In the past, there were questions about the succession but not heirs, and now there are suspicions about forcing the palace.
Yang Tinghe felt cold all over.
When the emperor checks the accounts, he is just fishing!
To get rid of the current situation where the ministers are criticizing, we should reduce the major issues to the trivial ones and save some people first.
If you insist on liquidating certain traitors, you can be labeled as someone who forced you into the palace.
The emperor was not ready to light the fire yet, so why did the ministers insist on cleaning the court with open fire?
The first one to speak out was Zhang Jiuxu, who immediately burst into tears: "I am dedicated to serving the country. Your Majesty's words are chilling!"
Zhu Houxun ignored him and looked at Yang Tinghe and asked: "Mr. Yang Ge, I think what the court needs at this time is stability, not turmoil. What do you think?"
Yang Tinghe still didn't understand that the emperor was already favoring Wang Qiong. He also knelt down and cried: "Every official can judge the sins of Wang Qiong and others. Your Majesty should make a clear judgment. I really pray for the Ming Dynasty." , why force Gong Yi to talk?"
"What I said makes no sense?" Zhu Houcong asked, "Does it mean that if we don't punish each other for a while because of this group of people, the world will not return? The Ming Dynasty will be destroyed soon?"
"Every matter I impeached Wang Qiong has solid evidence. How can it be an unwarranted criticism?" Yang Tinghe was very sad and angry, and why did he characterize this matter as a mutual criticism.
"As for the impeachment of Luo Zhi, the party member and his friend who committed adultery, do I have to handle the case on the spot? Is there any solid evidence from Wang Shangshu? Who should be summoned for questioning?" Zhu Houcong retorted, "Everyone impeached in this batch of memorials is today. Hasn’t everything been done? This is my team of court officials, do you want me to face a turbulent transition of the court as soon as I take over?"
Wang Qiong immediately answered: "Your Majesty, look at how many people are echoing and criticizing the ministers at this time, this is solid evidence! Four of the six ministers were removed, and the censor Zuodu of the Supervisory Academy was also among them. Among the five high-ranking nine ministers, only From now on, these supportive people have been promoted.”
"Wang Qiong!" Yang Tinghe looked at him angrily, "You are so cruel! Anyone who thinks you are guilty is a party member? Why don't you ask yourself whether the crime is unforgivable and everyone knows it?"
After he finished speaking, he faced Zhu Houcong and said with excitement: "Your Majesty has asked those who are at odds with Wang Qiong to stand up, and since I have stood up, Your Majesty will still keep the treacherous villain in the court temporarily. I ask Your Majesty to allow me to retire and return to my hometown." !”
What you said are irreconcilable!
Since Yang Tinghe stood up and launched a general attack on Wang Qiong, he must not retreat at this moment. There must be a result.
By taking the lead, he showed that those who were "incompatible" with Wang Qiong would naturally have to imitate him.
Zhu Houcong finally saw the large-scale threat of resignation. He nodded: "Huang Jin, is everything recorded?"
Yang Tinghe looked up in shock and saw Huang Jin sitting in front of him behind a small desk, holding a pen in his hand.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, everything has been recorded."
Zhu Houcong nodded: "I have established a new department in the clerk's office, called the Internal Affairs Department. From now on, I will send people to record the important matters in the records. From now on, I will send people to record the important matters. Among them, resignation is also important. One thing. Today I am paying my first visit to the court and telling you my rules."
"Wherever you are appointed, it is based on trust. It doesn't matter if you object to my decision. Opposition is just an expression of attitude on certain matters. Since everything is decided by me, you naturally have no responsibility if your objections are fruitless. But it is expressed by asking for resignation. I don’t like it very much if you object, it’s a betrayal of my trust.”
"If you resign because of your objections, I will not persuade you to stay. I will only let it be recorded. But you can do it once but not again. If you resign because of your objections three times, it will be directly considered."
Zhu Houcong was a little angry before, but now he laughed: "Now let me make it clear again: before the first year of Jiajing, there was no need to go to war and dismiss important ministers. We will discuss the specific matters one by one when we discuss the specific matters one by one. There are people who have committed unforgivable crimes. It’s not that I won’t deal with them, but I can’t deal with them all at once.”
He became a little more serious: "The official position in the Ministry of Civil Affairs is high and powerful. I will ask people to investigate the crimes accused by Mr. Yang Ge first. Only what I have in my own hands can be called real evidence. Before that, I will not go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for impeachment. Such an important position as the Great Heavenly Official. Who else wants to resign again to oppose my decision? I will ask you twice!"
I have already said it once, three times to express my opposition by resigning, and just get out.
Huang Jin only felt that the pen in his hand was of great weight. He looked at Yang Ting and them from a distance: Is it surprising? Shocked or not?
Everyone clearly knew Zhu Houcong's current attitude, and Yang Tinghe felt very aggrieved.
Does he really want to cut through the chaos quickly and expel all the dissidents in the DPRK, but he always raises objections and holds back. When can many things be done?
This new king is so experienced that he does not look like a fifteen-year-old boy. How did he, who has never been trained in the imperial mind, become so skilled at the art of confusing different opinions?
The first time I visited the court, the first major event was actually based on the large number of memorials that had been left in the school for several days and the memorials that hundreds of officials had submitted due to suspicion in the past few days.
Some statistics were made from it, and we came to the conclusion that there is not a single good person in the whole DPRK, which is obviously "not true", and then supported the judgment that this was a mutual attack between the DPRK and China.
Since it is just a criticism, there is a reason not to deal with anyone for the time being.
When it comes to big purges and forced uterus, he is more skillful than an official who has been advocating for many years.
In the end, even asking for resignation set a new rule.
And it’s not that the traitorous officials won’t be dealt with, but if they don’t want to be dealt with together, why didn’t they make it clear the first time?
This is the first time that he has resigned due to opposition, so it is recorded in the record. Isn’t this a lie?
Are you going to lie to me, an old minister, like this?
He, Yang Tinghe, didn't get any of the "trust" and "attention" he wanted from this court meeting. Instead, what he gained was the momentum of suppression.
Yang Tinghe really wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of being the first minister of the new dynasty to do something new. The emperor's recognition of many new policy principles in the imperial edict a few days ago also gave him hope.
As a result, the first thing Yumen listened to was that he had different opinions on how to get rid of the traitorous villain.
But the arrow had been fired, and His Majesty asked Yang Tinghe his opinion by name. How could he not stand up and express his opinion?
For a moment, Yang Tinghe had the idea of retiring, but he was still unwilling to do so.
This new king cannot speculate based on common sense. What if he makes mistakes and takes advantage of Yang Ting and Liwei like he did with the imperial edict before?
The arrogant young man probably wouldn't think what would happen to the court without him, Yang Ting, and a group of people. How could he be afraid of turmoil in the court? He was afraid that the turmoil in the court would be caused by Yang Tinghe's wishes, not his.
Fortunately, it was also said that if someone is involved in the specific matter discussed later, the crime can be discussed again.
Yang Tinghe kept in mind his new mission of "holding this young dragon" and returned to the side.
Zhu Houcong asked twice again, but no one was standing in the middle.
The bodies are very honest, and they may also know in their minds that it is impossible to impeach so many important officials in one go.
Wang Qiong has also been expressed by the emperor and will be investigated by others. This is considered a step forward.
Yang Tinghe's face was gloomy, but at this moment Liang Chu asked: "Does my resignation due to self-defense count?"
Zhu Houcong nodded: "If you defend yourself, you will defend yourself. Whatever you do if you resign, it will naturally count."
"I understand." Liang Chu breathed a sigh of relief, and then said righteously, "I do not accept the accusation of being a traitor to power."
Anyway, he is seventy years old, how long can he stay in the court?
There are two left, and I don’t know if I can use them all before I really get out.
When he said this, it was certainly a bit of "relying on the old and making jokes", but he was helping Zhu Houxun set the rules.
With this confirmation, the seriousness of the resignation was established.
Of course, this deliberate confirmation also confirmed his character of being a "powerful traitor" in the minds of some people.
It's just that what he echoes is the emperor himself, that is "loyalty".
Liang Chu, who became the chief minister during the period of Yang Ting and Ding You, was actually the actual chief minister at this time, because Yang Tinghe returned to the cabinet when he became the chief minister.
But Liang Chu, who had always expressed some opinions on various major issues, would eventually give in. At this moment, his "good old guy" slickness was fully revealed.
After Liang Chu's gag ended, Yang Tinghe immediately stood up and asked in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has established a new Internal Affairs Department in the Clerk's Office of the Secretary of Ceremonies. This move is against the old system. Doesn't it mean that the internal affairs department has been established to monitor hundreds of officials? If Your Majesty just It is necessary to record the important attitudes in the memorials of the ministers so that they can be compared in the future when something happens. This matter should be based on the old practice of living notes. I request your majesty to set up this department under the general affairs department and order the Hanlin Academy to reinstate the living notes. In the pavilion, Hanlin bachelors took turns serving as court secretaries, and were respectively responsible for recording the court official's memorials and the emperor's questions and answers."
He had to stand up and question this matter.
This has nothing to do with the right to speak. He wants to fight for this matter on behalf of the foreign ministers.
How can we put new shackles outside Dongchang? Are ministers responsible for taking quotes out of context from the memorial?
