Early the next morning.

The civil and military ministers or the famous Confucian in Shilin, who originally wanted to escape from the capital, were all arrested last night and gathered in the Chongde Hall today.

Outside the hall, there was a dense crowd of people, all of whom were the families of the ministers in the palace.

At the moment, they are all waiting with trepidation.

Waiting for Zhao Changqing's appearance.

They had been waiting here since the end of the Shen period, and at first, the crowd was flustered when they gathered, each screaming in panic.

Those ministers, because there was a group of poor people who were not afraid of death taking the lead, they were clamoring to see Zhao Changqing one by one.

But in the end, Xiao Yuming and the others were really fed up with the accusations of those ministers from poor families, so they pulled them out and killed them.

This move is tantamount to knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, so that the remaining ministers dare not make a mistake.

As for the voice of wanting to see Zhao Changqing, it was also suppressed by Xiao Yuming's angry roar, "What kind of thing are you now?

Eventually, the noisy and chaotic crowd and the voices gradually calmed down.

It's also a great irony.

Unexpectedly, in the end, those who still adhered to the moral bottom line of 'loyal ministers do not serve the two masters' were the children of the poor families who were looked down upon by those who were born in the family on weekdays.

Perhaps, Confucianism, which is deeply rooted in the heart, is the last dignity and bottom line of the disciples of the poor sect.

At first, Zhuge Liang didn't want Xiao Yuming to kill them, but if he didn't kill them, it would only lead to a big mistake in the end.

For the sake of Zhao Changqing, Zhuge Liang can only be ruthless once.

In fact, for the so-called Zhao Changqing to dominate the industry for thousands of years, Zhuge Liang has been ruthless many times.

Zhao Changqing slept until he was asleep, and when he woke up, Zhuge Liang told him that the ministers of civil and military affairs had gathered outside the Chongde Palace.

After Zhao Changqing heard this, he didn't show that he was in a hurry, and he said to Zhuge Liang: "Let them all wait, and order the imperial dining room to make some food for this king." You sit down and eat with this king, if you don't eat this breakfast for a long time, your body will be sick. ”

"This..."Zhuge Liang wanted to shirk it, and wanted to ask him to rush to the Chongde Hall as soon as possible, after all, if those ministers were allowed to stand for a long time, they would definitely be unhappy in their hearts.

Behind them, there are all kinds of forces involved, and if you don't get it right, something will happen!

But under Zhao Changqing's repeated orders, Zhuge Liang was not able to shirk it, sat down, and prepared to have breakfast with him.

Zhao Changqing thought very clearly in his heart, he wanted to carry out a 'Jingyan Change', I remember seeing an article about the Yongle Emperor capturing Nanjing, saying that after Zhu Li captured Nanjing, he asked the famous literati Fang Xiaoru to write an edict on the throne, but he was unwilling, and he was later killed.

Thousands of people were killed, most of them implicated by him.

This incident was called a big mediocre move at the time.

He didn't read the second half of the article, he just saw it and didn't read it.

In the second half, it is written that this incident is very helpful to the political situation at that time, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

But Zhao Changqing didn't read it, he felt that since the article said that killing them was a mediocre move, then why didn't he follow the example of Emperor Yongle today and kill them as well?

Well... So be it.

After Zhao Changqing thought about what to do, he had breakfast and came to Chongde Hall with Zhuge Liang.

He was still wearing a python robe, and he sat on the dragon chair in front of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

When they saw Zhao Changqing coming, they all looked at each other.

Zhao Yun on the side yelled at them: "Bold, don't you kneel down when you see the prince?!"

The ministers were frightened by this roar, and they were about to kneel, which made Zhao Changqing frown after seeing it.

How do they feel weird?

Something seems to be missing.

Yes!

When Zhu Di captured the palace, didn't he ask the ministers to kneel, and later those ministers would rather die than kneel?

Why are these ministers in front of this king so spineless?

That's it, alas.

This is a bit wrong!

Why do I suddenly have a feeling of something bad that I haven't felt in a long time?

Zhao Changqing waved his hand, signaling that they didn't need to kneel and worship, and then he looked at the ministers again, and found that there were two familiar people missing, so he asked, "What about Li Ziyuan and Zhongqiu?"

The Nine Emperor Princes stood aside, and after hearing the sound, they bowed to Zhao Changqing and said, "Li Xianggong was dismissed by the first emperor and died after returning to his hometown, and Zhong Qiu fled before we stormed the palace. ”

"One dies and one runs?" Zhao Changqing's brows furrowed even tighter, damn, who will write an article or edict praising the merits of this king?

Zhu Di was looking for a great Confucian, and then that great Confucian would rather die.

This king also has to find a great Confucian, and this great Confucian has to rather die than obey.

He said to the ministers, "Which of you has the highest prestige among the scholars?"

When the ministers heard this, they all looked at each other.

In the end, it was Huang Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who took the initiative to stand up under pressure and said, "The old minister is a little famous in Shilin. ”

As soon as his words fell, everyone immediately echoed in a disturbed voice:

"Huang Shangshu has a very high prestige among scholars, only under the late Li Xianggong. ”

"That's right, who of you here is more prestigious than Huang Shangshu?"

“......”

Zhao Changqing nodded and said, "Okay, since you said that you have a clear name, I hope you have to be worthy of your clear name." ”

He was satisfied.

It's good to have a clear name!

I'm afraid you didn't clear your name!

Huang Cheng was deeply stunned and didn't dare to speak.

Zhao Changqing slowly approached Huang Cheng, came to him, and said quietly: "Lord Huang, since this king took up an important position, he has broken the Jin army, destroyed Xiang Nantian, and leveled the Jin army, which can be described as a great achievement, right?

If there were no king, the people of this world would have been treated as slaves by other countries long ago. So... Would you like to ask you to write an article for this king now proclaiming the immeasurable merits of this king?"

Huang Cheng took a breath, listening to his tone was a little unkind at first, but now when he listens to it, isn't it just writing an article? What's the big deal?

According to the talent of the old man, I guarantee that the prince will cover the three emperors and five emperors!

He said deeply: "The old minister must do his best, may I ask the prince, do you need the old minister to work for you in your enthronement edict?"

After he said this, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty cast envious glances.

Zhao Changqing was a little stunned.

What's going on?

Don't you have a clear name?

What about your festival?

You Confucian scholars can't be lewd and mighty, and you can't bend it?

Bah!

"Huang Cheng, that... You seem to have misunderstood what this king meant, and this king is trying to ......"

Zhao Changqing wanted to say something, but was sternly rejected by Huang Chengyi, "You can rest assured, Lord Wang, with the pen of the old minister, you will make all the ministers and inkmen in the world want you, and after you ascend the throne, you will also be loved by all the people!"

My heart is to your mother!

What the is going on?

You've got a clear name!

Why is there so no discipline?

Why don't you follow the plot?

!

Zhao Changqing smacked his lips and was speechless for a while.

After a while, he looked at the ministers and slowly spoke, "You people, are you willing to submit to this king?"

Zhao Changqing thought in his heart, these people would rather drag their families and run away last night than stay, they must be unwilling to surrender to themselves!

However, in the next second, he was confused again,

"We are willing to look forward to the head of the horse with His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and to respect the work of dogs and horses!"

This...

At this moment, Zhao Changqing was not only confused, he also felt a little confused.

When was the last time you were confused?

Already forgotten.

Even Zhuge Liang, who was not far away, was whispering to Xiao Yuming and the others beside him:

"See, this is the wise move of the prince, just by virtue of one sentence, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military ministers are happy and convinced, this imperial mental skill, I am afraid that the first emperor is not as good as it!"

For Zhao Changqing, this long-lost feeling is really inexplicably sour!

(End of chapter)