006 Abolished at noon

"The emperor has issued an edict that officials above the fifth rank will go to the emperor's gate to see them."

Many officials who routinely waited for the court were a little puzzled, this is not the day of the New Year's Hope, what is the young emperor who has not seen him for two months? Seeing that Huang Liji, the first assistant of the cabinet, took the lead in leaving, the rest did not hesitate, and turned to the Huangji Gate one after another. According to the two shifts, the station is set in the corridor of the Huangji Gate.

didn't wait long, Zhu Youzhen appeared on the wide seat above. After a simple ritual of bowing to Kang'an, Zhu Youzhen smiled and spoke:

"The day before yesterday, I had a conversation with the British princess, and I talked about the grand event of the military exercise in the palace of the first emperor, and I longed for it."

Without waiting for the whispering voices of the surprised ministers to quiet down, Zhu Youzhen glanced at Zhang Weixian, who was standing next to him confidently, and nodded.

Suddenly, the drums sounded, and the five thousand eunuchs each held colorful banners, and bright blades poured out from both sides, and they began to move densely. At first, the huge formation was a bit clumsy and jerky, and it looked a little rusty. After the demonstration of the queue was completed, when the fight began, the arms and legs that had not moved for a long time seemed to move, and they gradually regained their vitality. The sound of shouting, fighting, and the collision of weapons came, making Wang Chengen's legs, who were standing next to Zhu Youzhen, tremble.

Zhu Youzhen was really watching this kind of ancient military formation drill for the first time, and he was quite interested, so he couldn't help but leave his seat and walked in front of Bai Yugan.

As soon as the big formation confrontation ended, it became a small formation confrontation of six people, and at this time, it could be seen that these people's swords and horses had also been guided by famous teachers and worked hard for a while. The steel knives and spears in the hands of the eunuchs were tied with lime bags, and they could be judged out at three points, and there were dozens of people with big shoulders and round waists under the cover of their teammates, and the charge seemed quite orderly.

After tossing for more than an hour, a eunuch colonel snatched the red flag in the field and knelt under the Huangji Gate.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the minister next to him, smiled and nodded: "Well, it's not bad, it's good, it's reward, it's reward." ”

The eunuchs in the audience knelt down together and thanked them verbally. Xu Yingyuan said loudly: "The knives and guns are placed on the spot, and the reward is received at noon." "That's when you can see the difference between this rabble and the army. As soon as this group of eunuchs heard that the reward could be received now, there was a sound of swords and guns clashing in the venue, and 5,000 people poured out of the noon gate in a chaotic manner. When the last person walked out, the noon door slammed shut.

Hum~~ The blood is surging, and Wei Zhongxian's legs are a little weak.

Outside the noon gate, the five thousand eunuchs who had just poured out were separated from the noon gate by a group of brave guards with real swords and guns who ran out from both sides. Xu Yingyuan stepped forward expressionlessly and shouted loudly:

"Listen to it, there is a decree in the Holy Palace, the inner palace will eliminate redundant personnel, and today you will wait for all the staff to return, and go to the next door to line up to receive the monthly salary and severance silver, so let's disperse."

Boom, all of a sudden the crowd exploded. Those who wanted to go back to the palace to get their belongings, crying and feeling that they were unsettled, and clamoring to see the emperor to ask for mercy, suddenly became a mess.

Xu Yingyuan stopped talking, waved his hand, and the noon door opened again, and the palace guard held a spear and pressed it over. The dozens of people in front of them, who looked like backbones, wanted to rush into the palace with their bare hands, but soon heard the sound of puffs and spears entering the flesh. The armor did not stop, and the people who trampled on the blood and were lying on the ground and howling came up from three sides in an instant.

When the rest of the eunuchs saw it, they knew that any more resistance would be a dead end, so they could only disperse outside the city.

Seeing that the big thing had been decided, Zhu Youzhen walked back to the dragon chair in the middle with a smile, and did not sit upright, but leaned to one side relaxedly.

"Come on, move a few chairs for the British Duke and a few auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, and invite a few elders to sit in peace."

Man Chao was speechless, and he stood much more upright than just now. In the quiet Huangji Gate, I only heard Zhu Youzhen say:

"I cleaned the imperial diet the day before yesterday, and in order for me to eat alone, there were 821 eunuchs and rough palace maids in the imperial diet. I'm a little ashamed. I left sixteen of them. ”

"My Emperor is wise!" Whether they understand it or not, many courtiers, under the leadership of the cabinet ministers who have left their seats, congratulated them first.

"Wisdom is not necessarily."

Hey, the ministers who bowed down to congratulate couldn't understand the young man's mind.

"Ao, Guogong, Huang Gong, sit down. You don't have to get up like this all the time, when you're older, do you still have the heart to respect the elderly? ”

"Thank you." Twice and three times, these people only got their butts on the stool.

I settled Wei Zhongxian again and learned about the number of the palace attendants. If you don't look at it, it's shocking after watching it. There are more than 15,000 chamberlains and more than 3,800 palace maids in this Forbidden City. In today's world, there are injustices in the outside world, and internal strife is rising again, and the tax deficit is getting bigger and bigger. I can't afford to waste it here. ”

"The emperor is inappropriate." It was Shi Fenglai, the second assistant of the cabinet, who spoke.

"The emperor is the face of the dynasty, this respect and decency cannot be less, and the minister thinks that it will not increase in the future."

"Alright." looked at Shi Fenglai, who was kneeling in front. "Just reply if you have something, you don't have to kneel and say it at every turn. I am the face of the dynasty, this is a solid statement, and I have nothing to say. But is this my face on the ministers and maids in this palace? ”

After that, without waiting for others to reply, Zhu Youzhen said directly:

"I settled Empress Yi'an, and in the past few days, I will release these chamberlains and palace maids, and each person in the palace will settle ten taels of silver. Those who have families go home, and those who have no families go to work in the royal village from today. a hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver. I and the Queen's inner library is out. ”

"My Emperor Shengming." And so it is with the ministers.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel a little sad, listening to the uniform voice, looking at the figure of the old or the young, this is the elite of the Ming Dynasty, exuding a sophisticated, mature and decadent atmosphere. He knew that even though he had cleaned up the palace attendants for purely safety reasons, even if an emperor did this, they would not be grateful at all.

Everyone was still silent, and Zhu Youzhen didn't care about them, just continued according to his own train of thought.

"This morning, 12 people, including internal officials Wei Zhongxian, Li Yongzhen, and Pei Fang, played and begged. I am glad to share this sentiment with me. So, I'm right! But Gonggong Wei is an old man of the two dynasties, and the first emperor has a lot of dependence, so he is not allowed. ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly came out and bowed: "Thank you, old minister, Your Majesty." But there was no smugness on his face.

Zhu Youzhen continued:

"It's a coincidence," he said, glancing at Wei Zhongxian. "This morning, Empress Yi'an also received a presentation from Mrs. Fengsheng and asked her to leave the house. Just come and ask me for what I mean. This is also my negligence, Mrs. Fengsheng served the former emperor meritoriously, and now the former emperor is no more, and it is indeed not in line with the ancestral system. That's right. His son Hou Guoxing first went to Jinyiwei's errand and served his wife. ”

Hou Xingguo, who was far away at the end of the team, vaguely listened to it, and couldn't help but panic in his heart. But there is no choice but to bow down to Shane.

Zhu Youzhen didn't look at it at this time, just turned his head and asked Wei Zhongxian:

"What do you think of my handling of it? Is it fair? ”

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's legs trembled, and sweat rained down. The emperor is killing chickens to show me, it's just that, you can't attack, you can take a soft face first. At this time, he could only prostrate on the ground: "The emperor is shengming." The minister resigned from the post of East Factory. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Youzhen didn't react yet, but Wang Ti was anxious. You are a dead friend who does not die in the poor way. You resigned from your position in Dongchang, and didn't you roast me, the eunuch with the palm print that is still above your pen eunuch, on the fire? had no choice but to hurriedly come out, "The old minister also resigned from the post of the palm seal of the inner palace." ”

Oh? And this effect. Zhu Youzhen was a little bored for a while, this step is a bit big, beating is beating, and the surplus value cannot be cashed out at one time today.

Zhu Youzhen stood up: "The two fathers-in-law are flat, the main purpose of cleaning up the inner palace is to be frugal and spending, I still mean that, let's do this first." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving two fathers-in-law kneeling on the ground and the ministers looking at each other.