Rule over Ming Dynasty

The wind and snow outside suddenly became strong, and the whole courtyard was filled with flying snow.

Jia Jun endured the discomfort and suddenly raised his head and said something shocking: "Grand Empress Dowager, I came to the palace this time to thank you for your support and support, and secondly, I have decided to submit my resignation to Your Majesty. From tomorrow on, I will no longer be an important official of the Ming Dynasty!"

Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be both loyal and righteous. Originally, he hoped that the Empress Dowager Zhou could take a step back and not create trouble that would affect the hard-won prosperity of today, but it was obvious that the other party would not give up.

This time he chose to go to the palace to meet the Grand Empress Dowager despite the world's disapproval. He had already made preparations for both situations and did not intend to become a national sinner.

Since Empress Dowager Zhou refused to listen to his advice, he had no choice but to resign and return to the countryside.

Although he was extremely reluctant to leave his position as prime minister, and wanted to continue to accompany the emperor, he also wanted to witness with his own eyes the Ming Empire's dominance over the world, but unfortunately he could no longer see it.

From the moment he took his first step into the palace, there was already an abyss behind him, and now the only way left for him was to resign from this position on his own initiative.

Although he was unable to persuade the Empress Dowager to give in, he also could not use her for his own good. So for the sake of his loyalty, he could only choose to "abandon his own martial arts."

"What, you want to resign from your position?" Empress Dowager Zhou's eyes widened and she looked at Jia Jun in shock.

Eunuch Chen and others were also extremely shocked. One has to know that it is extremely difficult for an official to climb to the position of prime minister, and it is even more difficult for this prime minister who was a juren.

But now this prime minister actually took the initiative to resign, which is no less than a poor man who found ten thousand taels of gold and was able to return the gold to the owner.

Jia Jun's heart was not shaken at all, so he kowtowed solemnly and said: "I was originally a scholar, but fortunately the Empress Dowager promoted me and the Emperor granted me the grace to be the Prime Minister. Now I am old and seriously ill, so I dare not stay in the court any longer, so I come here to bid farewell to the Empress Dowager!"

As he said this, he bowed deeply again. Although he had spent a lot of money and connections to establish this relationship, he always remembered the kindness of the support in his heart.

"Jia Jun, is this how you repay me? I won't allow you to resign. You have to do work for me, at least get this thing done!" Empress Dowager Zhou gritted her teeth and made the request in anger.

Jia Jun smiled bitterly, and raised his head and said, "Grand Empress Dowager, you helped me in the past, and your majesty has been even more gracious to me. I dare not do anything that goes against the wishes of the people of the world. I am sorry that I cannot obey your order. I will take my leave!"

Having said that, he no longer responded to the Empress Dowager, but stood up and left resolutely.

It is true that the Empress Dowager had been kind to him, but the Emperor was even more kind to him. If it were not for this incident, even though he was seriously ill, he would have continued to be loyal to the Emperor.

Outside the courtyard, snow was already flying everywhere.

Jia Jun's body was quite thin, but he resolutely walked into the flying snow and left in the direction he came from.

But his body was seriously ill after all. As soon as he walked out of the gate of Guanju Palace, he leaned against the wall and coughed non-stop, and even coughed up a mouthful of blood.

He originally wanted to recuperate at home, but he was not an ungrateful person after all.

Now that I have chosen to resign, I have not done anything to let the emperor down, and I am no longer of any use to Empress Dowager Zhou. This is a blessing in disguise.

As for whether the Queen will imprison the Grand Empress Dowager Zhou or completely sideline her, all we can say is that the Grand Empress Dowager Zhou has her own fault.

When Jia Jun was blown by the cold wind, his whole body shivered and he began to shake for no reason.

His body had been relatively warm just now, but now it seemed as if he had fallen into an ice kiln. The clothes on his body seemed to have lost their ability to keep out the cold, and his hands were already shaking non-stop.

Jia Xiong did not leave. When he saw his father coming out, he immediately went to meet him. He soon noticed that his father was different: "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

"Cold!" Jia Jun didn't know how he walked out step by step, but he uttered the word with difficulty.

Jia Xiong's hand had already touched his father's hand, and he immediately found that his father had become much shorter, so he hurriedly made arrangements: "Quick, go to the clinic in front!"

I originally thought that my father could survive this trip to the palace, but it seemed that an evil spirit had taken over his body and the situation became extremely grim.

Guanju Palace, the main hall.

As a crackling sound came from inside, the plates that had just been delivered were damaged. Empress Dowager Zhou looked like an angry old lion.

"Damn it! The Jia clan should be killed!"

Empress Dowager Zhou could tolerate important ministers refusing the imperial edict, but she could not tolerate such blatant betrayal. At this moment, she wished she could issue an order to execute Jia Jun's entire clan to relieve her hatred.

It would have been fine if there was no hope at the beginning, but Jia Jun's arrival gave her strong hope. However, she did not expect that Jia Jun was actually on the side of the emperor and the queen.

But she was destined to be impotent and furious now. Not to mention that she was already the completely powerless Empress Dowager, how could Jia Jun, as a dignified minister of the imperial cabinet, kill all nine clans of his family just because of her anger?

The eunuchs and palace maids around were silent as a mouse, kneeling on the ground and not daring to look up.

Eunuch Chen was about fifty years old, with a shifty look and the way he walked with his fingers pinched together looked quite funny, but his smile seemed very flattering.

He was a fish that escaped the Queen's purge. Since he happened to be on errands outside the palace that night, the Ministry of Discipline and Supervision did not choose to arrest him.

Eunuch Chen came in from outside, and without even bothering to shake off the snow on his body, he hurriedly knelt on the ground like the other palace servants, allowing the moody Grand Empress Dowager to vent her anger.

It is said that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. One must also be cautious when working for the moody Empress Dowager.

"You bastard, look at what you have done!" When Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Eunuch Chen, she became furious and immediately stepped forward to kick the eunuch to death.

If it weren't for this damn eunuch who brought Jia Jun here, why would I have to endure this?

Eunuch Chen was already used to being kicked by the Empress Dowager. After being kicked hard, he quickly begged for mercy: "Empress Dowager, I have a suggestion, please spare me!"

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

The first snow of this winter has stopped, and a thick layer of white snow has accumulated in the huge courtyard, adding a bit of winter beauty to the palace. Although Zhu Youtang likes fishing very much, he also likes snowy days, especially snowy days in the Qianqing Palace, which gives him a different kind of beauty and makes his sleep quality better.

"Your Majesty, this is a sign of a good harvest!"

"It's just snowing, it's too early to talk about auspicious snow!"

Liu Jin watched Liu Youtang enjoying the snow and said something auspicious. Zhu Youtang was still very pragmatic and did not think that the next year would be a good year just because of the snow. In fact, he just liked the snow scene in the courtyard.

But he was the master of this empire after all, so a few glances were enough for him, and then he walked into the warm East Warm Pavilion.

Since the heating system in this palace has been activated and a steady supply of heat is being transported in from underground, there is no need to worry about keeping warm here.

As usual, Zhu Youtang would look through information from all over the world every night to grasp the evolution of the entire world.

Although the Ming Dynasty's intelligence network has spread all over the world, how can one sweep the world if one cannot sweep one's own house? Everything that happened in Guansui Palace today was also sent to his desk.

Not to mention that the person in charge of Guanqiao Palace has been replaced, even in the former Qingning Palace, he still had his spies, and important intelligence would be delivered to his desk.

It was for this reason that the Jinyiwei went to He Mansion the day after the Qianqing Palace arson case, and even seized the correspondence between He Mansion and Prince Chong.

"Your Majesty, your concubine greets you!" Li Xien came in a formal dress wearing a black Korean queen's dress and a phoenix crown on her head. She looked more and more like a queen, and she greeted him in a proper manner.

Since she will return to North Korea tomorrow, she will still be the one to sleep with him tonight.

Women dress up to please themselves, and tonight she dressed up carefully. Then she came to Dongnuan Palace impatiently, hoping to spend more time with the emperor tonight.

Zhu Youtang liked to stay in the pit in the winter. Looking at Li Xien, who was dressed in a somewhat unfamiliar manner, he patted the person next to him and asked Li Xien to come up and stay with him.

In order to highlight her good figure, Li Xien wore relatively few clothes. Naturally, she climbed out of the pit happily and then leaned obediently against Zhu Youtang.

Liu Jin was quite perceptive and reduced the number of palace servants here to create a quieter space for the two men, allowing them to do whatever they wanted on the pit.

Although Zhu Youtang gently hugged the Queen Mother of Korea beside him, he had no intention of ending his work tonight. Instead, he held the beauty in one hand and looked at the intelligence with the other.

In fact, he knew that the Empress Dowager was going to summon important officials to the palace today, but he did not choose to step forward to stop it, and he never thought it was a big deal.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, being unfilial is a label that will bring eternal infamy and everyone tries to avoid it, but I have actually never taken it seriously.

According to the original history, he handed over the decision-making power of almost all matters to the cabinet. Although he became Emperor Xiaozong praised by the scholar-official class, what could he bring to the country and the people?

Zhu Youtang did not mind being labeled as unfilial. After all, he always acted according to his heart.

If he believed that he needed to imprison the Empress Dowager to ensure his own safety, even if all the ministers stood up to oppose it, it would be impossible for them to change his decision.

Now that Empress Dowager Zhou had made such a fuss, he could only force himself to increase the pressure on her. He might even imprison the Empress Dowager.

Li Xien snuggled sweetly beside Zhu Youtang, looking curiously at the intelligence content related to Empress Dowager Zhou and the current cabinet minister Jia Jun.

Zhu Youtang finally realized that Jia Jun followed the path of Empress Dowager Zhou. He had once suspected that Jia Jun was in league with Liu Ji. Now, looking at the intelligence in his hand, he shook his head and said, "What a fool! Why should he resign from the position of prime minister for this matter?"

"Your Majesty, this is the right thing to do, right?" Li Xien has always regarded Li Youtang as his teacher, and immediately expressed his thoughts.

Zhu Youtang did have the intention to teach Li Xien, and immediately asked back with the intention of testing him: "Why do you say that?"

"The Empress Dowager has been kind to Jia Jun, but now His Majesty and the Empress Dowager are at odds with each other. The only way for him to avoid repaying the favor and standing up to challenge His Majesty is to resign!" Li Xien pretended to think and expressed his opinion seriously.

Zhu Youtang nodded gently, then looked at Li Xien approvingly: "It's just that he lost his phase!"

"All blessings are from heaven! Your Majesty has praised Jia Jun's engineering ability more than once. Your Majesty is so wise and powerful that you can deal with the problem of Empress Dowager Zhou first and then recall him back." Li Xien tilted his neck, his beautiful eyes flashing.

Zhu Youtang didn't understand why the queen's skirt looked like a vat, but now he found that Li Xien was not only sweet-looking, but also had a high political talent: "You see it very clearly. I really don't want to lose an important minister because of the Queen Mother! If he submits his resignation, I will definitely agree to let him leave, but I will call him back in half a year at most!"

Fame is similar to diplomas in later generations. Even though not all the top universities in the country are talented, some unknown universities can produce amazing talents.

Although Jia Jun was a juren, his achievements in engineering were far beyond the reach of officials who were jinshi. Even though Jia Jun had used a backdoor, he was able to become the Minister of Works with his engineering skills, which proved his extraordinary ability.

"I have such understanding, thanks to your Majesty's good teaching!" Li Xien was not proud of this, but looked at Zhu Youtang with affection in her beautiful eyes.

These days, whenever Zhu Youtang wanted to teach her something, he was often pulled onto the dragon bed, so many points of knowledge left a deep impression on her.

Of course, this is actually inseparable from her political talent. After all, the fact that she can run North Korea so successfully proves that she also has extraordinary qualities.

Regarding Jia Jun's resignation, she immediately saw the mystery in it, which was that although Zhu Youtang was resentful in his heart, he obviously did not intend to give up Jia Jun, a genius in engineering.

Zhu Youtang saw the intelligence report that Jia Jun's condition had worsened when he left, so he shouted outside, "Liu Jin!"

"I'm here!" Liu Jin said hurriedly, appearing to be very respectful.

Zhu Youtang put down the information in his hand and immediately instructed earnestly: "You go to the medical school in person tomorrow morning and convey my message to them, asking them to solve the last problem within two days, and to see the finished product by the evening of the day after tomorrow at the latest!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Jin bowed seriously.

"Your Majesty, what is it that concerns you so much?" Li Xien's curiosity was aroused, and he immediately raised his cute face and asked in confusion.

Zhu Youtang held the beauty in his arms and continued to read the report: "A groundbreaking new medicine! If this medicine comes out, the Ming army will not only be invincible in the world, but will also greatly reduce casualties!" (End of this chapter)