Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that Li Mingrui, who had been obsessed with officialdom and was full of energy, would suddenly hand over such a resignation.

Although in order to balance the power, he has suppressed Li Mingrui, but this does not mean that he really dislikes this resourceful and resourceful minister of the country.

After all, Li Mingrui was his first confidant civil official since he came to this world to become the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

From suppressing the Donglin Party to getting rid of the Confucian sect of the Northern Sect, implementing administration and controlling public opinion, and suppressing the changes of the literati in Jiangnan, on the way to control and strangle the real power of the government step by step, this Nanchang person who had been refrigerated in the Hanlin Academy for several years played a key role in it, and also took a lot of infamy for himself, which can be regarded as the highest credit among civil officials.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Youxiao's feelings for Li Mingrui have never been alleviated, Rao is that he knew from Dongchang that this big man in the DPRK and China had secretly collected a lot of money and done a lot of unsightly things, but even he couldn't rub the sand in his eyes didn't let the people in Dongchang do anything to Li Mingrui.

Even when Qian Qianyi and Li Mingrui were fighting the most, Zhu Youxiao finally chose to support Li Mingrui, not only because Li Mingrui's political position was consistent with his own, but also because there was no element of personal emotion.

It's just that the only Li Mingrui who is not satisfied with himself is to let him be the first assistant.

But as a mature emperor, he must do this, and in an important position like Shoufu, which has more and more higher power because of Zhu Youxiao's decentralization, he naturally has to keep his reason at all times to elect.

What's more, although Li Mingrui is good at conspiracy, calculation and planning, he is indeed inferior to Lu Xiangsheng in practice, and even Wen Tiren is not as good as him, so he naturally can't rashly let him be the first assistant.

But now Li Mingrui saw that he couldn't be the first assistant, so he directly resigned to protest to himself, the emperor.

When Zhu Youxiao saw this, he was also a little annoyed, and directly threw Li Mingrui's performance to the ground: "Not allowed!" ”

Li Mingrui couldn't help coughing when he saw this, he naturally knew why His Majesty was angry, so he simply knelt down directly: "Your Majesty, please forgive the old minister for being abrupt, the non-minister intends to force His Majesty to do something on the grounds of resignation, and Wechen doesn't dare to take offense, Wechen is really old, Wechen is already sixty and four!" Now I can't chew the bones, my memory is not as good as before, and my eyes are spent, and Weichen still wants to see the new changes in the Ming Dynasty, so I hope that Your Majesty will return to his hometown for the sake of the old minister who has accompanied His Majesty for decades! ”

As he spoke, Li Mingrui trembled and bowed down, and couldn't help whimpering and crying.

Seeing that Li Mingrui was acting sincerely, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but turn around and motioned for Wang Chengen to help Li Mingrui up.

Wang Chengen, who was also old but chubby, was also trembling and staggered over to help the emaciated Li Mingrui up: "Why do you have to be like this, hurry up, aren't you embarrassing Your Majesty?" ”

"Okay, old man, don't you just think that I didn't give you the position of first assistant, do you need to do so, okay, you want to tell the old man to return to his hometown, I will allow you to tell the old man to return to his hometown."

With that, Zhu Youxiao sat down with a golden sword.

And Li Mingrui hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the old minister still has self-knowledge, if the strategy and calculation may be filled, the position of the first assistant is related to the livelihood of hundreds of millions of people, Weichen has never served in the locality, nor has he gone through the military, it is really difficult to be competent, not to mention that the old minister is also an old bone, these years I have realized that I can have today's status is all dependent on the grace of His Majesty, and I dare not be as arrogant as before." ”

Zhu Youxiao didn't speak immediately after hearing this, he could hear from Li Mingrui's words, this guy did have some understanding.

"For example, today's great changes, what glass mirrors, soap toothpaste, what electric light trains, and bicycles, new things come out one after another, in addition to the Confucianism and the Art of War and other hundreds of schools, there are also physical, chemical, biological and the like, the old minister's brain is not enough, so it is not good to eat in the corpse position, this world should also be governed by this group of young people to help His Majesty, and the old minister will also take advantage of the years when he can still walk to see and learn more."

Li Mingrui then said with a smile.

"Anyway, it's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, I can't stop you, bring it!"

Zhu Youxiao picked up the Zhu pen as he spoke, and spread his hands.

Li Mingrui hurriedly handed the song to Zhu Youxiao.

After Zhu Youxiao personally criticized the red, he said: "Recently, when the Fourth Army attacked Siam, it obtained a batch of stunning demons used by the Siamese royal family, and I originally planned to kill these men, women and women, but I heard that you have been especially good in recent years, so I will reward you, but you have to be leisurely!" ”

"Thank you for your grace!" Li Mingrui hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel a little sick to his stomach when he saw that Li Mingrui suddenly had some spirits, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Get up, you have been with me for so long, and you can be regarded as a great meritorious, so you will take the position of Taifu, I heard that Lingzi is quite good at constructing learning, so let him go to the Ministry of Industry to hang the title of Langzhong!" ”

As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao got up and patted Li Mingrui on the shoulder, and couldn't help but glance around the entire Xinuan Pavilion, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Sichang, and Wang Chengen are all people who will shine even if they are not in this era, but if this Li Mingrui is not his own Jane, he will be a Hanlin official in the original history.

In a sense, Li Mingrui can be regarded as his true cronies, and it is also one of the achievements he has made since he came to this era.

However, Li Mingrui has also gained a lot of benefits from himself as an emperor over the years, not only the official position is getting bigger and bigger, but his family industry is also getting bigger and bigger, as if it has surpassed the traditional noble family of Wei Guogong Xu family.

Now that he has won the position of Taifu before his death, Zhishi can be regarded as extremely respected.

As soon as Li Mingrui left, Zhu Youxiao asked Yang Sichang to take over Li Mingrui's position, and at the same time added two new cabinet members, Yang Tinglin and Guo Zhiqi.

Among the cabinet members, Li Mingrui chose to return to his hometown, Cheng Jiming is also old and sick in bed, and it seems that the time is short, although Xu Guangqi, the general leader of the entire scientific and technological and industrial field of the Ming Dynasty, said that because of the development of medical technology, he did not pass away 16 years ago, but now he is also 87 years old, and even resigned to Zhu Youxiao several times, but because of his irreplaceability in the field of science, especially mathematics and mechanics, Zhu Youxiao did not agree to him, but did not let him take charge of government affairs.

Therefore, the only people in the cabinet who can still do things are Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang, who dared to pass the age of the sixtieth year, and Zhu Youxiao had to select a few more young people to join the cabinet.

Yang Tinglin served as the first army in the army, and served as a governor in Mobei, as a scholar in the school, that is, in charge of the education of the Ming Dynasty, and also served as a governor in Fusang and also had colonial management experience, because he had studied in the Royal Military Academy and was no stranger to the field of natural science, so it was quite suitable to enter the center of the empire.

Guo Zhiqi is a person recommended by Cheng Jiming, a standard traditional Qing official, honest and honest, down-to-earth and hard-working, a year before Li Mingrui returned to his hometown, he was basically in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and now he has entered the cabinet It is also a normal promotion, plus this person is also a famous minister who resisted the Qing Dynasty in the original history, and he can't let the old-fashioned ministers who are crippled and incomplete too frustrated, and Zhu Youxiao did not prevent him from entering the cabinet.

Now in the entire cabinet, except for Yang Sichang, most of them are almost the same age as themselves, which is rare in the Ming Dynasty.