"Is it because I'm dazzled?" Shi Kefa looked at this scene in confusion.
The scene in front of me was really too weird. A commoner man in his forties was sitting on the throne, while Emperor Chongzhen, as the emperor, could only stand beside him.
What a system this is.
"Shi Kefa, we know you!"
"You're pretty good."
"But it's not suitable to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate is very suitable for you. How about you become our Zuodu Censor?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with great interest.
Shi Kefa: "...!"
"Next let's prepare for reform!"
"The first thing is to pick up Zhang Juzheng's examination method again!"
"Zhang Juzheng is a very courageous minister, but he was born at the wrong time. It is a pity."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "Although you are still far behind Zhang Juzheng, you still have a lot of strength, which can be put to use."
Shi Kefa: "...!"
He really didn't know what to say.
The man in front of him gave him a very strange feeling. Although he was wearing civilian clothes, compared to Emperor Chongzhen who was wearing a dragon robe next to him, he looked more like the emperor whose words determined life and death.
There is really a domineering air about this person.
This made Shi Kefa become more and more suspicious.
An hour later, when Shi Kefa walked out of Fengtian Hall, the expression on his face was still a little dazed.
This time Zhu Yuanzhang did not deliberately conceal his identity, so Shi Kefa finally found out that the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, overturned the coffin boards and crawled out of the coffin to save the Ming Dynasty when the Ming Dynasty building was about to collapse.
Although this kind of thing is extremely ridiculous, if even Emperor Chongzhen agreed with it, there would be nothing to say.
As for seeking justice for the more than 200 scholars who uttered arrogant words... I'm just kidding, if these people were really killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, it would be a far cry from justice!
It’s not like Shi Kefa has never read the history of the Hongwu Dynasty.
He could criticize Emperor Chongzhen at will. It could even be said that except for Lao Zhu, he would dare to argue with the other fifteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty no matter who appeared in front of Shi Kefa.
But Lao Zhu... Shi Kefa felt that he still had to think about it a little more.
After all, we have to give the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty some face, right?
Of course, the most important thing is that this person kills people without blinking an eye.
Shi Kefa felt that it was better for him to be a little more cautious.
In the following period, the peasant uprisings that intensified in various places suddenly ceased without any warning.
This made those officials from various ministries who had been working hard for their families and hometown elders finally heave a long sigh of relief and began to return to Beijing one after another.
However, when they returned to the capital, they were surprised to find that the city of Nanjing had undergone earth-shaking changes in just a few months.
The already slightly depressed market began to become lively again. The nobles and bullies who usually bullied the market have all disappeared. Even many princes and princes' mansions have been sealed.
Soldiers in red armor appeared on the city walls, and soldiers patrolling the streets could be seen from time to time. Everything was in order, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
But at the same time, there was a faint air of chilling in the entire city of Nanjing.
"What happened in Nanjing in the past few months?" Ma Shiying murmured to himself.
He secretly regretted that he should not have left Nanjing for so long for military power.
After all, this is the core of absolute power of the entire Ming Empire today.
Well now, in the battle of Hulukou, the army he managed to gather was completely defeated. Not only did he not gain any military power, but the city of Nanjing seemed to have lost control.
Thinking of this, Ma Shiying felt a little irritable.
"When we go to the Imperial City, I want to see Your Majesty first!" He ordered the attendant who was driving the car outside.
But soon, Ma Shiying's face turned gloomy.
Because he found that he couldn't even enter the imperial city.
"Go back home!" He snorted coldly and ordered again.
Then something even more embarrassing happened, and his mansion was also occupied.
"This is unreasonable!" Ma Shiying was furious.
As the chief minister of the dynasty, who dares to bully him like this?
"Yao Cao." Just when Ma Shiying didn't know what to do, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.
This Yaocao is the character of Ma Shiying.
When he heard someone calling him, Ma Shiying turned around and found out that it was Ruan Dacheng, his party member who stayed in Nanjing and served as the Minister of War, and his brows could not help but relax a little.
"Jizhi, what on earth is going on?" he asked.
"well……!"
"Emperor Hongwu has come back to life. Now the whole of Nanjing is under the control of Emperor Hongwu. I, including you, Qian Qianyi and others have all been deposed by him."
"The people currently employed in the imperial court are basically from the north, including Fan Jingwen, the first assistant, Zhang Shenyan, the second assistant, and Li Banghua, the Minister of War."
"Your house, including mine, was once an official residence, so it was taken back!" Ruan Dacheng said with a heavy face.
Ma Shiying: “…!”
He really couldn't accept that his dignified chief minister of the cabinet was directly dismissed without any knowledge.
And the person who deposed him was Emperor Hongwu...
This kind of thing is too ridiculous!
It wasn't until Ruan Dacheng told what had happened in the past month exactly that Ma Shiying finally fully understood the reality.
"Emperor Hongwu is really alive?" Ma Shiying murmured to himself, the expression on his face was unclear whether he was surprised or happy.
Like Ma Shiying, many officials returned to Nanjing and found that not only had they lost their official positions, but they had also lost their homes.
Some people were very dissatisfied with this result and encouraged the scholars to create public pressure. However, before they could take action, the Jin Yiwei came to their door and were directly imprisoned in Zhao Prison.
Someone wanted to ask to see Emperor Chongzhen under the guise of begging for mercy, but Zhu Yuanzhang said that since you have a good relationship, you should go to Zhao Prison to accompany him, and then he arrested these officials who begged for mercy...
At this time, all officials who were dismissed or still in office became honest.
They really felt the pressure from Emperor Hongwu.
There are not so many twists and turns, and there is no subtle political pull. In Zhu Yuanzhang's case, it is simple and crude. Those who can do things will get in, and those who can't will get out.
You can't do anything, and you're just trying to fool around with me. I'm sorry, but I'll keep you in prison.
If you still dare to bare your teeth, then I'm sorry, Lao Zhu has already started sharpening his knife.
To be honest, the officials of the Chongzhen Dynasty had never seen such an emperor, and it was really difficult for them to adapt to Lao Zhu's work rhythm.
But this is not a problem for Lao Zhu at all. Those who cannot adapt can be directly dismissed and the staff can be directly re-elected. In this era, everything is lacking, but there is no shortage of scholars who are willing to serve the court.