Chapter 965: Finger-pointing
Wang Zhen was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "Isn't it, this world belongs to the emperor after all!"
The two talked and laughed and walked out of the palace gate, and they didn't look at it anymore at noon, and after a while, the voice gradually became inaudible.
In the imperial study, Zhu Zhanji was bowing his head to review the fold, and the half-person-high fold was to be reviewed today, so he didn't have a moment of laziness, and the two eunuchs standing next to him were gently shaking the paper fan to eliminate the heat.
After about a cup of tea, Zhu Zhanji raised his head slightly and moved his somewhat sour neck, Chen Wu on the side immediately bowed forward, carefully kneading Zhu Zhanji's arms, while another eunuch carefully brought a bowl of iced sour plum soup, Zhu Zhanji took the sour plum soup with his other hand and drank it a few times, before frowning and saying: "Those officials haven't retreated yet!"
Chen Wu didn't have a good impression of those officials, and snorted when he heard the words: "Not yet?"
Zhu Zhanji's face was a little ugly when he heard this, and he snorted: "Is this country their or mine!"
Chen Wu said cautiously: "This world is naturally His Majesty's!"
"Since the world is mine, why can't I be the master?" Zhu Zhanji said angrily.
Chen Wu carefully kneaded the emperor's arm, he didn't dare to talk about this, in case it was heard by someone with a heart, it was a political intervention, although since the beginning of the Yongle year, no one took the rules set by Hong Wuye seriously, but after all, rules are rules, if someone really makes it bad, this rule can also be fatal.
Zhu Zhanji looked at him and bowed his head and said a little impatiently: "Why don't you speak?"
"The slave doesn't dare to say it!" Chen Wu whispered.
"Speak!" Zhu Zhanji said loudly.
"Your Majesty asked the slave to say, that is, those ministers asked for the slave's life, and the slave also wanted to say it?" Chen Wu said with a straight face.
"What nonsense, what do they want your life to do, besides, I told you to say it, what are you afraid of?" Zhu Zhanji said loudly.
Chen Wu said respectfully: "Yes, it's the slave who is confused!" After a pause, he continued: " According to the slaves, it is not that those officials don't know who the world is, on the contrary, they know better than anyone that His Majesty is just going to be abolished, this is His Majesty's family matter in the final analysis, but they still have to point fingers, His Majesty wants to let the eunuchs read, they still take out the rules of their ancestors to interfere, His Majesty just likes to play with crickets, they still have to interfere, they do this, not necessarily for His Majesty, nor for the dawn of the world...... people?"
"Are they for themselves?" Zhu Zhanji sneered, he still remembered what the old farmer said some time ago.
Chen Wu didn't deny it, nodded and said: "The world's scholars are not good, there are only a few who can enter the history books, if they don't make some big moves, how can they be famous through the ages? Back then, Wei Zheng couldn't escape a "name" character, let alone these rotten Confucians? For this name, they grasp the small problems of His Majesty, His Majesty's family affairs, constantly make a fuss, hype, and make His Majesty's private affairs known to everyone in the world, just imagine if they are really loyal to the country, all for the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely not do anything to let the monarch be scolded by the world, but they did, in the final analysis, they are for their own reputation, you want to beat him, that is still to fulfill him, when Li Shimian Li was beaten for righteousness, but it is a glorious thing, the slave heard that after Lord Li was beaten by Emperor Renzong, not only did he have no remorse, but he was also complacent, and he was proud of being beaten?“
"How can this be reasonable!" Zhu Zhanji scolded with some anger, glanced at Chen Wu again, and said with some grievances: "I ask you, is there a mistake after I am abolished?"
Chen Wu shook his head and said: "The queen is weak, she has no heirs for many years, as the saying goes, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, ordinary people can follow this reason to divorce their wives, not to mention that His Majesty is the world, and the heirs carry the hopes of the subjects of the world, and there is no fault in this move!"
Zhu Zhanji nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Is it wrong for me to let the eunuch recite poetry?"
Chen Wu thought for a while and said: "Although the eunuch is not a servant, he is also a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, maybe he shares government affairs for His Majesty, and His Majesty lets the eunuch recite poetry and books, in addition to letting them understand the truth and be familiar with government affairs, in the final analysis, let them learn from history and better abide by their duties, and there is no fault for this minion!"
Zhu Zhanji's face softened a little, and continued: "Let's talk about it, I am diligent in government affairs, and I have been reviewing and reviewing day and night for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, but I am just fighting crickets in my spare time, is this also wrong?"
Chen Wu shook his head when he heard this: "That's right, there is no hobby in this world, and those who read don't have it, if there is no Qinglou wine shop in the world, why do they do that, why are there so many corrupt officials in the world, it can be seen that everyone has a hobby, and the slaves have heard that in the people, that is, those long-term laborers who do coolies will kill a few chess games and play a few dice when they rest every day, so that they can be physically and mentally happy!" It's a pity that these rotten Confucians only know how to keep their eyes on His Majesty's body, and they don't know the situation and admonish indiscriminately, this is not for His Majesty, but for the people!"
"Well, if you want me to be the boss of this wrong, I'm not so stupid? Aren't they used to kneeling, so let them kneel?" Zhu Zhanji said angrily.
Chen Wu's mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but he looked at Zhu Zhanji's face, but he didn't say anything.
But Zhu Zhanji has been served and raised by him since he was a child, and the two have been masters and servants for decades, and they have long known each other very well, and he glanced at Chen Wu and said: "If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly, don't talk about it, the rules of the ancestors must be followed, but you don't have to be too rigid!"
Chen Wu responded and continued: "It's very hot this day, most of those rotten Confucians are scholars who have no power to restrain chickens, and their bodies are very weak, if they kneel down and break their bodies, I'm afraid this account will be counted on His Majesty's head?"
Zhu Zhanji really had a headache with these officials, he couldn't beat them, he couldn't scold them, and he felt a little bit like he didn't know where to start, so he glanced at Chen Wu and said, "What good way do you have?"
Chen Wu said: "When the slave was a child, there was a mad dog in the alley at home, and the slave was very afraid, this mad dog not only likes to bite people, but also bites indiscriminately, and the appearance is fierce, and the slave can't fight, so he has not walked that alley, but one day, the slave has to walk from that alley ......?"
Zhu Zhan basically asked casually, but he didn't expect to cause a past incident of Chen Wu, so he couldn't help but be a little curious and listened carefully.
Chen Wu continued: "The slave thought to himself, do you want to let that mad dog bite to death, I just thought about the alley, and I didn't offend it, besides, is it because I am afraid of a mad dog, I will never go down this alley?"
Zhu Zhanji raised his eyebrows and fell into deep thought.
Chen Wu glanced at Zhu Zhanji and continued: "Of course not, let it go for a while, not for a lifetime, and besides, how can a person be afraid of a mad dog! The slave cheered himself up and walked into the alley with the heart of a duel with the mad dog......
"But you ran into that mad dog?" Zhu Zhanji asked, turning his head.
Chen Wu smiled and said, "It's touched, but that mad dog can't bite anymore?"
"Oh......?" Zhu Zhanji replied: "Could it be that someone killed him?"
Chen Wu said with a smile: "No, my father knows that the slave is afraid of the mad dog, so he told the mad dog's family that the family that raised the dog just held a cage and locked up the mad dog, and asked the mad dog in a cage, how can it bite again?"
"Haha, haha, yes, the mad dog is in a cage, it's like a tiger going to the minions, it really can't bite? That neighbor is really a master, he actually came up with such a method, I can also borrow it, isn't this group of officials a mad dog, I can't scold, I can't beat, I don't know what to do, but I don't want Chen Gonggong to come up with such a good way for me, I don't scold them, I don't beat them, just put them in Jinyiwei's cell, and lock him up for a few years......?" With a method, Zhu Zhanji immediately had a little more smile on his face, and shouted at the door: "Someone!"
A eunuch walked in respectfully and said, "Your Majesty ......?"
Zhu Zhanji didn't look at it, and said: "You go, lead the guards in the palace, arrest those guys who sell their fame and reputation, and put them all in the prison cell of Jinyiwei, don't they want to be famous, and I will fulfill them."
The eunuch was Cao Jixiang, the eunuch who had been disposed of before, and his face trembled when he heard the words, and the appearance of those officials with their teeth and claws was so impressive that he didn't dare to go.
"Why don't you go soon?" Zhu Zhanji shouted.
"Yes!" Cao Jixiang's body trembled, and he hurriedly took the order.
Looking at Cao Jixiang's figure gradually moving away, Zhu Zhanji breathed a sigh of relief and continued to review the folds, and the study immediately became quiet.
Chen Wu glanced at Zhu Zhanji, his lips moved, and said, "Your Majesty, ......?"
Zhu Zhanji frowned and said, "If you have something to say, say it directly!"
Chen Wu responded: "The slave thinks this matter is a little strange?"
Zhu Zhanji was approving the folds, when he heard this, he frowned, put down the red pen in his hand, and said, "How do you say this?"
Chen Wu said: "The matter of His Majesty's previous abolition of the queen was only mentioned to the three Yang adults in the cabinet, as well as Lord Xia and Yang Zheng Yang, these five are all loyal people who serve the country, according to the slaves, they will never publicize the matter of His Majesty's intention to abolish the post......?"
"Hmm!" Zhu Zhanji hummed heavily from his nose and said, "You mean that someone is doing this on purpose?"
Chen Wu said: "Your Majesty didn't tell the ministers, the three ministers, Lord Xia, and Lord Yang won't say, no one should know about this matter, but the ministers do, which led to the officials, so that everyone in the big tomorrow knows that His Majesty is going to be abolished, and now His Majesty has set up an inner school to let the eunuchs study, and this matter has not yet been announced to the world, it is said that the ministers should not know, but the three ministers have not yet spoken, and these officials have jumped out, which has to make people feel suspicious?"
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