Chapter five hundred and forty-ninth people die than people [1 more]
The emperor still attaches great importance to Jiao Fang, Wang Shouren and other cabinet ministers. After all, these people are the core figures of the Ming Dynasty and are his powerful assistants in ruling the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that Zhu Houzhao delegated most of his power to the cabinet.
The chief ceremonial officer, Jiao Fang, Wang Shouren and others came to the palace to ask for an audience, so Zhu Houzhao naturally paid attention to them.
Jiao Fang was already old. After Jiao Fang and others got up, Zhu Houzhao motioned to the servants beside him to move the seats. After everyone sat down, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Jiao Fang and others and said: "Several Qing family members have come to see me.
, it can’t be for something above the court today, right?”
At the court, Gu Dayong refuted the proposal of Jiao Fang and others. Zhu Houzhao did not stand up to support Jiao Fang and others at that time, so Zhu Houzhao thought that Jiao Fang and others came because of what happened in the court not long ago.
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Zhu Houzhao was not a fool. Zhu Houzhao naturally saw that the suggestions made by Jiao Fang and others were in the interest of the country, but Gu Dayong's objection was not unreasonable.
Everything has two sides, and Gu Dayong's rebuttal is not unreasonable. Otherwise, the emperor alone would not be able to pass it.
Jiao Fang shook her head slightly and said: "What did your Majesty say? The dispute in the court is to convince people with reason. Manager Gu's rebuttal today is not without reason. It mentioned many issues that we have not considered before..."
Zhu Houzhao was originally sure that Jiao Fang and the others were here because of what happened in the court not long ago, but now he was confused by Jiao Fang's words.
He didn't come here because of matters in the court, but he couldn't guess why Jiao Fang and others came here to mobilize troops.
Wang Shouren, Jiao Fang and others looked at Zhu Houzhao's confused look and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. Zhu Houzhao was indeed a qualified monarch. At least in their eyes, Zhu Houzhao was not violent, diligent in governing, and could listen to their advice.
, this is already very good.
The most important thing is that Zhu Houzhao is very affectionate. This alone allows them and other important ministers to not worry that one day the emperor will inexplicably send him to prison and have his head taken away.
It is said that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, but as ministers under Zhu Houzhao, at least Jiao Fang and others did not feel this way.
Of course, the worried and frightened officials who were killed by Chu Yi would not think like Jiao Fang and others. In their eyes, both the emperor and Chu Yi were representatives of cowardly kings and sycophants, but they could not defeat Chu.
Yi had no choice but to succumb to the lustful power of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao, a pair of monarchs and ministers.
Thinking of the purpose of their visit, Jiao Fang, as the chief minister of the cabinet, took a deep breath, stood up slowly, saluted Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I have overstepped my bounds and impeached someone to Your Majesty!"
With a thought in his heart, Zhu Houzhao looked calm, looked at Jiao Fang and said, "Oh, I wonder who I want to impeach?"
Jiao Fang said solemnly: "I am impeaching Gu Dayong, the Chief of Ceremonies and Supervisors of the Department of Ceremony, for gathering party members, engaging in corruption and taking bribes, raising dead men, and plotting evil..."
There were more than a dozen major crimes coming out of Jiao Fang's mouth, which made Zhu Houzhao feel restless, with a look of disbelief on his face.
As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao was not stupid. He could naturally see that after Gu Dayong took the position of Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies, he gathered a group of officials in the court as his minions, and even targeted Jiao Fang and others on certain matters.
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Although he saw it in his eyes, Zhu Houzhao ignored it. Just as Chu Yi taught him at the beginning, there must be no monolithic phenomenon in the court. Otherwise, as the emperor, he would be monolithic.
Important civil and military ministers were left alone.
Above the court, the relationship between the important ministers in the court was at odds with each other, and there were conflicts between civil and military officials. This is what the emperor wanted to see.
Although the fighting between officials may cause great internal friction, this situation is the most beneficial to the imperial power. If one day, the civil and military affairs of the court are unified, that will be the greatest crisis for the emperor.
Woolen cloth.
Gu Dayong's arrogance may not be due to Zhu Houzhao's connivance. Otherwise, if Zhu Houzhao hits Gu Dayong, it is absolutely impossible for Gu Dayong to gather such a huge force in the court in such a short period of time.
Come, even be able to compete with Jiao Fang and others.
To be honest, except for Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao did not have as much trust in the cabinet and Gu Dayong as Chu Yi.
Zhu Houzhao could trust Chu Yi without any doubt, so when Chu Yi was in power, Zhu Houzhao helped Chu Yi suppress other voices in the court, at least on the surface, he was inseparable from both civil and military affairs.
However, after Chu Yi resigned and Gu Dayong came to power, Zhu Houzhao indulged Gu Dayong in order to make Gu Dayong grow up in the shortest possible time, creating a power vacuum in the court caused by Chu Yi's resignation.
The situation was stabilized.
Gu Dayong lived up to the emperor's expectations. In a short period of time, he built up a force in the court that was comparable to Jiao Fang and others, making the situation in the court stable again.
Although he had known for a long time that a conflict would inevitably break out between the two sides, as long as the conflict was limited to a certain limit, Zhu Houzhao would not intervene.
But Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that Jiao Fang, Wang Shouren and others would impeach Gu Dayong as soon as they came up, and they also listed so many charges.
If it was just a general accusation, Zhu Houzhao would not take it to heart and would not pay attention to it at all. After all, he needed Gu Dayong as a representative to balance the situation in the court.
It's just that Zhu Houzhao's expression is solemn at the moment. The situation in the court does need to be balanced, but Gu Dayong is not necessarily the candidate.
If the effects of Gu Dayong were more harmful than the effects, Zhu Houzhao would definitely not sit idly by.
Deep down in his heart, Zhu Houzhao did not want to believe the series of criminal evidence listed by Jiao Fang, because he did not want to believe that Gu Dayong, who had been with him for more than ten years like a family member, could actually do so many things that harmed the country and the people.
Things come up.
Zhu Houzhao thought that Gu Dayong should understand his intentions. He could give Gu Dayong power, or he could allow Gu Dayong to gather party members in the court to fight with Jiao Fang and others, but there is a prerequisite for all this, and that is competition.
Yes, but there must be a bottom line.
Staring at Jiao Fang, his eyes swept over Wang Shouren and Yang Yiqing. Zhu Houzhao closed his eyes slightly and leaned back slightly. When he opened his eyes, Zhu Houzhao nodded with a soft smile on his face.
Said: "I understand."
Seeing Zhu Houzhao's expression in their eyes, Jiao Fang and Wang Shouren said nothing more. They knew very well that with Zhu Houzhao's trust in Gu Dayong, the crimes impeached by Jiao Fang would definitely bring extreme consequences to Zhu Houzhao.
Big impact.
Some words are more effective than chasing after them. If they insist on this point, I am afraid that they will only harm the emperor in the end, but the gain will not be worth the loss.
At this moment, Wang Shouren coughed lightly and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I am waiting for you, but there is another matter that requires your Majesty's holy will to decide."
Zhu Houzhao's mood fluctuated greatly at this moment. After all, Jiao Fang's impeachment of Gu Dayong did have a great impact on Zhu Houzhao.
Subconsciously he raised his head and glanced at Wang Shouren, and heard Wang Shouren say: "Your Majesty, your Majesty once handed over the assassination case of His Highness King Wu to me for investigation. After His Highness King Wu returned to Beijing, I handed it over to His Highness, but King Wu
His Highness resigned suddenly, and as a result, no one was handling the case. I came here today to ask Your Majesty to make an idea."
"Chu Daban..."
Sighing slightly, Zhu Houzhao was filled with emotion when he thought of Chu Yi and the crimes that Jiao Fang had just listed about Gu Dayong.
Although he couldn't believe that all the accusations were true, some of them were definitely true, and Zhu Houzhao still believed it.
This forced Zhu Houzhao to make a comparison between Gu Dayong and Chu Yi.
If it were Chu Yi, it would be absolutely impossible for those series of crimes to appear on Gu Dayong.
For example, embezzling public funds, accepting bribes from local officials, and even breeding beauties in the palace were crimes that even those who hated Chu Yi so deeply would not dare to pin these crimes on Chu Yi's head.
It is true that Chu Yi is not greedy for money or lustful. This is famous. Who doesn't know that Chu Yi has always been clean and honest when it comes to money, and he has no interest in beauty.
"His Majesty……"
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was distracted, Yang Yiqing coughed lightly. Zhu Houzhao, who came back to his senses, glanced at a few people and said to Wang Shouren after a moment of silence: "Mr. An Guo, if I remember correctly, this case was originally handled by you, Mr. An Guo."
Come and supervise it."
Wang Shouren nodded and said, "Yes, I supervised the case according to His Majesty's order and later handed it over to Manager Chu."
Nodding slightly, Zhu Houzhao said: "In this case, An Guo Gong is still responsible for this case. As for how to deal with it, An Guo Gong will handle it seriously and strictly in accordance with the law."
Although it was said that Wang Shouren would handle the matter in accordance with the law, in the end, the words "severe and severe" were Zhu Houzhao's attitude.
Wang Shouren bowed respectfully and said: "I respectfully obey your Majesty's decree!"
Watching Jiao Fang, Wang Shouren and others leave, Zhu Houzhao, who had been suppressing his emotions, suddenly stood up, swept the tea cup next to him to the ground, and said angrily: "I'm so angry.
I call Gu Da to use this slave to come..."
The several chamberlains serving beside them all lowered their heads at this moment, fearing that they would suffer some disaster. Then one of the chamberlains heard a response, turned around and trotted away.
But at this moment, the furious Zhu Houzhao flashed a bright light in his eyes and said: "Come back!"
The chamberlain was stunned for a moment, stopped, and looked at Zhu Houzhao with some confusion. He heard Zhu Houzhao say thoughtfully: "Summon Yu Huatian, the governor of the West Factory, to the palace for me!"
