The reaction of the officials at the door made some officials with ulterior motives feel a little nervous.

Regardless of etiquette, a group of officials swarmed to the gate.

Looked outside.

Well, tens of thousands of elite soldiers were standing silently in the square outside, which made people tremble with fear.

With the current political system of the Ming Dynasty, no one has the ability to mobilize such a large army quietly.

Not to mention transferring it to the palace without anyone noticing.

Is what His Majesty said true?

Can he contact people from other time and space?

Are the two inside really the younger brothers of Emperor Renzong?

Do Taizu and Taizong also know the situation here?

If they know, they should be so angry, right?

If they come here too.

Hiss..., I dare not think about it!

Calling back a group of ministers, Zhu Houzhao laughed happily and said, "Can the Single Whip Law be implemented?"

No one answered.

"Do you still want to ban the sea?"

The hall was very quiet.

"I want to issue Baochao immediately and allow gold, silver and copper coins to be exchanged with Baochao. What do you think?"

Yang Tinghe couldn't help it: "Your Majesty, as Li Ge Lao said, the one-whip law benefits the country and the people, and it can be tried, but the issue of Baochao still needs to be discussed. We have to give the people some time to accept it, right?

As for the issue of opening the sea, it was already agreed upon at the last court meeting, and no one has any objections. Let's not mention it again."

"No one has any objections? Old Ancestor, I seem to have heard several officials take advantage of the opportunity to say a few words that the court wants to ban the sea." Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhu Gaosui with a gentle tone.

Zhu Gaosui understood and waved his hand.

Several Hongxi Dynasty soldiers stepped out of the crowd, grabbed the officials who clamored to continue the sea ban, and chopped them with knives.

'Bang bang bang. '

Heads fell to the ground.

They rolled everywhere.

The civil officials had never seen this before.

They screamed in fear and fled in panic.

"Your Majesty, even if they are guilty, you can hand them over to the judiciary for trial. How can Your Majesty kill people directly?" Yang Tinghe shouted with a pale face.

Zhu Houzhao laughed: "Although I killed a few people, I saved most of you. Do you believe it?"

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Li Dongyang asked.

"If you think I am using tens of thousands of troops to threaten you to obey, then you are too optimistic.

These tens of thousands of troops are just for you to see. My real killer move... is Taizu Taizong!"

Li Dongyang and others were shocked and couldn't help but think of various historical records about Taizu Taizong.

Four major cases!

Execution of ten clans!

Hiss!

Is it too late for us to retire and return home now?

Zhu Houzhao took advantage of the situation and pursued: "Since these tens of thousands of troops are just for show, you can express different opinions. As long as you have no selfish motives and what you say is reasonable, I will not pursue them.

You don't have to worry about not being able to go home alive today. They will not attack you. My Ming Dynasty has never killed ministers without authorization.

You can also pretend to obey but secretly disobey. After leaving the palace, mobilize troops to Fengtian Jingnan, and destroy these troops together with me, the King of Han, the King of Zhao, and the Prince of Tang in the palace, and establish someone else as emperor.

Just when the time comes, when Emperors such as Taizu, Xingzong, Taizong, Renzong, Xuanzong, Daizong, and Tang Taizong come with troops to take revenge, you should not be scared."

Officials: ...

Your Majesty thinks too highly of us.

We dare not raise opinions.

We dare not Fengtian Jingnan.

After a long silence, Li Dongyang knelt down first and said, "Your Majesty, please give your orders."

Other officials who saw the situation clearly looked at each other, and without hesitation for too long, they knelt down one after another: "Your Majesty, please give your orders."

"Very good, from now on, the Ministry of Revenue will establish the Minting and Cleaning Office, which will be fully responsible for the issuance and supervision of treasure notes, and at the same time, the treasure notes and the One Whip Law will be announced to the world." Zhu Houzhao smiled with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty obeys your order."

Zhu Houzhao said again: "Next, let's continue with the first topic, the cabinet."

"Your Majesty, do you really want to abolish the cabinet? But the affairs of the world are extremely complicated, and even if your Majesty is wise, you can't handle them all.

If it is a general matter, it's fine, such as military affairs and disaster relief, which are urgent. If they are delayed, the consequences will be unpredictable." Although Yang Tinghe knew that it was most appropriate to just obey orders at this time, he still couldn't help but advise.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Who said I want to abolish the cabinet? I still hope that when I go to the battlefield in the future, the cabinet will handle government affairs for me in the rear."

"What does your majesty mean?"

Zhu Houzhao announced: "Doesn't Prime Minister Li submit a few retirement petitions a year? I can't bear to see you work so hard at your age, so I will allow you to retire and return home."

Li Dongyang: ...

Your Majesty, you can't burn your bridges after crossing them!Since I have clearly agreed to your reform, how can you not let me continue to do it for a while?

Those who don’t know would think that I am incompetent and you despise me.

Anyway, I have offended those who should be offended.

Even if the reform fails, the situation will not be worse.

But if the reform is done well, maybe I can still leave my name in history!

I thought a lot, but Li Dongyang was not decisive after all. After all, he did not dare to refute the emperor like Yang Tinghe: "Yes, thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao ignored Li Dongyang and said: "The cabinet must have no one to be the chief minister. It just so happens that I have a suitable candidate here-Zhu Shou.

Immediately confer Zhu Shou as the left commander of the Central Army Commander's Office, with the title of Minister of War and the title of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and concurrently serve as the chief minister of the cabinet."

Yang Tinghe and others thought about it, but they couldn't figure out who Zhu Shou was.

If it were before, they would subconsciously oppose it.

But now...

"I obey your order."

Zhu Houzhao ordered again: "King Han and King Zhao should also join the cabinet. They will both hold the title of Minister of War. King Han will be responsible for reorganizing the regiment camp, and King Zhao will be responsible for reorganizing the Five Military Commandery and the Three Thousand Camp, and will also be responsible for the imperial palace guards."

Since the Battle of Tumu, the Five Military Commandery established by Zhu Yuanzhang and the Three Thousand Camp established by Zhu Di have become decorations, and the military power is firmly controlled by the Ministry of War.

Among them, the troops in the capital were divided into ten regiments, referred to as the regiment camp.

If the two brothers of the Zhu family really controlled the Five Military Commandery, the Three Thousand Camp and the regiment camp, it is no exaggeration to say that the situation of these officials in the capital would be more difficult than that of Taizu and Taizong.

After all, there were still a large number of nobles in the court at that time, and even the emperor had to give them some face.

Although they realized this, Yang Tinghe and the others did not dare to object at all.

For emperors, military power is the most taboo.

They had no doubt that if they dared to oppose, the two Zhu brothers would definitely kill people.

"Since no one opposes this matter, let's talk about the next thing. The Ministry of Works will find the blueprints of the treasure ship and mobilize the whole country to rush to build the treasure ship.

Then the cabinet chief Zhu Shou and cabinet minister Zhu Gaoxu will lead the navy to go out to sea and destroy the Japanese." Zhu Houzhao gave the order again with high spirits.

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