Domineering Daming

After speaking, he glanced at Zhu Xu, guessing that today's matter was over, he said: "The emperor, the cabinet is planning to take down Lu Daqi, what does the emperor think?"

Lu Daqi is the governor of Shanxi, the former servant of the Ministry of Officials, with good ability and conduct, this time he was cheated by Liu Mingtao.

"Let's be dismissed first, and cool down for a while." Zhu Xu said.

"Yes." Zhao Han replied.At this time, whoever has an accident, no matter what the truth is, must be dealt with decisively, and no illusions can be given to the outside world.Zhao Han knew this, but he needed to understand Zhu Xu's thoughts before he could reply to the cabinet and then deal with it.

Speaking of this, Zhu Xu thought of Liu Zheng again, turned his head to Cao Huachun and said, "Go to the Military Law Office, Liu Zheng will be removed from all official positions, and he will be beaten with sixty army sticks, and placed outside the palace gate for everyone to see." .”

Liu Zheng, the grandnephew of the old concubine Liu, was the first batch of fallen officers in the "Operation Cool Breeze" of the Generalissimo's Mansion.

Cao Huachun immediately understood, and said, "Your servant obeys the order."

Zhao Han watched Cao Huachun leave, hesitated a little, and said, "Your Majesty, I want to expand the number of people admitted this year to 1000, please consider it at your discretion."

"Sure." Zhu Xu said without hesitation: "Except for the top three, the ranks of others should be the same, and the appointment of officials should be the same. Special talents should be reviewed more, and try to be as fair as possible..."

Zhao Han said: "Yes, I understand."

As Zhu Xu said, he had already set foot on Chang'an Avenue, and there were more and more people, making noise.He stopped and said: "Fu Changzong is about to enter the cabinet, and the Ministry of Officials has to make arrangements. The successive officials, the allocation of the cabinet, the division of powers and responsibilities, we must carefully make arrangements, and show it to me..."

Zhu Xu is gradually delegating power and focusing on the general direction. He has seldom paid attention to those trivial matters, and he will not interfere again.

The matter of Fu Changzong's entry into the cabinet has been brewing for a long time, Zhao Han said: "Yes, I met with Mr. Sun Ge yesterday and discussed it. The Ministry of Officials will discuss it again. There will be a detailed memorial for submission. Please read it to the emperor."

"What is that Wei Xuelian doing now?" Zhu Xu asked suddenly.

Wei Xuelian, who used to work in the Anti-Corruption Bureau, was later removed from his post when he was involved in a fight with the Ministry of Officials.

Zhao Han knew this person, and knew that Wei Xuelian was valued by Zhu Xu, so he naturally paid attention to him, and said, "Return to the emperor, and he is currently acting as a minor official in the Governor's Council. I intend to sharpen his edges and corners."

Zhao Han became more and more stable, acted steadily and methodically.

Zhu Xu was quite satisfied with Zhao Han, and said: "Okay. The national parliament has not yet been formed. Although the Qingfeng Movement is led by the cabinet, it still lacks a leader. Wei Xuelian was in the Anti-Corruption Bureau before, and it is perfect to be in charge of this now. .”

Zhao Han understood, thought for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, I suggest that you set up a Qingfeng Department under the cabinet to deal with this matter."

"There is no establishment."

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes and said, "This is not a permanent organization. In the future, it will be placed under the national parliament just like the Ministry of Strategy."

Regarding this "National Assembly", Zhao Han was a little uncertain. Seeing that Zhu Xu refused to be placed in the cabinet, he must be in charge of it himself, so he said: "Yes, I will discuss it with Elder Sun Ge later, and we will form it as soon as possible."

Zhu Xu opened the folding fan again with a snap, stepped onto Chang'an Avenue, and walked towards the imperial palace.

On the other side, after Zhu Xu left, Liu Rushi, Su Xi, and Tian Renqing gathered in a small room. Su Xi and Tian Renqing looked at Liu Rushi with strange expressions.

Tian Renqing and Su Xi have been friends for a while, and Tian Renqing already knew the purpose of Liu Rushi's coming to the capital and refusing to leave.

It's just that she never expected that the one she had a crush on would be the current emperor!

Tian Renqing didn't know what to say, so she could only look at Su Xi.

Su Xi looked at Liu Rushi, and said suspiciously: "Miss, the emperor obviously has a good impression of you, why don't you let him come in for a sit-down, according to my sister's talent and appearance, the emperor will definitely be tempted."

Liu Rushi sat there, looking a little tired, and said with a smile, "I know. Zijie, go back quickly, you will be in trouble if you get caught. Xi'er, I'm tired, look at Bufang, don't let anything happen again. "

Su Xi looked at Liu Rushi's expression with worry on her face, and when she was about to speak, Tian Renqing quickly pulled her.

The two watched Liu Rushi go upstairs, Tian Renqing said in a low voice: "Let her calm down, she is the emperor, and there are only three empresses in the palace now, let alone Rushi's identity..."

Su Xi frowned. When she thought about it, who wouldn't like her young lady?As for status, wasn't the cheap status abolished long ago?

Liu Rushi ignored Su Xi and Tian Renqing and went upstairs. This is where she lives temporarily, and she occasionally spends the night here.

She was sitting in front of the dressing table, her emotions were very inexplicable, she didn't know what was going on in her head, but she was very calm, but she couldn't think, she sat there in a daze, lost in thought.

Chapter 1091 Exam Farce

The triennial imperial examination was very important to Daming in the past, and it was a first-class event.

But this time, whether it is the imperial court, the scholars of the imperial examination, or the scholars, they all seem a little "quiet", and there is no such enthusiasm and attention that surpasses everything in the past and the attention of the whole people.

After six or seven months of cabinet work, the two main halls of the Grand Marshal's Mansion were finally completed.

The Nine Offices and Second Bureau of Grand Marshal's Mansion are moving from Wucheng Pavilion to the completed hall, everyone is busy and excited at the same time.

The newly built Grand Marshal's Mansion has three floors, tall and majestic, with marble bricks everywhere, black and white, giving people a majestic, domineering, and insurmountable sense of majesty.

Sun Chuanting of the cabinet is also busy with commanding, moving from Wen Zhao Pavilion to the newly built cabinet hall.

This hall does not have the "strong" feeling of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, but more of a "literati" atmosphere, with three floors, pavilions, carved accessories, carved beams and painted buildings, it is neither luxurious nor low-key.

Zheng Youyuan was busy inside and out, ran over for a while, and said: "My lord, the top ones are the emperor, the supervisor of ceremonies and other internal supervisors. The middle is for the big conference. The first floor is For our cabinet, now the elders of the cabinet have almost all the squad rooms, equipment, and manpower, so you can notify the supervisor of ceremonies to start moving."

Sun Chuanting stood outside the hall, looked at the cabinet hall, and then glanced at the Grand Marshal's Mansion not far away. This mansion and palace will hold all the rights of the Ming Dynasty!

And behind the concentration of power, what is reflected is the Qianqing Palace!

Sun Chuanting saw many things clearly, thought about it in his heart, and said to Zheng Youyuan: "Well, you can inform the Supervisor of Rites, and then send a message to the outside, and let the six ministers, the servants, etc. come to identify the door."

Zheng Youyuan responded, turned around and went back to work.

At this moment, internal supervision agencies such as the Supervisor of Rituals and the Qianqing Palace are also cleaning up.

"On the third floor, watch the house number. There is no room for loss of these notebooks and documents. Be careful not to scatter!"

"These utensils belong to the emperor, there is also a small living room over there, don't put them upside down..."

"No court lady, what kind of court lady, the emperor doesn't need..."

"Be careful, that's the emperor's favorite little stove, if it breaks, I'll peel your skin!"

Some principals in the Prison of Rituals shouted anxiously that they would also move to the top floor of the cabinet hall.

Cao Huachun and Liu Shimin clasped their hands and watched from the sidelines, perhaps from exercise, their faces were calm, without any extra emotion.

After a while, Liu Shimin glanced at Cao Huachun, and said, "There are some rumors in the outer court that the Supervisor of Ceremony will be abolished, or merged with the cabinet, have you heard of it?"

Cao Huachun turned his head to look at him, and said: "The outer court can't interfere with the affairs of the palace."

The present Supervisor of Ceremonies is no longer the grand occasion of the "little cabinet" at the beginning, it seems to be "better than nothing", and it is becoming more and more transparent inside and outside the entire court of Ming Dynasty.This is also one of the reasons why the adults of the outer court went to the court to abolish the supervisor of ceremonies.

Naturally, from the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs had strict regulations, especially after going through the civil fortress, the government and the public suppressed the eunuchs quite severely, and hated them so much that they did not treat them as human beings.Civil officials hated internal prisons from the bottom of their hearts, and this was the root cause.

Seeing that Cao Huachun's words were relatively relaxed, Liu Shimin nodded and said, "Recently, the inner court has been a little restless, so we need to comfort him."

Cao Huachun, as the head of the inner court, naturally knew about it, and said: "Well... the emperor intends to move most of the inner court's inner eunuchs out to work in the outer court. When they reach their age, they will be released outside, and the inner court will no longer enter. Intern."