Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1547 The Ownership of Mingfeng Bank VI

The moment the result of the vote came out, Hu Zhao's face paled a lot. He couldn't help but raised his head slightly, and his eyes looking at Mujing became unusually gloomy.

emperor.

This is the emperor.

This was the first time Hu Zhao felt that the young man in front of him, who rarely loses his temper and has never had the feeling of being with a king like a tiger, is a real emperor.

Ting Tui and Ting Yi are a system established by Mu Jing to consolidate Zhaoming Pavilion's power to govern the Ming Dynasty, and they are also the only stage where the ministers can confront the imperial power.

But on such a stage, he lost in a mess.

It's not a vote, it's just a play.

But the protagonist of this scene is Hu Zhao, the first minister of the Ming Dynasty, the Prime Minister Zuo who is in charge of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if he lost the vote today, he didn't feel such a sad moment.

They think that the court meeting that needs to go all out may be just a game in the hands of Mu Jing.

Passed unanimously.

It's not that he is capable, but that Mujing is capable.

Mujing is telling him that he can lose or win, he can win or lose as he likes, as long as he wants, you just have to be obedient, otherwise don't blame yourself for being cruel.

This is the power he gives, he is not afraid of anyone to compete with him on this stage, but if you choose to compete with him on this stage, you will have to pay a price.

This vote seemed to be an ordinary vote, but the moment the result came out, it was a blow to the prestige of the left prime minister Hu Zhao who was in charge of the Ming Dynasty.

And Mu Jing stepped on the bones of the first courtier, making himself more majestic among the courtiers, and strengthening his authority over the imperial power.

Cai Yong, who was the second minister of Zhaoming Pavilion, blinked slightly at this moment, and inadvertently glanced at Mu Jing who was sitting firmly on the top of the corner of his eyes, and his heart trembled slightly.

He watched Mujing grow up.

In the past, Mujing had the ability, the city, the means, the strategy, the courage, the foresight, and the temperament to accomplish great things.

But between some political power struggles, it is still a little tender.

If it weren't for the lack of political experience of the Mu family and his son, they would not have ended up in Luoyang back then. Politics can be compromised, and politics can kill people.

Obviously, Mu Jing has fully realized this point.

Moreover, on the avenue of emperor technique, Mujing has also reached a higher level, the emperor is in balance with him, and Mujing trusts Hu Zhao, there is no doubt about it.

Back then when Mujing went to Luhun Mountain, the stalker invited Hu Zhao to come out of the mountain. It is still widely circulated today, and it was a good show of mutual sympathy between the monarch and his ministers.

But now it is impossible for Mu Jing to lose any guard against Hu Zhao. If the power of a subject is too great, it will eventually get out of control. Naturally, Mu Jing will use the imperial technique to govern the country.

Cai Yong thought of not only Hu Zhao, but also himself.

The core of the imperial technique lies in balance.

Suppress Hu Zhao.

Someone must stand up. As the emperor, Mu Jing could not end in person. This would greatly compromise his emperor's majesty.

Therefore, he suddenly felt a chill rise up his spine.

At this moment, the ministers also seemed surprised.

In the silent court meeting hall, pairs of eyes glanced at each other, and under the atmosphere of peering each other, people felt unusually oppressed.

"Ha ha!"

Mu Jing spoke first, breaking the silence. His smile was bright, but the laughter caused many people to feel a slight chill rise in their hearts.

"This may be the court meeting with the most tacit understanding between our monarchs and ministers. It is rare to have a unanimous decision. If this is the case, there is no need to discuss this matter again!"

Mu Jing said calmly: "Mingfeng Bank will be under the administration of the Ming court!"

"Your Majesty orders!"

All the ministers spoke one after another.

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After the court meeting was over, all the changes about the court meeting were no longer secrets, and they began to spread in various ministries of the court in an instant.

"what's going on?"

"Unanimous vote?"

"Didn't His Majesty object?"

"How could such a thing happen?"

"Such a scene won't happen for many years. This court meeting will definitely be recorded in history!"

"I still don't understand. How could it be that Hu Xiang and Liu Xiangneng have power?"

"What are you thinking, this is simply impossible!"

"Hmph, this is simply His Majesty's slap on Hu Xiang, this slap can slap Hu Xiang hard!"

"Here's how to say it!"

"Think about it, in the court meeting, there are so many people voting, even His Majesty, Prime Minister Hu, can't control it, otherwise what is the use of the court meeting? The system established secretly is to make our court more open and fair to establish better policies for the people, it is not a matter of one or two people, and no one can bribe all the ministers!"

"Still don't understand!"

"Why don't you understand, this is the result created by our majesty, all the ministers voted for it, how much thought did your majesty use to do it, why did you do that, your majesty told everyone, he didn't care at all A Mingfeng Bank, and he is still telling Hu Xiang that he can win himself and Hu Xiang, this is his hegemony to promote the monarchy!"

"Our Majesty, you are so vicious. If you do this, Hu Xiang will be disgraced!"

"Hehe, your Majesty, those who are killed in the battlefield, you always see His Majesty's benevolence and righteousness, but you don't see His Majesty's domineering, sooner or later you will suffer!"

"Hu Xiang is His Majesty's confidant minister, but His Majesty treats him like this. Is His Majesty planning to change his appearance!"

"It's hard to say!"

"Your Majesty's thoughts, who can guess!"

"We all thought that His Majesty would keep Mingfeng Bank firmly, but His Majesty was unexpected and didn't care at all. Your Majesty has a broad mind and a strange plan. We should not speculate too much on the holy will!"

"..."

The atmosphere of being an official in Ming Dynasty has always been good, and there has never been a crime for speech, so the atmosphere among the officials will naturally not be too cautious. When they talk in twos and threes, they discuss it calmly and are not afraid of power.

These remarks immediately reduced Hu Zhao's influence to below freezing point, and his status as the first official of the Ming Dynasty was also a little shaky.

Some officials even began to visit Cai Yong one after another. Once Hu Zhao was dismissed from the position of left minister, the only one who could stand up was Cai Yong, right minister.

This is the way in officialdom, even if the power is in the hands of the government, it is hard to escape the iron rule that flowers will never be popular in a hundred days.

………………

Hu Fu.

Inside the elegant study.

Hu Zhao is making tea. He makes tea himself. The art of tea is still in the developing stage, but some people have figured out the experience of making tea. People who cultivate their health and nature like to make tea.

There is a kind of calming power in making tea.

But Liu Jin couldn't sit still, he looked at Hu Zhao anxiously, couldn't help breaking the silence, and asked, "Mr. Hu, what does His Majesty mean?"

"What do you mean, isn't it very clear already!"

Hu Zhao stopped his movements, picked up a cup of tea, and smelled it. The fragrance of the tea gave him a feeling of peace of mind. He said calmly, "You think that your Majesty can really continue to oppose him over and over again. Bear with it!"

"But we are also for the court!"

Liu Jin said gloomyly.

"Who isn't!" Hu Zhao took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Isn't Your Majesty doing it for the court? If he was doing it for himself, he wouldn't have handed over the Mingfeng Bank today. We are all for the court!"

"But……"

Liu Jin gritted his teeth and was speechless.

"rest assured!"

Hu Zhao knew what he wanted to say, and said calmly: "Your Majesty is willing to sing this play, which is a good thing for me. Perhaps His Majesty will have such a result, so that he can feel at ease, and so can I. !"

"Good thing?" Liu Jin didn't understand.

"Since ancient times, it has been difficult for heroes to deal with themselves, especially those who assisted the founding king. Most of them died badly. The lesson of Han Gaozu's massacre of the founding heroes is only a few hundred years old. Can we forget it!"

Hu Zhao's deep voice spread out in the study: "The establishment of the Great Ming Dynasty has countless people who have made great achievements. Although I have no talent to be a Marquis, I have the power to be a Marquis. So I have been thinking about a question recently. You must not stay, or the big man can’t tolerate staying. Finally, I figured it out. No matter what the heart of Han Gaozu is, for the great Han, there are some things that he is willing to do, and he will do it if he doesn’t want to. In fact, I have a premonition , if one day, the Great Ming dominates the world, we are all in danger!"

"Your Majesty is not a cold person!"

Liu Jin shook his head and said firmly.

Although Mu Jing is the emperor, those old courtiers who have followed him for many years naturally know what kind of disposition they are, otherwise they wouldn't all give up.

"Who is Your Majesty, I know better than you!"

Hu Zhao smiled and said, "But one day, when I have all the power in the government, and my disciples and old officials are everywhere, and Yu Daming can surpass His Majesty's name, then do you think that His Majesty wants to deal with me, or that Daming can't tolerate me?"

"Impossible!" Liu Jin suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Some things, you have to be prepared!"

Hu Zhaodao: "I can't continue to intervene in this matter. If I continue to intervene, Your Majesty will think that I am provoking, and I will lose control in the future. At present, the situation of the Ming Dynasty cannot have the slightest turmoil. I need to avoid it. Only you The Zhengshitang solves it by itself, and you have to be careful. It seems that we have won the Mingfeng Bank, but in fact, when the court pushed, His Majesty said very clearly that the imperial court governs the Mingfeng Bank. We played a word game, he doesn't want to let go of Mingfeng Bank!"

"What do you mean?" Liu Jin's eyes widened.

"Mingfeng Bank is under the administration of the imperial court, but it is directly under the management of the Zhengshitang without saying anything. The imperial court is not just a political affairs hall!" Hu Zhao said: "You think our majesty will hand over Mingfeng so easily, Mingfeng's current influence is already different from others, this is a knife, he won't hand it over so easily!"

"If you don't give it to the Political Affairs Hall, why not give it to the Privy Council? That's a group of warriors. It's impossible. The rest is the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is even more impossible!" Liu Jin didn't quite believe it: "Even if His Majesty is dissatisfied with us, Even if you are afraid, you will not do such a foolish thing!"

"You're wrong again!"

Hu Zhao told Liu Jin, "Why is there only the Political Affairs Hall, the Privy Council, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate under the imperial court?"

"Is not it?"

"Mistakes add to mistakes!"

Hu Zhao said softly: "Your vision is too limited, don't forget one thing, the country of Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is Zhaoming Pavilion!"

"Zhaoming Pavilion?"

Liu Jin is not a fool, he was just preconceived at the beginning, so he was limited by his own thoughts, but after being reminded by Hu Zhao, he suddenly came to his senses: "Change the soup or not the medicine?"

"I got it!"

Hu Zhao smiled and said: "So, our Majesty is smart. We convened this court meeting, but he pushed the boat along the way and killed two birds with one stone. He completely solved the problem that Mingfeng Bank had been hanging outside, and he was able to teach me a lesson. One meal, let my majesty be swept away, what a clever chess player!"

"The queen..."

Liu Jin frowned.

"This is your only chance!" Hu Zhao said, "Besides, there is another advantage to using this trick of your majesty. Prime Minister Cai cannot do anything involving the queen's affairs!"

"Your Majesty is really good at calculating!" Hu Zhao couldn't help swallowing.

It never occurred to him that he wanted to take back a Mingfeng Bank, but was beaten by Mujing in such a way. Not only Hu Zhao's face would be disgraced, but even the Zhengshitang might not be able to reap benefits.

"Whether you can fight for the right to rule the Mingfeng Bank depends on whether your layout in Mingfeng over the years can be effective!" Hu Zhao warned Liu Jin: "I guess you are no stranger to the queen's methods. Your Majesty won't let go, she will definitely support His Majesty, don't use your identity as a woman, or some kind of rooster Sichen to attack her, or you will piss her off, and if you piss off His Majesty at that time, you really will The bamboo basket was empty for fetching water!"

"Ok!"

Liu Jin nodded.

He thought for a while, and said, "Cai Que really can't make a move?"

"Hard to say!"

Hu Zhao pondered for a while: "At Cai Xiang's level, it's hard for me to guess, and although Cai Xiang is not an eclectic person, he doesn't necessarily follow the rules. Whether he makes a move or not may have nothing to do with his thoughts. Yes, the key is profit!"

"Benefits?" Liu Jin figured it out all of a sudden: "Mingfeng Bank's interests!"

"Standing in our position, we have already reached the pinnacle. The so-called fame and fortune, the so-called power, the so-called position, and the so-called background are all meaningless!"

Hu Zhao told Liu Jin: "What we are after and what it is is the best interest for the Ming Dynasty. If you can't give Cai Xiang this, Cai Xiang will not help the Zhengshitang!"

"Then how do I do it?"

Liu Jin was a little confused.

"Think for yourself!"

Hu Zhao continued drinking tea.

Liu Jin also fell silent. He was able to get to this position. On the one hand, he is indeed talented, but his vision is very limited. He is the head of the political affairs hall.

In fact, when it comes to real ability, overall situation, and city government, he is not the top one.

Following the Mu family back then was the most correct thing he did in his life. He has worked hard all these years, so he is able to take on this position.

However, as the territory governed by Daming became larger and larger, and the country of Daming became more and more stalwart, he has already shown some aspects of his lack of ability.

However, Hu Zhao has been supporting him, and he has never made any mistakes. Whether it is ability or qualifications, there is no one who can replace him for the time being.

So he is still the one who controls the Zhengshitang, but his dependence on Hu Zhao is getting bigger and bigger.

(Wish! Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
(End of this chapter)