Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 284 The storm subsides
King Yong Tong Yan Wuji said that the crisis over who is the emperor must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a long night and a big change.

At the great court meeting, all the ministers gathered together and Chongzhen took the high seat, followed by Zhu Cihong, Lu Mou and Zhu Cizheng.

As soon as the ministers saw these three people standing there, they felt at ease.

Sure enough, Chongzhen said: "How about handling the turmoil in the past few days?"

Before anyone could say anything, Lu Mou went out and knelt down: "Father, the fourth brother contradicted the ruler that day. I thought it was because the fourth brother was so young and spoke so freely. He was so young and ignorant. If he said it casually, he could What bad intentions are there? Please take back your intention to punish your fourth brother. If your father and the ministers take that sentence seriously, then I can only avoid suspicion and resign from all errands. I will demote myself to a commoner. I took my fourth brother to Hainan to fish, and I will never set foot in the Central Plains again."

As soon as these words came out, the whole palace was in an uproar. When they returned to Beijing, they searched for brothers all over the world, showing their brotherly love and ignoring past grudges. As for his brother, he would rather quit all his jobs and exile himself in Hainan. He also vowed not to set foot in the Central Plains again, which is enough to prove that he has no intention of spying on Dabao.

Of course, you have a bright mind, but who is going to pull the strings of Ming Dynasty? In power, he really can't pull it off.

Of course, there are also people who are sarcastic in their hearts. When the war to destroy the country is in full swing, if you say this, is this clearly Ci Guoguo's blackmail on the emperor? This is also Ci Guoguo's attempt to blackmail the ministers, to prevent them from taking the opportunity to weaken your power. Do you want us to support you?

But even though a few people knew clearly that this was the case, they were happy to stand up with the ministers, knelt down at Dan Que, and begged for confession together: "I have no doubts about the regent and his ambition to spy on the great treasure, and I have no confidence in the Yongwang." At that time, Tong Yanwuji and his ministers begged the emperor to pardon King Yong, and they also begged the emperor to firmly believe that the regent was loyal to the government and finally had a bright mind. "

This was all the script arranged by the father and son yesterday. At the moment, Chongzhen pretended to frown and said, "What you dear sirs said makes sense. I have approved the request of the regent and dear sires."

This is when things get interesting. When he was first crowned, Chongzhen made Lu Mou the auxiliary king. This time, the ministers begged him to be the regent, which was flattering.

But when Chongzhen mentioned the regent again, it was a golden statement, and he once again restored all the powers of Lu Mou's original regent.

"However, children's unintentional words are not an excuse for King Yong to escape guilt. For this reason, he must take responsibility for his mistakes. It is decreed that Prince Yong will be demoted to the county prince, and Prince Xie Zheng will be the county prince Xie Zheng."

This punishment, without changing the situation, only lowered the title of King Yong. In fact, the original annual salary was reduced from one million to five hundred thousand, which is enough.

But as long as the brothers are harmonious and work together, who knows when the two brothers will find an excuse to give back their wages.

Then, Zhu Cihong stood up and said: "Since the fourth brother made an unintentional mistake, then the ministers who were convicted were also blameless. Please take back the imperial edict to kill those ministers, withdraw the imperial edict to picket and implicate hundreds of officials, and let them The official is restored to his original position, so that all officials can feel at ease."

This is what the officials are most worried about.

Throughout the late Ming Dynasty, from the beginning of the party struggle, once such a situation occurs, countless people will be implicated, a large area will be hit, and everyone will be trembling with fear.

Therefore, in this so-called case, Chongzhen's determination at that time and the imperial edict really made all the ministers feel at risk, for fear that something bad would happen and they would be implicated.

This time the governor stood up and interceded for those guilty officials, which really made all the officials feel grateful to the governor from the bottom of their hearts.

Everyone agreed again.

Finally, Chongzhen sighed: "I am not mean and want to kill. In fact, the situation was like this at that time. I was afraid that the brothers would be separated and the ministers would be divided, so I had to use thunderbolt means to control the situation. But now the brothers are harmonious, the misunderstandings have been resolved, and the ministers are united, the situation has returned to before. Then Why do I need to kill people again? I agreed to the ruling's request, this case is over, and those ministers are released.

But those ministers invited Prince Tuoyong for promotion, which really showed that they had lost their official ethics. I have decided to stop asking the officials I entrusted to serve as a warning to others. "

This is the most just and peaceful decision. The ministers had nothing to say.

Chongzhen stood up and said: "Okay, from now on, I will go back to Wanshou Mountain to rest, and the ruling regent will continue to rule." Then he walked away with dignity. Zhu Cixiang walked up to the Danque again and sat in the middle. Lu Mou walked to his side and stood solemnly. Zhu Cizheng walked under the Danque and faced the officials. The political situation has returned to its original state again.

After the turmoil subsided, the ruler once again faced the officials in Jiying Hall. The officials also had many things to do and wanted to ask the regent to make a decision.

In the Jiying Hall, the seat behind the Long Case was originally empty, but now it is occupied by the governor.

Sitting on the left is the regent, and on the right is the assistant prefect. But now the associate prince has his lips tightly closed and no longer dares to talk or move. It seems that he has become a decoration for a while.

The old rules are still there, one minister, one chair, and one coffee table. There is paper and pen on the coffee table, which is used by the minister to take notes.

There are also tea and snacks, which are considerate for those ministers who may have delayed breakfast and lunch due to official duties.

As for cigarettes, this is not what Lu Mou did to continue to cultivate smokers. Now that the smokers have a large enough group, there is no need to cultivate them anymore. This is to prevent the meeting from being boring and making everyone sleepy due to fatigue, and to refresh themselves.

It's just that in the smoky atmosphere, the governor's cough became even worse, and everyone was anxious to resist the urge to smoke.

Look how much the ruler and regent understand humanistic care. What's more caring is that if you like a palace maid who serves tea and water, you can take the girl home, but you have to pay for it.

For this reason, when the ministers faced the beautiful palace maids who were walking like clouds and flowing water, they all looked at their noses and asked their hearts. They showed the regent a stubborn attitude of "I am a gentleman and I am determined to stay calm. Tell you the regent." King, please stop trying to trick us.

The meeting started in a relaxed atmosphere.

The first is the Ministry of Household Affairs, which reports to the three people on the summer harvest issue that everyone is most concerned about.

When the war was going on, food consumption was more than five times the original. There are millions of troops and millions of civilians gathered on various fronts. They are all mouths that are open and empty. They consume more than tens of millions every day and have no food in their hands. It will be a huge disaster.

The governor first said to He Fugui: "He Shangshu, please report to the regent first about this year's summer grain situation."

In fact, this is a matter under the jurisdiction of the government. One of the reasons why Zhu Cixi asked He Fugui to report to Lu Mou was that the regent who presided over the war knew about the issue of military rations; the other reason was that it was a continuation of the turmoil that had just subsided. Take a stand. I still don't take power, I still feel confident in delegating power to my brothers without any fear or suspicion.

For this reason, the veterans present here feel quite gratified. Only such a brotherly partnership can lead Ming Dynasty to prosperity, but the body of the ruling party is really worrying.

He Fugui reported: "The harvest of summer grain is mainly in the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi in the north. According to reports from the chief envoys of the two provinces, although there was a shortage of labor due to the war, fortunately, the soldiers defended the enemy outside the country. Therefore, the jurisdiction has not been affected by damage. For this reason, although there is no increase in revenue this year, it is the same as last year.

But Jiangnan brought us good news. Zhang Huangyan of the Jiangnan Group Army sent troops to Zhejiang and recovered most of the three prefectures in Xuzhou, Huai'an and Yangzhou. Zhang Shenyan supervised Gao Jie's Jiangbei Group Army and regained Fengyang Mansion. The local people took the initiative to pay the land rent and service money to the court. It is in our hands. The food supply is twice as much as in previous years. After recovering the above-mentioned areas, the canal was finally connected, and the first batch of southern grain has arrived at Tongzhou Wharf. Now, our food shortage crisis has finally been resolved. "

This is good news. As long as you have food in your hands, you will not panic in your heart. At the same time, I am also revealing to everyone here some great information about the military in Jiangnan.

When everyone was happy, He Fugui changed the subject: "But-"

Everyone's hearts tightened. In this world, the only word to be afraid of is fear. Once these two words are spoken, nothing good will happen.

(End of this chapter)