Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The cabinet did not expect Liu Ge to go out to dissuade the emperor himself. Not only did it have no effect, but it had a counterproductive effect.

In the past, they could see the emperor anytime they wanted.It's good now, I don't see each other several times a month.

You went to Xiyuan to find Emperor Zhengde, and Eunuch Liu said that Lord Long Live had gone back to the palace; when you went to the palace, they said that His Majesty had gone back to Xiyuan.

Anyway, as long as the cabinet is there, the emperor is definitely in another place.

As a result, the cabinet elders were helpless.

This incident annoyed the new Minister of Officials, Ma Wensheng, and Minister of War, Liu Daxia. The emperor did not go to court early, and now he has not seen anyone for ten and a half months. Isn't this the road of Chaohunjun getting farther and farther?

It doesn't matter if you want to be a faint king, what about the Jiangshan Sheji in the Ming Dynasty?

In fact, there was nothing wrong with the Jiangshan Sheji of the Ming Dynasty. The whole dynasty was full of loyal and upright people, and there was nothing wrong with it.The point is, Your Majesty, you are so nonsense, and you don't want to repent.A hundred years later, it will definitely be recorded in the history books, and even we will become treacherous people around the faint king.

The strong sense of mission excited the two big men, well, since you don't want to see us, Your Majesty, let's give advice, you can't stop reading the minister's notes, right?

So, the two of them handed over the papers one by one every day.

Under the leadership of the two of them, the officials of the entire Metropolitan Procuratorate also joined in the fun.

All of a sudden, the excerpts flew into the Supervisor of Ceremonies like snowflakes, and the words on it became more and more unpleasant day by day.

It's a pity that Zhu Houzhao still ignored it.

In fact, he was having such a good time that he even delegated the authority to criticize celebrities to Liu Jin.Eunuch Liu would not tell the emperor these unpleasant words, so as not to upset the Long Live Lord and spoil his interest.

After a month of admonishment, Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia came back to it: It turned out that His Majesty had never looked at the notes we submitted, and he didn't even know that the Supervisor of Ceremonies had never handed them in.

Well, in that case, don't blame us for being cruel.Let's resign directly. This time, the Director of Ceremonies doesn't dare to withhold the booklet, and you, Liu Jin, don't have the guts either.

Now, Liu Jin no longer dared to hide the news.After all, the matter of the resignation of the two ministers could not be covered up.

Hearing this, Emperor Zhengde was also a little scared.Said, starting from tomorrow, I'll get up honestly and go to the morning court!

But at this moment, Liu Jin said: Your Majesty, you are now the Son of Heaven.What is the son of heaven is the son of heaven.God is the biggest in the sky, and you are the biggest on the ground, Long Live God, so there is no need to be afraid of them at all.Ma Shangshu and Liu Shangshu are going to resign, let them resign.Didn’t Su Mu say something before, the Ming Dynasty had billions of people, and it’s hard to find three-legged toads, but people with two legs fill the streets.There is no Zhang butcher, but still eat hairy pigs?

Liu Jin's words were full of deep meaning. With these words, the emperor ignored the government and handed over the power of approving reds to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.It can be said that Liu Jin has the final say on all matters in the world, and without his father-in-law Liu's nod, even the matter that the three elders of the cabinet nodded could not be done.

Power is a good thing. After trying the taste of it, Liu Jin knows how to give up.

If the emperor returns to court and takes charge of daily government affairs again, he, Liu Jin, will inevitably change from an ordinary role like a secretary again.During the Hongzhi period, the shabby days of the ceremonial supervisors and fathers-in-law have only passed for a few years.

Besides, with the strength of civil servants, if they gain power, will the eunuch's life be easier?

In any case, take this opportunity to show the civil servants a little bit of power.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhengde slapped his head: "That's right, why did I forget that I am the emperor, the world belongs to me, I can do whatever I want, why do I need others to tell me what to do. Who should be the minister and who should not be the minister? O my power!"

However, he was still a little worried, worried that the repercussions of this matter would be too great, and he was afraid that Queen Mother Zhang would be alarmed.

In the end, Liu Jin's words dispelled his worries.

Eunuch Liu said: "Things in the world have to be tested to see what the final result will be. If it succeeds, your Majesty will be the real Ninth Five-Year King. Even if it doesn't work, at most you can continue to go to the early court, it's okay. loss."

Zhengde took it very seriously, and an imperial decree came down, agreeing to the note written by Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia, and quickly selected two new ministers to replace it.

Strange to say, Queen Mother Zhang remained silent after making such a big move.

The emperor's thunderbolt method shocked all the civil servants in an instant.

These two ministers were both veterans of the three dynasties, and they had been officials in the dynasties for decades. Zhengde took them down as soon as he said they would, and he was not soft-hearted at all.

Everyone doesn't know what to do.

Through this incident, Emperor Zhengde continued to be his hands-off shopkeeper.

And Liu Jin finally achieved the goal of monopolizing power and became the inner minister in the true sense, which also aroused the anger of the entire civil official group.

Soon, Liu Jin and other old people who used to be the prince of Zhengde in the East Palace were vilified by the civil officials and called the Eight Tigers.

Even Zhang Yong, who had never had much contact with civil servants, was shot lying down and classified as a villain eunuch. This can be seen from his letter.

When Eunuch Zhang mentioned this, he was full of resentment.

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"Everything is exactly the same as in the real history. The inertia of this history is really terrible!" Thinking of this, Su Mu sighed.

In fact, this period of history in the early years of the Zhengde Dynasty is very clear.

After the resignation applications of Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia were approved by Zhengde, and after the two left the stage of history, the conflict between Emperor Zhengde and the civil servants broke out completely.

After realizing that the emperor was not so easy to deal with, the civil servants united unprecedentedly, and another huge disturbance broke out.

In this turmoil, the cabinet is at the forefront.It is estimated that Liu Jin already knew that the resignation of the two ministers, Ma and Liu, was done by Liu Jin.Therefore, the cabinet targeted Liu Jin and the other eight people.

Unfortunately, between eunuchs and civil servants, Masanori chose the former.

The final result was that Liu Jian and Xie Qian, among the three elders of the cabinet, resigned sadly, and Liu Jin had the last laugh.

Actually, Su Mu didn't want to see such an ending.How to put it, the three elders of the cabinet have a good relationship with him, and they are both teachers and students.I planned to write a letter to remind, but after thinking about it, how could it be possible to use something that didn't happen.We can only take one step at a time, and we will talk about the future.

Moreover, the conflict between Emperor Zhengde and the cabinet involved the struggle between monarchy and ministerial power. It would not be worthwhile to get involved in it rashly, if you might have to fill in yourself.

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At that time, if it really evolves as it did in the real history, Su Mu is far away in Shaanxi, so he can only be a spectator and will not play any role.

However, today he suddenly remembered that he wanted to give Hu Shun a title, so that he could pass it on to his son, Su Mu suddenly had an idea: Isn't this a great opportunity, if handled properly.Ask Hu Shun to make a great contribution. Although the Duke of the state is not enough, an earl is still possible.

This opportunity is the rebellion of King Anhua of Ningxia.

Isn't Hu Shun in Shaanxi now? If he can intervene, even quell the rebellion in one fell swoop, and make great contributions, a title cannot be lost.