Zhu Daming looked at the kneeling ministers in the hall, and felt a little proud in his heart, but also a little sad. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Among the ministers kneeling in front of them, it is really difficult to say how many of them are sincere and sincere to become officials for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

But even if Zhu Daming became the emperor, he still couldn't control the thoughts of his courtiers.

After the ministers knelt down and shouted long live, Zhu Daming immediately flattened the ministers, and then said: "Today's court meeting, I also have a few things to announce here. Then he looked at Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun held two holy decrees in his hand, walked to the side of the throne and stood still, and read: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: ......"

The holy decree that Cao Huachun recited was what Zhu Daming was most concerned about in the past few days.

The first one, of course, is about verifying the actual number of the Jingying and the Jiubian army, and the second is naturally to appoint Lu Shanji as the minister of the Imperial Shi Qincha to patrol the salt, hold the sword of Shang Fang, reform the salt administration, and restart the opening of the central law.

Cao Huachun finished reciting the two holy decrees without hesitation, and the British public Zhang Weixian, who stood at the head of the noble military ministers' class, and Shi Langzhong, the staff of the Ministry of War, and Lu Shanji, the new military intelligence director of the Military Aircraft Department, respectively stepped forward to receive the decree and thank him.

During this period, Zhu Daming stepped down from the throne and personally handed over the prepared Shang Fang sword to Lu Shanji.

Once again, the ministers were silenced. These two important events were not discussed at the court meeting.

Some ministers began to whisper again, some were envious and jealous of Lu Shanji, some slandered the emperor in their hearts, and so on.

Zhu Daming didn't care about the courtiers' private discussions, on the contrary, looking at their dissatisfaction and didn't dare to object, Zhu Daming's heart was still very happy.

The biggest headache for Emperor Chongzhen in history is that there are different opinions in the court, and many very urgent military affairs are debated and debated in the court, and they are indecided, and the situation deteriorates and cannot be recovered.

As far as Zhu Daming is concerned, such a mistake cannot be made again, as long as his own decision is correct, there is no need to seek the opinions of others, let alone take it to the court to form a common opinion.

This era was not yet a democratic society for later generations, and he was an autocratic emperor rather than the head of an elected government, and there was no need to resort to public opinion or court deliberations in everything.

Especially in military affairs, the more people intervene, the lower the efficiency, a person who knows the future emperor and a few reliable ministers is more efficient than the hundred officials at the court meeting, I don't know how many times.

Thinking of this, Zhu Daming said: "I have set up another rule here today, all the officials of the imperial court have their own functions, and in the future, the imperial palace will not discuss matters unrelated to their own duties unless they are the imperial historians." Remember. As soon as the words fell, the court immediately fell silent.

Cao Huachun looked at the emperor and was about to announce his retirement from the dynasty when another person walked out of the Wenchen train, knelt down and saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty, Liu Zongzhou, the head of the Dali Temple, has something to play. ”

As soon as Zhu Daming heard that Liu Zongzhou was going to say something, he thought that this Liu cannon had finally begun to exert his might, but he didn't know who would be unlucky today.

He still trusts Liu Zongzhou's character, even if he criticizes himself today, he is ready to endure it, so he said: "Liu Aiqing is flat, since there is something, let's listen to it." ”

Liu Zongzhou got up and stood still, and said loudly: "Your Majesty issued an edict, ordered the ministers and others to assist Li Ge Lao in investigating and handling the case of the eunuch party, and the ministers and his colleagues were ordered to enter the carrying warehouse together a few days ago, and inspected the physical evidence of Wei Wei. ”

After speaking, he took out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Chengen, who walked in front of him.

Wang Chengen looked at it, and what was written on it was the location and serial number of the stolen items stored in the inner warehouse.

Seeing that the emperor nodded at him, Wang Chengen hurried away with a few small chamberlains.

About a quarter of an hour later, Wang Chengen returned to the hall, and several attendants behind him were still carrying a plaque or a screen or something, which was covered with cloth, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

In the hall, which was originally a little cold, there was a discussion again.

Liu Zongzhou stepped forward, removed the cloth covering it, and then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, what the minister said is exactly what he said. ”

Zhu Daming saw that it was a screen, on which there were many characters of Fu Lushou written in gilded characters, and when he saw this, his heart suddenly moved, and he thought of something, so he said: "What is so strange about this thing, why did Aiqing show me this thing?" ”

Liu Zongzhou suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty please watch it from a close distance." ”

Zhu Daming saw him say this, first asked him to get up, and then motioned to Wang Chengen and others to move the screen to the throne and erect it, and looked at it.

At this time, the ministers in the palace also saw what it was, and when they saw that the emperor was so serious, they were all puzzled and discussed.

Zhu Daming saw the payment on the corner of the screen, pondered for a while, and suddenly said expressionlessly: "Shi Aiqing and other ministers, you can come forward to watch and see what this thing is, and what crime this person should be guilty of?" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, when Shi Fenglai was still in a daze, Zhang Ruitu behind him suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "The minister is guilty, the minister was confused for a while, please forgive Your Majesty!" The minister is confused, the minister is guilty, please forgive your majesty! ”

This screen was inscribed by Zhang Ruitu on Wei Zhongxian's fifty-fifth birthday, and the content of the inscription was, of course, to take a picture of Wei Zhongxian, who was 9,000 years old at the time, and to express his refuge and loyalty.

In history, Zhang Ruitu was dismissed, which was also directly related to this screen, but it was discovered by Emperor Chongzhen himself when he went to the inner library to check Wei Zhongxian's stolen goods. And this time it was discovered by Liu Zongzhou in advance.

Zhu Daming doesn't care about people like Zhang Ruitu, he doesn't have high requirements for the cabinet, as long as he is obedient and doesn't cause chaos, because of this, he tolerates the existence of people like Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu.

After all, it's better to do it than to do it. These people have unclean buttocks, they have a lot of control in their own hands, and it is more reasonable for their ideas to be promulgated smoothly in the name of the cabinet than to simply promulgate the decree without the countersignature of the cabinet.

But now that Liu Zongzhou has announced this matter in public in the court, Zhang Ruitu naturally has to be dismissed.

After all, now that the eunuch party is already a rat crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats it, and Zhu Daming has already stated that he will severely punish the eunuch party who formed a party with Wei Zhongxian for personal gain and caused chaos in the world, and he must not break his promise and break his trust so quickly.

The voices of discussion in the main hall gradually subsided, and the civil and military forces in the hall looked at the emperor.

Zhu Daming looked at Shi Fenglai and asked, "What does Shi Aiqing think about this matter?" What should I do? ”

Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu are the same year, and they are the same party, if it is a small court meeting of Wenhua Palace, he may still say a word for Zhang Ruitu, but now on this occasion, when everyone shouts and kills the eunuchs, the second assistant of the dignified cabinet actually flatters Wei Zhongxian so much, and he doesn't talk about the integrity of a literati at all, and he really can't say anything about interceding for Zhang Ruitu.

But since the emperor asked him, he couldn't help but answer, pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Now that the evidence is conclusive, according to the usual practice, it can be handed over to the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple for punishment for the three legal divisions." It's just that the minister knows a lot about his people, and he may have dealings with Wei Shun Afu, but he said that he was abusive, and he didn't have a troubled dynasty, which is different, and I also ask Your Majesty to be gracious and discerning. ”

Zhang Ruitu, who was kneeling on the ground, heard this, and hurriedly said: "The minister is confused for a while, please be gracious to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Daming was silent.

Liu Zong saw it on Monday, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the party attached to Wei is the Wei party, the five tigers, the five biao are also the Wei party, Your Majesty is sentenced to beheading, such people are attached to Wei Wei, they have no integrity, and their crimes may be serious, but if your majesty can't deal with them seriously, then the hypocrites who speculate and drill the camp will emerge in an endless stream in the future." ”

After listening to Liu Zongzhou's words, Zhu Daming got off the donkey and took the opportunity to say: "Zhang Ruitu clings to Wei Wei, the evidence is conclusive, and there is no doubt that he belongs to the Wei Party. ”

When Liu Zongzhou heard the emperor finish speaking, he immediately bowed and saluted, and all the ministers in the hall called His Majesty Shengming, only Zhang Ruitu, who was pale, sat on the ground and remained motionless as stupid.

Gao Wencai, who was standing next to the emperor's throne, immediately sent someone to take off Zhang Ruitu's official uniform and hat, and dragged him away.

Seeing that this matter was over, Zhu Daming got up and left his seat, accompanied by a group of ministers, and left the Imperial Palace.