Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 50
After hearing what Liu Jian said, Zhu Houzhao's face darkened a little, and he said, "Mr. Liu Ge, you are not unreasonable. As a veteran minister, how can you not understand the truth?"

"If you think about it carefully, how many people in the court have not been greedy for ink or silver? It is impossible for me to behead every official who is greedy for ink and silver."

"If they are all dead, then my Great Ming Dynasty will not be far from being destroyed."

"You beheaded thousands of people, which has shocked the government and the public. Even my queen mother came to intercede for them. I think this matter will stop here."

Liu Jian nodded slightly, instantly feeling that His Majesty has grown up, this kind of way of governing the country with both kindness and power is a model of contemporary Mingjun.

Of course, His Majesty made him a villain, and he was obliged to do so. Liu Jian understood the principle of being a monarch and ministers since he was a child.

Even when he was preparing to be a villain, he was also prepared for being slaughtered by cultural relic officials.

This time I went to the palace to meet His Majesty alone for this matter. After all, there are many officials under him who are behind the scapegoat.

However, what the emperor said made him realize everything.

Although His Majesty is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he is well versed in the art of being an emperor.At the same time, Liu Jian was also quite pleased. With such a wise emperor in the Ming Dynasty, how could it be no longer powerful in the future?
"Your Majesty is a wise man. I am still in my twilight years, but I still don't have the consciousness of Your Majesty. I really feel ashamed. I am still willing to serve Your Majesty and be a sword in His Majesty's hands."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "My heart is filled with the words of Mr. Youge."

"Although I have pardoned corrupt ministers, those who pervert the law cannot be punished. If we don't kill them, the country will be ruined if things go on like this."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Houzhao waved his hands and said, "You can do it!"

Liu Jian cupped his hands and bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "I obey the order, I will do it now!"

Liu Jian cupped his hands again, bowed to Zhu Houzhao, and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

When Liu Jian had just left, a young eunuch ran over quickly.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager summoned you at the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Please move to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to discuss important matters!"

"The queen mother said something important?"

Zhu Houzhao grumbled, nodded and said, "You will lead the way immediately, and I will go with you."

"According to the order!"

Inside the Cining Palace.

After learning that the emperor handled the matter properly, the queen mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In any dynasty, if there are people who sit on a sedan chair, there are people who carry it. If sitting on a sedan chair is not friendly to carrying a sedan chair, the person who carries the sedan chair will not lift it well. The Empress Dowager knows this truth well.

The only thing she worried about was that if Zhu Houzhao didn't handle it properly and killed all the ministers, the consequences would be unimaginable. If there was a mutiny, the situation would be difficult to control.

But what she didn't expect was that Zhu Houzhao used both kindness and power, which not only deterred other corrupt officials, but also served as a warning to others.

It was Zhu Houzhao's behavior that the queen mother was relieved about, so she told Zhu Houzhao a shocking secret.

Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall.

"The Emperor is here!"

With the sound of the trumpet, Zhu Houzhao soon appeared in the Xuanzheng Hall.

"I have seen my mother, and I don't know if my mother, Xuan Erchen, has come to discuss something important?"

In Zhu Houzhao's recent impression, his mother cared most about his marriage, which is also reasonable.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't want to think about his personal feelings too quickly. After all, he was still a child, and he didn't care much about men and women.

The queen mother took Zhu Houzhao's hand and sat on the chair, and said earnestly, "Zhao'er, I called you here today, just to chat with you."

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, where is this going, what kind of homework is he doing so well?
However, he was still respectful to the Queen Mother, so he asked with a slight smile: "Queen Mother, if you have anything to say, just say it directly."

"Zhao'er, you have grown up, you are no longer the playful you you were when you were a child, you also have your own ideas, after so many things recently, Aijia has also seen that you have great talents, in time , you will surely be able to reproduce the past glory of the Ming Dynasty."

"The queen mother praised it!" Zhu Houzhao said modestly.

The queen mother shook her head, stood up slowly, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Zhao'er, you don't have to be humble. There is nothing better than a mother who knows a child. You are the emperor in Waimi, but you are still a piece of meat that fell from me."

"What kind of person are you, how can a mother not know the truth?"

"Then it will come again. Judging from your handling of corrupt officials, you have done a good job."

"On the one hand, it not only solved the crisis of using silver in the Ming Dynasty, but also dealt with a large number of corrupt officials, without causing turmoil in the court. Just being better, you are enough to be called a good emperor."

"Now, you have mastered the power of the emperor. When you come here today, Aijia wants to tell you something important."

"Important thing?" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help blinking his eyes. When he came here just now, he had thought a lot about the important things the eunuch said, but he never thought of what it was. Now that the Queen Mother is so mysterious, he knew it must be A big deal.

Zhu Houzhao's expression was startled, and he stared closely at the queen mother.

The Empress Dowager calmly waved to the surrounding court ladies and eunuchs, telling them to retreat.

Soon, only Zhu Houzhao and the Queen Mother were left in the room.

The Empress Dowager slowly stood up from the chair, walked to the side of the couch, and reached out to pick up a red box with a handle.

"Zhao'er, kneel down to receive the order!"

"My son accepts the order!"

This method was often used during the reign of Emperor Hongzhi.

Zhu Houzhao knelt down on his knees and took the imperial decree from the Queen Mother.

I saw that the yellowed imperial decree was full of stale atmosphere, but every sentence on it was written very clearly.

Zhu Houzhao can still feel the doting and reluctance of Emperor Hongzhi to him from the inside.

"Zhao'er, when you see this imperial decree, you must be a wise king. This is my confession to your mother. Father is proud of you."

".It's just that Father can't see with his own eyes what you've done for Daming. He can't see you ruling the world and Daming prospering. It's up to you to do it boldly."

"Actually, father wants to leave some brothers and sisters for you, so that you will have someone to talk to, but father is afraid, afraid of dividing your love, and worried that your brothers and sisters will fight for the throne. Brothers killed each other, and in the end, I gave up this idea for my husband."

"In the end, it's up to you to bravely resist this important task."

"Zhao'er, the emperor has been a loner since ancient times. Even though everyone in the world doesn't understand you or understand your heart, you are the only one who can never back down. You will always be your backbone."

"If you shrink back, the Zhu family will be in danger."

"Although father didn't leave some brothers and sisters for you, father left you a reliable team."

"These were carefully selected by your father for you back then, and you can completely trust them."

"On the issue of governing the world, you can ask Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others, Yuhuatian left for you in the inner palace, Cao Zhengchun and others."

"Zhao'er, you must know how to use the art of the emperor to balance the relationship between the cabinet, the east and the west, and the eunuchs. You must not allow one of them to increase their power, otherwise you will not be able to deal with it."

(End of this chapter)