As soon as he returned to the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao's expression turned cold: "Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, tonight we will go to Ma Wensheng's mansion in civilian clothes, you can arrange it now, don't let people find out!" ”

Zhu Houzhao could guess that Ma Wensheng would definitely resign tomorrow, although he couldn't keep Ma Wensheng openly, it didn't mean that he couldn't secretly, and he decided to see Ma Wensheng in person, he believed that Ma Wensheng would not really be willing to leave the court like this.

Soon, at the beginning of the day, Liu Jin and Gu Dayong came to Zhu Houzhao.

"Emperor, it has been arranged, now there is no one outside Mafu, we have bought off the vendors who deliver vegetables to Mafu," Gu Dayong said.

"In addition, what we are saying to the outside world is that the emperor, you are going to Mingyue Tower today, and someone has already prepared the carriage," Liu Jin said.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and couldn't help asking, "What is Mingyue Tower?" ”

"Qinglou", Liu Jin replied.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile slightly: "Let's go." ”

So, Zhu Houzhao changed into civilian clothes, accompanied by Liu Jin and Gu Dayong, first went to Mingyue Tower, and then quietly came to Ma Wensheng's mansion, and entered the Ma Mansion through Ma Mansion.

But when Zhu Houzhao and others entered the inner courtyard of the Ma Mansion, the housekeeper of the Ma Mansion still found Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin and others: "Who are you?" ”

Zhu Houzhao asked Liu Jin to show the palace card: "We are from the Great Interior, take me to see your master!" ”

When Zhu Houzhao came to the study where Ma Wensheng was, he happened to hear Ma Wensheng sighing and saying, "Emperor Xian, Weichen is sorry for you!" ”

"You're sorry for the first emperor, do you still want to be sorry for me?"

Zhu Houzhao pushed open the door suddenly, strode in directly, and stood majestically in front of Ma Wensheng and asked.

Ma Wensheng opened his mouth in surprise, he didn't know what to say for a while, he never expected His Majesty to appear in his mansion: "Your Majesty, you, why did you come here." ”

Zhu Houzhao happened to see the resignation on the desk in Ma Wensheng's study, so he picked up the resignation and put it on the wax table and lit it, looked at the flames, and said: "If I don't come again, tomorrow you, the veteran of the Four Dynasties, will resign and leave." ”

Ma Wensheng was quite shocked in his heart, and Zhu Houzhao's expression at this moment made him feel like another person in a trance.

"I can't stay here for a long time, I only say one word, don't be in a hurry to resign, I still need you, the Ming still needs you, the world still needs you, the I you saw before is not the real me, the first emperor once said, you have the ambition to innovate and eliminate evil, and after a period of time, I will let you be the first assistant! The new deal of the Kaizhengde Dynasty! ”

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao flashed and left Ma Wensheng's study: "Liu Jin, go to Mingyue Tower!" ”

Marven stood in the threshold for a long time, and then bowed deeply to Zhu Houzhao's departing back.

At that time, Ma Wensheng's housekeeper came to Ma Wensheng: "Master, everything for returning to your hometown is ready!" ”

"Don't be prepared, unload everything, go and call Lin Yushi from the Metropolitan Inspectorate", after Ma Wensheng finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the study, not tired for a while, the new emperor personally promised that he would be the first assistant in the future, how could he be willing to leave.

It is common for an official like Ma Wensheng to be impeached by the imperial history, but basically the impeachment of the imperial history is useless, according to the convention, as long as he does not resign himself, he will not be dismissed, so Ma Wensheng no longer decides to resign, which means that his position as the secretary of the ministry can still be kept, and Liu Jian's cabinet scholar still has to look at his stinky face in the court every day.

……

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, three cabinet scholars, as well as Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and other officials came to the Shili Changting early in the morning, preparing to see Ma Wensheng off.

"You say, will Ma Wensheng resign?" Liu Jian couldn't help asking.

"Shoufu can rest assured, I have already found out yesterday, the subordinates in Ma Wensheng's mansion are already loading the car and returning home, and his wife left the capital ahead of schedule yesterday!" Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, said.

"Shoufu doesn't have to worry, he Ma Wensheng is old and frail, and it will naturally take some time to set off", Li Dongyang couldn't help but smile and said.

Xie Qian couldn't help but fan: "It's just that it's hot and hot, although it's morning, but the sun is already very hot, and he hasn't stood for long, his back is full of sweat, he Ma Wensheng won't come again, and the old man will also suffer from heat stroke!" ”

Liu Jian and other civil officials waited outside the ten-mile long pavilion for a long time.

At noon, Liu Jian couldn't stand the heat, and said shortness of breath: "This old puppet doesn't want to go out of the city in the afternoon and not eat, on such a big poisonous day, he wants to burn himself to death." ”

"It seems that he Ma Wensheng may have left the city from another way, and he doesn't want to see us, Shousuke, let's go back!" Li Dongyang suggested.

Li Dongyang said this, which was equivalent to finding a step for Liu Jian and others, so Liu Jian immediately agreed to Li Dongyang's proposal to go home.

When Liu Jian just entered the Daming Gate, he happened to see the honor guard of the official book, and was surprised for a while: "This old man didn't resign!" ”

For a while.

Liu Jian hurriedly ordered someone to follow the sedan chair of Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, to the ministry, and Li Dongyang and others also followed.

"Master Ma, what are you doing in the ministry?"

As soon as he saw Ma Wensheng, Liu Jian, the first assistant to the cabinet, asked first.

"Shou Yu is really old and confused, the old man is now the secretary of the ministry, if he doesn't work in the ministry, it will be difficult to go to your cabinet", Ma Wensheng smiled and narrowed his eyes.

"Yesterday's impeachment of the imperial history, don't you take a stand?" Liu Jian had the feeling of eating flies.

"The old man has served as the monarch of the four dynasties, and the number of impeachments by the official is not a hundred times but fifty times, it has long been commonplace, how can he resign and return home every time, then in this case, the affairs of the court can not be done, is it not a negative grace, is it possible to be impeached by the first person, and he will not resign?"

Ma Wensheng said with a smile, as if to say, Lao Tzu does not resign, see what you can do with me, what you can do with me, what you can't do with me, isn't it very angry?

Liu Jian and the others had nothing to say, so they had to slip back to the cabinet.

As soon as he arrived at the cabinet, Liu Jian got the Imperial Court of the Imperial Procuratorate Lin Yi to impeach him for dictatorship and deception, and he couldn't help but be furious for a while: "Okay, you Ma Wensheng!" The old man is wrong about you! ”

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were also very unhappy, they didn't expect to be put together by Ma Wensheng.

After Liu Daxia returned to the military department at this time, he thought that the opportunity for him to be promoted to the secretary of the ministry was gone, and he scolded angrily: "This old horseman, why is he so thick-skinned!" ”

……

At this time, Wang Yue, the eunuch of the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, also received the matter of Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, from the eunuch Lu He, who was furious because Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, refused to resign, and was silent for a while and asked, "Where did Your Majesty go last night?" ”

"Back to the ancestor, Your Majesty went to Mingyue Tower last night!" The deer crane replied.

"Keep an eye on it, don't let our emperor have any mistakes, don't worry about the affairs of the outer court, they fight them, just don't mess with our inner court!"

Wang Yue said.