Things have come to this point, and Zhu Houzhao will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

Jinyi Wei Mao Wenyu, Han Ziren, as well as the chief manager of the palace, the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor and Liu Jin, the governor of the Dongchang factory, all asked the emperor to announce it. Some activities should be carried out on their own initiative.

At least you can make up a sentence, right?

For example: more than 10,000 hectares of Huangzhuang, more than 10,000 hectares of Zhongguan, a total of more than 20,000 hectares, and the remaining more than 20,000 hectares are in the hands of the lords and officials of Beijing.

Zhu Houzhao doesn't have specific data, and at this time, it makes no sense to order to measure, or let the officials at all levels report it layer by layer, it is to have the effect of public opinion, and it is enough to roughly compile similar data.

Officially, it was the "Ming Pao" that had already made a will in the writing palace to return more than 20,000 hectares of farmland to the people, while privately Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi spread rumors that the grandfather of the country would donate 100 mu and the cabinet ministers would donate 100 mu.

The first half of this thing is true, the second half is false, who can tell the difference clearly when illiteracy is everywhere?

As for the civil unrest itself, Zhu Houzhao was not worried, he had already asked Zhang Yong to lead the elite Shangzhi personal guards to set off just in case, and the military department was also transferring the soldiers of the nearby guards.

And the division of land is the foundation for dismantling the civil unrest, even if there is any prince who makes a rebellion at this time, his throne is also very stable.

Sichuan Governor Fei Hong looked at the sudden chaos in Beijing with a little worry, and it was at this juncture that Gu Renyi, the magistrate of Yibin County, who he brought over, disappeared.

When the next person came to report to him, he knew that Gu Renyi had gathered a few like-minded colleagues to give the emperor a dismissal, and the first impeachment was Li Dongyang, the head of the cabinet!

The cabinet people found Fei Hong and wanted to say hello, but Fei Hong only had one sentence: I can't stop Gu Renyi.

Oh, don't talk about them anymore.

People like Gu Renyi, the thing that they recognize is that the holy decree can't turn back.

It's nothing more than a life, take it!

As soon as the news came out, he and several friends from the imperial history had already taken the latest version of "Ming Pao" to vent their emotions in public.

Considering that many people outside are illiterate, he doesn't speak so literately, and speaks directly in the vernacular.

“…… Ladies and gentlemen, since today's son ascended the throne, he has worked hard to make the country prosperous, and he heard that the people in the land of Beizhili are suffering from the people's herdsmen, so he has been thrifty, and the people's herds in more than 20 counties have been canceled in the past few years! A few days ago, I didn't just go down to Your Majesty, and the harm of the people and herdsmen was far inferior to that of Zhuang Tian! So His Majesty decreed that more than 20,000 hectares of fertile land in Huangzhuang and Zhongguan should be returned to the landless people! ”

"I Gu Renyi has read the books of sages since I was a child, for the sake of my Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji and the people of Limin, but unfortunately, there are disloyal ministers in the court, and their desires are difficult to fill! His Majesty divided the land among the people, but while they occupied the farmland, they also said that they would serve the country. It is really a corrupt official and a disaster to the country and the people! ”

"Corrupt officials and corrupt officials, disaster to the country and the people!"

"Corrupt officials and corrupt officials, disaster to the country and the people!"

……

Opposite Gu Renyi and several young officials, in the box above the restaurant, was Wang Zhi from Weiningbo Mansion, and there was some anxiety in her beautiful eyes that was difficult to eliminate at this time.

Actually, she didn't want to go out, but this matter was too big, and it directly involved her second brother, so she had to come out and take a look.

It stands to reason that some scholars and officials in Beijing are discussing some things in the court, but it cannot be said that there are none. But more or less they will do some evasion.

Today is different, never sleeping, in broad daylight, to do this in a grand manner.

What's even more different is that the Jinyi Guard, who is in charge of the security of the Beijing Division, is nowhere to be seen at all.

What does it mean that there is no one to stop these angry young officials?

"If the name is not right, the word will not be good, and if the word is not good, it will not be done." The girl muttered to herself, she actually had a slight understanding that the one in the palace was going to be invincible in the name of the Holy Monarch.

If it is just ordinary people, but some people who already have official status have also begun to say such things, it means that the officials of the outer court themselves have been divided.

The emperor is two-handed, on the one hand, he uses morality, and on the other hand, he also takes advantage of the desire of so many ordinary officials to be promoted.

Now in the matter of returning the acres of land, the emperor has this kind of 'image', so the question arises, if the matter can't be pushed forward, where is the blockage?

When the time comes, killing some people will not be indiscriminately killing innocents, it will definitely be doing the right thing for heaven.

Wang Zhi felt shocked in her heart, she called one of the maidservants in the house, and ordered: "Xiaohe, you go back to the house and ask the standing account room, how many acres of land is in the land of Jinggi in the Weiningbo Mansion?" ”

Weiningbo is not as prominent as it used to be, but there are still some acres of land.

Now the lords are unwilling to retreat, and the officials are not willing to retreat.

The emperor is not very easy to arrest and kill all these people.

But someone will want to kill them.

As for her second brother who caused trouble... I don't know what to do.

……

At this time, although there was no crowd gathering to make trouble, in fact, there were as many sparse performances as snowflakes, which had already made Li and Liu feel that the situation was not good.

If so many people are impeached, then they can only do one thing now.

Resignation.

So the two handed over the note and waited outside the Qianqing Palace.

Wait until Jin Gui takes them in,

Without waiting for them to speak, the emperor asked first: "Two elders, I ordered earlier to divide 10,000 acres of the emperor's village among the people, do you have any progress to report?" ”

Li Dongyang took off his official hat and knelt on the ground with his robe, "The cabinet has passed on the matters explained by His Majesty's holy decree to all prefectures and counties, strictly ordering them to act according to the order and not bend the law for personal gain. However, the ministers and the others are not here to report the progress, but to ...... to His Majesty Please resign! Nowadays, there are many ministers who impeach their ministers and those who are deaf, and it is difficult for the ministers to defend themselves, but they feel that they have lost their holy grace, and they feel guilty in their hearts. The minister is old and decaying, especially since the first year of Zhengde, the hair and blood are declining, the ambition is becoming weaker and weaker, and the body is unbearable. I implore His Majesty's quasi-ministers to return to their hometowns, and the ministers are grateful! ”

Zhu Houzhao's face remained unchanged, but he turned over and glanced at Xie Qian again.

Xie Qian also knocked on the ground, "The minister has the grace of the saint, and it is difficult to be the position of the minister!" ”

Do you want to replace these two old ministers?

Zhu Houzhao has considered this issue many times in the past, but this time he is seriously considering it.

There are two reasons why they have not been replaced before,

First, Liu Daxia was too much, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so soon after he ascended the throne, he seized his official position and threw him into prison, and he hasn't come out yet. Liu Jian is slightly better, but he is not in the cabinet after all. As an old minister left to him by Emperor Hongzhi, if he cleans up all of them in a short period of time, it is not good in today's political environment.

Don't underestimate the four words 'justifiable', those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help, if you, the emperor, always act like a bad person, then the people gathered around you are basically this kind of person.

Second, it is Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, after all, they are not traitorous ministers.

As the cabinet elders, they do not control the government and wantonly exclude dissidents, and they do not care about collecting money, as for doing well and doing badly, anyway, there are only a few routines in the Confucian method of governing the country, and he, a later generation, is still working step by step, gradually deepening, what magic can people in this era have?

At least in the two years they have been in the cabinet, basically the court has been dealing with government affairs every day, and there are not so many moths.

However, in this incident, they really couldn't keep up with the emperor's holy will.

But no matter what, the old minister's resignation cannot be agreed to at one time.

"Elder Li Ge, Elder Xie Ge, Gu'an County is still in the midst of civil turmoil, and more than 20,000 hectares and more than 2 million acres of land are not so easy to divide, at this time, you two ...... The old minister, who is deeply favored by the country, wants to abandon me? ”

Li Dongyang's nose was sour when he heard the emperor's words, "Your Majesty, this matter is not that the ministers are unwilling, but they can't." ”

"Why not?! Behind the cabinet is the Forbidden City, does anyone dare to storm the cabinet?! Zhu Houzhao suddenly shouted, "You two resignations, you don't have to hand them to me, I just haven't heard what I said just now!" The matter in Gu'an County has not yet come to fruition, and I don't know if the division of fields is smooth, if you really feel ashamed of me, then go back and deal with these two things carefully. The common people can't survive anymore, are we still playing these court routines? ”

The emperor refused, and it didn't look like a lie.

Besides, at this moment, there is indeed something going on in the imperial court.

"That'...... The minister will once again receive His Majesty's holy decree. The ministers and the other two, one is responsible for the civil unrest and the other is responsible for the division of the land, and he will definitely give His Majesty a satisfactory result. ”

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao is right.

After the two left, in the room on the side of the Qianqing Palace, Wang Wei walked out, and he listened to all the conversations just now.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask Your Majesty for a will."

Zhu Houzhao heard the voice and turned sideways, "Sir, please speak." ”

"The minister wants to plead with Your Majesty, even if the cabinet minister has been replaced, don't let Li Ge Lao and Xie Ge Lao Zhishi."

"Then let them do it?"

"Your Majesty, isn't Xixian Gong exactly what you sent to Shandong?"

This is more obvious as soon as he says it.

But at that time, it was not easy to do.

And if it weren't for Liu Jian's kind of person, even if the emperor wanted to keep him, people would feel that they couldn't save face and wouldn't accept it.

Wang Wei continued: "This time...... The two pavilion elders are indeed lacking in courage, and they lack the courage of tens of millions of people, but Li Binzhi and Xie Yuqiao are all virtuous ministers for a while. If such a person is allowed to return to his hometown for retirement, it will be a loss for His Majesty. ”

Zhu Houzhao did not answer immediately,

Speaking of which, Xie Qian and Wang Wei are still in the same department, and they can be regarded as admiring each other.

"I don't know who has the courage to go for it despite tens of millions of people."

"Your Majesty, isn't there a Gu Renyi?"

"He is a magistrate in Yibin County, Sichuan."

"He can be promoted to Shuntian Mansion Yin, and he will implement the division of fields. In this way, the hundreds of thousands of people in Shuntianfu can be worry-free. ”

This is a solution, but Gu Renyi played the impeachment of the elder of the pavilion, and at the same time, he discussed the rights and wrongs of the cabinet ministers in the capital. Promoted him, it's not as simple as a prefect......

To put it simply, if this were the case, the two cabinet members would not be able to do anything.

However, Zhu Houzhao is not a character who hesitates and does not dare to make a decision.

He paced slightly in front of the hall with his hand, and then ordered, "Jin Gui, draft the purpose." ”

"Yes!"

Wang Wei said: "A few years ago, His Majesty also asked his ministers to recommend one or two virtuous ministers in Zhejiang and Fujian. This time, he can also be promoted to the prefect. ”

In the North Zhili area, in addition to Shuntianfu and Baoding, there are six prefectures such as Hejian Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture and Shunde Prefecture, as well as two prefectures of Yanqing Prefecture and Baoan Prefecture.

"Good! According to what Mr. said, the matter of dividing the field is not trivial, and even so, it has been changed together! ”

Jin Gui was a little excited, the emperor can't say that he is doing things safely, because there are times when he is radical, but he can't say that he is relieved every time, and there is still a time to consider the overall situation.

This one-time visit to all the prefects of Beizhili is a more exciting action.

In other words, the division of the land is imperative, and no one can stop it!

(End of chapter)