"Go to court——"
Outside Fengtian Hall, hundreds of officials were standing in dense crowds, waiting outside, and a eunuch shouted.
Immediately, all the officials walked towards Fengtian Hall.
The Fengtian Hall of the Nanjing Imperial Palace was originally the place where the emperor went to court. It was not used after the capital was moved. However, there are still some eunuchs left in the palace to clean the hall every day and keep it clean.
When all the officials entered one after another, they found that in the main hall of the Imperial Master Li Xiao, beside the dragon chair, he was standing with his hands behind his back, staring at them sharply.
After standing still according to their official positions, all the officials cupped their hands and said in unison: "See the Imperial Preceptor."
Li Xiao nodded slightly and looked at these Nanjing officials.
Compared with the officials of the imperial court in the capital, their spirit and appearance are indeed several notches lower.
Many officials with gray beards and capable ones were brought to the capital.
Most of those who are unwilling to leave are local scholar-bureaucrats. These are the people who are mainly against themselves.
And most of them are old and frail, and they are retiring here, such as officials like Jian Yi, who do not seek merit but seek no faults, and live a mediocre life.
Today, it is the first time to go to court, so these people must be shocked.
Let those who want to retire take action and let them know that it is wishful thinking to spend the rest of their lives peacefully without doing what they say.
In addition, we should also give a thumbs up to those officials who were born into the local gentry.
At this time, Jian Yi stood up and said loudly:
"Everyone, if the Supreme Emperor wants to implement the New Deal, improve the livelihood of the people, and enhance the national strength, he must centralize administrative power. If the administrative power is not dedicated, the government orders will not be implemented, and if the government orders are not implemented, the national policy will not be effective. And if you want to centralize the administrative power, you must concentrate on the area. A great policy has flown into the homes of ordinary people, extending the imperial government's governance structure downwards again, to every village and every person! Everyone, the Imperial Master has come from afar and has been ordered to come to Nanjing to promote the capital's quarter system. Everyone knows that now our Ming Dynasty capital has fully implemented the system of quarters, the national strength is booming, and the tax revenue of the national treasury has increased more than five or six times, and this quarters are the foundation for the enhancement of national strength."
The words fell,
All civil and military officials remained silent.
To put it nicely, putting all their land into the hands of the imperial court would of course enrich the imperial court and make them miserable. It was simply an act of banditry.
Jian Yi continued: "Now that everyone is here today, I will announce something. The National Division intends to establish the 'Supreme Provisional Commander-in-Chief of the Ming Dynasty's Reform and Reform'. The highest commander is the National Division. The commander of the command division has The highest decision-making power, with absolute decision-making power, law enforcement power, and legal power. It is in charge of the civil and military officials of the Nanjing Ministry, six ministries, justice, people's livelihood, and military. The venue of the Supreme Command is in the Fengtian Hall. From today on, everyone will You must all attend the morning meeting of the command department on time, do you have any objections?"
The words fell.
The entire Fengtian Temple was boiling instantly.
They thought they were just going to see the Imperial Master today, but they didn't expect that they would have to come here every day to attend morning court. This was outrageous.
Is the national preceptor the emperor?
Want to ask hundreds of officials to come to court for him?
What's the difference between having all the rights and being an emperor? ?
"The lower official objects."
An official stood up and said righteously: "Going to the imperial court to pay homage is the exclusive property of the emperor. Does the imperial master want the emperor? We are serving the emperor, not the imperial minister! How can we be allowed to come here to make the pilgrimage?" See, I won’t accept it!”
Li Xiao said calmly: "My master is the master of the Ming Dynasty. He is the master of the emperor. He is still above the grand master and master. The king of heaven and earth is his master. Since he is the master of the emperor, why can't my master act on behalf of heaven?"
Another censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate came out and said sternly: "This is simply outrageous. Even if your imperial master is the emperor's master, one person is inferior to ten thousand people, he is not the emperor, but a minister. As a minister, he meddles with the imperial power. It’s simply unprecedented!”
Li Xiao smiled slightly: "Today you have seen that my master is true to his word. As soon as he said it today, it means he is true to his word. He must do it even if he doesn't do it, and he must do it even if he doesn't!"
After the strong words fell, everyone was stunned.
Afterwards, the entire Fengtian Palace became more lively, and everyone was talking privately.
"It's so arrogant. How can an official behave like this?"
"Yes, even if the Holy Father proposes national policies, he still needs our opinions. How can we just say it in one word?"
"That's right, I won't accept it, I won't accept it"
The officials became more and more violent, and the noise became louder and louder.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiao couldn't help but think back to the time ten years ago when he came to Nanjing and was frantically impeached by all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. He felt like he was dreaming back in time.
The difference is that that time I was standing in the audience.
But now, he is standing on the stage.
Li Jinglong shouted: "Quiet! If you have anything to do, please bring it to the table!"
The voice was so powerful that the whole hall fell silent.
A supervisory censor walked out and said seriously: "National Master, establishing a new yamen is a huge matter. First, you have not reported it, secondly, there is no process, and thirdly, there is no imperial edict. Just relying on your empty words, you will establish a new yamen. He also asked me to wait for him to go to court every day. How can you convince me? Who knows if this was the Holy One’s idea? It’s like a general who goes out to fight. He doesn’t even have military symbols, so he can say it was the Holy One and dispatch the soldiers at will. , Aren’t the generals in that world rebelling if they want to?”
"Yes, this makes sense! Everything must have a regulation. Unless there is an imperial edict, it will be difficult to believe."
"That's right, even if you build a new government office, you need an imperial edict, and the location of the government office cannot be Fengtian Hall. Fengtian Hall is where the emperor goes to court!"
"If the Imperial Preceptor wants to establish a new yamen, he must either come up with an imperial edict. If there is no imperial edict, he should ask the Imperial Preceptor to let the Holy One draft an edict."
For a time, all officials rejected the proposal on this basis.
They were sure that Li Xiao could not come up with the imperial edict. After all, the Holy One was not here, and the Holy One would definitely not agree to it in a place like Fengtian Temple.
Second, even if the Holy Emperor agrees, it will take a month to come and go, and the officials in the capital court will definitely object.
When the time comes, another wave of operations will be carried out to impeach the imperial master for his misbehavior in Nanjing, pretending to be a ghost, and getting his hands on the imperial power. Li Xiao will definitely be miserable.
During this period, everyone had heard what Li Xiao was doing. It was clear that he was acting recklessly. He took the scholars to the cemetery to sleep. I heard that he even made paper figures for the scholars to hold while sleeping at night.
You must know that the Supreme Emperor hates folk magic and obscene sacrifices the most.
When the time comes, this will make a big fuss, and Li Xiao and the Supreme Emperor are divided into two places, one in Beijing and the other in Nanjing. The Supreme Emperor must have concerns and prevent Li Xiao from obtaining the imperial edict.
The more people talked, the more excited they became, and their blood vessels bulged.
"Quiet, quiet, listen to me."
Jian Yi shouted loudly, but no one listened to him now. They all pointed their swords at Li Xiao, saying that they did not listen to the imperial master now, but only the imperial edict.
"Who said there was no imperial edict!"
Li Xiao scolded, he had known for a long time that these officials would not give in easily and would have to use thunderous means.
As the sound came out, the scene instantly became quiet.
"If there is no imperial edict, my master will write one for you now!!"
Li Xiao looked at the eunuch next to him and said, "If you come, I will serve you with pen and ink!"
The eunuch was startled, and then he immediately took out his pen and ink.
All the officials in the court were stunned.
I don't know what Li Xiao wants to do.
soon.
After bringing the pen and ink, seven or eight eunuchs brought a table of cases and polished the ink.
Li Xiao smiled, took out a piece of yellow cloth from his chest, and spread it on the table.
Pick up the pen and start writing on it.
After half a moment, he finished writing, picked it up, handed it to the eunuch next to him, and said, "Read it for everyone to listen to."
When the eunuch took it and looked at it, his face turned pale, he was so frightened that he was out of his mind and his whole body was shaking.
It turned out to be an imperial edict written by Li Xiao himself.
"Read it." Li Xiao looked at the eunuch indifferently.
The eunuch trembled for a moment, then picked up the imperial edict and said loudly: "The emperor's edict is carried by heaven."
hiss! ! !
The sound of breathing continued throughout the hall.
As soon as this statement came out, all the civil and military officials were shocked.
It turned out to be Li Xiao who was drafting the decree just now
This is an edict! !
It is really unimaginable that throughout the ages, those who dared to prepare edicts were all heroes! !
The last person to do this was Cao Cao, but it was also the end of the Han Dynasty, the emperor was young, Dong Zhuo was dictatorial in ruling the court, and he was promiscuous in the harem. Cao Cao planned to summon the heroes of the world to attack Dong Zhuo.
This Li Xiao is so courageous. At this time, the founding emperor, the Supreme Emperor, is still there, and the saints are also talented and wise. Both saints are here, and he actually plans to correct the imperial edict in public!
At this time, the eunuch paused and then said: "The emperor issued an edict. I allow Li Xiao to establish the 'Supreme Temporary Commander-in-Chief of the Ming Dynasty's Reform and Reform' in Fengtian Palace, and make Li Xiao the supreme commander-in-chief. Hundreds of officials will come to the meeting every day." When you go to Hajj, you must obey the orders of the Imperial Master without making any mistakes. I admire this!"
The words fell.
The entire hall was extremely quiet!
It was as if everyone had stopped breathing, and even the sound of a pin falling on the ground could be clearly heard. The silence was terrifying!
Outrageous!
That's outrageous!
In front of all the civil and military officials, he wrote an imperial edict, made himself the supreme commander, and asked all officials to go to the Hajj and obey orders!
How could there be such a ridiculous thing in the world!
This. This is simply treating the civil and military officials of the Nanjing court as fools. Even if everyone comes to live in retirement, they can't be so unscrupulous, right?
a long time.
The entire hall seemed to have fallen from heaven to hell, and then ascended from hell to heaven, and more noisy movements broke out again.
"It's over, it's over! A tycoon has appeared in our Ming Dynasty, and he is unscrupulous. If he is allowed to act recklessly here, the country will be ruined!"
"Li Xiao, everyone respects you and calls you Imperial Master, but you are so bold and prepare an imperial edict in front of us. Do you really think that we are blind and stupid?"
"Li Xiao, you actually imitated Cao Cao and dared to draft an imperial edict. You are not here to change the law. You are here to change the country. You want to make the Ming Dynasty turn into a world with your surname Li. You want to tear apart the earth and seal the king. Monopolize Nanjing, we will not obey until death!!"
All the officials shouted, beat their chests, and some even fell down on the ground, crying and shouting. The scene suddenly became extremely chaotic and uncontrollable.
Opportunity, opportunity, God-given opportunity! ! ! ! !
Among the crowd, Zhao Jingkun, the Minister of War, looked calm but was overjoyed in his heart.
Li Xiao prepared an edict in front of everyone, and this one point was enough to put him in a situation of eternal disaster. He would be captured and killed on the spot. Even the Holy Emperor would not be able to find fault with him.
Even if he really wins the trust of the Holy One, he still has to think carefully about himself.
As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake, but in this city of Nanjing, he has no one to rely on!
If he takes it step by step and plans it slowly, there is nothing he can do against Li Xiao. But if he is so greedy for success and wants to eat a fat man in one bite, he is looking for death!
I really didn’t expect that Li Xiao, the Imperial Master, was nothing more than a loser!
Thinking of this, Zhao Jingkun, Minister of the Ministry of War, pointed angrily at Li Xiao and looked at Huazhong, the left governor of the Nanjing Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, indicating that he could take action.
Hua Zhong's father, named Hua Yunlong, was one of the founding nobles and was named Marquis of Huai'an.
In the seventh year of Hongwu, someone impeached Huai'an Hou Hua Yunlong for living in the mansion of the Yuan Dynasty Prime Minister Tuotuo without authorization, and also enjoying the items in the Yuan Dynasty palace beyond his rank. The court recalled Hua Yunlong, and he died on the way back to Beijing.
And this Huazhong is his son.
However, he was later demoted because he was suspected of poisoning and murdering Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong.
He was also implicated in the Hu Weiyong case and was stripped of his title. However, after the capital was moved, he stayed in Nanjing and held the official position of Governor Zuo. Apparently, there were also people helping the village.
Huazhong shouted loudly and said: "The soldiers obeyed the order, and the imperial master prepared the edict in public. The crime is heinous, let me take it down."
The words fell.
Dong dong dong——
The sound of neat steps came from outside, making the hall rumble, and the sounds of armor and weapons clashing could be heard endlessly.
One hundred armored warriors entered the palace and went straight to Li Xiao.
Upon seeing this, all the officials broke out in cold sweat and retreated to make way.
I didn't expect that there would be such a great show to watch today.
The left governor of Central China was in charge of the 30,000 garrison defense of Nanjing City. These soldiers must have been prepared well in advance.
"Wantless, murdering a national master is a capital crime."
Li Jinglong shouted and waved his hand: "Kill without mercy!"
Dong dong dong——
More soldiers came out from all directions of the hall.
These were Cixi Guard soldiers, wearing silver armor and holding spears. There were more than 300 people approaching. One group of soldiers directly closed the gate of Fengtian Palace.
As soon as the door was closed, everything went dark.
The faces of all the civil and military officials turned pale. They were going to see blood today!
The sound of killing resounded in the main hall. Cixi Guards could withstand the test. Three hundred soldiers surrounded and killed a hundred soldiers in an instant.
Wails continued to be heard, and the civil servants were trembling with fear.
The door of the palace opened again, the light came on, and only the body was left on the ground. Cixi guards took the body off and found long blood stains on the ground. Immediately, a eunuch came in with a mop to wash away the blood.
The left governor, Huazhong, had been captured by Li Jinglong's soldiers and pinned to the ground.
No one among the civil and military officials dared to speak.
"Your Imperial Master, you are simply..." Hua Zhong was about to speak.
There was a "pop" sound,
Li Jinglong threw him a big-eared melon seed with great strength.
He was beaten until his head was buzzing and he was speechless.
Li Jinglong shouted: "Did you let me speak?"
As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet. When Li Jinglong's father, Li Wenzhong, died that year, Huazhong was involved.
Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that Huazhong poisoned Li Wenzhong and ordered the Jinyi Guards to conduct multiple investigations, but nothing was found and the matter was dropped.
Li Jinglong was helpless about this.
But this time he suddenly had such an opportunity, he really couldn't ask for it!
Li Jinglong raised his hands and looked at Li Xiao, and said loudly: "National Preceptor, this Huazhong sent troops into the palace with the intention of killing the Imperial Preceptor and plotting evil in public. How should we deal with it?"
Li Xiao said calmly: "Behead!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole palace was shocked!
Hua Zhong's face changed drastically. He couldn't care so much and shouted: "National Master, I am an official of the imperial court. Even if you want to kill me, I will have to be tried by the three ministers. Your Majesty will decide, what right do you have to kill me!"
Zhao Jingkun, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, also stood up and said loudly: "In Central China, I am the Left Governor of the Fifth Military Governor's Office in Nanjing. He is a first-grade military attache and is awarded General Jinwu. How can you kill him at any time? It is simply lawless!"
"Is this enough?"
Li Xiao took out the sword from his waist and raised his right hand high.
Everyone was stunned and immediately shocked.
But he saw Li Xiao shouting: "Shang Fang's sword, behead first and then play. The superiors will attack the king for being unrighteous, and the subordinates will attack the ministers for being unfaithful. Now there is a rebellious minister in Hua Zhong who wants to kill the life of our master, kill him!"
Everyone looked at it and saw that the sword in Li Xiao's hand was engraved with the four characters "Shang Fang Sword".
When Hua Zhong saw it, his face instantly turned pale, and he thought it was over, it was over, the new official took office and this fire burned on my head.
He no longer dared to speak harshly and shouted: "National Master, spare your life, National Master, please spare your life."
"Quack!"
Hua Zhong didn't say anything. Li Jinglong drew out his sword and slashed at Hua Zhong's neck. He raised the knife and dropped it, causing his head to fall to the ground.
The dignified military attache of the first rank was beheaded in public.
Heads were rolling in the hall, and all the officials were so frightened that they were paralyzed.
And Li Jinglong finally avenged his father's murder.
Zhao Jingkun, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, pointed at Li Xiao with his eyes about to split, and said: "Li Xiao, you are so arrogant. You actually planned to correct the imperial edict in public and killed the imperial officials. We will go to the capital to file a complaint!"
Li Xiao chuckled and asked: "Who said that our country's master prepared an imperial edict?"
Zhao Jingkun did not expect that the other party would be so stubborn, and said angrily: "In full view of everyone, how can you hide it from the public? The imperial edict was clearly written by you, and everyone has seen it."
"Is what you are writing now a false edict?"
Li Xiao looked at the eunuch and ordered: "Show everyone the imperial edict. You will know if it is true or false!"
The eunuch bowed and then presented the imperial edict in front of everyone.
That's right, what Li Xiao wrote was not a false edict at all, but a real edict.
It has the seal of Jade Seal and the seal of Zhongshu Province.
There is also the name that Zhu Yuanzhang personally reviewed with a red pen. The handwriting on it is exactly the three characters "Zhu Yuanzhang".
Everyone was shocked, this is the true decree!
It was a blank imperial edict that Zhu Yuanzhang personally reviewed!
In other words, whatever Li Xiao filled in in this blank imperial edict was true!
Everyone looked at Li Xiao in disbelief.
Not only does he have Shangfang's sword, but he also has a blank imperial edict.
Li Xiao smiled and said, "Who else is going to the capital to file a petition?"
All the officials bowed their heads, but no one dared to answer.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiao smiled slightly. He became famous in one battle today and completely suppressed these people.
Li Xiao continued: "Who else said that this new government office cannot be located in Fengtian Hall?"
Still no one answered, the whole place was silent.
Who dares to jump out and stop it? Isn’t that asking for death?
The fate of Huazhong is to be vigilant and kill one to serve as a warning to others!
What Li Xiao did seemed to remind everyone that the one who did this was the Supreme Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. In those years, countless officials died under Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher knife.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang is old, and now Zhu Yuanzhang’s successor is here, and the Ming Dynasty’s God of Killing Li Xiao comes out
"Since there is no objection, it's good. The new yamen will take effect immediately. All yamen in the imperial court obey the orders of the supreme commander. The orders issued by the commander must be implemented immediately without delay, otherwise they will be executed immediately!"
After finishing speaking, Li Xiao looked at Li Jinglong and said, "Li Jinglong obeys the order."
Li Jinglong cupped his hands and said, "The general will be here."
Li Xiaodao: "Huazhong is dead. Nanjing cannot be without generals for a day. I order you to take over the post in Huazhong immediately, take charge of Nanjing's military defense and 30,000 city defense troops, and guard the safety of Nanjing!"
Li Jinglong said: "The last general takes orders!"
No one dares to stop it anymore.
In an instant, the Nanjing city defense military power fell into the hands of the national division.
All the officials were shocked!
This Li Xiao is really good at not taking action, but when he does, he attacks with thunder, establishes the yamen, takes charge of government affairs, kills the guards, and takes over the military affairs, all in one go!
The eunuch shouted: "Retreat from the court."
"I'll take my leave."
Where did the officials dare to stay? The blood on the ground was not even washed away. They all resigned and fled the hall as if they were running away.
(End of chapter)
