Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 57 Conviction!

"Ah!! Your Majesty!!"

Everyone was frightened by Emperor Zhu Yijun's move, and they all exclaimed!
  The eunuch Zhang Jing on the side was so frightened that he knelt down and begged: "Your Majesty, please put down the knife quickly! What if you hurt the dragon's body! If you have any anger, just vent it on the slave!"

However, Zhu Yijun ignored the exclamations and obstructions of these people. He directly raised the knife and aggressively walked towards the minister who had just spoken the most happily.

The ministers were stunned and thought to themselves: The emperor doesn't want to hack himself to death, does he?

Facts have proved that Zhu Yijun did not intend to chop anyone, but threw the knife in front of the minister!
  "Come! Kill me!"

Zhu Yijun issued the order.

How dare the minister dare? He was so frightened that he kowtowed several times!
  The other ministers were also frightened by Zhu Yijun's sudden move. They all begged loudly for mercy and cried: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"

However, this time, Zhu Yijun refused to give up. At this moment, he just wanted to vent all his dissatisfaction!
  "King Lu is my younger brother. When the late emperor passed away, King Lu was less than six years old. An eldest brother is like a father. I raised Prince Lu with my own hands. If a son fails to teach his father, if King Lu makes a mistake, it is my fault. Pass!

You say that if I don't punish King Lu severely, it will ruin my good reputation, ha... Anyway, no matter whether I punish King Lu severely or not, I am wrong. Instead of going through so much trouble, you might as well just kill me! "

Zhu Yijun also understood that these old guys were here for him as the emperor. No matter whether he punished Zhu Yili severely or not, he, the emperor, would have to be scolded by the world!
  Instead of being cowardly and dying at both ends, it would be better to just flip the table!

It would also be good for the world to see how arrogant the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were, so much so that they dared to force the emperor to draw his sword and seek death!
  Can't reach an agreement, right? Then don’t talk about it!
  "What? Weren't all of them quite eloquent just now? Why are they all mute now? Get up quickly! Kill me with a knife!"

Zhu Yijun urged again.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was driven to panic, no one in this group of officials of the Ming Dynasty who were not afraid of death dared to say anything.

It's not that they don't dare to speak out, it's mainly because they are human beings who never do business at a loss. After all, 'above' them, there is the chief minister of the cabinet, who is the head of hundreds of officials, carrying it for them!
  It was clear to everyone that the young and vigorous Emperor couldn't bear it anymore. If nothing else happened, a large number of officials would definitely be reprimanded after this incident.

Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, not to mention that in this situation, the first person to stand up will die in all likelihood.

Although these ministers are not afraid of death, this way of death is really unworthy for them.

So this way of death should be left to their dear Lord Chief Assistant!

Facts have proved that Shen Shixing really stood up. The good old chief minister who in the eyes of outsiders just wanted to live in peace actually said:

"Your Majesty, I am the chief minister of the cabinet who is the head of hundreds of officials. Now my ministers are forcing you, my father, to draw your sword and commit suicide. This is the dereliction of duty of the ministers, and it is also the dereliction of duty of the chief minister. I am guilty.

The guilty minister Shen Shixing has committed such a serious crime and is no longer worthy to stay in the court and be loyal to His Majesty and the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, please remove all official positions of the guilty minister and convict him! "

At this moment, everyone was stunned...

None of the ministers present expected that Shen Shixing would give up his job at such a critical moment!
  play?

Another cabinet minister, Xu Guo, was both excited and worried. He was excited that after Shen Shi left, he would be the first minister of the cabinet! What's worrying is that if Shen Shixing leaves, those who come after him will be even more difficult to deal with!
  Emperor Zhu Yijun was stunned for a long time. He expected that Shen Shixing would stand up to intercede for the officials, but he did not expect that Shen Shixing would suddenly plead guilty and be dismissed.

He had planned everything in his mind, but because of this one incident, all his plans came to nothing... Zhu Yijun stared blankly at the big knife lying on the ground, with extremely complicated emotions.

He originally wanted to imitate Zhang Juzheng. Just like Zhang Juzheng used a knife to force Wang Xijue away, he also wanted to use a knife to force these ministers away so that they would not dare to be presumptuous again.

But Zhu Yijun was wrong, he was not Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng dared to go out of his way to kneel down to a subordinate of Wang Xijue, but Zhu Yijun did not dare and could not go out to kneel down to his ministers.

Zhang Juzheng dared to go all out to eliminate all dissidents who were not conducive to his reform, but Zhu Yijun could not, let alone eliminate dissidents without any worries like Zhang Juzheng.

Zhu Yijun is the emperor, and now almost everyone in the court is opposing him. In other words, almost everyone is a 'dissident'.

But he, the aloof emperor, was supported by these 'dissidents'. These ministers first kowtowed to him and then used various Confucian principles to trap him and lock him up!
  Teach him and force him to be a mascot emperor!

Zhu Yijun doesn't want to be a mascot, he doesn't want to be an emperor like Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang, he doesn't want a false 'Hongzhi Zhongxing'!
  He wanted to be like Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Chengzu Emperor Zhu Di, holding all the rights in the court firmly in his own hands!
  He wants to have a real 'Hongwu rule', a real 'Yongle prosperous age'!
  But the reality is very cruel. Not only can he not be a 'real' emperor like Taizu and Chengzu, he can't even train troops in the palace.

Even for the 'Wanli Zhongxing', the only one he could achieve, the most important credit belongs to Zhang Juzheng...

Looking at the broadsword on the ground, Zhu Yijun laughed sadly, laughing at himself for not even being able to learn from Zhang Juzheng.

He laughed that he was so naive that he thought that if he left Zhang Juzheng, he would be able to let birds fly in the sky and fish swim in the ocean.

Today, the sky is still so high and birds can still fly freely, but fish have not entered the real ocean...

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Zhu Yijun did not dismiss Shen Shixing from his post, nor did he accuse anyone. He simply said "disband the dynasty" and left.

The ministers no longer dared to dwell on the impeachment of King Lu. The matter was so big that it forced His Majesty the Emperor to draw his sword. As the saying goes, you have to take a breath before hanging yourself. It will not be too late to discuss this matter later.

However, many people came up to Shen Shixing and said meaningfully to him: "As expected of Yuan Fu, his methods are high!"

Faced with these sarcastic compliments, Shen Shixing just smiled without saying anything and hurried to the Cabinet Office.

Seeing Shen Shi walking in such a hurry, Xu Guo hurriedly followed him and asked, "Yuanfu, why are you walking in such a hurry?"

Shen Shixing did not hide anything and replied directly: "Go back and draft a criminal edict for the Zhang family!"

"Ah?" Xu Guo didn't understand: "The Zhang family has been convicted? Aren't they still confiscating their homes?"

Shen Shixing suddenly stopped. He looked at Xu Guo and smiled strangely: "The fire has already burned the emperor. Do you think this family can continue to copy it?"

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