Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Forbidden City.

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao continued to question the three censors.

"Didn't you say that the policy of prohibiting the sea will be re-implemented? Well, I agree with your request. From tomorrow, you will go to the coast of Guangdong to stay, but if the people there do not agree, you will never come back."

"By the way, it's time to go, take off your clothes until you come back again, let you wear it again!"

Zhu Houzhao has already said it for this sake. Why didn't the censor understand what he meant, and the censor was also very regretful. Isn't it good not to mention the ban on the sea at the beginning?

His body seemed to have been pulled out of his strength. The original kneeling body was changed to lie, but he still had to thank Zhu Hou.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I obey the order!"

However, he still had a bit of luck. Maybe he felt that one day in the future, when His Majesty's anger disappeared, he might bypass him and let him come back.

Of course, this is Emperor Zhengde in front of him, and his temper is no better than Emperor Hongzhi. Moreover, this emperor is good at trying to figure out the minds of his officials. He estimates that if he is demoted this time, he will never be in the capital in the future.

He even desperately thought about how to sell his own property, and would stay in a place in Guangdong and Guangdong.

After a while, Zhu Houzhao continued to point to the middle of the Royal Shi in the middle and said, "Is you going to restore the system of Emperor Taizu?"

"Yes, that's what the minister said, thinking back then..."

"Shut up!"

Zhu Houzhao's voice this time was much larger than before, and the official was scared to close his mouth. In the entire hall, the needle was heard.

"My lord, my lord..."

The censor couldn't say a word for a while. He could see clearly what happened to his companion just now. The Guangdong coastal area that was assigned to them was equivalent to breaking their careers. It is estimated that it is more difficult to achieve something in the capital than to ascend to the sky.

They are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of being stink for thousands of years. What would be good if Zhu Houzhao stabbed them to death this time? In the worst case, a good name will be left behind.

In case this is also distributed, the consequences are really unimaginable.

"Since you believe in the ancestral system like this, do you know why you want to change?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Chen, don't know!" At this time, Na Yu Shi was also frightened.

"Humph!"

Zhu Houzhao returned to the dragon chair, and said with a gloomy face: "You will tell you, I think it is right to do so. Think about it, you can come here to go to court in the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, but if it's winter, The ministers are unwilling to stretch their hands.

"Don't talk about your prosperous young generation, just those elderly ministers, such as Liang Shangshu, Liu Gelao and other senior officials in the court, braved such cold weather to come to the morning court, can they bear it? ?"

"If they were frozen one by one, those pillars of my Ming Dynasty, who can still expect when I use people?"

Zhu Houzhao's tone was full of scolding.

Compared with Zhengde Siliang, these people of these Royal Shitai are basically nothing except for their complaints.

Zhu Houzhao's words were like a sharp sword, poking at the key, and the kneeling Royal Shi had planned to retreat.

Now, under Zhu Houzhao's repeated questioning, he doesn't know how to answer at all.

In the end, after thinking about it, I can only say some superficial words: "Chen, I should die for sins, please forgive me!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at him, the corner of his mouth raised slightly, and he shook his head and said, "Forget it, go back to me and think about it behind closed doors. Your position as a censor will be temporarily suspended until you figure it out. It seems that I have become a nerd after studying the books of sages and sages, and I don’t know how to be flexible at all!”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen, thank you, Your Majesty's Longen!" He avoided a distance, at least much better than the old man just now, so he didn't have to go to the border to work.

In the end, Zhu Houzhao turned his attention to the censor at the end. It happened that Zhu Houzhao had one more thing to worry about with him at this time. It is best to calculate the old account and the new account together.

He impeached Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, and Liang Chu took bribes from businessmen before leading such a large-scale business reform. For the time being, I won't say whether they took bribes or not. Now it's another matter.

Before that, Zhu Houzhao had received a secret book sent by Cao Zhengchun, saying that the censor received 100,000 taels of silver, and the 100,000 taels of silver were divided into five and sent to his house.

Obviously, this person made a small report on the court, framed Liu Jian and others, and hindered Zhu Houzhao's plan to reform the Ming Dynasty. There must be someone behind this.

"I want to ask you one thing, for the 100,000 taels of silver you received, what did those people tell you to do after that?"

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair and looked at the trembling censor with a half-smiling smile. Seeing that he didn't speak, he continued to ask, "Also, can you hide the 100,000 taels of silver?"

The Censor was sweating profusely.

"You better hide it, don't let me find the best!"

thump!

The Censor's Desk, which has always regarded itself as noble and clean, was paralyzed on the ground at this time, how could he not have imagined the power of Jin Yiwei in the Ming Dynasty?

Foresight! However, in the face of huge interests, can people really not resist the temptation?

"Chen, minister, Your Majesty, this is a momentary confusion of the old minister! This minister will never dare again!"

Snapped!

Zhu Houzhao patted the table heavily, and scolded: "In the future? Do you think you will have a future? Do you think I think the factory is just a decoration?"

Zhu Houzhao's voice reverberated throughout the hall, and the whole court was terrified.

The eyes they looked at the censor ~www.wuxiahere.com~ seemed to have thorns.

Someone really wanted to go up and beat him right away.

The censor naturally knew what Zhu Houzhao meant, and at this moment his body was shaking violently, his face was ashen, he could only kowtow to Zhu Houzhao and beg for mercy.

"Your Majesty, this subject deserves ten thousand death, sin deserves ten thousand death!"

"These silvers are not what the ministers want at all, it's just them, they forcibly take the silver, and the ministers won't get it if they don't receive them!"

"Hehe, you don't want to take it? Is it hot now? I see that your heart is softened when you see these silver coins!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at the censor angrily, and said to Cao Zhengchun who was standing beside him: "Cao Zhengchun, in front of the ministers, remember what he has done in the past few months."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Cao Zhengchun quickly took out a booklet from his sleeve, which densely recorded the actions of the censor named Li Du.

"Three months ago, someone filled 20,000 miles of silver in Li Yushi's dung truck, and then was secretly transported into Li's house, and they were all put into the pond by Li Du overnight. Two months ago, Li Yushi sent a housekeeper. Go out secretly, go to Beishan..."

After listening to Cao Zhengchun tell everything the censor did, the people in the courtroom immediately understood that Zhu Houzhao said just now whether he hid the silver, so he knew all about it when he was there. .

Endless disappointment appeared on Zhu Houzhao's face...

Is this the integrity of an official? Even accepting bribes for himself, and impeaching others with impunity every day.

The cabinet Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were secretly supported by me, and I believed in them before I dared to authorize them to do it, but what about you officials? Holding the salary of the imperial court, and doing such unconscionable things, it is simply inferior to a beast...