"Daban, please quickly send someone to Xishan and ask if the houses I specially asked them to repair have been repaired. If they have been repaired, report the news to me immediately."
The officials outside were all stuck in silence, but the emperor was as concerned about the construction of the house in Xishan as if nothing had happened. He didn’t know what he was thinking. Wang Chengen was very puzzled by the emperor’s behavior at this time. He sent a message
After the eunuch hurriedly left the palace to ask about the situation, Lao Wang returned to the palace and continued on duty. At this time, the biggest thing in the world was to solve the problem of the officials forcing the palace, and all other work should be put aside first.
"Big companion, don't be anxious. Go and bring Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia into the palace. I'll arrange something for them to do!" Seeing that although Wang Chengen was in the palace, he was looking around absentmindedly, Zhu Youjian decided.
You still have to make a move before talking.
This time the officials launched an attack, ostensibly they came for Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia, but in fact they came for the emperor in the palace. The fall of Wuchang was indeed a matter of execution by the generals below, but the fall of Kaifeng was not related to the emperor in the palace.
The emperor is not irrelevant. In any case, Gao Mingheng, King Zhou and others withdrew after receiving the imperial edict from the central government in advance. This responsibility cannot be pushed to the local level and must be held by the central agency.
As natural dissidents and opponents, they don’t care whether there is an objective reason for this happening. In short, the most heartland province of the Ming Dynasty has completely fallen into the hands of thieves. If something like this happens, someone big will have to step in to take care of it.
Taking the blame. Originally, the emperor was the biggest man, but he had the right to exempt himself from liability, so Zhou Yanru from the cabinet and Chen Xinjia from the Ministry of War had to take the blame.
It was precisely because he saw through the conspiracy of the officials that even though he was very angry at Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia, Zhu Youjian still had to find a way to exempt these two people from liability. The emperor must have the responsibility of the emperor
, let the people below take the blame for everything, who will give you peace of mind to work? But it is not easy to take the blame. Not to mention Zhu Youjian, even his grandfather Wanli couldn't bear the blame when Liaodong failed.
The officials had to find someone to take the blame for forcing the palace. This time, the considerate Luo Yangxing found a reason to blame others. He is really a good "confidant"!
After waiting for a while, Wang Chengen took Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia into the palace through the side door of the palace.
Seeing the two people's embarrassment, Zhu Youjian had no sympathy for these two cheaters at all.
"I won't say much about anything else. I just want to ask you two about accepting bribes from Zuo Liangyu. How do you think you can solve it?" After the two of them had seen the ceremony, Zhu Youjian asked them straight to the point without being polite.
, how to settle the matter of accepting bribes?
"Your Majesty, I am awaiting the death penalty! The Zuo thief did give us gold and silver, but we did not accept his property. It was the servants below who took his money without knowing the importance. The two of us will take the dirty silver right away.
Send it to the treasury, and severely punish the servants who collect money privately." Zhou Yanru is also a master of blame-shifting. He passed the matter of collecting money to the servants, and then said that he had no knowledge at all, which was quite shameless.
"Is it so easy to get through? How about you say what you just said to me in front of the kneeling official at the palace gate? You can also send them back!"
"Your Majesty, the two of us deserve death. Please forgive me for our negligence." Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, joking that if they told these words to the officials, they would not care.
It would be strange to spray them to death. However, the two of them are not too worried about their own fate now. Since they can be summoned into the palace, it means that the emperor will not force this matter to make it difficult. If the emperor wants to pass the blame, there is no way
It is impossible for them to have another chance to enter the palace to meet the saint.
"According to Zuo Liangyu's bribe, add another amount of money into the treasury, and at the same time fine you two with a year's salary as a warning. This time, the matter is over! But it has happened again and again, not again, again, and again. This time I will
I can spare you, and if you do it again next time, you will be punished and held accountable for all the crimes."
"I kowtow to express my gratitude to Long En, and thank His Majesty for your kindness in pardoning my two sins." The two scammers thanked the Emperor profusely for his kindness. They were quite excited and kowtowed loudly.
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. You two should seize the time to go back and handle government affairs. Remember, no matter what happens these days, the cabinet and the six ministries must not be in chaos. If there is chaos, it will be up to me to deal with you two."
No matter what happens, the cabinet and the six ministries must not be in chaos? What is the emperor going to do? He will not use strong measures to suppress the officials, right? Zhou and Chen sneaked out from the side door of the palace, feeling a little uneasy. However,
Now that they are the target of attacks by the officials, there is definitely no obligation to help them persuade the emperor not to act recklessly.
After Zhou and Chen Erkeng left, Zhu Youjian said to Wang Chengen, "As my eldest companion takes me out of the palace, we have to get rid of these officials."
When he came outside the palace gate and looked at these guys who had done so well on their knees, Zhu Youjian had complicated emotions. The Yanguan system was one of the most special political systems in the Song and Ming dynasties. Is the existence of this group a good thing or a good thing for the Ming Dynasty?
No one can explain the bad things. In short, this is an organization and group that makes trouble, which makes people both hate and like it.
"My beloved ministers, please be safe! I promise you that regarding your impeachment of the cabinet and the Ministry of War, you will receive a reply within two days. Please return to your official offices and wait for the letter. My dear companion, I have sent a message to summon the commander of the Jin Yiwei to command his colleagues.
"I know that I will direct the affairs, suppress the envoys, and all the thousands of households in the fourteen houses have entered the palace. I have important things to do for them."
The emperor has summoned all the senior officials of the Jin Yiwei into the palace? What is this for? The kneeling Yan Guan looked at each other. The purpose of summoning the Jin Yiwei into the palace must be to deal with people. The question now is, who should he deal with? It won't be with us.
Probably not! We didn't commit anything, we just knelt down outside the palace. The request is not too much, it's just asking the two thieves Zhou and Chen to step down.
Does this mean that the emperor wants to deal with the Zhou and Chen thieves? It is very possible. All the leaders of the Jin Yiwei have been summoned into the palace. It seems that the Zhou and Chen thieves are difficult to escape.
Thinking of this, the officials quickly thanked the emperor and got up to go back to their units. As long as the matter was settled, it would be a fool to kneel any longer. No matter how good your kneeling skills are, it is not a problem to kneel for such a long time.
After walking around outside the palace gate, Zhu Youjian returned to the palace and waited for the leaders of the Jinyiwei to enter the palace. About an hour later, except for a few leaders who were away from the capital on official business, all the senior generals of the Jinyiwei arrived outside the dormitory.
When Wang Chengen saw that the people had almost arrived, he ran outside the palace and said, "Your Majesty has ordered Governor Luo and other envoys to wait until the Emperor has packed up before leaving the palace to arrange errands for you."
Later? What is the emperor trying to deal with? Luo Yangxing and other officials of Jinyiwei were a little confused. After a while, Zhu Youjian dispelled their doubts.
He was seen walking out of the dormitory in uniform, and with a bright smile he said to the leaders of the Jinyiwei outside the hall: "I have kept you waiting! I have called you here this time because I want you to accompany me to the Xishan New Army Camp."