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Chapter Thirteen The Boring Meeting

On August 26, Emperor Taichang issued another order, calling yesterday's minister to the Ganqing Palace again.

Emperor Taichang's body seemed to be even weaker, and he needed two people to support him when walking. The ministers in the hall all lamented in their hearts that His Majesty was really not good. Looking at the prince standing beside Emperor Taichang, the ministers knew that this child might become a young emperor. But I don't know if this emperor would be like the previous emperors. The ministers of the Ming Dynasty had already been used to the inaction emperor. Among all the dynasties, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty had the lowest quality, and I don't know if it was because Zhu Yuanzhang's genetic genes were not good.

With the arrival of the classic emperor, the ministers fell to the ground again to attend the ceremony. After everyone was calm, no one spoke, and the entire hall fell into silence again.

After looking at the minister below, Emperor Taichang sighed softly. At this time, the emperor was not in a good mood. He pondered for a moment before saying, "My dear friends, you have worked hard for so many years. I wonder how your life is now? Are you living a good life? How are your health?"

Emperor Taichang asked all the ministers in the hall in a row, but no one knew that this was the song! He couldn't help but look at each other.

Seeing that there was nothing to say below, Emperor Taichang said to the Chief Secretary Fang Congzhe: "Aiqing Fang, please tell me!

Just chatting and chatting, Emperor Taichang was concerned about the daily life of each minister one by one. When everyone had finished asking, an hour had passed. At this time, these ministers were already tired and tilted, and some older people couldn't stand it.

Subconsciously touching his sore calves, Ye Xiang couldn't help but look at Emperor Taichang. He spared no effort for that woman, his nominal father. But her dream was gone, and you Emperor Taichang could not realize it. When I sit on it, I will get back the things I lost.

Emperor Taichang seemed to have said enough of these polite words. At this time, his face became even more ugly, and even sweat was flowing out of his face, which looked very painful.

After taking the tea handed over by the eunuch, he seemed to be getting better after taking a sip. Emperor Taichang said, "My son is still very young, I am really worried. Now that my body is like this, I am afraid I will be sorry for my ancestors and ancestors!" When he said this, Emperor Taichang glanced at the prince in front of him, with a hint of kindness in his eyes, but he was quickly replaced by resolutely.

However, the ministers who heard Emperor Taichang's words were extremely excited at this time, especially those who were sufficiently qualified. They had experienced many things. Once the emperor spoke like this, it would mean that the emperor's health was really not good. Another more important thing was the ministers of the regent.

As we all know, every emperor will arrange his own affairs before his death to avoid major turmoil in the country. And those who have young successors have one very important thing, which is to appoint the regent ministers. Although many such regent ministers were eventually liquidated, they have gained an immortal reputation in history. The closest to them is the chief minister of the cabinet Zhang Juzheng. Although many people say that Zhang Juzheng is greedy for power and harms the country, many people want to become a person like Zhang Juzheng, whether for power or to relax their ambitions.

When Zhang Ju was alive, how glorious it was, it can be described as being powerful in the court and the country. This is the dream of every civil minister. But if the emperor was wise, all the ministers who had not been liquidated would be granted marquis and ministers, and would be extremely rich.

You should know that in the Ming Dynasty there was a group of people who were the most enviable, jealous and hated, that was the princes and nobles who were granted titles. All the ministers who followed Zhu Di Jingnan back then were extremely rich and noble. Although many of them had no real power and positions, no one dared to underestimate them. As long as it was not a charge of treason, these people would not be imprisoned, and they would be in the same spirit as the country.

Although every civil servant always looks disdainful when talking about these nobles, few people can get such wealth.

All the ministers were excited, and everyone looked at Emperor Taichang with hope. At this time, Emperor Taichang had a future in their eyes.

Seeing the ministers below all looked at him, Emperor Taichang gently touched his subordinate's head. This position was so fascinating that he really didn't sit enough. But God didn't give him this opportunity, and his life was not long. He sighed gently and said slowly: "My son is still young. Once I have an accident, I will be very worried."

After looking at His Highness’s minister, Emperor Taichang continued, “So I want to find someone to assist my son. I wonder what my dear friends think?”

All the ministers immediately knew what the emperor thought. It was really the same as they thought. The body of the chief assistant Fang Congzhe was constantly trembling. He was already preparing to retire and return home, but he was reluctant at this time. If he could become the minister of the regent, he would definitely be able to go down in history.

After hearing Emperor Taichang's words, all the ministers knelt down and shouted in unison: "My emperor is wise."

When everyone stood up, Emperor Taichang nodded with satisfaction and said excitedly: "Li Xuanshi is my favorite woman. Although he has no son, he has given me a daughter. I want to give her the imperial concubine and give her the emperor. With the assistance of all my dear ministers, I think there should be no problem."

As soon as Emperor Taichang said, the ministers below were stunned and stunned. The chief minister Fang Congzhe shook his head a few times and almost fell down. He gave a great hope, but instantly defeated the hope. This was really cruel.

At this time, Ye Xiang stood in the hall, looking at the expressions of the ministers below, and sneered in his heart, "You are thinking too simple." The most unreliable emperors in the Ming Dynasty in history were Wanli, Taichang and Tianqi, and it was also the Jiang Shang that ruined the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Taichang was very strange at this time. Why did the ministers who were so excited just now become silent at this time?

All the ministers understood that whether it was the seemingly caring and the inquiries just now, they were all for one purpose, that is, Li Xuanshi. The emperor tried his best to do this woman, but these ministers understood what this meant. The emperor was young and had a woman around him.

If this woman was the emperor's biological mother, these ministers would not be at ease, but that was something they could not change. Even if they did not agree at this time, the new emperor would still be appointed as the queen mother when he ascended the throne. This was something that no one could stop him. At that time, these ministers had to be wary of the empress dowager's autocracy at all times. In history, Empress Lü, later Cixi, and the first female emperor in China, Wu Zetian, did not kill a large number of civil servants.
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