Before the ministers had completely left the hall, Zhu Youzhen couldn't wait to follow Cao Huachun to the apse, and a large stack of rice paper was stacked on the desk: "Huachun, are there really so many?" ”

"Your Majesty, there will be no mistake, the slave has counted twice." Cao Huachun gently patted his chest, trying to slow down his heartbeat.

Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed, he looked at them carefully one by one, just like looking at his newborn child, "Purification, who has the most, and how many are the less?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the most is Xu Zhaokui, the secretary of the Criminal Department, with one million taels, and the least is only a few thousand taels from the Ministry of Industry." Cao Huachun lowered his voice, he didn't know Zhu Youzhen's thoughts, whether it was the more silver he paid, the more sincere he was, or the less silver he paid, the less greedy he was.

"Haha, Liaodong military salary is available, and the navy military salary is available." Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but be overjoyed, plus the 4.6 million taels confiscated from the mansions of Wei Zhongxian, Ke Yingyue and others, he suddenly increased by more than 14 million taels, which was almost equivalent to the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty in a year. He didn't care what Cao Huachun thought, he believed that there was not a small amount of silver in the hands of the Donglin Party.

After Zhu Youzhen left, the ministers were still recalling every word of Zhu Youzhen.

After the new post is issued, there can be no more party disputes?

"Now that the new position has not been appointed, I want to impeach the Donglin Party."

I don't know who it is, seizing the loopholes in Zhu Youzhen's words, he wants to vent his grievances about losing his family wealth and the wretched anger when he signed on the Donglin Party, if it weren't for the collective impeachment of the Donglin Party, he would not have suffered such a big loss, since his life is not good, then the Donglin Party should not want to have a good life.

"Yes!" More people look back, is this Zhu Youzhen's fault, or Zhu Youzhen's deliberate tail?

"Let's go, go back and write an excerpt." While there is no Zhishi yet, how can I bite the Donglin Party, and everyone trotted out of the Imperial Palace.

The rumors of the Jingshi were tightened again, but this time it was the Donglin Party who were frightened, and they did not expect that the trouble they provoked would eventually hit their instep.

The members of the eunuch party who had been bleached by Zhu Youzhen went crazy and threw bullets at Zhu Youzhen to impeach the Donglin party, regardless of whether they had definite evidence in their hands.

Zhu Youzhen once again issued a martial law order, and no official could leave Beijing, especially not with silver.

On 23 November, Zhu Youzhen summoned Shi Fenglai, the deputy assistant to the cabinet, and ordered him to sort out all the impeachment notes against the Donglin Party members within one day, list the relevant personnel, and attach evidence of their embezzlement.

On 24 November, Shi Fenglai handed over a list of 145 Donglin Party personnel in Beijing who were greedy for ink.

On 25 November, Zhu Youzhen summoned 145 people on the list.

On 28 November, the Donglin Party handed over 13 million taels of silver and signed the clean government documents.

The main officials of the Beijing Division, whether they were the Eunuch Party or the Donglin Party, were all swept up by Zhu Youzhen and then collectively bleached.

December 1 was the day when Zhu Youzhen held a court meeting in the Imperial Palace.

This is the first time that the eunuch party and the Donglin party have met at the court meeting after biting each other, and both sides have now been bleached by Zhu Youzhen, and they have no burden on their backs

Some low-level officials with hot tempers hid behind the crowd and began verbal and even physical conflicts.

Cao Huachun, the chamberlain, stood up in the middle hall, pulled out a yellow silk from his sleeve, and the high-ranking officials standing in the front row unconsciously lit up.

Cao Huachun's voice was not high, but it dragged out in a frustrated tone: "Saint-will!" ”

The court immediately fell silent, and even the officials who had suffered a secret loss in the conflict just now temporarily resisted the action of retaliation.

"Since the removal of Wei Eunuch, the ministers of the DPRK and China have repeatedly impeached their colleagues in the DPRK...... Now all the ministers can sincerely repent, and all the ministers have signed the documents of clean government, and after this time, all the ministers of the DPRK and China will not be impeached for the past. ”

"In view of the Wei eunuch's calamity to the country and the overlapping of officials in the DPRK and China, I will reappoint officials according to the determination of each person to repent of their mistakes."

According to this decree, the six books were massively streamlined, and each of them had only one Shangshu.

The new six Shangshu are: Huang Liji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Bi Ziyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Li Chunye, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Qiao Yunsheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Sun Chengzong, who was far away in Liaodong, no longer held the title of secretary of the military department, and Zhu Youzhen issued a separate decree to promote him from "Jiliao Jingluo" to "Jiliao Governor", and continued to manage all important military and political affairs on the Liaodong front in a unified manner.

Since the members of the previous cabinet were all members of the eunuch party and could not fully represent the opinions of the imperial court, Zhu Youzhen decided to temporarily dismiss the cabinet.

Without the cabinet, the six ministries will be directly placed under the management of Zhu Youzhen, and without the cabinet's refutation, Zhu Youzhen can issue holy decrees at will.

Among the six Shangshu, Huang Liji was originally the first assistant, temporarily commanding the six, which can be regarded as the first Shangshu.

In the distribution of the number of the six Shangshu, Huang Liji and Li Chunye were originally members of the Eunuch Party, Bi Ziyan belonged to the neutral faction, and Wang Yongguang, Qiao Yunsheng, and Li Changgeng were all members of the Donglin Party, or the "anti-Wei faction" close to the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party temporarily had the upper hand.

In the division of power of the six ministries, the officials and the criminal department are all Donglin Party members who hold real power, but the military power is Li Chunye from the eunuch party, and Huang Liji, who is also from the eunuch party.

Just when the vast majority of courtiers were still judging the gains and losses of themselves and their own party, Zhu Youzhen spoke:

"Now that a new imperial court has been born, all Aiqing should unite and help each other and contribute their wisdom to the development of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Youzhen's words changed, "Throughout history, party struggle is the way to destroy the country, in the future, inside and outside the court, if there is another party dispute, then you will wait for the soldiers!" Zhu Youzhen's gaze swept over the faces of the six Shangshu one by one.

"The ministers respectfully listen to the holy oracle, and never fight against the same party." The courtiers all knelt down in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"Zhongqing is flat." Zhu Youzhen waited for the ministers to stand up, "Now there are only the first and fifteenth days of the new year every month, and after you go back, you must do your own essential work in ordinary times, but you must not interfere with the normal work of others." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers are commanded."

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Cao Huachun, and suddenly, Cao Huachun's sharp voice filled the hall: "Scattered-court!" ”

The ministers still have to consider their own gains and losses, and many things have not been thought out clearly, and everyone wants to go back as soon as possible to calculate, and they even forgot to ask Zhu Youzhen when he will start the normal court meeting.

Those ministers who were about to take off their chests of various animals and the government even drooped their heads as if they were half-dead, and their souls had long since flown outside the Nine Heavens......

The enthusiasm is long and short, a few are happy and a few are sad, a few chickens and cranes are still the same, and a few are returning to their jobs.

…………

Sun Chuanting of Shaanxi sent people to Beijing to meet Zhu Youzhen.

Shaanxi's tax payment this year reached a record 1.6 million taels, crossing several steps in one fell swoop, becoming the seventh largest tax-paying province after Nanzhili, Beizhili, Zhejiang, Huguang, Guangdong, and Sichuan.

But after Zhu Youzhen left Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting lost his backbone, so he directly sent the piece to Zhu Youzhen and asked about the next development direction of Shaanxi.

Accompanying the messenger to Beijing was an unemployed man named Huang Er. Huang Er was met by Zhu Youzhen when he went to Xi'an. At that time, Zhu Youzhen had some ideas in his heart, so he asked Huang Er to go to Yansui to find himself in the future.

Later, Huang Er was unsatisfactory in Guide Fort, so he went to Yansui to find a person named Wang Xin, and after many inquiries, he learned that Wang Xin was originally Xin Wang Zhu Youzhen.

But Zhu Youzhen left Yansui and returned to Beijing to become the emperor, and Huang Er felt infinite regret. This time, Sun Chuanting sent someone to Beijing to meet Zhu Youzhen, and Huang Er found an opportunity, begging the messenger to take him to Beijing together.

After reading Sun Chuanting's recital, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help laughing, and wrote 20 big characters on Sun Chuanting's recital: "Be bolder, move faster, be more business, and be more stable in agriculture." Then he left Huang Er behind and sent the messenger back.

On December 3, Zhu Youzhen lay down in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace all morning.

In his later life, he developed the habit of lying in bed at night and closing his eyes to think, and now that the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party have basically been recovered, he must think about the future carefully.

The future of the imperial court.

The future of the Ming Dynasty.

own future.

But Zhu Youzhen is not free at night at all, Wan'er and Hu Xinxue have returned to Beijing, and together with Zhou Yufeng, they temporarily live in Kunning Palace, and Zhu Youzhen sleeps in Kunning Palace every night.

Nominally, it is a peaceful sleep, but in fact, there are two concubines by his side, especially Wan'er, a little padded jacket, Zhu Youzhen has no time to rest at night, and he has no time to think.

Zhu Youzhen sometimes wonders: No matter how many women there are in the emperor, that is, the concubines of the first emperor, the ministers will not object, and the ministers even encourage the emperor to take more concubines, choose more beautiful women to enter the palace, and give birth to more princes and princesses, whether it is to make the emperor tired day and night, so that they can languish in the court, so that they can control the court and increase their respective powers.

According to the envisions of the ministers, every emperor should live the same life:

In the morning, there will be a pilgrimage.

In the afternoon, the recital was read.

Cultivating the fields at night.

If Zhu Youzhen also lives according to the wishes of the ministers, then he is the emperor, not Zhu Youzhen.

Does the emperor have time for himself?

Does the Emperor have time to rest?

Did the emperor have time to think?

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen only held court meetings on the first and fifteenth days of the new year for the time being, and the rest of the days were saved in the morning, so he had time to think about the future.

Since the time for reading the cantata cannot be saved for the time being, and since the time for extensive ploughing can never be saved, it is necessary to save the time for the morning meeting.

Zhu Youzhen was even more determined to not go to court in the future, no matter how opposed by the ministers, no matter how difficult it was, he would sleep until he woke up naturally.

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