The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 304 The era of the Eight Tigers has begun!

If you want to capture something, it's best to let it go.

Emperor Zhengde was a little genius in drama.

When Liu Jian proposed that all civil servants resign, Emperor Zhengde showed a horrified expression.

Emperor Zhengde said with a trembling voice: "Ah! Mr. Liu and all your beloved ministers are going to resign? What should we do? How will the various government offices in the capital operate in the future?"

Liu Jian felt happy: Oh, it seems that the emperor is afraid.Just be afraid!Without us civil servants, you would become a bare emperor!
Thinking of this, Liu Jian added: "The emperor is wrong. Not only ministers and colleagues in Beijing will resign. Governors, envoys, inspectors, prefects, and county magistrates from all over the country will also resign!"

"No conscientious civil servant in the world would even bother to coexist with the Eight Tigers and traitors in the officialdom!"

Emperor Zhengde deliberately opened his mouth and said in shock: "Huh? All civil servants have resigned and gone into seclusion, so who will help me govern the world! Doesn't the Ming Dynasty want to perish?"

Liu Jian said proudly: "Back to the emperor, please protect the Eight Tigers and let the eunuchs continue to be in power. The Ming Dynasty will perish. If all civil servants resign en masse, the country will perish as well."

"Your only correct choice is to kill the Eight Tigers and clarify the administration of officials. Only in this way can the prosperous era of Hongzhi continue in the Zhengde Dynasty."

Emperor Zhengde looked troubled: "Ah, I have to think about this carefully. I will go back to Qianqing Palace first."

Liu Jiandao: "If the emperor does not kill the Eight Tigers for one day, the ministers will go on a hunger strike and kneel down in Qianqing Palace to remonstrate!"

Emperor Zhengde stood up directly from the dragon throne: "Ah, for such a big matter, I always have to think about it carefully and carefully before making a decision. Dismiss the court!"

After Emperor Zhengde left, Chang Feng and other military attachés dispersed and headed outside the royal gate.

But the civil servants still gathered in the courtyard in front of the imperial gate.

Liu Jian said loudly: "Comrades, let's write the resignation letter first. If the emperor has not sent the decree to kill the Eight Tigers by noon today, we will take the resignation letter and go to Qianqing Palace to go on a hunger strike and kneel down to remonstrate!"

All the civil servants agreed: "Yes! Since ancient times, loyalties and traitors have always been at odds with each other. If the emperor doesn't kill the traitorous eunuchs of the Eight Tigers, we will resign and go into seclusion!"

"Master Wang said it well! There is righteousness in the heaven and earth, and they are mixed and endowed with manifolds! Our great righteousness is gathered in each resignation letter. We will surely defeat the evil spirit in the court!"

Li Dongyang looked at the impassioned speeches of his fellow civil servants and remained silent.

Chang Ponu stood in the civil service class.He is the doctor of the Ceremony Department of the Ministry of Etiquette, so he is naturally among the early court officials.

Xie Qian said to Chang Ponu: "Ponu, you have been studying in the East Palace with the emperor since you were a child. I am your teacher."

"A word of advice from a teacher. You will encounter many crossroads in your life, and you must make a choice."

"You have to choose the right path!"

Chang Ponu held up his hands and said, "May I ask Mr. Xie, what do you think is the right path?"

Xie Qian said: "It's simple. Stand with us and fight against the eunuchs together! Kill relatives for the sake of justice. Don't follow the evil path of your father's attachment to the eunuchs!"

Chang Ponu said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "I have learned the lesson."

Liu Jiandao: "That's it. Let's disperse for the time being and go back to write a resignation letter. At noon, we will go to the courtyard in front of Qianqing Palace to gather and kneel to remonstrate."

Let us say that Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei after leaving the court.

Accompanying Chang Feng were Zhang Yong, the chief of the Royal Horse Supervisor, Jiang Bin, the commander-in-chief of Xuanda, Yaoliang, Shi Wenzhong and Ye Guang, veterans of the Beijing Camp, and more than twenty "Leopard Slaves".

These leopard slaves are actually border army generals.Emperor Zhengde asked them to stay in the Leopard Room and wait for this day.

Chang Feng said: "Everyone, there will be big changes in the capital today. We must firmly control the capital camp for the emperor."

"According to the previous arrangement of the emperor, you are immediately divided into the [-]th regiment camp and the three major battalions, each with their own personal military guards, and are in charge of the troops and horses of each battalion."

"Martial law will be implemented immediately in the nine gates. The defense of the nine gates will be jointly responsible for the defense of the nine gates."

"In addition, Fusi of Beizhen transferred two thousand soldiers to station in the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities. The Military and Horse Department is controlled by civilian officials, so be careful of them causing chaos in the capital!"

Emperor Zhengde was afraid that the civil servant group would penetrate too deeply into the Beijing camp. At this time of great change in the court, he must firmly hold the military power in his hands.

Zhang Yong added: "Anyone found in each camp who secretly communicates with civilian officials and plots evil will be punished on the spot!"

After the generals dispersed, Chang Ponu came to Jinyiwei.

Chang Ponu said: "Dad, my colleagues are all going to the Qianqing Palace at noon today to deliver resignation papers and kneel down to remonstrate. I won't join in the fun and will stay in your territory for a day."

Chang Feng shook his head: "No! You have to follow the crowd and resign along with your colleagues. I tell you, your father-in-law Li Dongyang will do the same."

Chang Ponu was confused: "Isn't my old Taishan going to stay in the capital and replace Liu Jian as the chief minister of the imperial court? How could he resign along with Liu and Xie and kneel down to remonstrate?"

Chang Feng said: "Because Li Dongyang knows in his heart that no matter how many officials submit resignation notices today, the emperor will only allow two people to resign. One is Liu Jian and the other is Xie Qian!"

Chang Ponu was stunned: "Oh?"

Chang Feng explained patiently: "Liu Jian and Xie Qian are too confident. They feel that the emperor does not dare to let them resign. They have forgotten the most important thing. If the court is missing, no one will do it!"

"The person who started the riot and resigned has left the court. Will the civil servants below them continue to riot? No!"

"I know civil servants very well. Most of them regard studying as a business. Ten years of hard study is their capital. Entering the officialdom and winning an official position is their profit."

"How many of them are willing to put aside their official hats and leave the court where they have studied hard for half their lives?"

Chang Ponu thought for a long time: "Father, what you said makes sense."

Chang Feng added: "Li Dongyang will resign from office and kneel down to remonstrate with him for the sake of his reputation among scholars. Whoever does not resign from office and kneel down to remonstrate is a member of the Eight Tigers."

"Which literati wants to be known as a slave to the eunuchs? So, you have to follow your old man Taishan to the Qianqing Palace."

"Anyway, the emperor will not approve your resignation letter. And if my prediction is correct, the emperor will promote you after today."

It's seven o'clock.Chang Feng came to the gate of Qianqing Palace and commanded the Han generals on duty.To prevent civil servants from taking drastic actions.For example, they bumped into the jade railing to death, or attacked the Eight Tigers.

This is a lesson learned from the past.In August of the 14th year of Orthodoxy, after the Tumubao Incident.During the early morning court at the imperial gate, the civil servants of the imperial court beat Wang Zhen and his party's Jinyiweidu commander Ma Shun and three other people to death in front of Zhu Qiyu, the king of the country.

Shengsheng used his fist to hammer out Ma Shun's brain!
If these civil servants become ruthless, they will dare to imitate the ruffians and beat them up and kill them.

At noon, the civil servants gathered on time in the front courtyard outside the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

Liu Jian shouted: "Please resign!"

Three to four hundred civil servants followed and shouted in unison: "I, please resign!"

At this moment, Liu Jin walked out of the hall.

Chang Feng stopped him: "Eunuch Liu, what are you doing out here?"

Liu Jin said: "Your Majesty asked me to come out to collect resignation notices from hundreds of officials."

Chang Feng suggested: "Is Mr. Xiao in there? Let him come out to collect the memorials. If you go to the front courtyard, I'm afraid the civil servants will swarm you and punch you. There are hundreds of them, and one person can beat you to death with one punch." ."

Liu Jin said: "They don't dare, right?"

Chang Feng was a little anxious: "Have you forgotten what happened to Ma Shun, the great shopkeeper of Jinyiwei in the Zhengtong Dynasty?"

When Chang Feng said this, Liu Jin shrank subconsciously: "Ah, Governor Chang is still thoughtful. I'll go find Mr. Xiao to come out."

After a while, Xiao Jing came out of the main hall and came to the front courtyard: "My lords, the emperor asked me to deliver your resignation letter."

Liu Jian handed the memorial to Xiao Jing: "Mr. Xiao, I am not saying that you are old. As the chief of the ceremonial supervisor, you should take care of things well. Now the power of the ceremonial supervisor falls entirely to Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, and Gu Da. In, lead to."

Xiao Jing is very good at pretending to be confused, and he is well versed in the method of not offending both parties.He shouted: "Huh? What did Liu Shoufu say? I'm old, hard of hearing, and can't hear clearly!" Liu Jian raised his voice: "I said you should take care of things!"

Xiao Jing said: "What? You said I have a mole on my nose? That's not hemorrhoids, it's age spots!"

Liu Jian smiled bitterly: "Come on. Everyone, please quickly hand over all your resignation letters to Eunuch Xiao and forward them to the Emperor."

Liu Jian and Xie Qian were very confident.Nearly four hundred resignation memorials will surely force Emperor Zhengde to kill the Eight Tigers.

Li Dongyang, who was kneeling aside, was thinking: When Liu and Xie become official, who should I choose to serve as my assistant?

Xiao Jing led eight young eunuchs and carried nearly four hundred memorials into the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

Memorials were placed all over the place.

Emperor Zhengde said: "Only pick out the resignation memorials of Liu Jian and Xie Qian."

Xiao Jing singled out the resignation memorials of Liu Jian and Xie Qian.

Emperor Zhengde said: "Liu Jin, wait for the pen and ink, I want Zhu Pi!"

Emperor Zhengde spent two moments writing the Zhubi carefully, carefully and carefully.

Emperor Zhengde then handed the two memorials to Xiao Jing: "You give the memorials to Chang Feng. Chang Feng will read Zhu's comments to Liu Jian and Xie Qian."

"In addition, let Chang Feng pass on my oral instructions. Except for Mr. Liu and Mr. Xie, I will not allow the speeches of other officials!"

After a while, Chang Feng came to the front courtyard with two memorials.

In order to prevent being beaten, he called fifty strong and strong generals to accompany him.

Chang Feng opened the memorial: "Liu Shoufu, Mr. Xie Ge, the emperor ordered me to come and read Zhu's comments."

"There is an edict. The gentleman is a veteran of the four dynasties and a distinguished veteran. His virtuous name is unparalleled in the world. There is a proverb that says, 'Liu Gongjuan, Li Gongmou, Xie Gongshan is a good talker.' When he became the Hua Dynasty, he did not cling to the traitors Wang Zhi, Shang Ming, and Wantong. , clean oneself and keep one's innocence. He governed the dynasty and assisted the late emperor to create a prosperous era of Hongzhi. He also coached the East Palace and taught me. I am very grateful. You are really a good minister and a good teacher for me."

Emperor Zhengde spent a full three hundred words praising Liu Jian.

Liu Jian was delighted: Oh, the emperor is showing weakness to me!If what I expected is correct, next is the imperial edict to kill the Eight Tigers.

Unexpectedly, Chang Feng suddenly raised his voice: "Of course, sir, he is already seventy-three this year. There is a saying among the people that '73, 84, the King of Hell will not ask him to go.' Mr. is from Luoyang, Henan. How can I bear the thought of Mr. falling leaves?" Return to your roots and die as a guest in a foreign land?"

"Today, sir, I will hand over my official memorial. Although I am reluctant to part with you, I have no choice but to agree with my pain. I will give you a fine coat to return home and take care of your life."

"I will give you treasures and clothes, and I will also give you a horse to use on your way back home. I ordered you to allocate five stones to the office every month and eight servants every year for service."

After listening to this, Liu Jian couldn't believe his ears.

He subconsciously asked: "What does the emperor mean?"

Chang Feng smiled and said: "Chief Assistant, the emperor made it very clear. He has approved your resignation letter. He has allowed you to return home in glory!"

Liu Jian was stunned and cried in his heart: Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I'm threatening you with resignation.Why do you still take it seriously?

Chang Feng stopped talking to Liu Jian, took out Xie Qian's resignation letter, and read out Zhu's approval.

The Zhu batch given to Xie Qian by Emperor Zhengde is exactly the same as that given by Liu Jian.The first few hundred words are full of praise.It seems as if the Ming Dynasty will perish without Xie Qian.Then "bearing the pain" agreed to Xie Qian's appointment!
After hearing this, Xie Qian was like thunder!
You know, Xie Qian was 45 years old when he moved into the cabinet, and he is only 55 years old this year.In the court, they belong to officials who are in the prime of life and in their prime.

The official career has come to an abrupt end?
Your Majesty, aren't you crazy?Did you go with the flow and really let me become an official?
Chang Feng finished reading the Zhu batch, and then said: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Xie, please kowtow to express your gratitude."

Liu Jian glared at Chang Feng and cursed in his heart: Okay, Zhu Houzhao!If you want to die, I won't stop you!All the imperial officials and local foreign officials have resigned from their posts to see how you govern the world!
Then Liu Jian kowtowed and said through gritted teeth: "Your Majesty, Liu Jian, has received the order to express my gratitude!"

Xie Qian held back his breath and shouted: "I accept the order to thank you!"

After the two thanked each other, Baba waited for Chang Feng to read out the Zhu's approval from Emperor Zhengde that allowed other officials to join the service.

Most of the more than 400 officials kneeling in the front courtyard were trembling with fear at this moment: even the chief minister and the elder's official memorial to the emperor were accurate.I'm afraid we will lose our official positions!
Oh!All the hardships of studying hard in Hanchuang and working hard in officialdom were all in vain now!My beloved official seal is going to be handed over to others!
Most of the civil servants looked ashen.

Unexpectedly, Chang Feng actually said: "The emperor's oral edict will be passed down separately. Other officials will not be allowed to write official memorials!"

When the civil servants heard Chang Feng's words, they immediately became happy!It was a kind of ecstasy that was lost and found!

Liu Jian and Xie Qian looked at each other.

Liu Jian stood up and said, "Isn't that right? Why did the emperor only approve my resignation letter and Mr. Xie Ge's resignation letter, but not others?"

Chang Feng smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, you are no longer the chief minister. Whether the emperor allows others to resign has nothing to do with you."

Liu Jian was furious: "How dare he. Oh no, how could he?"

Chang Feng frowned: "Mr. Liu, please respect yourself! As a subject of the Emperor, how can you refer to the Emperor as 'him'?"

Xie Qian said: "I want to see the emperor!"

Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "Mr. Xie, you are now an official. You are not qualified to see the emperor."

After saying that, Chang Feng turned to the three to four hundred civil servants and shouted: "The emperor does not allow you to resign, so why don't you accept the order and thank me?"

Liu Jian shouted at the top of his lungs: "No one is allowed to receive orders to thank you! You must continue to kneel down and resign!"

The officials looked at each other.

At this moment, Li Dongyang took the lead in kowtowing and shouted: "I thank you for your kindness!"

Immediately afterwards, seven people followed Li Dongyang and kowtowed and shouted: "I accept the decree and thank you!"

These seven people are Liu Daxia, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Jiao Fang, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Hua, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Cai, the doctor of the Literature and Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, Chang Ponu, the doctor of the Rituals and Systems Department of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Shouren, the director of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, and the director of the Rituals and Systems Department of the Ministry of Rites. Zhai Luan.

The rest of the civil servants can keep their official titles because of Amitabha. How many blind people will resist the order and continue to resign and kneel to remonstrate?
All the civil servants kowtowed: "I accept the order and thank you!"

Liu Jian and Xie Qian suddenly discovered that they had been betrayed by everyone!
Fortunately, there is still one person who has yet to kowtow and thank you!

That person was Li Mengyang, the drafter of "Removal of Tigers".

Chang Feng walked up to Li Mengyang: "Brother Mengyang, I know that you and the Eight Tigers are at odds with each other!"

"But I tell you, if you want to continue to be the enemy of the Eight Tigers, you have to stay in the court!"

"If you resign your official position and go into seclusion, you will play into the hands of the Eight Tigers!"

Chang Feng's provocation method worked very well.

Li Mengyang thought for a while and felt that Chang Feng was right.

So Li Mengyang also kowtowed: "I accept the order and thank you!"

Two quarters later, in the long palace alley.

Liu Jian seemed to have aged ten years, and with Xie Qian's support, he slowly walked towards the palace gate.

The sun was scorching, but Liu Jian felt cold all over.

The midday sun shone on the faces of Liu Jian and Xie Qian.The two of them felt like they had fallen into an ice cave.

The era of "Three Gentlemen after Hongzhi" in the court has completely ended today.

The imperial court ushered in the "Eight Tigers Era".This will be an extremely dark, bloody, and corrupt era
(End of this chapter)