Kill a few ministers who are orphans?

Hearing Shen Yichen's words, Shi Heng instantly became interested, and if he could, he tried not to force it, he wanted to see what "conspiracy" the other party had prepared.

"Then Bengong will listen carefully, what tricks does Shen Ge Lao have."

Sensing that the attitude of Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng had softened, the mysterious smile on Shen Yichen's face became even worse.

However, he didn't directly say his plan, but instead gestured to Zhao Hongjie and Wang Zheng with his eyes, and asked them to drive all the palace maids and eunuchs in the courtyard of the Qianqing Palace back to the house.

"Zhongguo Gong, this cabinet has told you that you want to fight against the civilian clique, and it has never been a lie."

"The official Shangshu Wang Zhi is weak, and he was frightened by the eunuch Wang Zhen in his early years, and he has the name of a heavenly official, but he has no real heavenly official. His nephew, He Pingyan, the cabinet minister, has been convicted by the cabinet department, and the act of plotting against the monarch involves not talking about the nine clans, but not too much to involve the three clans, right? ”

"The official has already negotiated with Otsuka Zai, and after the new monarch ascends the throne, he will sparse the bones of the beggars and leave him to return to his hometown to retire in peace and security. As for the successor to the position of the official department, it will be Li Xian, the current left attendant of the household department. ”

Shen Yichen said his plan unhurriedly, but the result was like this, but there was a slight deviation in the process.

The official Shangshu Wang Zhihui went to the beggar bones, and indeed discussed with Shen Yichen about He Pingyan, but Shen Yichen did not take the initiative to mention it from beginning to end, or coerced him to resign and return to his hometown.

After talking about Wang Zhi, Shen Yichen continued: "After Yuanfu Chen Xun ascends the throne as the new monarch, he will also be able to thin the bones of beggars, and the cabinet will rely on the title of Minister Tuogu to succeed to the position of head assistant of the cabinet. ”

In addition, Cheng Guogong didn't care much about the government a few years ago, and his title of minister was just a false name. Cabinet Secretary Gao Gu is the leader of the Cabinet Ministry, and his advanced age will not hinder him in government affairs. ”

"In the end, Yu Shaobao has actually suffered from the suspicion of Emperor Daxing for a long time, and the real power of commanding the soldiers and horses in the world has been almost deprived, and he has no ambition for power, so he can be placed in an idle position."

Speaking of this, Shen Yichen paused and asked Shi Heng rhetorically: "In fact, the ministers who will take the initiative to involve the government and politics, in addition to you and me, there are only three left: He Wenyuan, Hu Hui, and Nian Fu, is this still too much?" ”

The twist and turn of the situation surprised Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, and he didn't know if this was Shen Yichen's premeditated plan, or if it was just a statement to appease himself. And there is another thing that Shi Heng can't understand, that is, what is Shen Yichen doing when he comes up with this set of operations of first appointing and then removing the name?

The more I came into contact with this kid, the more I felt that he was cunning and cunning, and he might be betrayed if he was not careful.

"Shen Ge Lao, isn't there more than five people?"

"How much? Emperor Xuanzongzhang's number of ministers is also five, and Nazhongguo Gong thinks that a few people are appropriate. ”

Shen Yichen asked this question, but Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng did not answer directly, and a smile appeared on his face.

A: Eucalyptus is one!

Of course, even if he knew the answer now, Shen Yichen didn't have the moment to turn his face with Shi Heng.

He did so many operations, in fact, one thing did not deceive Shi Heng, it was indeed to continue to cooperate. Before the entire scholar class led by the civil official group was suppressed, Shi Heng, who represented the upstart martial arts, would always be his best partner.

In dealing with corrupt Confucianism, it is always more effective for a rough person to use force than to be reasonable.

"This goes back to the source of the problem, how should you and I join forces to let the remaining ministers return to their hometowns as well."

Shen Yichen once again threw an "olive branch" to Shi Heng, but Shi Heng, who was put on the side, obviously would not be easily fooled this time.

"Ben Gong is a rough man, it's better to talk about what to do."

Shi Heng plans to listen to Shen Yichen's method first, to see if the other party really has action or is purely planning to delay time, as long as he realizes that the situation is not right, after leaving the palace, it is time to mobilize troops and horses to start a war!

"I heard that the great clan has been an official for many years, and his hometown and ancestral land enjoy a good reputation, and the villagers within a radius of 100 miles have attached their fields and land to the name of the Hu clan, at least as many as 10,000 acres."

"The imperial court is now in financial difficulty, and even the iron rice bowl of the prince and vassal king has been smashed, Zhongguo Gong, you said that the great uncle has been raised by the state for decades, and it is not reasonable to occupy acres of land to evade taxes, so you can set an example for the country to share the worries."

"The cabinet has always emphasized a law-abiding, no sand in his eyes, and what to do in the future must be known to the loyal prince."

That's right, this is the fundamental reason why Shen Yichen maintains a relationship with Shi Heng, he needs to use the other party's hand to impeach the important ministers of the civil official group, and then expand the situation to reform the entire gentry class.

If the outside world sees himself as a gang with Shi Heng and wants to be both a referee and an athlete, it will inevitably arouse the hatred of the entire civilian-bureaucratic group. Any power is from the bottom up, without the support of the entire bureaucracy, reform is nothing more than a piece of paper.

Shen Yichen cut off his relationship with Shi Heng in front of everyone through the edict incident, so that he could be a "peacemaker" who jumped left and right, stepping on the bottom line of both sides to complete many political compromises.

The boiled frog in warm water continued step by step, and after Li Xian, Shang Chen, and Xiao Yi took the position of important ministers in the court, even if Shi Heng and the civil official group found out that something was wrong, they had reached a situation where they were powerless.

After listening to Shen Yichen's plan, Shi Heng felt as if there was a certain possibility, but he always had an ominous premonition in his heart, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, whether it would be a trap waiting for him to jump into.

It can be said that Shi Heng is arrogant and domineering, and almost no one, including the emperor, is in his eyes, thinking that everything is under control. But in front of Shen Yichen, he didn't have that kind of absolute confidence and arrogance, and became a little timid.

"What's the matter, is the dignified Zhongguo Gong afraid?"

As if guessing Shi Heng's hesitant thoughts, Shen Yichen sneered unabashedly.

"Hmph, is there anything else in this world that I am afraid of?"

Of course, Shi Heng would not admit it, and he replied with a very tough attitude to Shen Yichen's jealousy in his heart.

"The next development of the situation will confirm what the cabinet said, whether the loyal prince wants to wave his troops to meet the foreign domain, or join forces to slowly figure it out, it is just a thought."

After that, Shen Yichen didn't wait for Shi Heng's answer, and walked in front of him in a very chic step, stepping out of the threshold of the Qianqing Palace.

Looking at Shen Yichen's departing back, his nephew Shi Biao, who was standing next to Shi Heng, couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, Shen Yichen is a scheming son, do we still have to cooperate with him?" ”

Not to mention that Shi Heng was jealous of him in his heart after being put on a few orders by Shen Yichen, even Dingyuan Bo Shi Biao was a little afraid to continue to join forces, who was afraid of being sold and would help him count the money.

"Otherwise, would it be possible to go out of the palace and raise troops to support King Xiang's lineage?"

Shi Heng's tone was a little unkind, mainly because he felt aggrieved, and Shen Yichen's words could not be believed, but the sentence that few ministers in the past and present had no good end was a truth.

Without the title of "righteousness", and forcibly welcoming the enthronement of foreign vassals, Shi Heng himself did not dare to guarantee that his Jingying and Xuanda border army would be loyal to the death at that time, and not end up with a betrayal of relatives.

You must know that the Jingtai Dynasty also conquered the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, and achieved the merit of opening up the territory, the Ming Dynasty is far from the point of losing the mandate of heaven and the hearts of the people, whoever dares to openly abolish the emperor will definitely die!

"But my uncle ......"

Shi Biao still wanted to admonish a few words, but Shi Heng waved his hand and said: "Don't say it, when Emperor Daxing's edict is promulgated, we have already lost our first-mover advantage, and now we can only slowly figure it out." ”

"You and I will go to the Imperial Horse Prison to see Cao Jixiang first, and the celebrant will take charge of the seal Xing'an to collude with the Queen Mother, I'm afraid I can't sit down in this position, so let's find a way to take it for my own people first."

"Control the palace, no matter how treacherous Shen Yichen is, we can be invincible!"

The biggest advantage of Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng is that he is an ally with Cao Jixiang, the head of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and no matter what happens in the outside world, the soldiers and horses of the Teng Xiang Four Guards will always be the most powerful forbidden force in the Forbidden City.

The Empress Dowager Sun reached a political compromise with Shen Yichen, and she was not prosecuted for colluding with foreign officials to interfere in politics, but the positions of Chen Xun, the head of the cabinet, and others such as the head of the celebrant Yin Xing'an, and the head of the cabinet, Chen Xun, must not be able to sit steadily.

Shen Yichen of the outer dynasty is ready to replace Chen Xun, so the inner dynasty will let Cao Jixiang replace Xing'an!

"Uncle is wise."

Shi Biao knew that his second uncle was aggrieved, so he complimented him.

However, it was obvious that Shi Heng at this moment would not listen to this kind of sycophancy, so he simply nodded and led a kind of kinship general to leave the Qianqing Palace and rush in the direction of the Imperial Horse Prison.

On the other side of the long palace road, Zhao Hongjie, who had left the Qianqing Palace, also couldn't hold back the confusion in his heart, and asked Shen Yichen: "To the north, are you discussing such an edict with Emperor Daxing, is it really for the purpose of repairing the plank road in the Ming Dynasty and secretly Chencang?" ”

"Half and half."

Shen Yichen replied casually.

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Hongjie felt that he had served in an intelligence agency like Jinyiwei for several years, and he was already strategic, but compared to Shen Yichen, he was no different from a simple child, and he didn't expect what the other party wanted to do.

"This is indeed to lower the vigilance of the civilian clique, to prevent the forces of me and Shi Heng from being too strong, and forcing them to unite more closely with the same enemy."

"And what about the other half?"

"The other half is the political enemy Quan Chen in the eyes of the former civil official group, me and Shi Heng, and now he is the only one......"

Hearing this answer, Zhao Hongjie thought about it carefully, and even when the Great Jiuqing of the Qianqing Palace and Cabinet Department left, many of them bowed their hands to Shen Yichen, and regarded him as a "loyal minister" who protected the country against Shi Heng's seizure of power.

Hatred and infamy are now all attracted by Shi Heng, and Shen Yichen is inexplicably relieved.

"To the north, you are really treacherous......"

Zhao Hongjie still couldn't hold back to say such a sentence after all, and cooperated with Shi Heng before, went to Cining Palace to force Chen Xun to compromise, and sold the other party cleanly with his backhand.

Fortunately, this guy is a childhood friend of himself, and he has to be put in the position of a political enemy, so I'm afraid I have to be scared.

"If you want to be a loyal minister who has the last laugh, you have to be more traitorous than a traitor, I don't want to be the second Yu Qian."

Shen Yichen replied silently, but Zhao Hongjie was inexplicable, and subconsciously asked: "What does this have to do with Yu Shaobao?" ”

"It's okay, just talk about it."

Shen Yichen shook his head with a smile, and then strode forward.

"Xiangbei, I still don't understand one thing, you are Sanyuan and the first, why do you insist on joining forces with Shi Heng to deal with civil officials. Even if you want power, it is enough to have the help of your grandfather behind you, and there is no need to take the risk of seeking skin with the tiger. ”

Hearing this question, Shen Yichen stopped, looked at Zhao Hongjie and said in a serious tone: "For the royal family, is it a minister for Shi Heng to seize power?" ”

"Yes."

Zhao Hongjie nodded without hesitation, careerists like Shi Heng in all dynasties have undoubtedly been nailed to the pillar of shame in the history books.

"Okay, then let me change my perspective, for the people, are the high-ranking civil officials good people?"

This question made Zhao Hongjie stunned, and he really didn't know how to answer for a while, you must know that in his subconscious, the civil officials who suppressed Shi Heng's "powerful ministers" were on the side of justice.

But the question is between justice and evil, who should judge it, the emperor or the people?

"It is true that the Hu Hu clan of the Ministry of Rites has embezzled 10,000 acres of fertile land, and Wujin County, Nanzhili, is the hometown of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, but ordinary people have no place to stand, and they either become tenants of the Hu family, or they become slaves of the Hu family."

"The rotation of the Son of Heaven and the change of imperial power, how much do these have to do with ordinary poor people who can't afford to eat. The only 'heaven' they can see is the local village gentry, for these scholars who take advantage of their privileges or directly rely on power to seize them, can they be called good officials? ”

After saying this, looking at Zhao Hongjie who was standing in a daze, Shen Yichen knew that it was an extremely difficult thing to understand the deep meaning behind it. However, with the passage of time, when the entire Ming Dynasty walked in the direction of his naturalization, Zhao Hongjie would finally understand the meaning of today's words.

"Let's go."

Patting Zhao Hongjie's shoulder, Shen Yichen turned around again and walked on the long palace road, he was walking a long road that no one had ever walked before.

Three days later, on September 11, with the completion of the funeral of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, the courtiers and officials went up one after another, asking the crown prince Zhu Jianqing to ascend the throne.

According to the usual practice, the crown prince Zhu Jianqing resigned, and finally ascended the throne under the "persuasion" of the ministers, that is, the emperor, and set the name of the year as "Mingliang".

Ming Liang took a sentence from the chapter of "Shangshu Yiji", "The head of state is clear, the humerus is good, and the affairs are good!" ", meaning looking forward to the future is a wise king and a loyal courtier.

The Ministry of Rites took such an era name, in fact, the meaning of the metaphor is already obvious, and it is not necessary to say that the emperor is a Ming monarch, and who the "loyal minister" is then means something.

In any case, with the accession of Zhu Jianqing, it was announced that the era of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu was officially over, and since then he has come to the Ming Liang Dynasty.