Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

The wind and snow outside were raging, and the whole courtyard was covered with snow.

Jia Jun endured the discomfort of his body, and suddenly raised his head and said something shocking: "Grand Empress Dowager, I came to the palace this time to thank you for your support in the past, and secondly, I have decided to submit my resignation to Your Majesty. From tomorrow on, I will no longer be an important minister of the Ming Dynasty!"

Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been difficult to achieve. Originally, he hoped that Grand Empress Dowager Zhou could take a step back and not cause trouble to affect the hard-won prosperity of today, but the other party was obviously impossible to give up.

This time, he chose to go to the palace to meet the Grand Empress Dowager in spite of the world's disapproval, and he had made two preparations, but he did not intend to be a national sinner.

Since Grand Empress Dowager Zhou did not listen to the advice, he had to resign and return to the countryside.

Although he was reluctant to give up the position of prime minister, he wanted to continue to accompany the emperor and also wanted to witness the Ming Empire dominate the four oceans with his own eyes, but he could no longer see it.

From the first step he took into the palace, there was already a bottomless abyss behind him, and now the only way left for him was to resign from the position of prime minister.

Although he could not persuade the Empress Dowager to give in, he could not be used by her either, so for the sake of loyalty in his heart, he could only choose to "discard his own martial arts".

"What, you want to resign from the position of prime minister?" Empress Dowager Zhou's eyes widened, and she looked at Jia Jun with shock on her face.

Eunuch Chen and others were also extremely shocked. You know, it takes a lot of hard work for an official to climb to the position of prime minister, and it is even more difficult for this prime minister who was born as a juren.

But now this prime minister actually took the initiative to resign, which is no less than a poor man who picked up ten thousand taels of gold and was able to return the ten thousand taels of gold to the owner.

Jia Jun's heart was not shaken at all, so he kowtowed solemnly and said: "I was originally a scholar, but fortunately the Empress Dowager promoted me and I was favored by the Emperor, so I am now the Prime Minister. Now I am old and seriously ill, so I dare not stay in the court any longer, so I come to bid farewell to the Empress Dowager!"

As he said this, he bowed deeply again. Although he also paid a lot of money and connections to open up this relationship, he always remembered the favor of the promotion in his heart.

"Jia Jun, is this how you repay me? I won't let you resign, you have to do things for me, at least get this thing done!" Empress Dowager Zhou gritted her teeth and made a request in anger.

Jia Jun smiled bitterly, and raised his head and said, "Grand Empress Dowager, you helped me in the past, and your majesty has been even more kind to me, and I dare not do anything that goes against the wishes of the people of the world. I am sorry that I cannot obey your order. I will take my leave!"

After saying this, he stopped answering the Grand Empress Dowager and resolutely stood up and left.

It is true that the Grand Empress Dowager helped him, but the emperor has been even more kind to him. If it were not for this incident, even if he was seriously ill today, he would still want to continue to be loyal to the emperor.

Outside the courtyard at this moment, snow was already flying all over the sky.

Jia Jun's body was quite thin, but he resolutely walked into the flying snow and left in the direction he came from.

But his body was seriously ill after all. As soon as he walked out of the palace gate of Guanju Palace, he leaned against the wall and coughed non-stop, and even coughed out a mouthful of blood.

He originally wanted to recuperate at home, but he was not an ungrateful person after all.

Now that I have chosen to resign, I have neither done anything to offend the emperor nor have any use to Empress Dowager Zhou. This is a blessing in disguise.

As for whether the queen will imprison Empress Dowager Zhou next, or will she completely sideline Empress Dowager Zhou, it can only be said that this is the fault of the Empress Dowager herself.

Jia Jun shivered when the cold wind blew, and his whole body trembled for no reason.

Although his body was still mild just now, it seemed as if he fell into an ice kiln at this moment. The clothes on his body seemed to have lost their function of keeping out the cold, and his hands were already shaking non-stop.

Jia Xiong did not leave. When he saw his father coming out, he immediately went to meet him and soon noticed that his father was different: "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

"Cold!" Jia Jun didn't know how he walked out step by step, but he uttered a word with difficulty.

Jia Xiong's hand had already touched his father's hand, and he immediately found that his father had become much shorter, so he hurriedly made arrangements: "Hurry, go to the clinic in front!"

I thought my father could survive this trip to the palace, but it seemed that he was possessed by evil spirits, and the situation became very grim.

Guanju Palace, main hall.

With a crackling sound coming from inside, the dishes that had just been delivered were in trouble, and Empress Dowager Zhou looked like an angry old lion.

"Damn it! The surname Jia, the nine clans should be executed!"

Empress Dowager Zhou could tolerate the rejection of the imperial edict by important officials, but she could not tolerate such naked betrayal. At this moment, she wanted to order the execution of Jia Jun's nine clans to relieve her hatred.

It would be fine if there was no hope at the beginning, but Jia Jun's arrival ignited her strong hope, but she didn't expect that Jia Jun was actually on the side of the emperor and the queen.

But she was destined to be impotent and furious now. Not to mention that she was already the completely powerless Empress Dowager, how could Jia Jun, as a dignified minister of the imperial cabinet, kill all nine clans because of her anger.

The eunuchs and palace maids around were silent, kneeling on the ground and not daring to look up.

Eunuch Chen was about fifty years old, with shifty eyes, and walked with his fingers pinched, which was quite funny, but his smile was very flattering.

He was a fish that slipped through the net in the queen's purge this time. Because he happened to be on duty outside the palace that night, the Shenjiesi did not choose to arrest him.

Eunuch Chen came in from outside, not caring to shake off the snow on his body, and hurriedly knelt on the ground like other palace servants, allowing the moody Grand Empress Dowager to vent her anger.

It is said that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger, and you must be careful when doing business with the moody Grand Empress Dowager.

"You bastard, look at what you have done!" When the Grand Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Eunuch Chen, flames rose up, and she immediately stepped forward to kick the dead eunuch to death.

If it weren't for this dead eunuch bringing Jia Jun, why would she have to endure this anger.

Eunuch Chen was already accustomed to the Grand Empress Dowager's kicks. After being kicked hard, he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Grand Empress Dowager, I offer a suggestion, please spare me!"

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

The first snow of this winter has stopped, and a thick layer of white snow has accumulated in the huge courtyard, adding a bit of winter beauty to this palace.

Although Zhu Youtang likes fishing very much, he also likes snowy days, especially the snowy days in the Qianqing Palace give him a different kind of beauty, so that the quality of sleep will be better.

"Your Majesty, this is a sign of a good harvest!"

"It just snowed, it's too early to talk about auspicious snow!"

Liu Jin looked at Liu Youtang and said auspicious words while watching him admire the snow. Zhu Youtang was still very pragmatic. He didn't think that next year would be a good harvest just because of a snowfall. In fact, he just liked the snow scene in this courtyard.

But he was the master of this empire after all, and it was enough to take a few glances, and then he walked into the warm East Warm Pavilion.

Since the heating system in this palace has been started, a steady stream of heat is transported from the ground, so there is no need to worry about keeping warm here.

Zhu Youtang, as usual, would look through intelligence from all over the world every night to grasp the evolution of the whole world.

Although the intelligence network of the Ming Dynasty has spread all over the world, how can one sweep the world without sweeping one's own house? Everything that happened in Guansui Palace today was also sent to his imperial desk.

Not to mention that Guanqiao Palace has been replaced, even the Qingning Palace earlier, there are also his spies, and important intelligence will be sent to his imperial desk.

It is for this reason that the Jinyiwei went to He Mansion on the second day of the Qianqing Palace arson case, and even found the correspondence between He Mansion and Chong Wang from He Mansion.

"Your Majesty!" Li Xien, dressed in a black Korean queen's dress, came in a formal manner, with a Zhai crown on her head. The whole person is more and more like a queen, and she greeted him in a proper manner.

Since she will return to Korea tomorrow, she will still serve the emperor tonight.

Women dress up to please themselves, and tonight they also dress themselves up carefully, and then they come to Dongnuan Palace impatiently, hoping to spend more time with the emperor tonight.

Zhu Youtang likes to stay in the pit in winter. Seeing Li Xien dressed in a somewhat unfamiliar way, he patted the person next to him and asked Li Xien to come up and stay with him.

In order to highlight her good figure, Li Xien wore relatively few clothes. Naturally, she climbed the pit happily and then leaned on Zhu Youtang obediently.

Liu Jin was quite discerning and reduced the number of palace servants here to create a quieter space for the two of them, allowing them to do whatever they want in the pit.

Although Zhu Youtang hugged the Queen Mother of Korea beside him lightly, he did not intend to end his work tonight. Instead, he hugged the beauty with one hand and looked at the intelligence with the other.

In fact, he knew that the Queen Mother was going to summon important officials to the palace today, but he did not choose to stop it, and he never thought it was a big deal.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, unfilial piety is a hat that will be infamous for thousands of years, but everyone avoids it, but he has never taken it seriously.

According to the original history, he almost handed over the decision-making power of all matters to the cabinet. Although he became the Xiaozong praised by the scholar-officials, what could he bring to the country and the people?

Zhu Youtang did not mind being labeled as unfilial, after all, he always acted according to his heart.

If he thought that he needed to imprison the Grand Empress Dowager to ensure his own safety, even if all the ministers stood up to oppose it, it would not be possible to change his decision.

Now that the Grand Empress Dowager Zhou made such a fuss, he could only force himself to increase the pressure on her, and he might even really imprison the Grand Empress Dowager

Li Xien sweetly snuggled up to Zhu Youtang's side, and his eyes were curiously looking at the intelligence content related to the Grand Empress Dowager Zhou and the current cabinet minister Jia Jun.

Zhu Youtang finally knew that Jia Jun followed the path of the Grand Empress Dowager Zhou. He once suspected that Jia Jun was in cahoots with Liu Ji. Now he looked at the information in his hand and shook his head gently: "Stupid! Why should he resign from the position of prime minister for this matter!"

"Your Majesty, this is the right thing to do, right?" Li Xien always regarded Li Youtang as a teacher, and immediately expressed his thoughts.

Zhu Youtang did want to teach Li Xien, and immediately asked back with the intention of testing: "Why do you say that?"

"The Grand Empress Dowager has done a favor to Jia Jun, and now your Majesty and the Grand Empress Dowager are incompatible. He only needs to resign so that he does not need to repay the favor and does not need to stand up and challenge your Majesty!" Li Xien made a thoughtful gesture and expressed his opinion seriously.

Zhu Youtang nodded gently, and then looked at Li Xien with approval: "It's just that he lost his position!"

"All grace is from heaven! Your Majesty has praised Jia Jun's engineering ability more than once. Your Majesty is so wise and powerful that you can deal with the problem of Empress Dowager Zhou first, and then call him back." Li Xien tilted her neck, her beautiful eyes flashing.

Zhu Youtang didn't understand why the skirt of the queen's dress looked like a vat, but now he found that Li Xien was not only sweet, but also had a high political talent: "You see it very clearly. I really don't want to lose an important minister because of the Queen Mother! If he submits his resignation, I will definitely agree to let him leave, but I will recall him again in half a year at most!"

Fame is similar to diplomas in later generations. Even if the top universities in the country are not necessarily all talented, some unknown universities have amazing talents.

Although Jia Jun was born as a juren, his attainments in engineering are far beyond the reach of officials who were born as jinshi. Even if Jia Jun took the back door back then, he was able to eventually become the Minister of Works with his engineering ability, which has proved his super ability.

"My concubine has such understanding, thanks to your Majesty's good teaching!" Li Xien did not feel proud of this, and looked at Zhu Youtang with affectionate eyes.

In the past few days, when Zhu Youtang wanted to teach her something, she was often pulled onto the dragon bed, so many knowledge points left a deep impression on her.

Of course, this is actually inseparable from her political talent. After all, being able to run North Korea successfully has already proved that she also has extraordinary qualities.

Regarding Jia Jun's resignation this time, she saw the mystery in it, that is, although Zhu Youtang had resentment in his heart, he obviously did not intend to give up Jia Jun, a genius in engineering.

Zhu Youtang saw that the intelligence mentioned that Jia Jun's condition worsened when he left, so he shouted to the outside: "Liu Jin!"

"I'm here!" Liu Jin hurriedly said respectfully.

Zhu Youtang put down the information in his hand and immediately earnestly instructed: "You go to the medical school in person tomorrow morning to convey my tone, asking them to solve the final problem within two days, and see the finished product at the latest in the evening of the day after tomorrow!"

"As ordered!" Liu Jin bowed seriously.

"Your Majesty, what is it that has you so concerned?" Li Xien's curiosity was aroused, and she immediately raised her lovely face and asked in confusion.

Zhu Youtang held the beauty in his arms and continued to read the news report: "A groundbreaking new drug! If this drug is released, the Ming army will not only be invincible in the world, but will also greatly reduce casualties!" (End of this chapter)