Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 264 Zhu Yuanzhang is murderous

Chapter 264 Zhu Yuanzhang is murderous

At this time, Li Shanchang really had the demeanor of being the leader of hundreds of officials.

What a magnanimous person he is, standing in the hall and talking freely!

"Your Majesty, this ban on the sea is not only related to the peace of our coastal defense border, but also involves the establishment of Yamen, the transfer of personnel, and the expenditure of money and food."

"What's more, the main reason why our country has banned the sea is to prevent bandits at sea from invading the coast."

"Today, our country does not have a strong naval force, nor do we have many troops stationed along the coast. If your Majesty opens the sea, wouldn't it be like a kid holding gold to get through the bustling city?"

"If by then a large number of pirates from the sea are attracted to attack, wouldn't it be a harm to all the people along the coast of the Ming Dynasty?!"

"Therefore, I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

Li Shanchang's words really weren't meant to be rude, but they seemed extraordinarily reasonable.

As soon as Li Shanchang said this, die-hard officials from Li Shanchang's group also stood up one after another, supporting and echoing Li Shanchang without hesitation.

For a moment, the entire court seemed to be agitated.

But Zhu Yuanzhang acted as if he didn't see it, and just said nothing, watching the same people waiting to come forward one after another.

He even asked "kindly" after the person had finished talking,
"But who else has anything to say on this matter?"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to be angry, many people actually stood up and loudly expressed their support for Li Shanchang.

After all, Li Xiang has spoken, and His Majesty has not spoken the right words. If he doesn't stand up at this time, is it possible that he still wants to confront Li Xiang?
For a time, almost half of the officials standing in the court stood up and echoed.

Faced with this situation, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't show any expression on his face. He seemed to be thoughtful and just watched quietly as usual.

But in fact, at this time, his heart was already filled with raging anger.

It’s unforgivable!
He is just a "long-term worker" of his old Zhu family. Even if he is the prime minister, he is at most the leader of the long-term workers.

But now the chief foreman has stood up to oppose him, regardless of whether the chief foreman is right or not.

Just this long-term worker who didn't want to stand up and agree with him actually accounts for half of his court?
In other words, these half of the people actually followed Li Shanchang, the long-term foreman?
Then... is it Zhu Yuanzhang who has the final say in this world and this court, or is it Li Shanchang who has the final say?
In this family, in this world, is my surname Zhu or Li?
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to abolish the position of prime minister a long time ago.

But he has never been so eager as now!

Really, this power is too scary!

The last person to do this was named Hu Weiyong.

But Hu Weiyong couldn't do what he is today.

Moreover, Hu Weiyong is so smart.

When he usually formed cliques, it was when he had disagreements with other ministers on certain court affairs.

Therefore, the former Hu Weiyong was not so eye-catching in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

At most, they just want to get him down.

But Li Shanchang is different now.

Whether it was this person or the position this person held, Zhu Yuanzhang had a feeling.

That is, this person is constantly threatening his imperial power!
Zhu Yuanzhang has always been suspicious. Not only is he suspicious, he is also good at making connections.

Especially as an old father, he always felt that as the ancestor of the Lao Zhu family who created this business, he had to do more for future generations. No, he thought about it over and over again, combined with his many years of experience in governing, and became acutely aware of it.

The prime minister is of course the king's assistant in governing the country!
But at the same time, just like now, he is also the biggest threat to the imperial power.

Don't you see, how does Huo Guang control the government?

Don’t you see, how did Prime Minister Cao coerce the emperor to order the princes?

It can be said that because of the particularity of his position and the importance of his powers, the prime minister naturally stood on the opposite side of the imperial power.

The prime minister is usually ambitious and idealistic, or conversely, he is selfish.

As long as he has desires and goals he wants to achieve, then the emperor is his opponent.

Because the positions of the two are really too subtle.

Putting aside other things, the actual situation is that in the entire court or political system, the emperor and the prime minister have the qualifications to drive all officials.

So, once the prime minister wants to do something, but the emperor is not happy, then the situation that Zhu Yuanzhang just saw will happen.

No matter how ruthless the king is, facing this surging crowd of courtiers, is it possible to kill them all?
Even if someone is as murderous as Zhu Yuanzhang, he cannot kill half of the courtiers in the court at once!
Because the result of that is that the operation of the entire country comes to a standstill.

But the emperor who regards the entire country as his own property, how can he be willing to let his own business collapse?
But the Prime Minister is different.

With so many supporters and the backing of his own family, if he were to change to another emperor, he might not only do no harm but also gain a lot of benefits.

To put it bluntly, the emperor's ruling power, excluding military power, actually overlapped with the power of the prime minister.

Even a ruthless prime minister will find a way to get his hands on military power.

So, if it reaches that level, does it still matter who the titular emperor is?

Zhu Yuanzhang understood this clearly, and then planned to completely eliminate the position of prime minister.

Because in his opinion, he can certainly hold back and suppress one prime minister after another.

But what about Biao'er, and where are Biao'er's descendants?
How can they compare with those old foxes who were killed out of thousands of scholars and then tempered in the strife of official circles?
Even if we can win by then, I'm afraid there will still be various battles. Wouldn't that also delay the development of Ming Dynasty?

Rather than causing all kinds of trouble then, it would be better to cancel the post of prime minister.

Zhu Yuanzhang's theory is simple and crude.

Since the power of the prime minister will conflict with the imperial power, it will be fine if all the power of the prime minister is in the hands of the emperor.

It was precisely because of this idea that Zhu Yuanzhang particularly disliked Li Shan.

He is so immortal, Li Shanchang even tried to commit suicide today.

This completely made Zhu Yuanzhang make up his mind!

Although Li Shanchang was a founding hero and a veteran who had followed him for many years, Zhu Yuanzhang still decided to kill him for the sake of imperial power!
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Li Shanchang was innocent of any crime for the time being, and it was not easy for him to kill him.

But it doesn't matter!

Some things will be different if you wait a little!

Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have accepted Li Shanchang's advice, withdrew the decree abolishing the sea ban, and even praised Li Shanchang for his maturity and poise.

But in the court, Liu Bowen felt his scalp numb after hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang had withdrawn the decree.

He turned to look at Li Shanchang and silently mourned for this old rival!
(End of this chapter)