eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 125 His Highness Didn't Give Any Choice

Liu Jian's official career has been ups and downs for so many years, except for the stage when he was not very familiar with the prince at the beginning, now he has become more and more accurate in grasping the prince's mind.

The prince staged a bitter scene in the Kunning Palace. Of course, the queen couldn't really hit him with twenty military sticks, and then added some sensational scenes of mother and child wiping tears. This is probably the way it is.

Then, the prince's operation began.

He first went to Qianqing Palace to beg His Majesty the Emperor to strengthen the palace ban, so that even the relatives of the emperor would not be allowed to enter or leave the Forbidden City without authorization.

The so-called "closer is not inferior", after all, the emperor has two eyes and one mouth. If he has more contacts, he will inevitably feel disrespectful if he feels ordinary.

Afterwards, news came out from the palace that Wu Kuan, the right minister of the Ministry of Rituals and Zhan Shifu Zhan Shifu, was transferred to the governor of water transportation.

The governor of water transportation is directly responsible to the emperor, and controls the grain in Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Nanzhili provinces. All these grains must be inspected by the governor of water transportation before they can go northward from the canal, and the governor of water transportation has the right to lead the army. It is an exaggeration. If you want food, you have food, and if you need soldiers, you have soldiers.

Wu Kuan was the teacher of Emperor Hongzhi and the right servant of the Ministry of Rites. There is nothing inappropriate for him to be promoted to this position.

Then he withdrew the Minister of the Ministry of Households, Zhou Jing. The emperor was annoying him, so he was thrown directly to Yingtian as the governor. , Transferred to the left servant of the Ministry of officials.

Zhou Du, Minister of Honghe Temple, was withdrawn, and he was thrown to Nanjing to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Cai Yi, the Shaoqing of Honghe Temple, who had already expressed his heart to the Prince's Mansion, took over.

Bai Ang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, was withdrawn, and Xie Qian, a cabinet minister, was also in charge of the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments.

The last decree was to order Zhan Shiwang, the young master of Zhan Shifu, to be Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu.

In the Hongzhi Dynasty, the mobilization of courtiers on this scale was intense,
As soon as the decree came out, the cabinet shook,
Liu Jian came to the Prince's Mansion with his things,
"The humble minister Liu Jian kowtows to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Mr. Liu, please get up." Zhu Houzhao is copying the "List of Teachers", which is also one of his tasks today. "Why is Mr. Liu looking for this palace?"

Liu Jian is the head of the cabinet,
He has a responsibility to lead the ministers to be responsible to the emperor,
At the same time, he must be responsible to the officials—that is, when the emperor does something unreliable, he must have a posture.If he blindly faces the emperor, then there will be a censor referring to him as a "treacherous sycophant".

"Your Highness, I have the courage to ask you, Your Highness, the court seems to be stable, why did you suddenly dismiss two ministers at once? Is there something wrong with the cabinet?"

"Which transfer is inappropriate?" Zhu Houzhao asked, pursing his lips.

"I'm not saying that His Highness's intentions are inappropriate, but because the changes have been too great, which has caused criticism from the government and the public, and has already caused panic among the people!"

"Old Liu Ge..."

"Your Highness is not well!" Zhu Houzhao was talking, when a flustered little eunuch came outside,
This provoked Liu Jin to be frightened, and angrily scolded: "How do you usually teach you? What's the big deal, you need to shout like this?!"

"You let him talk. What's the matter?"

"His... Your Highness, Da... Da Situ and Da Sima led more than a hundred officials from various ministries to kneel and cry outside the Zuoshun gate!"

As soon as Liu Jian heard it, he shouted bad things in his heart. He knew that these transfer orders would arouse the indignation of the officials, because the crown prince was looking at some of them who were disobedient.

For example, Wu Kuan, Zhou Jing and others who had disputes with the prince before left Beijing directly.

Zhou Du, because he did not fully support the prince's opinion in the Tatar mission incident, was thrown to Nanjing,

At the same time, a bastard like Jiao Fang can go to the official department to be the left servant, why?
It is undeniable that there are ministers who do not agree with some of the prince's ideas of governing the country among the group of officials who are crying, but there are also some people who are stimulated by this... For example,

Does the prince hold grudges, and then those officials who have accused the prince of being wrong, will they all be killed one by one afterwards?

Everyone used to live comfortably under Hongzhi's hands, but now it's suddenly this rhythm, how can they adapt?It would be fine if the Holy Majesty passed away, but the Holy Majesty is still alive now!

So, a group of people who have been planning for a long time, once stimulated, immediately exploded.

After Zhu Houzhao finished writing the last few words, he stood up and said to Liu Jian: "Mr. Liu Ge should have reminded me earlier. If I knew about this change, I would not advise my father to transfer like this."

Liu Jian was surprised at first, how could the prince, who has always been wise enough to refuse advice, talk softly?

But the next second, he suddenly froze,
wrong,

be cheated!
Liu Jin on the side knew that the prince was planning this matter a few days ago because he followed Zhu Houzhao, and now that the overall situation was settled, he smiled lightly.

A few days ago,
He had already suggested to His Royal Highness that the civil servant's counterattack this time was different from the previous few times, when he was still sweating.

But unexpectedly, His Highness only used two simple moves.

"Your Highness...have you already planned all this?" Liu Jian no longer knew how to describe the current crown prince.

"Mr. Liu," Zhu Houzhao stared blankly into the distance,

"What does Your Highness want to say?"

"You taught me and encouraged me to become a sage king. I... always remember it."

Zhu Houzhao didn't know why he suddenly said this at this time, maybe it was to give himself a confidence that he would never regret what he did, and what he did was to become a truly good emperor.

And if a good emperor wants to do things, he can't do it without absolute power.

"Liu Jin, let me take a walk with me."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

"Hey." Liu Jian sighed inwardly.

He originally wanted to be a peacemaker, but he had too little time, and he didn't expect the prince to provoke the officials of the outer court to make such an admonition.

And this decree to transfer officials is a curse on all of them.

Outside Zuoshun Gate,

Officials in red robes, blue robes, and green robes knelt on the ground. Some of them cried, some howled, and they all shouted words like "Taizu", "Taizong", and "Xiandi" .

Zhu Houzhao came here in a sedan chair, and he heard the roar of the sky from a long distance,
Both Liu Jin and Liu Jian were a little nervous, what if there was a mistake?

"Your Highness, why don't you let the servants persuade the ministers first?"

"No need." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand,

He is now more untouchable than the old lady on the street. Whoever touches him will just destroy his nine clans.

Outside the Zuo Shun gate, the ministers did not expect His Highness the Crown Prince to come so quickly, and some of them had serious opinions on the Crown Prince.

He shouted from a long distance: "His Royal Highness, please take back your order! Stop reorganizing the army! Don't kill court ministers without authorization!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is just at the age of leaving the cabinet to study, so he should not interfere with the government!"

……

Zhu Hou took a picture of the sedan chair. He is actually not very big, but he is such a small man with a calm appearance. Facing the excited ministers, in a certain way, he is a bit like a man in charge, and he is not allowed to open!

Liu Jin moved a chair, and it seemed that Zhu Houzhao was going to sit here.He is not Hongzhi and Jiajing when he was a child, he is not afraid of this scene at all.

To put it bluntly, as long as he wants to, he can become the strongest Porcelain King in history.

"Move closer."

"Your Highness..." Liu Jin panicked, mainly because the crown prince was fine, but he was afraid that these people would rush up and beat him to death.

"I said move closer!"

"Yes!"

Liu Jin moved forward a few steps,
"Come closer!"

Moved a few more steps.

Then Zhu Houzhao was willing to sit down.

"Silence!" The prince looked at all this indifferently with a calm face.

The civil servants probably never thought that the prince would have such words and deeds.

"His Royal Highness!" Ma Wensheng has high prestige, and he wants to speak at this time, "I have important matters today, please see Your Majesty, and please tell Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao rested his elbows, tilted his head and said, "Da Sima, in what dynasty and generation did the courtiers pay homage to the monarch like you?"

"Your Highness!" Wu Kuan and him are also old acquaintances. "The loyalty of the ministers to the country can be demonstrated every day! Please also pass on your Highness, and please show your kindness to me!"

"Mr. Wu is not going to take up the post of Governor of Water Transport, what is he doing here?"

"I have something important to do, please see Your Majesty!"

"Imperial decree!" As soon as Zhu Houzhao raised his hand, Liu Jin handed it over. He opened the imperial decree, and let them see the words on it, "Order Wu Kuan to be transferred to the post of governor of water transportation! Mr. Wu, you accepted the decree and did not follow it. ?”

"Your Highness, you don't have to make things difficult for Wu Zhan. The minister Ma Wensheng is still in his old position. Your Highness..."

"Big Sima," Zhu Houzhao interrupted him, "I am asking Mr. Wu something."

"Chen Wu Kuan is following the order, thank you!"

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, "Then go back and go to the post as soon as possible. Water transportation is more important than Mount Tai."

In this case, Wu Kuan would be embarrassed. Should he leave or not?
Let's go, what's the matter with them?After a long time, just a few words to get rid of it?And since Wu Kuan can be transferred, any of them can be transferred.

not go?That is to resist the decree, and it can justifiably kill you.

……

……

In the cabinet, Xie Qian asked the elders Liu and Li,
"From this point of view, Wu Yuanbo has no choice but to ask to become an official."

It's a bit regretful to say it.

Although Wu Kuan is pedantic, he is also a gentleman with integrity.

However, Liu Jian shook his head, "His Royal Highness did not give him the way to become an official. The East Palace had already known that Ma Negtu (Ma Wensheng), Wu Yuanbo and others were planning this matter. At this time, many people were suddenly transferred away. In fact, they were afraid of them, and wanted to quickly dismantle their gathered power, which to a certain extent gave them an illusion that Donggong was afraid of them, so they were inspired to act immediately. But in fact, it was for the sake of Occupying the righteousness of the monarch and ministers... At this time, if you become an official, will you not be charged with dissatisfaction with the appointment of Junfu and then persecuting Junfu?"

……

Zhu Houzhao heard what Wu Kuan had said. In short, it was an appointment given by the emperor, so he dared not accept it. "Today, Mr. Liu Ge told me in the East Palace that the transfer of officials by the imperial court has aroused criticism from the court and the public, and has already caused panic. That's true. So, the emperor doesn't have the right to transfer officials, so that everyone is so panic-stricken that they want to cry at Zuo Shun's door?!"

"Your Highness!" Wu Kuan's face changed drastically. He absolutely dare not admit to this crime. "The humble minister never complained about His Majesty's appointment! Thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king, not to mention the Governor of Water Transport, even the small officials on the frontier. Do your duty as a courtier!"

"Mr. Wu can say that, but what do people in the world think? As soon as the imperial decree of the transfer came out, the government and the public criticized it, and then Zuo Shunmen cried. Why do you people cry at this time? It's not because of this imperial decree, well, even if this palace accepts it, then Mr. Wu, you will go to the post, not only do you not want to take the post, you even want to resign, this palace and my father can only think that you are dissatisfied with this appointment."

At this time, another official said: "Your Highness's sophistry is unparalleled in the world! But don't wrong Mr. Wu like this! The minister has not been transferred, and he has no dissatisfaction with the imperial decree. Only in this way can we explain that today's Zuo Shunmen incident and this Is the Taoist decree irrelevant?"

Can explain a fart.

"Aren't you all gathered by Wu Kuan?" Zhu Houzhao asked lightly.

Damn, this sentence is really a fact!
Wu Kuan's mouth grew wide, and he was stunned. How...how could this be?
In fact, speaking of it, they were indeed provoked by this imperial decree, but that kind of excitement... was not because they were dissatisfied with the appointment, but because your crown prince wants to transfer all our main forces away!
It's just that the details are difficult to distinguish, and we can't just say that we have been planning for a long time. Isn't this a party?
"Your Highness!!"

Cheng Minzheng suddenly ran away, he couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly stood up!

(End of this chapter)