Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 8 Imperial Dignity
"Your Majesty, the old slave is loyal to you, and the sun and the moon can learn from each other. Why do you want the old slave to be thrown into the dungeon?"

Feng Bao made his last resistance!

"Hehe, you need a reason, right?"

Zhu Houzhao picked up the memorial on the table with his sword, and threw it in front of Feng Bao impartially.

At this time Feng Bao's face was pale, knowing that everything had been revealed.

"Put it out and execute Ling Chi! All Feng Bao's family members will be beheaded, and all 98 eunuchs from the bead chain clan and harem palm prints will also be beheaded outside the Meridian Gate!"

"All the eunuchs and maids in the Palace of Compassion and Ning are dismissed from outside the palace. The Empress Dowager is forbidden to enter the West Wing Room. Anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded!"

Zhu Houzhao sheathed the Son of Heaven sword!
At this moment, the power of heaven came, and the majesty of the emperor was undoubtedly displayed.

The imperial army rushed in from outside the hall and dragged Feng Bao out
The Empress Dowager stood beside the jade steps, in a dilemma, she was instantly stunned on the spot, her face ashen ashes.

Zhu Houzhao's sudden swift action scared her out of her wits!

Such imperial power!How dare you not follow?
"Zhao'er, Zhao'er, how can you do this?"

In the end, the Zhou family still tried to use their blood status to maintain their final dignity?

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the Empress Dowager: "What? You still have to support him? Go and see for yourself that he does good deeds!"

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair, and the Empress Dowager Zhou stood beside the hall, trembling all over
She never thought that Feng Bao would do so many bad things behind his back.

"I heard that you are coming to lecture me today. The Emperor's Sword is here. You can draw this sword and stab me to death with one strike, and then establish a new king. In this way, you will have the imperial power!"

"Zhao'er, what are you talking about? Aijia."

"From now on, you are not allowed to call yourself Aijia."

The Empress Dowager Zhou stood there stiffly, not knowing what to say, her face pale as paper.

She knew that everything she had carefully arranged was over.

Now it is no longer a relationship between family, it is completely a collision between imperial power!

The young man sitting in front of him is no longer the kid who loves to play, but a real emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
The master of the Ming Empire!
As long as he stomps his feet, the whole Ming Empire will tremble!

At that moment, the Empress Dowager Zhou woke up.

She was wrong from the very beginning. Cutting off Feng Bao's nose was actually a warning, but before she knew it, she kicked her nose on her face, how is it now?

Suddenly angered the emperor!

The Queen Mother was dumbfounded when she took Feng Bao's charges.

She knows that there is no family affection in front of the imperial power!

Zhu Houzhao actually ordered all the eunuchs and maids in the Palace of Compassionate Ning to be dismissed from outside the palace, and now he is short of the last imperial decree to abolish the Queen Mother!

However, Zhu Houzhao can't do that kind of thing for the time being, after all, Zhou is his father's mother.

Cabinet Office.

Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is reviewing the memorials. The emperor is still young and has not yet taken charge of the government.

"Li Dongyang accepts the order!"

Jin Yiwei suddenly entered the Cabinet Office to announce the decree. Li Dongyang put down his pen in confusion and walked over, kneeling down to receive the decree.

Whose decree is this?

The Empress Dowager or His Majesty?
Why did the imperial decree suddenly come down?

Since Zhu Houzhao came to the throne, he has never been in court before, and he has never issued an imperial edict!
Jinyiwei Qianhu walked into the cabinet:
"By God's blessing, the emperor's edict said: Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, will face the saint immediately, and there must be no mistakes! This is my honor!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Li Dongyang received the imperial decree, stood up and asked the guards of Qianhu: "Your Majesty summoned the old man, what are you talking about?"

"This, Mr. Shoufu will know when he goes."

Li Dongyang stroked his beard, looking confident, but when he thought of Liu Jin being cut in half by the government today, he couldn't help but gasped.

The use of troops on the northwestern border has been reviewed and approved by the three departments, and it was also elaborated in the early court. This time the emperor summoned, there should be no more important matters.

Li Dongyang tidied up his pockets and went out towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

At this time, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Empress Dowager Zhou left here in despair. This place did not belong to her. She did not expect her to set foot here for the first time. Not only did she fail to speak to her confidants, she was also deposed position.

This didn't exist a month ago.

Zhu Houzhao continued to read the memorials submitted by the cabinet. Liu Jin, the eunuch with palm seal, was dead, and the position of eunuch with palm seal was now vacant.

Hand print eunuch!

The head of the eunuchs in the entire Ming Empire, the official position is above the entire east and west factories. May I ask which eunuch doesn't want to be the director?

The position of palm seal eunuch can compete with the cabinet, and it belongs to a high and powerful existence in the entire Ming Empire.

Zhu Houzhao had already read through more than half of the mountain of memorials. There were hundreds of volumes of memorials every day. Emperor Hongzhi, who worked hard to govern, could finish reading them, but few people could finish them.

If a person reads the memorial alone in the palace, it will be difficult to complete the reading until late at night, and there is no time to rest.

These memorials passed through the hands of the cabinet, then passed through the palm-printed eunuchs, and finally reached the hands of the emperor. Therefore, the emperor was often deceived by the palm-printed eunuchs.

But the position of eunuch with palm prints cannot be left idle, and Zhu Houzhao had to think carefully about who should take up this position.

Just as Zhu Houzhao was thinking to be here, a young eunuch suddenly reported: "Long live Qizuo, Cao Zhengchun, the horse supervisor of Dongchang, begs to see you!"

Zhu Houzhao stopped the Zhu batch in his hand, raised his head to look down, and said, "Show him in."

"According to the order!"

"Chen Cao Zhengchun, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Zhu Houzhao put down the Zhu Pi in his hand, then looked at Cao Zhengchun with great interest and said, "It seems to be doing well, let's talk about the situation!"

"Your Majesty, I have found out that the person who assassinated Your Majesty that night belonged to the Donglin Party. When the late emperor was in power, he punished court officials. Li Liangcheng, the Minister of War, had a grudge and took advantage of Your Majesty's first appointment to do this disobedient thing."

"Do you have a list of Donglin Party factions?"

"Your Majesty, I have them all."

"According to your usual practice, no one will stay, and I will wait for your reply tomorrow."

"According to the order!"

Cao Zhengchun already understood Zhu Houzhao's words, and the rest was naturally his skill.

Zhu Houzhao saw Cao Zhengchun who was humble to the bone.

This Cao Zhengchun is a real poisonous snake, and the city is unfathomable, second only to the god of iron gallbladder, Hou Zhu.

How many people in the world have died at the hands of Cao Zhengchun?As the governor of Dongchang, no one is more cruel than Cao Zhengchun.
In a word, Dongchang needs talents like you, who can cure children with night crying!

Of course, Cao Zhengchun also has fears, he is not afraid of being killed by the world, he is not afraid of being killed by the enemy, and he is not afraid of the emperor, but he is afraid of imperial power. He grew up step by step from a young eunuch, and he is very aware of the shock of imperial power!
Power is also what he fears!
(End of this chapter)