After Liu Jin finished counting the gold, silver and jewelry sent by Liu Yu, he realized that the total amount of these gifts was almost worth 15,000 taels of silver.

Liu Jin has never seen so much money. Even if he wanted to work diligently and obey the rules to win respect from the world, he had to consider the interests at this time.

Sun Cong was originally in the mansion, but after learning the huge number, he didn't seem surprised and asked, "Eunuch Liu, I wonder what kind of errand Liu is going to do in the court?"

Liu Jin said: "The Ministry of War has been appointed... With his second-rank official title, he will return to Beijing at least as a minister of the Ministry of War or above. However, seeing how happy he is to give money, he must be a minister of the court."

Sun Cong looked embarrassed: "If you really have this intention, what will your father-in-law be planning to do?"

Liu Jin was a little impatient: "Our family also knows that this money is not easy to take, but after taking the money, it's a coincidence that the old ministers in the court made things difficult for our family. Before, our family sent someone to recruit Liu Shiyong, but he actually scolded him in person and did not give us face. Then our family took the opportunity to pull him off. After Liu Yu returned to Beijing, he took over as Minister of War..."

Sun Cong asked tentatively: "The Minister of War is not an ordinary person who can do it. Before, the trilateral general manager, Shen Xishen, was decisive. His Majesty intends to let him join the Ministry of War as the Minister of War, but it is blocked by the ministers in the court."

Liu Jin sneered: "Can Shen Xi compare with the three dynasty veterans like Liu Yu? In the eyes of those civil servants, the surname Shen is just a yellow-haired child with a stinky breast."

"You are relieved. Since the money has entered our house, it will not be sent away again. We will say that our family will do this. We have arranged for you to find someone to impeach those old guys in the court. You must seize the time to handle it and don't let our family down for you..."

Sun Cong bowed: "Don't worry, father-in-law, I'll do it now."

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Datong Governor Liu Yu sent someone to give gifts to Liu Jin, but the matter did not spread and Xie Qian was unaware of it.

Soon, the memorial of impeachment of Liu Daxia and other old ministers who were foolish and incompetent in their old age were submitted to the cabinet and appeared in front of Xie Qian.

Seeing such a memorial, Xie Qian was worried from the bottom of his heart. He looked at the more than ten ministers who submitted a joint memorial, including the Six Censorate and the Censorate, as well as the Six Departments and the Hanlin Academy, and two were named. These people had a certain reputation in the court and could not be suppressed easily.

Xie Qian thought about it for a while and didn't want the matter to make a big deal, so he took the memorial to the Qianqing Palace to meet him.

Xie Qian did not intend to let Liu Jin review the memorial, and felt that it was best to meet the saint and let the emperor send a clear signal so that the ministers in the court would no longer impeach the old ministers.

When Xie Qian arrived at Qianqing Palace, he learned that the emperor had not woken up from his nap, and muttered to himself: "What kind of nap is clearly when you start sleeping in the morning and wake up until dusk. This really corresponds to the old saying: Just the king will not pay tribute to you."

Xie Qian was patient and waited for more than an hour before Zhu Houzhao woke up.

Zhu Houzhao met Xie Qian in the Qianqing Palace Hall.

What made Xie Qian happy was that Liu Jin did not appear beside Zhu Houzhao, and Dai Yi was accompanying him.

Zhu Houzhao sat down on the dragon chaise, covered her mouth and yawned, looking inactive, and asked lazily: "Master Xie, is there anything wrong? No one will ask to resign again, right?"

Xie Qian said respectfully: "Your Majesty, here is a memorial to impeach the court officials. Please tell me."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and complained impatiently: "There are such bullshit things every day, are you over? What exactly is it? Take it to show me..."

Dai Yi presented the memorial to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao took it and opened it. He roughly looked at it, and waved his hand: "It's all irrelevant things. Are these officials doing nothing? You know that they impeach the old ministers in the court, and they don't see if they are capable and competent... I won't read the memorial, and I will just deny it."

Just when Zhu Houzong made the decision, Liu Jin appeared in front of the Ganqing Palace gate and shouted from a distance: "Your Majesty, I am one step late, please forgive me."

Zhu Houzhao looked up at Liu Jin, had no patience, shook her head and said, "Okay, the matter has been discussed. I am too lazy to pay attention to you, so I'm leaving."

Zhu Houzhao got up and was about to leave, but Liu Jin was already close.

When Liu Jin saw Xie Qian, he knew what was going on. The only one who deserves Xie Qian came to meet the saint on his back was the only memorial to impeach Liu Daxia and other old ministers.

"Your Majesty, don't hurry to leave. You have to say something..." Liu Jin called out.

Zhu Houzhao had already walked a few steps, but when he heard this, he stopped and looked back, frowned and asked, "What did you say? Could you have any idea?"

“That’s right.”

Liu Jin said, "Your Majesty, Liu Shangshu and others are old and cannot compete with their current duties. The court has long criticized Liu Shangshu and other old ministers. Now that Ma Shangshu has retired, Liu Shangshu and other old ministers should also retire and return home."

Zhu Houzhao was a little displeased: "Eunuch Liu, have you forgotten how I told you before? Now everything in the court should be based on a smooth transition. Those old ministers can stay if they can."

Liu Jin glanced at Xie Qian who was bowing his head and knew that Xie Qian was listening with his ears at this moment, smiled contemptuously, and continued:

"Your Majesty, it's the end of the New Year. It's the first year of Zhengde. Wouldn't Your Majesty take the opportunity to deal with the affairs of the court? Those old ministers who can retreat can't be able to directly order their resignation... They had the intention to leave the court before, so they were separated from your Majesty. What's the benefit of staying in the court?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, she seemed to touch her heartstrings. She turned back and sat down on the dragon throne, looking at Liu Jin: "These old ministers did submit memorials to resign before. Isn't the words of Eunuch Liu completely unreasonable, what does Master Xie think?"

Xie Qian glanced at Liu Jin with a squinted look at him. He knew that this was hard to say, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, the old minister believes that in the past or two years, it is better for the old ministers in the court to change naturally. If there are too many people in one change, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court."

"Um."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "I like to hear these words. If you change them too much at a time, it will cause chaos. Liu Shaofu, Grand Secretary Li, Shangshu Ma, and then Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue. Four ministers have been retired within a year. Now if the Ministry of War, Rites, Works and Justice Ministers will be replaced at once, the court will immediately be in chaos..."

Liu Jin interrupted again: "Since Your Majesty refuses to change too many people at once, he should at least change one or two as an example..."

Zhu Houzhao was confused: "Who changes? Six ministries or temples, officials and officials? Eunuch Liu, don't go around in circles and say it directly. If you make sense, I will adopt it."

Liu Jin was looking forward to it with some expectations: "Go back to Your Majesty, the person who criticized the most in the court now is Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Liu Shangshu is nearly 70 years old, and it is said that this person is rare to be seventy years old. Do you think this seventy-year-old man can have how much energy can he serve for Your Majesty? Why would you let Shangshu Liu retire and return home earlier?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said, "Shangshu Liu is a hero of my Ming Dynasty. He led his troops to establish the victory of the Ming Dynasty against the grassland tribes in one fell swoop. Such a capable person retreated as soon as he said he wanted to retreat, but because he was impeached, I am afraid that the court would have any objections."

Xie Qian stared at Liu Jin tightly, not understanding why Liu Jin was so hostile to Liu Daxia.

Xie Qian thought to himself: "In the previous battle between Your Majesty and Liu Shaofu, Liu Shiyong was basically neutral and did not help either side. Why did Liu Jin target Liu Shiyong everywhere? Is there something else in it?"

Xie Qian didn't know that Liu Jin was planning to pull Liu Daxia off the horse and promote Liu Yu to the throne as a wing when he accepted a large amount of bribes.

Liu Jin said: "If Your Majesty is afraid that there is any objection in the court, you can not mention impeachment. Summons Liu will be summoned to the court and ask for his own opinions. If he has the intention to leave the court, Your Majesty can go with the flow. The position of Minister of War must be taken on by those who are loyal to Your Majesty!"

One sentence hit Zhu Houzhao's weakness.

Zhu Houzhao thought a little bit, but it was not. The Minister of War had the right to transfer military forces. If he was not loyal to him, something might affect his throne.

Zhu Houzhao was drunk and dreaming, but her mind was not so smart. After hearing Liu Jin's comment on the importance of the Minister of War, he was moved and nodded:

"Since that's the case, I will summon Shangshu Liu to the court. I will ask him personally for his opinion. If he really wants to leave, I will not force him, and Master Xie should not ask him to stay for Shangshu Liu."

Xie Qian bowed and said nothing, accepting Zhu Houzhao's arrangement.

At this time, Xie Qian had not realized what good it would be for Liu Daxia to stay in the court, and he had no reason to argue. He was still curious why Liu Jin chose to attack Liu Daxia?

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After a long time, Liu Daxia finally arrived, and Zhu Houzhao was already impatient at this time.

"See Your Majesty."

Liu Daxia was not sure about it, so he came up and greeted him.

Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and said, "Shangshu Liu doesn't need to be polite, just speak calmly. I came to Shangshu Liu to ask how good Liu is in good health and can he adapt to the chores in the court? If you are too tired, you must explain it clearly to me."

When Liu Daxia heard this, he knew that Zhu Houzhao had the intention to leave the court. Liu Daxia heard a little about impeaching him for his old and stupidity in the court, but he did not expect Zhu Houzhao to attack him so quickly.

Liu Daxia looked at Xie Qian, and saw that Xie Qian lowered his head and did not look at him. He immediately thought that Xie Qian should have compromised with the emperor on this issue. So he said with a sense of regret: "Go back to Your Majesty, the old man is nearly 70 years old and is unable to handle court affairs. Please let Your Majesty beg him to return to the land."

He had written a letter to resign before. If Liu Daxia said that he was energetic at this time, then the previous resignation was to deceive the emperor. In this case, Liu Daxia could only ask for begging for bones.

This is also the rule of the Ming ministers. Anyone who is impeached needs to resign voluntarily to avoid the emperor's embarrassment.8)
Chapter completed!