eldest son of Ming dynasty

In October of the tenth year of Zhengde, Yang Yiqing, the head of the cabinet, entered the palace and remonstrated with the emperor. He asked Zhang Cong to be dismissed and refuted his remarks.

The emperor forbids.

So things started to ferment.

After the incident spread, the whole court was in an uproar, and all the ministers sent memorials to the palace one after another, either to see the emperor or to hold an early court meeting to discuss the matter.

Some ministers even directly stated in the memorial: At the beginning of his coming to the throne, His Majesty lectured on moral cultivation, respected heaven and worked hard for the people, and knew everything. Everyone in the world thought that the rule of Yao and Shun could be just around the corner.However, in recent years, it is not a good thing to see the court gradually later, or to be several feet taller every day.

This means directly using Zhu Houzhao to prevent him from going to court to cause trouble.

In fact, after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the early dynasty has become a ritual and a symbol of diligence. How can so many people talk about serious things?

Moreover, in a place as big as Qianqing Palace, there can only be a few people standing there.

The general assembly handles small things, and the small assembly handles big things. That’s how it is.This time I was in a hurry, and just wanted to meet the emperor together.

Not only that, Zhang Cong also began to be criticized because of his poor popularity.

Zhu Houzhao opened a book and said that he was "arrogant and wanton, allowing his relatives to seize people's fields and houses".No one knows about this kind of thing, anyway, it is rumored.It is not impossible for someone to come out and say that he is a relative of Zhang Cong, and then behave randomly.

I put down one book and opened another, and the whole article was full of scolding Zhang Cong for "luring the emperor for profit and having evil intentions."

He also said that "Your Majesty lives in the ninth level, and all ministers who speak out are afraid of sin and remain silent". He hoped that the emperor could "return to the dynasty and stay away from evil people."

Snapped!
You Zhi on the side was frightened.

The emperor angrily pushed down all the memorials and said, "I won't read them anymore! Take them all away!"

"Hurry up," You Zhi tilted his head slightly to the back and asked several servants to tidy up the place. Body. Besides, it has been approved for two hours, so if I just let it go, nothing big will happen."

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his eyebrows and said, "You Zhi, do you think I sometimes treat them too kindly, so that they dare to speak at will, even if they don't have the guts to say anything, they dare to submit it to the emperor!"

"Your Majesty... is naturally kind and kind. This servant is your Majesty, and perhaps he has a more lenient approach to his words. Most of the time, he does not criticize his ministers verbally, so that they become more and more emboldened."

It is possible, because Zhu Houzhao was not the real emperor after all.

If he contradicts someone or says something unpleasant, he will not fall out immediately.This was brought about by his previous life. He always felt that if he just talked about it, what could he do?

In fact, in court life, saying the wrong word to the emperor could cause your head to fall off.

But there's nothing we can do about it, it's just out of habit, and it's pointless to dwell on it at this moment.

"You collect all these memorials and send them to the attendant's room, let them identify them, and pick out the ones that have nothing to do with Zhang Cong. I won't read the others!"

"Yes, the slaves obey the order."

"Also, I have issued a decree and summoned Zhang Cong to the palace tomorrow to give a report. I will not see any of the others!"

Who doesn't know how to make people angry? I'll make you fucking angry.

"That's it for today." Zhu Houzhao pointed to this large stall, "You order people to clean it up. I will go to Kunning Palace."

I stopped watching and went to the harem to relax.

Without the emperor's will, no matter how fiercely scolded these memorials were, how could anyone take it upon themselves to arrest Zhang Cong?

He is not a young and weak leader, and dozens or hundreds of officials want to scare him by making a little noise?
how can that be.

Even if all these people resigned from office, Zhu Houzhao would not be afraid.

Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the officials until there were not enough, but he was fine.

His past life experience told him that the most important person in the bureaucracy must be the affairs officer, who is the person who handles specific tasks. The leader is useful, but it is okay to lack the leader for a period of time, but the people below to do things cannot be missing.

These people are not very prominent people and will not give up their official positions easily.

There are only those Qingliu who can't do anything specific and feel that they can't survive without him.

Anyway, he was well prepared for this.

And it's possible.

Historically, when Liu Jin brought trouble to the imperial court, many ministers left in anger. Now everyone thinks that Zhang Cong is a treacherous man who deceived the emperor. If the emperor never listens to the advice, then some ministers will probably submit their resignations as a token of their will. determination.It doesn't matter, he will summon Zhang Cong now and see what these people can do if he refuses to agree!

In the attendant's room, Jin Gui was anxious, while Xie Pi and Jing Yang were a little uneasy. They were both still young and had never seen such a flood of memorials.

As a result, the emperor gave him two lessons.

"If the court is in turmoil, I will be there to support you. Why are you panicking?" Zhu Houzhao said rudely, "If you want to join this group of people to admonish me, accept this attitude as soon as possible, or you will abandon your official position." Go to No. 1, otherwise you can do things in peace. I, the emperor, am still afraid of this?!"

"I dare not wait!"

"Get up and go to work."

"According to the order."

Zhu Houzhao pinched his waist and paced back and forth quickly. After thinking about it, he decided that it would be better to wait until he saw Zhang Cong tomorrow.

Of course Zhang Cong himself knew the impact of the memorial, but he also knew that Emperor Zhengde was not an ordinary weak leader, and a few impeachment memorials could not kill him.

But that doesn't mean everything will be fine next.

In fact, it has only just begun.

The emperor proposed exemptions and exemptions, which was a goal, not a measure.

Why did this target come to him?

Why not find someone else?
Because the emperor only supports it and issues orders like "no matter what", this cannot be done.

Under this goal, you must have specific measures, or at least a rough direction.

He needs to provide this part of the content.

That's why he went to him instead of anyone else, because the emperor believed he could do it.

So after hearing the decree that he should be sent to the palace to see him, Zhang Cong suddenly became nervous.

When he meets you tomorrow, he must tell you one, two, three, and then the emperor makes a decisive decision: Okay, let's do it like this!No matter how difficult it is, even if you have to fight your way out, you will go for this goal anyway!
This is what a job looks like.

But Zhang Cong actually felt strange in his heart.

Why did the emperor believe that Zhang Cong could accomplish such a big thing?Of course this thought was just a passing thought.

This is where Zhu Houzhao's prophetic memory helps, because Zhang Cong was later evaluated as not only a politician, but also a reformer and a very capable chief minister of the Ming generation!
"History of the Ming Dynasty" records about him: Qi Zhuangtian, a Qingxun, left the world to guard the ministers, and they were all exhausted one after another, all due to his strength.

In other words, it’s all his fault!
Basically, it can be said that in this era and in this kind of difficult government affairs, if Zhang Cong can't do it, then looking for someone else is just trying his luck.

The next day, the streets of the capital were as usual, and order was still there, but there was an undercurrent. Many people were passing news to each other in private, and each family would send people to keep an eye on the palace gates.

Of course, it was inevitable to know that Zhang Cong had entered the palace, and the scene of him walking slowly in red robe was the only thing that many people hated.

The emperor still summoned him!

And in the palace,

Zhu Houzhao gave Zhang Cong a seat, as if he had made him a confidant.

"Today I have summoned my beloved. I will not talk about anything inside or outside the palace. I will only talk about one thing, how to do it."

Zhang Cong came prepared. He took something out of his sleeve, "After Your Majesty told me that day, I have been thinking hard day and night. Over the past few days, I have gained something. Today I would like to present it to the emperor for his royal viewing." "

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Houzhao's face tightened.

"First, establish laws and regulations. As I said before, if you want to remove the preferential exemptions, you must clear the acres of land, and clearing the acres of land is an eternally difficult task. Therefore, the court must issue an order to clear the land, forcing officials from various places to cooperate, and the scope of the clearing must be clear. , methods, procedures and responsible persons.”

Zhu Houzhao always used the word "responsible person" to scare people, but now these people can also use it.

"Well, what's next?"

"Two, appoint personnel..."