Today's court meeting is destined to cause upheaval. When the emperor was angry, Jin Yiwei, Teng Xiangwei and other close troops came out together and dragged down all the shouting officials mercilessly. Many seats were suddenly vacant in the hall, and the remaining civil and military ministers stood scattered in the rather cold Fengtian Hall, not even daring to breathe.
"Boss." Lao Zhu spoke again leisurely. "The reform of the imperial examination system cannot be delayed without delay."
"Our Ming Dynasty is in urgent need of a large number of talents. You must achieve good results in this scientific examination and select outstanding scholars to fill the positions of those silverfish you just brought."
"Yes." Zhu Biao nodded.
"Let me say it again in front of you. The Ming Dynasty is different from the former Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, we will never allow parties to form selfish interests, fabricate criticisms, and exclude dissidents like the former Song Dynasty."
"What we want is a man who can help us, build a larger territory for our Han family, and create unprecedented and unparalleled achievements!"
"Instead of being a villain who only cares about the gains and losses of one family, sows discord in front of us and instigates internal strife."
"If there are still such stupid officials, you should be removed from office as soon as possible! Don't wait until we find out about your corruption and bribery, and make you a fool and hang you up on the city gate tower."
"We are not afraid of killing the entire imperial court... What we want is that everyone in the imperial court can think in the same direction and work hard in the same direction. If anyone dares to stumble or shoot cold arrows at the officials and soldiers who are dedicated to pioneering, we are here today. Here are some words of advice, but first think about whether the swords and guns in the hands of our Ming army generals are sharp enough!"
"We will never forgive anyone who commits a crime, do you understand?"
"...I understand, I understand..." The officials were sweating profusely.
"Quit the court!" Lao Zhu waved his sleeves, and the officials hurriedly saluted and left the hall one by one as if they had been granted amnesty. As he retreated, he was still wiping the sweat with his sleeves, still terrified.
Since the founding of the dynasty, this is the first time that so many officials have been imprisoned at one time during a dynasty meeting. Even when the empty seal case occurred in the past, there was no such situation.
This group of people only felt that the sky was covered with clouds, and the Ming court was indeed no longer the same as before.
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"Father, in the past few days, many high-ranking officials in the court have been imprisoned. The Duke Yansheng's palace slandered the prince, formed a clique for personal gain, criticized the state affairs, and was deprived of his title. The Kong family of Nanzong is now running around, presumably because he wants to inherit this Yansheng The title of Duke. But now the capital is in chaos, there are Tiqi everywhere, everyone is in danger, but no one has the mind to pay attention to them. "
"Alas, those officials are too courageous. With just a little investigation, the Jinyiwei found out nearly a hundred major corruption cases... The skinned and stripped corrupt officials hanging on the official road outside Yingtian City were actually It stretches for dozens of miles. There are even some bitter scholars who wrote poems in memory of them, saying that this dynasty is crueler and crueler than all previous dynasties."
"What about the people? How did they react?"
"The common people didn't react much, but some were happy. I even heard that some common people had a conflict with the mourning scholar on the spot."
Zhu Su smiled when he heard this: "That's okay. A few sour poems can't damage my father's reputation among the people, and the people have their own reputation. The so-called water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Now this water refers to ordinary people. It has long been nothing to do with those literati and gentry. Those literati and gentry have always only known their own interests and did not know about the survival of the country. When gold comes, gold will be reduced, and when yuan comes, yuan will be reduced. They are used to bullying the weak and fearing the strong. As long as the Ming Dynasty has the advantage of the military, they will not Dare to move even half a cent on the bright side."
"On the contrary, those people in the head of Guizhou, if there are too many corrupt officials, they will have no way of survival. At that time, even if a knife and an ax are pressed against their necks, they will have to fight hard to touch them. These people are the foundation that we must protect."
In the Qianqing Palace, beside the window, Zhu Su was holding a bamboo tube with cotton thread attached, and spoke feebly to the bamboo tube in the moonlight. At the far end of the window, Zhu Fan was sitting by the garden holding another bamboo tube, chatting with Zhu Su through the bamboo tube. He was excellent in physics, and that day he came up with the idea of using bamboo tubes to connect cotton threads to make a simple conversation device, which could be used to convey messages to Zhu Su and Queen Ma in the Qianqing Palace.
In this way, you can have a conversation from a distance and know the situation in the palace, without having to worry about getting sick due to being too close.
"It's just that this major case has affected too many people." Zhu Fan said. "In front of the court meeting, many people were imprisoned on the first day, and many more were bitten on the second day. On the third day, some officials who had just filled their positions and entered the court were imprisoned after just one court appearance. Nowadays, when officials in the capital go to court, it is like parting from life or death, and many families, old and young, hug each other and cry at the gate of the palace, as if they were going to the execution ground."
"Just for being able to go to court safely, some court officials were overjoyed and celebrated with their crowns. They even served wine in the building to celebrate that today's court meeting was safely passed... Alas, this situation is really too much. This matter is This will be recorded in the history books, and I am afraid that my father will be known as a tyrant in future generations."
"..." Zhu Su was silent. Unexpectedly, he had taken all precautions, but this situation eventually happened. In the past, Lao Zhu was involved in the Hu Weiyong and Kongyin cases. In view of the fact that Dingkou was rare in the Ming Dynasty and there were no officials to be replaced, he, Empress Ma and Zhu Biao all urged Lao Zhu not to spread too much influence, and punish the crime with punishment. Punishment and distribution are appropriate.
Perhaps Lao Zhu himself was thinking about his posthumous reputation, or wanted to accumulate some bad virtues. Therefore, in the more than ten years since the founding of the country, Lao Zhu's famous "Nine Tribes Warning" in history rarely happened. Even if some of the nine tribes are affected, they are rarely killed all at once.
But he didn't expect that he and Queen Ma were trapped in Qianqing Palace due to vaccination, and Lao Zhu actually started killing outside, regaining his reputation as the tyrant who brutally killed Emperor Hongwu. But Zhu Su just sighed at this. Today is different from the past. Everything is ready for the reform of the imperial examination system. Soon, a large number of pragmatic officials nourished by the new learning will fill the court.
At this time, Lao Zhu killed all the demons and monsters in the court. Not only was it harmless, but it could actually make room for the new students.
If those cancerous tumors are removed and fresh blood is added, the operation of the Ming Dynasty's state machine will only become smoother and smoother.
Who makes those people always stubborn and holding back Ming Dynasty for their own interests? If Lao Zhu is not killed at this time, if Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiongying are left to their own devices, it will be even more difficult to eliminate them when the time comes. Rather than doing this, it would be better for Ren Lao Zhu to kill them all at once this time.
Now that I think about it, Lao Zhu didn't care about his posthumous reputation, and Zhu Xiongying has gradually improved, and he no longer needs to worry about the so-called destiny of God taking away his relatives and grandchildren because of his excessive bloodthirsty. Even so, what's there to be soft-hearted about? Just let go and chop away, and completely remove these thorns for future generations.
As for Zhu Su, he also hopes that the Ming Dynasty will be able to unite as one from now on.
Hearing that there was not much surprise or worry in Zhu Su's tone, Zhu Fan was quite surprised: "Lao Wu, listening to your tone, could I have known that there would be such a result?"
"How did you expect this? Why don't you tell me about it? Third brother also wants to know how many secrets you have?"
Zhu Su hesitated when he heard the words, and could only laugh and said: "Third brother is joking, I don't have any secrets... By the way, I heard that the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Jiang Wei, went to check on the Kong family in person?"
"Did he find out any clues? Is anyone in the Kong family related to this smallpox?"
(End of chapter)
