Chapter 105 Li Huan stepped forward to hear the seal!
An inexplicable pressure arose, and Li Dongyang took a deep breath. At this time, he, the chief minister of the cabinet, had to stand up, and said with a look of guilt and shame on his face: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed, this chamberlain is... the one who has been raped by everyone." He was accidentally beaten to death."
Zhu Houzhao's face was as calm as water, and his voice was even more colorless when he said: "He was accidentally beaten to death, so let me ask you, do you know his identity and what he represents?"
Feeling the anger hidden under Zhu Houzhao's calm appearance, thin beads of sweat even appeared on Li Dongyang's forehead.
Just when Li Dongyang was about to speak, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said to Xie Qian: "Xie Qian, answer me."
When all the officials present heard Zhu Houzhao calling Xie Qian's name, their hearts suddenly thumped, and an unpleasant feeling arose in their hearts.
You must know that whether in front of others or behind others, Zhu Houzhao always showed great respect when facing the people in the cabinet. He always addressed them as members of the Qing family. This was the first time since the emperor ascended the throne that he would address them by their first names.
Moreover, the emperor had just treated Li Dongyang with respect, but in the blink of an eye he called Xie Qian by his first and last name. This was a different treatment, and it was clear that he was not going to save any face for Xie Qian.
From this point alone, we can see that the emperor knew everything that happened before the palace gate.
Who was behind this move to force the palace? The emperor clearly saw clearly, and his heart was as clear as water.
What a great Xie Qian, he is worthy of being an veteran who has stood up for many dynasties. Even though he was shown no shame by the emperor in front of hundreds of officials, his expression remained unchanged. He slowly bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Old minister, I pay homage to your majesty. Your Majesty impeaches that little eunuch for pretending to convey Your Majesty's will. If you don't kill such a treacherous person, how can you warn those who come after you?"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but laugh angrily when he heard this. These people were really good at labeling him. Previously, he labeled Li Huan as a rebel, and now he labeled the little eunuch as falsely delivering imperial edicts.
As soon as he patted the armrest of the car, Zhu Houzhao said with an angry smile: "Fake imperial edict? It's really funny. You even dare to kill my servants at will. Do you want to rebel?"
Xie Qian knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, I do everything for your Majesty. Now His Majesty is surrounded by treacherous villains. How can I sit idly by and ignore you, even if I am entrusted by the late emperor?" Misunderstanding, I also urge your Majesty to eradicate treacherous villains like Liu Jin and Li Huan."
Liu Jin was waiting beside Zhu Houzhao. Seeing Xie Qian directly aiming at him, he became furious. He pointed at Xie Qian with his orchid finger and said, "Old man, don't we just want to send someone to check your taxes and clear you?" Tian, you old man is like a mad dog, staring at our family and biting us, our family is a treacherous villain, you are a beast in clothes, what are you?"
One is the current court elder, and the other is the Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies. In terms of status, they can be said to be very high and noble. However, regardless of their status, they are now blaming each other in front of everyone.
Zhu Houzhao shouted: "That's enough. Let me ask you, who actually participated in the attack on my close servants?"
Xie Qian looked at Zhu Houzhao, his eyes full of disappointment and said: "Your Majesty, are you going to punish me, a minister of the Ming Dynasty, for a little eunuch?"
Li Huan looked at Xie Qian and couldn't help but said: "It's so funny. He who kills must pay for his life. When will Ming officials be able to take people's lives lightly? Or is it that Xie Ge has long been accustomed to taking people's lives seriously..."
Xie Qian became angry and said: "Junior, if you insult my civil servants, you will not die well."
Zhu Houzhao just looked at Xie Qian coldly, while among the officials, those who participated in the beating of the young eunuch also looked at Xie Qian expectantly.
The emperor was furious, and now only Xie Qian, who had been entrusted by the late emperor for several dynasties, could resist the emperor's wrath for them.
Taking a deep breath, Xie Qian slowly took off the official hat on his head. Without the restraint of the official hat, his long hair suddenly fell loose.
Xie Qian was seen holding his official hat in both hands and slowly placing it on the ground in front of him. Then he respectfully kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to punish all officials, please allow me to resign from my position as a cabinet minister."
, punish the minister’s sins first.”
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned. Every cabinet minister is an important minister above the court. There are countless officials standing behind him. The change of any cabinet minister may lead to the change of power in the court, and may even lead to
There was turmoil in the court.
Even Zhu Houzhao never thought that Xie Qian would confront him in this way.
Looking at Xie Qian, Zhu Houzhao was filled with anger. Is Xie Qian betting that he, the emperor, would not dare to dismiss him, the elder, at will?
"My minister Liu Jian is also guilty. I sincerely request your majesty to allow me to resign from my position as a cabinet minister."
While talking, Liu Jian also took off his official hat, and then knelt down in front of Luan Jia together with Xie Qian.
"No!"
Li Dongyang couldn't help but exclaimed, among the four cabinet members, if Liu Jian and Xie Qian really resigned today, then half of the cabinet would have collapsed, especially Liu Jian, Xie Qian's disciples and disciples were all over the place and court, and one of them could not be handled well.
During this period, there may be turmoil in the court and even in the local area.
As a disciple of Xie Qian, Guo Wen, the minister of household affairs, naturally saw Xie Qian's intentions and winked. Suddenly, dozens of officials from Xie Qian and Liu Jian's department all bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, you two
Mr. Ge is the pillar of our Ming Dynasty and the most important minister of the late emperor Tuogu..."
Li Huan stood aside, watching the actions of Xie Qian, Liu Jian and other officials, and suddenly felt the urge to laugh.
Is this resignation? He is basically using the resignation as a threat to force the emperor to make concessions.
Shaking his head slightly, Li Huan looked at Xie Qian, Liu Jian and others with a pity look. These people were really old and confused, or maybe they thought too highly of themselves.
Emperor Xiaozong had treated them favorably for many years, which actually gave them the feeling that they could force the emperor at will. Didn't you see that Zhu Houzhao was getting angry right now?
At this time, he was threatening to resign. With Zhu Houzhao's temperament, not only would he not give in, but he would become more and more forceful.
Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao was seen sitting on the chariot, looking at the officials below acting like clowns, and suddenly he couldn't help laughing.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly laughed loudly, but all the officials were stunned. They looked at the emperor in shock and confusion.
Gradually, Zhu Houzhao stopped laughing, but his face was full of disappointment and pain. Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe noticed the emperor's expression and felt something bad in their hearts, just when they were about to speak.
Zhu Houzhao said categorically: "Okay, since Xie Qian and Liu Jian, the two elders, insist on resigning from their posts, then I will be as beautiful as you are and will do what you want."
Zhu Houzhao said: "Come here, take back the official uniforms and official seals of the two of them. Immediately send an edict to the world, inform all the people, take back all the rewards for the two of them, and demote them to common people."
Finally, Zhu Houzhao said again: "Never rise again!"
"His Majesty……"
Li Dongyang's expression changed drastically, and he subconsciously spoke to Zhu Houzhao.
However, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Dongyang and snorted coldly: "There is no need to say anything more about the Qing family. Since the two of them have taken the initiative to resign, I will not force them to stay. I will give them permission."
But at this moment, Zhu Houzhao's decisive and straightforward decision shocked everyone, especially Xie Qian and Liu Jian, who were the parties involved. They had previously been sure that the emperor would not allow them to resign from their positions as cabinet ministers.
But the emperor's words were like thunder exploding in their ears.
Their bodies went limp. The two people who were full of energy and high morale a moment ago seemed to have been drained of their energy and spirit. Their eyes were dull, as if they were stupid.
They were all over the government and the public, and they even dared to provoke the emperor to fight. The confidence they had was the official title of the cabinet elder. With the status of the cabinet elder, whether they were their disciples or family members, they were in the court or in the local area.
They are all superior beings.
But now the emperor has actually dismissed them from the post of cabinet minister, which means that they have lost their power and become a common people.
Even if the emperor does not pursue them, the people they offended in the past may not be so easy to talk to.
When they thought about what would happen to their huge family once they lost their protection, Xie Qian and Liu Jian couldn't help but feel scared.
"His Majesty……"
The two people, whose eyes were dull at first, trembled and subconsciously wanted to plead with the emperor.
But at this moment, Li Huan waved his hand and said: "Why don't you help the two elders take off their official clothes!"
Don't say that Li Huan doesn't hold grudges, this is a direct interruption of the two people's attempts to plead for mercy, and directly kills their last extravagant hope.
As soon as Li Huan finished speaking, several imperial guards came forward to take off the imperial robes from the two men, and took back the official seals they carried with them. In the blink of an eye, the two ministers stood at the top of the Ming Dynasty Hall.
After a sudden fall, he became a commoner.
For them, official position, authority, and reputation are more important than life. Now that everything is gone, it is even harder to accept than dying directly.
Seeing their official clothes being stripped off, they were both seventy years old. How could they bear such a blow? They rolled their eyes and fainted.
Zhu Houzhao was the benevolent master after all. After seeing the miserable appearance of the two of them, he took a deep breath and said, "Someone, send them back home."
After dealing with Xie Qian, Liu Jian, and Zhu Houzhao, they did not look at the two men who were taken away by the Jin Yiwei.
At this moment, Li Huan's eyes fell on the stunned officials. After looking at the emperor's expression, he immediately said sternly: "Who on earth participated in the siege, why don't you come forward!"
Following Li Huan's sharp shout, some officials immediately became weak and fell to the ground in fear. Some officials knelt down tremblingly and begged for mercy from the emperor above Luan Jia.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't mean it. Please forgive me!"
When some officials saw that the emperor had dealt with Xie Qian and Liu Jian so cleanly, they felt desperate and stood up obediently.
There are also officials who are lucky enough to shrink back and are unwilling to take the initiative to plead guilty.
Li Huan sneered and said with a bit of sarcasm in his eyes: "I advise you not to take any chances. Otherwise, if the Jinyi Guards are sent to prison, I can guarantee that you will even have to tell how old you are for wetting the bed!"
Seeing Li Huan's cold gaze, the official who was still lucky could not help but shudder and walked out honestly.
The law does not blame everyone, and everyone will bear the consequences together. The final result may not be so pessimistic, but if it falls into the hands of the Jin Yiwei, I am afraid that I will die and cannot die again.
Suddenly it was completely dark, and there were as many as a dozen officials. Some of these officials were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground, and the Jin Yiwei had to hold them up. Some looked depressed and desperate, and some looked righteous and shouted with awe-inspiring expressions.
The eunuch should be killed, but everyone can kill him.
Zhu Houzhao looked at a dozen officials with different expressions, sighed slightly and said to Li Huan: "Li Qing, these people will be imprisoned by the Jin Yiwei for trial. After I have found out clearly, if they are not guilty, I will take appropriate measures."
If you are found guilty, you should be punished for all crimes, and you will never be lenient."
As soon as Zhu Houzhao said these words, the expressions of the dozen or so officials captured by the Jin Yiwei suddenly changed. Even the officials who had been relatively calm just now were frightened and fainted.
Some people cried directly to Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang and others: "Mr. Ge, please save me, Mr. Ge, please save me!"
Such a scene only made Li Huan sneer. It wasn't that he looked down on these officials. Among the officials present, there was probably only one person who dared to say that they were innocent.
Zhu Houzhao saw the unbearable reactions of these officials in his eyes, and couldn't help but think of the various crimes Li Huan had submitted to him not long ago about Luo Wenxiang, Du Wen, and Han Fuli, and he couldn't help but feel disappointed in his heart.
Li Huan waved his hand, and soon these officials were led down by the Jin Yiwei.
There was silence in the field. Li Huan led the Jin Yiwei to suppress the whole crowd. Zhu Houzhao dismissed Xie Qian and Liu Jian. When the other officials came to their senses and thought of their previous purpose, no one dared to do this.
It's time to stand up and impeach Li Huan.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at the officials and said: "My dear friends, do you have anything to say? I am here now, and you can speak freely!"
All the officials looked at me and I looked at you, and they were silent.
Zhu Houzhao slowly said: "Since you are fine, I will announce something."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Huan and said: "Li Huan, come forward and listen to the seal!"
Li Huan was stunned. He didn't know what Zhu Houzhao wanted to do, but he still stepped forward and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Li Huan is here!"
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and pondered for a while before saying: "Li Huan, the governor of Jinyiwei, apprehended the criminal officials Luo Wenxiang, Du Wen, and Han Fu for their meritorious service, and were promoted to the commander of the Jinyiwei.
Qian Shi."
Li Huan was a little surprised, and it was understandable that Zhu Houzhao promoted him to the rank of commander of Jinyiwei. After all, he was currently serving in Jinyiwei, and he was promoted from the fourth rank of the governor. Now he was promoted to the third rank of Jinyiwei, the commander of the rank. It was considered a high promotion.
However, the Dudu Commandery Division is a military position. Among the three divisions of the Ming Dynasty, the Dudu Commandery Division is the highest local military yamen and is affiliated to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. The highest one is the second-rank Dudu Commandery Envoy, and the Dudu Commandery Division is the commander in chief. Then
But it's a military attaché position of the third rank.
Of course, Li Huan also knew that there were many Jinyiwei, thousands of households, and the Jinyiwei commanded the Qianshi, but almost all of them only enjoyed the official salary and no actual position. Zhu Houzhao just named him the third rank of the Dudu commanding Qianshi, so he only enjoyed high-ranking officials.
position, without the real power of a salary official position.
Of course, with this official position, as long as Zhu Houzhao is willing, he can turn this official position with a salary into an actual position of holding military power at any time.
Obviously, while Zhu Houzhao was paving the way for Li Huan to take over the Jinyiwei, he was also giving Li Huan an identity in the army.
Li Huan could see Zhu Houzhao's intention, and the officials around him could also see Zhu Houzhao's purpose.
If they just promoted Li Huan's official position in the Jinyiwei, they couldn't say anything even if they had objections. After all, they were the emperor's personal army. As long as the emperor was willing, even if it was to promote a mere small flag to the commander of the Jinyiwei, that would be the emperor's pleasure.
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However, they had no control over the official promotion of Jinyiwei, but Zhu Houzhao also rewarded Li Huandu with the official position of commanding Qianshi, so they could no longer sit idly by.
The commander-in-chief is a high-level official position among the military officials. A military attaché of the third rank, and the next step is the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief, who can be the head of the three departments.
Even if the military ministers are not happy now, they are being suppressed by their civil servant group, and their decline has reached the extreme, but this does not mean that they are willing to watch a guy like Li Huan who obviously does not play by the rules enter the ranks of the military ministers.
This is no longer just a matter of Jin Yiwei, but also involves a civil and military dispute. Even though the emperor had just dismissed two pavilion elders, and Jin Yiwei had taken away more than a dozen officials, all the civil servants present saw Zhu Houzhao
When Li Huan was granted the title of Military Minister, he immediately felt as if his tail had been stepped on and his lungs had been stabbed.
Immediately, Shi Hao, the left deputy censor of the capital, jumped out and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, I think this is not allowed!"
Zhu Houzhao, who had been on the throne for nearly two years, was no longer the new king who was ignorant of government affairs. How could he not understand the civil and military disputes between the DPRK and China? Civil servants had been working hard to suppress military officials. He had already had it when he awarded Li Huan the military post.
Mental preparation.
He originally thought that the remaining power of the two cabinet elders and a dozen civil servants who had just been dealt with could deter these civil servants and allow him to smoothly pass the reward for Li Huan, but he still underestimated the sensitivity of the civil servant group.
However, Zhu Houzhao was not disappointed. After all, it was expected. Especially when he saw that the first person to stand up to oppose was Shi Hao, the left deputy censor, he couldn't help but smile.
The other officials were about to step forward, but when they saw Shi Hao, the left deputy capital censor, had already stepped forward, they hesitated and decided to take a look at the situation first.
After all, I have experienced too much in the past half day, and it was like riding a roller coaster. Who knew that the emperor would suddenly be so decisive.
It would be good to let Shi Hao try the emperor's reaction.
Li Huan raised his head and looked at Shi Hao. He didn't actually know Shi Hao, but he knew this person. Ma Yongcheng had made fun of him before, and Luo Wenxiang, Du Wen, and Han Fuli also committed several crimes.
It is related to the left deputy censor.
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