Chapter Fifty-Four: Killing the Ministers at Both Ends of the First Rat, Clearing the Silverfish, and Changing the Law!
Zhang Gui glanced at these civil officials.
He had to admit that this Manchu Dynasty Jinshi was really a human spirit.
More swaying than seaweed.
At the last moment, these civil officials also made a concerted effort to demand the removal of the West Factory and oppose the restoration of the ancestral system of peeling lasts.
The next moment, these civil officials unanimously supported Zhang Gui's proposition.
I don't know, I still think that Zhang Gui is the leader of the civil government.
Of course, these civil officials have different purposes for supporting Zhang Gui at the moment.
Some saw Zhang Gui sacrifice the big killer of Kaienke, and knew that they could no longer stop the emperor's will, so they turned to try to go further in their careers.
Some people had to change their attitude in order to keep their official positions after seeing that the emperor could replace those who were about to resign through Kaienke.
For Huang Kezhang and other civil officials who wanted to resign to resist the decree, they would rather let the emperor and his uncle Zhang Gui get their wish than let other civil officials get their wish, thus occupying their official positions.
After all, who let these civil officials stab them in the back.
Wei Guangwei, Qiao Yunsheng and other civil officials were very angry.
In their opinion, if you want to resign and protest against the decree, what does it have to do with us, don't you allow us to support the emperor and the uncle?
Tianqi looked at this scene, kept a gloomy face, and said: "The resignation of the official is the first, the deception and disrespect are the last, repeatedly jumping horizontally, the two ends of the first rat, cunning and sleek, the three law divisions and the three hall officials and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites will be dragged down immediately, and the staff will be killed!" I will not allow such inconsistencies in the court to exist! ”
As Zhu Youxiao, who has Zhu Yuanzhang's bloodline, he naturally does not allow anyone to tease him like this in the court.
Good advice, he can listen to it, and even practice it well, such as "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king" This kind of advice is well practiced by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Youxiao has always kept in mind Yuan Keli's proposal to change the law.
But he will not be soft on people who are at both ends of the first mouse, have no principles, and even have the intention of playing with him.
In a word, the golden cup is drunk together, and the white blades are not left behind.
Huang Kezhang and the others were stunned.
They apparently only knew that they were fighting with the civil officials who wanted to replace them, and forgot that the emperor would not allow himself to be teased!
"Your Majesty! The cunning should be killed! ”
Wei Guangwei was overjoyed when he saw this, and stood up decisively and echoed a sentence.
Qiao Yunsheng also came out and said, "Your Majesty Shengming! ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
More civil officials stepped forward and said.
Since the emperor's will was unstoppable, they were naturally unwilling to go against the trend.
Seeing this, Zhang Gui had to admit that Huang Kezhang and the others were not so much killed by Zhu Youxiao, but by these ministers themselves.
Obviously, Wenchen is not so united internally, and they will not hesitate to betray their teammates when they need to sell their teammates in the face of interests.
Huang Kezhang, Zou Yuanbiao, Xiao Jingao and Sun Shenxing were dragged down by Jinyiwei.
"Your Majesty! The minister is wrong! ”
"Your Majesty is gracious!"
"Your Majesty forgives your sins!"
Huang Kezhang and the others couldn't help but shout loudly.
Tianqi didn't pay attention to Huang Kezhang and the others, he just wanted to clean up a batch of silverfish that didn't cooperate with him, so as to prepare for a batch of fresh blood.
After these people were dragged out, they were pressed to the ground by the brocade guards, and a eunuch overseer began to carry out the punishment of the court staff.
Syllable!
Syllable!
Syllable!
As the boards fell one after another, I don't know how long it took for the four civil officials to lose their breath.
Tianqi glanced at the other ministers in the court here, and ordered: "Escort Wang Ji and other ink greedy, those suspected of ink greed should be arrested, and they should be copied, all according to the ancestral system, the left Shilang of the Criminal Department, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple temporarily signed the three law departments!" ”
"Yes!"
Wei Zhongxian, Qiao Yunsheng and others replied.
"Your Majesty! The minister has something to say! The minister has something to say! ”
Wang Ji and the others also shouted loudly when they were dragged down.
But Apocalypse still ignored it.
After Zhang Gui sacrificed the two major killing weapons of "peeling last" and "Kaienke", he realized more deeply that the power of Wenchen is really not so terrible, and with some means, it can have the effect of killing three soldiers with two peaches.
Of course, when he thought of Daming's current situation, Tianqi didn't want the civil officials to just be obedient, and he was still willing to treat those who were willing to work for the country.
Therefore, next, Tianqi said very sincerely: "Now we are discussing Yuan Keli's words to change the law, as Yuan Keli said, now in the Ming Dynasty, the country is poor and the people are lacking, internal and external troubles, and it has reached the point where it is impossible not to innovate. ”
Reform?
In fact, civil servants who have only accepted Confucianism since childhood only want to be pasteurs at most, and they have always been afraid of changing the law.
Therefore, most civil servants have not thought about changing the law.
Zhang Gui was also speechless about this, the emperor finally wanted to make great efforts, you two-list jinshi are more active, do you have to let people catch up with whips?
"It's no wonder that in history, even in the Chongzhen period, when the Ming Dynasty was about to die, most of the civil servants were still busy fighting for power and profit, and most of these people really didn't take the people of society to heart."
Zhang Gui couldn't help but slander like this.
As soon as he thought that the Ming Dynasty would die one day, and as an imperial prince, he had to stand up and take the initiative to say:
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since you want to change the law, you must first establish the purpose of changing the law, just now Your Majesty said that the country is now poor and the people are lacking, internal and external troubles, so the minister believes that the purpose of changing the law now should be to enrich the country, strengthen the army, and benefit the people.
As Zhang Gui himself thought, most of the conservative civil servants need to be whipped before they are willing to take a step forward.
Before Zhang Gui said anything, the emperor asked about the change, and most of them were silent.
Now that his relative Zhang Gui said this, Yang Lian, who was afraid that Zhang Gui would use the law to change the law again, couldn't help but stand up first and said:
"Your Majesty! The minister believes that internal and external troubles, national hardship and lack of people are all due to the extravagance of use, the undisciplined rewards, the numerous clans, the redundant official positions, and the lack of military excellence. ”
"There is a saying in the Book of Shang: 'Don't be clever and mess with the old chapters.'" In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty believed in Zhang Tang's words, changed the system of the Han Gaozu, the people's livelihood in the world withered from then on, thieves flocked, and the Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty restored the system of the Han Gaozu, and the world was prosperous. ”
Zhang Gui heard Yang Lian's meaning, and decided to oppose the first army, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Yang Vice Xian said is not unreasonable, but it is a good law to reduce the use, so it is better to let Yang Gong preside over the change of law that His Majesty said, and make the country rich and the people rich!" ”
Tianqi nodded: "Yang Qing is the minister entrusted by the first emperor to take care of his life, and he also made great contributions when he ascended the throne, and he has always been quite prestigious. ”
"Your Majesty!"
Yang Lian hurriedly shouted and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not worthy of being a cabinet minister, and the minister is incapable of presiding over the new policy. ”
Yang Lian's meaning is obvious, I just want to be a keyboard warrior, I have nothing to say a word or two, let me do practical things, I won't do it!
Of course, Yang Lian also knew that although he had a lot of power to preside over the new policy, it was actually a job that offended vested interests, and he might not be able to please him, and he would end up being scolded by Shilin.
Yang Lian was really worried that Tianqi would make an exception for him to join the cabinet council, and then hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the reduction is very simple, and it can be implemented without ministers, Your Majesty only needs to issue an order to order the twenty-four yamen of the inner court and the ministries and institutes of the outer courts, as well as the yamen of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, to be reduced!" ”
At this moment, the apocalypse was given an opportunity for Yang Lian to preside over the government, but he was unwilling to grasp it.
Tianqi had to look at Zhang Gui: "You continue to say, how to enrich the country, strengthen the army, and benefit the people." ”