In this world, there is something called momentum.
It is invisible, intangible, and elusive, but it does exist.
Just like Zhu Yuanzhang, many people were already frightened when they saw him, well, maybe it's not called momentum, it's called majesty.
In short, it makes people dare not offend.
In the Zuo Shunmen, there were one eunuch per person, one chair, and Zhu Houzhao dared to face them like this. His aura and composure made many of them feel nervous.
Zhu Houzhao grasped the joints very skillfully. They were angry because of the large-scale transfer of important ministers. This can be interpreted as dissatisfaction with the imperial edict, although the deepest reason was that they felt that the prince was trying to dismantle their power and would not do it now. It's never too late.
Cheng Minzheng still remembers the label the Crown Prince gave him when he gave a lecture in the Wenhua Hall. They are not afraid of death or losing their official positions. They only care about their reputation, but the prince likes to hold on to this.
Three times, two times, two times, three times, he couldn't bear it anymore! Serve the country wholeheartedly, even if you die today, you must speak out!
"Your Highness!" He stood up abruptly and stepped into the Zuoshun Gate. "There is an old saying that the king's learning or not learning is related to the order of the world. The prince's learning or not learning is related to the governance of the future. Chaos! The importance of the crown prince can be known! However, His Royal Highness, he neglects his studies and pays more attention to his ministers. Putting the cart before the horse, how can it be a blessing for the court? A blessing for the people?"
"Cheng Minzheng, you are brave!" Liu Jin was surprised that a minister would say such outrageous words to the prince in full view.
"You are a eunuch, how dare you accuse me!"
Zhu Houzhao sighed. It was probably because Cheng Minzheng was suppressed by him in Beijing and had his reputation plotted against him. This time he was about to make a comeback.
"Your Highness!" Cheng Minzheng still maintained the courtesy of being a minister. "Today, I would like to ask for a meeting with Your Majesty. I would also like to ask, where is Your Majesty now?"
"Father is in the palace."
"Then Your Highness is sitting here to prevent the ministers from seeing you?"
Zhu Houzhao's expression changed, and his words meant that he, the prince, had rebelled.
"Cheng Minzheng, who stopped you? I would like to ask, is there an imperial decree to summon any of your ministers?! If so, I will let you go. If not, you will not call me. Breaking into the palace! You just said that I have to punish the ministers who break into the palace. You, Cheng Minzheng, are also a great scholar who has read poetry and books. For you, I want to punish the ministers who break into the palace. What's wrong with this?!"
Cheng Minzheng let out a loud cry and cried: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty is the next generation of benevolent and filial kings. Your Majesty, Cheng Minzheng and more than a hundred courtiers want to see you today but can't. This is the country's misfortune, the country's misfortune!"
Zhu Houliang understood. It seemed that they just didn't want to talk to him, the prince, today, and they were clamoring to see Emperor Hongzhi. This can be regarded as a lesson learned.
"Liu Jin,"
"My slave is here."
"Go to Qianqing Palace and tell your father exactly what happened here. Please ask for your royal decree. Call a few more people over."
Liu Jin naturally accepted the order and left.
Zhu Houzhao then said to the ministers: "Are you satisfied with this?!"
"I would like to thank His Highness the Crown Prince." Ma Wensheng and Wu Kuan didn't say anything else, and seemed to feel much better. ….
Not long after, the eunuchs called by Liu Jin also arrived, and they all knelt behind Zhu Houzhao.
The prince gently pointed at Cheng Minzheng and said, "Catch him."
"yes."
"Your Highness!" The ministers exclaimed for a moment, and Wu Kuan immediately said: "Your Highness! Cheng Minzheng was a gentleman for a while and was loyal to the country. Why should Your Highness be punished lightly?"
Zhu Houzhao said calmly: "Cheng Min's political speech was out of character. How can he be polite about a gentleman? He cried and said that hundreds of courtiers wanted to see the Holy One but could not. This is contempt for me and slander of me. How often have I stopped you from meeting me?" Have you met the emperor? Cheng Minzheng, tell me for yourself, why did you suddenly shout that you wanted to see the emperor but could not?"
Cheng Minzheng felt his throat was dry. In the situation just now, they couldn't go any further. Wasn't it because the prince said that they didn't have the emperor's decree?
But you can't say that the prince is stopping you
We went in. Firstly, you did not have an imperial edict, and secondly, the prince did not say that you were not allowed to enter today.
Of course, it's also his fault for sitting here, so no one dares to cross easily. There's nothing you can do about it, people dare to sit here.
Move over here and you will shout and shout, but you will not dare to move.
Thinking of this, Cheng Minzheng felt that he could not win the debate with the prince, so he simply broke the jar and said, "Your Highness wants to punish me for my crime! I have nothing to say! But my loyalty to the emperor can be learned from the sun!"
"You all heard it," Zhu Houzhao faced Wu Kuan, "Mr. Wu, you heard it too. Cheng Minzheng dared to say anything that offended me before, but now I ask him to defend himself, but he has nothing to say. Nothing to say ...It’s not that I don’t want him to say it.”
Cheng Minzheng was vomiting blood! Damn it, no matter what you say, you have a back-up!
This is called courtesy.
This group of people just refuses to accept power. Now Zhu Houzhao has a reason to use power and shut all the mouths!
"Take him down! Hand him over to the Ministry of Punishment for questioning on the crime of slandering the East Palace and treason!"
Ma Wensheng and Wu Kuan's hearts trembled. This mother's crime was serious.
"Your Highness!" Grand Sima was so respected that he had to speak at this time, "When did Minister Cheng ever slander His Highness for treason?"
"Did the Grand Sima bully me for not reading enough books? Since ancient times, all powerful ministers would prevent the monarch and his ministers from meeting each other. He, Cheng Minzheng, just got up angrily and asked me if I wanted to prevent the ministers from seeing each other. His words are still ringing in my ears. Grand Sima and the ministers will not Have you forgotten all about it?”
After saying this, Zhu Houzhao looked sternly at the eunuch beside him, "Why are you still standing there?! Take him down!"
"Yes!" These people had never seen this scene before, and when they were scolded by the prince, their voices trembled a little.
So he quickly dragged Cheng Minzheng away.
This guy was still shouting 'Your Majesty,' 'Your Majesty,' along the way!
As soon as these eunuchs left,
Through this left side door, Zhu Houzhao was the only one left on this side of the Forbidden City. Opposite him, more than a hundred people knelt down, and Cheng Minzheng's arrest made them even more angry.
But at this time, the prince just sat like this, and they didn't dare to make any move.
"Who else has a confession to make?"
Although the prince was small, those people were kneeling, so he felt condescending. The words carried the majesty of having just put Cheng Minzheng in jail. ….
No one dared to answer his words.
In fact, it was not the case. The main one who dared to respond felt that... he could not open his mouth again to give the prince a chance. Cheng Minzheng had nothing to say, and he was also charged.
Of course, such thoughts cannot be written down. It was passed down in the harem or written in history books that no one dared to answer the prince's question.
After a while, Liu Jin came over with the imperial edict.
Ma Wensheng and Wu Kuan watched eagerly.
Liu Jin only focused her eyes on the prince until the prince said, "Read it."
He then launched the imperial edict, "I have been entrusted with the imperial decree by heaven and said: I have been in charge of the emperor for eleven years, and I am worthy of the great fortune. I only work hard to govern and handle government affairs. I dare not be a little lax, in order to achieve great governance for the world and live up to the expectations of the late emperor." Entrusted. When I heard that the ministers who were transferred to the Ministry of War, Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Rites, Wu Kuan, and Cheng Minzheng, etc., held the door and fell in front of the gate, they cut off the conscience. I am only short of the capacity to accommodate people? No. I have withdrawn the order, and all officials have returned to their original posts. You will disperse and serve the state affairs without any delay! Your Majesty!"
Just thinking about this imperial edict,
The crowd all shouted, why is this? They were indeed angry because the prince transferred core officials such as Wu Kuan and Zhou Jing, but their ultimate goal was not to transfer their official positions back!
Zhu Houzhao sneered, why isn't it like this? That's it!
You are discussing behind the scenes how to deal a blow to me, the prince, so I will take the first step and transfer some important figures, such as Wu Kuan, Zhou Jing, etc., away.
In the Hongzhi Dynasty, the emperor always discussed the transfer of important ministers, but not this time. So as soon as the imperial edict came out, the ministers would have two thoughts: 1. The prince cannot be allowed to succeed like this. Second, it means that the prince is also scared, otherwise he would not have the idea of sending the person away.
In this case, there will naturally be scenes of ministers crying and admonishing.
But at this time, what if the emperor has a decree to take back his life?
The emperor takes pity on you important ministers, and the virtuous kings who have heard and accepted advice have spread the word. Since ancient times, how many people have opened the mouth of Chrysostom and then taken it back? The emperor has done this for you!
Seriously, is this too much?
Too much!
So if they just retreat, there will be an uproar in the government and the public. Since ancient times, power has been exercised by the superiors. Even if the emperor's transfer is a bit sudden this time, why do you, a group of ministers who claim to be loyal to the emperor, be indignant because of this imperial edict? , and then go to persecute the emperor?
This kind of thing is like forcing the palace, where is the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers? !
Therefore, if you retreat, you will continue to criticize with words and words until you are known as a tough minister and your reputation is ruined! You are still a loyal minister, so loyal!
Why not retreat?
Break in? No, the prince is sitting over there, and if he loses a hair, they have committed the great crime of destroying the nine tribes.
It seems like the only option left is to continue crying?
But the crown prince had already taken action. After hearing the imperial edict, he suddenly became filled with anger and asked extremely sternly: "You claim to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but since ancient times, has any minister forced the emperor and father to do this? Spread the word, father. Where is the majesty of the monarch and the majesty of the court?! Now you gentlemen are worried about your reputation and the consequences after you retreat. You still don't understand your father and still want to make trouble here! What do you want? Do you want this? Isn’t the world no longer surnamed Zhu?”….
Wu Kuan clenched his hands so tightly that his fingers felt like they were embedded in his flesh, but what really hurt was his heart.
All of this is the Crown Prince's fault. Everything they did today not only failed to get the court out of the Crown Prince's control, but also brought more people together because of their disloyal ministers as enemies. Beside the prince.
What is the outcome of the fight in the end?
Not only can’t he keep his official position, but he can’t even keep his reputation.
Ma Wensheng and Wu Kuan can figure this section out.
But there are more than a hundred people here, and they can be as enlightened as Ma and Wu, or in other words, they are not as old as these two people. Those two old men will end their political lives when they end, and go home to take care of themselves. There are more people who still have expectations!
The most important thing is that they don’t have the organizational ability, and their ideological work is not to that extent. The gathering is naturally for righteousness, but it is also for profit.
At this life-or-death moment, you, the leader, want to retreat? When you entered the arena, you said you should wash your hands in a golden basin? Do not make jokes.
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He immediately climbed onto the chair and pointed at the group of ministers who were already a little red-eyed, "I want to see who of you dares today!"
That momentum is really like a king taking over the world!
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