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Chapter 318: Showdown

Not only did the civil and military officials of the court who were left in the capital, but also the important officials of various ministries led by Zhu Youxiao were involved in this dispute and attacked each other for their respective interests.

Zhu Youxiao sat on it, quietly watching the ministers fighting at the bottom, but his heart was calm and unmarked.

Nothing can make people feel better than watching a group of mouth-blowing guns at each other. If not, then watch it for a while.

Zhang Shize, son of British Duke Zhang Weixian, and Xu Wenjue, son of Duke Xu Hongji, who joined the emperor's camp not long ago.

The two stood up and said a few simple words to express the position of the honorary relatives in the north and south.

Xunqi was almost unaffected during this reform, and in addition, he had been conquered by Zhu Youxiao before, so he naturally stood on the side of supporting the reform.

Zhang Weixian and Xu Hongji are the leaders of the great relatives in the north and south capitals respectively. This time, they did not come, which was also a chance for their son to show their faces and show their majesty in front of others.

As soon as these two people spoke, Yu's Xun and his relatives felt relieved and stood up to scold the ministers.

I thought that the joining of the honors and relatives with a clear position could stop this meaningless war of words, but who would have thought that these guys would be even more cursing.

Seeing the more chaotic Anding Hall, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on it, frowned and was a little unhappy.

At the same time, in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, civil and military officials and honorary relatives were mixed together like a mud, just like shrews cursing in the vegetable market.

What's wrong?

If even the opinions of the people he brought out could not be unified, let alone stop the disputes between the capital and the court, Zhu Youxiao coughed lightly, intending to let everyone stop.

However, this time, I wondered if the people below cursed Huanshi and didn't listen to it. Zhu Youxiao coughed a few times, but no one hindered him.

On the side, Wang Chaofu, the manager of the Qianqing Palace Gong, noticed the emperor's face, his hands and feet trembled, and quickly shouted with a pinch of his throat:

"Everyone, you've stopped for a while. Your Majesty has something to say!"

The ministers raised their heads in shock, and saw Zhu Youxiao looking at them with a gloomy face. Looking at the expression, they were almost chopping them all on the spot.

The ministers were so scared that they hurried back to their seats.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao spoke.

"Okay, OK!"

"You ministers from the Ming Dynasty, even your emperor didn't care about it when they quarrel. It's so good. They are such a bunch of good ministers!"

Zhu Youxiao looked around the steps, stood up, clanged his sword beside him, and said lightly:

"You are all important officials in the court, so I will take you out for a southern tour, but I never expected that you are the same as those in the capital!"

"Look, look, how is the difference between the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty discussing the matter and the shrews in the vegetable market scolding?"

The civil and military ministers were so scared that their faces looked like earth, and they all leaned on the ground and shivered.

Feng Quan, the Minister of Works, came out and knew Zhu Youxiao's best. He realized that this was a good time to please the emperor, so he quickly stood up and apologized first.

"Your Majesty, I will know my crime!"

After he said this, it was difficult for Yu’s ministers to stand stupidly again, so that the emperor could not come to Taiwan, so he had to apologize one by one.

It was naturally impossible for Zhu Youxiao to cut off all the ministers. He sat down, held the sword in one hand, looked around the steps coldly, and said in an indescribable tone:

"Since the results of this major test have been decided, except for the 500 officials who were selected as officials in other places, the other former Nanjing officials will be suspended from next month and will not be paid."

"If I still want to be an official, I won't force myself. This sword is not a vegetarian. I have also used it to cut the toasts in the southwest, and it's just right to cut them down!"

"If you want to become an official so much, you can go to the underworld to become an official!"

As soon as these words were finished, the ministers knew that the emperor wanted to continue reforming. It seemed that the emperor had decided to reform, and even eight horses could not be pulled back.

If you advise again, it will be useless except to anger the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao pulled out his sword, stroked the sharp sword tip with his fingers, glanced out of the corner of his eyes, and said expressionlessly: "Look at you, where is there any more important ministers in the court?"

"Don't think I don't know that those officials who came back from the big test lost their official positions and were not idle after returning to their hometown. Even on the way back to their hometown, they were very busy."

"The court sent them back to their hometowns, originally for their own good, but they became more and more aggressive, and repeatedly tried my bottom line."

Zhu Youxiao sighed and stared at the sword edge. He saw the helplessness on his face from the depths of the shining sword edge.

"All of you are self-proclaimed noble people!"

"Wei Zhongxian is the traitor and evil person, I am the one who is willing to be deceived. Why does this kind of good thing I brought up is like taking your life?"

"Come on, tell me what you think?"

"Um?"

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he suddenly looked up and went to see the important civil and military officials below one by one.

The Anding Hall was completely opposite to before, and no one said anything. Whenever Zhu Youxiao's eyes looked at someone, the man trembled all over and did not dare to show his vigor.

Zhu Youxiao seemed to be able to hear the heavy breathing of the ministers clearly.

"Okay, you won't say it."

"I'll tell you for you, listen carefully to me."

Zhu Youxiao got up, and this time he no longer sat on the chair, but sat directly on the imperial steps leading to the throne, with the sword in his hand facing the ministers sideways.

"There is now a Wuxi Academy in Jiangnan. After a group of pretentious sages were demoted by the court, they all gathered there every day in the name of lectures."

"What are they talking about? The government affairs, the treacherous ministers, mediocre lords, and eunuchs are all the objects they are talking about."

Zhu Youxiao observed their faces through the bright sword. It was not unexpected that his words made all the civil and military officials present sweat and their legs became weak.

"What do we say about the power of the country is a disaster? We scholars should die in the country and advise the king."

"What do those people know? If they listen to these words too much, they also think that the eunuch party in the court is in chaos. I am a mediocre leader and a minister, all of them are eunuch party who are afraid that the world will not be in chaos."

"Listen, how nice it is..."

Just as the ministers who were talking about Zhu Youxiao were speechless and blushed, they suddenly stood up and pointed at the ministers next to the steps, and asked coldly:

"Zheng Shi, the Censor of the Censorate——!"

"You're there...well?"

Zheng Xiu trembled all over, then knelt down in a hurry, and quickly proved herself:

"Your Majesty, I am invited to go there. I am going here to persuade them not to comment on current affairs, but they do not listen."

"The sun and the moon can be seen by my heart for Your Majesty!"

"Don't know the sun and the moon. They have to follow you important officials in the court day and night, so how can they have this skill?" Zhu Youxiao sneered, turned around and said:

"In addition, I have also heard that I have a priest named Tang Binyin. This time I have been demoted to the Nanjing Ministry of Education. He lost his official position and then returned to his hometown to attract ordinary friends. What did he set up..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment, then suddenly realized:

"Oh! Yes, Xuankun Party!"

"Tsk tsk, this party is amazing. Wuxi Academy is famous among the scholars and the people. They are very powerful. There are branches in Jifu, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and other places."

"Don't say, I really didn't expect that this group of people who had no achievements when they were officials in Nanjing would have such great abilities after being laid off."

Zhu Youxiao talked to himself on his head, sometimes laughing wildly, and sometimes his face looked like frost.
Chapter completed!
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