My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 464: Taking charge

Emperor Jiajing heard the grievance in the Ministry of Rites' tone.

As the protagonist of this trip to the East China Sea, the Ministry of Rites naturally also needs to be comforted.

"The Ministry of Industry can select aniseed materials from the southwest and the Ministry of Ceremonies will have priority..."

Jiajing said, this clone of Yushu hides a trace of Zhu Houcong's soul.

Although the memory cannot be completely shared, under Zhu Houcong's design, he can be regarded as an extremely fair decision-maker.

"Your Majesty, regarding the mermaid palace maids given to the officers and soldiers in the capital - many officials think it is immoral. After all, how can these scaly and horned people be admitted to the Ming Dynasty..."

Yuan Zonggao breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the emperor's compensation conditions.

He then expressed concerns about his recent exercise of the emperor's orders.

Emperor Jiajing's answer was simple.

"This time, the Hai Clan presented many shark girls, and some of them were selected and given to the young scholars in the capital who have not yet started a family. Those who already have families can also apply to the court. I use both civil and military services, and I am definitely not someone who favors one over the other... …”

Because he knew it was useless to object.

Huang Jin saw Emperor Jiajing beside him rubbing his brow, and waited for him to raise it again.

After continuing to listen to what Peng Ze and Wang Qiong said about the preparations for the Northern Expedition.

But this will not affect their plans for Akito.

"Your Majesty... Shengming——"

Emperor Jiajing said.

Yuan Zonggao felt that he could not maintain the expression on his face.

Except for a small number of people who have actually read Confucian classics into their minds, there is such a thing as taking advantage of it.

He suppressed the excitement in his heart and stood aside with a calm expression.

The expression between his eyebrows has changed slightly.

But he himself also knew very well the urinary nature of most scholar-officials.

These words simply popped out of his mouth one after another.

"My family education is poor and I cannot restrain my relatives. Moreover, I am already eighty this year and my eyesight is dim. I am afraid that I will no longer be able to shoulder the responsibility of assisting the king. Today, I was summoned by the emperor to submit my resignation to His Majesty..."

The Mongols seemed to have noticed something, and began to actively shrink their defense lines.

It was already evening when everything was settled.

Liang Chu also stood up at this time and submitted his resignation to the emperor who had not seen him for many days.

Yuan Zonggao expressed his support reluctantly.

At this time, Chaohui also arrived at the rear.

He felt that the answer of the emperor in front of him was a bit too... well, insulting to moral standards.

I am afraid that most people will change their previous oppositional attitudes and happily prepare to accept the rewards from the court to see what these shark girls of the sea tribe are like.

"The Jin Yiwei who were ordered to travel in the East China Sea are serving their orders with integrity. Your Rites Department must fully cooperate this time without making any mistakes-"

Liang Chu knelt on the ground and expressed his heartfelt request to the emperor to retire.

This was the best choice Liang Chu could make after weighing the pros and cons.

He is a person who cares about his face and his reputation behind him.

Therefore, he chose to directly execute those relatives who committed crimes in order to maintain his image in the eyes of the civil servants and his reputation among the people of the world.

But after this incident, it will be difficult for his family to have the same confidence and trust in him as before.

Perhaps fear and worry will take over.

In other words, no matter what, the power behind Liang Chu will never return to its past.

"If Mr. Ge has decided to leave..."

Jiajing tried to retain him three times as usual, and Liang Chu firmly expressed his demands three times.

Due to physical reasons, he can no longer bear the obligation to perform political affairs, and hopes that the court will allow him to return to his hometown.

"Master Yuan, you and Mr. Wang Ge will discuss with the ministers about Liang Chu's treatment after returning to his hometown. Don't pity the rewards from the court... By the way, summon the ministers to submit the new candidate list for the first assistant." "Yes... "

Yuan Zonggao replied respectfully.

His expression was unexpectedly dazed.

The emperor did not let Wang Qiong, who had the loudest voice, or other cabinet elders with real power and ability to lead the army, such as Wang Shouren and Peng Ze, to deal with the problems after Liang Chu left.

Instead, he gave this task to himself.

what does this mean?

Yuan Zonggao felt his heart pounding.

A subtle flush appeared on his cheeks, but was quickly suppressed.

The emperor wanted to weaken the power of the cabinet so that they could just be civilian opinion leaders.

Or is it that the emperor wanted to pave the way for those foreign relatives in the army, and by weakening the control of civilian officials over the army, it would be easier for the kings to establish their own vassals...

still is……

In just a short moment, Yuan Zonggao's heart changed thousands of times.

But soon, he adjusted his mentality.

"I have been ordered to—"

"Then in that case, please disperse on your own—"

Zhu Houcong replied.

The sharks found several locations that were most consistent with the descriptions of Han and Tibet.

After Zhu Houcong put the Han seal into it and opened the secret passage to the three mountains, he waited for the sun, moon and stars to return to their proper places, and waited for the arrival of the Ming court fleet.

He returned to the capital and issued orders to the Ministry of Rites.

Let them fully cooperate with the actions of Donghai Zhang Fawei and his party.

He saw the suspicion and wariness in Liang Chu's eyes as he looked at Wang Qiong.

And Yuan Zonggao's joy was also caught in his eyes.

Zhu Houcong did have the intention to let Yuan Zonggao compete for the first assistant position.

After all, Yuan Zonggao and the Queen Mother have always kept in touch.

Therefore, the relationship with Jiang Ding and others is relatively friendly.

As the head of the relatives, the Jiang family will undoubtedly provide assistance to the various vassals in the future to form armies.

Zhu Houcong was too lazy to worry about the power struggles between the cabinet and the newly established vassal states.

And the most critical point is that Zhu Houcong intends to let Wang Qiong, Pengze and others who have considerable military experience follow him to the front line to coordinate the various armies.

Before returning from victory, it may be a good choice to let Yuan Zonggao temporarily take over the cabinet.

Zhu Houcong thought.

The ministers dispersed, and Huang Jin and the palace people lit the oil lamps together.

Thousands of lights illuminated the Longevity Palace in an instant.

Zhu Changning and the girl transformed by the World Tree were still facing each other in front of the Longevity Palace with big eyes and small eyes.

Huang Jin looked at the two of them and explained in a low voice.

"The two princesses have been at loggerheads for nearly more than a month over the ownership of the Xiyuan Formation."

Naturally, there is nothing to hide about Huang Jin and Zhu Houcong, and there is no need to hide it.

Huang Jin clearly knew that the two people in front of him were blood-born heirs created by the emperor through some secret method.

But he did not dare to look down upon them at all. On the contrary, compared with the ordinary princes under the knees of noble concubines.

The magical powers of these two people and their status in the heart of the emperor are obviously much higher than them.

The emperor trusted him so much that even the great formation of Xiyuan was divided into two and handed over to them.

(End of this chapter)