Jingming

Chapter 46
Looking at his meaningful eyes, Wang Qiong was thoughtful.

If there is anyone in the current cabinet who is not on the same mind as Yang Tinghe, then only Liang Chu, who served as the chief assistant during the period between Yang Ting and Ding You, is the only one.

And Liang Chu, who accompanied Emperor Zhengde to conquer King Ning in the south, also had stains related to the courtiers and lucky ministers on his body.

Wang Qiong also knew that in Liang Chu's hometown of Guangzhou, the Liang family had a lot of reputation and committed many crimes.

The cabinet is about to expand, but it won't reach six or seven people at once, right?

Could it be that Liang Chu has received some news that Yang Ting and they want to drive Liang Chu out first?

Unlike the turbulent waves on the side of the civil servants, the side of the military generals is much more peaceful.

Anyway, the power of the court probably has nothing to do with them, and now they barely become a class, just because of the ancestral system.

The third drum sounded, and the civil and military officials finally began to quickly line up in order of rank.

Before dawn, the left and right doors ahead were slowly opened.

Passing through the deep door opening, the Fengtian Gate, which is difficult to see in its entirety, looms in front of it, and not a single glazed tile can reflect the light of the morning sun.

Everything is like a new dynasty with an unclear tone at the moment, how will the Holy Will rule on some things?Who will the holy family fall on?
At this time, Zhu Houcong had already stood up from the Huagai hall.

He didn't sit in a walking chariot, Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin behind him were holding a box in their hands, and behind him were several eunuchs in the clerk's office carrying trays with many memorials in them.

Coming out of Fengtian Hall and going down the steps, Zhu Houcong walked to the west corner gate on the right front.

The etiquette and rules are like this, Zhu Houcong looked helpless looking at the not-so-wide place over there.

In fact, he can be regarded as going up and down under the "eaves".

It sounds very high-end to listen to politics at the imperial gate, but it is just sitting in the "concierge" and discussing state affairs.

It's just that the eaves of this concierge are very wide, as deep as four bays.

The east and west corner gates are much smaller, and they are not on the platform, so the momentum is much weaker.

When they got there, many people had to stand in the open air outside the "eaves".

When Zhu Houcong arrived at the place and sat on the throne pre-set there, the officials of Honglu Temple began to sing, and Zhu Houcong's first courtship finally began.

From his field of vision, first of all there are honor guards and guards lined up on both sides inside and outside the door, and then there are hundreds of civil and military officials lined up on both sides.

At this moment, they all wore black belts with horns tied on top of their court clothes to mark the time of mourning.

Zhu Houcong was also not wearing a uniform, he watched Yang Tinghe, Xu Guangzuo and others take the lead in walking in quietly.

There were only three or forty people who could walk into the porch, and the rest were outside the door.

After they finished prostrating, Zhu Houcong said quietly: "Let's get down. Just now, I heard the report that all the officials of the imperial court, except the captain-in-law, Cui Yuan, and others were all here due to illness. You all saw it when you ascended the throne. You are no stranger to him anymore. Mr. Yang Ge, are your eyes uncomfortable?"

Yang Tinghe's tone was a little excited and even choked with sobs: "Your Majesty is watching the court in the midst of mourning, and I lost my composure temporarily because of my excitement."

Zhu Houcong smiled and nodded.

I really came here as soon as I said it, I don’t know if it’s really moved, or I think of Zhu Houzhao who often doesn’t go to court, or I already have a premonition that today’s court meeting will be difficult, and I already want to cry.

His eyes swept over the crowd one by one, stayed for a moment on Yuan Zonggao in the distance, and then shifted to Yan Song and Xia Yan.

One is the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and the other is the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Those around Yan Song were all nobles from the Hanlin Academy, among them was Liu Long, the in-law of Cui Yuan's son and daughter.

Near Xia Yan, there are two very active people: Zhang Jiuxu from the Ministry of Officials, and Qi Zhiluan from the left of the Bingke.

Qi Zhiluan presented two very lethal memorials.The first is to ask Zhu Houcong to call Fei Hong back, and the second is to ask Zhu Houcong to open up his way of speaking, let the ministers of civil and military affairs at home and abroad, and those who are not honored by military merit write self-reports, and let Ke Dao investigate and impeach the treacherous villain.

Fei Hong and Zhu Houcong have already ordered to invite them, but the other memorial is still kept.

But Zhang Jiuxu was even more ruthless: he impeached Liang Chu by name, four of the six ministers, and many bigwigs in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zhu Houcong took his eyes back and said: "I have read all the memorials in the past month and these few days, and I have read them for four days."

Yang Tinghe took the lead again and knelt down to praise: "Your Majesty has worked so hard, it is really a blessing to Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Houcong smiled: "Looking at it, and after checking the account for four days, I feel that there is no good person in the court, and my Ming Dynasty is going to die."

All the civil and military ministers who were praising him just now couldn't get up on their knees.

For some reason, Yang Tinghe felt relieved for no reason: Sure enough.

He knew that there must be a moth, isn't this here on time?
Yang Tinghe didn't think it was scary to say that there was no good man in the court: he had seen a lot of alarmist things.

This sentence was the first time Xinjun discussed state affairs publicly before Baiguan, and when it came to auditing, some people couldn't help but feel uneasy.

After all, unlike Yang Tinghe and the others who have dealt with the emperor several times, they still have a shallow impression of the emperor.

Zhu Houcong motioned to Zhang Zuo: "I made a statistic. During this period of time, in your memorials, I asked someone to extract all the words you said a lot. Zhang Zuo, read it to everyone."

"Slave obeys the order." Zhang Zuo opened a piece of paper in his hand, stepped forward and said loudly: "According to His Majesty's order, I will extract the words and phrases of the ministers, and the count is as follows:"

"...Little man, count 93 times."

"Dang attached, counting 88 times."

"Assist the reverse, count 79 times."

"Blinded, counting 74 times."

"Jiang Bin, 68 times."

"Power rape, 61 times..."

Zhang Zuo read out the high-frequency vocabulary in the ministers' memorabilia in such a crisp way. Those who listened had never seen such a technique of expression, and were a little confused for a while.

These are just high-frequency words, but they all know the court.From the frequency of certain words, it naturally points to three important topics: the courtiers' struggle, the chaos of Chenhao, and the chaos of eunuchs.

Didn't I hear that Wang Qiong and Liang Chu also appeared in the high-frequency vocabulary?
After Zhang Zuo finished reading, Zhu Houcong pointed to so many memorabilia on the side: "Four cabinet ministers, six ministers and hall officials, inner ministers and eunuchs... almost all of them were impeached by name and surname. In your mouth, individual A crime deserves to be punished. Seventy percent of the memorials I have read in the past four days are about eradicating traitors, party unity, and personnel disputes, and [-]% are specific state affairs. Only a few people have come up with personal strategies in this state affairs. Above the court, there is always Is that so?"

No one answered.

Above the court, it has always been like this, most of the energy is fighting with each other.

This is the center of the empire, and different people in the same position will naturally play completely different roles.

Could it be said that letting people do their jobs is not the biggest national issue?

As for other state affairs, there have always been precedents, and it is only based on personal ability to make suggestions, set the direction and supervise the people, and let the people below do it, can't it?

What's more, this is the time to set things right. The new king will have to experience such a storm when he succeeds.

Now, everyone is trying to figure out what the emperor's intention in saying this is.

"Get up." Zhu Houcong watched Xie En get up, "When I was a child, I heard villagers talking in Anlu, saying that officials should be pulled out and lined up in a row. Maybe it would be unfair to cut them all down. Cut off the next one. One almost deserves what he deserved. Mr. Yang Ge, what do you think of this statement?"

Yang Tinghe was named, so he had no choice but to stand up and refute the emperor's sudden words: "Why should your Majesty take such foolish and ignorant remarks to heart?"

"Foolish people? Ignorant?" Zhu Houcong sneered, "So the courtiers have studied hard for many years, so they are not foolish people or ignorant, right? In your memorials, it is true that most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty are guilty. This does not mean that the common people Is your opinion correct?"

"Your Majesty, if a hundred officials are guilty or not, they should be verified according to the law." Yang Tinghe certainly knew the trap in Zhu Houcong's words, and he also replied, "If you listen to it, you will understand. I hope that your Majesty will take state affairs as the most important thing and handle it prudently."

Zhu Houcong nodded: "How to deal with it prudently?"

"As His Majesty's imperial edict said, first weed out traitors and sycophants, abolish fraudulent acts; then stay away from villains, and go to court. Encourage learning and open up subjects, appoint virtuous ministers; open up the way of speaking, clarify the administration of officials; thin corvettes and light taxation, implement benevolent government; monarchs and ministers Zuo, again to ZTE."

No matter how Zhu Houcong once commented on "Hongzhi Zhongxing", Yang Tinghe's thinking will not change.

What he said now also represents the interests of most civil servants.

All in all, don't make a fuss, let these "virtuous ministers" take care of the world on their behalf.You must deal with virtuous ministers in person, listen to their suggestions to govern the world, and don't be instigated by villains to engage in militarism, build large-scale construction projects, and waste people's money.

It's all old routines, that's what Yao and Shun did so many years ago when they were in power, and the goal of monarchs and ministers to spend their whole lives is just to return to the legendary era in the past.

Zhu Houcong sighed lightly: "If this court meeting has been talking nonsense like this, then it doesn't matter if we don't hold it in the future."

Yang Tinghe turned pale with shock, and the other important ministers were not much better, and they all knelt down again immediately.

"Your Majesty! Why did you say that? Throughout the dynasties, the kings have worked diligently to see the dynasty, and the world will be ruled. If not, the traitors will run rampant, and the people will die. What is wrong with the minister's words, so that His Majesty has such a fallacy?"

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