After the New Year, Zhu Changyuan did not immediately change the people in the cabinet, nor did he force his own people into the cabinet, but quietly observed, quietly watched, naturally, and did not rush to engage in construction. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The daily court meeting went on as usual, and he pushed the cabinet to solve all matters, no matter how big or small, and the ministers even thought that the political situation was back in the Wanli period.

However, just when the hundred officials relaxed their vigilance, a small imperial history suddenly stood up and began to point at the nose of the cabinet and scold, and impeached the two cabinet elders in the cabinet.

The content of the impeachment is simple, and it is what actually happened.

For example, during Li Zicheng's capture of Beijing, because the army had no food to eat, Liu Zongmin had no choice but to launch a world-famous salary assistance campaign, raiding homes and torturing ministers, making them pay money to atone for their crimes.

For example, Wei Zaode at that time handed over 20,000 taels of silver to Liu Zongmin at one time, and Chen Yan was even more unexpected by everyone, as soon as he made a move, it was 40,000 taels.

Yu Shi impeached the two for several major crimes such as corruption, treason, and bullying.

Corruption naturally goes without saying, the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's salary in the Ming Dynasty is too low, and it is not enough for those officials to feed the whole family, and corruption is inevitable, but for example, Chen Yan and Wei Zaode, even if they are big officials, the annual income is only so little, where did they get tens of thousands of taels of silver?

In fact, you don't need to be interrogated to understand that they are corrupt.

Treason is also easy to say, after all, Emperor Chongzhen had just died at that time, and these people could not withstand the torture of the enemy, so they immediately defected and surrendered, and even held the silver in both hands to others, and it was natural to say that it was a crime of treason.

As for bullying the monarch, it refers to the fact that Xue Guoguan instigated Emperor Chongzhen to help pay back then.

Since there was no military salary in Liaodong, Xue Guoguan instigated the emperor to apportionment the ministers of the court, how much each person paid! But later, those courtiers were too stingy, and they were afraid of taking out the silver to make another charge of corruption, so in the end, the hundred officials jointly raised less than 100,000 taels of silver.

In the process, there was also a farce of Li Guorui, the Marquis of Wuqing, who set up a stall in Beijing to sell his own chores, and later Emperor Chongzhen had to return all the silver, but there was one point. At that time, Wei Zaode and Chen Yan did not each pay a hundred taels of silver.

In the words of the imperial history, these two people are helping thieves but not helping kings!

Chen Yan even quibbled in front of Zhu Changyuan, saying: "Zicheng is now the king of the northwest of my Ming Dynasty, and there was no owner in the world at that time. Who can say what I will give in my money? As for the deception, Chongzhen is the king of the previous dynasty. ”

Zhu Changyuan couldn't stand it, and said coldly to Chen Yan: "The first emperor called the Emperor Lie, Lord Chen openly roared in the court, is it against etiquette?" ”

Chen Yan stopped talking so far.

Wei Zaode looked at the imperial history. was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched, so he had to kneel on the ground, kowtow to Zhu Changyuan fiercely, and said: "The minister has lost his virtue and cannot continue to serve as a minister, so I ask for a minister!" ”

As soon as Wei Zaode said this, there was a lot of discussion in the court, you must know that at this time, he is not confused, it is the best time to be an official, and his future prospects are also great.

And. Although Wei Zaode has no ability, he is quite eloquent, and he was still the champion back then!

If he resigns at this time, this career will be cut off.

However, it was only a momentary discussion, and the ministers understood that Wei Zaode had lost a big festival, although Emperor Chongzhen was the emperor of the previous dynasty and Zhu Changyuan was the founder of the new dynasty, he would not be punished now. But it's true that he doesn't have the face to stay in the court.

Zhu Changyuan didn't say yes, nor did he say no, but turned his gaze and stared at Chen Yan. It seems to be a smile but not a smile, and it is meaningful.

In Chen Yan's eyes, it seemed that the emperor was saying to him: Wei Zaode has taken the initiative, why are you still stunned?

Chen Yan sighed, knelt behind Wei Zaode, and said, "Please also pay tribute!" ”

Zhu Changyuan laughed at this time. Said: "The two Aiqing are both pillars of the country, I believe that this matter is tortuous and cannot be covered up in a word, so the two Aiqing will go back to rest for a while, and when the matter is clear, then come to serve the country!" ”

Saying this, it is already very face-saving for them, and at the same time, Zhu Changyuan's words also reveal that as long as you go obediently, Lao Tzu will no longer pursue the past.

"Minister, thank you for Your Majesty's Longen!" After the two ministers thanked him, they left the hall in a trance.

Zhu Changyuan smiled, then said to Xue Guoguan with a sad face: "Xue Aiqing, the cabinet is vacant now, as the first assistant of the cabinet, you have to elect two people to join the cabinet, don't affect normal government affairs!" ”

At the beginning, Xue Guoguan thought that Zhu Changyuan really let himself choose, so he was a little modest, and said: "According to the convention, the cabinet ministers are elected by the ministers, and then the list is reported to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will choose again!" ”

Under normal circumstances, if there is a vacant position in the cabinet, the cabinet selection committee should nominate three people for the selection of the Son of Heaven, and if it is two, it should generally nominate five to six.

Back then, Qian Qianyi was because he was bad, and when he was electing the ministers, he asked those people to push him up through relationship means, and he also pushed down their minister, Wen Tiren! Later, Wen Tiren retaliated and played Qian Qianyi with a desire to live and die, and his career was cut off, so he had more than ten years of experience in the opposition.

"Oh?" Zhu Changyuan smiled, and then asked shamelessly: "Then when I am elected, can I also vote?" ”

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After listening to Zhu Changyuan's words, the ministers were decisively shocked by his shamelessness, even if you look ugly, it won't be like this, right?

The Son of Heaven personally participated in the election, so who would dare to deny the people you elected?

Cao Huachun couldn't look at it, and whispered behind Zhu Changyuan: "Your Majesty thinks twice, the initiator, there is no aftermath?" ”

Zhu Changyuan was startled and shuddered.

If he just forcibly arranged his own people into the cabinet today, it would be very cool to play this kind of method, but the consequences would be very serious.

In case their unscrupulous descendants want to do something bad in the future, they can follow suit, and there is no way for the ministers to stop it.

Therefore, Zhu Changyuan was very embarrassed, and after a few seconds, he saw the ministers quietly, and then said: "Hehe, I am joking with you Aiqing, I just want to tell Xue Aiqing that the matter is serious, and it must be handled strictly as soon as possible." ”

After speaking, he stood up solemnly and said: "If it is decided today, the people have not yet been able to live and work in peace and contentment, and the people's livelihood is withering. ”

The courtiers below shouted in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

Zhu Changyuan waved his hand to make everyone quiet, and continued: "Liu Zongzhou, the former squire of the Ministry of Works, is a learned Confucian, who can rise up for me when he encountered injustice in the previous dynasty and retreated? Jiangzuo Mingshi Qian Qianyi is the hope of Jiangnan Shilin, who can order him to return to the court for me? ”

"Of course, I just gave a few examples, now that my official position in the Ming Dynasty is seriously vacant, and the country is not functioning well, you must arrange supplementary talents to enter various departments as soon as possible, and those former ministers who have not yet reached the age of sixty and still have spare strength must be used, such as a group of old ministers such as Guide Mansion Hou Sui, Fujian Huangshi Zhai!"

"You should also recommend talented newcomers for the country!" Zhu Changyuan stood on the top of the imperial stairs, talking eloquently, speaking all modern ordinary vernacular, he felt that the way of speaking of the ancients was not enough to express his meaning: "The newcomer is sharp, trying to advance, the old man is conservative, and he knows peace." You can see the events of the Chongzhen period, if it weren't for the strength of our soldiers, how could we conquer the world, make the princes tie their hands, and go to foreign countries to open up territory for our China. ”

"Biography" said: The major events of the country are in worship and Rong! What is ritual, rituals are rituals, laws, and the right way in the world. What is Rong, Rong not only refers to the sharp weapons of the soldiers, but also refers to the structure of the country, the ability to create, the strength of weapons, and the advantages of armor soldiers. I think that when the people of the country cultivate virtue, they should also cultivate war, and they should always build sharp weapons to wait for the incoming enemy. ”

"Although virtue can educate Yuanyuan, it can't stop the enemy's spear blade. Therefore, we should not only cultivate virtue to influence the assimilation of foreign races and turn Yidi into China, but also prepare a strong army to conquer its body first when virtue cannot reach it, and then revitalize and conquer its heart. ”

Zhu Changyuan took a short break, took a sip of water, and looked at the reactions of the ministers below.

Sure enough, they had never heard of Zhu Changyuan's theory, this kind of soft and hard means, and they didn't expect Zhu Changyuan to have such great ambitions, they were stunned for a while, and they didn't know what to say!

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers could only use these four words to respond to this strange thought of the Son of Heaven.

"I'm naturally wise!" Zhu Changyuan took the lead, "I know better than any of you can see it!" ”

"Today, I have no secret that I want to expand my territory and create a big territory, far beyond the territory of Genghis Khan. I want to annex all the lands in the ocean to China, and wherever our soldiers can reach, they are the territory of my Ming Dynasty. On the land that human beings can see, there can only and forever fly one flag, and that is the Ming Dynasty. ”

"I also don't shy away from telling you that from today onwards, you must change your previous thinking, because with that kind of **** attitude of self-respect in the world, you will never be able to get out of these lands founded by your ancestors. Look out, look farther away, into the deep, bottomless ocean! Instead of blindly looking at the feet, looking at the official position under the ass, the black veil on the head! ”

"I assure you that in order to conquer the four seas and cultivate the barbarians, I can do anything, I can change or even overthrow any law of my ancestors, those who can keep up with me and follow me are all heroes who will not be easy to come, and those who are short-sighted are destined to not be able to walk by my side."

"Don't look at all problems with old ideas and preconceived notions, there are times when you need to change, and I need to change too! The reason why I was able to expel the princes is because I have the most advanced weapons in the world, I have the most powerful army in the world, and I have countless things in my hands that can bring benefits to the people and promote the development of the whole human race. ”

"I can lead the entire human race, and I can lead you into an era that has never been seen before."

"Therefore, you must change your thinking and be ready to follow the pace of the times at any time."

"Finally, I will send you seven more words: if you don't change your mind, you will change people!" (To be continued.) )