Daming: From the Son of Heaven to the Leader of Comprehensive Martial Arts

These complaints of Yan Song were recorded by the people of Dongchang that night.

On the second day, as soon as Zhu Qizhen woke up, he knew about it.

He threw the memorial to Cao Zhengchun, and said angrily: "The chief minister and the second minister of the cabinet are both virtuous, and they all say that I like to spend money lavishly, and they can't change money. Otherwise, I will just be the two of them." Sell ​​it for some silver?"

Cao Zhengchun knew that Zhu Qizhen was joking, so he picked up the memorial with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xu Ge are just complaining a little bit, but when they really want to do it, they will still do their best. They dare not be sloppy, let alone there are slaves watching for His Majesty. They definitely won't mess around."

"These two people will not mess around, but I have recorded this account."

Zhu Qizhen smiled, thought of a way to beat Yan Song and Xu Jie, and waved: "Cao Zhengchun, come here, I have something to tell you."

"Your Majesty, do you really want to do this?"

After a while of whispering, Cao Zhengchun asked with some uncertainty.

"Yes, this matter should be arranged as soon as possible, without delay."

Zhu Qizhen is quite sure.

Cao Zhengchun bowed his head and said yes, and said with a smile in his heart: "Master Yan Ge, Mr. Xu Ge, you two adults should ask for blessings."

After explaining, Zhu Qizhen thought of another thing, and turned around to tell Cao Zhengchun.

"The rumor officials of the Qing Dynasty will go to court as usual according to the ancestral time. You should be stricter for me. Since they use the ritual system to talk about things, then you will catch them where they are more polite and let them settle down. "

"The slaves obey the order."

Cao Zhengchun secretly smiled.

He had long wanted to clean up the gang of gossip officials.

These bullshit censors, bullshit Qingliu, always looked down on him, cursed him all day long, almost all of them bombarded Cao Zhengchun indiscriminately.

The most hateful thing is that some of the memorials of the imperial censor even said that Cao Zhengchun secretly colluded with the assassins to assassinate the emperor, and that he secretly colluded with the White Lotus Sect.

This simply made Cao Zhengchun unacceptable!

Now that the emperor is inspecting them to see if there is anything out of courtesy, Cao Zhengchun can justify his name and give a good lesson to these officials who claim to be clean.

It is conceivable that in the next period of time, the life of these censors will be very difficult.

After all, there is a pair of death stares from Dongchang, watching them all the time, as long as they make some mistakes, they will be reported to the emperor.

Chapter 53 The battle of tongues, guns and lips in court

The next day, the horn sounded and the whip sounded.

The emperor came to court!

With the sword of the Son of Heaven hanging from his waist, and Zhu Qizhen sitting at the ninth five, he wants to see what kind of forces dare to work secretly to block the reform.

"If you have something to play early, if you have nothing to do, retreat!"

Wei Zhongxian's drake-like voice shouted loudly, resounding through the Xuanzheng Hall.

"Sir, there is a recitation!"

Holding the ivory slips, the right censor Yanguan walked out of the court with a dignified look.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, one person and one boat are not allowed to enter the sea, and the sea ban policy is implemented. This is actually the ancestral system established by Emperor Hongwu and cannot be changed. I implore your majesty to follow the ancestral ritual system and continue to prohibit the sea. Now that many merchant ships in the Ming Dynasty enter the sea, This is treating the ancestors as nothing!"

"Chen, I also have a book to play!"

As soon as Youdu Yu's voice fell, another censor came out.

"The foundation of the world lies in agriculture. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, merchants are the fourth-class untouchables. Your Majesty should not attach so much importance to commerce. I implore Your Majesty to take back the policy of reforming commerce."

Zhu Qizhen had expected a long time ago that if he carried out reforms, there would be a storm in the Ming Empire.

It's just that he didn't expect that this storm would come so fast!

The censors came out one by one, begging the emperor to ban the sea, cancel the commercial tax,

These censors naturally knew that the emperor was decisive in killing and attacking. It can be seen that they put their own life and death aside when they played in the court.

Above the court, there are only censors who have been killed, and there are no censors who have retreated. The Qingliu censor of the Ming Empire was killed by the emperor for his outspoken words, and his honor was left in the history.

Daming's admonisher, never afraid of death!

This time, Zhu Qizhen finally felt, what is the bullish temper of the officials of Ming Dynasty.

Since ancient times, officials are not afraid of death, and they will not be officials if they are afraid of death. Now Zhu Qizhen is facing such a situation.

These censors are more famous than each other.

If they were punished to death by Zhu Qizhen because of their outspoken advice, they would definitely gain a great reputation among scholars, and maybe Zhu Qizhen would also win the title of tyrant.

Taking a sideways glance at the many censors in the court hall, Zhu Qizhen's eyes sank slightly.

He snorted coldly in his heart: "Today, I must teach you a lesson, and let you know that I am the master who feeds you."

Suddenly, Zhu Qizhen's aura became fierce.

Cao Zhengchun, who was the most observant of words and expressions, trembled involuntarily. He was a courtier of the emperor, and he spent a long time with Zhu Qizhen, so he knew that His Majesty was already furious.

These censors who don't know how to live or die, I'm afraid they will be punished to death by His Majesty in the future!

Facing Zhu Qizhen like this, Cao Zhengchun tried his best to maintain a more humble state.

All the officials in the court naturally knelt down and fell to the ground.

Zhu Qizhen stood up abruptly, and said to the censors without anger, "Do you think that there is a great reason for your blunt admonition?"

"The minister thinks that the sea should be banned again to protect the safety of the people along the coast!"

"I believe that the ancestral system established by Taizu cannot be violated!"

"I think Yan Song and Xu Jie should be severely punished!"

These censors turned a corner and said that they had reason and evidence, they were justified, and they took Zhu Qizhen's question by the way.

"Okay, you're fine, then I'm just going to tell you whether to ban the sea again, restore the ancestral system, and severely punish the chief minister and the second minister of the cabinet."

Zhu Qizhen's majestic voice resounded through the court, resounding across the floor.

He wanted these censors to die clearly.

"You said that the sea will be banned again, so as to protect the safety of the people along the coast?"

"Your Majesty, the sea must be banned, otherwise, how can the safety of the people along the coast be guaranteed?"

"What nonsense!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and asked sharply: "Forbidden sea is good for the people along the coast?"

"Let me tell you, don't say that there are no Japanese pirates making trouble now. If there are, I will destroy them. Within three years, I will destroy the Japanese country and eliminate the plague of Japanese pirates forever! Why did I build a navy? The people of the Ming Empire can set foot in the world."

"This……"

For a moment, these censors were speechless, and cold sweat began to break out on their foreheads.

They were all overwhelmed by Zhu Qizhen's domineering aura, but at the same time, their hearts were surging and their blood was boiling.

Such a Great Ming Empire was exactly the Great Ming Empire they yearned for.

Zhu Qizhen snorted coldly, taking advantage of the victory to pursue.

"Even in the past, there were Japanese pirates raging, why did the people along the coast still risk their lives to go to sea after defeating the Japanese pirates?"

"I'll tell you, because that's their way of life!"

"That's right, the Emperor Taizu's ban on the sea was indeed to protect the coastal people, but it also cut off their livelihood. Do you know how many coastal people risked violating the laws of the Ming Dynasty and were in danger of beheading when the sea was banned? Next, do you still want to go fishing in the sea?"

"If you really think about the people, you shouldn't discuss re-banning the sea in front of me, but you should go to the coast and ask the people. If the people agree to you, I will ban the sea."

"Your Majesty, the humble minister is guilty, and the humble minister did not go deep into the people, so he was not ashamed."

Youdu Yushi trembled, his court clothes were already soaked in sweat, he could tell that His Majesty wanted to send him to the coast.

Moreover, His Majesty's words made sense, leaving him speechless and unable to refute.

How can the sea be banned in the kingdom of heaven?

The Ming Empire has grown all over the world. It should not be closed to the outside world, but should go out.

The people of the Ming Empire, no matter where they go, cannot be humiliated, because behind them is the powerful Ming Empire, the Daming Empire that makes the world tremble.

"No, none of you are guilty!"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly smiled.

However, these censors were frightened, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.

"I want to give you a task. Didn't you say that the sea will be banned again? You are right, but the people along the coast refuse to agree. You have to go there to convince them."

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said: "However, you have to take off your official uniform before you go. I dare not let you represent the court and me. I am afraid of being scolded by the people."

"The ministers obey the order."

The emperor said so, how dare these censors say anything more, their bodies seemed to be exhausted, so they had to kneel on the ground and kowtow to Zhu Qizhen to thank him.

Just as he was thinking in his heart, when His Majesty's anger subsides, maybe he will let him go and let him return to the court to be an official again.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Qizhen added another sentence: "If the people along the coast don't agree to your ban on sea policy for a day, you will not be allowed to return to the court."

As soon as this remark came out, several censor officials fainted.

But most of the stronger ones still endured it and said tremblingly: "The minister waits to thank Your Majesty!"

They knew very well that they should not think about returning to the capital in the future, and even desperately began to think about how to sell the property of the capital and choose a good place along the coast to spend the rest of their lives.

Zhu Qizhen said again: "You said you want to restore the Taizu ancestral system?"

"Sir, I think so!"

Although these censors were stubborn, they were already a little scared.

The fate of the few censors in front of them was right in front of them, which meant that they cut off their official careers, and they might even be reviled by the people along the coast.

These censors are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of being stigmatized for thousands of years.

"Since you say this is the ancestral system, do you know why I want to change it?"

"I don't know, please answer your questions, Your Majesty."

These censors fell down.

"Okay, I will tell you. Because I think there is something wrong with this ancestral system, and I just want to modify it."

Zhu Qizhen said: "In the two seasons of summer and autumn, it's okay for all the officials to come to court so early, but only in the two seasons of spring and winter, when the weather is freezing and the ministers come to court so early, how can I bear it?"

"You officials are rich and strong, so naturally you don't think there is anything wrong."

"But look at what those old ministers should do. Look at old ministers like Yan Ge and Xu Ge. They braved the cold to wait for the court. Can they bear it?"

"What should I do if I am sick in bed because of the cold weather? What should I do if I lose these capable ministers? What should I do if the Ming Dynasty loses this pillar of talent? When it comes time to employ people, who will I use?"

"Are you a group of officials who can only pick bones in the egg?"

Zhu Qizhen's tone was full of contempt.

Compared with the pillars of the country like Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng, these censors know nothing about other things except for filing complaints.

Zhu Qizhen's every word is like a sharp sword, piercing the vital point.

These censors who were kneeling on the ground were already a little discouraged, but under the emperor's questioning, they didn't know how to answer at all.

After much deliberation, I had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, please calm down."

"It's better to avoid death!"

Zhu Qizhen snorted coldly and said: "Go back and think about your mistakes behind closed doors, and you will be fined for half a year. It's a shame that you have read sage books and are full of pedantic thoughts, and you don't know how to adapt."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Ron, thank you, Your Majesty, Ron!"

These censors survived and kowtowed desperately to the emperor to apologize.

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Chapter 54 Your Majesty, set up an altar to sacrifice to heaven

Qianqing Palace, Xuanzheng Palace.