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"One more thing......"

After Zhu Youzhu finalized Liu Chengfeng's matter, his face became a little serious, and he said lightly: "That Zhou Cheng, as the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, ranked in the center, should have done his best, but I found that since he took office, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has been a mess, and this time it is chasing the wind and shadows. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoOriginally, it was not a big deal for the official to impeach others, and to catch the wind. But Du Yushi is different from Yanguan, what he said has a lot of impact, he is not young, I see that he is old and confused, in this case, I miss him old, let him resign as soon as possible, Liu Aiqing ......"

Liu Ji felt a sudden suddenness in his heart, knowing that something was wrong, but he had to say: "Weichen is here." ”

Zhu Youzhu held the bronze beast furnace, although the weather has been good recently, but Zhu Youzhu is afraid of cold, the slightest heat in the beast furnace that conducts into the palm of his hand warms him up a lot, Zhu Youzhu was silent for a moment, and said: "You go and talk to Zhou Cheng, hand over the book, and I will approve it." ”

Hearing this, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were expressionless, but they both looked at Liu Ji in unison.

Liu Ji's lips trembled, and he said bitterly: "Weichen knows." ”

Zhu Youzhu sighed and said, "It is said that I am a Ming monarch, and there are gentlemen and officials around me, but I don't see it that way, no matter how discerning I am, there will inevitably be villains around me." The country must be stable, and we must not tolerate those villains who see the wind and steer the rudder, and it is not a trivial matter to rectify the rule of officials, and my health has been getting worse and worse recently, and after eating wine yesterday, I woke up with a hangover, and the whole person was lazy and weak. Hey......"

After sighing, he really got a lot older, Zhu Youzhu was only forty years old, but at this moment, he looked like a sixty-year-old man, the wrinkles on his face were extremely deep, like a knife carving, and his hair was a lot whiter, which made people sigh.

It is a pity that the emperor has done his job.

Zhu Youzhu continued: "My own body, I know it myself. Ay...... Liu Chengfeng and the imperial doctor have advised me to pay attention to maintenance, but I have always refused to listen, and now it is impossible to temporarily hold Buddha's feet. So I was thinking, this official rule must be cleaned up, while I still have time, the government of the official is corrupt, then the world is uneasy, I must make a plan in advance, so that I can teach the prince ......"

When he said this, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Liu Ji all looked terrified, and they all interrupted Zhu Youzhu and said, "Your Majesty is in good health, why do you say this." ”

Li Dongyang said again: "Your Majesty, even if the dragon body is unwell, it is necessary to take a good rest, and the affairs of the imperial court, the micro-ministers will share more, and they can always be encouraged to maintain." ”

Xie Qian said: "That's the truth, now the world has finally had a new situation, and Your Majesty is the time to enjoy peace......

Zhu Youzhu waved his hand and said with a slight smile: "You don't have to say this, okay, just treat me as confused, say something that shouldn't be said, no matter what you say, this official rule must be rectified, Xie Aiqing, you will work with Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, to rectify this matter, and let the cabinet go in advance." ”

Xie Qian had to say: "Weichen understands. ”

But at this moment, Liu Ji's face showed a little surprise and uneasiness.

Zhu Youzhu slapped the board, his face showed deep tiredness, and ordered the cabinet to draft an edict, and then the three cabinet ministers resigned.

When Liu Ji came out of the Zhengxin Palace, he looked a little depressed, the sun outside was very dazzling, and now after May, the weather has gradually become hot, stabbing his eyes a little dazzling, making him almost faint.

His body is getting worse and worse, and even walking is a little frivolous.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian saw each other, but they also came over kindly, Li Dongyang said: "Liu Gong, are you unwell?" ”

Only then did Liu Ji cheer up and reluctantly said, "It's okay." ”

Seeing this, Li Dongyang didn't say anything, and said: "There are still a few copies of the book that need to be drafted, Liu Gong will go slowly, Yu Qiao and I will go first." ”

The ministers have a good point, no matter how much enmity the two sides have, but they are very polite on the face, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian repeatedly said goodbye, and then left in a hurry, leaving only a lonely Liu Ji, which happened to give Liu Ji a gap to think about his thoughts.

Liu Ji already felt that something was wrong, first of all, Zhu Youjiao's meaningful words at the banquet, the four words of my family and Hu'er have never been seen in the world, which is not only to show Liu Chengfeng's favor, but also to warn himself.

And next, the punishment for Zhou Cheng is also heavier, after all, Zhou Cheng is the imperial history of the left capital, and he is a speech official, and the speech official catches the wind and catches the shadow, which is a matter of course. Even if the emperor doesn't like it, at most, he will slowly find another opportunity to send him to Nanjing. However, ordering him to resign is a bit excessive.

And deliberately let himself go to Zhou Cheng to make a sound, what does this mean? It means that the emperor has already noticed what Zhou Cheng is directing this time, and he already has a mustard for himself?

What's more, the emperor suddenly said that he was unwell, and he wanted to purge the officials, and there was no problem with the purging of the officials, but at the end of last year, he had already been inspected in Beijing, and many mediocre officials and unconscious officials had been eliminated. And who is the person the emperor is going to beat?

Judging from the appointment of the emperor, it can be seen that the emperor let Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng lead the matter, and Ma Wensheng is fine, he is the secretary of the ministry, as long as it involves the rule of the officials, he must have his share, but this Xie Qian...... Who doesn't know, Xie Qian and him Liu Ji are not only different in politics, the two sides have long been incompatible, Xie Qian is a hot surname, competing with him Liu Ji everywhere, let him lead the purge of the government this time, it is a big blow to Liu Ji, at least his protégés and former officials, this time I am afraid that they will be unlucky.

One of the biggest sources of power of cabinet ministers is that they have the power to appoint and dismiss high-ranking officials, and they can recommend officials above the fifth rank at any time, and it is precisely because of this that no matter which cabinet minister, under their wing, there will be a group of people who have gathered together through the relationship between teachers and students, fellow villagers, and the same year, and these people have naturally become the minions and pawns of the scholars, as a tool to attack political opponents and exalt themselves.

Once Xie Qian presides over this purge, then these people under Liu Ji will all be hit, just ask, if anyone clings to him Liu Ji will suffer a blow, then who else is willing to serve Liu Ji?

However, the emperor knew this, but he instructed Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng to do it and give them the power to act cheaply, which clearly meant something and came for him.

Want...... In the eyes of the emperor, he has completely lost trust.

There are only two ways in front of him, one is to resign and completely give up this central power. And the other is the cabinet minister who will be the papier-mâché from now on.

Thinking of this, Liu Ji couldn't help but shiver, he knew in his heart that His Majesty let Liu Jian recuperate a year ago, so now he will not tear his face to order him to pay tribute, His Majesty needs the unity of the court on the surface, that is to say, even if he doesn't like him, he will not tear his face, and he will still let him stay in the cabinet, either he will take the initiative to resign again and again, or he will be this nominal cabinet bachelor.

Finished...... The future is bleak.

Ben came to his age of knowing the destiny of heaven, in fact, it was nothing, but what he was most afraid of was that once he fell into power, then these people led by Liu Jian would definitely be liquidated. This is an obvious thing, he and his relatives and friends, none of their butts are clean, and his son has been messing around several times in Hubei, and he has suppressed it. There is also a young son, Liu Qing, although he has no official status, but relying on his identity and status, he doesn't know how much wealth he has amassed in the Beijing Division, and he is afraid that he has long been targeted, and the reason why no one does it is because he is afraid of him as a scholar, but once he ...... Not...... In any case, you can't resign, and when things get to this point, you can only fight to the end.

Liu Ji gritted his teeth, but he had already arrived at the cabinet duty, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian had already arrived, the two were preparing to play the book, and when they saw Liu Jilai, Li Dongyang asked the scribe to go to see the tea, but Liu Ji shook his head, waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty asked the old man to remind Zhou Cheng, without further ado, the old man still went to visit, don't delay the big event." ”

How could Li Dongyang not understand Liu Ji's thoughts at the moment, at this point, Liu Ji was afraid that he should be in a hurry, so he just smiled and said: "That's the truth, Liu Gong will go, the cabinet is here, there are me and Yu Qiao watching." ”

Liu Ji nodded, but Xie Qian didn't even pay attention to him, but suddenly buried himself in the work, and suddenly interjected: "Gong Li, it's going to rain, it's raining, wash off the dust, and the sun is shining after the rain." ”

Liu Ji glanced at Xie Qian coldly, but he was helpless and turned around.

As soon as Liu Ji left, Xie Qian raised his head and said, "Duke Li, Your Majesty has handed over the proposed edict to you, and I have asked people to ask Negative Tu to discuss the matter of purging the officials, so I have to come up with a charter first, and show it to the emperor as soon as possible." ”

Li Dongyang sighed and said, "You can handle this matter yourself, and I will draft the edict while drafting the few copies of the edict at hand, and at the same time make some drafts." ”

Xie Qian nodded, and suddenly said: "Liu Ji also seems to be unwell, you look at him, his face is sallow." ”

Li Dongyang couldn't help laughing, he didn't know that Xie Qian was taking the opportunity to tease that Liu Ji, but Li Dongyang was a person who was very deep in the city, and said in a very flat tone: "Maybe it's because I also ate wine yesterday." ”

Xie Qian couldn't help but laugh and said, "Yes, it's only yesterday's wine banquet." ”

(To be continued)