"You want to get out of the way?"

Hearing this question, Xia Yuan just wanted to speak, but when he met the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, he felt that this question did not seem to be so simple.

The next moment, Emperor Hongzhi laughed, "If you want to withdraw and retreat, I don't blame you, you have only participated in two court meetings so far, but you have blocked me twice in a row, offending a cadre of ministers in this court."

I sometimes think that you are doing this because you and I are my son-in-law, my own family; Or is it because you are already loyal, but then I thought about it, maybe it is both, and my son-in-law is a loyal and upright person. ”

"Since ancient times, emperors have been fond of lonely ministers, do you know why?"

"I don't know."

"I don't know?"

"Oh, the minister knows."

"That's it, it's inconvenient for you to answer this question, I will help you answer it, because Gu Chen can rest assured. But you are more lonely than the lonely minister, with you at the court meeting, I even have a sense of peace of mind, but I don't know whether I should let you be this lonely minister. ”

A look of hesitation appeared on Zhu Youzhang's face, and he immediately leaned back in his chair and said slowly: "I sometimes suffer setbacks in the government, and I always think about what kind of scene the government should be if you are present. But I don't want you to participate in this court meeting, I don't want you to repeatedly confront the ministers, I want to leave you to the crown prince. ”

"Although the prince is a wise man, he lacks his mind, acts impulsively, has more than strength, and is slow but not enough. If he ascends the throne as emperor in the future, it will be difficult to restrain this cadre and ministers, and in the end, he may have to rely on internal officials. It is by no means a long-term way to use internal officials to restrain subordinates, let alone a dignified and righteous way, the foundation is unstable, and it is easy to be countered and eaten, and after a hundred years, it will attract criticism. ”

Xia Yuan's eyes flashed with astonishment, as the saying goes, knowing a son is a father, but Emperor Hongzhi, a father, can see his son so thoroughly.

Even the arrangement for him is clear.

Zhu Houzhao reused eunuchs to restrain his subordinates, and finally was restrained and counterattacked, and died a few months after falling into the water.

Zhu Youzhu looked up at the caisson of the warm pavilion and said: "Emperor Chenghua, my imperial examination was like this at the beginning, reusing factory guards, repeatedly raising prisons, and then dying in a pair of decoctions. ”

"Huh"

Speaking of this, Emperor Hongzhi smiled, it was that kind of gloomy smile, a somewhat miserable smile, "The imperial examination wantonly elects and preaches officials, sells official positions, and as long as you give money, you can grant official positions, so as to accumulate wealth and enrich your internal funds." But in this way, where did these ministers come from, and who can find out? ”

"The people in the palace are unknown, Liu Wentai, a fortunate person who relies on the official to pass on the service, can also be the head of this hospital?"

"After the death of the imperial examination, at the beginning of my ascension to the throne, I wanted to put this Liu Wentai to death. At that time, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee were even more angry, and they were impeached one after another, and they hated to cut this Liu Wentai with a thousand knives! Is there anything strange in this, do you say? ”

Xia Yuan wanted to leave a little, the more he talked about it, the more dangerous it became, but he couldn't leave, so he had to say helplessly: "I don't know." ”

"Of course, there are strange things. The imperial examination subdued the ministers of the court with the factory guards, the power was in hand, the cadres were arbitrary, and even the three pavilions of the court appeared, and the clay sculpture of the six books was in the state.

These ministers should not have liked him as the emperor, and even the emperor Kaolong returned to heaven, I don't know how many people celebrate in private, and I don't know how many people want to thank this Liu Wentai in their hearts.

Now they have asked me to put this Liu Wentai to death, if they are showing loyalty, it is reasonable, but I always feel that this is not the case, so I personally interrogated Liu Wentai at night, do you guess what happened to my trial? ”

Xia Yuan was already restless, he didn't know which string Emperor Hongzhi didn't match, so he had to talk to himself about these palace secrets.

Talk about these things that should be hidden in the dust and smoke of history.

Will you let me go?

"Liu Wentai has a great relationship with many ministers in the DPRK and China, and his people are even from Qiu Jun's disciples!"

Emperor Hongzhi's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and a fierce killing intent burst out from it, and the killing intent seemed to be like a substance, which lowered the temperature of this warm pavilion by a few points, and Xia Yuan couldn't help but feel a sudden burst in his heart.

Qiu Jun.

He knew who Qiu Jun was, this master was so famous that it was difficult to know.

In terms of titles alone, Yu Qian, San Yang, Yan Song, and Zhang Juzheng, the so-called famous ministers and powerful ministers, are not even worthy of lifting shoes in front of him.

Qiu Jun's title: The sect of the Ming generation of scholars.

Just by using this title, if you think about it with your heels, you can figure out how influential this person is in the world and how extensive the influence of the DPRK and China is.

"I tried my best to disagree with the public, leave this Liu Wentai, and demote him from death. As long as this Liu Wentai is still there, the virtuous ministers in this court will never be at ease, and this Qiu Jun will be obedient to me. ”

At this time, the killing intent on Zhu Youzhang's body finally gradually dissipated, but he did not have the self-restraint of holding power at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, but a kind of panic.

"But I am actually afraid in my heart, although the forbidden palace of the Forbidden City is strict, it seems to be impermeable, but in fact, it is everywhere! Everywhere is terrifying, every step of the way! I dismissed all the ministers, I no longer used the factory guards like the imperial exam, I suppressed the factory guards, I treated these ministers with great courtesy, I forgave them as much as I did with that woman when I was a child. ”

Looking at the panic in Emperor Hongzhi's eyes, Xia Yuan only felt that he was in his heart, this emperor was only less than twenty years old when he ascended the throne, and he was a young man, he thought that he was sitting on the supreme position in the world, the most noble and safest position in the world.

But after interrogating Liu Wentai that night, the result of the trial gave him a head-on blow, and his father who was an arbitrary emperor died at the hands of his ministers.

This harsh reality terrified him.

The courage of these courtiers is so great that they have a heavenly constitution in their mouths, and the emperor of the Ninety-Five Honor dares to murder them.

For a man who has just ascended the throne as emperor, this is simply the most terrible and absurd thing.

This emperor is used to forbearance, he grew up in Anle Hall, and he has lived a life of disgrace since he was a child, and even learned not to talk and walk first, but how to forbear.

So he has been forbearing, always that calm look, the so-called anger is only after returning to this Qianqing Palace, that calm and gentle face will be gloomy, and then vent with a brush.

"But I'm scared again, I'm in a deteriorating state now, how many years can I help the prince shelter from the wind and rain? If the crown prince ascends the throne, what will happen to him in the future? He has such a childish heart, if he wants to take power in the future, he will inevitably use internal officials to restrain his ministers, will he be like my imperial examination and his grandfather in the future? ”

Zhu Youjiao's voice was very soft when he said this, not like he was asking others, but like he was asking himself and asking himself.

Xia Yuan was silent, but silently said in his heart, not only Zhu Hou's note, after the change of Tumubao, but all the Ming Dynasty emperors who reused factory guards to suppress their ministers would die in vain.

Zhu Jianshen, the Ming Xianzong who has been imprisoned repeatedly; created the Eight Tigers and snatched the power of the Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao; Reuse Wei Zhongxian's Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao.

Even the emperor in front of him died unexplained, he also died from the prescription prescribed by Liu Wentai, is this an accident, or is it a copy of Xianzong's murder case?

"I want to teach him, but I don't know where to start. He is different from me, with his nature, he will never learn to forbear, and he will never know what forbearance is. ”

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes looked at him, with amazement and dazedness, "You say, what should I do?" ”

(End of chapter)