The sudden departure of Liu Yu and Cao Yuan to the Jinyi Guard Prison made Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, smell something unusual, and the sudden disturbance in the capital also made him very puzzled. However, even during the Hongzhi period, it was not easy to ask for an audience with the emperor. His activities, not to mention the righteous emperor who did everything willfully. Therefore, he had to patiently observe the progress of the situation. When the urgent report from Jiangxi was finally delivered to the desk of him, the chief minister of the cabinet, three days later, Rao was so surprised. His qualifications and mentality, the first reaction is disbelief.
King Ning rebelled, Liu Jin sacrificed his life for assassination, and the rebellion of Ning Fan ended in one day?
This is just the first and last one. After all, there is a precedent of Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion. Prince Ning, a close vassal, could understand it when he saw that the situation was not good. Xu Xun and Zhang Yong dealt with King Anhua with ease, so it is not surprising that they were calmed down in a short time. After all, the sooner this kind of thing calms down, the less impact it will have on the people, which is a good thing no matter what. However... Will Liu Jin assassinate Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao or sacrifice his life to assassinate him? Has the sun risen from the west?
"One of the rocks blocking the road has finally been lifted!"
Not only did Li Dongyang think so, but many ministers in the court who were not members of the Xu Party or Liu Party also thought so. When the news spread, the sound of crackling firecrackers was heard in many places throughout the capital, and even The bold ones set off fireworks directly. And more people began to connect in private. Especially after the news of Qian Ning's arrest and imprisonment became known to everyone, they thought that Qian Ning's smooth career path to promotion was due to Where did it come from? What's more, they even took advantage of the situation to take down Xu Xun.
As a result, Li Dongyang breathed a sigh of relief because of Liu Jin's death. When he ignored what was going on next, the secret connection trend between the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government naturally became more and more obvious. And the Empress Dowager Zhang temporarily handed over the inner factory and the east factory to Zhang Heling. Brother Zhang Changling led the charge on his behalf. After testing it out with Xu Liang, the two men immediately spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. After being uprooted, they seemed to disappear from the streets overnight, making those connections more rampant. Finally, when Xu Xun and his party passed through Tianjin, they were immediately piled up like snowflakes of letters. Two-thirds of them were from local officials in Beizhili and Shandong and Shanxi.
These memorials are either an old account of Liu Jin's efforts to protect Prince Ning, or Xu Xun's misguided recommendation of Qian Ning, or they simply say that the two were in cahoots, and asked the traitor to stay away from the court, etc. Just for this huge thing. With such momentum, I don’t know how many horses were killed on the official road!
However, as soon as the Chief of Ceremonies sent these huge piles of memorials to the palace, they all disappeared without any news. Although there are many people who are indomitable, they can wait until Pingbei Hou Xu Xun and Zhang Yonggu On the day when Dayong and others arrived in the capital, the little emperor, who had disappeared for several days, still did not make any sign.
The attitude of the little emperor came soon. Xu Xun, who had just arrived in the capital and had not yet entered his house, was summoned to the palace with others! In the evening of that day, the emperor even issued an order to the five and six ministries of the cabinet and the governor. Officials from the Dali Temple and other important yamen attended the Wenhua Hall meeting the next day. Although this was the day that everyone was looking forward to, the little emperor chose to reopen the meeting the day after those close ministers returned, which still made many people full of expectations. Ji's life had a bad premonition.
That night, Xu Xun did not leave the palace. He accompanied Zhu Houzhao in the spacious martial arts field in front of the Leopard Room, looking at the empty field and the two long galloping roads. Xiyuan was not as good as the palace city.
There are many places where trees and flowers are planted, especially near the Leopard Room, where they are shaded by green trees and the fragrance of flowers is blowing in their faces. The monarch and his ministers just sat on the ground casually, looking at the moon and stars in the sky together...
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I don't know how long it took, but Zhu Houzhao raised his hand to the sky and grabbed it, and then said thoughtfully: "Xu Xun, you said that I am the emperor, why can't I grasp the stars in the sky?"
Faced with such a philosophical question, Xu Xun first flashed an almost forgotten movie in his mind, and then said with a wry smile: "The sun sets, the moon rises, and the stars set. From ancient times to the present, people have thought that this is an eternal event."
Changed. However, few people know that sooner or later the sun in the sky will die one day, and the moon will disappear from then on. As for the stars, from thousands of years ago to the present, they have been changing their positions, and they will also
One day I will go to death."
Seeing Zhu Houzhao looking at him as if he was seeing a ghost, Xu Xun smiled slightly and said: "This is all taught by the gentleman when I was a boy. He also said a very frustrating and helpless saying. After life,
It means death."
Zhu Houzhao has been depressed all the way back since Liu Jin died. At this moment, when he heard this consolation that was not like comfort at all, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and immediately raised his brows and said: "According to what you said, I am going to die anyway."
, then it is better to follow your own temper and act unscrupulously, and you will die in the end!"
"If you are just alone, with no worries, no parents, relatives, wife, children or friends, then in theory it can be like this." Xu Xun smiled slightly, and suddenly remembered the loneliness that filled his heart after revenge in his previous life.
, then he spread his hands and said, "People live in groups, and alone can't survive alone. Loneliness alone can kill him, so you have to think about those who care and love you. Just like me, looking at my father
I am satisfied that I am safe and happy with my wife and daughter at home, and I am happy to live my life happily."
"Are you still getting by?"
Zhu Houzhao was furious for a moment. When he saw Xu Xun nodded vigorously, he was so angry and funny that he simply lay down on the ground. Even though so many days had passed, Liu Jin's coffin had been transported back to the capital for preparation.
He was buried, but it seemed that when he closed his eyes, there was still such a person beside him. Therefore, when he thought of the various memorials that filled most of the room in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, and of Xiao Jing's various memorials, he felt there was something in his heart.
The fire was burning. However, the words Xu Xun said made his mind unconsciously turn to another aspect.
"Xu Xun. If I were Jiaen Liu Jin's family, what would you think?"
"The Emperor's Holy Ming."
Zhu Houzhao was choked by the four words that were spoken without thinking. Then he said angrily: "No more?"
"Gone."
Facing Xu Xun, who looked solemn and not joking at all, Zhu Houzhao simply turned away. However, he had not slept well these days, but now he gradually felt that his eyelids were getting heavy, and he unconsciously
He closed his eyes. Drowsily, he vaguely saw Emperor Hongzhi, who appeared less and less in his dreams these days. Seeing his father nodding and smiling at him as before, he suddenly felt more relaxed.
"Father, I have promised you that I will be a good emperor..."
When Xu Xun heard such a murmur, he couldn't help but stretched out his head to take a look. Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was obviously asleep, he suddenly burst into laughter. He took off his robe and covered him with it, and then stood up with his hands on his hands.
Come. Seeing a few people not far away clearly poking their heads, he waved. When Zhang Yonggu Dayong and others all rushed over, he pointed at Zhu Houzhao on the ground, smiled and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's hard for you."
If you fall asleep, you can watch from the side. If you are worried, please move carefully. I will find a place to sleep, and I will have a meeting at the Wenhua Hall tomorrow."
Seeing Xu Xun yawning, he went straight away. The big guys looked at me. Especially Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin and Luo Xiang, they all wanted to take advantage of this last moment to use their strength on the little emperor, but the first priority to be solved right now
The question was how to get people into the house without waking up Zhu Houzhao. Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong glanced at Xu Xun, who had clearly become a shopkeeper and fled. After looking at each other for a moment, they both laughed secretly.
….
This night, some people fell into a deep sleep and had a good night's sleep, some were tossing and turning, and some had constant nightmares. When the door of the Wenhua Palace opened, senior officials and bigwigs filed in. Many people were looking at the lonely man.
Li Dongyang. Except for the time when Liu Jian was transferred to the post, the cabinet rarely had such a vacancy. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
As soon as the civil and military ministers entered the hall, what they saw was that Zhu Houzhao, contrary to etiquette, did not wait for the ministers to gather before ascending to the throne, but sat on the throne in the middle early. However, the seat next to him that had always been reserved for Liu Jin was now
Now it was empty. Apparently, Xu Xun had arrived early and did not appear near the emperor, but was in an extremely front position among the military attaches in the palace. Someone originally wanted to question it, but someone with quick eyes quickly stopped him.
"Have you forgotten? When he was promoted to Marquis, he also served as the Left Governor of the Left Army Governor's Mansion. This man should be right behind the two Governors of the Central Army Governor's Mansion."
Seeing the ministers standing still, they then saluted in sequence. After everyone stood still, Zhu Houzhao didn't wait for anyone to stand up and speak, and said word by word: "I know that I have not been in court for several months. I believe you have everything on your mind.
." Seeing that the chamberlains, except Zhang Yong and others, had quietly retreated out of the hall according to his previous instructions, he said word by word, "I won't lie to you until now.
, I went with Xu Xun, Liu Jin and others on their trip to Jiangxi."
He stood up suddenly, glanced sharply at the officials above and below who seemed to be about to make a noise, and said coldly: "Among the civil servants who read the books of sages, there is a saying that is worse than reading thousands of books. Thousands of miles away, but for me, the emperor, to go outside and take a look is far better than staying in the palace and listening to people sing about a prosperous and peaceful age without hunger and discouragement, or hearing people say that corruption among officials is rampant. It seems that no one who is a Jinshi is incompetent or dishonest. When I passed by Huaiyang, I heard a joke. There was a county magistrate who was keen on building canals, but when he built canals in a place that was originally good, it was ruined. There were floods every three days, but he was promoted to another place, and the people were so angry with him!"
"So, I have already gone, and now I have come back safely. I don't want to listen to those messy advices, and I am just telling you that if there are any doubts from the outside, I will not admit it, and I will look back at the monarchs and ministers over the years.
The affection is gone!"
After saying this in one breath, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand. Seeing Zhang Yong and others carrying the big boxes over with resignation, he walked over slowly, patted one of them casually, and then said with a smile: "These few
I think you should know better than me what is in the box. It’s not that I didn’t know the reason why everyone pushed it so hard, but it wasn’t until this time that I clearly understood it. So many people only know the disadvantages of looking at Liu Jin.
, no one thinks about his benefits? Is it wrong for him to advocate strict inspection of officials? Is it wrong for him to advocate for the clearing of tax arrears? Is it wrong for him to advocate for liquidation of land in various places and strict prohibition of annexation in accordance with the Land Acquisition Law of the early Republic of China?
You are all of a certain age, so you might as well ask yourselves whether some things are truly out of public motives!"
Although Zhu Houzhao has grown a lot in the past two years since he took the throne, for these veterans who have been in officialdom for 20, 30 or even 30 or 40 years, even the little emperor's shrewdness is limited. But now he heard Zhu Houzhao say this
The last few rhetorical questions, as well as the words "from a public heart", made some people look unnatural before they knew it.
However, Zhu Houzhao obviously had no intention of stopping there. Seeing that no one in the hall came out to compete with him, he turned around and sat down, looked at Zhang Yong and said: "Take these boxes of things outside the Wenhua Palace, and order the Li Supervisor to
The scribes recorded the names and surnames of the people who wrote the letters. As for the content, they simply burned it without reading the content. The people were already dead, what else could they do? As for those who wrote down the names... Zhang Cai, the Minister of Civil Affairs!"
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Zhang Cai, who is said to have suffered a stroke, appeared in the Wenhua Hall today in high spirits, which is enough for people to understand that Zhang Cai had been secretly reported before, so the news that Liu Yu, Cao Yuan, Qian Ning and others were imprisoned was true. At this moment
, when he came out, he naturally attracted the attention of countless people.
Members of the Liu Party were seriously injured this time, and Zhang Cai has already become the leader of the remnant Party without hesitation!
"You are the Minister of Civil Affairs, so you will personally inspect these people every year. In the future, I want to see a detailed picture of what they have accomplished and what they have failed to accomplish every year when they are in office, and what the public opinion is.
list! If they really have outstanding political achievements, I will not care about today’s petition, and they will not be short of the reward, and will tell the world about the praise, but if they can’t manage one party... Huh, I know
If you talk to others but can't reflect on yourself, go home and farm!"
"I obey the decree."
Such a decree was enough to make all the high-ranking officials today, from the minister to the Minister of Dali Temple, etc. change their expressions. However, the little emperor got ahead of them and said categorically: "This is my decree, not yours."
Discuss! In addition, I heard that the Hetao side resisted the little prince and won several small victories in succession. Yang Yiqing took the greatest credit. There was a shortage of people in the cabinet, so he was transferred back to the cabinet as a secondary assistant! Mr. Li will make arrangements for the court promotion! The Ministry of Staff
When it comes to inspecting officials, let Yang Yiqing supervise it later."
Xu Xun looked at Zhu Houzhao who walked away immediately after saying all this, with a faint smile on his face. With Yang Yiqing's qualifications and achievements, and Zhang Cai, who was even more popular after Liu Jin's death, finally there was someone who could restrain him.
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