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The sky was bright.

As usual, the ministers entered the noon gate and rushed to the Fengtian Temple.

Unexpectedly, in Fengtiandian Square, I saw Zhu Qizhen, who had been waiting for a long time.

What's going on today? The officials were confused!

In the past, the court meeting was courtiers and other emperors, but now it is completely reversed, and the sun is simply coming out in the west.

"Your Excellency, stand in your place, and the emperor will hold a court meeting here today." The Horse Supervisor maintains order.

Baiguan complained in his heart: This is cold and snowy, and you can't freeze bad people in the court outside.

They are used to going to court in the temple, and the clothes they wear are not thick, so how can they endure this suffering.

Complaining is complaining, but no one dares to say it.

After all, most people have always stood outside the temple.

After a quarter and a half of hard work, finally, everyone arrived.

When the eunuch saw the emperor's signal, he immediately shouted sharply: "The court meeting begins." ”

"Ministers see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live ......!" The hundred officials bowed with a trembling bow.

As soon as the court meeting began, they couldn't stand the cold, but the petty officials in the back usually went to court outside the palace, dressed thickly, and were used to it, and there was no discomfort.

"All the ministers are flat!" Zhu Qizhen smiled.

"Your Majesty."

The ministers got up and went back to work, shivering.

Zhu Qizhen smiled slightly, and said loudly: "Since ancient times, the military has been fighting to the death, and the civil and military generals have performed their duties and have not interfered with each other......"

The ministers were confused, and they didn't know what the little emperor had in mind.

Li Qing was a little surprised, he thought that the little emperor would let him play, but he didn't expect the little emperor to end up in person.

This time, Li Qing does not have to stand on the opposite side of the civilian-official group.

But in the same way, Zhu Qizhen has no way out.

Zhu Qizhen said a bunch of clichés, until he ran out of words, and then changed his words: "But now the town guard ministers are all from civil officials, which is very inappropriate, I have decided that from now on, all the town guard ministers will be recalled, and the system of civil servants guarding the local government will be abolished." ”

"Brush ——!"

All the bigwigs changed color in unison, which had too much impact on them.

Once this system is changed, their power will be greatly reduced, and many civil servants have thought of the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties, and the fear of being dominated by military generals.

"The emperor thinks twice!" Guo Jin took the lead in class.

Now that his status is rising, as the head of the six ministries, he must stand in front in order to stabilize his status and image.

"Think again." Zhu Qizhen interrupted, "I haven't finished talking yet. ”

“…… Be. Guo Jin went back to work.

Zhu Qizhen continued: "Taizu stipulates that all officials who have reached the age of seventy must return to their hometowns. ”

"Huh?"

At this moment, all the bigwigs were dumbfounded.

Guo Jin is seventy-one, Hu Hu is sixty-eight, Wang Ji is sixty-six, Yang Pu is seventy, and Liu Zhongfu is sixty-nine......

According to Zhu Qizhen's logic, these people are either retiring on the spot or on the way to retirement.

There are few young people who can mix with Shangshu and Shilang, first, they waste a lot of time in the imperial examination, and second, they have to boil up their qualifications.

From the new science and technology jinshi, to the position of squire and shangshu, it takes 20 years, or even longer, to lay the foundation.

Yu Qian was able to climb rapidly because of Li Qing and the fact that he scolded Zhu Gaoxu at the beginning, which made Zhu Zhanji extremely appreciative, and others did not have such a good life.

If I was unlucky, I stayed in the Hanlin Academy for more than ten or twenty years, and I would never even get ahead.

It's hard to get to this position, who wants to go?

Everyone understands the truth of people taking tea and cooling, and Yang Shiqi is a lesson from the past.

But the problem is that this is really the system stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

It's really hard for them to just push it back.

Zhu Qizhen, one of the gods, really caught them off guard.

"Don't worry, don't worry, you have done your best for the court, and the court will naturally not treat you badly." Zhu Qizhen said arrogantly, "All officials who have reached the age of seventy and return to their hometowns, the imperial court will still issue them!"

Press... Half of the original payment was extended for five years. ”

Who cares about that?

Wang Ji cautiously walked out of the class and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

"Don't talk about it yet, listen to me."

Wang Ji: "......"

Zhu Qizhen continued: "Officials who return to their hometowns can wear official uniforms and return to their hometowns, and all the imperial court stations on the way back to their hometowns are open for free, without you spending a penny, and in addition, they will be given fifty taels of silver and five horses of silk......

Balabala......

It's full of sincerity, but it's all gadgets.

They don't look down on it at all!

Zhu Qizhen said a lot in one breath, and he looked like 'look at me generous'.

"What do you think?" Zhu Qizhen looked at the big guys.

The big guys thought ...... Not how.

Guo Jin was the first to stand up, if he didn't stand up, he would be seventy-one, and once he agreed, he would not be able to retire on the spot.

"Your Majesty, Taizu stipulated this in order to prevent officials from getting old and being unable to handle them, which will lead to delays in national affairs." It's about Taizu, Guo Jin didn't dare to come hard, "But there are always exceptions to everything, aren't they?" ”

He cleared his throat and said with a sneer: "Let's take the minister as an example, don't look at the age of the minister, hey~ The body is fine, you can eat three bowls of rice in one meal." ”

Wasting Rice...... Zhu Qizhen has a very bad impression of this guy, "Being able to eat doesn't mean being capable!" ”

"Capable of doing it, the minister may have done it." Guo Jin hurriedly said, "The minister handles government affairs handily, there is no backlog, and if there is a delay, please ask the emperor to learn from it." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister's health is also good." Wang Ji followed.

Although he has not yet reached seventy, he is not far away, and he does not want the little emperor to issue such an edict.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are also in good health." Liu Zhongshiki followed up and said.

……

A group of people chattered non-stop, with a posture of 'I can plow two acres of land'.

The bigwigs are nervous.

But the people below the squire are gearing up, they can't wait for a long time, but if the people above don't move, they can't help it.

This is also the source of the tension of the big guys, they are gone, and the people below can immediately be on top, they have no bargaining chips at all.

Yang Pu saw that it was almost over, and said, "Your Majesty, let's talk about the matter of the town guard, right!?" ”

Zhu Qizhen's delicate brows furrowed: "I care more about the retirement of officials......"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the emperor said is very true." Wang Ji arched his hand and said, "The civil and military generals perform their own duties, and they really can't be confused. ”

Liu Zhongfu continued, "I don't know if the emperor wants to cancel the minister of town guarding, or send another candidate?" ”

Zhu Qizhen pretended to be interrupted, looked very dissatisfied, and snorted: "I have decided to send the eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Prison to guard it in the future." ”

"Never!" Wang Ji's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "The eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty have supported and overthrown the emperor, and there is also Tong Guan of the Song Dynasty...... The emperor thinks twice, and must not let the eunuch be in charge of the army. ”

"The emperor thinks twice, the eunuchs are in charge of the army, and there are endless disasters." Not only the big guys, but everyone was unanimously opposed.

In their eyes, eunuchs are not human beings at all.

They would rather return their power to the generals than see the eunuchs come out, just a eunuch, why?

Zhu Qizhen said: "Don't worry, the eunuchs are only supervising the army and have no real power. ”

"That's not going to work either." Wang Ji was the first to stand up and object, "Your Majesty, the ambition of the people of Japan will definitely swell, and the emperor's trip... There is something wrong with it. ”

Zhu Qizhen snorted: "This matter will be put on hold for the time being, and we will talk about Zhishi's return to his hometown." ”

Bosses: "......"

Yu Qian saw that he was at an impasse, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen was curious, "What's the plan?" ”

"The emperor can follow Taizong's example." Yu Qian said.

Zhu Qizhen: "? ”

Ministers: "?? ”

Okay, why did you get involved with Taizong again?

Baiguan couldn't help but get nervous, this is a ruthless person, if you don't mention it, they don't want to mention it.

"What does Yu Aiqing mean by this?"

Yu Qian smiled slightly: "Taizu set up the Jinyi Guard to supervise the hundred officials, and Taizong relied on his power to prevent the Jinyi Guard, and set up the East Factory to check and balance, so that there would be no dominance of the family." ”

"Aiqing means...... Send someone to supervise the eunuchs in the town? ”

"The emperor is wise!" Yu Qian arched his hand.

"Who's the right faction?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

Yu Qian said loudly: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises the imperial history. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." Guo Jin hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Yu Shilang's policy is appropriate, and the supervision of the imperial history has the right to supervise, and this time it will put an end to the situation of one family being dominant." ”

"The minister also seconded the proposal."

……

When Li Qing heard this, he finally relaxed, and everything was executed according to the script.

The minister of the town guard was changed to the town guard eunuch, and the town guard eunuch had the supervision of the imperial history, so interlocking, it was difficult for either party to become bigger.

Things went more smoothly than expected, but Li Qing knew that the civilian group would definitely fight back in the future.

Without him, they have lost so much in the past year.