Chapter 425: The Dust Has Settled
Zhu Houzhao suddenly rushed down the jade steps and punched and kicked Ye Qi. The palace is full of civil and military all stupid, when did the emperor Lao Tzu also become a scoundrel on the street? Actually fought in the Fengtian Temple?
Liu Jin saw the opportunity, and immediately rushed forward, protected Ye Qi, protected his back, and shouted, "Lord Jiao, Lord Wang, Lord Ma pull Long Live Lord!"
Several old men woke up like a dream and swarmed up to hug Zhu Houzhao. Wang Wei tried hard to persuade: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't dirty your Majesty's hands with such pickles!"
Zhu Houzhao was afraid of hurting several elders, especially Wang Wei, who was already seventy years away and was thin, so if he touched it, it would inevitably lead to an accident. I had no choice but to return to the dragon chair with a snort, pointing at Ye Qi and scolding: "Ye Qi! Old dog! If it weren't for a few masters pulling me, I would have hammered you to death today!"
Ye Qi didn't know where he got the strength, shook off Liu Jin, and glared at him coldly: "Eunuch!"
Liu Jinqi's hands trembled, and he stomped his feet and walked back to the dragon chair, his face pale.
Ye Qi no longer glanced at Liu Jin, but puffed up his chest and let the nosebleed onto his official uniform. At this moment, Ye Qi probably thought that he was like those Confucian martyrs, mighty and unyielding. But in the eyes of civil and military officials, it is like a clown! The corners of his mouth were high and swollen, and his snow-white teeth were full of blood, as if he had just eaten people's hearts. The whites of the eyes in the two dark circles are bloodshot, like the white-faced female godretainer on the stage.
Laugh at! I don't know who finally couldn't help it and laughed out loud. The solemn atmosphere was punctured at once, but Zhu Houzhao didn't care: "Laugh, what's this? Isn't it the shameless to be ridiculed?"
Someone on the other side of Xungui also laughed, and this laughter seemed to have a kind of magic that spread to the side of the general. Finally, the laughter became one after another in the sparse fall, and Jiao Fang was having a headache about how to end, so he immediately took the lead and laughed loudly. With the cabinet boss taking the lead, everyone couldn't hold back anymore and laughed together.
Ye Qi was furious: "What's ridiculous? The edifice is about to fall, and you are still out of the way, not afraid that your children and grandchildren will never come out?"
Zhu Houzhao smiled and looked at Ye Qi coldly: "Stubborn! I don't want to see you again, it's the greatest blasphemy against a saint to live in the world like you!" After a pause, Zhu Houzhao still suppressed the idea of disposing of Ye Qi non-criminally, a madman still don't let him corrupt the law of the country. He turned his head to look at Wang Wei: "Master Wang, what should we do with such a heartless and shameless person?"
Wang Wei looked at the clown-like Ye Qi and sighed: "Your Majesty, although Ye Qi is disdainful, he is an important minister in the court after all, and in order to maintain the dignity of the court, it is not appropriate to be punished outside the law. The process that should be taken must be followed, and after the trial of the three law divisions is completed, His Majesty will give a grace."
Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction: "What Master Wang said is very agreeable, just do it according to this."
Ye Qi sneered and pointed at Jiao Fang, Ma Wensheng, and Wang Wei: "You are the highest peak of scholars in the world, and you don't want to maintain scholars, but you can get by and flatter as much as you can, and you can be called a saint!"
In Zhu Houzhao's eyes, Ye Qi was already crazy, arresting and biting whom, but in the eyes of the important ministers in this palace, Ye Qi was trying his best to defend them. Especially those who had something to do with this matter, they all breathed a sigh of relief and made a note of this favor. It doesn't matter yet, it doesn't matter who you give it to, the important thing is that Ye Qi has already carried everything down by himself.
Jiao Fang's face turned cold: "Ye Qi, you are a senior in the literary world, please respect yourself!"
Okay, not even counting the officials, Jiao Fang's attitude is very clear. Zhu Houzhao didn't plan to say anything more, just waved his hand: "Ye Qi will leave his post and wait for the case to be cleared, and the three law divisions will report it. Well, let's raid the house first, the transfer of property from the province, uh, the crime."
Ye Qi is finished, the ministers don't have any sadness, and their attention is on the cabinet push. Jiao Fang arched his hand towards Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, when will the court push?"
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, let's start now." Elder Li Ge was not in good health and could not always serve on the cabinet council, so I decided to add a cabinet elder. Also, when the cabinet is not there, there needs to be one person in charge. I thought..." Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao's gaze swept towards Jiao Fang, Ma Wensheng, and Wang Wei.
Jiao Fang made no secret of her desire for power, and her eyes were shining; Ma Wensheng didn't
dodging Zhu Houzhao's gaze, he looked like he was unyielding; Only Wang Wei smiled and didn't care, as if he was happy and happy when he said it.
In fact, none of them are the ideal candidates in Zhu Houzhao's heart, although Jiao Fang is unscrupulous, he also has the bottom line of a literati; Ma Wensheng is old and strong, with a strong temperament, it can be said that he will not be handsome; Wang Wei is dying, no different from Li Dongyang. With a sigh in his heart, Zhu Houzhao still opened his mouth: "I thought that Wang Weinian was a virtuous man and could be a second assistant."
Wang Wei's eyes flashed with surprise, and he didn't shirk: "Your Majesty has a heart, and the old minister will die after doing his best."
It can only be like this, Zhu Houzhao is thinking of using the military aircraft department to slowly empty the cabinet, and now it is a transitional stage, and Wang Wei is just right. So he nodded: "Master Wang, you will preside over the court push."
Jiao Fang was bitter in her heart, in order to keep the court situation, she really disobeyed Zhu Houzhao several times, and now she has no future. Ma Wensheng didn't care much, Wang Wei was good, much stronger than Jiao Fang. That person has no integrity, and even licks the eunuch's cheeks, and his character is not good! As soon as Li Dongyang left, no one tolerated Jiao Fang, and the contradiction between Jiao Fang and Ma Wensheng became prominent.
Tingtui is no different from the past, and several names are submitted to the royal court. Zhu Houzhao drew a red circle under the names of Fei Hong and Zeng Jian and returned it to Wang Wei.
Zeng Jian is already the secretary of Dali Temple, and then concurrently serves as the cabinet elder, which is unprecedented. But Zhu Houzhao came down with a set of combination punches, and the hundred officials dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and Zeng Jian was also an old minister, so no one complained about it. But Jin Gui is different, he is only a three-year tanhua in Hongzhi, he was just a waiter in the East Palace before, and he was already promoted to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, so he has no experience in local politics, why did he enter the cabinet?
Zhu Houzhao has initially grasped the situation of the court, and although the civilian officials are still resisting, the overall situation is no longer hindered. Hua Houwei has also opened up the situation in Nanjing, and businessmen from all over the world gathered, just waiting for the monsoon to go along, and then sail across the ocean.
Empress Zhang put down the Su brocade in her hand and looked at the sunshine outside in a daze. The selection of the queen is almost the same, the eldest daughter of the family surnamed Xiucai in Shangyuan Yixia. Empress Zhang has already seen it, dignified, elegant, gentle and virtuous, a very good girl. It's a pity that his temperament is a little weaker, and I'm afraid he can't control the demon king of the mixed world.
For Zhu Houzhao, Empress Zhang's mood is extremely complicated. Zhu Houzhao was raised by her since he was a child, and it is pure nonsense to say that he has no feelings, but after Zheng Wang's case, there is an invisible rift between Zhu Houzhao and Empress Zhang, and no matter how Hua Houwei makes up for it, it will be useless.
Zhu Houzhao walked into Kunning Palace, and Empress Zhang said with a smile: "Houzhao, your queen's choice has been decided, I think, you will get married next month, what do you think?"
Zhu Houzhao is no longer the first brother, and the men of the rich and noble families have tasted personnel early, let alone the prince of a country? But in his heart, the most important is Sister Li Feng of Meilong Town. But Sister Li Feng's identity, how can she be the queen of a country? Zhu Houzhao can only get married first, and then find an opportunity to admit Sister Li Feng into the palace.
"The queen mother, the child listens to the queen mother."
"Well, give birth to a son early after the wedding, my mother's health is okay, and I want to hold my grandson. Houzhao, my mother heard that there has been a lot of change in the DPRK and China in the past few days?"
Zhu Houzhao frowned, then nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, the queen mother doesn't have to worry, the child has integrated the twelve regiments and battalions, and the situation in the DPRK and China is good, everything is under control."
Empress Zhang nodded: "Houzhao, my mother doesn't like these intrigues, I just heard that you and the courtiers are fighting hard, and I'm worried about you."
Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, Brother Wei and I are one south and one north, and now we have achieved initial results."
"Okay, then the mother doesn't care. Remember to go and greet the ancestors later."
The conversation between mother and son was as light as water, and after Zhu Houzhao left, Empress Zhang looked at her son's back in a daze, and didn't move for a long time.
Time is like water, time is like a shuttle, Zhu Houzhao got married and married Shangyuan Xia; Hua Houwei's ocean-going caravan had already carried the hopes of countless people, and under the escort of the Japanese army, it went west along the sea chart left by Zheng He.
"Master, the merchant ship is back!" Zhu Shanqing ran in sweating profusely, and almost fell down.
The caravan went to sea for two years and never heard back. The vassal kings, nobles, and merchants all over the world kept running to the general yamen to hear the news, and Hua Houwei was under great pressure! Unexpectedly, there was finally news of the caravan, and Huahou Wei was overjoyed
An arrow stepped over and grabbed the secret report in Zhu Shanqing's hand.
"Master, this is the news sent back by the Inspection Department of the Mining Investigation Bureau, and the fleet has appeared to the east of the Wa Kingdom. It's just that I haven't come back for two years, and the reason hasn't come back."
Hua Houwei shook his head and said with emotion, "What else? It's either a storm or a wrong course. Otherwise, how could the fleet have appeared to the east of the Wa Kingdom?"
Half a month later, Yanziji ushered in the caravan of the west. Hua Houwei personally came to Yanziji to greet him, and those nobles, representatives of vassal kings, and heads of guilds who got the news all flocked to him.
Qi Youshan walked down the gangway, saw Hua Hou Wei holding the moon in the distance, and rushed to Hua Hou Wei at a trot, kneeling on one knee: "His Royal Highness King Wu! It's a good thing to be killed!"
Hua Houwei stepped forward to help Qi Youshan and looked at it carefully. Qi Youshan obviously cleaned up well before getting off the boat, but the corners of his eyes and temples were full of traces of wind and frost. Hua Houwei sighed and patted Qi Youshan's shoulder: "It's hard work! Fellow, you are lucky to come back alive."
Qi Youshan still wanted to smile hippie, but his eyes were sour, and he lowered his head and said with a little choking in his voice: "Lord Wang, I am lucky, my luck has always been very good, and if I can follow the prince, my luck will be even better!"
"Okay, don't hide it, die for a lifetime, know your difficulties!"