Chenghua seven years, Chinese New Year's Eve.

On this night, Emperor Chenghua hosted a banquet for his ministers at the Qianqing Palace, and all the civil and military officials above the fourth rank in the capital were present, and the huge Qianqing Palace was full of guests and friends, and hundreds of civil and military ministers gathered together to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve.

As the child approached, the lengthy banquet finally ended, Emperor Chenghua got up and returned to the dormitory to change clothes, while Liu Juntao led hundreds of cabinet ministers, ministers of Shangshu, and Chinese military ministers of the dynasty to walk out of the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, waiting in line in the night, and hundreds of ministers of culture and martial arts stood quietly in the square outside the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, Liu Juntao's expression was as usual, surrounded by Lan Siqi, Xiang Qun, Huang Wu, Tang Yu, Zhang Yuqing, Guo Yongzhong, Liu Zi'an and other ministers, everyone looked ahead, but their hearts were agitated.

It didn't take long for Emperor Chenghua's guard of honor to appear, and Emperor Chenghua, surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids led by Wang Zhi, walked to the front of the civil and military officials, ready to read out the sacrifice.

Suddenly, the palace gate in the distance suddenly opened, and a group of soldiers of the Longxiang Army rushed in with helmets and armor, and thousands of people and horses flocked to surround Emperor Chenghua and hundreds of civil and military officials in the square.

At this time, the guards in the palace also rushed to hear the news, but the number was only a few dozen people, and the rest of the guards in the palace were all missing. These guards nervously looked at the murderous soldiers of the Longxiang Army in front of them, and relied on their courage to guard Emperor Chenghua in the center.

Emperor Chenghua looked at the ironclad army in the night, his face was very ugly, and the civil and military officials in front of him were all silent, and no one dared to speak out at will.

Now Liu Juntao can be described as a monstrous power, there are more than 100,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army stationed inside and outside the capital, and the rest of the new army soldiers and horses are all trained by Liu Juntao.

At this time, there was silence in the square, everyone was holding their breath, and the scene fell to freezing point for a while.

Liu Juntao held his head high, and the ministers around him, such as Lan Siqi, Xiang Qun, Huang Wu, Tang Yu, Zhang Yuqing, Guo Yongzhong, and Liu Zi'an, followed closely behind, and stopped at a distance of twenty steps from Emperor Chenghua.

"Minister, Dingxiang Marquis, Liu Juntao, the first assistant of the cabinet, has a present!"

Saying that, Liu Juntao took out the recital to ask Emperor Chenghua to set up a cabinet of real power, limit the authority of the emperor, completely hypocritical, and implement a constitutional monarchy in the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chenghua's eyes were on fire, and he was about to loudly reprimand Liu Juntao for treason, but suddenly saw that the eunuchs and Xichang guards around him were all wearing short armor, but they were all wearing inside their clothes, and it was not so obvious if they didn't look carefully.

Moreover, the same is true of these eunuchs and Wang Zhi, the leader of the guards of the West Factory!

Emperor Chenghua suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, these eunuchs and Xichang guards were all secretly connected with Liu Juntao, except for those palace guards, everyone else had already stood together!

"You guys!"

Emperor Chenghua pointed at Wang Zhi angrily, and then glared at Liu Juntao, unable to say a word in annoyance.

Wang Zhi looked ashamed, saluted Emperor Chenghua and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the old slave will protect Your Majesty!" It's just that Liu Ge Lao's twists and turns, Your Majesty should take a look! ”

After speaking, Wang Zhi didn't wait for Emperor Chenghua to speak, so he stepped forward to take over the fold and whispered to Liu Juntao: "Ge Lao, remember what we said!" ”

Then, in front of the Manchu Dynasty and Emperor Chenghua, Wang Zhi read out Liu Juntao's recital aloud.

When Wang Zhi finished reading the last word, all the civil and military ministers present were stunned, Liu Juntao did not want Emperor Chenghua to abdicate, but to have real power in the cabinet, limit the authority of the emperor, and completely hypocrisy of the monarchy, what kind of constitutional monarchy should be implemented in the Ming Dynasty!

This kind of thing makes these civil and military ministers a little puzzled, Liu Juntao's authority has reached such a point, why not just abolish Emperor Chenghua, and then set up a new emperor as a puppet, or directly set himself up as an emperor!

Emperor Chenghua also hesitated, according to Liu Juntao's compromise, the implementation of this constitutional monarchy, the Ming Dynasty can be long-term stability, although his authority has been reduced, but the right to foreign diplomacy, the right to wage war against foreign enemies, and the right to confirm the cabinet ministers and cabinet chiefs and assistants still have.

In other words, in Liu Juntao's twists and turns, Emperor Chenghua completely lost the authority over the daily governance of the entire Ming Empire, but still retained the authority of the major policy of militarism.

In particular, it is mentioned in the compromise: if there is a mediocre emperor in the Ming Dynasty, the constitutional monarchy can limit the authority of the emperor to the greatest extent, and the harm caused by the mediocre emperor to the empire can be minimized!

And if there is a wise lord in the Ming Empire, the cabinet will not become a stumbling block, but can become the emperor's shield and right-hand man!

So, Emperor Chenghua was silent and stared at Liu Juntao without saying a word.

Liu Juntao sighed, saluted and said, "Your Majesty! Today, the minister is willing to bear all the consequences, and the minister is willing to bear all the infamy in the history books, but he is sure that His Majesty will approve this proposal! ”

"Your Majesty, please give an order!"

On the square, thousands of soldiers of the Longxiang Army said in unison, and at the same time knelt down on one knee and saluted.

Emperor Chenghua's face became more and more ugly, he looked at the ministers of civil and military affairs present, and asked angrily, "Do you all agree?" Speak! ”

Lan Siqi, Xiang Qun, Huang Wu, Tang Yu, Zhang Yuqing, Guo Yongzhong, Liu Zi'an and other ministers immediately bowed together and said loudly: "Minister, second!" Your Majesty, please! ”

As soon as the words fell, the hundreds of civil and military ministers present either agreed or were forced to agree, and they all asked Emperor Chenghua to give an order in unison.

Seeing this, Emperor Chenghua's face turned pale, and his body shook slightly, but fortunately he was supported by the eunuchs around him.

"I'm tired!"

Emperor Chenghua's voice seemed to come from the dark clouds, very erratic, but it contained a thunderbolt-like rage.

After speaking, Emperor Chenghua turned around and left, Wang Zhi glanced at Liu Juntao and the civil and military ministers present, waved his hand, and the two eunuchs beside him walked over with jade seals and a blank scroll of holy decrees.

Wang Zhi hurried away without saying a word, and left the Qianqing Palace with a group of Xichang guards and palace guards surrounded Emperor Chenghua and returned to the dormitory.

Liu Juntao's face is also ugly, and the rest of the matter of drafting the holy decree will be handled by Lan Siqi, Zhang Yuqing and others, and Liu Juntao will naturally not handle it personally.

At this time, Liu Juntao looked at the ministers of civil and military affairs present, and wanted to say something in his heart, but he couldn't say a word when the words came to his lips.

In the end, Liu Juntao sighed heavily and waved his hand, and the ministers of civil and military affairs present immediately left here with relief.

"Pavilion ......"

Xiang Qun, Liu Zi'an and others saw that all the ministers had left, and they were all extremely nervous, and everyone advocated that the ministers present should leave black and white letters, and pull all these ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China up, everything that happened at the gate of the Qianqing Palace tonight must not be borne by Liu Juntao alone!

Although tonight's incident was initiated by Liu Juntao, Liu Juntao is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and these ministers of the DPRK and China cannot stay out of it!

But Liu Juntao suddenly didn't have the heart to think about this, he just wanted to go back to the mansion to have a cup of tea and be in a daze.

"Let them go!"

Liu Juntao said: "If they want to do something, they can't just rely on some things on paper!" ”

Lan Siqi, Xiang Qun, Huang Wu, Tang Yu, Zhang Yuqing, Guo Yongzhong, Liu Zi'an and other ministers heard that it was not good to say anything, but Liu Zi'an paused, and then said: "Ge Lao, how is Your Majesty's side?" ”

Liu Juntao frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Tell Wang Zhi: If you want to ensure Your Majesty's safety, if you want to stabilize the situation in the DPRK and China and the general trend of the world, you can't let Your Majesty leave the palace at will, you can't let the courtiers see Your Majesty at will, and you can't let some of Your Majesty's untimely wishes leave the palace!" ”

Liu Zi'an nodded heavily and said, "Xiaguan will go to Wang Zhi in person!" ”

Then, Liu Juntao said to Shang Shuxiang Qun of the Ministry of War: "Immediately adjust the defense of the palace, and hand over all the responsibilities of the Long Xiang Army, and from tonight, all the departments of the Tiance Army and the New Army stationed inside and outside the capital will immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and the whole city will be under martial law!" ”

"Order!"

From this night on, martial law was imposed inside and outside the capital, and immediately afterward, civil officials and garrison generals in Beizhili, Henan, Jiangnan, Sichuan and other places openly criticized Liu Juntao, and even some generals openly gathered soldiers and horses to prepare to go north to Beijing to conquer Liu Juntao.

But these are just individual generals, and they are also some people who are not self-sufficient, and the rest of the civil and military generals mostly spoke out to denounce them, and then they were reprimanded by the imperial court, and there was no news.

And those generals who openly recruited troops and horses to the north were immediately defeated by the nearby new army, these soldiers and horses not only have few troops, basically only thousands, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and most of them are not completely integrated old army, in the blink of an eye, they were defeated by the new army of the Ming Dynasty in various places, and there is no power to fight back, and there is no need for the Tiance army to dispatch at all!

After Liu Juntao received the news, Xiang Qun, who came to report the news, said with a smile: "I really don't know what these chaotic troops think, they have the courage to send troops to make trouble, why do they think they can win?" ”

Liu Juntao shook his head and said: "Most of them are old armies that have not been completely reorganized, and our plan to build a new army has shaken their interests, and they have hatred for us in their hearts, and this time they have an excuse to send troops!" Moreover, these people probably think that we are at a loss, and they dare not risk the condemnation of the world to send troops to suppress it! ”

Xiang Qun smiled and said, "Hmph! These people are really idiots, and now that their heads have fallen to the ground, they can be regarded as knowing how ridiculous their plan is! ”

During this time, Emperor Chenghua always lost his temper in the palace, but he was still blocked by Wang Zhi in the palace and kept persuading.

Liu Juntao, on the other hand, together with the Minister of Chinese and Wu of the DPRK, sorted out the administrative and military affairs processes of the DPRK and China, began to build the Daming constitutional monarchy, and began to completely write this system into the Daming Law, and made the Daming Law the substantive Daming Constitution of the Daming today!