Chapter 217: Coming to court in plain clothes

Summer mornings are the most comfortable.

When I went to court, I felt much more comfortable than usual.

It's always better than when the heat comes.

But at this moment, no one had anything else on their minds. The senior officials were thinking heavily, and the junior officials were looking at their noses and mouths, as if they were stone.

To the early dynasty, they were originally stone people.

But there are also many ministers who are not willing to be stone men.

There was no expression on his face, but his hands were gently weighing the folds in his sleeves. There were many officials like this, and they were all preparing to launch an attack today.

The biggest official among them is naturally Liu Qiu. Liu Qiu did not participate in any connec- tions, but as the censor of Zuodu, he is the head of the Supervisory Council and the only one left behind in the court structure that Zhu Qizhen changed.

Veteran.

Liu Qiu believed that as the only decent man left in the court, he had to help the country. However, as a high-ranking member of the Ming Dynasty, he was determined to fight against Wasi.

Especially after a major defeat, there was no doubt that he represented a considerable number of scholars of the Ming Dynasty. They were resolute militants and were determined not to compromise with the outside world.

If before the war begins, there are still noises among them. Although some people may not agree with the marriage, they agree to settle things down and are unwilling to fight.

But now when we fight, we naturally have an attitude of fighting to the end. This is the DNA of the Ming Dynasty scholars and was passed down from the time of Emperor Taizu.

But if they don't support compromise outside the team, it doesn't mean they don't have opinions.

Of course, not to the emperor, but to the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies.

I have already mentioned in the previous article the grievances between the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army.

But since Zhu Qizhen took office, he has been somewhat biased in favor of the Fifth Army Governor's Office in handling this matter. This defeat was just a turnaround.

Deprive the power of the Fifth Army Governor's Office and put the development of the Ministry of War on the right track.

Zhu Qizhen actually knew this problem.

But Wang Ji was in the cabinet. From Yang Rong to Wang Ji, they were in the same line, and they wanted to transfer military power from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to the Ministry of War.

Zhu Qizhen actually suspected that Wang Ji was behind this.

But there are some things that everyone knows. But it is difficult to explain clearly. After all, Wang Ji is the only one who clearly understands the logistics of the army and can control those Qiu Ba and stop them from going too far.

In addition, Zhu Qizhen fully supported and delegated power to the Maoerzhuang battle. Since he lost, Zhu Qizhen would naturally have to pay some price. This is the political rule that should exist.

However, Zhu Qizhen did not want to fall into their routine.

Therefore, he wants to strike first.

When the quiet whip sounded, with the elephant as the forerunner, the ministers became silent for a moment. The censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also looked around, as if they were the head teachers on the playground, looking to see who dared to exceed their expectations.

Acting indiscriminately, even whispering.

Suddenly a sharp drake voice shouted: "Your Majesty is here."

For a moment, all the ministers saluted. Then a male duck voice said: "Pingshen."

After some tedious etiquette, the officials looked up and were immediately shocked to see that the man on the dragon chair was actually wearing a white suit outside his dragon robe.

There are rules for when the emperor wears clothes. How many people in the world are worthy of the emperor's mourning?

By doing this, Zhu Qizhen elevated the seriousness of this defeat to the level of the Ming Dynasty's life and death, and to the point of humiliating the ancestors.

Doing so will disrupt some people's steps.

Zhu Qizhen has always shown that he cherishes his reputation and his feathers. They never expected that Zhu Qizhen would do this. Doing so would be a slap in the face for Zhu Qizhen.

But I don't know that Zhu Qizhen cares about reputation. He just thinks that reputation is a kind of political capital. Since it is capital, it should be used when it should be used.

As long as there are political benefits, Zhu Qizhen can be shameless.

In doing so, Zhu Qizhen wanted to achieve several goals.

First, he took the lead in handling post-war affairs and suppressed the voice of the civil servants below. The more pitiful Zhu Qizhen made himself, the more the civil servants wanted to safeguard imperial power.

After all, most of the power of civil servants comes from the emperor. Maintaining the emperor's rule is not only politically correct, but also inevitable for them to maintain power.

After all, according to the principle of death for an emperor's humiliation, a minister like the emperor should die ten thousand times more.

Second, determine the national policy of making the war with Wasac protracted and never stop fighting without killing.

To be honest, no one in the mainstream public opinion circles of the Ming Dynasty, except Zhu Qizhen himself, was interested in bringing Mobei into the territory. Especially the consequences of Emperor Taizong's several Northern Expeditions gave everyone a fixed mindset, that is

Launching troops against Mobei is a great achievement and has no benefits. It will only cause a wound that keeps bleeding for the imperial court.

The land of Mobei is what Emperor Taizu said, "The land is not enough to provide supplies, and the people are not enough to command."

So now that Wa Ci has invaded the border, the people in the court will naturally cry out to kill him. But once the Ming Dynasty wins a great victory and even invades the grassland and destroys the main force of Wa Ci, then Wa Ci will ask the court for peace. I am afraid that there will be no support from the court.

Will persist like this.

From the moment Zhu Qizhen decided to attack Waca, he faced all kinds of opponents, visible and invisible. Even looking through the history books, there was no shortage of opponents when Emperor Taizong decided to make the Northern Expedition. The biggest opponent was the prince who was still the prince at the time.

Emperor Renzong.

When Emperor Taizong dealt with these opponents, he was extremely straightforward and threw them directly into prison.

But Zhu Qizhen thought to himself that it was impossible for him to do this. After all, Emperor Taizong's name is inheritance, but he is actually the founder. His prestige is unshakable, and Zhu Qizhen may not be able to have the prestige of Emperor Taizong in his lifetime.

Therefore, he did not dare to use Emperor Taizong's method, which was still treating the symptoms but not the root cause. If he wanted to cure the root cause, he had to find a way to let the Mobei grassland create wealth for the court.

This is what Zhu Qizhen will have to think about for a long time to come.

After all, if you don't plan for the eternity, you won't be able to plan for the moment. If you think about it when the situation comes, it will be a big problem.

Zhu Qizhen didn't wait for the officials to recover from the shock, and immediately ordered Fan Hong to issue an edict. It was nothing else but an edict to sin against oneself.

The edict was naturally written by San Yuan and Shang Ren. It was full of flowers and flowers, but the core was drafted by Zhu Qizhen. Zhu Qizhen, adhering to the spirit of "Everyone has faults, it is my fault," took the responsibility for the defeat of Maoerzhuang.

They all stood in the way of me, saying that I had no basis to advance or retreat, and that I was too eager to win. They also said that I didn't listen and insisted on going my own way. And I started the war lightly without sufficient preparation. And so on.

He also said that this was the first major defeat of the dynasty, and he was ashamed of his ancestors and humiliated his people. It was a great shame and humiliation, and he was unworthy of his position. He sounded like he wanted to abdicate in favor of someone worthy of his position.

The whole Chao Wenwu Town is burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.

Even Liu Qiu couldn't think of it. Liu Qiu suddenly had a new understanding of Zhu Qizhen's style, and thought to himself: "Why didn't I see why he is such a gangster today?"

The emperor cannot be deposed. It is naturally impossible for Zhu Qizhen to abdicate.

Zhu Qizhen hit a set of seven-injury punches. It seemed that he was hitting himself, but in fact, he was hitting the faces of the civil and military officials of the dynasty. He was hitting the face of the Ming Dynasty.

To be honest, although Duke Cheng Guo was defeated miserably, for most officials, there was a sense of crisis, but it was not too serious.

After all, Beijing is still safe, and under Zhu Qizhen's governance, despite all the twists and turns, the country's national strength has generally increased.

Therefore, everyone felt that the tile thorn was at best a sibling disease. Although it was troublesome, it could not damage the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, so everyone happily wanted to take this opportunity to knock down the Five Army Governor's Mansion.

It was really a crisis moment, but he would not do this. After the defeat of Tumubao in history, although Wang Zhen's remaining party member Ma Shun was beaten to death in court, Yu Qian still wrote a letter to stop holding Wang Zhen's remaining party accountable.

Because the battle to defend Beijing is imminent, it is not the time to make a big deal out of it.

In this way, Zhu Qizhen's performance struck a chord in the faces of almost all the ministers.

"I am waiting for death." I don't know who said it. All the ministers knelt on the ground in unison, and some of them were already wailing.
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