Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

The spring in April is particularly bright, and the Yangxin Hall wakes up in the morning sun.

Zhu Youtang chose to stay here for the night last night, but the person beside him had disappeared, and the fragrant sweat on the sheets disappeared, leaving only a faint smell that belonged to men and women.

As usual, he only needed to get up and cooperate for a while, and a group of palace maids who served him would help him wash and dress, and he finished everything while closing his eyes and concentrating.

Just after putting on the dragon robe, I heard a gentle ringing of bells coming from outside.

"Your Majesty, this is the old chicken soup that I asked the kitchen to cook. It was just brought here and it's still hot. Please have a taste!" Fan Jinling brought the chicken soup and put it on the table, her eyes full of love.

Different from the dress of the palace maids in the past, the clothes have become much more exquisite. The biggest change is the exquisite and complicated headdress, which symbolizes the marriage, and the silver silk bun is covered with a nest of silk.

Although her age as a young girl could not be concealed, she was inherently charming, and this woman's attire made her look outstanding among many palace maids. This image alone was enough to captivate thousands of people.

After this period of nourishment, her figure is also working hard towards fullness. Although she is not worthy of the position of queen, she is definitely the best candidate to become a concubine in the future.

The eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household came in and accompanied Xiaohui to report: "Your Majesty, Miss Lian heard that you talked about chicken supplements last time, and you also ordered the Imperial Household this morning!"

After her good performance in the recent period, Fan Jinling was canonized by Zhu Youtang and became a beauty of the Hongzhi Dynasty, although her stomach has not moved yet.

Beauty is only the sixth level, but it is the lifelong fantasy of many palace maids to be transformed from palace maid to beauty, not to mention that the current palace concubines are full of gold.

Although the methods used by the superiors are a bit unspeakable, this smart and brave woman has already stood out.

Zhu Youtang looked at the virtuous woman in front of him, but she couldn't match up with the little goblin last night. However, it was his woman's kindness after all, so he sat down at the table and found that there were indeed two egg-like shapes in the soup. white object.

Fan Jinling looked at the man who was eating deliciously and felt a little confused. Although he is already very powerful, why do he still use chickens, oysters, and thousand-year-old turtles to replenish his body? Could it be that he really wants to play the game of twin phoenixes?

Liu Jin knew that Zhu Youtang liked fewer people to be present when he and Lian Meiren were alone, so he sent the irrelevant people away.

Zhu Youtang saw that Fan Jinling's attire was getting more and more charming, but he suddenly asked: "Why haven't you heard any noise from Tingchao Pavilion? It's not you who stopped it, right?"

"Your Majesty, how can I dare to take such a decision? How can you think of me so much?" Fan Jinling heard Zhu Youtang guessing like this, and immediately pretended to be aggrieved.

Liu Jin was now the eunuch in charge of Xiyuan, and he immediately explained: "Your Majesty, they have already started work, but they don't dare to do rough work, so you are silent!"

"Go and tell them that they don't need to pay so much attention and complete the project as soon as possible. I also want to catch fish in my free time!" Zhu Youtang put the chicken in his mouth to replenish energy and warned seriously.

Xiyuan can be said to be an ideal place for leisure, and it is also a natural fishing resort. It's a pity that the emperors of the past dynasties didn't like fishing, and there were still a few buildings, so he also planned to plan a quiet place.

Liu Jin knew that Zhu Youtang attached great importance to the plan of Guanchao Pavilion, so he said respectfully: "As ordered!"

"When the tide-watching pavilion is built, wouldn't it be nice to be able to go there to fish or enjoy the cool air on weekdays?" Zhu Youtang pretended to be aggrieved when he looked at the golden bell of the feudal lord, and then gently touched the small golden bell on his headdress.

Of course, Fan Jinling couldn't really be angry, but just wanted to emphasize that he was abiding by the rules, so he said with a beautiful look: "My beautiful thing is that the golden bell rings at night, and I will always be at your Majesty's side!"

"I've written it down!" Zhu Youtang realized that this was indeed a little goblin, but it had so much work that it was hard to get bored. He messed up the little golden bell on his headdress and left.

After all, he is the emperor of a country, and there are new things happening in the two capitals and thirteen provinces every day, so it is difficult to have real free time.

Fortunately, Wan An and Liu Ji in the current cabinet are both good at drafting votes. The eunuchs in the clerk's room have gradually learned to classify matters by priority, and even if the processing is slower, things will not be missed.

It's just that the government affairs of the two capitals and thirteen provinces are easy to distinguish, but the memorials of the Kedao Yanguan are always difficult to distinguish between true and false, and difficult to distinguish between serious and serious.

"Cui Liang, the censor of Nanjing, would like to report: Wang Yue, the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, brutalized the officials to the point of radical change..."

"I would like to report to Yan Guozhong from the Nanjing official department: Nanjing garrison eunuch Wang Zhi tortured and killed civilians..."

"I would like to report to Chen Xiangcheng from the Nanjing Etiquette Department: The left deputy censor Wang Yue of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Nanjing garrison eunuch Wang Zhi spent thousands of gold on banquets every day, and the officials demanded bribes of tens of thousands..."

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As time went by, the number of memorials impeaching Wang Yue and Wang Zhi obviously increased. Earlier, they impeached Wang Yue for brutally killing officials and Wang Zhi for torturing and killing civilians. This was just some word games, and later it was almost like pressing a The image of greed, cunning and luxury is portrayed.

Since the official of the Department of Science and Technology has the power to report rumors and reports, he dares to put all kinds of feces and urine on people's heads.

It would be better if the ministers such as Xu Pu or Wan'an were, after all, their disciples and old officials were all over the government and the public, and the Kedao Yanguan would start fighting among themselves, causing many Kedao Yanguan to dare not easily go to court for impeachment.

It's just that local officials like Wang Yue are a living target for the officials of the Department of Science and Technology. They are as helpless as beating a dog to death.

Without any evidence, they can attack with imaginary charges, but these people are all very good at playing word games.

The wonderful thing about the dramatic changes lies in the word "Ji Zhi". Although there is no real radical change, it is almost there. How worried should the court be?

As for the torture and killing of civilians, the word "torture" is also a coincidence. Everyone is dead, how rare is it that they can still examine their injuries? Even if the injury is examined, to what extent does it count as abuse?

Civilians are even more clever, but no matter what you say about the other party's crimes, you only impeach them for their weak status. This is simply a blatant hooliganism.

Finally, they met Zhu Youtang, a soul from later generations.

"Li Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, greets the Holy Ann!" Li Yu's status is getting higher and higher now, and the most proud person of the light cabinet is him, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He immediately came to visit him in a polite manner.

Snapped!

But without any warning, a bunch of memorials were thrown in front of him.

"I deserve to die, your Majesty, please punish me!" Li Yu didn't know where he had made a mistake, and he said in a panic.

Zhu Youtang knew that he had to be relaxed and tight with his ministers, so he said with a cold face: "How did you become the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs? I gave the censor the power to report things, not to let them show me these nonsense. Dozens of people impeached Wang Zhi and Wang Yue, but no one had any solid evidence. The most abominable thing is that I am afraid that I will make mistakes and I will revise every omission. How much time has been wasted?"

"I'm guilty, and I hate it! It's just that I heard that it is the power of officials to report things. I...even if I hate it, I don't dare to stop it!" Li Yu knew the whole story, that is, The explanation is authentic.

Zhu Youtang naturally knew that the problem was not with Li Yu. When he saw the beating was completed, he said: "Why did you miss it when you were in charge of the Beijing inspection this year?"

"Ah? Didn't I miss anything?" Li Yu was stunned and looked very confused.

Zhu Youtang saw that there was still a memorial on the table, so he threw the memorial down again and said: "Those who misunderstood me so much, why didn't you check it? Don't make any more excuses, and inspect the two Jingke Daoyan for me within ten days." Officials, those who are incompetent may be dismissed or demoted!"

"I accept the decree!" Li Yu secretly rejoiced when he learned that His Majesty wanted to conduct an investigation on those arrogant Ke Dao officials.

According to the usual practice, neither Hanlin officials nor Kedaoyan officers were included in the Beijing inspection, so he, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, was helpless, and even had to look at the expressions of the official officials.

But now with His Majesty's order, the privileges of those people have disappeared, and they can use their sticks against those officials who only know how to tell stories but not do real things.

It has to be said that although these emperors in front of them are still young, their thoughts and actions are already the most wise emperors, and they can be regarded as true Wenzong.

"You take the memorial on the ground to the South Pavilion outside and have a good look at it. I can allow people to hear about the memorial, but I cannot allow anyone who wastes my time. Get out!" Zhu Youtang impeached Wang Yue this time. The Kedao spokesperson with Wang Zhi said calmly.

Although the rumors about Ke Dao Yan Guan are very abominable, this power cannot be taken away. Things have both disadvantages and advantages. After all, supervisory agencies can intimidate high-ranking officials to a great extent. For example, the defeat of Datong was exposed by the Datong Mortgage Patrol.

That's why the best way is to clean out a bunch of mediocre officials through Beijing inspection. This not only eliminates the officials who are just pretending to be officials, but also ensures that one can always keep abreast of the local situation.

As it approached noon, the three-day deadline had expired.

Song Cheng, who was wearing a fourth-grade official uniform, arrived, but at this time Zhu Youtang was on the attic of the imperial study. Upon seeing the ceremony, he directly explained his purpose of coming: "Your Majesty, I am here to deliver an order!"

"Didn't you already find out that it was the Annan mission?" Zhu Youtang thought of the bloodshed that occurred on the Henan border and continued to flip through the book quietly.

Song Cheng looked up at Zhu Youtang above, and said seriously: "I was just suspicious of the Annan mission that day, so I needed to check with them to verify the situation. However, it was not the Annan mission!"

"It wasn't the people from Annan's mission who did it, could it be our Ming Dynasty's martial arts?" Zhu Youtang suddenly felt secretly happy and asked with some hope.

Song Cheng shook his head gently, and then said shockingly: "Your Majesty, it was not their fault. The envoy who occupied the city committed suicide!"

"Suicide?" Zhu Youtang couldn't help but look at Song Cheng below suspiciously when he heard such an outrageous answer.

"Your Majesty, to be more precise, he ordered someone from his mission to stab him to death, and I also found this person!" Song Cheng met Zhu Zuyoutang's eyes and said very seriously.

Zhu Youtang had thought that the Annan mission was responsible, and he also thought that Wu Xun might have sent people to sneak into the Huitong Hall to assassinate him, but he never thought that the cause of the death of Wen Jin, the envoy who occupied the city, was to be stabbed to death by his own people.

But since things have happened and the assassin has been found, there is something logical about it.

Zhu Youtang didn't want to waste energy thinking about this kind of thing, so he asked calmly: "Why did the envoy to occupy the city do this?"