‘I’m here to draw my sword!’

The moment these five short words fell into Jiang Bin's ears, his heart trembled.

How could he not understand the meaning, and how could he not understand his own position!

The most rare quality of a qualified and excellent dogleg that can live for a long time is to have self-awareness and know its position in the eyes of its owner, a knife!

With excitement, Jiang Gouzi took a deep breath, looked into Zhu Houzhao's eyes with murderous intent, and then kowtowed fiercely, expressing his loyalty immediately.

"The final general is willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty, and his heart and mind will be ruined!"

From the day he became a dogleg, Jiang Bin claimed to be the last general in front of Zhu Houzhao. There is a profound meaning in this, which is the recognition of military power.

Ji Boying glanced at Jiang Bin for a moment.

This dogleg named Jiang is not a good person either. He burns, kills, loots, and commits all kinds of evil. Cutting him into pieces will be considered a frivolous thing.

But there is a code, the swords in the hands of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty in the past are not very clean, and the final endings are not very good. For example, Mao Xiang, the first Jinyiwei commander who worked for Lao Zhu, was directly sacrificed by Lao Zhu

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Of course, there are exceptions like Lu Bing, who has outstanding abilities but is not arrogant, is humble and self-aware, and is the emperor's savior.

"Master Immortal, the swords are ready, we can return to the capital."

The flame in Zhu Houzhao's eyes ignited fiercely.

‘Immortal Master?’

When the kneeling Jiang Bin heard this title, he subconsciously looked at the sitting Ji Boying.

I was stunned for a moment, before I had time to think, I suddenly realized that the surrounding scene had completely changed.

The attic has disappeared, and a huge palace has appeared instead.

"This, this is...Leopard Palace!"

Jiang Bin's pupils shrank sharply, and he lay on the ground in shock, looking at everything around him in disbelief.

This place is where Jiang Bin fought a tiger to save Zhu Houzhao. It is also where Jiang Bin became rich and prosperous in his life.

"Jiang Bin, you immediately mobilize the royal guards in the imperial city to go to Fengtian Palace."

"In addition, according to my decree, I ordered the twelve regiments of the capital to immediately block the nine gates of the capital. From now on, even a toad in the capital will not be allowed to let me out of the capital."

"Those who violate the rules will be punished immediately."

Before Jiang Bin could react, Zhu Houzhao's murderous voice had already fallen into his ears.

Jiang Gouzi has no time to think about what all this is going on. Jiang Bin only knows that the knife he has sharpened for several years is finally going to kill today.

"My lord, obey the order!"

"Bang" kowtowed on the ground, then Jiang Bin stood up and left quickly, with a surging murderous look on his face.

As long as a person enters the capital, with Jiang Bin's status as the commander of the Jinyi Guards and the admiral of the East Factory, and with the emperor's imperial edict in hand, the capital will go completely sideways.

"Here comes someone."

After Jiang Bin left the palace, Zhu Houzhao shouted.

The eunuchs guarding outside the palace were stunned when they saw Jiang Bin leaving. When did Jiang Bin come to the Leopard Palace?!

Hearing the sound, he was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing, and he quickly bowed his body and entered the hall.

"Preach my will and ring the bell."

The eunuch was stunned. Ring the bell? Summon the officials? What is your Majesty doing?

He speculated in his heart, not daring to delay his movements at all, and quickly bowed.

"Follow the decree."

After the eunuch left in a hurry, Zhu Houzhao looked at Ji Boying.

"Master Immortal, will you kill all the courtiers after they arrive?"

To be honest, Zhu Houzhao is still a little uneasy.

After all, he is not Lao Zhu. He is killing his ministers wantonly, and the burden on his heart is still too heavy.

Moreover, the current civil servant group is too clumsy. If we want to clean up all at once, most of the offices in the court will be empty, and political affairs will inevitably be paralyzed.

"This is your business."

Ji Boying did not answer Zhu Houzhao's question directly, and certainly did not intend to answer it.

People need to grow up, especially the emperor.

In terms of imperial power, Zhu Houzhao still hasn't grown up. If it were Jiajing, he would have closed his eyes long ago and told lies: You have all violated the laws of heaven, Taoist ancestors passed down the immortal decree to me, and asked me to kill you.<

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"I understand."

Zhu Houzhao nodded solemnly.

As for who to kill, it is not a difficult task for Zhu Houzhao.

The Emperor Wu Zong thought for a while, then reached out and dug into his clothes. He dug deeper and deeper, which made Ji Boying stunned. If he dug again, he would reach the wrong place.

‘Wouldn’t it be nice to walk around in front of me?’

Just when Ji Boying was thinking about what this guy was doing, Zhu Houzhao finally touched something. With a happy expression on his face, he pulled out a yellowed book that looked like an old account book.

‘I wipe it, it smells so bad.’

Ji Boying took half a step back and frowned.

Zhu Houzhao looked at this book like a treasure. It was the "Prince Ning Bribery Book" he got from Wang Shouren. After opening it, the number one on it was Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet.

After all, King Ning Zhu Chenhao wants to accumulate troops, and the main elites are naturally his palace guards. After the repeated reductions of vassals during the Yongle year, the guards of the kings have been reduced to almost the same extent. It would be good to have hundreds of thousands of people to serve as soy sauce.<

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But Zhu Chenhao's bodyguards numbered tens of thousands of people just on the surface.

Where does the authority come from?

Reference answer: approved by the emperor.

Correct answer: Approved by Mr. Yang.

How to cut? What to cut?

Just follow the list in the booklet!

Not long after, the sound of bells and drums rang at the Meridian Gate, spreading throughout the palace city and the imperial city, into the cabinet rooms of Wenyuan Pavilion, and into the yamen on both sides of the Qianbu Corridor.

At this time.

Wenyuan Pavilion, cabinet room.

In the cabinet of the 16th year of Zhengde's reign, Yang Tinghe was the first assistant, Liang Chu was the second assistant, and Jiang Mian and Mao Ji were cabinet ministers.

Although it looks like there are four people, they are all brought in to embody and carry forward Mr. Yang's democratic spirit. Mr. Yang is the only one who really walks the walk.

"Mr. Liang, something's not right. Why is the court bell ringing at this hour?"

Jiang Mian said, his tone paused.

"Could it be that Your Majesty is about to...?"

Jiang Mian stopped talking and his eyes flickered, as if he was talking about something big.

The ones on duty in the cabinet today are Liang Chu and Jiang Mian.

"Mr. Jiang be careful when speaking."

Liang Chu carefully stopped the sound of the bells and drums, which was indeed a signal to summon the officials, and frowned, his expression solemn.

'Your Majesty really can't hold it any longer. This time he suddenly announces the appointment of hundreds of officials to the court, and he must explain his funeral arrangements. I don't know if he will appoint a foreign vassal to succeed him. If he appoints a foreign vassal, will Yang Gong obey the decree or not?

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After thinking about it in his mind, Liang Chu took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Mian who was still sitting.

"You and I pack up and prepare to enter the court."

Almost at the same time.

On both sides of the Qianbu Corridor in the Imperial City, in the office room of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Wang Qiong, the new Secretary of the Civil Affairs Bureau, sat silently on the classroom chair, listening to the melodious bells ringing in his ears, his brows furrowed all the time.
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How could he not know that His Majesty had taken great pains to promote him to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in the form of a decree just a month ago?

It's a pity that he is powerless.

Although the official is a heavenly official, his term is too short and he cannot accumulate the political capital to confront the cabinet.

"This day has finally come."

Wang Qiong let out a long sigh.
To be continued...