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Chapter 279 Punishment

Zhu Youjian has only had troubles recently, and there are few good ones. When he saw Zhou Qingli say this, he hurriedly said, "What's the solution?"

Zhou Qingli did not pretend to think, and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, first, the stolen money collected from Wei Zhongxian's mansion is enough for 1.5 million taels. Second, the Wei Zhongxian case involves many large merchants, and I have verified that there are as many as 40 families. I will give Wei Zhongxian more than 50,000 taels of silver every year, which can be paid from them. Third, the silver owed to the court by the provincial governments, grain transportation, weaving, salt classes, etc. is estimated to be more than 3 million taels. If it can be recovered, it should be used as Liaodong military pay..."

Zhu Youjian finally smiled on his face and said, "Assuming that Zhou Aiqing is the one who can share my worries. Well, then we will pay the stolen money from Wei Zhongxian. We still have to trouble Zhou Aiqing for this matter."

Zhou Qingli raised his hand and said, "It is my duty to share your worries for Your Majesty. However, these dirty silvers must be charged into the national treasury first according to regulations, and the military pay in Liaodong was also transferred by the Ministry of Revenue. I was held by the title of right deputy chief envoy of the Censorate and had no right to intervene. I did so many things, even if I had the will of Your Majesty, without the assistant to the Ministry of Revenue, it would not be possible to complete it in a short time..."

The smile on Zhu Youjian's face slowly disappeared again, and Zhou Qingli was right.

Now that all the civil and military officials in the court have been dismissed from office, Zhou Qingli can't do anything at all.

All officials are selfish and have no intention of doing the country. The national politics are in chaos, and the frontier is in constant crisis. The entire Ming Dynasty is a turbulent battle, with no good things.

Zhu Youjian unconsciously raised his shoulders a little higher, his eyes were bright, and he looked at Zhou Qingli, saying, "Zhou Aiqing, what can you do to solve it?"

Zhou Qingli did not answer immediately this time, not because there was no countermeasure, but because he thought about the possible consequences after he spoke it out.

Seeing that Zhou Qingli had no embarrassment on her face, Zhu Youjian moved slightly and said, "Aiqing Zhou, really is there a way?"

Zhou Qingli raised his hand to Zhu Youjian and said, "I have a solution, but I am worried that this will have an adverse impact on the emperor and the court."

Zhu Youjian was still helpless when facing the dismissal of the court by all officials, so he could not control so much. He said directly: "You said."

Zhou Qingli carefully said, "All officials dismissed the court and abandoned the national affairs. The emperor was disloyal to Your Majesty and had to bear the entrusted responsibility. The inferior was ashamed of the people. They ignored the fire and the superiors and the subordinates. The emperor was the leader of the emperor and the emperor. I asked the emperor to punish Huang Liji to calm the hearts of all officials and to thank the people of the world."

Zhu Youjian was stunned when he listened to Zhou Qingli's words and couldn't speak for a moment.

Of course he knew that the officials were dismissed by Huang Liji, or even instigated by him, but if Huang Liji was killed, what should the court do? Not to mention that the eunuch party would make a more violent move. Who would be the chief minister after Huang Liji?

The emperor has only been in power for a few months, and his eyes are dark. He can't just bring someone to be the chief minister before he left. Can he support the court?

Zhu Youjian didn't say anything, thinking about Zhou Qingli's words in detail, because Zhou Qingli couldn't say such a confused thing.

Soon, Zhu Youjian realized something and said, "You mean to threaten the prime minister?"

Zhou Qingli raised his hand and said, "It's not a threat. Your Majesty should really question the prime minister and give an explanation to the court and the people of the world."

Zhu Youjian understood, nodded slightly, and there was a hint of calmness in his eyes, and a hint of coldness was flowing.

After a while, Zhu Youjian looked at Zhou Qingli with a smile on his face and said, "Zhou Qing, you should do the Wei Zhongxian case first, and wait until I clean up the court, and then arrange a suitable position for you."

Zhou Qingli said: "Thank you Your Majesty. I will share your worries and plan for the country, not for promotion."

Zhu Youjian became more and more satisfied. After looking at Zhou Qingli for a while, he said, "If the court officials had the intention of Zhou Qing, how could I be so embarrassed?"

"I don't dare." Zhou Qingli quickly raised his hand.

Zhu Youjian smiled and felt much more comfortable.

When Zhou Qingli left, Zhu Youjian looked cold and looked at Wang Chengen not far away, and said, "I ordered the cabinet to issue an order, and all officials will be dismissed from the court. The crime will be in the chief minister, and he will be punished."

"Yes." Wang Chengen responded and turned around and went out.

The cabinet has a sealed office, a secretary of the Central Secretariat, who is in charge of the sealed office, and is responsible for the commissioning of the imperial edicts, edicts, edicts, edicts, lists, treasure documents, jade letters, sermons, steles, memorials, memorials, and posts, as well as the imperial edicts and talismans of each royal palace, etc.

Wang Chengen personally went to the imperial edict room and told the Secretariat here that he had ordered him to draw an edict.

The Secretariat of the Central Secretariat, commonly known as the Secretariat of the Cabinet, has no fixed quota.

As soon as Wang Chengen left, the news spread throughout the cabinet.

As a member of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat, Zhou Zheng naturally heard it.

He sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, looked at the jade letters from the royal palaces in his hand, and said in his heart: "It seems that my father has seen Chongzhen, and he doesn't know what Huang Liji will do."

There was no secret in the cabinet. When Zhou was thinking about it, Wang Yongguang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, hurried to Huang Liji's mansion.

Huang Liji was lying on the bed now, with a hint of pale face on his thin face, as if he was really sick.

Wang Yongguang didn't care whether he was a real illness or not, and said anxiously: "Sir, don't lie down. The emperor was furious and said that all officials were dismissed from court, and the crime was in the prime minister, and he would be punished."

Huang Liji sat up with difficulty under the help of his servants, looked at Wang Yongguang and said lightly: "It's okay, as expected."

Huang Liji was very confident because after Wei Zhongxian's death, Cui Chengxiu fell and the court was in his hands. If he fell down and the government was abolished, the new emperor would not be able to do without him! The disposal, that is, verbal, would not take long to come to him personally, persuade him to return to the court with kind words.

Seeing Huang Liji so calm, Wang Yongguang smiled bitterly: "My elder, the emperor has asked the cabinet to draft an order to execute you to calm the hearts of all officials and the people."

Huang Liji's thin face changed slightly and said, "What did you say? Issue the purpose?"

Wang Yongguang said: "Yes. The cabinet has already drafted it and will be sent to the Qianqing Palace soon."

Huang Li's calm expression turned solemn, his brows frowned, and his eyes were filled with thought.

He didn't expect that the little emperor would do such a trick.

This put him on the edge of a cliff and relieved him of a dilemma.

If you enter, you can only go to the Qianqing Palace to apologize, which means that the new emperor will win a great victory. In the future, the new emperor will have the final say in the court. He and the court officials will have no power to resist.

If he retreats, he is waiting to be executed. His stigma is the end, which is recorded in history and has been infamous for thousands of years!

As for stopping this imperial edict, Huang Liji never thought that even if he could not pass through the court, the emperor could send Jinyiwei or Dongchang to get him.

Huang Liji's brows became tighter and tighter, and his thin face was full of embarrassment.

Wang Yongguang knew that Huang Liji's situation had become bad, so he directly advised: "Sir, you can't wait anymore. If you don't think of a solution, the imperial edict will be issued. At that time, even if the emperor doesn't want to kill the adult, he will have to kill it."

Once the imperial edict is issued, in addition to execution, the new emperor will not slap himself in the face at this time.
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