The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Yan Chengjin was sitting in the duty room.

More than ten days ago, there was no news about Gao Feng. Let's assume that he was killed by the Tatars.

Tomorrow is the day to abolish the crown prince and establish the grandson.

In the cabinet duty room, Liu Jian and the other two sat together, warming themselves by the flames in the stove. Liu Jian spoke first: "Have you sent the letter to His Highness?"

Xie Qian shook his head: "There is no whereabouts of the crown prince."

"Today is a critical day. We must work together to ask His Majesty for a letter of repatriation. We can't wait and see." Li Dongyang said.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian nodded, stood up and looked at Yan Chengjin: "Chengjin, let's go to Fengtian Hall to persuade and remonstrate."

Yan Chengjin said: "I will stay on duty, and you can go with peace of mind."

Liu Jian and Xie Qian were angered by these words. They snorted coldly and walked out of the duty room.

This boy didn't advance or retreat with them, and Li Dongyang was also a little angry.

When they arrived at the Fengtian Hall, the three of them knelt down in front of Emperor Hongzhi, their eyes blurred.

Emperor Hongzhi was quite surprised. The three masters had taught him well, and they were old. He had already told them not to kneel down.

"How could that wicked child trouble the three masters like this?"

"Your Majesty, please withdraw your order." Liu Jian and the other two said in a trembling voice.

Emperor Hongzhi put down the book and stood up with a complicated look. The prince lacked discipline, and if the order was issued, it could be abolished, and he would be even more lawless in the future.

The arrogance of the monarch harms the people.

"Since ancient times, the rulers of the founding lords have so many chaotic descendants. Why is that?"

Liu Jian and the other two looked at each other.

Xie Qian said, "This is because the young master grew up in the palace and lived in wealth and honor. He has never known the human emotions and the safety of the country, so the government is often chaotic."

Emperor Hongzhi said with a stern face: "The monarch is the brain of the people, and the ministers are the limbs of the people. If even the monarch is not wise, how can he govern the world with the help of the ministers?"

It has been very rare since ancient times for the monarch and the ministers to be of the same mind.

Shang Tang did not give up Yi Yin, and Liu Bang gave favors to Han Xin, so that he could unify the world. These are the principles they often teach the prince.

Li Dongyang and the other two can distinguish the black and white in the world.

But at this moment, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of the advantages of the prince.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows, but changed his tone: "Why didn't Yan Chengjin come with you to advise?"

Li Dongyang could only think of one reason: "This boy may anger your majesty and cause trouble. Your majesty, don't blame him."

After all, he is his son-in-law.

Emperor Hongzhi looked normal, with a firm light in his eyes, and walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back.

The news of the three ministers of the cabinet's admonition spread throughout the palace's duty room.

The officials were also quite concerned about whether the prince would be deposed or not. Even if Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, he would still be a tyrant.

It would be better to train the grandson from a young age and let him become a wise king like your majesty.

The three came back from Fengtian Hall. Yan Chengjin saw them shrugged their shoulders and were as weak as possible: "Your majesty is unwilling to withdraw the order?"

Xie Qian rolled his eyes at him: "What can we do if there are people who don't work together?"

Yan Chengjin's face was stiff: "I have thought of a plan in the duty room. Perhaps, there is a 30% chance that your majesty will withdraw the order."

Originally thought, Yan Chengjin's words should be increased by 20%.

But later they found that it would take another 30% to be enough.

60%!

Xie Qian knew that Yan Chengjin was a boring person and never lied, so he became serious: "Tell me."

"The three ministers are forcing us to retire. If your majesty does not withdraw his order, we will all ask for retirement."

Liu Jian and the other two glared at him unhappily. We suspect that you want to trick us into retiring and then inherit the position of the Prime Minister.

Yan Chengjin is now the last minister. The last minister has no sense of existence and his official position is pitifully small.

Even the Minister of Personnel is not as good as him.

If he wants to be promoted to the first minister, he must either wait for Li Dongyang and Xie Qian to die or wait for Zhu Houzhao to succeed.

This is the bottleneck period of his career planning.

Forcing others to retire is not a new trick.

In history, Liu Jian and the other two used it once when they advised Zhu Houzhao to kill Liu Jin.

Who knew that Zhu Houzhao did not play by the rules and waved his hand, and really let them retire.

Just thinking about the situation at that time, Yan Chengjin felt extremely embarrassed.

"Your Majesty is kind and benevolent. The three ministers are like your head and limbs."

Li Dongyang pondered for a moment and said, "I think what this boy said makes sense. Now that you want your Majesty to withdraw your will, ordinary persuasion is useless."

Liu Jian and Xie Qian thought for a moment.

Early in the morning, snowflakes fell in the capital in December.

The ministers shivered, wearing Liangxiang down vests, bloated like a standing pig, but their faces were ruddy and slightly happy.

Today's bell rang earlier than usual.

All officials walked across the Jinshui Bridge in order.

Xiao Jing ordered people to lay carpets in front of the Fengtian Hall to wipe off the snow on the feet of all officials.

All officials were beaming with joy, and the prince would be abolished today.

Liu Jian and the other two walked into the hall first.

Emperor Hongzhi knew that the three ministers would give more persuasion today and did not want to go to court.

But he issued an imperial decree, today, he abolished the crown prince and appointed the emperor's grandson as the crown prince.

"Do you remember the decree I issued three months ago? Today, I will issue an order to enthrone the crown prince and abolish the crown prince."

"A wise ruler will think about his shortcomings and become better, while a foolish ruler will protect his shortcomings and become foolish forever. I beg you to withdraw the imperial decree."

Liu Jian and Han Wen stood up, lined up in two rows, and knelt in the hall.

"In the past three months, I have been reflecting on myself. Although I cannot be called a wise ruler, fortunately, the ministers have corrected my mistakes many times.

But this evil son, except for the money given by Yan Qing's family, he will not listen to anyone's advice.

How can an emperor be wise if he cannot listen to advice? If he ascends the throne, it will really worry me.

Therefore, gentlemen, there is no need to say more. "

If it were before, he would never have said such a thing.

Now, with the emperor's grandson, he has an opportunity to train the prince again.

He would never coddle again.

Liu Jian bowed slightly: "Your Majesty is like this. I have unavoidable faults and I have no shame to assist Your Majesty anymore. I sincerely ask Your Majesty to allow you to take up the official position."

Baiguan was stunned for a moment.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes trembled a few times, unable to hide the expression on his face, and the look of horror was revealed.

Although he wanted to depose the crown prince, the three princes handled political affairs for him and were irreplaceable virtuous ministers.

If he really becomes an official, it will be a loss to the court.

Yan Chengjin took a step forward: "According to what I see, the prince is not stupid and is capable of both literary and military skills. If there are good ministers to assist him, perhaps the Ming Dynasty will have another Emperor Wen."

Didn't Emperor Wen's literary and martial arts achievements and the creation of the Yongle prosperous era come from his rebellion?

If we talk about nonsense, no one can compare with Zhu Di, who went straight to the capital.

Liu Jian raised his head slightly, carefully looked at Emperor Hongzhi's face, and saw that he was a little shaken.

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath and looked confused: "The imperial edict has been announced to the world, how do you ask me to recover it?"

The emperor's decree was made into a constitution and the crown prince's decree was abolished, which spread throughout the capital.

The officials nodded.

Today was originally the day for the grandson's canonization, and the people in the neighborhood were waiting for the announcement.

Suddenly, a decree came to revoke the decree. Isn't this just making fun of the people?

In the future, when the imperial edict is issued again, how much deterrence will there be?

Li Dongyang lowered his eyebrows and frowned. His Majesty rarely let go, but he encountered another problem.

Yan Chengjin said: "Your Majesty, if the prince can achieve military merit, this decree will not be difficult to abolish. I sincerely ask your Majesty to wait for the report from the border troops to be sent back to the capital."