But one thing made him feel very relieved. In the words of Qian, today's civil servants are no longer Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's civil servants. Through Yang Zheng's years of hard work and the old foundation left by the three Yangs, the Ming Dynasty's civil servant system has formed a huge force. This force is hard to say that it can control the imperial power, at least it will not be too passive in restricting the imperial power. Especially Yang Zheng, the cabinet has all the civil and military skills, which is a blessing. As long as he is still in this position, he will not have to worry about not being able to limit the imperial power. Although Yang Zheng has never done this fundamentally, the world's perception seems to be like this.

This is also the fundamental reason why Yang Zheng was in a dilemma. A minister who was almost incredibly capable of giving up his power, not only did not know how to put down his power, but also licked his face and asked the emperor to delegate power. No one would agree. If he couldn't do it properly, he would ask back, what do you want to do? Do you rebel?

Of course, Yang Zheng didn't want to rebel. Not only did he not exist now, but he didn't even exist when he first entered the Ming Dynasty. Instead of being an emperor and being a minister, he would be more realistic and free. Although the country is good, he doesn't live freely. What's the feeling?

Not wanting to rebel does not mean that he will maintain the imperial power. The Ming Dynasty has reached its peak through the efforts of several generations of Zhu Yuanzhang. This kind of power unity is indispensable in the early stage of the establishment of a court, but once the dynasty stabilizes, it will be a bit out of place to use this strategy of dominating the world.

Yang Zheng promised that the three Yangs would take over as a supporting role was to build a prosperous and powerful Ming Dynasty, in other words, to continue the glory of the Ming Dynasty.

But history told him that the glory of the Ming Dynasty after Emperor Xuande was no longer there, and there were many specific reasons, but fundamentally, the imperial power was too large, which limited the motivation for the dynasty to continue to move forward. He had to make changes in this regard.

This was an impossible thing, but through his nearly twenty years of hard work, with the spread of Western knowledge, a fresh air spreading over the Ming Dynasty. Some enlightened and insightful Ming literati and officials began to realize where the disease in the court was. Although they could not find a way out for a while, from the bottom of their hearts, they hoped to make some arrangements for this, even if it was a slight change, it would be good.

Based on this understanding, they began to reflect on why a good era of Renxuan cannot be continued, how could a good empire become so undying? What are we missing compared to the glory of the Tang Dynasty?

With this question, they began to constantly look for answers. If they had not found a suitable and reasonable answer before Wang Zhen, then the battle of the Forbidden City completely awakened them. They were surprised to find that the answer they had been pursuing was in this Forbidden City. The power of that person was too great, so great that he could easily destroy a good country, so great that he could make them feel at a loss. They wanted to refute, and when they wanted to save it, they were now in front of the imperial power. They were so small and so vulnerable. They didn't want to have much power, or even many.

For a good future, they just want a good country, so why can't they continue to continue, so that the people of the world can live a few days of good life, and let themselves say a few fair words with confidence, so that any emperor in the Forbidden City will know that no matter how good the country is, it will not withstand the torture. Compared to these, they are more worried that if the emperor's power continues so infinitely, sooner or later, they will be unable to control it. Today is Wang Zhen, who will be tomorrow? Should this court allow the people to suffer the same pain? No, no, you must not let such a thing happen again. The imperial power must be restricted and the imperial power must be restricted.

Years of inquiries and years of reflection have led them to this most direct and fundamental case.

They knew better than anyone else how much suffering they would be to achieve this goal, but Wang Zhen's greed and autocracy provided them with excellent opportunities. What a painful lesson the consequences of excessive imperial power. Even if the emperor was unwilling to do so, they should understand that they did not do this for themselves, but for the whole world.

They knew very well that the consequences of this failure, but they had no way out. They were afraid that they would retreat to the edge of the cliff and would have no way out.

At the same time, they also knew in their hearts that compared to the ancestors of the Zhu family, the little emperor in front of them was quite gentle and his methods of killing were not that good.
Chapter completed!