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Chapter 1117 Miracle Creator

There is never a shortage of idealists in this world, but there is a shortage of down-to-earth doers, and what is even more lacking are miracle makers who specialize the impossible into possible.

Yang Rong is undoubtedly a man of action, while Yang Shiqi is a miracle maker. He dared to dream of a world ruled by civil servants in an era when civil servants were humble; Zaifu of civil and military officials!
At the time, it seemed that this was tantamount to a dream, and it was simply wishful thinking, but Yang Shiqi never wavered in his belief, and through his own actions, he turned it into reality step by step.No matter what the end result is, no matter what his fate will be, the name Yang Shiqi has already left the most profound stroke in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hongxi fully adopted Yang Shiqi's plan, and a wonderful action of dredging salary from the bottom of the pot began...

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The next day, the civil servants in the capital responded positively to Yang Shiqi's call, and they all stayed behind closed doors. The cabinet, six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, the General Secretary...all the yamen were empty. , suddenly fell into paralysis!

This trend quickly spread from Beijing to the local government. Governments in Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, and Zhejiang responded one after another. From the chief secretary, the inspector, to the government and county government, they all went on strike together. The local government of the Ming Dynasty also fell into a state of shock... …

On weekdays, the princes and ministers in the capital still don't realize how important these yamen are, but once the civil servants go on strike collectively, the regime of the Ming Dynasty will stop immediately!The imperial court lost contact with the localities, the delivery of supplies from the provinces stopped, the army immediately ran out of food, and there were no water transport ships in the capital to dock.The entire Ming Dynasty was lifeless, as if it would suffocate at any time...

His Majesty the Emperor was 'terrified', so he invited a few senior scholars, Liubu Shangshu, Du Yushi, Dali Temple Minister and other civil officials to the palace to ask them how to resume work?This was a well-planned drama, and the answer was naturally no surprise. The civil servants and leaders unanimously demanded that the murderer of Changling be severely punished.

Zhu Gaochi said that he would try his best to uphold justice for them, let the civil servants go back first, and then found all the noble leaders.

Zhang Fu, Zhu Yong, Xu Jingchang, Wang Tong and others appeared in front of the emperor. After all, they were all scheming people. On the surface, they were respectful and respectful, without any hostility or estrangement.But everyone knows that after the previous events, the two sides have become strangers, and they can no longer play happily together.

"What happened in Changling is astonishing and shocking." Zhu Gaochi looked at the few people expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice: "I can't bear to recall the scene at that time, but if there is still a trace of humanity, how can I do it?" What about that kind of bestiality?"

The emperor's accusation was expected by the nobles, and at this time, they would definitely not give in, Zhu Yong straightened his neck and said: "If the emperor hadn't listened to the slander and was too disrespectful to the late emperor, how could the late emperor appear? How could the honorable nobles be so embarrassing and hateful?"

"It's hard to control yourself, and you're so angry!" Emperor Hongxi snorted coldly, waved his hands to stop the nobles from continuing to argue, and said, "I'm not here to talk about Changling, but to ask you, what should I do now?" The emperor's face was full of tiredness and he said: "The civil servants have collectively stopped the court. Daming has become a mess. If it goes on for a few days, the country must be destroyed!"

"This..." Without the great banner of the late emperor, the nobles could no longer stand up.They are experts in war, and they can play tricks and tricks, but if they want to manage the country's affairs, it's better to kill them.

So no one dared to say silly things like 'Without Zhang Butcher, you can't eat hairy pigs'.

"Your Majesty, you can't indulge them!" Xu Jingchang murmured, "If you want me to say, you have to catch them in the hall like Emperor Taizu, let them handle government affairs in shackles, and see if they dare to play tricks!"

'Snapped! Zhu Gaochi couldn't listen anymore, he slapped the table heavily, pointed at Xu Jingchang and cursed: "It's a bunch of nonsense! In the Taizu, the officials were guilty of crimes, so they were allowed to govern with shackles. Now, what crimes do the officials commit? They wear chains too?"

"They dare to blackmail the imperial court, isn't that a crime?" Xu Jingchang straightened his neck and said stubbornly.

"That's because more than a dozen of their colleagues were beaten to death, and dozens of hundreds of colleagues were seriously injured and lying in bed!" Zhu Gaochi yelled sharply: "If it were your people who suffered all this, would you be indifferent?!" The first emperor, the emperor is the emperor, and the minister is the minister. The emperor disciplines the minister, and the minister can only listen obediently.

"Your Majesty..." Maybe because he felt that the situation was a little passive, Zhang Fu wanted to blame Zhu Di again: "The honorable nobles couldn't control it until they saw the late emperor's spirit... If there hadn't been that scene, maybe the late emperor's son-in-law would be here now." The palace can't be lifted yet."

"Stop rambling on for me!" Zhu Gaochi had tasted the benefits of staying out of the way and being the adjudicator, how could he let Zhang Fu lead him by the nose again?He patted the table again, and said in a deep voice, "Now I'm asking you what to do?! Killing people to pay for their lives, debts to pay back money, isn't it the law of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes..." Zhang Fu bit the bullet and said, "But the situation that day was very special, the scene was extremely chaotic, and it was hard to tell who made the move and who didn't..."

"As long as you check carefully, you can always find out!" Zhu Gaochi interrupted Zhang Fu, and said in a deep voice: "If you can't do it for a month, it's two months, and if you can't do it for half a year, it's a year! "

"..." The nobles stopped talking, just looked at each other and sneered, the emperor is so naive!Judging from their rich experience in gang fights in the army, they will never try to find out the truth about this kind of thing. At most, they will kill a few scapegoats in the end, and the whole thing will be exposed.

"Of course the emperor wants to investigate, but I don't know who to send to investigate?" Zhang Fu was the calmest, and he didn't forget to ask who the chief interrogator was.

"The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei, is that enough?" Zhu Gaochi asked coldly.Now the East Factory has been abolished, and Jinyiwei has also lost its judicial power. This was originally a sign of Emperor Hongxi's abolition of the tyranny of the previous dynasty, but in the face of the honorable nobles who are too big to lose, Zhu Gaochi really regretted that he had acted too hastily.Letting Jin Yiwei join the Sanfa Division this time is actually a symbolic correction.

"I think that only Jinyiwei is not enough to guarantee that the civil servants will not retaliate against Xungui, or even beat him into a trick." Zhang Fu insisted: "I ask the emperor for permission to let the five military governors jointly try this case, so as to guarantee that Xungui will not be punished." Your safety..."

"That's right, Your Majesty, what the Lord said is right, I'm going to second it!" Zhu Yong and others also echoed: "Otherwise, I would never dare to obey the imperial edict!"

"You..." Zhu Gaochi's chest rose and fell, as if he was very angry at the aggressive nobles.

The nobles were not afraid of the emperor's anger for a long time, and still insisted on holding on with their necks straight. In the end, the emperor gave in, and his face turned purple with anger: "The five governors can only go to one at a time, you can discuss it yourself! "

"I will obey the order..." The nobles were overjoyed, as long as a governor participated in the interrogation, they were guaranteed to find out nothing.

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The nobles came out of the Qianqing Palace refreshed and couldn't help laughing.

"Grandma, Bai has been worrying about it for the past few days," Zhu Yong said with a loud laugh, "If I had known the result earlier, there would be no need for Xiao Si and the others to go out to hide from the limelight!"

"Who would have thought that the civil servants would make such a big commotion and end up changing their farts?" Wang Tong said with a smile: "At that time, we thought something big would happen, so we asked them to go out and hide for a while. We really didn't worry about it. gone."

"Be careful, there is no big mistake." Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "Let them come back quickly, let's find someone else to take the blame." Isn't it true that they are the ones who escaped at this time?Seeing the weakness of the emperor, the nobles were no longer satisfied with letting the murderer save their lives, they wanted to save their names as well.

"My lord, what do you think?" Wang Tong asked the British lord, and it was only then that everyone realized that Zhang Fu hadn't spoken since he came out.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhang Fu said: "Don't act rashly, I feel a little strange about this matter."

"Oh?" Zhu Yong and others hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's too anticlimactic..." Zhang Fu said slowly: "The emperor met the civil servants first, and then saw us again, which means that the emperor already knows the attitude of the civil servants, so the civil servants should be able to accept the plan proposed to us. .”

"That's the reason." Everyone nodded.

"Don't you think it's strange? The civil servants have joined forces all over the country to make such a big commotion, and just a 'thorough investigation' can satisfy them? It doesn't make sense!" Zhang Fu frowned and looked at the crowd.

When everyone thought about it, this was really the case, and they couldn't help but fell into confusion.Xu Jingchang asked tentatively, "Could it be that they have some trump card that can catch all the murderers?"

"How is it possible!" Zhu Yong didn't believe it: "How many times do you fight in the army every year? How many times have you seen Ding Mao?"

"That's weird..."

"Forget it, don't think about it if you can't figure it out, just wait and see what happens." Zhu Yong said carelessly: "Anyway, the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army is also the presiding judge. Are you afraid that they will fail?"

"It's also..." Everyone felt that this was the reason, so they put their hearts back into their stomachs and stopped thinking about it.

Although Zhang Fu didn't feel relieved, he didn't bother to talk anymore, and walked out of the palace with everyone, got into a sedan chair, and went back to the mansion.

In the sedan chair, Zhang Fu was frowning. According to his plan with Zhu Zhanji, great pressure should be put on the nobles at this time, so that they can make up their minds and change the world.Now that the emperor is so weak and can be bullied, it is very detrimental to his pre-war mobilization.After all, everyone would like to make a living under a weak lord, and it was so easy to straighten out the emperor, it would be too uneconomical if he was replaced by a strong lord.

No one wants to do a loss-making business.

But soon, the British public will find that they are actually worrying too much...

(End of this chapter)