I'm really not the carpenter emperor

As soon as the two men spoke, Yu's relatives were relieved, and they all stood up to confront the officials.

I thought that the joining of the relatives with a clear stand would stop this meaningless war of words.

Seeing the Anding Hall, which was even more chaotic, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on it, frowned, feeling a little unhappy.

At the same time, in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, civil and military officials and relatives were mixed together like mud, like a shrew cursing in a vegetable market.

Is this still available?

If the opinions of the group of people he brought out cannot be unified, let alone stop the disputes in the imperial court of the capital, Zhu Youxiao coughed lightly, intending to silence everyone.

But this time, I don't know if the people below scolded Huan and didn't listen or what, Zhu Youxiao even coughed a few times, but no one strangled him.

On the side, Wang Chaofu, the steward of Qing Palace Gonggong, noticed the emperor's face, his hands and feet were trembling, and he squeezed his throat and shouted:

"Everyone, stop for a while, Your Majesty has something to say!"

The officials raised their heads in astonishment, and saw Zhu Youxiao looking at them with a gloomy expression. Seeing that expression, they were all cut off on the spot.

The ministers were stupefied in fright, and quickly returned to their positions.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao spoke.

"Okay, okay!"

"You ministers of the Ming Dynasty, even your emperor didn't care about you when you quarreled, it's very good, you are really a bunch of good ministers!"

Zhu Youxiao looked around the steps, stood up, stood the sword by his side, and said lightly:

"You are all important ministers in the imperial court, that's why I brought you out on a southern tour, but I never expected that you are actually the same as those in the capital!"

"Look, look, what's the difference between the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty discussing things, and the shrews in the vegetable market cursing the street?"

A group of civil and military ministers were so frightened that their faces turned ashen, and they fell to the ground one after another, trembling.

Among the group of people who came out, Feng Quan, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, knew Zhu Youxiao's intentions best. He realized that this was a good time to flatter the emperor, so he quickly stood up and apologized first.

"Your Majesty calm down, I'm guilty!"

When he said this, the rest of the ministers couldn't stand like this stupidly anymore, so that the emperor could not step down, so they had to plead guilty one by one.

Naturally, it was impossible for Zhu Youxiao to cut down all these courtiers with his own hands. He sat down, held the sword in one hand, looked around the steps with cold eyes, and said in an uncompromising tone:

"Since the results of this big test have been determined, except for the 500 people selected to be officials in other places, the rest of the original Nanjing officials will have all their salaries stopped from next month, and will not be issued any more."

"If you are still here and want to be an official, I will not force it. This sword is not a vegetarian. I even used it to kill the chieftains who made trouble in the Southwest. It is just right to kill them!"

"If you want to be an official so much, go to the underworld to be an official!"

As soon as the words fell, the officials knew that the emperor meant to continue the reform. It seemed that the emperor's intention to reform had been decided, and even eight horses would not be able to pull it back.

It is useless to persuade the emperor again, except to offend the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao drew out his sword, stroked the sharp edge with his fingers, glanced out of the corner of his eye, and said expressionlessly: "Look at you, how do you still look like a court official?"

"Don't think that I don't know. Those officials who came late in the big test, even though they lost their official titles, were not idle after returning to their hometowns. Even on the way back to their hometowns, they were very busy."

"The imperial court sent them back to their hometowns originally for their own benefit, but they intensified their efforts to test my bottom line again and again."

Zhu Youxiao sighed and stared at the sword edge. From the depth of the shining sword edge, he saw the helplessness on his face.

"They are all self-proclaimed people!"

"Wei Zhongxian is that treacherous and evil person, and I am the one who is willing to be deceived. Why do I bring up such a good thing, as if I want to kill you?"

"Come on, tell me, what do you think?"

"Ok?"

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the civil and military officials below one by one.

The Anding Hall was completely different from before, no one said a word, and whenever Zhu Youxiao looked at a person, that person trembled all over and did not dare to breathe out.

Zhu Youxiao seemed to be able to hear the heavy breathing of the ministers clearly.

"Okay, don't tell me."

"I'm speaking for you, you listen carefully to me."

Zhu Youxiao got up, no longer sitting on a chair this time, but sitting directly on the imperial steps leading to the throne, with the sword in his hand turned sideways to the officials.

"Now there is a Wuxi academy in the south of the Yangtze River. After being demoted by the court, a group of self-proclaimed great sages gather there every day in the name of giving lectures."

"What are they talking about? It's the government, the treacherous officials, the mediocre emperors, and the eunuchs who are causing trouble. They are all the objects they talk about."

Zhu Youxiao observed their faces through the bright point of the sword, not without surprise, these words made the civil and military ministers present all break out in cold sweat and their legs became weak.

"What do you say to eunuch the country? Scholars of my generation should die for the country and die to remonstrate with the king."

"What do those common people know? After listening to these words a lot, they also think that in the imperial court, the eunuchs are causing chaos. I am a mediocre lord, and my ministers are all eunuchs who fear the world will not be chaotic."

"Listen, how beautiful the words are..."

Just when Zhu Youxiao said that the officials were speechless and blushing, they suddenly stood up, pointed at the next official, and asked coldly:

"Censor Zheng Shi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate—!"

"You're the one...huh?"

Zheng Xiu trembled all over, then fell to her knees hastily, and quickly testified to herself:

"Your Majesty, my ministers and ministers were invited to visit, and I came here to persuade them not to comment on current affairs, but they did not listen."

"Your Majesty's heart, the sun and the moon can learn from each other!"

"Don't judge the sun and the moon. They have to take care of you, a group of important court officials, during the day and night. How can you do this?" Zhu Youxiao sneered, turned around and said:

"In addition, I also heard that there is a Guozijian Jijiu named Tang Binyin. This time, I dismissed the Nanjing Ministry. He lost his official position. After returning to his hometown, he recruited ordinary friends and established something..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized:

"Oh! Yes, the Xuankun Party!"

"Tsk tsk, this party is terrible. Wuxi Academy is famous among scholars and ordinary people. They are very powerful. There are branches in Jifu, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and other places."

"Don't tell me, I really didn't expect that this group of people who had no achievements when they were officials in Nanjing would be so capable after being laid off."

Zhu Youxiao talked to himself on the top, sometimes laughing maniacally, and sometimes his face was frosty.

But every minister of civil and military affairs in the Anding Hall could hear that this smile revealed how helpless and cold-hearted the emperor was!

Chapter 3 Twenty calls Tian Ergeng, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting into the palace

Since having Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao hasn't come off in person for a long time, and has spoken out the truth in the officialdom.

All the ministers also knew that some people really did it this time.

They stood dumbly at the bottom of the steps, looking at the Emperor Tianqi who seemed to have all eyes on the sword in his hand, no one thought that this reform would go to such a point.

Although the Xuankun Party established by Wuxi Academy School and Tang Binyin has only appeared recently, they are not easy to mess with under the current situation.

People from these two parties have friends everywhere, and every time the imperial court stepped up efforts in reform, more and more officials joined them.

There is also the Xuankun Party in Wuxi Academy, which is a product of the times.

If Zhu Youxiao did not reform, these two things would not have appeared, or they would have appeared for a long time. Zhu Youxiao proposed reforms in the third year of Tianqi, and they came into being.

After a long time, even the military ministers, cabinet ministers, and inner court officials who supported the reform felt headaches when they heard their names.

Almost all officials who opposed the reform gathered in these two parties. They had a unanimous opinion, that is, they demanded the immediate restoration of the Six Ministries and Courts in Nanjing.

Of course, they also have a high-sounding reason, the establishment of a ministry in Nanjing, which has been the ancestral system since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Relying on the fact that the current public opinion and turmoil are all in their favor, the officials of the two parties are also making more and more troubles.

Zhu Youxiao's tough attitude on this matter also made the military aircraft, the cabinet ministers, and the big crotch of the inner court feel that their heads are in their hands, and their lives are even more at stake.

If you don't express your position as soon as possible like the relatives, then it is impossible to predict which direction this matter will develop.

In the military computer room, Wei Guangwei and Wang Zaijin are also cabinet ministers.

Ever since the chief minister of the cabinet, Han Yu, had an ambiguous attitude, and Gu Bingqian and the other two cabinet ministers resigned and returned to their hometowns, they were the ones who attracted the most attention.

Soon, led by Cui Chengxiu, Zhang Weixian, Wei Guangwei, and Wang Zaijin, the four military computer room and cabinet ministers, ministers who supported the reform jointly signed a memorial.

The content in the memorandum refers directly to the Wuxi Academy founded by members of the Donglin Party, and the Xuankun Party established by ex-Nanjing Guozijian Jijiu Tang Binyin and other laid-off officials.

Talking about how presumptuous the people of these two parties are, they don't pay attention to the current emperor and court decrees, and ask the Emperor Tianqi to deal with them strictly according to the law.

On this day, Chao Fu bowed down and placed the memorial in the palace in Nanjing, and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, this is a notebook handed over by the four elders of the capital's military computer room and the cabinet."

Zhu Youxiao seemed to be in a bad mood, waved his sleeves impatiently, and scolded:

"Things that have no eyesight, don't you see me resting?"

Wang Chaofu hurriedly pleaded guilty and was about to retreat. He just turned around, and before he could take two steps away, he heard Zhu Youxiao say from behind:

"Put this book here. Others are not allowed to be summoned by me, and they are not allowed to come in without authorization."

Wang Chaofu knew this and stayed here again, so he could only be scolded in vain, so he hurriedly kowtowed and confessed, put the notebook within Zhu Youxiao's reach, and walked out of the Anding Hall.

After stepping out of the Anding Hall, Wang Chaofu heaved a sigh of relief, and said to the two signs waiting outside the hall:

"Listen, if someone has an audience and does not have His Majesty's will, even if the chief minister of the cabinet comes in person, we have to stop here!"

"Eunuch, don't worry, the little ones are all careful!"

The two signs laughed, but one of them blinked and asked suddenly:

"Eunuch, the emperor is not in a good mood these days!"

The other man also showed fear on his face, and he said worriedly: "Yesterday, the little eunuch who was said to have killed the eunuch Zhizhi, but he was infiltrated."

"Ugh!"

Mentioning this, Wang Chaofu rolled his eyes and sighed heavily: "Didn't it be caused by Wuxi Academy and the gang of Xuankun Party?"

"Tell me, what's wrong with them, why do they have to be this official?"

"You can't say that..." Xiao Paizi said:

"Nowadays, who doesn't want to be an official? Not only does it save face, but hey, he can also make money!"

Wang Chaofu glared at him and scolded:

"Things that don't matter, usually ask you to do something, but you always push back and forth. You should be diligent about this kind of news."

He flicked his sleeves and said as he walked:

"Today, we are not allowed to reveal a single word that our family told you, and we are not allowed to say anything about the eunuch being killed by the stick."

"How can it be!"

"How dare the servants casually spread the affairs of the palace!"

The two brands were laughing, nodding and discussing. As soon as Wang Chaofu turned around, he hurried to chat with the rest of the eunuchs.

But what they didn't know was that Wang Chaofu turned the corner and stopped, leaned against the wall and listened for a while, but then smiled with satisfaction.

Turning his head, Wang Chaofu came to Zhidian Supervisor's residence in the palace.

The eunuch in charge here hurriedly ran out, bowed and said: "Sometimes the wind blows to the trump card in front of the imperial court, the little one here is really full of splendor!"

"Don't talk about these things with our family."

This person is a confidant of the Eunuch Party, so Wang Chaofu was naturally too lazy to talk. He took out 20 taels of silver from his sleeve, handed it over and said:

"This is what His Majesty bestowed on Li Ying's family to supplement his household."

"He dedicated himself to state affairs, and the court always owed him..."

The chief eunuch held a greasy round face, smiled and received the silver ingot, with a look of shock and admiration on his face, he shouted:

"Your Majesty is benevolent, Your Majesty is benevolent!"

"This matter, you have to rot in your stomach, just send a trustworthy little eunuch to sneak in and give it away, don't say anything."

Wang Chaofu's face gradually became serious, and he warned:

"If you shake your arms out, our family can't keep your head."

The eunuch in charge naturally understood that this was a dirty matter that His Majesty did not want to mention. Although it was a human life, it was really not a big deal in this day and age.

But if trouble breaks out, for me, the sky will collapse.