readx; What happened to Cao Wenzhao in Nanjing was something that Zhu Youzhen did not expect, and he did not expect that with his own secret decree, Nanjing officials would still dare to disobey the yang and the yin. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoNow he also regrets a little, blaming himself for not giving Cao Wenzhao greater authorization. However, after thinking about it, Cao Wenzhao is only a military general after all, and it is probably not appropriate to let him be in charge of Nanjing's military, political, and financial power, and even personnel arrangements.

But Zhu Youzhen will never give up like this. Before his accession to the throne, the power structure of the Ming Dynasty was roughly a situation of checks and balances between the emperor, the group of officials, and the group of eunuchs. Now the eunuch group no longer exists, but another force is quietly rising, that is, the lords and nobles. For example, Zhou Kui and Yan Ling were able to occupy high positions because of Queen Rui'er; Qi Xianzong was also promoted because of Qi Meifeng.

Now there is a talk of a "post-party" in the officialdom of the Beijing Division, and Zhu Youzhen has also heard of it. He scoffed at this argument because he knew them well. Although Zhou Kui was greedy for money, Zhu Youzhen did not give him actual power, and Zhou Kui had no room for rent-seeking; Yan Ling was in charge of the Imperial City Guard Regiment, but he had always been low-key and loyal to himself, and he had almost no contact with foreign ministers; Qi Xianzong is even more far away in Dengzhou.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen did not think of restricting the power of his relatives, firstly, to avoid suspicion, secondly, people may change, and Zhu Youzhan did not dare to guarantee that these royal relatives would definitely not have problems in the future. However, now these are the only people who are willing to completely obey his orders and carry out his orders to the letter, so Zhu Youzhen can only reuse them without reservation first, and then make another statement when the system is perfected and talented people emerge in large numbers in the future.

But there are far more than these nobles, and there are many heroes like the British Gong Zhang Weixian. Not only did these people have wealth and prestige, but they were also inextricably linked to the local wealthy gentry. At the other end of the rich gentry is the official group, and the combination of these two forces will pose a greater threat to the imperial power.

Especially in a place like Nanjing, the lords also directly control a certain amount of military power, which is even more worrying. It can be seen from what happened to Cao Wenzhao that not all the lords were as knowledgeable as Zhang Weixian, and when the emperor's decree conflicted with their interests, they would do everything possible to obstruct it, or even make the decree a dead letter.

Originally, the lord system was also an important "ancestral system", and Zhu Youzhen didn't want to move it so soon. But this incident made Zhu Youzhen determined, he must beat them hard before the clique of lords and nobles has become a climate, so that they will not dare to act rashly. After the situation is stabilized, it will be completely resolved from the institutional point of view.

After deliberating repeatedly for most of the night, Zhu Youzhen's order to serve Mei Jian, wrote a strange holy decree. The content of the decree is roughly as follows: This year, the first is to build prisoners and join the army, followed by the sudden rise of rebels, and the failure of the officials and troops in various localities to quell the rebellion, and the household department and the military department have an unshirkable responsibility. As the Shangshu of these two parts, Wang Zaijin and Yuan Keli are to blame. should have been punished, but the two of them were very old, and they had made great efforts in planning and planning in the past, so they were transferred to Nanjing as the secretary of the household department and the secretary of the Nanjing military department respectively.

As for the vacant positions of the two, the head of the household department is planned to be taken over by Bi Ziyan, the head of the household department, and the secretary of the military department is planned to be taken over by Hu Yingtai, the secretary of the Nanjing military department. Of course, according to the rules of the imperial court, the appointment and dismissal of the six Shangshu need to be "pushed by the court", and Zhu Youzhen has now proposed a candidate, and the cabinet ministers and officials of the six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will discuss it later.

After Zhu approved the seal, this holy decree was immediately sent to the Beijing division on a fast horse. At the same time, another flying pigeon biography encrypted with a "top secret" level password also flew to Nanjing, this kind of code book only the Red Lady and Zhu Youzhen's confidants Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng, Hao Yongzhong and reconciliation Shengyou, Cao Wenzhao has just obtained.

By the time all this is done, it is already the fourth watch. Mei Jian raised his eyebrows and said softly: "Long live, there is still more than an hour before dawn, please rest early." ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhen also felt that fatigue was irresistible, stretched his waist, yawned and said, "It's time to sleep!" Mei Jian, you're also boiled out, hurry up and go down and rest. ”

Mei Jian didn't leave, knelt down and said softly: "The slave is not tired, please allow the slave and maid to serve and change clothes." ”

Zhu Youzhen's heart moved, nodded slightly, and while letting Mei Jian help him take off his clothes, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "What, don't be 'slave, slave' in the future, I don't like this word." ”

"Hooray, what do you say?" Mei Jian asked softly.

At that time, the two were very close, Zhu Youzhen only felt that he touched Mei Jian's skin from time to time, and she blew like an orchid, scratching his heart more and more itchy, and his breathing became heavier and heavier, and finally he couldn't help but slam Mei Jian on the bed, blushing and said: "It's called 'Mei Jian', isn't the name I gave you bad?" ”

Mei Jian was so frightened that he lost his face, probably because he bathed with Zhu Youzhen that day, but he almost died of poison, leaving a shadow in his heart, and said tremblingly: "Long live, slave... Mei Jian's capital crime! ”

"I'm not afraid of almost being poisoned, what are you afraid of?" Zhu Youzhen smiled, "Don't worry, I will treat you well..."

When I woke up the next day, it was almost noon. Since ascending the throne, Zhu Youzhen has never gotten up so late; Looking at Mei Jian next to the pillow, she had already woken up, but she didn't speak, she didn't dare to get up, her warm delicate body leaned against her, and she said timidly and infinitely joyfully: "Long live, it's not too early, let Mei Jian wait for you to change your clothes, right?" ”

Recalling last night's ** bone erosion, Zhu Youzhen suddenly felt a little guilty, not only to Mei Jian, but also to the queen and several imperial concubines, and at the same time to his own conscience. Is there love between him and Mei Jian? He didn't dare to answer the question in his mind.

However, he was the emperor and it all seemed so taken for granted. Not only will Mei Jian accept it, but the concubines will not say more than half a word, and Rui'er even took the initiative to promote this matter. Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, and secretly shouted in his heart: You won't get lost in this time and space, be tempted by all kinds of ** to give up all principles, and finally become a faint monarch who is scolded by future generations, right?

But he was not allowed to think about this problem, and the crisp voice of the red lady outside had already sounded: "Long live, Tongguan emergency!" ”

Zhu Youzhen sat up, wrapped the shy plum sword tightly with a brocade quilt, and then got out of bed in a disorderly manner, opened the door, and took the flying pigeon handbook handed by the red lady. The red lady bowed her head respectfully and did not peek into the room, and Zhu Youzhen couldn't see her expression.

After being stunned for a while, Zhu Youzhen focused his attention on the content of the emergency report. However, he immediately forgot everything he had just had, and said to himself with a little nervousness in his excitement: "It's finally going to begin!" ”

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