I'm really not the carpenter emperor

At this time, feeling the cold wind blowing, Liu Qiao realized that his back was already drenched, he waved his hands and said, "What did the prince say, the emperor didn't mention the commander at all."

"Our family is the emperor's close servant. Although I didn't mention it, the promotion of Liu Dudu to be a commander should be very close." Wang An smiled, cupped his hands and said:

"No, the emperor sees that Liu Dudu's residence is too shabby, so let our family chase him out and give you the house on Chengtianmen Street to live in. Is this congratulations in advance?"

"Your Majesty is serious, I'm just doing things for the emperor." Liu Qiao was a little surprised, laughed a few times and apologized, then turned and left.

Wang An glanced at his background, and returned to Qianqing Palace again.

In fact, Liu Qiao didn't want this house in his heart.

Chengtianmen Street, this is the Fusi yamen in Beizhen, it is also close to the imperial city, and the surrounding residents are either rich or noble, whether they are princes or ministers, or the sons and daughters of noble families, if people like him live here, I am afraid that troubles will happen .

But now that he is determined to take the blame for the emperor, Liu Qiao will have no choice but to go to the dark side when he becomes that treacherous and evil person.

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Because Liu Qiao came a little late, after Zhu Youxiao finished his affairs, the time had come to Maoshi, which is around six o'clock in the morning of later generations.

Before he had time to rest, Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to start wearing the dragon robe under the service of Wang An, preparing to participate in the morning court.

This is Zhu Youxiao's first morning court when he crossed over to become the emperor, and he is about to see the scene of Shanhu in the TV series, and the excitement suddenly dilutes the tiredness of staying up all night.

Originally, the morning court of the Ming Dynasty was even earlier, usually around three o'clock in the morning, but because Zhu Youxiao had just ascended the throne yesterday, the court meeting was postponed as usual today, and Ouchi only started to play the "three-tone drum".

After the three drums on the Chengtian Gate were finished, the courtiers who participated in the early court held chapters and marched straight to the Huangji Hall in two rows.

At this time, an official of Honglu Temple walked slowly to the steps outside the main hall, and shouted to the officials who stopped below:

"Entry!"

When the civil and military officials lined up below the ascending steps of the Huangji Hall shouted, the left and right squads marched in unison.

The civil servants were led by Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the military officer was led by the British Duke Zhang Weixian, who then saluted and shouted.

"Long live the emperor, long live!"

Originally, Zhu Youxiao thought that there was no way to call "long live" in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact it was not the case. The way to say "long live" existed in the pre-Qin Dynasty, but it was not used much before the Qing Dynasty.

When we meet on weekdays, we usually ask "Holy Ann" or "Holy Gong Ann", and only at important moments such as the Grand Ceremony or the first early morning court of the new dynasty, we will shout long live.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhu Youxiao felt indescribably shocked.

Later generations have seen this scene countless times in TV dramas, but it was not as intense as what he personally experienced. Until now, he has only experienced the thrill of being an emperor.

But soon Zhu Youxiao thought of it, since it feels so good to be called long live in Shang Dynasty, why Jiajing and Wanli don't like Shang Dynasty?

There is only one answer, too much shit and no use!

Sure enough, before Zhu Youxiao's buttocks were warmed up on the dragon chair, an old man with long beard jumped out, holding a memorandum, and said righteously:

"Sun Shenxing, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, impeached Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, for twelve major crimes!"

As soon as the words fell, several censors and speech officials came out one after another, all of them behaved exactly the same, and they all shouted to impeach Fang Congzhe.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the top and looked at the officials below, as if a teacher was teaching elementary school students, and all the movements below could be clearly seen without even looking carefully.

Before Sun Shenxing jumped out, those officials and censors were already eager to try. The moment the former came out, they impeached him at almost the same time, obviously premeditated.

At this time, it is very easy for the group of people who jumped out to make trouble for Zhu Youxiao to find something in common. They are all Donglin Party.

Sun Shenxing is a high-ranking official of the Donglin Party, and he is a majestic minister, while the rest of the small fish and shrimps are to fuel the momentum and remind Zhu Youxiao not to try to fight against him.

Senior officials of the Donglin Party took the lead in impeaching Fang Congzhe, the leader of the Chu Party. What does this mean?

This shows that he has just succeeded to the throne, and the Donglin party members who watch the excitement and don't think it's a big deal can't sit still. Repelling dissidents in the court and fighting dissidents with the party is a common method!

However, will the current Zhu Youxiao allow them to control the court as easily as in history?

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Zhu Youxiao, who had already made up his mind, didn't say a word, because he wanted to see how Fang Congzhe's Chu Party fought back.

However, in the face of the menacing wind of impeachment from the Donglin Party, no one from the Chu Party stood up to fight back, and everyone looked like a defeated rooster.

The Hall of the Emperor was silent. At this time, as the leader of the Chu Party and the chief assistant of the current cabinet, Fang Congzhe couldn't say anything, which seemed a bit unreasonable.

So Fang Congzhe stood up.

However, the words of the chief minister of the cabinet were not Zhu Youxiao's expected sharp counterattack, but resignation!

Fang Congzhe handed over a memorial that he had written overnight, and said helplessly: "I confess my guilt, please the emperor to report my guilt and return to my hometown."

This is not a tactic of retreating to advance, this is the inevitable result of the Chu Party not fighting the Donglin Party in the court.

It stands to reason that the Chu Party occupies the position of the first assistant in the cabinet, which should be a great advantage, but they just forced the Chu Party to give up the position of the first assistant.

The Donglin Party was not as simple as it appeared on the surface. Zhu Youxiao knew beforehand that they were deliberately trying to push themselves to the top during the coups of Li Xuanshi and Cui Wensheng, and they had no good intentions at all.

To put it bluntly, they wanted to take advantage of Emperor Tianqi's innate condition that he was only 16 years old and did not understand the situation in the court as well as Wanli, so as to completely gain the upper hand in the decades-long party struggle.

Even, control the entire court!

Fang Congzhe's resignation at this time marks the defeat of the Chu Party in this decades-long party struggle.

Similarly, this is also the beginning of the rise of the Donglin Party.

However, Zhu Youxiao intends to use the imperial power to pull the Chu party, so the so-called "all positive and prosperous" situation in history is not worth mentioning.

Zhu Youxiao is very interested in how the situation of this party struggle will develop, and what kind of backhand the Donglin Party will have.

Looking at Sun Shenxing's impeachment memorial, and Fang Congzhe's resignation memorial, Zhu Youxiao suddenly became furious, threw both memorials under the imperial steps, and shouted:

"Fang Congzhe, accepting bribes, forming cliques, seeking personal gain...Look at these twelve wrong things you have done!"

"This chief assistant, I want you to continue to be the chief assistant. If you do well, you will be punished for your merits. If you don't do well, you don't have to think about retiring and returning to your hometown. Just bury it in Beijing!"

After Zhu Youxiao's words, the court was in an uproar.

Chapter 7 Basic Disk

Zhu Youxiao didn't seem to be faking his anger, and the officials of the Manchu Dynasty didn't think that the young emperor who used to like carpenters would have the same scheming as Emperor Wanli.

The emperor was furious, and the civil and military officials, whether they were really afraid or not, all knelt down on the ground in terrified panic.

"Look, what is this?" Zhu Youxiao looked furious, and threw a memorial handed over by Wang An in front of Fang Congzhe, and asked without waiting for him to reply:

"You are the chief assistant of the cabinet, bring out the charter!"

Fang Congzhe was also a little surprised. In this factional dispute, the Chu Party suffered a crushing defeat. Before Emperor Tianqi succeeded to the throne, it was rumored that he was close to the Donglin Party members. How could he not allow his resignation.

He couldn't bear to think too much, facing Zhu Youxiao's questioning, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue working as the chief assistant who had lost some real power long ago, put away his memorial and said:

"Returning to the emperor, the late emperor has sent a lot of relief money to the various prefectures in Huaibei. Now the famine is still happening like this. I think the local officials are not doing their job well, so it should be..."

Before he finished speaking, someone said impatiently: "Your Majesty, Fang Congzhe has committed twelve serious crimes. He should never continue to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. Otherwise, my Ming Dynasty will be in danger!"

"I also ask the emperor to remove Fang Congzhe from the position of chief assistant in the cabinet, and let those who are capable occupy it!" All of a sudden, almost half of the court officials knelt down and forced the palace in unison.

Such momentum also surprised Zhu Youxiao, who had expected it for a long time.

It seems that the Donglin Party has grown to a large scale up to now. Half of the upper courts are from the Donglin Party, and how many of the officials below are from them.

If you let it develop, I am afraid that within a few years, the entire imperial court will become the same voice, and by that time, it will be difficult for me to do anything.

In fact, the ministers present had known the news of the famine in various prefectures in Huaibei for a long time, but none of them reported it in advance. Many people were a little shocked when they saw Yang Sichang's memorial.

Can this kind of news come up, can something good happen?

The Donglin officials from various prefectures in Huaibei had finally been inserted in, and if they were traced, they might be killed or injured!

Yang Sichang is the son of Yang He, an important member of the Donglin Party. It is reasonable to say that he is helping the Donglin Party, but this guy's memorial this time has caused a lot of trouble for the Donglin Party members.

There was no time to think about Yang Sichang's question, Fang Congzhe's words made all the Donglin Party members present feel their scalps go numb.

They knew exactly where the disaster relief money had gone. This kind of thing was not visible, and the emperor would know what was wrong with it after a little investigation!

The one who stood up to change the subject just now was Yang Lian, who was known as the "Donglin Saint Seiya" in later generations.

In terms of intelligence and prestige, Ye Xianggao, the leader of the Donglin Party, who promoted Zaifu, is number one, but when it comes to criticizing current politics and spreading rumors, Yang Lian is number two, and no one dares to be number one.

He came out and said a word, which directly formed the current force of the Donglin Party.

Looking at the courtiers who were nearly half kneeling, Zhu Youxiao sneered a few times and said, "Yang Lian, you are quite capable."

Yang Lian didn't dare to confront him head-on, but he didn't have the slightest thought of retreating. He bowed and said, "I dare not!"

"Loyal words are harsh to the ears, please the emperor deal with the treacherous ministers, and restore the innocence of the people in the world!"

Fang Congzhe glanced over there when he heard the words, treacherous minister, are you talking about the old man?

Yu Donglin's officials also echoed in unison: "Please also ask the emperor to return the innocence of the people in the world!"

It is always necessary to say something on behalf of the people of the world, as if they are all representatives of the people, this is one of the tricks commonly used by the Donglin Party to criticize.

Now that it has been determined that the newly succeeded Zhu Youxiao has no opinions and has no clear understanding of the party struggle in the court, the Donglin Party members will not back down.

The only thing they rely on is that the law does not blame the public!

Of course, they made the right bet. After all, this is not the last year of Chongzhen, and Zhu Youxiao, who traveled over here, didn't want to mess around with it by himself, instead letting Daming finish it decades earlier.

The current Zhu Youxiao has no military power, and secondly, he has only been enthroned for one day, and he has not had time to cultivate his cronies in the court. Of course, it is impossible to cut off half of the courtiers in the court if he is unwilling.

And this group of Donglin Party is not something you can stop by killing them. At best, they are just representatives of chaebol groups in Jiangnan and other places in the court.

If they are gone, more representatives will come up, and the foundation of interests will continue, and this will always be the case!

However, as an emperor, it is still possible to make these self-reliant Donglin Party suffer first.

Thinking of this, the anger on Zhu Youxiao's face gradually dissipated, and he directly put aside Yang Lian and other kneeling courtiers, closed his eyes and exhaled deeply, and said, "Wang An, declare the decree."

After speaking, the corner of Zhu Youxiao's mouth curled up, and he wanted to use Kang Mazi's methods to deal with these emissaries of justice who were arrogant.

Wang An, who had been prepared earlier, took a few steps forward and said: "The Emperor of Fengtian Chengyun, the imperial edict said:

I use my age to inherit my great career.He only respects the merits of his ancestors and his virtues, but he only obeys the laws and regulations; the officials governing the people are difficult, and they will seek flexibility.Although I am not sensitive, my heart is for the people.

Its decree that all the ministers of the government, Daotai and Yamen in Huaibei will be exempted from paying for three years! "

I have to say that the move that Kang Mazi played was quite effective.

The officials of Donglin, who were still in the forced palace, felt as if they were deaf after hearing this. They lay there and confirmed each other several times before they dared to believe it.

You heard that right, all the prefectures in Huaibei will be exempted from taxes for three years! ?

Even the members of the Donglin Party did not expect that this impromptu forced palace would achieve such great results.

Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao not only did not listen to Fang Congzhe's words, but went to investigate the disaster relief bank in Huaibei, and instead they backed down a step, and ordered Huaibei to be exempted from taxes for three years.

Taxes and taxes, these two things are often called together, but they are fundamentally different and often confused.

After the tax is collected, it goes directly to the royal family, which belongs to the emperor's private house, and is generally used to reward meritorious ministers. The tax goes to the treasury of each government office for "official affairs".

Naturally, officials can use various names to get it into their own pockets. For this, Zhu Youxiao is like a bright mirror in his heart.

Otherwise, where do you think all the civil servants who are "clear in their sleeves" come from to save money and save money?

Exemption from tax for three years is a good deed praised by everyone, but if you are exempt from tax for three years, the civil servants will unite and scold you for being an emperor.

From the Donglin Party's point of view, exempting you from paying taxes for three years is all about your royal family's money. In other words, they feel that this is a concession made by Principal Zhu You in the face of this forced palace.

Yang Lian was so moved that he wept bitterly, thinking that his righteous words moved God, and let the young emperor Zhu Youxiao realize that the Donglin Party is the only hope to save Daming.

Once excited, he took the lead and stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise, Ming is blessed!"

All civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty congratulated in unison: "Blessed is the Ming Dynasty!"

Ever since, the force of the Donglin Party during the first early dynasty of the Tianqi Dynasty came to an end, and all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were praising the sage and virtue of the young emperor Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao was naturally happy to win over a wave of people's hearts for the ideas of the Donglin Party.

When the news of this three-year tax exemption spreads, the whole world will know that it is my Zhu Youxiao's will. On the first day of enthronement, I will amnesty the world, and on the second day, I will decree that famine lands will be exempted from taxes for three years.

Is this feeling uncomfortable?

With this basic foundation, Zhu Youxiao said that the Donglin Party and the like are all scum!

Accompanied by a shout from the officials of Honglu Temple, the first morning court of Tianqi Dynasty came to a perfect conclusion.

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After the imperial court, many key officials of the Donglin Party gathered at Yang Lian's mansion. Before entering the door, they were all smiling, just like celebrating the New Year.

"The deeds of Duke Yang's court today, I'm afraid it will spread throughout the capital tomorrow!" Sun Shenxing, Minister of Rites, said with a smile while twisting his beard.

Yang Lian's face was also flushed, and he cupped his hands again and again.