The Most Powerful Man in the World

Zhu Houzhao's face was stern, but few people dared to speak up to stimulate the emperor before everyone could understand Zhu Houzhao's attitude.

The chief assistant of the cabinet and the chief executive of the lijian had accidents one after another. If the emperor was in a good mood, it would be a strange thing.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at a servant next to him, and heard the servant say sharply; "If there is something to do, I will go back to the court!"

Obviously, this is Zhu Houzhao preparing for the discussion.

The officials below are you look at me, I look at you, no one took the initiative to stand up.

Among the ranks of civil and military officials, a figure slowly walked out, who was not Yang Yiqing, the Minister of War.

I could only hear Yang Yiqing's stern look on his face and bowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report eight hundred miles away from the customs. The people of Shibian rebelled one after another, thirteen new guards were built, ten soldiers mutinied, and the Sanwei Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou revolted. Looting the place, the governor Zheng Daguan implored the court to send troops to exterminate the rogue bandits and pacify the unrest outside the customs!"

Yang Yiqing, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, naturally had to go through the Ministry of War for the [-]-mile rush. Although it was said that the expedited letter was sent to the palace before the emperor's case, he also left a document in the Ministry of War, so Yang Yiqing knew that the urgent military report outside the customs was expedited. Not unexpected.

Even not long ago, Zhu Houzhao urgently summoned Yang Yiqing to enter the palace, and the monarch and minister discussed the matter together.

The two rulers and ministers looked at each other, but at this moment, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, except for a few people who knew the news, other officials did not know at all.

As soon as Yang Yiqing finished speaking, he saw several white-haired officials with a bit of red light on their faces, one of them stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I will impeach the cabinet cabinet Lao Jiao Fang, Wang Hua, Wang Shouren, Yang Yiqing and others. …”

This censor is really bold, and even directly impeached several cabinet elders, but many officials also showed eagerness to try at this moment.

Zhu Houzhao, who noticed this, couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After all, he has been sitting in the court for several years. Zhu Houzhao knows the factions among the civil and military officials.

These officials who jumped out are almost all stubborn people. Although these people are not the mainstream in the court, they are also extremely influential.These people are conservative, refuse any changes, and use the ancestral system to obstruct the implementation of many policies of the imperial court.

Just like the commercial tax and mining tax that Chu Yi had previously advocated, these officials were the main force opposed by the imperial court. Similarly, Chu Yi opened the sea, built warships, and trained navy staff. These officials also met with frantic opposition and impeachment from these officials.

It's a pity that the emperor's strong support, coupled with the fact that Chu Yi has gathered a large number of officials around him, has formed a new interest group, so these new policies can be implemented without cleaning the court.

Relocating people to the real border, adding guards outside the customs, and completely controlling the areas outside the customs under the management of the imperial court, these policies are beneficial to the country and the people.

But in the eyes of this part of officials, this is an act of violating the ancestral system, using military force and bringing disaster to the country and the people. It can be said that since the cabinet implemented this policy, officials have written impeachment letters almost every day.

It is a pity that this was decided by the emperor himself, with the full support of the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies. This part of the officials who had no power above the court could only keep writing letters to express their dissatisfaction.

If it is said that the relocation of the people is carried out smoothly, these officials will naturally not be able to make any waves, but at this moment, such a big change has occurred outside the customs. The first thing these officials think about is not how to deal with this matter, but a He was so excited as if he had been beaten with blood.

This is a great opportunity to bring down several cabinet elders. If they can bring down the cabinet elders such as Wang Shouren, Yang Yiqing, and Wang Hua, this is definitely a great victory for them.

As one of the censors spoke, they immediately saw more than a dozen officials, regardless of the emperor's gloomy and ugly face, jumped out as if they had been beaten with blood, and frantically impeached Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren and others.

Immediately, more than a dozen officials opened their mouths in unison, causing chaos in the courtroom.

"enough……"

Hearing a snort, Zhu Houzhao suddenly stood up and looked gloomily at the officials below who were restrained by him.

In particular, the dozen or so white-haired veterans who held their own senior qualifications and were censors were now staring at Zhu Houzhao with a dull expression, as if they did not expect that the emperor who treated them with courtesy in the past day would turn out to be. will scold them suddenly.

"Your Majesty, how can you be so rude..."

"As the Son of Heaven, you should always lead by example and lead the world, how can you be like this..."

Zhu Houzhao frowned, subconsciously looked towards the lower head, for these old stubborn, even as the emperor, it is difficult to parry, after all, he can't decree to drag these old ministers out and kill them one by one.

In the past, there was Chu Yi, and these old stubborn stubborn people were afraid of Chu Yi. Naturally, they rarely jumped out of the court to give him trouble.Later, it was Gu Dayong. Although Gu Dayong said that he could not suppress these old stubbornness, Gu Dayong was thick-skinned enough to even be able to scold each other with these officials in the courtroom.

So Zhu Houzhao didn't have to face these old stubborn people, because whenever these old stubborn people jumped out, he didn't need to speak, either Jiao Fang, Chu Yi, or Gu Dayong would settle these people.

It's just that at this moment, Jiao Fang was injured, Chu Yi resigned, and Gu Dayong was imprisoned again, so that no one was able to suppress these old stubborn.

Seeing that these old stubborn stubborn people came up one by one, with the gesture of pointing at Zhu Houzhao to teach his grandson a lesson, Wang Hua and Yang Yiqing who were standing there couldn't help frowning.

At this time, in the ranks of honorable honors, one of the honorable warriors roared and yelled at an old imperial censor with a vicious spirit: "Bold Wang Yan, are you trying to rebel, have you asked this Hou Ye!"

As the commander of the four guards of Tengxiang, Han Kun is definitely at the forefront among the newly promoted nobles. At this moment, he is standing in front of the old censor Wang Yan with an angry lion. Yan was so frightened that Dengdeng took two steps back, his body softened, and Puntong sat on the ground.

Chapter 560 Three Changes of the Son of Heaven [2 more]

Seeing this, he couldn't help but sneered with a bit of disdain: "What a waste! He even dared to roar in the court, rude to the king!"

Sitting on the ground, Wang Yan's face turned red and white. The whole person was panting and almost passed out. With the help of his companions, he struggled to get up, spittle and stars flew around, and when he pulled his sleeves, he was angry at Han Kun. He scolded: "A common man, a rude man, this old man is an old official of the three dynasties, how dare you to deceive me like this!"

At the same time, more than a dozen other old officials also gathered around, pulling Han Kun's sleeves one by one, and all yelled at Han Kun.

Han Kun was surrounded by these old officials. It was neither beating nor pushing. If he killed so many of these old guys on the spot, Han Kun would definitely not waste his efforts, but he dared not.

These old guys are still able to stay on the court without being cleaned up because there is nothing wrong with these old guys themselves, plus they are all veterans, and there are really not many people willing to provoke them. provoke.

After all, there is no shortage of such officials in the court, but it is a pity that these old stubborn people obviously used their rights in the wrong place.

If these people devote their energy to impeaching officials for dereliction of duty and filling vacancies for the court, it will be of great benefit to the country and the people.

"What kind of style, what kind of style!"

Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists uncontrollably as he looked at the mess below, wishing to immediately send an order to drag these old guys out and chop off their heads.

But reason told Zhu Houzhao that he couldn't do this, otherwise, there would be no reason to behead more than a dozen high-ranking veterans at one time. In the history books of later generations, I don't know how to record this.

I have to say that the fighting power of these dozen or so old officials is really strong. Although Han Kun, who can't fight back, said he didn't suffer any injuries at the moment, he was so embarrassed that even his court clothes were torn into cloth. strip.

Wang Yan and others who were usually suppressed by Jiao Fang, or Chu Yi and Gu Dayong, suddenly found out that there are no such people as Jiao Fang, Chu Yi, and Gu Dayong. This kind of feeling It was so good.

The Son of Heaven couldn't do anything about them, and for a while, Wang An and the others became more and more excited.

Seeing the chaos above the court, either the emperor was determined to drag Wang An and others down to restore order, or he just retreated from the court.

Watching this scene, Zhu Houzhao subconsciously missed Chu Yi. If Chu Yi was here, he would never allow these officials to roar and be rude to the emperor.

"If the great companion is here, I don't know how to deal with it!"

Thinking of Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao's gaze towards Wang Yan and the others gradually showed a bit of coldness, and suddenly, he saw Zhu Houzhao slammed down a memorial in his hand, slapped the armrest and shouted: "Yu Lin Where is the guard!"

As soon as the voice fell, a team of well-armored guards outside the courtroom rushed into the main hall aggressively, and fell down with a bang.

All the officials were stunned, even Wang Yan and other dozen old officials who were surrounding Han Kun looked at the Yulin guards who were kneeling on the ground in amazement, and finally looked at the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao stood there with a calm expression, and an invisible imperial majesty was revealed, which made Wang Yan and others feel a little afraid to look directly.

An old minister said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty..."

Without waiting for the old official to speak, Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "Wang Yan and the others roared in the court, rude to the emperor, besieged the nobles of the imperial court, regardless of honor or inferiority, lost the face of the imperial court, especially removed their official body, Degraded to common people, never reused..."

"Ah, Your Majesty, you..."

"Your Majesty, you are confused!"

Zhu Houzhao's voice fell, and Wang Yan and the others were in a hurry. What does the emperor mean, is this to stop their official status?

They have struggled all their lives, and they have endured so much hardship for so many years, but it is not about studying to repay the world, security for the society, and so on. They are all a big family behind them, and they do not know that their clan lives on their names.

As long as they are still sitting in their current positions, even if their official positions do not have much real power, they are noble positions, which are enough to protect the prosperity of the family behind them.

In the officialdom, the most important thing is that people take tea and cool. If it is said that they have no official positions, it is conceivable that those who treat their families with courtesy will definitely become a different face on weekdays.

Therefore, even if it is a certain age, there is still no intention to return home and enjoy the old age in peace.

Right now, as soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he directly dismissed them from their positions as rude, so how could they not make an uproar.

Heartache, dissatisfaction, all kinds of thoughts flashed in my heart.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care that these officials were crying and making trouble, and looked at the Yulin guards.

Noticing Zhu Houzhao's expression, he saw those Yulin guards one by one like tigers rushing towards the officials who were harassing and harassing them. dragged out.

The unwilling shouts of those officials were still resounding in the hall, and the rest of the officials were all shocked. Obviously, they did not expect the emperor to be so decisive.

Zhu Houzhao has a magnanimous heart, and with such an emperor on the stall, at least the civil and military officials don't have to worry about being dragged out and beheaded by the emperor inexplicably, and they don't have to worry about when he will be punished by the emperor for being rude.

It's not obvious on weekdays, everyone just thinks that the emperor's temperament is very good, and naturally there is a little less reverence for the emperor.

This can be seen from the attitude of Wang Yan and others who are rude to the emperor, and they dare to roar in the court today after losing the suppression of Jiao Fang and Gu Dayong.

However, Zhu Houzhao was finally angry, and Wang Yan and other officials lost their positions at once.

Although it is said that these officials have no real power in their hands, but these people can be regarded as noble officials, almost all of them are officials of the fourth rank or above. If this is placed in the local area, there is such a clansman as an official in the court, Even local prefects have to look at it a few times.

Everyone was stunned by the emperor, but there were more than a dozen old ministers. The emperor said that he was dismissed from office, and for a while, the hall was silent.

Han Kun, who was in a mess and looked extremely embarrassed, couldn't help but smile at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty Shengming!"

Glancing at Han Kun, Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, then flicked his sleeves, turned to sit down, and glanced at the officials.

Few officials dared to look at the emperor, and Zhu Houzhao felt a little turbulent in his heart. This kind of feeling of deterring the civil and military by himself is really cool.

After spitting out a mouthful of turbid air, Zhu Houzhao stabilized his mood and said solemnly, "Wang Shouren!"

"Chen is here!"

When Wang Shouren heard the Son of Heaven calling his name, he stepped forward immediately.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Shouren and said slowly: "I ordered you to lead a [-]-strong army out of the customs, and completely wipe out the land of the three guards in Jianzhou. I want no more women to cause trouble for me."

The expressions of many officials could not help changing when they heard the words, and a suffocating aura came towards them. Zhu Hou went down according to this imperial decree, and not many officials above the court could imagine that it would not be long before the land of the Three Guards of the State was built. I'm afraid that people's heads will roll and blood will flow into rivers.

Historically, the Three Guards of Jianzhou rebelled at every turn. Although the imperial court repeatedly suppressed them, they did not take it to heart. After all, the energy of the imperial court was placed on the northern Tatars.

Now that the Tatars have fallen in one battle, I am afraid that there is no one who can no longer raise any storms for dozens or hundreds of years. Even the Tatars have been crushed.

This time, Zhu Houzhao's will is doomed to those Jurchens in Jianzhou Sanwei.

Wang Shouren said solemnly: "The minister leads the order!"

Zhu Houzhao never worried about Wang Shouren's ability. He was able to force King Ning to jump and curse, and directly pacify the southern land.

This Manchu civil and military can be said to be full of talents, and there are many candidates who can go on an expedition to pacify the turmoil. However, Zhu Houzhao chose Wang Shouren, which shows that Zhu Houzhao relied heavily on Wang Shouren.

After dealing with the matter of the three guards in Jianzhou, Zhu Houzhao then made a decisive decision on the backlog and handed it over to the Sixth Division to deal with it.

Time is like running water, and a few months pass by in a flash.

Ever since Zhu Houzhao dismissed more than a dozen old officials in a rage, showing his decisive side, when the civil and military officials in the court looked at Zhu Houzhao, their eyes naturally became a little more awe-inspiring.

On this day, as soon as Chu Yi came out of the place of Prince Zhu Zaiji, an internal servant greeted him and greeted Chu Yi: "Your Highness King Wu, Your Majesty has a request!"

Chu Yi nodded slightly. When he saw Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao was sitting there in a rare way, with a few snacks placed in front of him, and he was drinking gloomily.

When he saw Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao said to Chu Yi, "My companion, drink with me!"

Chu Yi stepped forward and poured wine for Zhu Houzhao first. He didn't say anything. One cup after another, he quietly accompanied Zhu Houzhao to drink.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help blushing on his face, and when he felt a little bit drunk, he stopped, only to hear Zhu Houzhao looking at Chu Yi with a bit of sadness in his eyes: "It's right here. Not long ago, after a joint trial by the three divisions, the results of Gu Dayong's handling have come out."

Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty hasn't used the seal yet!"

Once the emperor uses the seal, it means that Gu Dayong's case has gone through all the procedures, and even the emperor will not change his mind at that time.