Duke Yansheng left.
In the end, Jin Yiwei personally escorted him out of Beijing.
There is no way, just watch a play, but you can't let people die at the gate of the imperial prison, right?
Nie Xing is a guy who always hates evil. Seeing that Kong Moumou was almost beaten to death, it was hard for him to continue watching the show.
After all, it is rare to see such an obedient Duke Yan.
Since His Majesty the Emperor spared his life, His Majesty naturally has his plans, and maybe he will be needed someday.
Therefore, Nie Xing sent a team of Jinyi Guards to personally escort Kong Moumou to Qufu, Shandong Province.
As for whether Kong Moumou would cry when he saw the old Kong family in Qufu, Shandong, when he saw the old Kong family in desolation, that was not a question that Nie Xing should think about.
Kong Moumou patted his butt and walked away gracefully, but the uproar caused by his article did not stop, and even intensified.
Taking advantage of this momentum, officials from various places called on the gentry and students to jump out to resist, and letters of impeachment memorials flew like snowflakes to the Qianqing Palace.
The contents of these impeachment memorials are surprisingly consistent.
The target of impeachment is Cabinet Order Yang Shiqi.
There was only one demand expressed, that the imperial court should stop implementing the policy of sharing the land from one person to another and severely punish the sycophant Yang Shiqi.
A request is a request, and an opinion is an opinion, but Zhu Gaoxu was not prepared to accept it. He threw it directly into the trash can and kept it to the outside world.
The memorial was left in the palace but not issued, which meant that the emperor kept the memorial of his subordinates in the palace, without submitting it for discussion or criticism, and simply ignored it and treated it coldly.
In fact, this was also a way for the emperor to express his attitude to his ministers.
I've already stopped talking, and I'm not going to interfere any more. You all should also calm down and live in harmony. Don't force me to fall out with you!
Everyone knows this truth.
But the problem now is that it’s not that you, Zhu Gaoxu, the martial emperor, are turning against you, but that we officials and gentry are turning against you!
You're really going to dig into our very foundation, why don't you allow us to fall out?
Without the land to support our interests, and the privilege of exemption from taxes and corvee, what is the difference between us dignitaries and those mud-legged untouchables?
You, Zhu Gaoxu, don't allow officials to be corrupt and take bribes, that's all. Now you want to go even further. You even want to abolish the privileges of officials and gentry!
What is this behavior?
He, Zhu Gaoxu, is even more hateful than Zhu Yuanzhang!
tyrant!
Single husband!
A literati writes like a knife, killing people without showing blood.
Under the deliberate publicity of thoughtful people, the reputation of Zhu Gaoxu, the virtuous emperor, instantly began to be ruined and stink.
All kinds of dark history about Zhu Gaoxu have been uncovered, especially when Zhu Gaoxu was still the prince of Han Dynasty, his predecessor did many bad things and committed many crimes, and all of them were deliberately publicized.
For a time, the entire Ming Dynasty was full of opinions about Emperor Wude. Even the common people were bewitched and their awe no longer existed.
Jin Yiwei and the General Affairs Department discovered this matter, and they immediately reported it to Zhu Gaoxu without daring to neglect it.
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu just sneered and did not give any reply, nor did he ask Jin Yiwei to take any countermeasures.
The reason is simple, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't care.
Do officials and gentry only have such tricks?
In addition to destroying the emperor's reputation, there is nothing else?
How ridiculous.
When did he, Zhu Gaoxu, care about that bullshit reputation?
Ever since he came to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu has understood one thing. He will never be able to get away with it in his life.
After all, the predecessor was indeed an out-and-out beast, killing people and setting fires, without regard for human life. How could such a person be cleansed of the crimes he committed?
Since it can't be washed clean, then don't wash it!
So what if I hate and complain again and again?
What can you do to me, Zhu Gaoxu?
He is now the Emperor of Heaven and the Emperor of Wude!
And he was the Wude Emperor who took the initiative to take the throne when the late Emperor was on the throne!
Zhu Gaoxu's legal authority comes from Emperor Yongle, and Zhu Gaoxu's throne comes from Emperor Yongle. This is something witnessed by the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty!
Therefore, no one can question the legitimacy of Zhu Gaoxu, and no one dares to say no to him face to face!
Even if he, Zhu Gaoxu, is a mediocre and ignorant tyrant, the whole world can only suffer from this. We can only hope that he, Zhu Gaoxu, will die soon, and then let the wise prince ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!
With the power of military and government in hand, the emperor deserves the title, so what can you do if you are unhappy with me?
They're just clowns.
By the time the implementation of the work of selling tenants into households is completed, they will no longer be able to jump up.
Zhu Gaoxu just laughed at this matter and didn't bother to pay attention at all.
But what happened next made him feel quite unhappy.
It turned out that when Zhu Gaoxu was reviewing the memorial, he discovered that a large number of officials had resigned and directly submitted their resignations.
There are courtiers in Beijing and local officials who are on the official side.
The words and phrases are just the same. If you continue to implement the policy of sharing the land with the family, then I will quit!
Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect that these guys were so brave and tried to use the same methods as before to force him, the emperor of martial virtue, to bow his head.
In the past, when ministers had political disagreements with the emperor, in addition to the tactic of crying bitterly, there was another big weapon, which was to resign collectively.
After all, no matter how awesome your emperor is, you can't possibly rule the world by yourself, right?
Even emperors such as Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu needed a large number of officials to herd their people!
Therefore, collective resignation has become the trump card of officials!
If you don't go along with what we want, then we will quit as a group and you can go and have fun on your own!
I have to admit that this method is indeed very effective, at least in previous dynasties. Many emperors chose to give in and compromise.
However, this trump card of the official Jinshen was a joke to Zhu Gaoxu.
He directly summoned Jian Yi, the official minister, and threw these memorials in front of him.
After Jian Yi took a quick look, his face turned red to the color of pig liver.
Isn’t this so fucking deceptive?
The review and selection of officials has always been the responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel.
Now that so many officials are resigning, they are directly confronting Emperor Wude. Jian Yi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, cannot stand alone.
At least, he couldn't get away with a "negligence" charge!
"I don't know who the old minister is, so I ask your Majesty to convict you!"
Jian Yi was very single and decisively knelt down to apologize.
But unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu did not punish him.
"Okay, get up!"
"I didn't call you here today to punish you. I'm not really a fool."
"I asked you to come here to read these memorials, remember the official positions of these people, and then go back and prepare a list of vacancies!"
As soon as these words came out, Jian Yi's expression changed drastically.
"Your Majesty, there are... hundreds of officials here!"
"Yes, I know!" Zhu Gaoxu smiled, "Isn't this a warning to you in advance?"
"I will give you three days to prepare the list of vacancies. After three days, I will issue an order to depose these dogs, drive them out of the Ming Dynasty and sell them to overseas vassal countries!"
hiss……
Jian Yi couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"Your Majesty, is this... is this... too harsh?"
If people don't want to be an official, they take the initiative to resign. This is a way to maintain their dignity.
But you are so good, you not only dismissed them from office and expelled them from the court, but also directly sold them to overseas vassals, completely interrupting their career path for generations!
"Harsh?"
"Jian Yi, it seems you are not familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
"I remember that Emperor Taizu Gao once personally issued a decree: The people who lead the land are not the king's ministers. The sergeants and officials in the world are not used by the king, but are teachers from outside. It is not a crime to punish them without losing their families. !”
"Look at what Taizu Emperor Gao did. He killed his body but lost his family. I just expelled them from the Ming Dynasty. Isn't it already very merciful?"
Jian Yi: "!!!"
Damn it!
You are noble!
You are amazing!
Are you telling us about the ancestral teachings now?
Please show some respect, brother, he is also an emperor after all!
"Don't worry about the lack of talents. Go and talk to Xie Gongbao, the Minister of Academic Affairs, and ask him to recruit talented people from various schools. The vacancies below the fifth rank can be directly filled by these new students. Above the fifth rank, they will still be screened by your staff!"
"I promoted new learning and new policies back then just to wait for this time. A bunch of idiots who are stupid and unaware of themselves. Do they really think that the imperial court can't move away from them?"
