Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 960: Extracting pus and squeezing sores (7)

It was a little warmer in the West Garden at the end of April than before. The sun was high in the sky, and the branches of the weeping willows planted by the Taiye Pond were swaying in the wind.

"This way."

The appearance of a voice broke the silence here. Liu Ruoyu, wearing a bright red python robe, walked quickly towards Diaoyutai, but he glanced at the person behind him intentionally or unintentionally.

He didn't understand why the emperor summoned this person.

The excitement between his brows was not concealed at all.

I have been serving in the imperial court for quite some time and have seen many different kinds of people. Some officials were summoned for the first time, but none of them were like this.

Song Shixiang, the Censor of the Censorate, had no idea what Liu Ruoyu was thinking at the moment. He was still immersed in the joy of being summoned by the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the person has been brought here."

As Liu Ruoyu's voice rang out, Song Shixiang suddenly realized that he had arrived before the emperor without him noticing. When he raised his hand, he immediately found that the guards with swords in front of the emperor were staring at him coldly. Song Shixiang was startled and he immediately lowered his head.

"Your Majesty, I, Song Shixiang, the Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Song Shixiang raised his hand and bowed, his heart beating faster at this moment.

At Diaoyutai.

Zhu Youxiao sat on a brocade stool, holding a fishing rod in his hand, staring at the water of Taiye Lake in front of him. He seemed not to hear Song Shixiang's salute.

Song Shixiang maintained his bowing posture.

Time passes minute by minute.

The eunuchs and sword-carrying guards standing before the emperor stood in their original positions like sculptures. Although they saw Song Shixiang's hands begin to tremble, they did not say a word.

"I have read the memorial submitted by your family."

Zhu Youxiao still held the fishing rod and said calmly, "The content is very sharp. Some officials were perfunctory about matters such as planning border affairs, rectifying official administration, suppressing bandits, and alleviating financial problems. This made me think a lot."

"This is my duty."

Song Shixiang was a little excited, and hurriedly raised his hand to report, taking this opportunity to relax his sore arm.

"Yes, this is supposed to be our duty, but some people always forget it."

Zhu Youxiao seemed a little disappointed, and turned to look at Song Shixiang, "I sometimes wonder why some people shout for the country and the people before entering the officialdom, but when they really enter the officialdom, they forget their original thoughts?"

"Chen~"

Song Shixiang didn't know what to say for a moment.

The reason why he wrote that memorial so sharply was to attract the emperor's attention. If so, his position in the Censorate would be different.

Since the merger of the Ke and Dao, all Ke and Dao officials have been under the jurisdiction of the Censorate, which actually had a huge impact.

Some people can adapt, some people can't.

And Song Shixiang happens to belong to the former.

Through the emperor's emphasis on officialdom, it was not difficult for him to guess that the emperor wanted to rectify the officialdom. This rectification was different from the past. It was a rectification based on dismissal from office and seizure of official status, and mainly involved arrests and executions.

Although this makes many people feel afraid, the temptation of power is so great that many people are still willing to serve as officials or even climb up in this atmosphere.

This is a broken political environment.

Zhu Youxiao also knew that once this kind of atmosphere was truly formed, even if one was determined to rectify the administration of officials and the officialdom, it would take several years or even longer to reverse it. Even if it was reversed, without corresponding institutional changes, it would return again.

Even so, Zhu Youxiao must do it and make it happen.

"It has been more than two months since the disasters hit southern and northern Zhili." Zhu Youxiao continued, "The officials of the Ministry of Finance have been busy doing all kinds of things, but the officials of the outer court, who need their assistance, are shirking their responsibilities and fooling around. The public opinion in the court and the public is pointing to the fact that the officials of the Ministry of Finance are not doing their job well and allowing the people affected by the disaster to be treated unfairly."

This has a specific meaning.

When Song Shixiang heard this, he immediately became nervous. He was aware of the disaster relief efforts in the northern and southern Zhili regions, and he also knew how many things had happened before and after.

The seemingly chaotic public opinion actually points to one thing.

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This also makes some people unwilling to get involved, as it is not something they can get involved in.

"Take the memorial you wrote to the cabinet." While Song Shixiang was thinking, Zhu Youxiao said calmly, "Tomorrow, I remember that the cabinet will have a meeting. You should ask the ministers in the cabinet to listen carefully to what you have reported. I will issue an edict and let the Minister of Personnel participate as well."

This……

Song Shixiang was stunned. He could not keep up with the emperor's thoughts, but he knew one thing: if he did not perform well in tomorrow's cabinet meeting, he would have no hope at all on the emperor's side.

"Let's go."

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While Song Shixiang was still in deep thought, Liu Ruoyu came over with his head down and whispered to Song Shixiang.

This time, coming to the Emperor's presence was completely different from what Song Shixiang had expected. He thought he would get a chance to make a reply, but it did not seem to end up like this.

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After Song Shixiang left, Zhu Youxiao dropped the fishing rod in his hand. From beginning to end, he never went to see Song Shixiang. Zhu Youxiao knew something about this person.

This person likes to scheme.

To have some.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care about the people below him. What he cared about was whether there could be some specific people who could change some situations in the central government at a certain period of time.

"Did those people set out from Tianjin Port?"

After resolving this matter, Zhu Youxiao no longer thought about using Song Shixiang to threaten Qian Qianyi and others, and even some people in the court.

Zhang Zhiji, who was in front of the emperor, immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, they have all set off."

But when he said this, every one of the sword-bearing guards in front of the emperor was uneasy in their hearts. Well, the sword-bearing guards on duty today were all honor guards.

As Zhu Chunchen and his gang of nobles were arrested, the number of honor guards was greatly reduced.

"After going to Dongfan, I hope they can cheer up again."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said with some disappointment.

But after Zhang Zhiji and the others heard these words, ripples arose in their hearts. It was basically an inevitable outcome of death, but the emperor gave these former colleagues a chance, which deeply touched them.

The emperor is not heartless; he also has some compassion.

But they didn't know that even if these former guards went to Dongfan, they would be in danger of death. The reason why Zhu Youxiao didn't get rid of them directly was that he wanted to let the people around him know that thunder, lightning, rain and dew were all grace from the emperor. Only by doing this, the people around him would be more respectful of him and be loyal to him until death. This was what Zhu Youxiao wanted.

(End of this chapter)