm down the raging anger in his heart, he jumped up and kicked all the imperial desks to the ground with a scream. All the eunuchs and maids were as silent as cicadas.
Not even daring to take a breath.
"Quickly convey that Zhongyong Hou has an audience!"
Reluctantly suppressing the raging anger in his heart, Zhu Jianshen gave instructions to his confidant eunuch Wan Yulou with a gloomy face. His eyes flashed with sternness, which made Wan Yulou break out in cold sweat, but he did not dare to do anything unusual.
However, after he ran out, Zhu Jianshen looked at his back from a distance, with a flash of unhappiness in his heart.
If you let out a little bit of thunderous anger, this guy will be scared?
That won't work!
The eunuch he needs is calm, powerful, and knowledgeable, not the kind of eunuch who only relies on the emperor's favor to be powerful!
In a word, what I want is Zheng He! Not Wang Zhen!
When the emperor is angry, blood will flow everywhere!
In the south of the Yangtze River, there were Japanese pirates who repeatedly attacked and killed the imperial officials, and some military attachés secretly led troops out of the camp to surround and kill the imperial officials!
No matter what happens, it exceeds the limit that the emperor can tolerate!
The Japanese pirates attacked and killed repeatedly, and they were able to pinpoint Min Gui's location every time. Who would believe that there was nothing fishy about it?
The most hateful thing is that in order to safeguard their rights, some forces in the south of the Yangtze River allowed Japanese pirates to rush into the county and plunder wantonly. What did they want to do?
There is also a military attache under the command of the Jiangnan General Soldier who secretly led his troops out of the camp to intercept and kill an imperial official. Who gave him such boldness and confidence?
What made Zhu Jianshen most angry, or rather frightened, was that the Jiangnan General Soldier did not dare to punish him with military law, but only dared to imprison him!
Is this still the world of the Ming Dynasty?
The situation in Jiangnan has collapsed to the point that Zhu Jianshen feels that he has lost control!
In fact, it has been a hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been sixty years since the capital was moved from Yingtianfu to Youyan. Most of the officials were from Jiangnan. Over time, the number of dignitaries in Jiangnan increased day by day, and the government's control naturally declined year by year.
Feng Zhou rushed to the palace, and Zhu Jianshen drove the others out without saying a word. The two discussed secretly in the palace for a long time, and no one knew what they discussed...
It was just a small palace in a remote corner of the palace. Six white-haired old Taoists suddenly raised their heads and looked at the dragons and tigers with good fortune above the palace. They couldn't help but change their faces and shook their heads in silence.
"It seems that the Ming Dynasty is going to be in trouble again!"
"We, the Qing cultivators, would be better off less involved in government affairs!"
"This is a great thing to say!"
"..."
Lu Yu, the Minister of Punishment, was getting older and could no longer handle government affairs, so he wrote a letter requesting to become an official. The emperor immediately agreed and rewarded him with some things.
At the same time, the emperor promoted Feng Zhou to be the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, then added the title of bachelor, and officially entered the cabinet, becoming one of the top people in the power pyramid of the Ming Dynasty.
When the news came out, the whole court was in an uproar.
Feng Zhou is only twenty years old, but he is already a very popular minister!
Not only that, when Feng Zhouchu took office, he was entrusted with an important task by Zhu Jianshen, giving him complete control over the country's salt and iron sectors, which immediately aroused fierce opposition from both the government and the opposition.
However, Li Xian, the first assistant to the cabinet, did not speak, nor did Shang Ren, a famous person who had just been in the cabinet for a year. When the second assistant Chen Wen and other cabinet elders Peng Liu Dingzhi spoke fiercely, the emperor did not listen at all.
Zhu Jianshen is different from his grandfather Zhu Zhanji and his father Zhu Qizhen. He has a tough personality and a firm mind. In addition, he has already controlled the military power, and Fengzhou can also control the security of the capital.
Under such circumstances, once the emperor insisted on having his own way, the courtiers basically had no power to oppose him.
The matter was settled like that, but what Feng Zhou did next caused an uproar once again.
With nobles as the core, he recruited Juren from the Northland and meritorious officers from all over the world to form a temporary salt and iron management yamen.
However, the first fire after the establishment of the Salt and Iron Control Yamen did not burn anywhere in the court, but announced the expansion of the Changlu Salt Farm in Jinmen.
The Changlu Saltworks was established during the Yongle period, but it has not been developed due to various reasons.
As a result, Feng Zhou's fire can be said to have stirred up a thousand waves with one stone!
The government and the public were in an uproar, and voices of opposition rose into the sky. Every civil servant objected passionately and vigorously. They all said the same thing: the court's salt policy in Jiangnan was enough, and opening a large salt farm would be suspected of competing with the people for profit!
"It is not advisable to waste money and people!"
At the great court meeting, civil servants gathered together to attack, and some who were excited pointed their fingers at Feng Zhou and shouted loudly.
Snap!
Feng Zhou slapped him with his backhand, and after dozens of steps away, he still slapped the guy into the air, and hit his head against the palace wall next to him.
"No matter how big or small, a mere fifth-grade official dares to point fingers at a minister, who gave him the courage?" Feng Zhou retracted his palm and said calmly.
"You...how dare you hit someone?"
Zou Qian, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, scolded angrily, with an incredible look in his eyes.
"He is a civil servant, and I am also a civil servant. If a civil servant slaps a civil servant, what does it mean to beat someone? I didn't hit the Imperial Guard Hall!" Feng Zhou said disapprovingly.
As he said that, he glanced at Jinyiwei Dutang Wantong.
Even though Commander Wan was the brother of Concubine Wan, he could not help but shrink his neck and did not dare to speak.
When the Mongolian Oara tribe provoked the Ming Dynasty on the border, because of the deliberate and random command of the chief eunuch Wang Zhen, the 200,000 troops sent by the Ming Dynasty were almost wiped out. Ming Yingzong, who was the leader of the expedition, was also captured by the Mongols. Wang Zhen
Zhen was beaten to death by the angry Minister Fan Zhong with a hammer.
Although Wang Zhen was dead, the civil and military officials were still upset and demanded that everyone in his family be executed. At this time, Ma Shun stood up and said: Don't make any noise, get out!
Ma Shun was promoted by Wang Zhen single-handedly, and he can be regarded as Wang Zhen's accomplice. Now that Wang Zhen is dead, you still dare to be so arrogant. Everyone caught him and beat him up, and he was beaten to death.
He can be called the most useless Jin Yiwei boss to die.
It had not been twenty years since this incident, and Wantong was not a fool. Naturally, he remembered it very clearly and did not dare to provoke this extremely powerful civil servant.
What's more, at this moment, Feng Zhou's eyes were as cold as lightning, and Feng Shen's sharp body was as tall as a mountain. He slowly glanced at a group of civil servants with angry faces. No one dared to snort under the glare of his blade-like eyes.
A bunch of bully bastards!
This feeling and scene were deeply engraved in Emperor Zhu Jian's eyes and kept in his heart.
As a person with an orthodox royal education, he had read many emperors' books and knew that during the Taizu and Taizong periods, those ministers did not dare to shout in front of the emperor.
Only a cowardly emperor can have arrogant ministers.
It is indeed very appropriate for me to reuse this young man Feng Zhou!
All of a sudden, the literary character of the ministers was revealed!
That’s all!
"Drag him out. He will be punished for thirty years of dishonor in front of the palace. He will be stripped of his official position and will never be able to use it again."
Zhu Jianshen said calmly.
As soon as the decision came out, there was a sudden gasp from the ranks of civil servants, but no one dared to come forward to support the leader, and they were as if they had fallen into an ice cave and dared not say a word.
Even several senior cabinet ministers noticed that something was wrong in the atmosphere. Feng Zhou and the emperor were obviously playing a double act. Old foxes like them would not easily come forward to cause trouble.
Neither Zhu Jianshen nor Feng Zhou can be easily provoked by them!
"Changlu's salt method is a method of drying sea salt. It does not require labor and money from the treasury. The output is expected to be no worse than Jiangnan Saltworks..."
Feng Zhou explained his plan leisurely, but all the courtiers were shocked and stunned, but they did not dare to refute because of the lessons learned from the past.