Chapter 358: Deposing the Crown Prince
He Rui, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, crashed into a pillar and died, but he did not get any clear name.
Jiang Yueguang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, left the court even more lonely.
This made the ministers shocked.
At this time, Zhu Youzhen continued to ask: "Is there anything else you want to die?" ”
The crown prince Zhu Cihong looked back anxiously, but at this time all the officials remained silent, but after a while, a Ministry of Works named Boyu stood up and glanced at Ruan Dayue: "Yes!" ”
Zhu Youzhen was shocked and frightened at this time, he didn't expect that there would be officials who were not afraid of death.
But at this time, in order to strengthen his imperial power, he must grit his teeth and get rid of these officials who still abide by Confucian etiquette, because these are the only obstacles to his current complete rule over the civilian bureaucracy!
Zhu Youzhen took the initiative to kill them without any reason or motive, and now indirectly forcing them to commit suicide is the only way.
"Then let's die, I'm not allowed!"
Zhu Youzhen said directly, but Boyu knelt down directly:
"Your Majesty is meticulous with his ministers, and the minister's death advice is not to advise His Majesty to depose the East Palace, but only to advise His Majesty to kill the traitorous minister Ruan Dayue, although Ruan Dayue is a civil minister, but he is more ruthless than the eunuch in Dongchang, this person is disloyal and unrighteous, and he kills people like hemp, and it is not enough to kill this person to be angry!"
The rest of the officials all looked at Ruan Dayue, and Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, also looked at Ruan Dayue, including Liu Wanchun, the head of the household department.
Although no one spoke at the moment, their expressions revealed their disgust for Ruan Dayue.
However, Ruan Dayue also has his own henchmen, and at this time, Ye Tingxiu, the imperial history of Zuo Du, stood up:
"Your Majesty, Ruan Dayue killed the rebellious party, and served His Majesty's will, and what Bo Yue said is slander!"
Ye Tingxiu was Liu Zongzhou's protégé, but now he stood up to speak for Ruan Dayue, which surprised officials such as Gao Hongtu and Liu Wanchun.
And Zhu Youzhen smiled, and his mood became better.
Now this situation is what he wants to see the most, Ye Tingxiu is Liu Zongzhou's protégé, but now he voted for Ruan Dayue, which shows that because Guan Shaoning and others impeached Fan Jingwen, Liu Zongzhou and other things, Ye Tingxiu chose to join Ruan Dayue, which also shows that Ruan Dayue also began to have his own power in the DPRK at this time.
"Boyu, I give you two choices, one is to prove your hatred for Ruan Dayue with death, and the other is to go to Lechang, Guangdong to be the magistrate, where there has just been a flood, and the magistrate died in his post;
I know that there are still old mothers and weak sons among you, if you die at this time, although it is the death of the husband, but you abandon your family in loneliness, leave the crippled body and do not die, Lechang for the welfare of the people, you can not die, so as not to grieve the old mother and weak son, and it can also be regarded as the consequences of your admonition today. ”
Zhu Youzhen said and sat back.
Boyu's impeachment of an official is different from the impeachment of his own speech, the former does not directly contradict himself, so Zhu Youzhen can also give him a chance not to die.
Seeing the change in Zhu Youzhen's attitude, the ministers also knew Zhu Youzhen's deep meaning, and Bo Yu also took a long breath, knowing that he couldn't let His Majesty punish Ruan Dayue, so he had to bow his head:
"Minister, please go to Lechang!"
At this point, no one dared to impeach Ruan Dayue again, Ruan Dayue glanced at Gao Hongtu provocatively, and Gao Hongtu smiled helplessly.
"Do you want to die now about the deposed prince?"
Zhu Youzhen asked the ministers for the third time.
Ruan Dayue and Gao Hongtu rushed to express their stance to Zhu Youzhen:
"Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers have no objections!"
"Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers have no objections!"
The other officials echoed suit.
At this moment, the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen is in charge of the world alone, and has become settled.
The imperial power once again overrode everything and could no longer be stopped, and no one had the ability to compete with Zhu Youzhen.
The crown prince Zhu Cihong began to feel even more panicked, seeing that these ministers who he relied on in the past expressed their support for his father one by one, he had to run over crying to Zhu Youzhen, and finally fell in front of Zhu Youzhen, crying:
"Father, I'm the crown prince, I'm the crown prince, you can't abolish me, you can't abolish me!"
Zhu Youzhen didn't look at Zhu Cihong more, at this moment he had to abolish Zhu Cihong, he couldn't leave any affection, and then he made a second decision:
"I first passed on the message, after the dispersal of the court, Ruan Dayue went to the Wenhua Palace to draft an edict issued by the cabinet and the Generalissimo's Mansion in the world, and named the emperor's eldest son Zhu Cihong as the king of Hui, giving the west side of the left gate of Chang'an, the east side of the right gate of Chang'an given by King Yong, and the west side of the Chengtian Gate by King Ding, the princes should not stay in the deep palace after the age of fifteen, and should focus on learning government etiquette;
Special Order: King Hui Probationary Department, Yongwang Apprenticeship Department, Dingwang Apprenticeship Household Department, all ministries and departments are good to take, do not have to care about the respect of the prince, the chief can be reprimanded above; The princes should not be self-conscious, they should study hard, and they will be worried about their fathers in the future. ”
These three princes have been with Zhu Youzhen for three years, and they all have basic knowledge of arts and sciences, and Zhu Youzhen has long planned to let them all out to experience and participate in practice, which is much better than being taught Confucianism by a group of old scholars all day long.
However, when he made this decision now, the ministers were still quite surprised, but at this time, they could only obey the order and did not dare to say anything more.
"Your Majesty is doing this with the intention of letting us officials and princes fight each other, the emperor's heart is really unfathomable, but it is indeed ruthless, for the Ming Dynasty, the society did not hesitate to deliberately let his heirs fight openly and secretly, and fight in the same room!"
Gao Hongtu sighed, and Liu Wanchun couldn't help laughing:
"Let King Ding apprentice the household department, doesn't this mean that Liu Mou wants to be the king of the Dingwang party, but I don't know how the king is talented, if there is no talent of the prince, Liu Mou is not willing to put his life on him, and would rather be a lonely minister."
"You, the official is relieved, he can distinguish the interests of the country, but Ruan Dayue doesn't know, he is in charge of the military department and now King Yong has gone to him again, King Yong has always been quite motivated, and the prince, no, it is King Hui, King Hui and Ruan Dayue are at odds, and the old man is worried that they will really start to form a party."
Gao Hongtu said.
"Whether you form a party or not, Your Majesty will not let anyone have an impact on the overall situation of the world," said Shangshu Hua Yuncheng.
Ruan Dayue was indeed very excited at this time, Zhu Cihong's performance today made him realize the harm that Zhu Cihong would bring to him if he ascended the throne and became the emperor, so he has now taken the initiative to start contacting King Yong, and even directly suggested that King Yong first go to the Ming Army Military Academy to study and then go to the Ming Ship Political Bureau, and directly encircle the Guards and the Zheng Group.
Zhu Youzhen pretended not to know about this, but he also ordered people to be on guard.
He didn't mind the prince participating in training in the army, but it was naturally impossible to divide his military power.
Regarding the deposed prince's intention to let adult princes fight each other for the position of prince, Zhu Youzhen really didn't have much psychological pressure.
I don't know if it's because his heart has become harder and harder over the years, or because he hasn't seen the relationship between father and son so deeply as a traverser, he just hopes that he can really make these princes feel pressure among themselves at the moment, and stop becoming a waste that will only be used by civil officials or have nothing to do with civil officials.
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