Dressed as Tang Bohu

Zhu Houzhao said that he had something to discuss with Tang Ziwei, but in fact, as soon as he left Shiyuexuan's courtyard, he turned a corner to find the "tribute" that Tang Ziwei brought him on the carriage.

There are piles of things sitting on the couch. In the corner, several brightly colored long-tailed pheasant feet are tied together in a string. Seeing Zhu Houzhao lift the curtain and enter, they all stare in protest and grunt from their throats. Grunt's low voice.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he saw it, "This bird is so beautiful, but I don't know how to fight."

Tang Ziwei walked over slowly, heard the words and said with a smile: "This is a pheasant. I personally picked it for Your Majesty. Among the hundred or so, they are the most fierce."

"You understand me." Zhu Houzhao said, without stopping his hand, he turned around and lifted the cover of a bronze tripod.In the dark and transparent water, a tail of silvery white and slender fish the size of a little finger was swimming in it, like streamers.

Without Zhu Houzhao's asking, Tang Ziwei took the initiative to introduce: "This is the remnant fish from Poyang Lake. In the past, some dried fish were paid as tribute to the palace, but this living creature is probably not common for Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then looked at other things, slid his fingers over those things one by one, and finally put his hands behind his back in satisfaction, got off the carriage with a smile and said: "Aiqing is so hardworking, I am very relieved."

"It should." Tang Ziwei also smiled, and followed Zhu Houzhao's pace towards the imperial study.

When he arrived at the house, Zhu Houzhao sat down on the chair where his father had been sitting most of the time before his death. He calmed down his playfulness, opened the two memorials and looked at them, and asked, "Is there any official position you want to take when you return to Beijing this time?" ?”

"As your majesty arranges." Tang Ziwei said.

"Are you speaking from the heart?" Zhu Houzhao asked

"Naturally, I believe that no matter if you enter the cabinet, His Majesty will not short me." Tang Zi rolled up his sleeves in awe, his eyes were clear, and he did not hide it at all.

Meeting his eyes, Zhu Houzhao sighed, and casually threw the memorial in his hand in front of Tang Ziwei, "I don't want to short you, but these ministers may not!"

Tang Ziwei stood where he was, and glanced down from the corner of his eyes, only to see that at the signature place of Shangshu, all the officials from the cabinet and the six ministries had signed, including the names of Li Dongyang and Wang Shouren.

He blinked, stepped over as if nothing had happened, stepped forward and said: "How can these courtiers interfere with what Your Majesty wants to do? As courtiers, you should understand their responsibilities. They can suggest and persuade, but if they do something Threats of dismissal, trying to control His Majesty's behavior, His Majesty might as well just follow what they said and let them all go home!"

"You are quite courageous!" Zhu Houzhao raised his eyes, and the semi-circular upper eye line became flatter as he smiled, "I like it, just do as you say."

Then, I saw Zhu Houzhao successively approved several memorials of officials who had resigned from office, and those who scolded and asked questions were thrown aside by him.After a while, most of the memorials on the table were gone.

"Before you left Beijing, you were the champion. You were transferred to Nanchang and served as an official for four years. During this period, you made a lot of contributions and nothing went wrong. Now I'm thinking, let's make you a servant first. Which one do you want to go to? "Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Both the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials are good." Tang Ziwei didn't have any hesitation. In fact, it's the same wherever he goes. The important thing is to be able to participate in the government and grasp the court's trends.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "Then go to the Ministry of War. It just so happens that Li Shilang resigned."

Tang Zi feared that he could do nothing, chatted with Zhu Houzhao a few more words, and then took the initiative to resign.When he went out, he met Liu Jin who was waiting outside with a purse.

Before he could say anything, Zhu Houzhao's voice came out slowly: "Send Tang Shilang out of the palace."

"Yes!" Liu Jin didn't dare to be negligent, and carefully handed over the purse with the grasshopper in her hand to the little eunuch in purple robe, and bowed to the front to lead the way.

Liu Jin walked a little faster, but didn't say a word on the way.

When approaching the palace gate, Tang Ziwei called him: "Eunuch Liu, please slow down."

"What's your order, sir?"

Tang Ziwei heard Liu Jin's address in his words, and he knew that he had a grievance, so he looked at him seriously, curled his lips and said, "Eunuch, don't be on guard against me, no matter whether you are up or down, our goal is the same. As long as the emperor is happy , we are happy as courtiers, don’t you think?”

"It's natural." Liu Jin nodded slightly, and an ingot of Wenyin was stuffed into his palm without a trace.He accepted it calmly, and his face suddenly became kinder, "Master Shi Lang's heart for the emperor makes our family feel ashamed."

"Severe words." Tang Ziwei smiled and continued to walk forward.

……

Early the next morning, Tang Ziwei changed into his official uniform and went to the Ministry of War to report.

After entering the gate of the Ministry of War, Tang Ziwei walked for a while by himself, but along the way, he didn't see a single official above rank six, and no one came out to greet him.

Tang Ziwei was a little strange, he grabbed someone casually and asked: "Since the emperor has canceled the early court, why is there no one in the Ministry of War at this time?"

The man saw his official uniform, stared at him with big eyes, and then saluted in surprise, and replied: "The emperor dismissed Li Shilang and many other officials from the five departments yesterday. For the news, everyone went to the palace to ask for orders."

"Oh?" Tang Ziwei blinked.

The man looked at Tang Ziwei, thinking that the lord in front of him would rush into the palace to ask for orders like Lord Shangshu, but unexpectedly the person in front of him just chuckled twice, and said softly: "Since there is no one, Then you take me around this military department to familiarize myself with the environment."

"Ah? Yes!" The man didn't react for a moment, bowed in a panic, and walked inside with Tang Ziwei.

Time flies, everyone in the military department left for a day, until the evening bell rang, and there was a commotion in front of the military department.Rows of eunuchs and guards carried the adults in official uniforms into the gate, put them on the ground and then patted their buttocks to leave.

The group of officials remained silent until the people in the palace had disappeared, and then they let out howls one after another.

Tang Ziwei watched for a while, then walked out from the porch, and squatted in front of Wang Shouren who was lying next to Lord Shangshu.

Compared to the gray-haired Master Shang Shu and a group of aged veterans, Wang Shouren, who had been beaten thirty times, looked much more inconspicuous.He lay quietly on the ground, frowning, as if thinking about something important.

"Master Bo'an, what are you thinking?"

Hearing the sound, Wang Shouren raised his head, his eyes first fell on Tang Ziwei's official uniform, and then slowly moved up to meet Tang Ziwei's eyes.He showed a look of surprise, "Tang... waiter?"

Tang Ziwei nodded and said: "Looking at the situation, the emperor has not agreed to your request?"

Speaking of this matter, Wang Shouren showed that thoughtful expression again, and said slowly: "Whether the emperor agrees or not, as long as he eats the king's salary, he will be a minister. If the emperor doesn't agree this time, then he will speak up next time, and if he doesn't Agree, then advise again."

"The emperor's actions today are equivalent to making a complete war against us. Either the emperor will start to govern the country, or we will all step down and return to the field."

Wang Shouren's words were so thorough that Tang Ziwei didn't know how to respond for a while.

In fact, it is indeed as he said, Zhu Houzhao's reprimand of dozens of important court officials is just the beginning.

In the next two months, Liu Daxia, Minister of the Ministry of War, was dismissed, and Wang Shouren, the head of the Ministry of War, was relegated to Longchang, Guizhou.Officials in the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment have all been dismissed or demoted, and there have been many changes.Under Tang Ziwei's instigation, Xu Jing had no achievements and no faults and did not show off. Gradually, the name of "Eight Tigers" also began to spread among officials.

Under the cover of this turmoil, a large amount of Zhu Chenhao's money flowed into the capital, and the three guards of the palace in Nanchang quietly recovered to the scale of ten thousand.