Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

Anyone who wants to achieve great things must be ruthless and have the courage to face problems head-on. Once you have found your way, don't think about backing down. No matter how difficult it is, you must persevere!

Re-appointing Xiong Tingbi is an important part of Zhu Youxiao's control of the military.

The purpose of setting up the Royal Forbidden Army is to isolate the inner court from the outer court and ensure its absolute safety. However, if you want to solve the bad governance and cancer caused by the Ming Dynasty, you must have a large-scale and organized army, and you must dare to speak out and fight!

Jingying is undoubtedly the best choice.

But then again, specially promoting Xiong Tingbi to take over the post of assistant administrator of the military affairs of the Beijing camp is not as simple as issuing a decree. Even if everyone in the Beijing camp recognizes it, but the civil servants in the outer court do not recognize it, it will not be easy to move forward. .

After all, there are intertwined interests. If you are not opposed to you on the surface, there are bound to be constraints and calculations in the dark.

So Zhu Youxiao must take the initiative!

The struggle between imperial power and ministerial power was by no means unique to the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming emperor was definitely the most passive.

After all, the basic base that defended the imperial power was too severely dismembered by the civil servants.

cabinet.

"Gentlemen, when such a big thing happens in the inner court, His Majesty's anger has not yet finished. For the cabinet at the moment, the most important thing is to stabilize the situation in the court."

In the official room, Chief Assistant Gu Bingqian sat on the official hat chair, looked around at the cabinet ministers gathered in front of him, and said with a serious expression: "If you don't say anything else, at least don't cause any more trouble for your Majesty because of court affairs. After all..."

"Yuansuke, what do you mean by this?"

Wei Guangwei, who was leaning on the official hat chair, looked at Gu Bingqian with a half-smile, "What do you mean, don't cause trouble for Your Majesty? The current situation in the court is already unstable. Not to mention that His Majesty fell into the water in Xiyuan and was assassinated by an assassin. It is said that not long after His Majesty returned to the palace, many eunuchs were killed with sticks at the Meridian Gate, and many generals and guards of the Shanzhi Guards were arrested. In the past two days, the Jinyi Guards also took Gao Di, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, to the West City for execution. This is surprising. They have all caused quite a bit of controversy in the DPRK.”

"That's right!"

Zhou Rupan, the group assistant, frowned and said: "It is true that His Majesty was assassinated and we need to get to the bottom of it, but the emperor shouldn't stay in the palace. Right now..."

Do we have to mention this now?

Gu Bingqian felt very upset when he heard this. After the emperor returned to the palace from Xiyuan, the various actions he made could be said to have caused quite a ripple in both the court and the capital.

Not to mention that when he was in Xiyuan, three ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Military Affairs and Industry were deposed one after another, and Gao Dizhen, the Minister of Military Affairs, was taken to the West City for execution. This special and delicate situation made many people wait and see.

"Then, according to your intention, are you going to give remonstrance to the Emperor?"

Gu Bingqian raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Wei Guangwei and said.

"It's all based on Yuan Fu's words."

Wei Guang smiled slightly.

You old fox.

Seeing Wei Guangwei like this, Gu Bingqian cursed in his heart. He knew very well what Wei Guangwei meant. He just wanted to use himself as a gunman.

Who doesn't know now that the emperor was furious because of the assassination, and even the imperial guards were dispatched in large numbers to launch searches in various places inside and outside the capital.

At this time, submitting remonstrances and remonstrances to the emperor, isn't that a clear intention to offend the emperor?

"I would like to hear what you guys think."

Gu Bingqian suppressed his dissatisfaction, maintained his composure, and spoke in a calm tone.

Anyone who likes to pretend to be this young guy, Gu Bingqian will not do it!

"This matter is not a trivial matter after all, and the cabinet still needs to make its attitude clear."

Seeing this, Wei Guangwei glanced at the people in front of him and said: "If the cabinet does not have a clear attitude on this matter, I am afraid that the officials and censors in Kedao will all be impeached."

When it came to the imperial censor of Ke Dao, the expressions of all the cabinet ministers present became complicated.

After all, these Qingliu people would definitely not care when they cursed people.

"Oops, something big happened!!"

At this moment, a figure hurriedly ran in from outside the hall. Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Zhou Rupan and other people saw this and showed different expressions.

"How unbecoming is it to be in such a hurry!"

Ding Shaoshi, who had been silent all the time, frowned and scolded: "As a member of Zhongshushe, how can you be so disrespectful of etiquette!"

"It's Meng Lang, the lower official."

Faced with Ding Shaoshi's rebuke, the man in the middle school hurriedly raised his hands and bowed, and then, under the gaze of everyone, told an important event, "Your Majesty summoned the prisoner Xiong Tingbi to report to the inner court."

Who?

Just this sentence shocked everyone present.

Xiong Tingbi?

This makes some people wonder if they heard correctly.

But what happened next shocked everyone even more.

"Your Majesty has issued a decree, specifically promoting Xiong Tingbi to the title of left minister of the Ministry of War, and concurrently to the title of left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is also given a royal flag, a python robe, and Xiong Tingbi to assist in the military affairs of the capital!"

"!!!"

One word stirs up a thousand waves,

Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei and the others all looked at the Zhongshu Sheren in disbelief, not believing what they heard.

"What did you say?"

Ding Shaoshi frowned and said, "Is what you said true?"

"Go back to Dingge, it's absolutely true."

Zhongshushe said hurriedly: "Now Xiong Tingbi has gone to the capital camp. Eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, and Wei Zhongxian, the Admiral of the East Jishi Factory, have been specially ordered to accompany him. When the censors and officials from Kedao knew about it, many of them I went to Meridian Gate to remonstrate."

What is the emperor trying to do?

Everyone present was surprised when they heard this. They must know that the emperor was extremely disgusted with Xiong Tingbi's previous attitude and could not even mention it.

Why is it like this now?

The most critical point is that the position of assistant manager of the military affairs of the Beijing camp is a very special existence. Even if a new appointment is to be arranged to take charge of it, it must be recommended by the court.

The emperor's insistence on being arbitrary will cause big problems.

"No, this matter cannot be left to the emperor's whim!"

Ding Shaoshi stood up angrily and said: "How can he, Xiong Tingbi, be so virtuous as to be able to take over the post of assistant manager of the military affairs of the capital? The big mistakes he made previously have not been severely punished. If word spreads about it, where is the face of the court? Where is the dignity?"

Everyone present knew that Ding Shaoshi had a feud with Xiong Tingbi. He had petitioned Xiong Tingbi more than once before to severely punish Xiong Tingbi in order to demonstrate the majesty of the court's laws.

If something like this happens now, Ding Shaoshi will definitely be the first to refuse.

"It is definitely not a good thing for the emperor to act arbitrarily in this way."

Zhou Rupan followed closely and said: "As ministers, we assist Your Majesty in governing the country, and we must fulfill our responsibilities. If this matter cannot be resolved properly, there will be chaos in the court. Your Majesty must be informed about this matter." OK."

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

Assisting in the military affairs of the capital is no less important than promoting the Ministry of Personnel. If the emperor Qiangang is allowed to make arbitrary decisions, wouldn't the order be completely disrupted?

If the cabinet does not have a clear attitude on this matter, let alone the censor of Kedao, I am afraid that other officials in Beijing will not be willing to do so.

It was precisely this that caused the situation to change suddenly.

Regarding this situation, Zhu Youxiao guessed from the beginning that there were some things that could serve as a deterrent rather than just getting angry once. After all, Ming Dynasty treated the civil servants so well that they forgot about it!

Ruling the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats is the lifelong pursuit of most civil servants, which is also reflected in the political situation. However, for the emperor, this is absolutely unacceptable, so the struggle between imperial power and ministerial power is unavoidable.