Zhu Youzhen got up from the dragon chair and walked into the side of the ministers, "But God has the virtue of a good life, and I am willing to give you a way to live." ”

"Huh?" The crowd began to stir, full of wagging heads and eyes exchanging glances.

Zhu Youzhen walked around the crowd, then returned to the dragon chair and sat down, closing his eyes and recuperating.

"Is this true?"

"Your Majesty can forgive us?"

"Why does Your Majesty forgive us?"

"Your Majesty will forgive us like this?"

……

While Zhu Youzhen was waiting, the ministers' desire to survive was fully mobilized.

"Zhu Aiqing," Zhu Youzhen's voice was not loud, but he immediately suppressed the voices of the ministers, and no one wanted to miss Zhu Youzhen's words, even a word.

"I give you a chance," Zhu Youzhen stretched out his index finger, "There is only one chance, if you hand over all the silver taels that are greedy for ink, I will not be guilty of the past." ”

"Some of you will be cut down to the people, some will be demoted, and some will be able to keep their current positions."

"It's up to you to decide, and the punishment you receive is closely related to your confession."

"The more thoroughly the guilty plea, the lighter the punishment will be, if not at all."

"But I want to emphasize one point, many people will be reduced and demoted, and it is impossible for there to be dozens of Shangshu in the six departments of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youzhen's meaning, the ministers heard very clearly, this is to reform the bloated institutions, and it has nothing to do with their greed for ink, even if each of them admits their guilt thoroughly, and even if there is no corruption at all, the extra Shangshu, Shilang and other officials in the six ministries must be abolished, and the situation of more monks and less porridge will be defeated in front of them.

But the ministers are not concerned about these, according to what Zhu Youzhen said, their highest punishment is to cut their posts for the people, and their heads are saved, even if they are reduced and demoted, they are still officials of the Ming Dynasty, if they can keep their current positions......

A quarter of an hour ago, the ministers, who were still in despair, began to look forward to a bright future.

"Your Majesty," Shi Fenglai knelt on the ground, "Is what Your Majesty said true?" ”

"I am the Son of Heaven, how can I joke?" Zhu Youzhen stretched out his index finger and pointed to the sky, "But if you can't fully confess your guilt, hand over the silver ...... that is greedy for ink."

"......" the ministers were speechless again.

Zhu Youzhen changed his fingers to three fingers: "I have only three days to give you, on the 21st, I will summon all of you here again, at that time, you will hand over the silver taels of greedy ink, and I will decide the fate of all of you according to the degree of your confession, and other ministers in the court are also watching you." ”

"Your Majesty." I don't know who started it, the ministers all knelt in front of Zhu Youzhen, crying silently......

Coming out of the Imperial Palace, Zhu Youzhen returned to the Qianqing Palace, he lay on the bed, closed his eyes and thought for a long time. After lunch, Zhu Youzhen was worried that the Donglin Party would oppose his pardon policy, so he simply avoided Ciqing Palace.

Ciqing Palace is a comprehensive hall that contains four palaces: Fengchen Palace, Chenghua Palace, Qingqin Palace and Zhaojian Palace.

The Qingong Palace is where Zhu Youzhen grew up, and now Zhang Yan lives in the Qinqin Palace.

Zhu Youzhen came out of the Huangji Gate alone, all the way to the east, through the Zhengyin Gate, inside the door is a very special Lintoe Gate, on both sides of the Lintoe Gate, not the common stone lions, but two sacred beast unicorns, bowing their heads and pleasing to the eye. After entering the Lintoe Gate, it is the main gate of Ciqing Palace - Ciqing Gate.

Zhu Youzhen did not stop, he went straight to the Qingong Palace in the northeast corner.

Looking at the red walls and green tiles of the Qingong Palace, Zhu Youzhen had mixed feelings.

It has only been more than a year since he left the Miaoqin Palace, and he is now the emperor who reigns over the world, and he has just cut off Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yingyue, the tumors of the Ming Dynasty.

A palace maid happened to be hanging outside the palace gate, and when she saw Zhu Youzhen coming, she panicked for a moment, so she opened her mouth in a daze, and even forgot to salute.

"Shh Zhu Youzhen raised his index finger and made a silent gesture at the side of his mouth.

The palace maid had already woken up, but she didn't dare to make a noise, she just knelt in front of Zhu Youzhen, staring at Zhu Youzhen with big eyes.

"Well, is your master here?" Zhu Youzhen asked in a low voice.

"Back to Your Majesty, my master is swinging in the back garden." The palace maid bent down, put her hand in front of Xiaokou, and looked like she was whispering.

"Then you take me in."

"Yes, Your Majesty, please follow the slave into the garden." The palace maid bowed down to lead the way.

The door is familiar, the road is familiar, even the house is familiar, and it can't be more familiar.

Zhu Youzhen followed the palace maid to the back garden, where he used to practice. Under the huge camphor tree, a three-foot-long swing was tied, and a young woman in a short water-green jacket was sitting on the swing, and two palace maids were helping to swing the swing.

Her back was facing Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen's footsteps were very light, so she didn't notice Zhu Youzhen's arrival at all.

The palace maid took advantage of Zhu Youzhen's staring at the swing, but she walked a few steps closely, and came to the side of the swing, she held Qiansuo with one hand, supported the cylinder with the other, and whispered a few words to the woman.

"Huh?" The woman looked like a Persian cat with her tail stepped on, and with a "bang", her feet fell to the ground, and she looked back at Zhu Youzhen.

As Zhu Youzhen's accident, the woman was Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan has already ceded Kunning Palace to Zhou Yufeng, and Wan'er and Hu Xinxue have also returned to Beijing from Shaanxi and temporarily live in Kunning Palace with Zhou Yufeng. And Zhang Yan followed Zhu Youzhen's instructions and moved to Ciqing Palace, and now lives in Miaoqin Palace.

Zhang Yan looked at Zhu You's foot for a minute, and then she remembered to salute, she flicked her long skirt and knelt on the ground with a "poof": "The concubine knocks to see Your Majesty!" ”

"I'm not here for official business, and the imperial sister-in-law doesn't have to be polite." Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and asked Zhang Yan to get up.

"Your Majesty is ......" Zhang Yan's gaze swept over Zhu Youzhen's face without any scruples, as if she wanted to see through Zhu Youzhen's thoughts.

"Is the imperial sister-in-law reluctant to let me blow the northwest wind here?" Zhu Youzhen chuckled, and didn't mind Zhang Yan's rudeness.

"The concubine should die, Your Majesty, please enter the hall." Zhang Yan walked sideways in front and showed Zhu Youzhen the way.

Zhu Youzhen came to the hall where he had been a guest, all the furnishings were not touched at all, just like when he had just left, he sat down on the main seat with a big grin: "Imperial sister-in-law, you're welcome, you can sit too!" ”

Zhang Yan lowered her head slightly, sat down on the chair where Zhu Youzhen was headed, turned back to Ting'er and said, "Go, warm a pot of hot tea for Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen met Zhang Yan's gaze, looked carefully, his face was still fair, maybe because of the wind outside, it was slightly bright red, compared with last time, it was more clear, I don't know if she still has anything to worry about after Wei Zhongxian's death.

"Now that the court is changing rapidly, how can Your Majesty have time to sit here with your concubines?"

"It's because I'm upset that I came to the imperial sister-in-law to take refuge."

"Your Majesty, ...... you" Zhang Yan raised her head slightly, looked at Zhu Youzhen's Qingjun face, and felt slightly red.

"Does the imperial sister-in-law know what happened in the court in the morning?"

Zhang Yan nodded slowly, and her gaze never left Zhu Youzhen's eyes.

"The Donglin Party will definitely not watch me pardon Wei Eunuch's remnants, I am afraid that they will be one after another, and the wheel war will find me to advise, so I plan to hide here for a few days in the imperial sister-in-law."

...... "You hid from the minister, but you hid with me, and for a few days?" Zhang Yan's small nose twitched, and peach blossoms appeared on her face.

"Imperial sister-in-law, I'm here, no ministers will come over, right?"

Zhang Yan endured the shame and called Ting'er: "Tell the porter, just say that the mourning family is in poor health, and no one will see it." ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little determined in his heart: "Imperial sister-in-law, my treatment of Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yingyue, is the imperial sister-in-law still satisfied?" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Yan nodded, Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yingyue were dead, and the hatred in her heart gradually subsided.

"I remember that when the first emperor was dying, he specially instructed me to reuse the loyal and virtuous, and I have to live up to the trust of the first emperor!" Zhu Youzhen sighed, frowned slightly, and thought deeply.

"Wei Eunuch is a disaster for the court, disrupting the harem, corrupting the law, forming a party for personal gain, it is really innocent!" Zhang Yan's pink and delicate face reappeared with anger.

"Therefore, I killed Wei Ke's party, not all for the imperial sister-in-law, but also for the sake of Daming Sheji."

"......" Zhang Yan's face turned even redder, you killed Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yingyue in order to rectify the dynasty and consolidate your rule, what do you mean it's not all for me? Is it mainly because I can't?

"Imperial sister-in-law, when the first emperor was dying, he also told me to treat the middle palace well, what is wrong with the imperial sister-in-law? But what can I help with? ”

"The concubine thanked Your Majesty! The concubines are all right. Zhang Yan lowered her head and pretended not to understand Zhu Youzhen's thoughts.

"Haha, too. The imperial sister-in-law is the queen, the palace is used, the eunuchs and palace maids are not lacking, but what do the words of the first emperor mean? Every time I think about it, I don't understand. ”

"Your Majesty......" Zhang Yan remembered what Zhu Youxiao said to herself when she woke up that day, and her face suddenly looked like a ripe peach, and this pink color continued to descend along her cheeks and neck.

"Haha."

Zhang Yan said: "Now the situation is unstable, Your Majesty does not sit in the Qianqing Palace, but resides in the concubine's Miaoqin Palace, and is still ......."

"Haha, Yan'er really doesn't understand, or torture me?"

"Your Majesty, ...... you" Zhang Yan was slightly embarrassed, what if you are the emperor? How can you call me by my first name?

"Yan'er has always been wise, and she will not reveal my heavenly secrets, so I will make it clear!" Zhu Youzhen felt that the tea was warm, and he took a sip unconsciously, "Does Yan'er think that I should kill more eunuchs?" ”

"They are Wei Gelding's minions, they have been working for the tiger for many years, they don't need to be interrogated, and the concubines also know that their crimes are heinous." Speaking of government politics, Zhang Yan's embarrassment was suddenly lifted, and she raised her eyes again to look at Zhu Youzhen in front of her.

"Yan'er, then I ask you, if the eunuchs are all killed, who will the court fall into?"

"Donglin Party?" Zhang Yan thought thoughtfully, "Your Majesty is afraid that the Donglin Party family will become bigger?" ”

"Yes, if the eunuch party is gone, the court will inevitably fall into the hands of the Donglin party, at that time, if I want to do something, they will do everything possible to obstruct it, besides, if it comes to corruption and perversion of the law, they will never lose to the eunuch party."

Zhang Yan's eyes suddenly became bright, and she looked at Zhu Youzhen deeply, "Your Majesty wants to use the eunuch party to contain the Donglin party?" ”

"It's not containment!" Zhu Youzhen corrected, "I took advantage of the aggressive posture of the Donglin Party to control the Eunuch Party first, and then ......."

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