After the court meeting.
Zhang Juzheng, Gao Yi, and Lu Tiaoyang came to the Ministry of Personnel, and together with the Minister of Personnel, Shen Shixing, the Ministry of Personnel was all present in the court, and a small meeting was held to discuss what had just happened at the court meeting.
Several cabinet ministers looked unhappy.
Just before he came to the Ministry of Personnel, the inner court sent someone to convey a message, asking for an inventory of all the personnel in the inner court, reducing the number of personnel, and allowing the Ministry of Personnel to make preparations for arrangements.
Arrangements? If the palace maids can be sent out of the palace, what other arrangements can be made for the eunuchs? They can either send them to Nanzhili or guard the mausoleum. This is nothing more than informing the foreign court.
Everyone present knew that they were taking advantage of this trend to rectify the inner court.
In the past, this kind of thing had to be labeled as isolating the inside and outside, and several high eunuchs had to be impeached.
But at this critical juncture, no one dared to openly trouble the emperor.
Zhang Juzheng looked at Li Zaiting with an unhappy expression, and said in a deep voice: "What exactly does Your Majesty want us to do? Ying Feng, you might as well explain it to us."
Yingfeng is Li Zaiting's cousin.
Li Zaiting shook his head: "The incident happened so suddenly, how could I have known that the court truly meant what I said from the bottom of my heart, and it was not His Majesty's instruction."
He shouted at the court that Hu Chui should be killed with a staff, which made several ministers think that he had received the emperor's order, and now they all wanted to find out from him.
But it's a pity that he really doesn't know.
Lu Tiaoyang also asked Li Zaiting: "Your Majesty is about to move into Xiyuan, why are you so secretive? If Li is involved in the matter, if His Majesty is allowed to move to Xiyuan, we will all be sinners!"
The emperor kept saying that he was going to Xiyuan to cultivate his moral character, but he did not mean to give up influencing the government.
Since you want to imitate Shizong, what you give up will not be power, but the world!
At that time, there will be another holy king who controls the affairs of the court but ignores the common people.
Lu Tiaoyang glanced at Li Zaiting, he was probably in the mold of Yan Song Er.
Li Zaiting just smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Several people were about to talk.
Gao Yi directly took over the topic: "Whatever your Majesty wants to achieve, shouldn't Yuan Fu personally ask for the report? How can you press the official here?"
He was already impatient. The palace was caught in a fire overnight and the princess died. Even though everyone advised the emperor not to think too much about it, it was just a coincidence, but what would the emperor himself think?
What's more, during the court meeting this morning, Hu Zhuo took this opportunity to jump up and down. Who dares to pat his chest and say to the emperor, Your Majesty, don't let the conspiracy enter your mind, the courtiers are not that bad.
What's the difference between that and adding fuel to the fire?
They are all living people. Even if they cannot empathize with the surprise and anger in the emperor's heart, they can at least understand it.
This is why they gathered around the official department to discuss.
At this time, Gao Yi no longer wanted to save face, and looked at Shen Shixing again: "Did you people from Nanzhili Township do this?"
Shen Shixing is from Changzhou, Suzhou Prefecture, South Zhili Province, but he works in the New Party and is not deeply imprinted with the Township Party.
But Grohe didn't care about anything and kept going.
Shen Shixing kept his head down and remained silent.
When he was called upon, he raised his head and met Gao Yi's gaze: "Mr. Gao Ge, although I am from Nanzhili, I have never lived here as a township party. This is a lesson from heaven and earth."
Gao Yi refused to give in and continued to press: "Shilang Shen is now in charge of the official department and plays a very important role. I don't believe that no one has contacted you."
Shen Shixing was silent.
After a while, he sighed: "Someone sent the Hanlin Academy to review Shen Yiguan and secretly wooed me, but I didn't accept the move and didn't find out who was behind it."
Gaoyi nodded, and sure enough, they were secretly connected.
In normal times, if a daughter of the royal family dies and a fire breaks out in the palace, no one will take it seriously, but the fate of death depends on the connection between people.
When Gao Yi thought about this, he felt even more sorry for his disciple.
He stood up and looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Yuan Fu, I want to ask your Majesty to summon the right one. Should Yuan Fu go?"
Zhang Juzheng groped his knuckles and fell into thought.
Now he is in a dilemma.
This is not a question of whether to persuade the emperor or not.
Once the emperor gets a hold of him, he will inevitably be pushed out and confront Southern Zhili as a head-on enemy.
He was unwilling to do this before.
The exam has already attracted enough hatred for him. Now people inside and outside Beizhili are beginning to spread rumors that he is corrupt and likes to imitate the late emperor and take aphrodisiacs. I don't know how much dirty water will be poured on him in the future.
Even before he reached the stage of joining the field, his reputation was already in jeopardy. He really didn't want to provoke people from Nanzhili anymore.
It was originally the emperor who promoted Hai Rui and appointed Wang Zongmu to do this and stir up the Huaihe salt administration.
But now faced with the fierce counterattack, the emperor was dissatisfied with standing on the sidelines, but could no longer tolerate his impartiality.
It was obvious that such a move was made at the court, forcing all the cabinet ministers to stand in line, and pushing everyone to the cliff.
It's okay for an emperor to ignore government affairs. That was the case with the late emperor, and everyone was very satisfied with him.
But it is not possible for the emperor to control the government and not do business. Emperor Sejong is like this. If I don't do it anymore, you can't do it either.
This was because Gao Yi and Lu Tiaoyang were afraid. They both saw this and were afraid that the emperor would imitate Shizong.
But...Zhang Juzheng looked deeper.
He didn't know much about the emperor, but according to his intuition, the emperor couldn't do such a thing.
The emperor may not want to do it anymore!
I'm afraid that I want to be like Emperor Wuzong, who threw away his courtiers and started a new business!
Occupying Xiyuan does not mean that he cannot summon the right court officials.
If a villain like Li Zaiting were to take over the imperial power and create a small cabinet, it would be more troublesome than imitating Shizong!
It's a pity that I didn't get to the bottom of it from Li Zaiting.
Zhang Juzheng thought of this, finally sighed and stood up.
He looked at Shen Shixing: "Rumo goes to Jia Daiwen and looks at him."
We can no longer let these people connect in tandem.
If the situation escalates again, it cannot be solved by appeasing the emperor.
Then he turned to Lu Tiaoyang and told him: "He Qing went to see Zhang Siwei and said that Wang Chonggu is a high official in the border area. If he wants to take charge of the capital camp after entering the capital, then why should he come to the capital?"
The capital camp was originally agreed upon between him and the emperor.
The Jin Party wanted to use the Ministry of War to control the Beijing camp, but it also needed to make some efforts before persuading the emperor.
After explaining these two sentences, Zhang Juzheng nodded to Gao Yi.
"Let's go, let's go ask His Majesty to summon you."
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Qianqing Palace.
The first assistant and the second assistant requested to call on each other, and the emperor naturally agreed readily.
But the two of them were still stopped in the side hall to wait.
Because the emperor is summoning other courtiers.
Hai Rui, the censor of Qiandu, was trying the case, but after hearing the case, he immediately went to the palace to see the emperor.
Gu Huan, the governor of Beijing camp, was summoned to the palace by the emperor.
Zhang Juzheng and Gao Yi sat in the side hall and waited quietly. They both keenly noticed that the number of eunuchs and maids in Qianqing Palace was nearly half less than before.
The two couldn't help but look at each other and sighed deeply.
While waiting, Hai Rui was led out of the palace by Jiang Keqian.
Gao Yi stood up directly: "Hai Yushi!"
Hai Rui also returned the favor.
Gao Yi asked: "Your Majesty, do you have any instructions?"
Hai Rui looked back and forth between the first assistant and the second assistant with a strange look, making the two of them feel uncomfortable.
This was already a bit rude, and Hai Rui didn't realize it at all.
He shook his head with a confused expression: "Your Majesty asked me to go to Lianghuai."
He added meaningfully: "Pay special attention to safety."
Hai Rui will leave for Lianghuai to inspect salt the day after tomorrow.
After he finished the case today, he planned to make a report to the Holy Father.
As a result, as soon as he returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he heard about today's court meeting and rushed over immediately.
The report turned into a request to stay. Hai Rui felt that the emperor was alone in the court and was really worried about leaving the emperor alone to support the court.
Besides, the emperor said he would move to Xiyuan, which really frightened him!
But... what made him sigh was that when the emperor summoned him, he did not look depressed, nor did he look like he was abandoning the world.
The Holy One said personally that the move to Xiyuan was just for safety reasons and had no other intentions.
Instead, he told himself some things about Lianghuai.
When he proposed to stay in the court, the emperor kept reassuring him and said that he could handle it.
For the key plan now, we still have to wait for the Lianghuai Salt Tax to come up before we can expand our capabilities, and this matter can only be entrusted to him, Hai Rui.
Such a holy king!
Hai Rui didn't even know what these people in the cabinet did for a living, but they actually reduced the emperor to a level that made people feel pity for him!
The more I think about it, the less I despise these people.
Zhang Juzheng also stood up: "His Royal Highness, be careful what you say!"
He was also very angry today.
I didn't agree with the emperor's insistence on moving the two rivers, but now he is being counterattacked, isn't it a sign of foresight?
But now that he's been counterattacked, he's threatening him!
He is now the leader of civil servants. He should have reconciled yin and yang and steadily implemented the New Deal. Does he have to follow the emperor's wishes and kill all these civil servants with a stick?
In addition, although he and Hai Rui had no personal enmity, they were not the same people, so they naturally spoke rudely.
Hai Rui was scolded, but did not refute, and nodded: "Hai should indeed learn from Yuan Fu's 'be cautious'."
After saying this, he handed it over and left.
Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and suppressed his unhappiness.
Hai Rui walked past and walked away for a distance, as if he still had something to say. He turned to look at Zhang Juzheng: "Yuanfu, you are just a minister. Naturally, you need to reconcile yin and yang. The overall situation is the most important thing."
"But His Majesty is the Emperor, and he only needs to move forward courageously and bravely."
After saying these words from the bottom of his heart, he finally felt a lot more relaxed and strode away.
Zhang Juzheng was depressed for a while after being lectured by Hai Rui.
At this moment, a minister came out: "Two great bachelors, Your Majesty, please come in."
Only then did the two of them regain their attention, put down their business matters, and asked the ministers to lead the way, and the two of them followed behind.
When he reached the inner room, he saw Gu Huan walking up to the hall with sword shoes and walking out.
When Fang met him, Zhang Juzheng and Gao Yi were both shocked!
Zhu Yijun explained thoughtfully: "I allowed Marquis Zhenyuan to wear armor and a sword."
Zhang Juzheng found it even more difficult.
They are already wearing armor and swords. This is a hint from the emperor that he wants to reuse nobles and eunuchs and alienate his courtiers!
Gu Huan held his hand as a courtesy.
A simple movement made the armor vibrate.
Gu Huan held down the sword and left without waiting for the two to return the favor.
Gao Yi was not in the mood to pay attention to Xun Gui's matter.
As soon as he entered the palace, he could no longer hold himself back and said directly: "Your Majesty, Hu Chui can be put to death. I ask your Majesty not to move the palace!"
Zhu Yijun didn't answer for a while.
He stood up and looked at Gao Yi: "What is Hu Wei's crime? He is going to die for it?"
At this time, Zhang Juzheng finally couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty wants to use this matter to tease us. Now that we are here, we can just come up with a charter, so why bother pushing back and forth!"
This is because the heart is anxious to a certain extent and has lost the ability to nourish Qi.
Zhu Yijun slowly walked down from the throne on the imperial steps.
He waved his hand and asked all the ministers to retreat.
Then he walked down the steps and seemed too lazy to move, so he simply sat down on the steps, making the two of them look at each other.
Zhu Yijun was sitting on the stone steps, leaning back with his elbows on the stone steps and his legs folded together, without caring about his appearance.
He did not answer Zhang Juzheng's question, but said in an irrelevant way: "There are still 2.7 million taels of internal funds."
Zhang Juzheng frowned, and Gao Yi didn't understand why the emperor suddenly mentioned money.
Just listen to Zhu Yijun continue to say: "Gu Huan has been in charge of the capital camp for ten years after the Gengxu Revolution. Even if his influence has weakened a lot, he can still command 70,000 camp guards regardless of the soldiers who are on empty pay.
"
Gao Yi was puzzled, and Zhang Juzheng's expression changed drastically: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Yijun raised his hand to stop him.
He leaned on the stone steps with his elbows and continued: "There are 20,000 people in the Royal Horse Prison, but I can command 15,000."
"Including Jinyiwei and Dongchang, the total number is 15,000."
Gao Yi also understood what the emperor meant and was at a loss.
Even though the two of them were ministers and masters of Qi-nurturing skills, they couldn't help but sweat break out on their foreheads.
Zhu Yijun continued: "If Sun Yizheng ransacked his house, he could embezzle more than 100,000 taels of money. There must be a lot of money in the capital."
"There are also many people who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic."
"Hai Rui, Chen Dong, Li Zaiting, Wang Xijue and others, I can't even count them."
After saying this, he paused: "Not to mention, all the cabinet ministers have always been with me."
Zhu Yijun raised his head, so that he could not see the cliques of the central government for selfish purposes, the deep roots of the trees in the area, or the panicked faces of the two cabinet ministers.
He seemed to be murmuring: "Emperor Wu of Wei held the emperor hostage to order the princes."
"Now, I am the emperor."
He paused, looked at Zhang Juzheng and Gao Yi, and said in a cold but stubborn voice: "Two gentlemen, tell me with your talents and knowledge."
"I can rely on these millions of materials, a hundred thousand troops, the emperor's righteousness, good ministers and fierce generals..."
"Conquer the world again!"
As soon as they finished speaking, their expressions changed wildly.
What does this mean? This is obviously to tear everything down and start over!
The emperor's rebellion in the true sense!
The two finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to their knees.
Zhang Juzheng said anxiously: "Your Majesty! The situation has reached this point!"
Gao Yi was already kneeling down and crying: "Your Majesty, the two capitals and thirteen provinces are bound together, so you must not be impulsive!"
Not to mention the devastation of all living beings, the situation has not yet deteriorated to this point!
Zhu Yijun sighed.
He climbed up from the imperial steps, patted the dust on his buttocks, and helped the two veterans up.
He said softly: "It's not this far."
"I just want to ask, if I want to go to Daming Mountain again... will you two follow me?"
This step is what Chongzhen should take, but it is also his last choice - he is really not afraid of doing this.
During the reform, which emperor didn’t want to go to Daming Mountain again?
He has not done so now precisely because there are still people like Hai Rui and Zhang Juzheng here. Now it is time to see whether these people are worth letting him continue to mend.
Zhang Juzheng was all in a state of disgrace: "Your Majesty! These words shake the foundation of the country! I cannot answer!"
Gao Yi grabbed the emperor's hand and held it tightly: "Your Majesty, although the government is deeply entangled, it is not without solutions. Please take back your words!"
Zhu Yijun didn't answer.
He just looked at the two of them quietly.
This look was like a mountain weighing down on them, making the two of them unable to stand up straight.
At this time, the two of them were living like a year, feeling extremely tormented.
Time passed slowly, and the three of them made no sound.
I don't know how long has passed.
Gao Yi finally made up his mind. He suddenly let go of the emperor and bowed down again. He kowtowed heavily and was speechless.
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng again.
Zhang Juzhengtian and his men fought for a long time. Seeing Gao Yi's behavior, they finally couldn't resist anymore and they all bowed down.
Seeing the two of them lowering their heads, Zhu Yijun finally closed his eyes and nodded silently.
He helped the two of them up and softened his tone: "I went to Xiyuan not to abandon the world."
"After this, palace lord, I have to evacuate a lot, and then move back from Xiyuan after the cleanup is completed."
"There will be no need to listen to the government during this period, but after the memorials are sent, I will naturally read them one by one and call all the officials if I have any questions."
After hearing this, the two assistant ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Juzheng did not agree easily, but asked: "Your Majesty, give me a day!"
This kind of thing must not last long, otherwise whoever the emperor summons will be the spokesperson of imperial power. This is no different from starting a small internal dynasty.
Zhu Yijun was already prepared and said: "Not until August 17th next year."
August 17th is his birthday.
Now he is eleven, and when August seventeenth next year, he will be twelve years old.
If he still can't turn the inner court into an iron barrel in one year, then that's his problem.
Gao Yi also had doubts, and tightened the emperor's hand: "Your Majesty, you must not imitate Shizong!"
Zhu Yijun patted the back of Gao Yi's hand reassuringly to reassure him.
Then he looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Yuan Fu, please take care of the Lianghuai matter."
Zhang Juzheng had always been aloof and unwilling to offend people in Southern Zhili.
Now that he is forced to express his position, there is absolutely no reason for him to escape.
Zhang Juzheng felt bitter in his heart and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please put the overall situation first in regard to this morning's matter."
The emperor wanted to hide behind the scenes and let him take over the Lianghuai matter. Although he had to take over, Zhang Juzheng also had his own demands.
What happened this morning must not be a matter of rebellion and the execution of the nine tribes.
Zhu Yijun's face gradually turned cold: "I will kill the culprit quickly!"
That's all for the Nine Clans, but the culprit is determined not to be let go.
Zhang Juzheng quickly advised: "This may not be a coincidence!"
The infant mortality rate is already high. With so many of King Sejong's children dying, how can it be that all of them are to blame?
Zhu Yijun's expression did not change: "I know."
He met Zhang Juzheng's gaze: "The child died in infancy, or it was due to illness; the fire in the palace might be just an accident, of course I know."
Zhu Yijun did not hide his murderous intention and expressed his attitude nakedly: "But, it is such a coincidence that I want to kill someone!"
Productivity determines production relations.
In a feudal society, if you still say that no crime is suspected, then you are really sorry for the throne beneath you!
He understands everything, but he just wants to kill people.
Gaoyi had nothing to do with Nanzhili and directly stated: "Yushi Hu Zhui is playing with prophecies and will die!"
Zhu Yijun shook his head and did not express his position.
Zhang Juzheng closed his eyes with difficulty and said in a solemn voice: "They all gave instructions to Jia Daiwen, who was involved in the matter, and they will be punished with death for the same crime."
Zhu Yijun still shook his head.
He glanced at the two people and said softly: "The above two people and three clans, as well as the engineering department, Zhang Daoming, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Bi Qiang, reviewed Shen Yiguan and other eight people, and exiled them."
Zhu Yijun smiled: "It's a long journey. If you die accidentally, you can't blame me."
After saying that, he turned and left.
It’s too late to finish one chapter, there’s not enough time to finish it tomorrow
Chapter completed!