Chapter 218: The Edict of Guilt

As for those minor officials, they rarely have the opportunity to see the emperor, and at most, they are just above the early dynasty, looking at it from a distance, or when they report on their work, they meet the emperor with several officials.

In their hearts, the emperor is very sacred.

The Emperor of Japan is known as the god of the world, but in ancient times, the emperor was the Son of Heaven, and his sacredness was no worse than that of the Japanese emperor. Even higher.

Therefore, as soon as Zhu Qizhen's edict came out, the high-level officials who directly contacted the decision-making officials had already guessed some of Zhu Qizhen's intentions, so they felt that the emperor was playing hooligan.

But the middle-level and low-level officials did not think about it, or did not think about it at all.

Of course, some of these officials are gregarious, but there are some officials who are really crying.

After all, on the whole, Zhu Qizhen, the emperor, has done a good job, he is diligent in government and loves the people, and disaster relief has always been very timely. In the group of officials, the reputation is not bad among the people.

Liu Qiu kneeled out and said: "The minister asks His Majesty to take back his life, the tile spur is a clown who jumps off the beam, it is just a fluke, how can he work His Majesty so, please go out of the town to Xuanda, and beg for the thief for Your Majesty." ”

"Please beg for your majesty."

"Your Majesty is asked to take back your order." Zhou Chen didn't expect Zhu Qizhen to play like this, and for a while he felt that a needle had been inserted in every pore on his body.

Without him, Zhou Chen, as the first assistant, should be the most responsible in this criminal edict incident.

After all, now everyone has tacitly agreed that the first assistant of the cabinet is the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, although there is still a difference between him and the prime minister in terms of authority. But it is already the head of the hundred officials in fact.

Since he is the head of the ministers, who should be the most important minister if the lord humiliates the minister?

Fortunately, this is not the Han Dynasty.

If it was the Han Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen would do this, and Zhou Chen would probably only be able to wipe his neck.

For a while, the ministers also persuaded one after another.

As soon as Zhu Qizhen signaled, Fan Hong shouted at the top of his voice: "Be quiet." ”

As soon as Fan Hong shouted, there were naturally countless Han generals shouting in unison, and immediately suppressed the voices of the ministers.

Zhu Qizhen got up and walked to the front of the steps, and said: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a matter of losing 100,000 teachers, and this incident appeared when I was in power, such a shame and humiliation, how can I turn a blind eye, how can I deceive myself, my children and grandchildren are not good, let the power of my father and ancestors be dissipated, every time I think of this, I don't know how to see Emperor Taizong under Jiuquan." ”

Zhu Qizhen's words were originally three points of truth and seven points of performance, but when he said it, he was moved by his true feelings, and his eyes were red.

However, what he was thinking about was not how to explain to Emperor Taizong, but how he would explain to himself.

Fifteen years.

It's been fifteen years since he crossed over.

I thought I had tried hard enough, but I was still slapped hard. Is he really incompetent? Or is it the same tomorrow.

So I have always been a bad thing, not a beauty, almost all year round work, once there is important news, then I just closed my eyes, and I have to get up and deal with it.

Don't dare to slack off in the slightest.

Isn't all this of any use?

"What if it's whitewashed? I have escaped the humiliation of today, can I escape the criticism of future generations? I don't have to do that. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "If you don't destroy the thorns, I have no words to see my ancestors and ancestors, even if I die, I have to cover my face with a white cloth." so that they may not be buried with their faces covered. ”

As soon as these words came out, even the ministers were shocked, and Liu Qiu said: "Your Majesty, this ------,"

In the eyes of the ancients, life and death matters were never to be taken lightly. But I don't know that although Zhu Qizhen has doubts about the crossing, but in addition, he is a complete atheist, believing that people die like lights going out, and after he dies, even if he plays his body into eighteen appearances, he doesn't care, a white cloth is nothing.

Zhu Qizhen stretched out his hand, and Fan Hong immediately took out the guilty edict in his hand. After Zhu Qizhen stroked it carefully, he said: "Fan Hong, let the king of Yu enshrine this edict in the Taimiao, so that the ancestors and ancestors know the sins of me, do not destroy the thorns, do not kill first, do not take it out of the Taimiao, even if I can't finish it, my descendants should also uphold my thoughts, and the hatred of the thorns will be punished." ”

Then Zhu Qizhen got up and left.

This early dynasty ended like this.

But Zhu Qizhen left, but the hundred officials below refused to leave.

For a while, Zhou Chen was surrounded by I don't know how many ministers, and there were all kinds of ministers, some said Zhou Chen, as the first and auxiliary ministers, how could he let His Majesty be like this. Some people say Zhou Chen, Your Majesty is like this, how can you be willing to be in the position. Shameless.

In short, Zhou Chen was bombarded by countless people for a while.

If it weren't for the fact that there were many Han generals guarding them, there would even be people who gave Zhou Chen a full fist.

Zhou Chen said loudly: "Don't be impatient, everyone, I will go to see Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to take back your order." Immediately, Zhou Chen, under the escort of the guards, immediately went to the Qianqing Palace.

And cabinet ministers are treated almost the same.

Several cabinet ministers, six ministers, and even the general of the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, as well as Liu Qiu, asked to see each other. Even Zhang Fu asked to be seen. Although Baoding Hou Mengying has replaced Zhang Fu's position at this moment, Zhang Fu's position as a cabinet minister has not been removed.

Zhu Qizhen sorted out his thoughts in the Qianqing Palace. I also know in my heart that such a thing is indispensable, but at this point, it is estimated that no one dares to stop the battle between Daming and Tile Thorn.

Even the government and the opposition have become murmurous.

Although Zhu Qizhen sacrificed all his reputation, even in the history books, he couldn't escape a penny. But as long as you can fulfill your political intentions, it is nothing.

"Your Majesty," Fan Hong said, "the ministers ask to see you." ”

Zhu Qizhen touched his face with a wet towel, he really had a little tears just now, but he sobered up at the moment and said, "Please let him in." ”

No matter how clumsy his methods were, whether he couldn't get on the stage, whether he hurt himself or the enemy, he finally completed his political goals, because the passive situation of the Battle of Maoerzhuang became active.

But even so, some things are inevitable.

In a short time, the ministers arrived.

Zhu Qizhen didn't wait for them to speak, and said: "I know what you want to say, but you don't joke, since I have already said it, I will never take it back. ”

"Since you are here, I am about to ask you, the imperial court has divided millions of hectares of land to raise the army, and since I ascended the throne, I have never treated the army badly. What's the problem? My Taizu Taizong's iron army, how has it become tofu scum now. ”

Zhang Fu was sad in his heart. At this moment, he has received a lot of news, such as the defeated generals, and he also knows about the entire battle process in Maoerzhuang.

He admitted that the combat effectiveness of the Ming cavalry is not as good as that of Taizu Taizong, but it is not tofu scum. Most of the problems lie with Cheng Guogong.

But at this moment, Zhu Qizhen Jinkou Yuyan qualitatively characterized this matter, so if it is said to be tofu scum, it can only be tofu dregs in the future.

"Your Majesty," Wang Ji immediately said: "The guard is rotten, not one day and two days, one year or two years, in the early years of orthodoxy, the Duke of Dongli sent the Qing army to investigate the world's guards, the shortage of more than one million, the Ming Dynasty more than three million troops, that is, the shortage of nearly one-third, this is still the number ten years ago." ”

"Now the shortage is only above this, not under this, the guards in various places are slaves of officers, beating and scolding at every turn, and even marching the law, life is better than death, and even the people will not intermarry with military households, and the guards and soldiers that the ministers see in Yunnan are almost beggars, so the former Qianguo Gong died of fear because of the Luchuan Rebellion, not afraid of Luchuan, but afraid of such soldiers, why Pingluchuan?"

"As for the thousands of soldiers of Ye Liuzong, they moved to the three provinces and lasted for many years, if it was not the decay of the guard, why is this, if the time of Taizu, one guard is enough to control it, and it is 100,000 soldiers, and even send heavy generals to preside. The Fujian Guards Army has suffered heavy casualties, and now His Majesty has paid the Beijing camp and the border army, but there is a little bit of it can really reach the hands of the soldiers, but the minister has heard that last year His Majesty reviewed the army many times, so that the long-term workers near the capital can not be found, they are all in the army. ”