Chapter Eighty-Eight: Caught Off-Guard
All the civil and military officials knelt on the ground and pretended to be deaf and dumb, and some even envied Gu Bingqian who was lying on the ground, such as Huang Liji and others. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Huang Liji, Zhang Ruitu, Li Guopu and others are all members of the cabinet, and only one of them, Li Guopu, is loyal and honest, clean and self-conscious, and did not vote for Wei Zhongxian.
It's just that Li Guopu can only take care of himself, although he is in the cabinet, he can only be loyal and not fulfill his duties, and strictly speaking, he is not a capable minister.
And the reason why the civil and military officials hesitated was because the pressure brought to them by Wei Zhongxian before was too great, and this influence even made them have a shadow in their hearts. In addition, if you want to deal with such a major matter as Wei Zhongxian, shouldn't you summon the three princes and six ministries, consult the cabinet ministers, and then refine the plan after a few months before you can give an order? Zhu Youzhen's decree has not been discussed with anyone before, does it seem a little too hasty and a little whim?
Wei Qiansui, who was once invincible, was actually designated as a "eunuch party" by Emperor Chongzhen, who had just ascended the throne! This shock and disparity is the root cause of their disbelief and hesitation.
Zhu Youzhen saw that the officials in the hall bowed their heads and were silent, coughed lightly and said loudly: "All Aiqing should be flat!" ā
The hundred officials obeyed the order, and Zhu Youzhen walked back and forth twice in front of them with his hands behind his back, and asked, "What I said just now, can anyone elect and recommend Aiqing?" ā
Zhu Youzhen is completely out of the routine, he listed Wei Zhongxian and other people who call for wind and rain in the court, as a "eunuch", which is no less than a big earthquake for the Ming political arena.
Baiguan has not yet gotten out of shock, and now he is being pointed at by Zhu Youzhen to ask for a candidate, this matter is not to recommend a county governor, just find a well-known and knowledgeable person who can be competent.
In addition, Zhu Youzhen had not expressed his stance to them in advance, and the hundred officials didn't know how far the emperor wanted to rectify Wei Zhongxian, how could they recommend people?
If the emperor wants to make Wei Zhongxian impossible to turn over forever and uproot Wei Zhongxian's power in the court, then recommend the people of the Donglin Party, and naturally there will be no mistakes. But if the emperor just wants to impose a light punishment, and still wants to rely on some of them to govern the world, then what can he say? If you really want to recommend the Donglin Party, wouldn't it be too much, and you will be hated afterwards?
Seeing their reflection, Zhu Yousong showed a smile that was in control and said with a smile: "Since all the Aiqing can't recommend people, then I have a candidate here!" ā
Hearing that everyone in the Jinluan Palace was in danger, especially in the cabinet, they were really afraid of saying their names from Zhu Youzhen's mouth.
Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "That is the case, then I will let the Prime Minister of King Fu Shizi do this, and the three divisions and six departments will be at his disposal, and they must not violate the order!" ā
Zhu Youzhen's words were like throwing a huge stone on the surface of a calm lake, and it exploded when he landed in the middle of the court, and no one was willing to ask them to recommend a person to come out just now, but now when they heard that Zhu Youzhen wanted Zhu Yousong to preside over the matter, many officials stood up one after another, and made righteous statements against it!
"Your Majesty, the vassal king is not allowed to pre-empt the business of the four people, although the prince of King Fu is a royal clan, but there is no precedent for the clan to interfere in politics, so you can't act rashly!"
"Your Majesty, this matter is a big matter, and it should be considered in the long run!"
"Please ask the emperor to take back his fate!"
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Zhu Yousong was a little shocked in his heart, the officials who had just been silent were shy like little girls, but now they have become stinky hooligans one by one, they can say anything vicious, and they are really thick-skinned! There are still people who began to attack his father who was far away in Luoyang, and some people played metaphysics, saying that he was a demon star who came into the world and wanted to cause trouble!
Zhu Yousong looked at the angry officials who jumped to their feet, and sighed in his heart: "I'm a good girl, they don't want to do it, and they don't want me to do it?" ā
Seeing this scene, Zhu Youzhen already knew in his heart that if he asked them again at this time to come out and preside over Wei Zhongxian's "eunuch" case, maybe someone would really jump out.
Since someone will jump out, then Zhu Youzhen will not ask, Zhu Youzhen said: "I have made up my mind, and I will issue an order!" ā
Everyone really didn't expect that the emperor had already prepared all the holy decrees!
Zhu Yousong gritted his teeth, at this time he could only kneel on the ground to receive the order, there was no way, he could only kneel down to receive the order in front of everyone's eyes......
A little eunuch stood up with a bright yellow holy decree and read aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict: Wei Zhongxian coerced the courtiers, formed a party for personal gain, deceived the superiors and concealed the subordinates, and what he did was not tolerated by the law of the country. Chin this! ā
As soon as the decree was promulgated, Zhu Youzhen announced the dissolution of the dynasty, which really caught hundreds of officials in the court off guard.
The hundred officials didn't seem to want to leave yet, but their leader, Gu Bingqian, was already lying on the ground, no one was in charge of the overall situation, Huang Liji and others were not qualified enough, and they couldn't coerce so many ministers, and three or five familiar officials could only look at each other, it seemed that they were thinking about discussing countermeasures together after the dispersal of the dynasty.
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Zhu Yousong followed the crowd slowly, and was really stopped by Zhu Youzhen.
At the moment, in addition to the palace people and guards, only the two of them were left in the main hall, Zhu Yousong leaned over and patted the dust on his knees, Zhu Youzhen mocked: "Come on, is it so difficult to let you kneel once?" I'm under so much pressure to let you participate in politics this time, who will you show with a drooping face? ā
"I'm~" Zhu Yousong stared at Zhu Youzhen with slanted eyes and said: "Lao Tzu has knelt in the sky since he was a child, and he has never even knelt down with his parents!" You beg me to do something and let me kneel, what kind of rule is this? As he spoke, he thought of the scene where he had to kneel because of the pressure just now, and his heart was even more worried: "No, let's find a place where no one is, you have to give it back to me!" ā
Zhu Yousong said that a hand was really stretched out, as if he really wanted Zhu Youzhen to knock back the head he had just kowtowed......
Zhu Youzhen dodged lightly, and complained in his mouth: "You're not done, aren't you, you're going to get down to business!" ā
Zhu Yousong was aggressive: "What's wrong with it? You're going to knock me back anyway! ā
Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to arch his hand at him, and said in a low voice: "Don't make trouble, someone is watching!" Give me some face in front of people! Can I do this today? ā
Zhu Yousong's eyes widened, and when he saw that there were guards in the hall secretly watching them, he had no choice but to give up and asked in a low voice: "You just said that there is something serious, what is the matter?" ā
Zhu Youzhen said: "It's a matter of being a prisoner." ā
Zhu Yousong glanced at him and said, "Speaking human words, Lao Tzu can't understand them." ā
Zhu Youzhen was stunned when he heard this, sighed and said: "It's the matter of gunpowder, according to historical records, the world will not be peaceful next year, the chaotic people in the country, the Tartars outside the customs, if we want to beat them, we have to have weapons at hand!" I'm still thinking about getting a pistol to play with in my lifetime! ā
Just as women are naturally interested in cosmetics and bags, men are naturally curious about sports and machinery.
Zhu Yousong asked with great interest: "What's going on, you tell me in detail!" ā