Xu Hongji smelled the bloody wind that this reform would bring, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse fell his legs from the agarwood seat, so frightened that his ears trembled, and he took a step back.

"Your Majesty is tired of worrying about Daming, you must pay attention to the dragon body..."

"Wei Guogong has a heart, so what I just said will be settled?" Zhu Youxiao only wore a single layer of socks, held a military document in one hand, and took a mink fur with the other hand and draped it on his body casually, as if he said inadvertently.

In fact, Xu Hongji didn't want this edict to go on.

But he could also see that it had not been a day or two since the Emperor of the Apocalypse wanted to reform in Nanzhili, and this was not a foolish decision on a whim.

On the contrary, this is a major event that the emperor has been calculating since he ascended the throne since he ascended the throne.

That being the case, he really has nothing to say.

The pros and cons of reform, this is not something that a Duke of Wei should mention, what he has to do is just grit his teeth and be the next Ye Xianggao.

The only thing he still has concerns about now is whether he will end up like Ye Xianggao, if so, he would rather resist desperately, even if it is very likely to end up ruined.

"Your Majesty is looking forward to it."

Zhu Youxiao naturally knew that Xu Hongji was talking about respecting his will, but he was still thinking in his heart whether he should bear the scolding of the nobles and go along with him.

Then give him a shot of strength and let him understand that cooperating with himself is the best choice for him, the head of the family!

"Hmm."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said lightly, then got up, and said with a satisfied smile:

"I will give this handwritten letter to Wei Guogong, which can be hung on the beam of the main hall, and outsiders will see it and see me in person. Wei Guogong, the next thing is to be done. ”

Xu Hongji received this ink of the Emperor of the Apocalypse from Wang Chengen, see the eight characters in the above book:

"Jingnan Domain, Sheji is meritorious."

Suddenly, as if he realized something, he shouted, bowed his head and said, "Minister Wei Guogong Xu Hongji, thank Your Majesty for the word." ”

"Long live your majesty's dragon health, long live long live long live——!"

These eight words are equivalent to "iron coupons to avoid death", and the sight of me coming as the emperor said just now broke his only concern.

At least in this reform, the Wei Mansion with these eight characters will not suffer.

"It's not early, I just drank a lot at the banquet, I'm already a little dizzy, a little tired, and I want to rest."

Zhu Youxiao said, sat down on the round stool next to the table, put the Liaodong Military Report in front of him, poured saliva to clean his face, and let out a long sigh.

Xu Hongji's heart was cold, but in fact, he was also a little grateful to the emperor for his kindness, pursed his lips, and went out of the inner hall with the emperor's assistant.

When I walked out of the Anding Hall and looked at the sky, I was gradually revealing a little fish belly white.

Xu Hongji sighed, the current Jinling City is still calm, but he knows that what is hidden under this calm is the great change that has never been seen since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty has an edict, the road is slippery after the rain, tell the grandfather to go back to the house slowly."

Xu Hongji trembled, turned around and replied: "My father-in-law is tired of turning to Your Majesty, and the ministers should be careful on the way back to the house." ”

"That's fine."

Wang Chaofu smiled slightly, pressed his hands in front of him, and quietly watched Xu Hongji leave his field of vision, before turning around and entering the Anding Palace.

Even if he was a descendant of the founding general Xu Da, in front of the emperor, he was subdued in three or two sentences.

With such a monarch, God blesses you.

......

In the third year of the Apocalypse, the first day has just passed.

Carrying a bright yellow scroll on his back and beads of sweat, Ti Cai galloped into Beijing from Yongding Gate, and the news he brought would shake the entire empire.

Emperor Tianqi sent a message back to Beijing, ordering the six ministries to deliberate, the cabinet and the military engine room to reconsider, to carry out a significant reform in Nanzhili, and then reorganize the five military governors' palace.

This reform is a formal edict issued by the Cabinet and the Military Engine Room to the whole country, not a temporary edict issued by Zhu Youxiao in Nanjing.

Therefore, this needs to be left at least a month for the ministers of the imperial court in Jingshi to discuss the specific arrangements.

But in a month's time, where is the group of Shen people to negotiate such an earth-shattering reform arrangement......

If it is said that the rectification of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the promotion of the status of the military generals are acceptable to the civil servants while scolding them, then the abolition of various ministries and academies in Nanjing is a reform measure that they completely spurn.

Judging from Zhu Youxiao's edict to return to Beijing, the first step in Nanjing's reform is to retrench the ministries and other institutions left over the past 200 years.

Before this, no one had thought of doing this, Zhu Youxiao thought about it, and did it resolutely.

If the reform continues, the six departments of officials, households, rites, workers, criminals, and soldiers in Nanjing, as well as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, Tongzheng Division, Zongrenfu, Hanlin Yuan, Guozijian and other institutions will become history.

Then the problem arises, so many imperial departments will be cut at once, and a large number of official officials will appear who have nothing to do and no official position.

Are these people ascending or descending, and where do they go?

In addition, Nanjing has always been garrisoned by civil ministers, internal supervisors and ministers, and after the abolition of various ministries, these three garrison official positions will definitely cease to exist.

The top stratum that holds the power will be instantly vacuumed, and the power structure that Nanjing City has maintained for more than 200 years will be reorganized.

Although the Emperor of the Apocalypse is in charge in person, the emperor will have to leave sooner or later, and after the emperor leaves, what kind of replacement will he have to find to return the power of Nanjing to a delicate balance like in the early Ming Dynasty.

These problems were all thrown back to Beijing by Zhu Youxiao, and went to the hands of those important members of the imperial court who were busy every day.

All of a sudden, the scholars and doctors complained that the civil servants had not yet had time to consider how to arrange for this reform, and they flew to Nanjing like snowflakes.

Even with Wei Zhongxian's pressure, the call for opposition to reform is intensifying!

However, the wealthy businessmen and landlords, because there is no direct conflict of interest, are shocked and shout twice on the side, watching the excitement is not a big deal, and they are ready to take over at any time.

In this stormy reform initiated by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, the common people were perhaps the most panicked.

They don't have much political vision, and they don't know what kind of changes this reform means for their lives.

In such a mentality, they are often exploited and agitated by some literati with ulterior motives to stand up and act as pioneers in opposing reform.

But in reality, they are just a shield for the conservative bureaucracy.

......

"The queen is in the middle palace, the mother is the world, please persuade Your Majesty, don't go astray, I am Ming, I can't stand this kind of toss!"

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao's wife, Zhang Yan, the Empress of the Middle Palace of the Ming Empire, sat on the vermilion chair next to the Eight Immortals table with a slightly angry face.

Facing the group of courtiers in front of her, she squeezed out a smile with difficulty on her face, clenched her fists on her legs, and said in a trembling voice:

"You, you..."

Wei Zhongxian, the commander of Dongchang, who was dressed in the imperial python robe, was standing aside, and he could see that the queen's smile was not sincere.

The stiff curvature between the lips and cheeks, revealing anger and not daring to attack, were all written on Zhang Yan's pretty face.

Wei Zhongxian smiled bitterly in her heart, it seems that her heart is still much more immature than that of the emperor.

Immediately, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Gu Bingqian:

"The elder also knows that the reform of Nanjing is the meaning of His Majesty's return, and now that the DPRK has exploded, don't you plan to do something?"

Gu Bingqian was stunned, he didn't expect Wei Zhongxian to stand up for the queen this time.

"Niangniang, the minister knows that this is what His Majesty meant, but now that the chapter is playing in the middle of the court, nine times out of ten it is talking about it, and the minister really feels powerless."

"Then I will resign and go back, and live for the rest of my life..."

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's eyes tightened, and he sneered:

"It's so easy for Ge Lao to think..."