Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 75 Aftermath 7
The next day, stop court.

There are indeed a lot of disputes recently, and today's son is also physically and mentally tired and insecure, so there are naturally enough reasons to stop this early court, which is actually a mere formality.

The memorials of each yamen have been submitted in advance, and the emperor has already approved it. If we can bypass the ceremony of thousands of officials in the early court, not only will we save a lot of time and energy, but all officials will be able to deal with the next day with a good spirit. work.

This is the case, if the early dynasty can be canceled, it will be beneficial to the operation of the entire dynasty.

Zhu Youtang has developed the habit of waking up early, so there is no need for chicken people to deliberately sing operas outside. When the time comes, he will wake up on time to face the new day's government affairs and struggles.

Perhaps because of the disposal of Wynn and a group of close people of Wynn yesterday, the maids and eunuchs who were serving seemed more cautious, and they didn't even dare to look at Zhu Youtang directly.

Fear is often not the position someone is in, but what kind of person is sitting in that position.

"Break the curtain!" Huang Pan shouted to the eunuchs outside when he saw Zhu Youtang finished washing.

Dressed up, Zhu Youtang went to Dongnang Pavilion, intending to deal with the memorials of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Qingyun and Uncle Changning asked for an audience outside the palace gate early in the morning!" Liu Jin reported respectfully when he saw Zhu Youtang coming to Dongnuan Pavilion.

At this time, the sandalwood has already grown, and since the heating system of Qianqing Palace has started to operate, it is already very warm here without deliberately adding clothes.

Zhu Youtang was not surprised that Qingyunhou and Changningbo brothers wanted to see him, so he asked lightly: "Who else wants to see me?"

After forbearance for a full month, this wave can be described as a series of killings. All parties must no longer be able to sit still, and some even want to come over and hug their thighs.

"Xu Pu, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, Liu Jian, a bachelor of study, Cheng Minzheng, a bachelor of lectures, Li Si, the left servant of the household department,..." Liu Jin immediately took out a booklet and began to read one by one.

"Stop!" Zhu Youtang immediately stopped him.

Liu Jin stopped after hearing the sound, and said as if waiting for his order.

"These people are all gone! The cabinet is ordered to draw up an order to promote Li Si, the left servant of the household department, to be the secretary of the household department, Ye Qi, the right servant of the household department, to be the left servant of the household department, and Chen Kun, a doctor of the Guangdong department of the household department, to be the right servant of the household department. Order all the personnel of the Ministry of Industry to come to Huagai Hall at [-]:[-] noon, and let them prepare for the Ministry of Education Examination!" Zhu Youtang had already made a decision in his heart, and immediately ordered lightly.

Li Min, Minister of the Household Department, gave up the last illusion of recovery after learning about yesterday's turmoil in the court, and took the initiative to submit his resignation to Zhu Youtang.

Naturally, it was impossible for Zhu Youtang to retain this Hubu Shangshu who dared to sing against him, so he even agreed to Li Min's resignation.

Now that the position of Minister of the Ministry of Accounting has been completely vacated, it is not suitable to continue to be empty, so he chose to fill it in a progressive way, and at the same time promoted Chen Kun, the responsible Guangdong Secretary, to be the right servant of the Ministry of Accounting.

The position of Hubu Youshilang seems very ordinary, but this official position has always been the governor of Tongzhou granary, so the gold content can be said to be the highest among the Liubu Youshilang.

Now giving this position to a small household doctor is not only a reward for Chen Kun's personal hard work, but also an act of buying bones with a lot of money.

Liu Jin's loyalty has been integrated into the bones, first he respectfully gave a salute, and then rushed to the cabinet to convey the holy meaning.

Wan An of the cabinet also quickly adjusted his position after his return, and resolutely continued to be a "papier elder" who made the civil servants gnash their teeth like Cheng Huachao.

The weather is getting colder, and today is another sunny and cloudy day.

Although some people were turned away, with the arrival of the Empress Dowager Zhou in person, the gate of the Qianqing Palace had to be opened for the emperor's grandmother after all.

"Your Majesty, please show mercy outside the law!" Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu, who came with the Empress Dowager Zhou, knelt down and begged Zhu Youtang when they saw Zhu Youtang.

In yesterday's turmoil, it was not Yu Zijun, Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Zhang Mao, the British Duke, who were most affected, but Qingwaihou's mansion, the first foreign relative of the dynasty.

Since the lifespan of the Ming emperor is usually not long, although his relatives did not enter the political arena to compete with the civil servants for jobs, they have already gradually influenced the military and politics.

For example, Sun Jizong, the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Sun, supervised the Fifth Army Battalion with the title of Marquis of Huichang after Yingzong returned to the throne, and after Ming Xianzong ascended the throne, he also supervised the Twelfth Regiment Battalion.

As the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Zhou, Zhou Shou was not weak in honor and favor. He was granted the title of Marquis of Qingyun, and now he is ranked among the third princes.

Just like the Sun family, plus Zhou Shou was originally from Northern Zhili, he also stuffed his children into the military and political system, and even showed more greed.

On a certain day alone, Zhou Shou stuffed the children of seven clans into Jinyiwei, and his younger brother Ning Bo Zhou Yu even served as the governor and co-prefect of the Zuojun Commander's Mansion.

When the Empress Dowager Zhou was in charge of the Twelfth Regiment Battalion through Qian Yi, Zhou Shou also did not miss this opportunity, and sent Zhou Lie and others from the family to the high positions of the Twelfth Regiment Battalion.

This was originally a wonderful move to strengthen the control of the Twelve Regiment Battalion, especially Zhou Lie, who is recognized as the most bloody Zhou family man, but now it is to ruin their entire Zhou family.

Rebellion is the number one crime in any dynasty.

The main reason why Qingyunhou's mansion has not been arrested now is because of his detached identity, but there is not much time left for them to escape from death.

Zhu Youtang looked at Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu brothers who were kneeling in front of him, but he knew that they were all to blame for this, so he said with a straight face: "If Zhou Lie resists the order and does not respect it, he even beheaded the people I sent in public. The eunuch in charge of the army even gathered people to rebel. If I am so extrajudicial, then where is the majesty of the royal family? Do you want my Zhu family's country?"

Not to mention that he doesn't have a good impression of the Zhou family, even if he does have a good impression, it's impossible to open up on this kind of matter online.No matter how powerful the civil service group is, they dare not openly confront the royal family. Now that Zhou Lie can fight him with a knife, who will destroy the clan if Zhou Lie doesn't destroy the clan?

Zhou Shoude's face turned pale with fright at Zhu Youtang's firm attitude, and he cast a look of help to his sister.

The Empress Dowager Zhou naturally had her heart for the Zhou family, so she said sincerely: "Your Majesty, Zhou Lie's reckless temperament is known to everyone! Zhou Lie refused to obey the edict yesterday, and he was killed on the spot, but I'm afraid you don't even believe that Zhou Lie rebelled?"

"Empress Dowager, whether Zhou Lie is rebellious or not, I can leave it to the officials to decide!" Zhu Youtang knew that the Empress Dowager Zhou wanted to make a major incident smaller, so Dang even responded indifferently.

This……

Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu couldn't help but look at each other. Although everyone knew that Zhou Lie couldn't be aiming at the throne, what he did was completely worthy of the charge of rebellion.

If Shan Shan Kang did not comply with the order, there is still room for maneuver in this matter, but if the eunuch in charge of the army sent by the court was beheaded, and he also openly armed against the counter-rebel army of the court, Zhou Lie would have to die if he did not die.

The Empress Dowager Zhou naturally knew that it was up to the ministers to convict him, and Zhou Lie committed the crime of treason against the Jiu Clan, so she said earnestly: "Your Majesty, those ministers naturally want His Majesty to lose his strength, so they must use this excuse to punish me. The Zhou family is dying. But you are the Son of Heaven, we are a family, you have to protect my Zhou family well!"

"If my family's words are disrespectful, I can see that for the sake of the emperor's grandmother, I will not pursue it. It was like this last time! Emperor's grandmother, Zhou Lie is rebelling this time. I think you are already aware of this. If so There is no need to frighten the people of the world with heavy codes, I can really hand over the Zhu family to King Xing to take care of it!" Zhu Youtang was not moved, but said firmly.

"Your Majesty, I made a mistake. I shouldn't have disrespected you earlier. I will do everything for you in the future. Please spare us the Zhou family!" Zhou Shou realized that he had really slighted the emperor. , Dang even begged for mercy again and again.

The Empress Dowager Zhou knew that it was impossible to fool the emperor, so she played the emotional card and said: "Your Majesty, if you really want to deal with Ai's natal family in this way, do you really have the heart to see that Ai's family has no relatives in the future? You Just because the Ai family brought you up single-handedly, if the Ai family begs you, you will forgive the Zhou family, right?"

Zhu Youtang looked at the empress dowager Zhou who was in tears, but he knew that it was really not appropriate to kill them all.

At this time, Liu Jin hurried in from the outside, but seeing the situation, she swallowed the words.

For a while, Zhu Youtang didn't know how to make such a decision, so he said to Liu Jin, "What's the matter?"

"Wynn said that someone wanted to silence him last night, and now he wants to see you immediately, saying that he has revealed something extremely secret to His Majesty, but His Majesty must keep him safe!" Liu Jin reported seriously.

As soon as these words came out, the expression of the Empress Dowager Zhou changed instantly.

(End of this chapter)