Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 150 Wen Tiren is a real villain (first update, first order)
After talking with Liu Zongzhou for a day, Wen Tiren came to the Forbidden City early the next morning and asked to enter the palace to face the Holy Spirit.

However, although Wen Tiren was an official of the third rank, he was not a cabinet minister and did not enter the Xinuang Pavilion to become a close minister of the emperor, so the officers and soldiers responsible for guarding the palace did not let him in.

He also had to take another route, handing over a sign to ask for an audience on the grounds of an emergency, and stuffing a hundred taels of silver bills from the eunuch in charge of the palace confinement before he got the news that His Majesty allowed him to have an audience.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know what was urgent about Wen Tiren, but as long as he handed over the sign to ask for an interview, he would not be able to see him, and he was also very curious about how this official figure who held the position of chief assistant in the Chongzhen Dynasty for the longest time would perform in front of him. What a trick.

"Weichen Wen Tiren, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, has seen His Majesty." Although Wen Tiren came to the platform for the first time to face the saint, he was able to keep calm and look natural.

"Get up", Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon chair, took a look at Wen Tiren, who was short and fat, and was wearing a crimson official robe but didn't look like an official, and asked, "What's your urgent matter?" Ask to see me?"

Wen Tiren hurriedly took out a pocketbook from his sleeve: "I report to Your Majesty, I want to impeach Liu Zongzhou of the Guozijian for the crime of scaremongering and defaming the holy will!"

It turned out that the night before entering the palace, Wen Tiren wrote down what Liu Zongzhou had said to him in the notebook overnight, and also directly wrote many words about the impeachment of Liu Zongzhou.

Although Wen Tiren has no real power, he has been observing His Majesty's movements through newspapers these days, and he has seen how to be reused by His Majesty, that is, to show loyalty to His Majesty and help His Majesty eliminate those who are disobedient.

Therefore, Wen Tiren decided to betray Liu Zongzhou. He is not an idealist like Liu Zongzhou, he wants to serve the interests of a certain class; he is a realist.

And Liu Zongzhou's radical remarks will be his pledge of loyalty to His Majesty, and he wants Liu Zongzhou to be a stepping stone to his next level.

"You are an official of the Ministry of Rites, how do you take care of the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Zhu Youxiao did not take the note from Wen Tiren, but asked directly. Frankly speaking, Zhu Youxiao disliked some ministers using the peace talks to criticize each other. This is often a phenomenon of party disputes. Shi Cao Sicheng and Su Maozhen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, wanted to curry favor with himself, the emperor. This kind of party unity and fighting dissent based on private interests would only make the government more corrupt.

Wen Tiren saw Zhu Youxiao's dissatisfaction, and he just knelt down directly: "Your Majesty, the non-subject deliberately attacked Liu Zongzhou. It is really Liu Zongzhou's wild words that are related to His Majesty and the safety of the country! Moreover, His Majesty once had a decree, and the senior officials of the department hall You have the right to participate in impeachment in secret, and the humble minister is the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, since you know Liu Zongzhou's disobedience, you should express your feelings to Your Majesty, and you can't cover up Liu Zongzhou's favoritism because of this!"

Zhu Youxiao saw that his words were fierce, so he came over and took the notebook from him. After looking at it for a while, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, what a warm-hearted and benevolent man, he is indeed a real villain."

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that Wen Tiren would write down how he tried to get close to Liu Zongzhou, and used Liu Zongzhou's words, and all his experiences of why Liu Zongzhou was impeached. He also didn't expect that Wen Tiren would betray him so blatantly to his friends This is simply the behavior of a villain, but Wen Tiren's face is not red at this time, and when Zhu Youxiao scolded him as a villain, Wen Tiren laughed to himself: "My minister Although he is a villain, he is still loyal to His Majesty."

At the same time, Wen Tiren saw that although Zhu Youxiao kept calling himself a villain, he obviously treated him much more pleasantly.

Wen Tiren understood the importance of not letting the opportunity go, so he hurriedly said to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something or not."

"But it doesn't matter." Zhu Youxiao returned to the dragon chair and sat down. He wanted to see what this Wen Tiren had to say. Could it be that this guy wanted to cheat a few more friends?

"Although this Liu Zongzhou is a famous minister of Confucianism, he is not really a loyal minister. What they care about is only the interests of the gentry, but what His Majesty cares about is the country of the Ming Dynasty, the thousands of people, so If anyone is talking about who is the most selfish and shameless villain, it is undoubtedly them! Peace talks are not something that people have to do, but in the eyes of these people, it has become a matter of betraying the country and taking their own humiliation. Looking at it from below, the peace talks are not shameful, but the key is the outcome of the peace talks, who benefits and who suffers."

Wen Tiren's remarks can be regarded as reaching Zhu Youxiao's heart, but Zhu Youxiao did not expect this person to be so good at observing words and demeanor.

Regarding Liu Zongzhou's remarks, Zhu Youxiao actually didn't care too much. Although the gentry is still powerful, it is not a strict organization that is dangerous enough for him. If he wants to negotiate peace with the Tartars, he doesn't need to worry about these scholars. The reason why he created momentum in the newspaper was only to divert the attention of these scholars. By the time these people were still criticizing and making a scene in the newspaper, he had already finished the peace talks.

By the time these scholars finished their quarrel and decided whether they should accept the Tartar peace talks, the uncooked rice had already been cooked.

Many times, the central decision-making level of Ming Dynasty was unable to respond to emergencies immediately because the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty had been arguing for too long and lacked arbitrators. Of course, this had something to do with the weakening of imperial power.

But Zhu Youxiao is different now. He controls Jinyiwei and Dongchang, as well as his own imperial guards, and further controls other armies through the transfer of the general officer and the battle of Gyeonggi, so he can be arbitrary.

However, it does not mean that these gentry-born officials did not dare to object at all. Although many people clearly did not dare to confront His Majesty, they would also show that they did not cooperate.

For example, so far, none of the important ministers of the DPRK and China have taken the initiative to stand up as envoys for this peace talk.

But now Wen Tiren can express his loyalty to himself by betraying Liu Zongzhou and express his support for peace talks with the Tartars, so that Zhu Youxiao feels that an old fox like Wen Tiren may be suitable for such a peace negotiation, too upright like Lu Xiangsheng would not know how to be flexible, too Too timid as Qian Qianyi would lose his principles because of a few words of intimidation, and only an unscrupulous person like Wen Tiren can do it.

So Zhu Youxiao asked: "I asked you to be in charge of the peace talks with the Tartars, can you handle this well for me?"

Wen Tiren knew that once His Majesty appoints an official, it means that he will be appointed, so Wen Tiren bowed without hesitation and said, "It's my honor to not disgrace my life!"

　Thank you book friend Xiaoyao?People's rewards.Recommend a good book "Daming Industrial Empire", and recommend the author's new book "Ming Dynasty Good Shoufu"

　　
　
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