"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty and Monan Mongolia have never had any grudges. The two countries are in peace with each other. Does your Majesty know that what you said today..."
Liu Jian's voice resounded throughout the palace, making people deafening.
However, Zhu Houzhao also argued with each other and interrupted rudely: "How can Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty get along well with each other? Since Mongolia has existed, the Ming Dynasty's intrusion has never stopped, whether it is the Northern Yuan, the Tatars, or the Waci
, which one is not the enemy of my Ming Dynasty? Isn’t Monan Mongolia my Ming Dynasty?
Enemies? The reason why they are not enemies of the Ming Dynasty now is just because they want to attack the Tatars now. Once they come to their senses, the Ming Dynasty will be their biggest enemy. You are all cabinet ministers. You were chosen by the late emperor to me.
Don’t you, the auxiliary minister, even know this simple truth?”
Zhu Houzhao's arrogance seems to make sense.
But all the officials in the dynasty were dumbfounded. In their opinion, did Zhu Houzhao's words make sense? Then they must have. In fact, these people are all human beings. How could they not know that the Mongolian tribes in Mongolia would sooner or later become enemies of the Ming Dynasty?
But there are some things that everyone knows, and everyone in the civil and military circles of the dynasty can say it, but Zhu Houzhao, who is the fateful emperor, can never say it. Once he says this, there will be no room for maneuver.
Besides, even if we have to compete with Monan Mongolia, isn't it nonsense to provoke the other side without any preparation for war?
Liu Jian felt bitter in his heart at this time. He could not have imagined that things would end like this. But at this time, he had no way to go down and had no other choice but to argue with reason.
Liu Jian said loudly: "Your Majesty, be careful what you say. Your Majesty is the head of a country, how can you say such things? Could it be that these words were said by His Majesty Liu Jinjiao?"
His eyes fell on Liu Jin again. His eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he wanted to eat Liu Jin alive.
Liu Jin was intimidated by Liu Jian's eyes, but he was not afraid at all. The only people in the world who could kill him were the Queen Mother and the Emperor. Although Liu Jian was the chief minister, she was not afraid of him.
However, Liu Jin blinked and quickly acted. Tears fell from his eyes, and he knelt at Zhu Houzhao's feet and cried: "Your Majesty, I am just a slave. I am satisfied just to serve Your Majesty. Liu Ge
But the old words are heart-breaking every word, slave..."
This sentence is nothing more than adding fuel to the fire. Zhu Houzhao just said those words. Liu Jian did not dare to accuse Zhu Houzhao. After all, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he pointed the finger at Liu Jin. The emperor is never the one who is wrong in this world.
, it is always the eunuchs and traitorous ministers who are at fault. Even if the emperor is at fault, he was deceived by the traitor. On this point, Liu Jian is also the same.
But he never thought that when he accused Liu Jin, Liu Jin pitifully defended himself, which made Zhu Houzhao hate Liu Jian to the extreme. It depends on the owner to beat a dog, not to mention that in Zhu Houzhao's heart, Liu Jian and so on
People themselves are bad people, and Liu Jin spends time with him day and night. No matter how you look at it, he is loyal to him.
He slapped the imperial case hard with his hand, stood up angrily, and said angrily: "Stop arguing, what does this look like? What does it look like, hum! Didn't I just say it? Guerrilla
General Liu Xian sent troops, not because he was ordered by Liu Jin, nor because he was confused, but because I gave him a secret order. It’s just that he didn’t do things well, so of course he should be punished. It’s just a matter of removing him from his actual post. You guys
What else do you want to do? Do you still want to say that this matter is my fault? Do you still want to blame me? That’s fine. If you want to blame me, then go ahead. Anyway, it’s you who have the say in everything in this world.
After all, I can only listen to politics... Listen to politics, I have listened to it for nearly a year, and my ears have already become calluses. I don’t care if I don’t want to be the emperor. You can choose someone wise and find an emperor who suits your heart."
When Zhu Houzhao got angry, he no longer had any scruples. He really dared to say anything. People like Liu Jian were just angry at first, but when it came to talking about it, besides anger, there was only fear.
They did not expect that the emperor still had these thoughts hidden deep in his heart. They did not expect that in the emperor's heart, people like themselves, who worked hard to help the country, became rebellious ministers who were arbitrary and arbitrary.
The hearts of these people are probably extremely cold, especially Liu Jian. He has always claimed that he was entrusted by the late emperor, and all he could think about was managing the country. Although he also had his own selfish motives, in general he devoted all his energy
But he still threw himself at the court, his face turned pale and his whole body was shaking.
There were also some ministers who prostrated themselves on the ground in fear and said one after another: "I will die for you."
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Kunning Palace.
Empress Dowager Zhang just rested in the palace most of the time. Occasionally, she would go to the Buddhist hall to sit. After becoming the empress dowager, her life became much more monotonous.
However, time eventually healed her grief. At this time, the corners of her eyes were already covered with fish lines, but her complexion still looked young.
After eating vegetarian food early in the morning, she sat cross-legged on the couch, with several female officials serving on her left and right, and a eunuch knelt on the couch motionless.
Queen Mother Zhang looked at the sky outside and suddenly said: "What time is it now?"
"It's already two o'clock in the morning to go back to your Majesty."
"This time is really difficult. In the past, the days passed by in a flash, but now, it's always dragging on. It's really hard to understand." Empress Dowager Zhang took a sip of tea and sighed quietly.
Her phoenix eyes immediately fell on the eunuch kneeling on the ground, and said: "Ning Zhen, have you drafted the decree?"
Ning Zhen was the eunuch serving in front of her. He was quite old now and had freckles on his temples. Because of his gentle temperament, he was quite trusted by the Queen Mother Zhang. King Ning said quickly: "It has been drawn up, but the Queen Mother has not spoken, so I don't dare to make the decree."
Send it out."
Queen Mother Zhang narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Read it to the Ai family."
"yes."
Ning Zhen cleared his throat and said: "The Queen Mother has decreed that Liu Jin, the eunuch of Xichang, is here to accompany the emperor and has a lot of service. Therefore, the emperor ordered him to be the eunuch of the palace, and he will be generously rewarded..."
Ning Zhen read out the imperial edict drawn up according to the wishes of Queen Mother Zhang. Although the imperial edict included affirmation of Liu Jin at the beginning, there was also a lot of verbal and written criticism at the end. In the end, he ordered people to interrogate him and ordered Jin Yiwei to take him into custody.
Choose a day to investigate.
Once a eunuch enters the prison of Jinyiwei, his fate can be imagined.
Empress Dowager Zhang didn't even frown. She didn't care about Liu Jin's life or death at all. In the eyes of the outside court, Liu Jin might be a powerful character and a popular person around the emperor, but in the eyes of Empress Dowager Zhang, he
She is just a slave. She doesn't want to care about whether the slave is good or bad, and she doesn't have the energy to do so. But if this slave causes discord between the emperor and his ministers, Queen Mother Zhang will have to take care of it.
Empress Dowager Zhang is a very kind-hearted person, but she also has a cold side. Her kindness is for her relatives. If anyone hinders the people she cares about, she will never be merciful.
The Queen Mother Zhang listened carefully while drinking tea. After Zhenning finished reciting the decree, the Queen Mother Zhang smiled and said: "This decree is okay, there is no need to modify it, should I issue it now?"
Zhen Ning said: "It's up to the queen to decide whether to send it out or not, or when to send it out."
Empress Dowager Zhang curled her lips and said: "Sometimes people just can't help themselves. How can it be that the Ai family makes the decision when they say it?" She breathed a sigh of relief and seemed to be quite emotional, and then said: "Go ahead and order the Han general immediately.
Go and get the person with your decree, and after His Majesty goes to court, immediately order someone to invite him here. The Ai family has something to say to him."
Empress Dowager Zhang's arrangements were meticulous. While recruiting people, she also invited the emperor. While she was chatting with the emperor, she took care of Liu Jin. This not only gave the foreign court an explanation, but also prevented the emperor from causing trouble.
I warned those around the emperor not to think that as long as they have the favor of the emperor, they can be lawless.
Zhenning nodded and said respectfully: "Yes, I will do it now."
At this point, a female official from outside hurried in and said, "My dear, something serious has happened."
Empress Dowager Zhang frowned, put her hands on the tables on the couch, and said casually: "What are you so worried about?"
"Your Majesty..." The female official panicked and said, "There is a commotion in the palace. The emperor and some bachelors in the cabinet are having a fierce quarrel. The emperor also said that he wants the officials to choose wise men. The officials
It was also noisy and there were people asking for forgiveness,
Some people also said that the emperor was fooling around. Now everything is in chaos. The emperor lost his temper and walked away. Several cabinet ministers and officials from all over the court refused to leave and stayed there. Their faces... their faces.
Very bad..."
Empress Dowager Zhang's face suddenly dropped. It was really nonsense. She had only heard of the monarch and his subjects being in harmony with each other, but she had never seen such a situation where the monarch and his ministers turned against each other.
Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but scolded: "What is the emperor going to do? Didn't the Ai family say it? Let him obey the government obediently. These ministers are all left by the late emperor. How can he treat these old ministers like this? Humph!"
The female official said: "My dear, all the ministers seem to want to ask your Majesty for an explanation. It is said that His Majesty said something wrong, causing everyone... everyone..."
Empress Dowager Zhang slapped Zhu Houzhao fifty times, but now she heard that the ministers wanted to speak out, her face became sulky, and she couldn't help but said: "The emperor is the emperor after all, what kind of statement do they want? You, go and call the emperor to speak."
After hearing this, the female officer hurriedly left.
Empress Dowager Zhang's face darkened. She was silent for a long time, as if she was thinking about something. Then her eyes fell on Zhen Ning again, and she said in a calm tone: "There is no need to send out that imperial edict again. Just take it away."
stand up."
Zhenning was confused, but still nodded and said: "Yes."