Chapter 521: The Shame Knife is Hard to Collect

Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, has always been a bitter character. When the emperor received a set of new clothes, this was also unprecedented and unprecedented. Even so, the Ming Dynasty in history was finished. It's like a bitter haha, just mixed up with a full meal, and suddenly someone tells him that you will be a billionaire in the future.

If others talk to Zhu Youzhen like this, they will definitely fan it with a big mouth, who are you fooling? Is there such an insult to other people's intelligence? But Chen Xie said this, and Zhu Youzhen felt that this day was not far away. even gave birth to a thought, can I really do the world free of land in my lifetime? Really? At this time, Zhu Youzhen's gaze turned to the position where the official who should have appeared in the living note, and then remembered that this position in this dynasty was cancelled. How could such a wonderful moment not be recorded? What a pity! said to Wang Chengen: "The conversation just now, record it." ”

When Wang Chengen was busy writing books, Zhu Youzhen said again: "Aiqing, can I see that day?" ”

Chen Xie thought for a while and said: "It's difficult, because this day will be difficult, but we can't give up our efforts because of the difficulty." Majesty, 10,000 years is too long, just seize the day. One sentence ignited Zhu Youzhen again, yes, 10,000 years is too long, do the things in front of you well, and leave them for the future.

ordered Jiang Fengyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yao Minggong of Zhan Shi, and Shao Zhan Wang Duo and Qu Keshen to serve the class; Fang Fengnian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Xiang Yu of Virtue, Liu Lishun was revised, and Wu Weiye and Lin Zengzhi were edited and read; Edited the school books of Hu Shouheng and Yang Shicong. This is Zhu Cihong's education team, and before the morning of the second day after the end of this dialogue, these people knelt outside the Imperial Palace, refusing to get up.

The ministers did not know why, and they did not speak. They just knelt there and didn't move, and one by one their faces were solemn. Shoufu Zhou Yanru hurriedly went to see Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen, who was preparing to go to the court, came out and said: "Why did Aiqing come in a hurry, it will be early in the morning." Why can't you even wait for such a moment? ”

After Zhou Yanru truthfully reported what he saw, Zhu Youzhen darkened his face and said angrily: "A group of rotten Confucians. I don't care about serious things, but I have to compete with me in such things. What else can they do but have a mouth full of moral articles? The Ming Dynasty has become like this, and they still want to prevent me from improving the education system of the prince, and their hearts can be punished, and their hearts can be punished. Coming to the people, spreading the will of me, a cadre and others ignore the fundamental interests of the Ming Society, incompetent and shameless. They all took off their black gauze hats. Degraded to commoners. ”

Gritting his teeth when he said this, Zhou Yanru was anxious when he heard it. Other things can be done by the emperor, and all the official teams of the attendants and scholars have been sent away in one breath, and this matter cannot be ignored. The so-called heavenly family is selfless, and this matter must be fought for as the first assistant, otherwise it will be incompetent.

"Your Majesty is angry, can you tell me what's going on?" Zhou Yanru was quite particular about the way he spoke, and Zhu Youzhen listened and said slightly: "I have been here since I ascended the throne." As the king of a country, I don't know the suffering of the people. I don't know the way of money, and I listen to and believe the reports of some ministers for personal gain. As a result, the country's finances are difficult, and the country is in internal difficulties and external scorching. Speaking of which, I don't blame the courtiers for being selfish, whether it is because everyone is selfish, or because I don't know enough about the people. Yesterday, I asked the prince to worship Chen Sihua, and decided that the prince would spare three months every year in the future. Let's take a look below and learn about the people's feelings. As a result, these ministers refused to accept what they said, and one by one they wanted to resign from their posts. They don't want to think about it, Daming doesn't have Chen Sihua, where did he come from this stable situation? What do they compare to Chen Sihua? Since this is the case, I don't know self-love. Then don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

Zhu Youzhen said that Zhou Yanru understood, this is to save face. These attendants of the East Palace must have said that they were unwilling to be with Chen Xie, which angered Zhu Youzhen. Kneeling at the gate of the Imperial Palace today, this is the one who came to force the palace. They probably think that the emperor won't expel everyone for the sake of a Chen Sihua, right? It's a pity that these people didn't expect that in Zhu Youzhen's mind, the sum of 10,000 such ministers is not as important as one Chen Xielai.

After thinking about this, Zhou Yanru still bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that it was really inappropriate to send the ministers as one. It's better to go and tell them that in the future, Chen Sihua will be recruited to live in Beijing for three months every year, and he will give lectures to the prince. In this way, the prince does not have to go so far to Jiangnan to study. ”

Zhu Youzhen was polite to Zhou Yanru, and explained after hearing this: "Aiqing doesn't know, who will come to class is actually not the point, the point is that I want the prince to go out regularly to observe the people's feelings." I grew up in the palace since I was a child, and the people around me are all chamberlains and palace maids, what do they know? What can I hear from them? The prince can no longer be as good as before, he must go out for a walk and know what is going on in this world? Instead of being repeatedly deceived by some ministers, like me. ”

After saying this, Zhou Yanru knelt down, why? It's too strict. The crime of deceiving the Holy Hearing is unaffordable. Even if he did such a thing, he didn't dare to let the emperor know. Without waiting for Zhou Yanru to explain, Zhu Youzhen had already spoken: "Aiqing, let's get up, you go and sue them, my meaning will not change, they don't want to do it, then I will change people." For Aiqing's sake, I won't embarrass them. ”

Zhou Yanru had no choice but to come out, look at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and the other ministers who were watching, it would still be dark, and the lantern was shining on Zhou Yanru's face, dim and indistinct, and it was difficult to see his expression clearly. But the words that came out were not very good, and the tone was even a little cold: "Since His Majesty ascended the throne, state affairs have been corrupted repeatedly, and Zhou is ashamed of his trust in His Majesty." Saying that this was handed over to the imperial city, he continued: "Your Majesty thinks that the great reason for the corruption of state affairs is that Your Majesty is not familiar with the people. Therefore, it is easy to be deceived by ill-intentioned courtiers. Brothers, if you still insist on not allowing the prince to go to Jiangnan to study regularly, then please go back yourself, and Your Majesty will not embarrass you. ”

After saying this, the faces of the others turned pale. This doesn't sound serious, but it's actually very heavy. Because this is what Zhou Yanru brought back after he went to see His Majesty. You must know that this is the Chongzhen Dynasty, but it is not like the Wanli period, when the minister dared to play with His Majesty for the sake of the prince's affairs. How many cabinet members did Zhu Youzhen change during his reign? How many governors have you killed? This is a ruthless character, and it really him off, and he does everything. It's not nice to say in this world, are you afraid that no one will be an official?

You are really said that these ministers are full of sadness one by one, neatly take off their black gauze hats, put them on the ground, and shake their sleeves after standing up, and they are going to leave together. Hong Chengchou, the new cabinet member, although he also holds the title of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in fact, Jiang Fengyuan is still in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. At this time, he stood up, opened his hand to stop everyone, and said, "Everyone, wait a minute." After speaking, he immediately asked Zhou Yanru: "Zhou Xiang, I should always tell you the ins and outs of the matter, right?" ”

Zhou Yanru said what Zhu Youzhen meant, and when it came to the courtiers being blinded, everyone's faces changed. This thing is not good, who hasn't done a few things that can't be explained? Think about it carefully, since the current accession to the throne, the incompetence of the ministers, and the bad things one after another, can be regarded as cooling Zhu Youzhen's heart. That's what happened now, right?

After listening to Zhou Yanru's words, Hong Chengchou immediately retreated without saying a word: "I understand, if this is the case, there is nothing to say here." As soon as he did this, some ministers who planned to persuade also retreated. What are you kidding, for the sake of the affairs of the East Palace, there is no room for maneuver with His Majesty, how is it worth it? These ministers are not stunned young people like Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou, and there is another layer that Chen Xie is too rebellious. If he came to teach the crown prince a lesson, the ordinary ministers were really worried in their hearts, and they couldn't compare with each other in terms of ability. Not everyone can manage money like Chen Xie, he is rich and rivals the country, fighting, he has not paid for his defeats, even if it is a poetry article, who dares to say that Chen Xie is not good? No one believes it.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was originally planning to come out, just took a step out and tugged Yang Tinglin's sleeve, and he also stopped. If you think about it, what Your Majesty said makes sense. It is said that the Son of Heaven will rule by the arch, but if the Son of Heaven does not know the people's feelings, who dares to guarantee that there will be no more first assistant like Yan Song? There is another reason, which also causes these ministers to be reluctant to come out and speak. That is the new cabinet system, the court push system, and the red system, these new systems, greatly easing the tension between the monarch and the minister. For example, Zhou Yanru, as long as he doesn't make a mistake of repeating his life, he doesn't have to worry about problems with his five-year term. Not re-elected, that's his own problem. Moreover, if this red approval system is changed, it is very much equivalent to delegating power to the outer court. It's not like before, if the inner court is not happy about this matter, even if it doesn't call you back, it will be uncomfortable to drag you back, right?

If His Majesty is willing to regain his trust in the Outer Court, why should he fight with His Majesty on this issue? It is completely unnecessary, ruining the hard-won change of His Majesty's initiative. There is no minister to stand up and speak, this matter is like a farce, and it will be difficult to end. At this time, the face must not be able to come down, and when these ministers still had to grit their teeth and leave, Wang Chengen came in a hurry.

"Your Majesty has a purpose, the thoughts of the servants are good, but I didn't expect that this is not what it used to be, the Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the past system should be changed if it is out of date. A good system in the past does not mean that it is suitable now, and it must keep pace with the times. I have to keep pace with the times, and so must you. If I say so, and everyone is still not satisfied, then I won't leave you Aiqing. The merits and demerits of the merits and demerits have their own posterity to comment. After Wang Chengen finished speaking, there was a dead silence now, and the officials who took off their black gauze hats all had sad expressions, and they all looked embarrassed. (To be continued......)