Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 161 Rules

"Hurrah!"

"Very good!"

"This is our Daming official!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the throne, and with a clang, he drew out the sword next to him.

"Town!" Zhu Yuanzhang yelled loudly, and the dragon aura of the Emperor's Body Protector on his body suddenly swelled, covering the entire hall in an instant.

Ordinary people couldn't see it, but all the civil servants with Confucian and Taoist talents in the hall could see it clearly. In their eyes, a huge five-clawed golden dragon suddenly flew out of Zhu Yuanzhang's body and directly entrenched the entire hall.

In the main hall, the talent that had risen overnight was suddenly suppressed, and everyone only felt that they had changed from Confucianism and Taoism to ordinary people in an instant.

"Clang!" Following Zhu Yuanzhang's movement, the Jin Yiwei around him drew out the embroidery spring knives from their waists at the same time, and the evil spirit of blood quickly permeated the entire Huangji Hall.

"I haven't seen blood in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for a long time!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked down at Mu Ying and Lan Yu with the sword in his hand and said, "Go, cut off their heads one by one on the top of this hall, and let this hall see blood."

"Also let them understand that in our Great Ming Dynasty, some things cannot be done."

The faces of the more than 60 civil servants kneeling on the ground suddenly changed. They never imagined that Zhu Yuanzhang would really turn over the table and start killing.

"Holy Majesty, is this crazy?"

"Could it be that he doesn't understand what it means to not blame the public, and isn't he afraid of chaos in the world?" Yan Maoqing thought with an ugly face.

"Your Majesty!" A figure flashed in front of Mu Ying and Lan Yu who were rushing forward.

Dressed in a red court uniform, he is slender and has a long beard like Guan Yu. Although he has lost the support of his talent, he has no fear of standing in front of battle-hardened generals like Mu Ying and Lan Yu.

"Zhang Juzheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, please play!" Zhang Juzheng said loudly.

From the beginning of the Great Court Meeting to the present, Zhu Yuanzhang and the Yan Party have always been confronting each other head-on, and this is the first Qingliu Party to speak out.

"Say!" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly when he heard the name, and sat back on the throne and said in a deep voice.

"Killing them is easy, but after killing them..."

"I don't know if Your Majesty is ready for it?"

"What do you think we need to prepare?" Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

"My minister, please transfer out of Beijing to governor the southeast. The Japanese insurrection is rampant in the southeast. Hu Zongxian is the southeast pillar country. There is no room for loss in the southeast." Zhang Juzheng said.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the meaning in his words was already obvious.

If Zhu Yuanzhang punished the Yan Party, Hu Zongxian, who is a strict party, would hardly be able to guarantee that he would be dissatisfied, and the anti-Japanese war in the southeast is now the top priority of the imperial court. Zhang Juzheng wanted to go there in person to watch over Hu Zongxian.

"Southeast, we have our own arrangements!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said: "Go north with the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, and inspect the border defense affairs of military towns in the northwest and northeast.

"Follow your orders!" Zhang Juzheng stepped back slowly.

Next to them, Xu Jie and Gao Gong glanced at Zhang Juzheng. The two of them did not expect that Zhang Juzheng wanted to invite him to leave Beijing at this time. Was this because he wanted to jump into the political vortex that appeared in Beijing?

And why do you suddenly feel that there is a tacit understanding between Zhang Juzheng and Emperor Jiajing?
Before this, it belonged to Yan Song alone.

Xu Jie only felt a big word of danger popping out of his head, Yan Song was about to fall, wouldn't this student want to go beyond himself and directly cater to the Holy Majesty, to be the second Yan Song, right?

And at the same time Zhang Juzheng retreated, Lan Yu and Mu Ying appeared directly in front of Shen Mao, one on the left and the other on the right, one holding down the man, and the other raising the Xiuchun knife without hesitation.

"Pfft!" With a flash of the knife, a huge human head rolled down.

Including Yan Maoqing, all the strict party members couldn't help but twitch their hearts, as if the knife had fallen on their heads.

After killing Shen Mao, the two locked their eyes on Lu Yi, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials.

"Pfft!"

When Lu Yi saw the big knife shining in Lan Yu's hand, everyone was numb from fright.

Facts have proved that in the face of life and death, not everyone has the determination to sacrifice their lives for righteousness.

He knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"I want to report, it's Yan Maoqing who instructed me to do this." Lu Yi shouted.

Yan Maoqing next to him was startled, and hurriedly came out and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, this person is just chasing and biting, and I have never given him any explanation."

"Evidence!" Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Yan Maoqing, whose face turned pale from fright, and asked Lu Yi instead.

Lu Yi shook his head in despair.

Then he was beheaded directly under Zhu Yuanzhang's indifferent gaze.

Some officials were so frightened that they wanted to run away, but they lost their extraordinary talents. As a powerless scholar, how could he be the opponent of the big waist and round brocade guards, and soon all the more than 60 people were killed and wiped out.

A strong smell of blood permeated the entire hall.

Looking at this scene, Xu Jie knew in his heart that from today onwards, the Yan Party was over, but he couldn't imagine that the Yan Party would end in this way.

To be honest, he would rather fight the strict party through political struggles by himself, rather than being shot by the Holy One himself, and killed in such a naked way in the court as it is now.

Because he is also a member of the civil servants group, looking at the corpses dragged away like dead dogs, it is inevitable to have a feeling of sadness.

"Continue to read the memorial!" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't feel any discomfort about this, and he spoke again after killing everyone.

The Emperor Jiajing, who was a little dazed by the bloody and exciting scene, was shocked, and hurriedly picked up the second memorial and read it.

It wasn't until this time that everyone finally realized that it was that little debate memorandum that led to the destruction of most of the strict party's backbone.

This immediately makes people feel extremely absurd and unreal.

What is even more disturbing is that the Memorial is still being read.

This immediately caused a feeling of panic to spread quietly among the entire civil and military officials.

For them now, the Holy Majesty sitting on the throne is too unpredictable, and none of them can guarantee what will happen next if they can be the emperor who killed more than 60 courtiers in the court hall.

After reading the second memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, "Yan Lin, head of the Ministry of Industry, is on the list!"

"Your Majesty!" A senior official in his 60s came out and knelt down.

"What is the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry is in charge of the smooth flow of government orders for various projects, craftsmen, farming, water conservancy, and transportation."

"Is the memorial for Yan Shifan's grievances that you submitted within the scope of your authority?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"No!" Yan Lin prostrated himself on the ground, trembling a little.

"Do you have any definite evidence that Yan Shifan was wronged?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"No!" Yan Lin lowered his head even harder.

"Then tell us, what is the meaning of your memorial?" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

"The old minister is guilty!" Yan Lin admitted his mistake very simply.

"Chen Hong, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, what punishment should be given to such dereliction of duty, overreach of authority and false report?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Twenty battles..., one year's fine!" Chen Hong's voice sounded behind him.

"Delay and execute!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Seeing Yan Lin being dragged down to beat the board, many ministers couldn't help but heave a long sigh of relief. It's nothing to hit the board, at least he can survive!
Without waiting for Yan Lin to finish his sentence, Zhu Yuanzhang signaled that the court will continue.

One after another, the memorials were read out in the court hall, and officials were punished lightly or severely one by one.

Gradually, the hearts of the officials settled down.

They could see that Zhu Yuanzhang was not really killing people indiscriminately, all his evidence was based on the law of the Ming Dynasty.

Except for those who went up to confront directly like Shen Mao and others, they basically hit the board,

And not only the strict party, but even Qingliu who wrote letters randomly were also punished.

Yan Maoqing gradually came to his senses, and he suddenly had a feeling that perhaps the Holy Majesty was not targeting Yan Dang, but Yan Dang himself wanted to hit the gunpoint in order to die.

He made him feel a little regretful.

Xu Jie also saw Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions, and he saw it deeper than Yan Maoqing.

This is obviously Zhu Yuanzhang setting new rules.

The set of rules that used to run in the court has become a thing of the past. From now on, if you want to play in the court, you have to follow the new rules.

In the final analysis, the new basis only has two words, do things!
Those who can do things will go up, and those who can't do things will go down.

All party disputes, factions, your people and my people are all treated equally here by Zhu Yuanzhang. He only wants people who can do things.

This is the first message that Zhu Yuanzhang sent to all civil and military officials through this grand meeting.

This time, the court meeting lasted for eight hours. Except for the more than 60 officials who were killed, nearly [-]% of all the remaining courtiers were boarded.

By the way, Zhu Yuanzhang also dealt with the other government affairs accumulated in the past few days directly in front of all the ministers.

For eight hours, everyone stood from morning to night, and even ate their meals in the Hall of the Emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang also worked with them for eight hours.

This once again made many civil servants and generals feel incredible.

It seems that the holy majesty who devoted himself to cultivating the Tao and ignoring government affairs really changed, and suddenly Emperor Jiajing began to work hard to govern.

This made all the ministers uncomfortable for a while.

But those officials who really cared about their family, country and world began to feel hopeful in their hearts.

"I hope, this is not a whim of the Holy Majesty!" When he finally came out of the Huangji Hall, Gao Gong said while beating his old waist.

After working for a whole day, they finally finished all the memorials in the early morning of the next day. Just like Gao Gong, Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng also beat their stiff backs.

That is to say, everyone has the talent to support them, otherwise, with their seventy and eighty years of age, it would be impossible to support them for such a long time as eight or nine hours.

"I think the Holy Majesty is really different this time!"

"So, you two elders, maybe we really should let go of those party struggle thoughts in the future, and think about what we should do to benefit my Ming Dynasty." Zhang Juzheng said.

Hearing what he said, Gao Gong nodded in agreement, obviously doing things pragmatically is also his deepest thought.

The reason why he didn't do it before was because it couldn't be done at all. With Yan Song as a villain, there is no benefit for you if you do it well.

But now the Holy Majesty suddenly became diligent and wise, which immediately gave Gao Gong hope.

Xu Jie also nodded, but no matter how he looked at his disciple at the moment, he felt a little displeased.

Zhang Juzheng's previous behavior in the court made him subconsciously think that this was a signal that Zhang Juzheng was actively approaching Emperor Jiajing.

You must know that you are his teacher, and you are still the second assistant, so it is Zhang Juzheng's turn to flatter the Holy One.

To be honest, he was a little unhappy about Zhang Juzheng's actions.

But Xu Jie was cunning and cunning, and he didn't show it.

He smiled and said: "Tai Yue, Su Qing, the most important thing we should consider now is who will fill the vacancies of the more than 60 people killed by the Holy Majesty. Before I left, I asked the Holy Majesty for instructions. The cabinet has made up its mind, let's discuss this matter tomorrow..."

(End of this chapter)