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Haha, get rid of the court promotion and drawing lots that these civil servants want. I just want Wen Tiren to form a cabinet so that he can promote fiscal and taxation reforms without restrictions.

Hu Guang thought like this, he was not afraid of being ignored by Wen Tiren. After all, the cabinet list proposed by Wen Tiren still needs his final approval. Moreover, in the power structure of the empire, the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies are on separate sides. The most important thing is that the final personnel decision-making power still lies in the hands of the emperor.

This is actually somewhat similar to the practice of later generations, but there are differences. Wen Tiren proposed goals, or campaign promises, and formed a cabinet to serve this goal. Unlike later generations, the object of this promise was the emperor. Similar practices have actually happened several times in history, but Hu Guang explicitly asked Wen Tiren to nominate the cabinet list, which is slightly different.

After he made this announcement, he immediately received Wen Tiren's achievement points. At the same time, he saw an expression of surprise and joy on Wen Tiren's face, which was obviously beyond his expectation. I saw that he ignored the "buzzing" sound made by his colleagues in low voices, and immediately responded loudly to the order: "I obey the order!"

At this moment, his heart felt very warm. He did not expect that those people had done so many things, attacked each other, and fought for the position of chief assistant, so easily fell on him. More importantly, he will have the power to recommend cabinet ministers. It can be seen from this that the emperor attaches great importance to him, which is unprecedented in all dynasties. This is the greatest trust. A scholar dying for his confidant is a reflection of his mood at this time.

The other civil and military officials were also shocked. After they recovered, they all wanted to go out and attack Wen Tiren without using winks or other methods to contact his accomplices. After all, the emperor's golden words cannot be rejected directly in person. Only by attacking Wen Tiren's lack of qualifications can the emperor change his mind.

However, at this moment, the quiet whip sounded again. This time, the quiet whip had to be beaten for a while to calm down the commotion of the civil and military officials and make the square quiet again.

Hu Guang had long known that many of the thousands of officials would be unwilling to do so. He immediately said loudly and coldly: "I said yesterday that I would like you to help me make suggestions so that the imperial court can have money to serve the world. Work hard. But as for you, you either just want to be the chief assistant, or you just want to send an extra person. Do you know about the severe drought in Shaanxi and the floods along the coast?"

"In the coming years of the Ming Dynasty, the drought will be more severe, the weather will be colder, and the areas where food harvest will be poor will be more. Under such circumstances, if the court does not play its role in building basic water conservancy and properly arranging the victims, you can know that the situation will evolve into how?"

As the emperor, Hu Guang could predict the disaster of the Little Ice Age in advance. Even if it turned out not to be the case, these officials could not do anything. At most, they thought the emperor was intimidating them. Instead, after slowly verifying it later, he will change his attitude and think that the emperor is indeed wise and powerful. This may be the advantage of future generations who travel through time and become emperors!

After Hu Guang said this, he slowly glanced at the courtiers below again. Seeing that they were all listening to his speech, he shouted angrily: "The ancients laughed at the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty who lived drunkenly and dreamily, calling Hangzhou Bianzhou. I see that you are all the same. They cannot recognize the seriousness of the current situation, or even if they do, they do not take it seriously, thinking that if they are rich and powerful, they will not care about the floods in the world!"

These words were so serious that thousands of civil and military officials had to kneel down to bear the king's wrath. Anyone who stands there shamelessly will definitely run the risk of being killed as a warning to others. Moreover, Confucianism advocates: if the king worries about the humiliation of his ministers, he will die if he humiliates his ministers. No matter whether these ministers have this in mind or not, they are just trying to show off on the surface.

Hu Guang watched them all kneel down, but he sneered in his heart. If these ministers were really so docile, then the Ming Dynasty would not be dead. Who knows what Xiao Jiujiu is beating in their stomachs.

The cold wind was howling in the square, or maybe it had been a while, and some people were already turning blue from the cold. But at this moment, no one dared to speak.

Hu Guang paused for a while, entered the chat group and asked Gao Yingyuan about Jianlu's itinerary, then raised his voice and shouted again: "The reason is that some of you feel that you are rich and powerful, and the court has no money. It's no longer any money, and it's none of my business. But I want to tell you, it's wrong, it's a big mistake! If the skin is gone, how can the hair be attached? If the country is destroyed, the family will be destroyed. Who cares if you are everyone? It’s still a small family! You’ve taken refuge in the new master, but do you know what the new master will do to you?”

In the original history, when Li Zicheng entered Beijing, a group of officials opened the door to greet him, thinking that he had just changed his master, but it turned out that most people were in tragedy. Of course, they naturally don't know this.

The severity described by Hu Guang has become more and more serious, and he even mentioned the subjugation of the country. From another perspective, the emperor was on the verge of rage, and the civil and military officials had to lower their heads and endure the punishment.

I only heard Hu Guang sneer, and then said loudly: "Maybe some of you think that I am alarmist. I will show you that the enemy is at the door of the house, trying to swoop in and eat you. At this time, I will look at you How many people are stubborn and inflexible, thinking that it has nothing to do with you that the court has no money!"

When all the civil and military officials heard this, they were all stunned. What does the emperor mean by this? Jianlu? But Jianlu is not in the capital!

Just as they were thinking about it, they heard Hu Guangda loudly decreed: "Show the Desheng Gate, I'll let you feel it!"

If at this time, the civil and military officials know that Jianlu is already outside the city and is preparing to attack the city, they will collectively advise them and will not and do not want to go to the top of the outer city anyway.

However, this was not the case at this time. The emperor is also sitting here, and no one has come to report the enemy's situation. Therefore, these civil and military officials were a little confused about the emperor's words, or they thought that the emperor was asking them to imagine that there were enemies outside the city preparing to attack the city.

The emperor was furious now. They had no intention of taking this kind of process and risked the emperor's anger to persuade them, so they just left!

Therefore, it was a good thing that the capital was under martial law, otherwise the people would not have been shocked. I saw the imperial chariot in front, followed by the civil and military officials, coming out of the imperial city in a mighty manner and heading to Desheng Gate.

This is not just Hu Guang leading two hundred horses out before. This is everyone from the Great Court, as well as the Han general, traveling with full outfits.

After hearing this, Mangui hurried over to pick him up.

Hu Guang had a good look towards him and was not so cold. He just ordered him: "Jianlu will arrive at Deshengmen area soon. Manqing doesn't need to worry about us and go ahead to set up the city defense."

When Mangui heard this, he was surprised, but he was more worried about the emperor's safety, so he immediately admonished him: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, the war will start, and the general will think..."