"Your Majesty is as benevolent as heaven, and you can pursue Yao and Shun!"
Zhang Siwei hurriedly flattered.
Zhu Yijun was sitting on the royal couch. After hearing this, he only glanced sideways at Zhang Siwei, and then said: "Therefore, anyone who asks to resign due to old past will not be allowed!"
As Zhu Yijun spoke, he handed Fang Fengshi's resignation letter directly to him: "Take it back yourself and hand it to Zhang Hong. I'll give you a red if you don't approve."
Fang Feng suddenly choked up, took the memorial, and replied: "Yes!"
Zhang Xueyan also looked over eagerly.
Coincidentally, Zhu Yijun also threw his newly written self-defense book over: "Why are you talking so much? Don't I know how difficult it is for you?"
Zhang Xueyan also hurriedly took the memorial, excited, and said yes. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and glanced at Zhang Siwei who was smiling.
As Zhang Siwei watched helplessly, Zhu Yijun threw back to him one by one the memorials that had not been criticized yet regarding Zhang Juzheng's party officials' resignation or self-defense, and flew back like snowflakes.
Zhao Zhigao, who succeeded Zhu Geng as minister of the imperial edict, could only watch this scene helplessly.
The cabinet and Hanlin were originally close ministers of the emperor, and the emperor's secretaries were considered court ministers in the palace. Strictly speaking, they were also internal ministers.
Therefore, unless there is something wrong with their brains, these officials would not dare to disobey the emperor even if they turned their elbows outward, thereby ruining their bright future as close ministers.
Therefore, the only people who could launch a counterattack on behalf of the big bureaucrats and big landowners who opposed the New Deal were officials on the road of speech.
When Zhu Yijun issued an edict of amnesty on the grounds of the birth of the emperor's eldest son, many people in Kedao Yanguan became excited.
However, their excitement is different from that of Zhang Xueyan and other reformist civil servants who were attacked.
Zhang Xueyan and others were excited that the emperor was willing to protect them, would not pursue them, and even continued to use them.
What these officials were excited about was that the emperor was expressing his intention to be a benevolent king, and he did not intend to completely use Legalist ideas to govern the country. This undoubtedly gave them the opportunity to continue to make arbitrary remarks based on the emperor's desire to be a benevolent king. confidence.
It can be said that Zhu Yijun's edict is also a double-edged sword. Although it absolves many reformist civil servants, it also gives these officials the opportunity to make trouble.
"Your Majesty wants to be the Holy Lord and a benevolent king, so we must not live up to the Holy Will. We should criticize the current ills and worry about national affairs!"
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"We can stop hearing about the small mistakes made ten years ago in Wanli, but we must report the big things such as deceiving the emperor and plotting against the barbarians!"
"The Holy Emperor is in charge! Will he still want to kill us because we accuse the traitors in the court for our father?! We have not done anything to deceive the emperor!"
"What's more, if we don't let His Majesty know our loyalty, how can we treat the mighty Emperor's favor?"
In the melodious hall of the Sheng Guan, Yushi Jiang Dongzhi, after learning about the edict from Liu Ke, started talking to Yushi Yang Keli, Yang Sizhi, and officials from the Six Departments such as Gu Xiancheng and Li Sancai.
"That's right!"
"If Your Majesty really wants to talk about benevolence only to the ministers and ministers and not to the officials, I am afraid that the ministers and ministers will not be neutral, and we will die for speaking out in front of our eyes, which will greatly damage your majesty's sanctity. And they will also get the reputation of disloyalty and flattery in addition to the corpse position!"
Gu Xiancheng also said something at this time.
Li Sancai also sneered and said: "In addition, now is not the time to die down, it is the right time to go all out, because according to the Sixth Section, many remnants of the Zhang Party have begun to show their cowardice, resigned from Shangshu, and some have even defected directly... So , if you want to find a few treacherous and evil things that can continue to be impeached, it’s not that hard to find!”
Jiang Dongzhi and other officials became more arrogant due to the words of Gu Xiancheng and Li Sancai, so they continued to criticize and impeach the reformist officials.
Candlelight flickers in the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.
"Thousands of Hulu sneaked into the pass?"
What Zhu Yijun received here first was not a memorial from officials continuing to impeach reformist officials, but an urgent military intelligence report.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun stood up directly from the Zhangzou Pavilion surrounded by high walls and told Zhang Hong, the Supervisor of Ceremonies: "When the quasi-cabinet vote is drawn up, regardless of the crimes of Zhang Jiayin, the governor of Jiliao, and Ma Jin, the commander-in-chief. I am grateful for your meritorious service, find these barbarians as soon as possible, and annihilate them!"
After saying that, Zhu Yijun added: "In addition, let the Jinyi guards find out who allowed these thousands of Hulu to sneak into the pass."
"According to the order!"
Although Zhu Yijun did not pursue Zhang Jiayin and Ma Jin's crimes, in mid-December of the 10th year of Wanli, he received a memorial from Chen Yujiao impeaching Zhang Jiayin and Ma Jin for bringing the invaders into the customs.
Zhu Yijun immediately darkened his face after seeing it, and asked Zhang Siwei and others in the Imperial Palace: "How did the Metropolitan Procuratorate know about the important military matters of the Privy Council so quickly? They also detained a border minister and a general to lead the bandits. hat of!"
"Listen to what he wants, can these thousands of barbarians who migrated into the pass be enough to destroy our Ming Dynasty?! He Zhang Jiayin and Ma Jin want to rebel, why bother to raise 100,000 soldiers from Jiliao to Qingjun's side!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"I also feel that what I have said is not appropriate, so I have drafted some instructions and ordered the Jinyi Guards to ask this person how he knew about the Privy Council's military aircraft."
Zhang Siwei responded at this time.
Zhu Yijun nodded, said nothing more, and just continued to flip through the ink book.
As a result, after Zhu Yijun saw this ink book, he couldn't help but frowned again: "Fujian Governor Jin Xuezeng colluded with pirates, demanded bribes to barge ships, and bribed internal eunuchs to share the stolen goods, in order to commit treason?"
"This is what Yang Keli, the censor, wrote, and what the ministers drafted is: the trade system has not been established, and whether the barbarian ships coming to China are bandits or merchants has not yet been determined! Jin Xue was once the governor, patrolling on behalf of the emperor, recruiting pirates or destroying pirates. Yes, you can even regard it as a merchant ship and allow it to be used for navigation and trade, just let it be cheap!"
"The so-called bribery of the eunuchs to share the spoils is probably to return the silver tributes from the robbed overseas vassals that were originally managed by the eunuchs, which is appropriate."
"Rather than asking for bribes from Xiyi, it is better to say that Jin Xuezeng is collecting taxes! It's just that we haven't decided how to divide this tax yet!"
"But Yang Keli, knowing clearly that these things were caused by the lack of establishment of the system, yet framed and framed the governor here, must be punished!"
Zhang Siwei hurriedly raised his hands and said yes.
"Shen Shixing once bribed Zhai Rujing, the official of Jinyiweitang, in order to steal love, and intended to murder your father!"
Zhu Yijun continued to read, but then he saw Yang Sizhi, the censor, digging out the story of Shen Shixing's friendship with the official of the Jinyi Guards Hall, and asked Shen Shixing: "What's going on?"
Shen Shixing hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. At that time, I was worried that Jin Yiwei would not know the master's true feelings and directly kill the official who wanted to seize love with a stick, which would intensify the fight for love. Therefore, I bribed Tishuai to let him know his intention. I am willing to accept the favor." This crime, but it is said that I used it to plot rebellion, I am really unjust!"
Zhang Siwei also said: "This memorial involves cabinet ministers, so the cabinet did not dare to vote on it."
"It is indeed a taboo to make friends with ministers, but this is a long-standing evil. Your original intention is to be benevolent to me. I will forgive you once. I will only take away your position of young master and continue to serve in the cabinet. This will not happen again."
Zhu Yijun started talking here and said: "It's time for the imperial censor to commend him once, but he must explain that in the future, he should not exaggerate. Bribing ministers is bribing ministers. What does it involve treason?"
"According to this, my father and husband must also be questioned. After all, the minister was one of the ministers at that time. When the leader is weak and the country is in doubt, these things are inevitable, but to use this to cause trouble is undoubtedly ignorant of the general situation! "
"According to the order!"
Zhu Yijun then said: "As for Chen Yujiao and Yang Keli just now, these two people are very ignorant. One is trying to impeach the ministers and generals for rebellion when the actual situation is unknown, and the other is not clear about the system. Under extenuating circumstances, he also framed the governor's ministers. Chen Yujiao went to the Jinyi Guard Prison to scrutinize how he knew the secrets of the military. He demoted Yang Keli from the capital as a lesson! If he does this again, he will be severely punished. !”
Zhu Yijun's handling was very inconsistent with the wishes of the officials.
"The law cannot be lenient. Your Majesty cannot be very protective of you just because you are the governor of the border generals and palace ministers, but be very harsh on your officials!"
Yang Keli was most dissatisfied with this.
Historically, he was good at making things out of nothing and taking advantage of opportunities to make money. Together with Jiang Dongzhi and Li Zhi, he was one of the most powerful officials who formed a party to overthrow Zhang Doushen after Zhang Juzheng died and became the leader of the country. In this life, because of his decision to impeach Ma Jin had asked for a bribe from him before, but the bribe failed, so he became even more resentful. Seeing that the impeachment had indeed failed to work, he began to criticize him.
