Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 91
In the Qianqing Palace, sandalwood is curling up.

After Li Yu met a soft nail in Xu's house, he came back immediately to report.

Perhaps because he was worried that Zhu Youtang would be furious, Zhang Sheng, who originally planned to come to thank him, also came in with him.

It happened by coincidence that after the interrogation, Xie Ke came to report, and he followed Li Yu and Zhang Sheng to kneel here in a respectful manner.

Since yesterday's Qiuxiang incident, the maids staying in Dongnuange today have obviously learned more about the rules. When the three officials came in, they all retreated quietly.

Liu Jin is being trained with emphasis now, and is standing neatly beside Zhu Youtang with a Buddha dust in his hand. The light reflected from the window falls on his gorgeous eunuch costume.

The four people here seemed to be arrogant and did not dare to pant, obviously feeling the emperor's anger.

Holding the Twelve Battalions of the Beijing Army in his hands, the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty, a young emperor with resourcefulness and artifice, and now there are still courtiers who dare to openly sing against the emperor to anger the emperor.

"Rejection? Very good, really good!"

Zhu Youtang was about to read the memorabilia of Jiang Hong's impeachment of Wang Yue by Huguang patrol officer Jiang Hong, but when he heard Li Yu's report, he was also very angry.

Perhaps sensing the emperor's anger, Li Yu and Zhang Sheng buried their heads even lower.

"You all stand up and discuss it! Xu Pu refused to be appointed by the emperor, how should we deal with this matter?" Zhu Youtang suppressed the burning anger, and asked lightly.

Li Yu and Zhang Sheng found that Hongzhi was more stable than expected, they couldn't help but let out a deep breath, and stood up to thank him.

Wang Xiang was a typical young man with a mentality, and he couldn't help expressing his opinion immediately: "Your Majesty, since Xu Pu is so ignorant of flattery, this is openly against His Majesty, I think I should dismiss him!"

"Master Li, Master Zhang, what do you think?" Zhu Youtang didn't actually want to ask Wang Xiang for advice, so he directly targeted Li Yu and Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng, who had just been promoted to a bachelor's degree in the Imperial Academy, saw that Li Yu didn't seem to have thought about it, so he took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter should not be too big, so Du Ming, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, can take over as Minister of Rites, and quickly calm down the matter." The criticism it caused! Thanks to Long En, Du Ming would never dare to refuse the order!"

"If Xu Pu is not dealt with, the courtiers may think that I am afraid that Xu will use him!" Zhu Youtang put down the memorial in his hand heavily, seemingly unable to swallow this breath.

In fact, it is not only angry now, Xu Pu is now clearly asking him to abolish the "emperor's promotion" and change it to the Jiuqing court promotion system during the Yingzong period.

These civil servants kept talking about loyalty to the emperor, but they did everything possible to steal money and power from the Zhu family, and now they still have the face to show the nine-year-old imperial court system established by the eight-year-old emperor.

At this moment, he found that the case of Zhou Lie's rebellion had to be implemented as soon as possible, and there was no head rolling to frighten these young people, so he really thought he was a good man and a faithful woman.

Wang's reaction to Zhu Youtang was sympathetic, and Dang even expressed his position again: "Your Majesty, a disobedient courtier like Xu Pu cannot be used. I think that I should order him to resign from office, and I also request that Xu Pu be investigated for his corruption of ink!"

"Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate to deal with Xu Pu immediately! What Xu Pu provoked this time is a dispute between the appointment of the emperor and the appointment of the Jiuqing court. Dealing with Xu Pu will make the world think that His Majesty is guilty, so it's better to have a debate, so as to return to the order of the great ancestor!" Li Yu took a deep breath, and immediately stood up to express his opinion.

Zhu Youtang was naturally aware of the mystery, but he still had a bad breath in his heart and said: "What I want is to fight back!"

"Your Majesty, I think that the position of Minister of Rites can be left vacant for a while. One is naturally reserved for the dispute between the appointment of the emperor and the appointment of the Nine Ministers. The other is that your majesty has already dug a hole!" Li Yu glanced at it. Zhu Youtang seemed to have the meaning in his words.

Huh?
Both Zhang Sheng and Wang Xiang didn't understand what Li Yu was playing dumb, and they couldn't help but looked at Hongzhi suspiciously.

"What kind of hole did I dig?" Zhu Youtang asked calmly.

"If Xu Pu accepts the emperor's appointment today, then Cheng Minzheng, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, will take over as a scholar of the Imperial Academy, Xie Qian will move to the Bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials will hold a court promotion. However, Xu Pu will not be appointed today, and the latter two Xu Pu has already blocked the way of these two people! There is a saying in official circles: blocking people from promotion is like killing parents!" Li Yu analyzed.

Wang Xiang's eyes lit up slightly, and he couldn't help blurting out: "That's true! If the position of Minister of Rites is left vacant, wouldn't Cheng Minzheng, Xie Qian and others hate Xu Pu to the core!"

"If the court promotes the left servant of the official department, Liu Xuan, the current right servant of the official department, is a concubine in the second year of Jingtai, and he can definitely be promoted. Now Xu Pu refuses to accept the post, which also blocks Liu Xuan's way! Your Majesty , now immediately decree to order Xu Pu to become an official, but it will make Xu Pu famous in history, and it will also damage the righteousness of the emperor's appointment, so please be patient and let the post of minister of the Ministry of Rites be vacant!" Li Yu observed Zhu Youtang's behavior Response, Dang even suggested while the iron was hot.

This……

Zhang Sheng suddenly realized that it was a bit abnormal for him to take over Liu Jian's Hanlin Servant and Xie Qian to take over Cheng Minzheng's Hanlin Servant. s student.

"Master Li, what do you think is Xu Pu's real motive for refusing to accept the emperor's favor?" Zhu Youtang's face softened slightly, but he wanted to hear Li Yu's opinion.

Li Yu pondered for a while, then slowly shook his head and said: "I can't say for sure! It's just Xu Pu's current situation, a minister of the Ministry of Rites is really not as good as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials!"

"I still have the capacity to tolerate people! Now that Xu Pu refuses the emperor's favor with his own selfishness, I don't have to punish him for the sake of the overall situation. However, I hope that the three of you will help me eliminate traitors in the future and restore Ming Dynasty to rule!" Zhu Youtang No longer delve into Xu Pu's real motives, and immediately make a decision.

Li Yu, Zhang Sheng, and Wang Ping expressed their opinions together: "I swear to be loyal to His Majesty to the death!"

Liu Jin glanced at Zhu Youtang thoughtfully, feeling faintly that the emperor had a murderous intention.

Xu Pu was probably really confused this time, even if he was greedy for power and wanted to stay in the position of Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of Officials, then he chose to decline it, but he still made it like this, isn't he asking for his own death?

"Wang Xiang, why are you leaving?" Seeing Li Yu and others resigning, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but say something to Wang Xiang who turned around and was about to leave with him.

"Ah? Look at Weichen's memory!" Wang Xiang patted his forehead belatedly, and immediately reported: "Weichen just interrogated Xie Ke himself, and Xie Ke didn't disclose the whereabouts of the account book! It's just that he Said that if His Majesty can stop raiding their Xie family's old house, he is willing to write out the account book silently, and there will be evidence of Xu Pu's corruption of ink!"

"Writing silently? Can this be credible? It is impossible for Xu Pu to bribe Xie Yikui, and it is even more impossible for him to act so carelessly!" Zhu Youtang found that Mr. Xie was cutely stupid, so he sneered.

"I also think so!" Wang Xiang actually saw this, but it was his duty to report truthfully, but he said seriously: "I have already used punishment today, but I don't know if Xie Ke is stubborn or really doesn't know." love, but he still refuses to open his mouth, it's just..."

"Just what?" Zhu Youtang had already picked up the memorial again, looking calm and authentic.

Wang Xiang hesitated for a while, and reported the truth: "He made a move: He said that Xie Yikui asked him to write down a number, saying it was 210, [-], and [-]!"

"What does this mean?" Zhu Youtang looked confused.

Wang Xiang looked at the bright Zhu Youtang and didn't know it, so he shook his head bitterly and said: "This humble minister is also puzzled, my humble minister is incompetent, please punish me!"

"Xie Ke probably isn't an insider, you can do one more thing for me!" Zhu Youtang wrote down the number by hand, but a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Wang Xiang's expression straightened immediately, and he cupped his hands immediately and said, "Please make it clear, Your Majesty!"

"I heard that Xu Yuangai, the fourth son of the Xu family, is deeply favored by Xu Pu, and he often hangs around the place of fireworks. Find out where his money comes from!" Zhu Youtang ordered lightly with a decision in his heart.

Wang Xiang knew that Zhu Youtang was venting his anger and was investigating him, so he cupped his hands and said, "Obey!"

Beizhen Fusi, in the prison.

"dinner's ready!"

Xie Ke woke up in a daze, his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, seeing the dog food that he had dismissed before was beside the fence, Dang Shi rushed at it with bright eyes, and then ate it voraciously.

It was just that when he was halfway through eating, he suddenly felt a cramping pain in his stomach.

(End of this chapter)