Shenwu Emperor Zhu Hongsan sat on the high dragon chair, watching these sanctimonious scholars and doctors below quarrel for their own interests, Zhu Hongsan felt a deep sense of frustration in his heart.

Zhu Hongsan has been the emperor for almost a year now, and it has been more than three years since he was in charge of the country, and with the expansion of his territory and the increase of his strength, Zhu Hongsan found that he could not control these scholars more and more.

This is also normal, in his previous life, Zhu Hongsan only served as a small leader of a township, and his qualifications are also the qualifications of a Chinese person. In this era, it is completely relying on the insight and knowledge far beyond this era that such a world has developed in Guangdong.

In the early days, because of the small number of people under management, and these people all relied on Zhu Hongsan for food, they were also able to go to one place. With the expansion of power, it is necessary to bring in some new talents. But these newcomers are some important ministers, regardless of identity, status, and ability, they are far more than Zhu Hongsan, plus the scholars of the Ming Dynasty naturally have a sense of moral superiority, that is, your emperor is a fool, you don't care about anything, stay in the harem and concentrate on having children, and you can do it as a fool when it comes to national affairs, so leave it to us professionals.

In fact, it can't be said that the mentality of the courtiers is not good, Zhu Hongsan knows that if an emperor is capable, there are unexpected places, and it is better to leave the matter of governing the country to a professional team, and the rule of civil officials is exactly what the democratic system of later generations admires. Therefore, Zhu Hongsan was still very happy after creating this political system, and felt that he had finally found a perfect way to govern the country.

But there is always a gap between wishes and reality, Zhu Hongsan didn't expect this group of scholars in the Ming Dynasty to be so shameless, for the sake of personal interests, they didn't care about any national danger, as long as they defeated political opponents, they would do everything for it.

In fact, what Zhu Hongsan didn't know was that the era in which he lived was an era of fierce conflict between monarchy and relative power, and the conflict between monarchy and prime minister in the Ming Dynasty was particularly prominent. At the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang was strong, and he could still be suppressed by general means, but Zhu Yuanzhang completely changed his appearance when he died, even with Zhu Di's strength, he couldn't suppress the counterattack of Xiangquan, and finally had to engage in a university scholar system. The next few emperors were even more finished, they didn't have the skills of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and they couldn't compete with scholars, so they had to introduce a third force - eunuchs to help them.

In fact, if the political system of the Ming Dynasty develops, it will become a constitutional monarchy in the West, and the emperor will be done with his own business, and the governance of the country will be handed over to the civilian group, but what I didn't expect was that the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs and interrupted this process. The Manchu Qing Dynasty as a barbarian who cares about the dignity of civil officials, you are not even as good as a slave in me, but only for me to work for the Manchu Emperor, so Yongzheng established the military aircraft system, and the civilian official group completely lost the means of competition with the emperor, and completely became the emperor's mouthpiece, and could only kneel and accept the grace of the king.

In the late Manchu Dynasty, it was precisely because of the rigidity of the civil official system that all civil officials lost the feelings of family and country that they had since the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties. It is precisely because the national elite thinks this way that all kinds of tragedies have occurred in later generations. The Opium War was precisely because the local officials in Guangdong had the attitude that they had nothing to do with themselves, as long as they sent the British away, and it had nothing to do with me as to where they went, so it was not until the British gunboats had already arrived at the mouth of Dagu that the emperor did not know about Guangdong.

Therefore, Zhu Hongsan referred to the history of later generations and believed that in order to maintain the vitality of the civilian system, it was necessary to delegate power, so Zhu Hongsan, in addition to military power and intelligence, handed over the entire right to govern the country to the civilian clique. There are many advantages to this, but there are also many disadvantages, that is, the monarchy is subject to the power of the minister.

However, Zhu Hongsan also has a back hand, that is, the existence of a-stirring stick. Therefore, after Qian Qianyi, a slave surnamed three surnames, came to Guangzhou, Zhu Hongsan immediately entrusted him with an important task, just to prevent today's situation.

Qian Qianyi is now only a five-rank official, and he was not qualified to participate in the court meeting, but he has great power as a military aircraft of the Military Aircraft Department, and the emperor has a special order that he can participate in the court meeting.

Today, Qian Qianyi saw that the ministers of the DPRK and China were in a mess over the bank, and Lao Qian was very happy, so it was the time for him to fish in troubled waters.

Qian Qianyi cleaned up, walked out of the group of ministers, bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have a copy!" ”

Now several cabinet ministers in the hall are arguing, and Qian Qianyi suddenly came to such a hand, and everyone didn't expect it, and they all stopped listening to what Qian Qianyi had to say.

Zhu Hongsan knew that this old guy was going to make a move when he saw the old money come out, but that's fine, isn't the stirring stick just stirring up?

"Qian Aiqing, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is in charge of the military aircraft, and the day before yesterday I received a secret report from Jinyi Wei, saying that someone blatantly violated the ban of His Majesty the Emperor, had dealings with Zheng Chenggong in Fujian, and sold food, salt, and weapons to them!"

In fact, Zheng Chenggong can also be regarded as Qian Qianyi's disciple, and Qian Qianyi also wrote a letter to this protégé after he arrived in Guangzhou. However, Zheng Chenggong decided not to be loyal to Zhu Hongsan through various considerations, but to seek the near and far, and sent a congratulatory watch to the Yongli Emperor who was far away in Guilin. Of course, this became Zhu Hongsan's sworn enemy politically, and Zhu Hongsan knew that in order to prevent Zheng Chenggong, he promulgated a law in Guangdong that strictly prohibited doing business with the Zheng family. However, Zhu Hongsan knew that this kind of regulation was still useful for ordinary businessmen, and it was useless for these bigwigs in the court.

But the law is the law, you can say whatever you want when you don't commit a crime, and if you do, then this law can kill you.

Zhu Hongsan tapped the armrest of the dragon chair with his hand, he didn't know who Qian Lao'er was going to impeach today. In the past, Qian Lao'er was Chen Zizhuang's root class, do you want to attack Ma Mingyuan today? This is what Zhu Hongsan doesn't want, let's listen to what he has to say first.

"Qian Aiqing, who dares to openly flout my laws, who do you say?"

Qian Qianyi sneered: "Your Majesty, this person is in a high position, and he is on top of the main hall today, and that person is him!" Deputy Prime Minister Hwang Ying-so! After Qian Qianyi finished speaking, he pointed with his hand at Huang Yingxiu, who was standing in the hall dumbfounded.

Huang Yingxiu reacted for a long time, and quickly retorted: "Qian Qianyi, what evidence do you have that the old man collaborated with the enemy!" ”

Qian Qianyi took out a notebook from his sleeve and said, "Jinyiwei has recorded that your family's cargo ships have traveled to and from Kinmen many times, transporting 50,000 stone of Annan white rice, thousands of stone of salt, and countless other iron weapons in one year. Your family has a total of 128,500 taels of silver, and it is your eldest son who colludes with the Zheng family, is what the official said right? ”

At first, Huang Yingxiu didn't pay attention to what Qian Qianyi said, didn't he just sell some rice and salt, and the prime ministers in this house didn't have any dirty deals. Ma Mingyuan, as the emperor's second brother-in-law, even transported the salt to the Manchu-controlled area in the north, and the benefits he obtained every year were far above his own. But when he heard that Huang Yingxiu's face changed later, he didn't expect his son to be so bold that he would dare to sell weapons to Zheng Chenggong, so his nature changed, and he completely became a rebel.

Zhu Hongsan and Emperor Yongli are mortal enemies of each other, if you sell some food, salt and other necessities, you can still lean on the road of jointly resisting the Qing Dynasty, but selling weapons is a big crime. You, Huang Yingxiu, as the prime minister of Emperor Shenwu, sold weapons to Zheng Chenggong, is it an anti-bone idea?

Huang Yingxiu immediately knelt down and shouted after hearing Qian Qianyi's words: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, the minister doesn't know, the minister's family sells food to the Zheng family, but there is absolutely no selling weapons!" ”

Zhu Hongsan thought at first that he was just selling some food, but he didn't expect Jinyiwei to investigate that Huang Yingxiu dared to sell weapons, which was really intolerable.

Zhu Hongsan asked coldly, "You don't know?" As the head of the Huang family, why don't you know about the family? If you can't manage your own family well, how can you help me govern the country? ”

After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Bingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice below, "Lord Zhang, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, how should Huang Yingxiu be sentenced?" ”

Zhang Bingwen used to be the envoy of Guangdong, and when he heard the emperor ask, he stood up helplessly and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the crime of collaborating with the enemy should be sentenced to beheading!" ”

Zhu Hongsan was about to take Huang Yingxiu under the knife, and nodded when he heard Zhang Bingwen say this: "Huang Yingxiu, as the prime minister, knows the law and violates the law by one degree, Huang Yingxiu is immediately decided, the other sons are cut in half, and the woman's family members sell the teaching department, Qin this!" ”

After listening to the emperor's words, there was silence in the hall, but I didn't expect Huang Yingxiu to come to the court today, and the whole family would die in a few breaths, and several ministers looked at Qian Qianyi with a deep sense of fear.

Chen Zizhuang didn't expect Qian Qianyi to be so vicious, Huang Yingxiu just scolded him a few days ago, and now he wants the lives of Huang Yingxiu's whole family. Chen Zizhuang and Huang Yingxiu were in the same year of the imperial examination, or fellow villagers, Huang Yingxiu was also invited by Chen Zizhuang to go out of the mountain as an official, but I didn't expect the whole family to be beheaded today.

Chen Zizhuang has to stand up and say a few words as a party leader, if he doesn't speak as the party leader, the Guangdong faction will fall apart.

Chen Zizhuang stood up, came to Zhu Hongsan and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Huang has done his best for His Majesty, and he is almost seventy years old and has gone out of the mountain to assist His Majesty, please Your Majesty for the sake of Lord Huang's life without merit and hard work!" ”

As soon as Chen Zizhuang's words fell, Ma Mingyuan behind him stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if the laws of the imperial court are not observed, how will you govern the country in the future?" As the prime minister, Lord Chen should not understand this truth! ”

Chen Zizhuang heard that Ma Mingyuan was going to kill Huang Yingxiu, and was about to speak, but he didn't expect Ma Mingyuan to continue: "Your Majesty, the minister is here to impeach the Prime Minister Lord Chen, as the prime minister of the cabinet, he actually knew the law and broke the law, and protected and shielded Huang Yingxiu in the same year, so the minister thought that Lord Chen was not worthy of continuing to serve as the chief prime minister!" ”