Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Well, it's an eventful time. Alas!"

Xu sighed.

"You made me so happy yesterday, why is it so troubled today?"

Zhu Di was not satisfied with Xu's sad face.

"The two little ones are both hurt, but we are unharmed!"

As Xu spoke, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Hey, if it was us, wouldn't it be a bigger deal? God bless our family! This fat guy got into the fire and didn't even get a burn!"

Zhu Di grabbed the corner of the quilt and walked forward to wipe Xu's tears, comforting her as he wiped.

"Go back and worship your ancestors."

Xu suggested with her eyes slightly closed.

"Okay, go to sleep, go to sleep. I'll finish my work and be back soon."

Zhu Di leaned over and kissed Xu on the forehead before quickly standing up and leaving.

When he sat on the imperial carriage and headed towards the palace, Zhu Di began to sort out the ups and downs of the day in his mind.

When the house collapsed, he thought Zhu Gaochi was dead for sure.

Xu's side was the direction where the loudest noise occurred when the house collapsed.

In an instant, he even thought of his wife and children being separated and his family being destroyed.

As a result, Zhang Xin protected Xu, and Fang Liang protected Zhu Gaochi.

After last night, he really believed it.

God definitely doesn't have anything against him.

His father probably wouldn't blame him for seizing the throne.

Otherwise, the whole family would be together now, and there would be no explanation.

He felt that Zhang Xin’s eyes would definitely heal.

He, Xu and Zhu Gaochi were all fine, so how could it be possible that only Zhang Xin was in trouble?

This must be the mysterious thing called good times after bad times.

This morning, the bunch of bastards who came to the morning court asked him to write a confession of guilt.

Being struck by lightning or burned by fire is really an ominous sign.

Just dream.

God is clearly protecting me!

He wanted to arrange a night court to kill them all!

However, this incident allowed these people to make their dissatisfaction with him public.

Later he cleaned them up one by one, which seemed quite interesting!

It is a good time to clean out the double-dealers in the court.

After he finished his troubles, Zhu Gaochi's eyes were healed and he could go to court to help him settle the complaints of court officials.

Such a happy decision!

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The air in Beijing is extremely fresh after the rain!

Zhu Di returned to the palace in a happy mood.

Most of the Jinshen Hall was burned down. Although the Huagai Hall and Fengtian Hall were not affected, they were also smoked black.

He could only make do with working temporarily in Zhu Gaochi's Wenhua Hall, and planned to hold an open-air meeting in front of the Fengtian Hall later.

The fire burned for most of the night, but after the rain, there was not much smoke left outside the palace.

It's definitely a good place to hold a crusade.

Zhu Di sent eunuchs out of the palace to visit officials' homes to recruit people.

When the court officials put on their official uniforms and rushed to the Forbidden City, Zhu Di was already waiting for them outside the Fengtian Hall, his face serious and gloomy:

"Let's just make do here."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

All the officials lined up neatly and bowed in unison.

When they stood up again and faced Zhu Di, they found that Zhu Di on the steps was looking towards the east.

Zhu Di didn't speak, and the people below didn't dare to speak either.

For a moment, the scene was very calm.

When Zhu Di came to his senses, he saw several elderly ministers in front of him moving their feet slightly.

"I feel guilty!"

Zhu Di spoke.

"emperor--"

All the officials spoke in unison, with tears in their voices.

"Everyone, express your opinions. Ministers of the ministries and agencies, censors, and censors of various provinces, please feel free to express any opinions that are beneficial to the country. If there is anything I have done wrong, please say it too! I will forgive you!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly, but we really shouldn't move the capital—"

The first person to come forward finished speaking.

Immediately, people began to speak enthusiastically.

"Your Majesty, in recent years, there has been too much killing, from petty officials to censors, the lightest punishment is imprisonment, the worst is lingchi, how can the heavens, who have mercy on life, tolerate this?"

"Your Majesty, moving the capital will cost a lot of money and manpower! Your Majesty!!!"

"Your Majesty, abandoning the imperial city of the capital and moving the capital to the capital is a waste of resources. Now the heavens are giving you a warning. Your Majesty, you should take this as a warning."

In front of the Fengtian Hall, accusations against Zhu Di were heard one after another.

Zhu Di listened for a long time and it seemed that it was just those few people talking back and forth.

They were still young people, but the old officials who had really reached a higher rank all stood firmly and did not make any movement.

After a little thought, Zhu Di understood.

Don't release the eagle until you see the rabbit!

Moreover, I didn't give them time to discuss and form cliques.

"You are all right. Come, draft an imperial edict to seek advice and publish it in the Beijing News and the Palace News. Starting tomorrow, we will suspend court for ten days and submit the memorial. Court is adjourned!"

Zhu Di's tactic of retreating to advance worked after three days.

They swarmed in like snowflakes.

As Zhu Di had expected, these memorials written in real names were the result of everyone's consultation.

More than half of the people accused Zhu Di of moving the capital, saying that it was because of this act of moving the capital that angered God and people that the disaster of Jinshen Palace being struck by lightning and burned by fire was caused!

The long-silent double-dealers surfaced one by one.

The person who surprised Zhu Di the most was Zou Ji, the Prince's Assistant and the Imperial College's Chief Academician.

This person passed the imperial examination during the Hongwu period and was appointed as a teacher of Xingzi. At that time, Zhu Yunwen served as an assistant teacher of the Imperial College.

After Zhu Di moved into the capital, he appointed him as a Hanlin lecturer. Later, when Zhu Gaochi was made the crown prince, he entered the Eastern Palace as the Zuo Zhongyun and concurrently served as the chief academic officer of the Imperial College.

He is in a high position and has great power.

Basically, they were the team he provided to Zhu Gaochi.

Are you just so depressed?

Is this to help Donggong or to harm Donggong?

"Read it to your prince."

Zhu Di threw the memorial to Qian Er and asked Qian Er to read it to Zhu Gaochi.

"Your Majesty has spent nearly ten years in building Beijing. The project is huge and expensive, the coordination is extensive, the redundant officials are encroaching, and the waste is huge.

It costs the national reserve. The working men have to pay millions of yuan and serve all year round, and they cannot work on the fields themselves.

Zhu Gaochi almost fell asleep after listening to this memorial of more than a thousand words.

Most of them were clichés and exaggerations, but there were also examples to support their claims, so Zhu Gaochi listened to them patiently.

"One million? They serve in the government all year round. Are you counting Timur's criminal army as our Ming people?"

Zhu Gaochi tilted his head and complained.

"So, your people are stupid. Of all the people, his memorial is the longest and the most boring."

Zhu Di felt that there were two distinct types of people among the court officials.

One is clear and stupid.

The other type is extremely cunning and slippery.

Zou Ji is the former.

It can be said that the fact that Timur and his people were swallowed up by Zhu Di was not fair.

When two countries are at war, the enemy's family members, if they are still alive, can be redeemed with money.

At that time, Zhang Xin envied those strong women and children who could be raised and put to use.

He just claimed that he froze to death outside the city.

When the Forbidden City was built in the capital, all these people were put to use.

It saved more than 500,000 laborers in the country.

In name only, the work was still done by conscripting domestic laborers, and no further explanation was given to the irrelevant court officials.

“He doesn’t know…”

Zhu Gaochi held his forehead with his hand.