In the study room of Liu Jian, the first assistant of the Beijing cabinet, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian gathered together, looking sad and worried about each other.

"Liu Gong, there are too many people who died this time."

The atmosphere was a little heavy, and the three of them didn't speak to each other, and after a long time, Xie Qian sighed and said.

"Yes, there are too many people who have died, and many ministers are actually not guilty of death, but Your Majesty is angry, and this time the matter is indeed too big, so they were also beheaded."

Li Dongyang also nodded and said, there are thousands of people who have been beheaded here in the capital alone, and some local officials have been directly executed in the locality, and some border army commanders, generals, etc. have also been executed on the spot.

Counting it down, because of this case, there are almost nearly 5,000 people killed, this number is very terrifying, and it reminds people of the four major cases of the Hongwu Dynasty.

You must know that in addition to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the two killers, even if the later Ming Dynasty emperors can kill people, there is absolutely no such thing as now, killing nearly 5,000 people at one time.

In particular, Emperor Hongzhi has always been lenient and generous, and it is quite good to these ministers, even if a minister makes a mistake, at most he will send you home to retire, and he will not be punished by a scholar, which can be said to be vividly embodied.

But now, it is the good old man of Emperor Hongzhi, who killed nearly 5,000 people at one time, and this case does not seem to be over all at once, and it is still implicating more officials.

Everyone is in danger and is silent, and this is the current situation in the DPRK and China.

"Your Majesty doesn't trust us anymore."

Liu Jian was silent, he had actually been thinking about a question all the time, why Emperor Hongzhi had undergone such a huge change.

Why did the generous and benevolent Emperor Hongzhi kill so much, he could even let go of his mortal enemies before, why did he want to kill so many people this time, some people are actually embezzlement and bribery, in the past, it was definitely a trivial matter, and it was definitely a crime that did not lead to death.

But this time, Emperor Hongzhi did not let them go.

After thinking about it, Liu Jian came to a conclusion that Emperor Hongzhi had changed, and he was no longer the Hongzhi Emperor who trusted them 100% before, and he was no longer the Hongzhi Emperor who could be one with their monarchs and ministers.

Hearing Liu Jian's words, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were also silent.

As cabinet ministers, they get along with Emperor Hongzhi every day, and of course they are very clear about the changes in Emperor Hongzhi.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi discussed with them about everything and listened to their opinions, as for the military generals and nobles, how could they have any affairs, let alone the factory guards.

But now, every time there is a discussion, Zhang Mao will be there, and at the same time, Emperor Hongzhi also continues to strengthen the power of the factory guards and allocate a large amount of funds to the factory guards.

For everyone's opinions, Emperor Hongzhi will now listen to Zhang Mao's opinions, and many times, he will not directly adopt everyone's opinions as before, but will let the factory guard investigate clearly, and then make a decision.

What does all this mean, as Liu Jian said, Emperor Hongzhi no longer trusts them, so there are all kinds of things now.

"Those of us who are courtiers have failed to share your Majesty's worries and solve problems for the country, and we are really ashamed of Your Majesty's trust and support."

After thinking about it, Liu Jian also said with some emotion.

From the beginning of the theft of the official warehouse, he was keenly aware of one thing, that is, Emperor Hongzhi was dissatisfied with himself and the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Gong Liu, what is the real purpose of your majesty's killing this time?"

Li Dongyang thought far ahead, he always felt that Emperor Hongzhi had a purpose in killing this time, not just because of anger, but with a greater purpose.

"The real purpose?"

When Xie Qian and Liu Jian heard this, they immediately frowned again and pondered carefully.

"Gong Xie, are you saying that Your Majesty is going to take back the military power this time?"

Liu Jian and Xie Qian are both smart people, and after thinking about it carefully, they suddenly thought of a possibility, and then said with their eyes wide open.

"We'll find out soon."

Li Dongyang shook his head with a wry smile and said.

On this day, Emperor Hongzhi got up very early, very early, in front of the mirror, looking at himself in the mirror.

Although he was only in his thirties, he looked like an old man on the verge of death, with a lot of gray hair, wrinkled skin, and cloudy eyes.

"The body is getting worse day by day, but fortunately, the prince has grown up, is more sensible, and knows how to deal with national affairs, even if he is gone now, I can rest assured."

Emperor Hongzhi was very calm on the surface, but he was thinking far in his heart.

In the past, he was most worried about Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao was still young, and he was very stubborn, and he refused to learn the way of governing the country and being a king from his teacher.

But now, judging from Zhu Houzhao's performance in the past two years, although he is still stubborn, he is much more mature, and he is able to sympathize with the people's suffering, know the difficulties of the people, and follow Liu Jin to learn a lot of ways to govern the country and be a king.

This made him feel more relieved and at the same time more relieved.

"I still have time, and I can pave a wider road for him."

"Since you want to limit the imperial power, then I must strengthen the imperial power, and this military power should also be withdrawn."

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi made up his mind and walked towards the Jinluan Hall with firm steps.

He is the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also a father, just like the father under the sky, he is also thinking about his son, and he wants to pave the way for Zhu Houzhao before he leaves.

In the Jinluan Palace, the ministers had been waiting for a long time, and Emperor Hongzhi was expressionless and took firm steps to ascend to his throne.

The ministers knelt down three times and bowed nine times, shouting long live, and the early dynasty of this day was even begun.

And this day is also destined to be written into history.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat~"

Xiao Jing tore his throat and shouted loudly.

For a long time, no one among the ministers stood up to do something, and in the recent Haiqinghe banquet, there was no major event worth bringing up in the court for everyone to discuss.

What's more, at this time, everyone didn't have the heart to discuss these trivial matters, and the ministers were silent one by one, for fear of being implicated, for fear that they would bump into Emperor Hongzhi's knife, so even if there was anything, they would try not to go up early.

Therefore, the whole morning dynasty was very quiet, and it became extremely simple, for several days in a row, everyone came to stand in line, and then quickly retreated from the dynasty and went back.

"Since you Aiqing don't have anything to say, I have one thing here, so you might as well express your opinions."

Emperor Hongzhi saw that everyone didn't speak, and he also spoke slowly.

"Since the change of Tumubao, my Ming army has been disarmed and has low combat effectiveness, and in the face of the Tartars' repeated southward movements, they can only defend the city, and they cannot fight hard with the Tartars to defend their homes and defend the country."

"This time, there are also so many problems, deducting military salaries, unlucky military supplies, eating empty salaries, drinking soldiers' blood, and even killing good people and risking meritorious deeds, generals privately raising domestic slaves, privately setting up horse markets, collaborating with the enemy and treason, etc., which can be described as full of ills and difficult to return."

"So I decided to reform the Ming military system from now on......"

Emperor Hongzhi's voice was very loud and said a lot of things, but everyone heard it clearly, that is, Emperor Hongzhi wanted to take back his military power by taking advantage of this incident.

The so-called reform of the Ming military system is just an excuse, the real purpose is to recover the military power, from now on, the Ming army is only under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and the transfer of troops and generals no longer need to go through the military department.

"What do Zhong Aiqing think of this military reform?"

"People can speak their minds and express their opinions."

After Emperor Hongzhi finished speaking, he also said to the ministers with a smile on his face.

The ministers were silent, and no one dared to stand up and say a word at this time, and at the same time, everyone finally understood why Emperor Hongzhi wanted to kill, everything was for the sake of military power.