Zheng De convened the first imperial meeting in the first year of Zhengde, firstly, to meet with the newly promoted six ministries and nine secretaries selected by himself, which was considered familiar, and secondly, to discuss the retirement of the third-grade officials of the DPRK and the central government and the discussion of candidates to fill the vacancies. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the second day after this meeting was convened, the emperor issued a non-stop decree ordering the retirement of the officials of the three grades of the central government and the filling of vacancies, and issued more than 30 holy decrees in one day, so that the two yamen of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites were busy with continuous rotation.

For the emperor's such a vigorous and resolute style, the Chinese military officials of the dynasty were also a little dumbfounded for a while, is this still the emperor who usually looks lazy all day?

Although he knew that this day would come sooner or later, it still caused the dissatisfaction of some courtiers, and he wrote a letter of protest, but he was directly ignored by Zheng De. After all, this matter is still under the pretext of 'retirement', and the courtiers are at most writing to vent their dissatisfaction. If you dare to run to the palace and cry, it will be a bit unreasonable.

That's why you always have to find a reason to do anything. Whether this excuse is reasonable or not, it will always put your side in a mental advantage, so that it is convenient to take action. Of course, there are legitimate reasons, and it will make people more justified and confident, Zheng De is now in this situation, and he is naturally fearless.

However, he also knew that it was too much, and if he continued to order the officials below the third rank who had reached the retirement age in the court, I was afraid that the court would really fall into chaos. So in the next two months, Zheng De did not make any moves, and as time went by, the controversial voice of the DPRK and China gradually weakened, and finally calmed down.

On the Taibai Building, Liu Daxia and other seven members of the DPRK and China gathered here in the same year.

Looking at Li Dongyang, who came in a hurry, everyone got up to greet each other, Min Jue smiled and said with a smile, "As the first assistant of the cabinet, Bin Zhi was able to take time out of his busy schedule to come to the appointment, which made me a little flattered by the same year!" ”

"Brother Shi invited, how dare you disobey, don't make fun of Dongyang anymore." Li Dongyang smiled and bowed his hand to everyone, after becoming the first assistant of the cabinet, he was no different from before. Even in the face of this group of friends who have been friends for the same year, his attitude has not changed.

"Moreover, your brothers are already members of the imperial court, and although they are not in their position, they can still write and talk about things. Even if a certain person is the first assistant of the cabinet, he will never be offended. ”

For Li Dongyang's humorous answer, everyone smiled heartily and sat down one after another under mutual humility.

"I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, and even made up such a tasteless and rankless official title as 'Councilor' to grant me and other retired officials. The authority is not big or small, but the ministry is the same as that of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Liu Daxia said suddenly.

Jiao Fang followed up and said, "Your Majesty's move must be to appease us and other old ministers in the court who were forced to retire, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the civil and military officials of the court, and by the way, to fight back against the rumors of purging the old ministers in the court." However, since there is a yamen such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in a certain opinion, this councilor is actually not of much use. ”

Although this person's tone was flat as usual, it was full of dissatisfaction.

For this man's words, everyone did not know how to answer for a while. After all, what is there to say? Besides, this is just a personal speculation, and it involves the current saints. Everyone had to remain silent, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward for a while.

"I'm afraid this is the last time I will get together in Jingshi, but unfortunately Tingzhen went first, and Yongjing is no longer here, it's really a little boring!" Min Jue couldn't help but sigh lightly, but it broke the somewhat weird atmosphere.

Liu Daxia also said with some emotion, "Yes, I didn't expect Tingzhen to be the first among the ten of us." ”

Regarding Dai Shan's death, his friends of the same year couldn't help but sigh. It's a pity that this is the number of days, and no matter what, you can't change your life against the sky.

"When he left, he caused a lot of trouble!" Jiao Fang's tone was very dissatisfied, although he was a little disrespectful to the deceased, but he also told the truth.

However, these words angered the others present, and Liu Daxia couldn't help but stand up and accuse, "What's the incident? It's just that His Majesty passed away one after another because of his position as the Imperial Inspectorate, and he couldn't bear to formulate a retirement system. In my opinion, it is excellent, and it is also the end of some people's desire to covet official positions. ”

"Shi Yong, don't talk nonsense and ruin my reputation." Jiao Fang also pointed at him angrily.

Liu Daxia glanced at him lightly, "Whether it's nonsense or not, you and I both know it." ”

"You ......," Jiao Fang pointed at him and wanted to say something. was interrupted by Min Jue, who couldn't stand it on the side.

"Alright, you two don't have to argue. It's just that the dead are the greatest, Meng Yang, what you said is also a bit excessive. ”

Min Qi's remarks made Jiao Fang almost angry and wanted to leave. It's just that in the end, I couldn't help but sit down, but the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

"Speaking of which, this time I waited for the same year of Tianshun for eight years, and it seems that there is only one guest left in the court!" Zeng Jian said suddenly.

Hearing him say this, everyone thought a little that it was really the case, and they sighed for a while. Although it has only been more than 40 years since then, they were all about 30 years old at that time, and now everyone is in their early seventies, and it is also appropriate to be ordered to be Zhishi, and only Li Dongyang, a supernatural power, is an exception.

"Back then, the eighteenth high school jinshi of Binzhi was really shocking to me!" Min Jue couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

Li Dongyang said with a smile, "Why do I think this is not a good thing for me?" ”

Everyone also knew that he had been thinking about resigning from office, and they couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

This is really intentionally planting flowers that do not bloom, and unintentionally planting willows and willows into the shade!

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The next day, in front of the Fengtian Gate, there were palace maids and eunuchs carrying large bags of packages from all directions in the palace gathered from all directions, and the entire square was already crowded with people after a while. If it weren't for the guards stationed all around, it would have been difficult to maintain order.

At the right time, Wang Tingxiang, the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wang Yue, the deputy minister in charge, and Li Qingfang appeared in the square together. Yang Ling, the director of the Ouchi Security Bureau who was in charge of order at the scene, stepped forward and arched his hand, "I've seen Lord Wang, Gonggong Wang, and Manager Li. ”

Wang Tingxiang nodded, "Director Yang, how are you preparing now, have all the people arrived?" ”

Yang Ling said, "If you go back to your lordship, everyone has already arrived." ”

Li Dongyang looked back at the two behind him, "Princess, Manager Li, you see?" ”

Wang Yue and Li Qingfang said respectfully, "Everything is up to the adults. ”

Wang Tingxiang did not postpone it, glanced at the audience, and said in a black voice, "All the people present today are dismissed palace people, since they are all people from the palace, I hope you can keep to yourself after leaving the palace, and don't do evil." Live a good life with severance pay, don't live up to the emperor's gifts. Well, without further ado, the person who reads the name comes forward. ”

As he spoke, he took out a roster from his sleeve and turned the first page to read.

"Xie An."

A little eunuch stepped forward, and Mu Bin of the Ouchi Guards Bureau glanced at the guards with knives below, and immediately two people stepped forward to search him, and after finding that he had nothing entrained, he was taken to a table. An official glanced at him, opened the roster, drew a stroke on his name, and said, "Xie An, Chenghua entered the palace in the twenty-second year, entered the palace for twenty years, and received twenty taels of silver." ”

Someone behind him immediately took out eight or twenty taels of silver from a huge box and handed it to him. The little eunuch was also a prepared person, looked at the large pile of silver in front of him, and took out a piece of cloth from the package and wrapped it and carried it on his back. Then he knelt down in the direction of the Qianqing Palace and kowtowed three times.

"Your Majesty, the slave is gone."

After speaking, he actually cried "woo", and walked towards the outside of the palace three times under the gaze of the guards with knives, looking reluctant.

Ying Ning'er, Hongzhi for ten years......

Gu Ping, 17 years of Chenghua......

Zhao Xu

Bush brown

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A personal name spit out from Li Dongyang's mouth, read the name, and the palace maids and eunuchs were inspected in an orderly manner and walked towards the outside of the palace with the severance pay. Perhaps it was because of the leading role of the previous eunuch, although everyone who left had a different mood, they would finally kneel and leave in the direction of the Qianqing Palace. Maybe it doesn't have any deep meaning, but it's just a final tribute and farewell to the owner of the imperial city that he has served for many years.

"This is a reward given by the emperor to the slaves and maids, and you cannot take it away."

Suddenly, there was a sudden noise in the crowd of people who were being examined, attracting everyone's attention. Yang Ling walked over and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Lord Hui, this person carries a jade Buddha statue, saying that it was rewarded by the emperor." The brocade guard arched his hand.

"This ......" Yang Ling looked at Wang Tingxiang and the other three with some embarrassment for a while, after all, the first emperor had died, and no one knew the truth of this matter.

Wang Yue, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, suddenly spoke, "Which government office did you serve in before?" ”

The little eunuch hurriedly knelt down, "Back to my father-in-law, the slave maid has been serving in the direct hall prison before, and this jade Buddha was indeed rewarded to me by the first emperor." ”

Wang Yue looked at him with a look of disbelief, "A little eunuch sweeping the floor, how could the emperor reward you with the Jade Buddha?" ”

glanced at Yang Ling again, "Lord Yang, I think it's better to hand him over to the Military Intelligence Bureau and go to the Imperial Prison for careful interrogation." ”

When the little eunuch heard the word "edict", his face turned pale in an instant, but he still clung to the jade Buddha and said, "This jade Buddha is really rewarded to me by the emperor, and I swear that it was really rewarded to me by the emperor." If there is half a lie, teach me to thunder and split. ”

Yang Ling was also a little shaken when he heard the words of the little eunuch. But you can't listen to the words of the family, you still listen to Deputy Chief Manager Wang, let's take it first.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand at the guards beside him.

Two wolf-like guards with knives immediately stood up, picked up the little eunuch and dragged him out, so frightened that the little eunuch hurriedly shouted, "Don't want this Jade Buddha slave, don't want it." Let the slave maid get out of the palace, let go out of the palace......"

The heart-rending shout made all the eunuchs and palace maids present shudder, so that the body search that followed was unexpectedly much smoother. Regardless of whether they carry it or not, everyone will leave behind the valuable things they are carrying, and if it is not for the severance pay at the end, it is almost the same as leaving the house.

Of course, Wang Tingxiang and others also saw it, but there was no way to do it, after all, who knew if there were any palace people who took the opportunity to take valuable palace treasures out of the palace? If it's really innocent, then stay and investigate and don't eat!

However, almost no palace people thought so, they were afraid to stay and not talk about the treasures they were rewarded, and it was estimated that they would not even receive the two severance silver, and they couldn't care about anything else, so they had to "leave the house" in the end.