Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 23 Tidy up!

Inside the Xuanzheng Hall.

Wang Shouren, the headquarters of Jiayuguan in the northwest, won the victory, which made Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao Longyan happy.

Although Zhu Houzhao had sealed Wang Shouren, he still felt that it was not enough.

In the Northwest War, Zhu Houzhao saw Wang Shouren's outstanding military talent. He was decisive, brave and resolute, and what Wang Shouren did was exactly in line with Zhu Houzhao's ideas.

The Tatars in northern Xinjiang have always been Zhu Houzhao's worry. Zhu Yuanzhang repelled the Yuan Dynasty army. They retreated to the grassland and formed many tribes.

For 100 years, Tatar has always been the heart of the Ming Dynasty.

The Son of Heaven guards the country.

Where are you guarding?

Guarding Youzhou?Or the Central Plains?

Who is it against?

Tartar?Or Japanese pirates?

These issues are all considered by Zhu Houzhao.

In the Battle of the Northwest, Wang Shouren set fire to the Tatar army, shattering its vitality, making it impossible for it to recover for many years to come.

Will this Wang Shouren be an outstanding general of this era?

Above the court, Zhu Houzhao inspected the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. The four life-saving ministers left by Emperor Hongzhi, the iron gall god Hou Zhu ignored, the first assistant of the cabinet Liu Jian, the second assistant Li Dongyang, the minister of the Ministry of War and the prince Taibao Xie Qian.

Among the four, Hou Zhu, the god of iron courage, was famous for his martial arts.But also the most ambitious one.Secondly, Liu Jian is decisive, Li Dongyang is cautious and resourceful, and Xie Qian is eloquent.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others form the cabinet. If the emperor does not go to court or preside over the government, they can handle all the government affairs.

No one can offend Li Dongyang, the second assistant of the cabinet. Apart from handling government affairs in the court, he just likes to play with words and write poems. He never conflicts with others and is very cunning.

In the court, no matter the court ministers, eunuchs, or foreign relatives, they all had a good relationship with Li Dongyang.

The relationship between Cao Zhengchun and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty was fierce. Many officials looked down on Cao Zhengchun, thinking that he was just a young eunuch who climbed up step by step by pacing his beard and pat on his horse. He thought he couldn't get into the eyes of some Qingliu people.

Of course, Cao Zhengchun also sneered at the ministers in the court, but he has always had a good relationship with Li Dongyang.

They often talked about the past and the present together, and recited poems to match each other. In small taverns in the suburbs, the two often got drunk together.

When Emperor Hongzhi was alive, he often let Li Dongyang enter the palace to accompany him. Since ancient times, the emperor was so lonely. In the Forbidden City, Li Dongyang was the only person who could chat with the emperor.

Perhaps it was this free and easy that allowed Li Dongyang to go smoothly in the officialdom, and the ministers of the DPRK and China changed from one crop to another, but Li Dongyang's position has never changed.

The chief assistant Liu Jian was stinky and tough, and he never made friends with others in the court. It would be more difficult for any official to make friends with Liu Jian, which made him a reputation of Qingliu.

His good friends, in the entire court, only slapped the number of people.

However, it was precisely because of Liu Jian's character that when Emperor Hongzhi entrusted him with a lonely life, he entrusted the prince to him with confidence, and asked him to be a good Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao newly ascended the great treasure, and the Tatar army of 40 went south. When the emperor could not be seen, the cabinet dispatched troops and generals without delay.

Among the cabinet members, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are not the most talented, but the most talented is Xie Qian, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Together with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, he assisted the emperor with outstanding achievements, and was called "the three sages in the world" by the people at that time.

At this time, Zhu Houzhaoxiong looked at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

In the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty, there are loyal and courageous people, and there are also treacherous and loyal people. If you want to sit firmly on the throne, you must know people and be good at their duties, promote some people to important positions, and squeeze out those who are incompetent .

The news of Tatar's defeat excited the court for a long time. During this period of time, Emperor Zhengde issued many decrees, and each decree hit the nail on the head. His majesty's full of strategies made everyone look at him with admiration.

A month ago, when the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were worried about him. Once such a young emperor ascended the throne, he would be bewitched by eunuchs.

However, who would have thought that Emperor Zhengde would be able to see through the eunuch's bewitchment and beheaded Liu Jin, the head of the eunuch who could not be brought down by so many efforts.

Until now, when Wang Shouren destroyed the Tatars and His Majesty issued a decree, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty realized that the emperor is now a rare hero!

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others all had tears in their eyes. The Mingjun they were looking forward to finally arrived.

Zhu Hou looked at the ministers in the court and said, "I am very happy that the Tatars are defeated, but I dare not stop for a moment. I am afraid that if I doze off for a while, flies will fly around my head."

Zhu Houzhao's voice reverberated in the hall, like a metal stone striking a bell, so deafening that neither civil nor military officials dared to speak.

Zhu Houzhao stepped down from the dragon chair and walked to the center of the court hall, where all the officials bowed their hands and kowtowed.

"I know that some of you don't want my Ming Dynasty to get better and better. They even treat me like a toy, thinking that I am just a three-year-old child who has just ascended the throne. How can I lead the officials?"

In the hall, it quickly became quiet.

"I dare not wait!"

"Hmph, no matter, do you think that for more than a month, I only care about the banditry in the Northwest and haven't gotten to know you?"

"Li Liangcheng, Yushitai, have you been to Baihua Tower half a month ago?"

Hearing this, Li Liangcheng was already frightened out of his wits.

He already knew that His Majesty is a decisive person, and basically all the things he has mastered are real.

But who told His Majesty these things?

Jin Yiwei?Dongchang?People from West Factory?
Suddenly, the figure of Cao Zhengchun appeared in his mind.

right!It must be him, as long as I sue this eunuch, I can freely criticize civil servants in the court.

Li Liangcheng quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I did go to Baihualou half a month ago, but it was purely to drink with some friends."

Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly when he heard the words, this is simply too deceptive!
It seems that you don't shed tears when you don't see the Yellow River, and you don't look back until you hit the south wall!

Zhu Houzhao took out a memorial from his sleeve and threw it in front of Li Liangcheng.

Li Liang deliberately took chances, and had already forgotten everything he said while drinking half a month ago.

But when he opened the memorial, it impressively recorded the names of all the people present at that time, as well as what they said.

Li Liangcheng fell to the ground in fright, as if his crotch was suddenly wet.

"Hmph, how dare you speak quickly!"

"Where is the Ouchi guard?"

Outside the Xuanzheng Hall.

Shen Lian, the commander of Jin Yiwei, quickly ran in with four guards.

"Cut off this man's tongue, and see if he dares to talk about government affairs."

"Yes!"

Soon, several guards came over and secretly knocked Li Liangcheng to the ground. Shen Lian quickly took out the dagger and pliers from his waist, pried open Li Liangcheng's mouth, forcibly pulled out his tongue, and then gave it to him from the root. One knife.

Just at this moment, Li Liangcheng, who was in pain, called his father and mother, but no matter how much he shouted, he couldn't make a sound.

Man Chao Wenwu looked at all this, his face turned pale with fright, and no one dared to kick loudly.

Zhu Houzhao walked a few steps in the center of the hall with his hands behind his back,
Turning around to look at the memorial in front of Li Liangcheng, it seemed that something had come to mind again.

Turning around, he said to Shen Lian: "Take down all the 13 people on this booklet and hand them over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation. Those who should be decapitated will be decapitated, and those who should be deposed will be decapitated. What I hate the most are those who fight in the nest."

"According to the order!"

Shen Lian cupped his hands and clasped his fists, with a look on his face that was willing to be like Zhu Houzhao's eagle dog, which made people tremble.

At the same time, the twelve people who were in Li Liangcheng's group were frightened by Zhu Houzhao's order, and kept begging for mercy in the hall.
　Kneeling for collection.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)