"Your Majesty, the old minister." When Xie Qian entered the hall, he saw that there was a mess in front of him, and there were still some residual stains on the ground that had not been completely cleaned.

There was a number in his heart, and he frowned in confusion: "Your Majesty, the old minister and the outside of the palace heard that Your Majesty was angry, I don't know why?" ”

He didn't say the purpose of his coming here, but first asked about the things in the palace, although he had completely fallen to the emperor's side, but the doubts in his heart still made him indifferent, he heard that Mu Bin and Fan Ting were scepter, which made him very curious.

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, the anger that had not subsided jumped up again, but the anger was really not good to vent to this master, so he had to sulk and ask rhetorically: "Master Xie, do you say that I am too merciful to the courtiers, so that they are unscrupulous, and they do not take the court in the slightest." ”

When Xie Qian heard this, he was silent for a while before he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's words are serious, although the old minister doesn't know why His Majesty is angry, but the old minister thinks that His Majesty has no mercy or not, it all depends on what His Majesty thinks as the main auxiliary, the royal road is domineering, and it is all in the sacred heart, so why be angry." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, his anger subsided, and gradually calmed down: "Master Xie, it is not appropriate for me to be angry, I am respectfully taught." ”

Xie Qian arched his hand and smiled: "The old minister doesn't dare, Your Majesty just understands." ”

Zhu Houzhao is not a person who does not listen to good words, Xie Qian's words made him understand that everything in the world is decided by him, it is not worth being angry, whether it is royal or domineering, the old ministers are on your side, Your Majesty does not need to be angry.

Zhu Houzhao understood it, but he was very curious, what would happen if Gong Xie saw this secret performance?

On the dragon case, he picked up a copy of the Jinyi Wei Secret Music, handed it to Liu Jin, and said, "Master Xie, there is a Jinyi Wei Secret Music here, and I ask Master Xie to refer to it for me." ”

Master Xie, aren't you calling me not worthy of being angry? Then take a look at the content of this tantra, and I will also see how your realm is, Master Xie?

I have to say that Zhu Houzhao is really unscrupulous, if Xie Qian knew what he was thinking, would he say anything on his side.

Xie Qian took the secret music from Liu Jin's hand, and just opened it curiously.

Before he finished reading the first page, his eyebrows were upside down, anger ran straight through his head, his forehead was bruised, his body trembled slightly, and he felt dizzy.

"Quick, help Master Xie."

Zhang Zhong's hands were quick and he had already left.

Liu Jin was also holding Xie Qian's body on the other side.

Xie Qian stabilized his body, shook off the two of them, snapped and knelt on the ground, spoke in pain, and said intermittently: "Old minister······ Minister, that's wrong. ”

Zhu Houzhao had already gotten up, personally came to Xie Qian's side, helped him up, and comforted him in turn: "Master Xie, it's not your fault, it's the fault of Taizu and Taizong, as well as the previous emperors, and I am also at fault." ”

Xie Qian shook his head and said bitterly: "No, how can Taizu Taizong be wrong, how can the emperors of the past dynasties be wrong, and Your Majesty will not be wrong, it is the old minister who is wrong, it is the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, it is us." ”

Zhu Houzhao motioned to Liu Jin to bring Jindun, helped Xie Qian to sit down, and he also sat down on Xie Qian's side, and said: "Master Xie, my Ming Dynasty's military household system has changed over time, and it is not suitable for the changes of the current times, and the military household system must be changed." ”

Xie Qian nodded when he heard this, but then shook his head and said: "The old minister knows His Majesty's intentions, just like His Majesty collects business taxes and checks the world's acres of land, Your Majesty has the intention to reform the old system and leak the government, this is enterprising and a good thing, but if you are in a hurry, it will become a disaster." ”

"Your Majesty moved the vassal king, changed the tax system, the new imperial examination, and checked the acres of land, although it seems that it is stable as usual now, but in fact it is like cooking oil on fire, and it is on the verge of crisis.

"Your Majesty, do you know why you were able to survive so many crises before, but did not cause great turmoil in the world?"

Zhu Houzhao was silent when he heard this, got up and paced back and forth in the hall, as if he had some understanding, but he still asked without giving up.

"Master Xie is saying that the nobles and the gentry deliberately backed down?"

Xie Qian nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and then said: "Your Majesty, you finally understand, although the general trend of the world is in Your Majesty, it seems that the military power and public opinion are in hand, but after all, it is just a sharp word." ”

"Your Majesty, you moved the vassal king, the benefits are in the court officials, they are naturally strongly supportive, you change the tax system, the interests of the world, the nobles, the gentry, they have nothing to say, the new imperial examination system, at that time, Your Majesty was forced with a great victory, and the ministers were unstoppable."

"But Your Majesty has checked the acres of land in the world, and has tasted the backlash of the world's interests, although they were quickly extinguished, but are they really completely surrendered? Actually, no, and they are hiding and not retiring, waiting to give His Majesty a fatal blow. ”

Xie Qian is worthy of being an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and his eyes are so vicious when he looks at things, this analysis makes Zhu Houzhao only feel that his scalp is numb.

"If Your Majesty moves the military household system again this time, let's not say that the military household of the Ming Dynasty occupies most of the army in the world, let's just say that the intricate forces behind the military household are entangled, Your Majesty, can you imagine the scene of war in the world?"

Zhu Houzhao seemed to really see the wolf smoke everywhere, the smoke was everywhere, and the white bones were lying in the wild for thousands of miles without a rooster crowing.

A stumble, at this moment, like Xie Qian, he almost fell.

Liu Jin and Zhang Zhong supported him, so that he gradually stabilized his body, and his face was shocked.

He knew that Xie Qian was not alarmist, but it was really possible, and he wanted to move the military household system, which was like completely digging the roots.

The nobles will not be indifferent, the gentry will not be indifferent, the millions of military households in the world will not be indifferent, and even the vassal kings will cheer.

The great victory in the past year or so made him forgetful, and even felt that there was no opposition in the world, he was the Holy Monarch of the Ming Dynasty, and he was praised for nine days, becoming a monarch who surpassed all dynasties.

However, Xie Qian's words today made him break out in a cold sweat, cooking oil on fire, flowers brocade, and the higher he held it, the worse he fell.

Someone once said to him, Your Majesty, if you want to do great things, you must not be in a hurry, this era is different after all.

He was in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, not an era when the mountains and rivers were about to be broken and the mountains and rivers could be broken to create a new sky.

Just like a blind man crossing a river, it is all about groping, taking one step at a time, exploring ten steps, and making steady progress, so that it is possible to know the road ahead, whether it is the abyss or the other side.

Zhu Houzhao was too anxious, because he never got out of his thoughts of forgiveness of sin in the tenth lifetime, just like a tight spell, always pushing him forward quickly.

Xie Qian sighed in his heart, Emperor Xian, Your Majesty has lived up to your expectations, and Your Majesty will definitely be a generation of Saints in the future.

"Your Majesty understands, then there must be an answer in your heart, the old minister will not say more, Your Majesty, your time is still long, first stabilize it, although the old minister is old, but there are still a few years to live, let the old minister for Your Majesty, block a little wind and rain."

Xie Qian picked up the secret music on the ground, held it in both hands and handed it forward.

Zhu Houzhao took the secret music with both hands, handed it to Liu Jin, and then said respectfully to Xie Qian: "Master Xie, I, thank you for all the people in the world." ”

Xie Qian hurriedly dodged, ashamed and said: "Your Majesty, why do you need to be like this, the old minister can't afford it." ”

In the secret recital of Jin Yiwei, it is written how the gentry and nobles gained power, oppressed the military households, and oppressed these ordinary people who had been military households for generations into thieves, and the process was found out in great detail.

The shamelessness and forbearance of the officials and nobles, like evil wolves, are waiting for an opportunity.

Although Zhu Houzhao has evidence of their crimes, he can't easily move them, this is not something that an invincible army can solve, nor can it be settled by a holy decree.

Can it be guaranteed that the people on these criminal evidence are not the chess pieces pushed out by those people and used to play games with the emperor?

But if you don't kill them, how can you be worthy of those military families and civilians who fled to Beijing, aren't they human?

Zhu Houzhao couldn't be indifferent, but he couldn't just flip the table, so he had to find another way to solve the livelihood of these displaced people first.

Xie Qian didn't have any major events, just because it was the New Year, and as an auxiliary minister in the cabinet, he was also a minister on duty in the palace.

Naturally, it is the duty of the party to come and ask for instructions, and Xu Qiong of the Ministry of Rites has already made several excerpts for the arrangement of this year's New Year's Day, waiting for the approval of the cabinet.

Zhu Houzhao heard what he said and replied to him: "It's good to follow the regulations of previous years, but remember that on the day of the New Year, it is essential to sacrifice at the Ming Martyrs Monument." ”

Xie Qian ordered his retirement.

Zhu Hou looked at Xie Qian's departing back, his eyes deepened, and he said with a smile: "Master Xie and Master Li are worthy of being the ministers of the humerus of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Liu Jin."

He, who had been serving as a background wall with Zhang Zhong on the side, immediately flattered and said, "What does the emperor command?" ”

"Xuan Yan Song entered the palace to meet him."

"Yes."

Liu Jin then went to deliver the decree.

Dirty work is naturally done by this "capable" minister, Yan Song is a person with outstanding ability, if it weren't for his qualifications and young age, Zhu Houzhao really wanted to give him a chance to join the cabinet and participate in politics now.

is different from Yang Shen's intelligence, Yan Song is shrewd, and Zhu Houzhao has not found a guy who can replace him so far.

No wonder Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi trusts Yan Song so much, this person is really easy to use.

For example, if this matter is handed over to Yan Song, he will definitely be able to give Zhu Houzhao a satisfactory answer.

Yan Song entered the palace later, although he had already prepared and guessed in his heart, but when he heard what the emperor wanted him to do, he still trembled in his heart.

"Do you understand?" Zhu Houzhao said lightly.

Although Yan Song was reluctant in his heart, he also accepted this problem calmly on the surface.

"The decree of the micro-minister will live up to the holy will."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, asked him to get up, and said meaningfully: "You have to settle down in the military household, and those shameless officials must also kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, and the proportions of it are up to you to grasp it, remember one thing, this matter has nothing to do with me." ”

Emperor Yan Song wanted to put aside the relationship and say that since he had already made it clear, he knew how to do it.

"Minister, understood."

Zhu Houzhao then handed him the news and secret music found by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and instructed again: "Also, there is no Dongchang and no Jinyiwei involved in this matter, you can find one person, and you can't participate by yourself." ”

Yan Song was suddenly moved again, the emperor was protecting him, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The minister understands, the minister retires." ”

Zhu Houzhao is not protecting him, he just thinks that this person will be of great use in the future, and he can't be easily exposed.

Watching Yan Song leave the palace, Zhu Houzhao sneered and said to himself: "If you want to play chess with me, then I will fulfill you, whether you are superior in chess, or I will suppress you." ”