Chu Yi bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the students Sun Jing'an, Li Yi and others have all been taken, during which more than ten scholars rebelled violently and were ordered to be killed on the spot!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was slightly stunned, nodded slowly, and said, "It's okay to kill it, so that some people know what will happen if they intend to force the palace." ”

It can be seen that Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor, was very annoyed by Sun Jingan and others' efforts to force the palace.

has the experience of being forced into the palace by the cabinet and the six important ministers, Zhu Houzhao can be said to be quite sensitive, he can't move the cabinet and the six ministries, if he can't even do some scholars, then he, the emperor, is too cowardly.

Looking at Chu Yi, a cold color flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes and said: "Big companion, none of these scholars are allowed to be spared, I want to use them to establish authority and tell them what is called the emperor's wrath." ”

Chu Yi couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this, Zhu Houzhao was able to realize the power of reshaping the Son of Heaven, but it was not in vain for him to work hard.

Otherwise, he will go to great lengths to help him clean up the court and reform the bad government, once he leaves in the future, Zhu Houzhao has no intention of working hard, he is afraid that everything will be ruined, and his hard work and hard work will also be put to waste.

Leaving the leopard room, Chu Yi sat in the sedan chair, and soon the sedan chair stopped in front of a house.

Jiao Fang and Bi Heng had just received the news that Chu Yi had taken down the elder Li Shi and arrested a group of scholars, and the two of them suddenly saw Chu Yi arriving and couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly got up to salute.

"I've seen the Overseer!"

Chu Yi waved his hand slightly and said, "You two don't have to be formal!" ”

While speaking, Chu Yi took out two copies of the holy decree in his hand and said: "Two, Your Majesty's holy decree has been issued, two of you will take it!" ”

Although he had never worried about anything, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster when he suddenly saw the holy decree, and the two of them bowed down together.

Chu Yi read out the edicts to Jiao Fang and Bi Heng.

Jiao Fangguan was reinstated, joined the cabinet, acted for government affairs, and was crowned a scholar of Mandarin Palace.

As for Bi Heng, according to Chu Yi's considerations, after Lu Wenyang, the governor of Caoyun, was taken down, Bi Heng would take over.

At present, Lu Wenyang has not been taken down, so the Son of Heaven only crowned Lu Wenyang as a scholar of the Jianji Palace, and did not confer an official position.

The two of them naturally respectfully received the order and thanked him.

Chu Yi motioned for the two to sit down, and his eyes swept over the two of them: "Two, what can you teach me!" ”

Jiao Fang and Bi Heng glanced at each other, only to hear Bi Heng say: "Overseer, I and Master Jiao have also thought a lot about it in the past few days, but we have some suggestions for Overseer." ”

Chu Yi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Oh, what do you two have to say it bluntly!" ”

Chu Yi still has a lot of trust in the abilities of the two, and since the two of them have suggestions, Chu Yi naturally wants to hear what suggestions the two of them have.

Jiao Fang coughed lightly and said: "Since this is the case, then the lower official will talk to the overseer, and if there is anything wrong, please don't blame the overseer." ”

Chu Yi chuckled and said, "Chu won't even have this measure, although Jiao Ge Lao said it bluntly." ”

I only heard Jiao Fang look at Chu Yi with a solemn expression and said: "The actions of the overseer can be said to have offended most of the ministers in the court, and several killings have even worsened those ministers, although it is said that they are forced by the power of the overseer for a while, these people dare not make any moves, but Liu Jin has not learned from the car before, only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, so the overseer must win over some people in the court." ”

Chu Yi's eyes narrowed and said: "What does Elder Ge mean to let Chu divide the Wenchen, win over a group, and suppress a group?" ”

Jiao Fang nodded slightly, then shook his head again and said: "Naturally, as the overseer said, pull a group and suppress a group, but more importantly, the overseer ignores another force in the court. ”

Chu Yi raised his eyebrows and said slowly: "What the elder said is the Wuchen Xungui Group!" ”

Jiao Fang nodded and said: "Yes, it is this group, looking at the government and the opposition, only this group can stand tall with the Wenchen Group, otherwise, even if the overseer is divided within the Wenchen, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape the counterattack of the Wenchen in the future." ”

Bi Heng looked at Chu Yi from the side and said: "The only way for the overseer to win over the military generals and nobles can compete with the Wenchen, whether it is Taizu or Chengzu, the reason why they can suppress the Wenchen is that they rely on these military generals and nobles. ”

Chu Yi said: "Having said that, it's a pity that in the battle of Tumubao, the military generals and nobles were almost broken in their backbones, and even many of the nobles themselves gave up their own glory and tried to integrate into the ranks of the civil ministers. ”

Jiao Fang looked at Chu Yi and said: "The overseer should remember, the rotten ship still has three nails, not to mention the other nobles, at least among the Beijing divisions, several noble families led by the British Duke have been trying to restore the grand occasion of the former nobles and civil ministers. ”

Chu Yi pondered for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Why don't you want to support the military generals and nobles to stabilize the power of the court, but it's a pity that ......"

Both Bi Heng and Jiao Fang understood what Chu Yi's sigh meant.

In the final analysis, there are several reasons for the decline of the military generals and noble groups.

The biggest aspect is that the world is peaceful, the importance of military generals will naturally be no longer what they used to be, there is no war and no merit, and in the long run, the status of military generals will inevitably be replaced by civil servants.

On the other hand, the descendants of those nobles at the time of the founding of the country were born with titles and enjoyed glory and wealth, and nine times out of ten they became the sons of gentlemen. If you don't compete and don't have talents, Xungui Group will naturally decline.

For the Ming Dynasty, the decline of the Xungui Group, the battle of Tumubao is just a fuse, even if there is no change in the Tumubao, as the older generation gets old, the Xungui Group will also be suppressed by Wenchen, at most, it will not fall so badly.

For the Xungui group, it is not too much to say that the mud can't support the wall, and the entire Xungui group and the military general system are almost rotten from head to toe, so that decades later, the few Japanese are stunned to crisscross the southeast provinces, and thousands of guards are like waste and will collapse at the touch of a touch.

Jiao Fang looked at Chu Yi and said, "The overseer might as well go and meet the British Duke and listen to what the British Duke has to say!" ”

Chu Yi nodded.

His eyes fell on Bi Heng, and Chu Yi said: "Lord Bi, when Lu Wenyang is taken, this governor will ask the Son of Heaven to appoint Lord Bi as the governor of Caoyun!" ”

Bi Heng hurriedly said: "The overseer has bothered, and the subordinate officials will not live up to the trust of the overseer." ”

Looking at the east, Chu Yi said slowly: "If there is no accident at this time, Yang Ting and their group should almost arrive in Tianjinwei." ”

However, it was said that Yang Tinghe went straight to Tianjin Wei when he left Beijing.

Originally, if you take a boat, with the help of the canal, the speed is naturally extremely fast, that is, you can reach Tianjin Wei in one day.

However, Yang Tinghe chose to go by land.

The accompanying officials were all relieved to see that Yang Tinghe did not choose to take the boat and take the waterway.

At the beginning, the big boat of the officials sent by Liu Jin to investigate Lu Wenyang sank in the canal inexplicably, and none of the more than a dozen officials escaped, which really made the civil and military officials see how ruthless Lu Wenyan's methods were.

Although it was said that their trip was personally led by Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, but thinking of the ruthless Lu Wenyang, they didn't think that they would be able to suppress Lu Wenyang by relying on Yang Tinghe's name.

Once there is an accident on the canal, they really can't even escape, at least on land, with the protection of the brocade guards sent by the Son of Heaven, even if there is an accident, they still have two legs to escape.

The land route is naturally much slower, even along the way, the speed of the group is not slow, but it will take three days to arrive at Tianjin Wei.

Don't say that in three days, the news in the capital can be transmitted to Tianjin Wei even if it is a day with the help of the canal.

Tianjin City can be said to be the throat of the Beijing Division, the strategic location is extremely important, and the imperial court stationed a large army in Tianjin.

However, for the people and officials of Tianjin Wei, the governor of Caoyun is the controller of the entire Tianjin Wei.

The powerful and rich Lu Wenyang stomped his feet in Tianjin, and the entire city of Tianjin was shaken.

In the huge mansion, Lu Wenyang was looking at his henchman Li Ke, who had returned from the Beijing division not long ago.

Tasting the tea, Lu Wenyang looked at Li Kedao with an indifferent expression: "Mr. Li, how about going to Beijing here, have you ever given a gift to that Chu manager!" ”

Li Ke said with a wry smile on his face: "Back to the Governor, I was ordered to go and hand over the greeting post, but I also met the Chief Governor Chu smoothly." ”

Lu Wenyang nodded with satisfaction and said, "It seems that the governor is still a little thin, so the eunuch wants to come and accept the governor's gift." ”

Li Ke nodded and said, "Chu Yi did accept the adult's gift, but it was just ......"

Lu Wenyang glanced at Li Ke and said, "What are you doing, just what?" Could it be that this eunuch was not satisfied with the great gift of Lord Ben, and the lion opened his mouth? ”

Treating others with himself, Lu Wenyang subconsciously thought that it must be Chu Yi's lion who opened his mouth and wanted to extort more property from him.

Li Ke smiled bitterly and said: "If this is the case, then it is okay, the Governor may not have imagined that this Chu Yi actually presented all the belongings that the Lord gave him, along with the gift list, and turned around and presented it to the Son of Heaven!" ”

"What!"

Lu Wenyang was drinking tea, and suddenly a mouthful of tea squirted out, and said with an unbelievable look: "Is this eunuch sick, it is millions of taels of wealth, isn't he tempted, he can't hide it well, and even hand it over to the Son of Heaven, is there still a eunuch in this world who doesn't love property?" ”

Being stared at by Lu Wenyang, Li Ke hesitated: "It should ...... There shouldn't be, but Chu Yi ......"

After the shock, Lu Wenyang put the teacup in his hand heavily on the coffee table, and his expression became extremely gloomy: "What a eunuch Chu Yi, he is going to have trouble with this governor!" ”

[Well, the third shift, there will be a fourth shift in a while, it may be late, ask for a monthly pass, and give a reward. 】