Here, Zhu Youzhen was not in a hurry, just sat back on the throne and waited.

After a while, Ruan Dayue walked over with the holy decree that had just been prepared and stamped with the big seal.

Zhu Youzhen instructed Lu Jiude: "Go and summon King Yong and King Ding, and listen to the order together later." ”

"Your Majesty, this matter", Lu Jiude still wanted to persuade a few more words, he was born in the army and had a close relationship with Ma Shiying, but he also taught Hanlin officials in the inner study hall, and knew that deposing the prince was a major event in the world, so he still wanted to persuade a few more words.

"This matter is decided between me and the foreign court, you are a minister, so there is no need to say much, and the eunuchs must not interfere in the affairs of the prince! If you still want to stay in the celebrant supervisor, you will be honest with me, and whoever you appoint as the prince will be your future master! ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, Lu Jiude couldn't say anything more, so he had to pass on the decree.

And here, Tu Guobao is still kneeling indifferently.

Chen Shiding unconsciously burst into tears.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong looked around, showing a panic, without a master to teach him, he didn't know how to deal with the crisis of being deposed.

Wang Chengen sighed, he knew that there was no need for him to participate in this matter.

As long as civil officials like Ruan Dayue are involved, and now the civil officials who support the crown prince are all eradicated, almost no one can stop His Majesty from abolishing the prince.

The only people who can stop it are the people in the palace.

But in the final analysis, he is the person next to the emperor, so naturally there is no need to confront the emperor.

And Zhu Youzhen's words just now touched him, as a minister, whoever he appoints as the prince is his future emperor, and he has no responsibility to consider the merits of the prince for the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen ordered Ruan Dayue to gather all the officials of the six ministries and nine secretaries of the cabinet in the Qianqing Palace.

Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, Liu Wanchun, the secretary of the household department of the cabinet university, and Jiang Yueguang, the secretary of the criminal department, all gathered at the Qianqing Palace.

Although Zhu Youzhen took swift and clean military strikes against the Duan Literary Society and Guan Shaoning, these high-ranking civil officials already knew what had just happened in the court, so they were silent when they came to the court at this time.

They didn't know what His Majesty was going to say to them, and they didn't know why they were suddenly asked to gather in the Qianqing Palace, and even they only paid attention to the absence of Guan Shaoning, Huo Da and others at this time, so they thought that it was still just about rectifying the officialdom.

But when Zhu Youzhen announced that he would depose the crown prince and ordered Ruan Dayue to read out the will, the entire officials in the court showed surprise.

If it was really Guan Shaoning and the others who did a rebellious killing and were all wiped out, they would have no opinion, after all, the thunder, rain and dew were all Jun's grace, and the officials who still stuck to the court now were not all officials who only cared about the selfish interests of their respective classes.

But now Zhu Youzhen is suddenly going to depose the crown prince, which means that the system of establishing a prince in accordance with the Confucian etiquette order will be completely broken by the monarchy, and the great emperor will be above everything, including the various state orders formed by Confucianism.

Zhu Youzhen's purpose is naturally this, and now that he has completely broken with the civil officials, he naturally has to take advantage of the fact that he has military power to continue to challenge the restraint of the Confucian way of benevolence and righteousness on the imperial power that the civilian officials rely on.

First of all, it is natural to start with the establishment of princes, so that these civil officials have no opportunity to cultivate a clear prince to fulfill their political ideals and limit their imperial power.

If the system of establishing the reserve system is changed, Zhu Youzhen will again challenge the change of the imperial examination system and even the system of privileges of the official gentry.

But now just to depose the crown prince has caused a sensation in the government and the opposition!

He Ruixian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, expressed his opinion: "No, Your Majesty, the position of the prince is the foundation of the country, and it cannot be easily moved, and the prince is deposed rashly, just for fear of making the country unstable!" ”

"Your Majesty! What He Shangshu said is very true, although the prince is not talented, but he can be taught by a good teacher, how can he say that it is abolished, and it is in line with the way of a saint to establish a successor! ”

Jiang Yueguang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also stood up directly.

This was followed by a series of officials who came out in opposition.

Zhu Youzhen had expected this ending, and he was not angry, but said:

"I know that the crown prince cannot be easily moved, but because the position of the prince is the foundation of the country, I can't hastily put the future of the Ming Dynasty into the hands of such a qualified and dull person, I am not the only heir, whether it is the study of a saint or a successor, and those who are contrary to the actual situation of the country need to be changed, I am just informing you and others today, not to discuss this matter, the result of this matter has been out, and no one can question it!"

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, the implication was very clear, he just informed you of the results, and he had no intention of discussing with you at all.

He Rui and other officials were quite angry when they heard Zhu Youzhen's words, and even Gao Hongtu sighed with Liu Wanchun at this time, Your Majesty wants to be arbitrary, they can only accept it, what else can they do, if it is a rebellion, it can only be Guan Shaoning's end.

But Jiang Yueguang is a very stubborn person, and he also thought that His Majesty really wanted to coerce himself like Fan Gelao, so he knelt down directly:

"Wechen has the courage to ask His Majesty to take back his life, if His Majesty refuses, Wechen is willing to ask His Majesty to take back his life with death!"

"As the saying goes, the military attache died on the battlefield as a well-deserved death, but there are also reasons for negligence and less strategy, and the death of a civil official is undoubtedly a move to abandon the king and abandon the people, there must be a faint monarch to give such a advice, Jiang Aiqing, where are you going to abandon me, in this case, you want to betray the monarch's father, and invite me to be famous, I will also fulfill you, you are not allowed to stop him, let him crash to death, the Hanlin historian recorded it, on July 12, the twentieth year of Chongzhen, Jiang Yueguang, the secretary of the criminal department, betrayed his father, and invited his name under the pretext, intending to blackmail me by dying on the pillar!"

Jiang Yueguang gritted his teeth and ran to the pillar, but after hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, he couldn't help but stop, crying and shouting: "Your Majesty, you are making Weichen unable to deal with himself, and the minister can't survive and die!" ”

"I don't mind if you die or not, if you have the courage you can die at any time!"

Zhu Youzhen was talking when he suddenly heard a violent shaking sound, it turned out that He Rui, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, had already hit a golden pillar at this time, and his head bloomed on the spot and died.

"Okay, very good, there are really people who want to die, recorded, now there is Nanjing Ministry of Industry Shangshu He Rui in the palace to coerce the king, to die to force the king, abandon the grace of the monarch's father, in vain parents' feelings, is disloyal and unfilial people, specially ordered their children and grandchildren are assigned to Taiwan for the people, family property is not! His children and grandchildren are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination within three generations! ”

Zhu Youzhen slapped the table and stood up: "If you want to leave a clear name after death, no way!" Is there anything else to die for? ”

Jiang Yueguang was shocked in his heart, he didn't expect His Majesty to do this, even if it was really a dead admonition, he would still be left with such a stroke, the key was to confiscate the family, it seemed that there was no benefit at all.

The rest of the officials also remained silent and didn't dare to say anything, while Jiang Yueguang silently put down his black gauze hat and walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

In his opinion, since he can't die on this palace, then he shouldn't be able to hinder anyone by going back and secretly drinking poison to commit suicide.

Zhu Youzhen did not stop him, and the officials did not stop him.

(End of chapter)