At three o'clock in the morning, the ministers slowly withdrew from the Jinluan Palace, and their moods were naturally different.

Some people looked sad and frightened, as if death was near; Some people are happy, as if they see the opportunity for themselves to soar; As for the generals and nobles, they were all smiling, and Emperor Hongzhi seemed to like the generals and nobles more and more soon, and the British Duke Zhang Mao was summoned to the Yang Xin Palace to discuss matters again.

Xie Qian's face was expressionless, and he seemed to be unfazed, but in fact, he was very uncomfortable in his heart, since he became a cabinet minister, it was the first time that he was not called to discuss matters by Emperor Hongzhi, you must know that Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, and even the British Gong Zhang Mao, the household department Shangshu Zhou Jing, the military department Shangshu Ma Wensheng and others were all summoned to the meeting.

What does this mean?

This shows that Emperor Hongzhi does not like him and does not trust him now, which also most likely means that his career has come to an end.

If a high-ranking minister does not have the emperor's trust, he will definitely not be able to do it for a long time, not only Xie Qian is clear, but even these colleagues around him are also very clear.

In the past, there were always people around him who came to talk about it, but now everyone sees Xie Qian a few steps slower, so that Xie Qian's side is empty, and he can only walk down the dragon steps slowly, looking very lonely and bleak, and the world is just cold.

It's just that I can't complain about anyone now, the things that Emperor Hongzhi explained, he really didn't do it well, how long did he investigate the theft of official grain from the official warehouse, and he found that the clues were broken, which is definitely an unforgivable thing.

"When you are older, the life of idle clouds and wild cranes may also be a good choice."

Xie Qian looked at the dragon steps under his feet, thinking back to his life, he thought of when he was young, he was a high school champion in one fell swoop, and led the protégés of the Son of Heaven in the same period to walk step by step from the bottom of this ladder to the Jinluan Palace, and now he is just one step away, he can reach the pole of the people.

There are still some regrets in my heart, compared to Liu Jian, he is still very young, and he is only fifty years old now, but he has no chance.

Yangxin Palace, in the study of Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Ma Wensheng and others glanced at each other, nodded slightly to each other, and then they still have to advise Emperor Hongzhi together, it is better to hand over the investigation of the theft of official grain from Dezhou Cang and Linqing Cang to the ministers, and it must not be used to use eunuchs and factory guards.

Once this head is opened, everyone's good days will come to an end in the future, and the clouds of the Chenghua Dynasty period will shroud the heads of the ministers again, just in the early dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi ignored the opposition of the ministers, and uncharacteristically handed over the investigation of the theft of official grain to Xiao Jing.

"Yu Qiao's work this time is indeed too much..."

Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang, looking at Xie Qian's position in the past, now it is empty, and he always feels unaccustomed, the three of them have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and they have been cabinet ministers for two years.

"Your Majesty, please ask the minister to investigate the theft of this official warehouse, and the minister will definitely find out the truth, and he will definitely find out the matter of several grain merchants being killed, and give them justice."

As soon as Emperor Hongzhi came, Liu Jian also stood up and asked for his life.

"No need, this matter is handed over to Xiao Jing, let him investigate, I believe he can also find out, and he can also make the more than 100 unjust souls who died in vain Zhaoxue."

Emperor Hongzhi said with an expressionless wave of his hand.

"Your Majesty, during the Chenghua Dynasty, the eunuchs were in power and the people were miserable, and now there is finally a sign of prosperity, don't kiss the villain Yuan Xianchen!"

Hubu Shangshu Zhou Jing has a hot temper, and he also dares to give direct advice, and sometimes he is desperate when he speaks, and now he is angry when he sees the appearance of Emperor Hongzhi, and he stands up directly to admonish.

"Zhou Jing~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhou Jing, also stood up, and said sharply to him.

Emperor Hongzhi's move also frightened everyone present, the Emperor Hongzhi in front of him was gentle and elegant, a typical humble gentleman, and when he was out of shape, he had always been courteous to these ministers.

Of course, this is a good speech, in fact, to change it to a bad one, that is, Emperor Hongzhi has been very weak since he was a child, and he is more submissive and afraid of things because of what happened to him when he was a child.

Even if he is an emperor, he has always been a good man, and he can forgive those who hurt him before, which is enough to show that Emperor Hongzhi is too soft, and of course he is really a good man.

But Emperor Hongzhi, who was standing up now, was judged to be like two people, his body was standing straight, his face was not angry but mighty, and a domineering aura leaked out, which made these people present very unaccustomed to it, and they couldn't help blinking as if they knew Emperor Hongzhi on the first day.

"You tell me who the villain is? Who is the virtuous minister? ”

Emperor Hongji was really angry this time.

Originally, he had been holding back the anger in his heart, and some people wanted to target his father and son and restrict the imperial power after the famine, which in itself was something he absolutely could not tolerate.

asked Xie Qian to go to the official warehouse for theft, but he gave himself such an answer, how could he be satisfied, how could he not be angry.

This famine made him see a lot of things clearly, the most important of which was to see these Wenchen clearly, all his trust in them in the past was fed to the dogs, and now he still has the face to tell him that he wants to be close to the virtuous ministers and villains.

He and the prince just had a little bit of industry, and after earning some silver, they were immediately targeted, and the emperor himself has always been on a diet and saving money, but what about these ministers in the court, which one is not silk and satin, brocade and jade food.

In the past, they trusted these ministers too much, so they left everything to them to do, and they believed in everything, but the Hongzhi Zhongxing they boasted of was just the prosperity of these scholars, scholars, and doctors, and ordinary people were still the same as before.

The emperor poured a downpour on the Ming Dynasty, but it was a drizzle that fell to the ground, and in the end, it was these scholars and doctors who benefited the most.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Zhou Jing was speechless for a while, and the thousands of words in his mind instantly became speechless, in the final analysis, it was this famine that made Emperor Hongzhi very dissatisfied.

Last year, Liu Jian predicted that there might be a famine in the first half of this year, and suggested that he should transfer and stock up on grain in advance to prepare for disaster relief.

But of course, he and others dragged it on the grounds that the granaries were full of grain and the treasury was empty, and Xie Qian went to check the major granaries to return to the granaries that the grain was sufficient, enough to cope with the famine.

But when the grain was really needed for disaster relief, the granary said that the grain was stolen, and the household said that there was no money, so Emperor Hongzhi bought the grain out of his own pocket.

However, the price of grain was raised to a sky-high price by the profiteers, and the 500,000 taels of silver raised by everyone was a drop in the bucket.

In short, everyone has the final say, but in the end things are getting worse and worse, if it weren't for the continuous transportation of sea fish from Tianjin to the capital for disaster relief, it is estimated that the world will be in chaos now.

And at this time, the ministers also opposed the ban on opening the sea, opposed fishing in the sea, and opposed the entry of sea fish into Beijing, which made Emperor Hongzhi think and think?

"Sit down."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhou Jing, who had nothing to say, and his tone was slightly kinder.

Zhou Jing slowly sat down in his place, and exchanged glances with Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Ma Wensheng, and each other could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

However, everyone obviously still likes the former Hongzhi Emperor, who is easy to talk and has a good temper, and gets along with Emperor Hongzhi, don't worry, what are you afraid of, and live a very comfortable life.

Everyone really can't figure it out, why just one night, Emperor Hongzhi will have such a huge change, you must know that yesterday, Emperor Hongzhi still talked and laughed with everyone, and even looked at the newly built cement road together, and went to walk around the streets and alleys of the capital.

Of course, they didn't know that the reason why Emperor Hongzhi had undergone such a huge change at this time was mainly for Zhu Houzhao and his son.

Because Emperor Hongzhi clearly realized that if he did not clear the court for Zhu Houzhao, these people who deliberately targeted the imperial power and his father and son, it would be almost impossible for Zhu Houzhao to realize his blueprint and dream in the future.