Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Is it really such a coincidence?

After seeing Zhou Hongmo passing the responsibility to Xie Yikui, who had already retired as an official, everyone couldn't help but secretly doubt the truth.

It's just that Xie Yikui's people are not here now. Even if they have doubts about it, they can't confront him. If you really want to find out the source of this rumor, you will have to send someone to Jiangxi to verify it, which will undoubtedly take a lot of effort.

"The Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the three officials of the Ministry of Rites, you are all important ministers that the late emperor and I rely on, but you actually spread the news that the late emperor wants to depose me. Are you really a good minister of King Xing?" Zhu Youtang is already feeling the results of the current victory. Satisfied, he locked the victory tunnel.

"Your Majesty, I don't think so!" Zhou Hongmo, the Minister of Rites, and Huang Jing, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, knew that this was a label of rebellious ministers, so they immediately denied it.

Ni Yue, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, noticed that Zhu Youtang was looking at him, so he expressed his position and said: "If your Majesty does not agree to reopen the Sutra Banquet today, I will think that your Majesty is really not as good as Xing Wang!"

Please stop talking!

The civil servants present saw that Ni Yue continued to fight against the fire, but they wanted to stuff this man back into his mother's womb. Didn't this have to be used as an excuse by His Majesty?

But everyone guessed wrong. The British Duke Zhang Mao jumped out and said shockingly: "Your Majesty, please stop the feast! I would like to see who dares to seize the family for such a thing. My country I’ll be the first to kill him!”

As he spoke, he regarded all the civil servants as imaginary enemies and glared at the civil servants to the east.

Since Zhang Fu was killed in the Mutu Fort Incident, Zhang Mao inherited the title at the age of ten. Now decades have passed, and he was given the title of Governor of the Chinese Army by Emperor Chenghua, and he has become a qualified politician. .

"Yes, Your Majesty, I am willing to protect Your Majesty!"

"If you want to seize the door without opening the sutra feast, I am willing to wear armor and guard this door for Your Majesty!"

"My ancestors followed Taizong and killed all the traitors in Nanjing. Now I am willing to follow the example of my ancestors and kill the rebellious ministers on behalf of Your Majesty!"

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After seeing the British Duke come out to express his position, Funing Marquis Zhu Yong and other dignitaries immediately understood and jumped out to sing against the civil servant group.

In the court, political struggle has never been the exclusive domain of civil servants.

Although Wu Xun is indeed lacking in political struggle, otherwise Wu Xun would not have been deprived of the military power of the Beijing army by civilian officials after Yingzong, but he naturally knows how to play after seeing more.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the number of people who have been knighted is not small. Although there are nobles like Wang Yue and Shi Heng who have been reduced from the title, the titles of many nobles have been successfully inherited.

Although some of the hereditary nobles are in remote places such as Nanjing and Yunnan-Guizhou, there are more than 30 nobles in the capital, and more than 20 hereditary nobles.

Now there are only three dukes in the capital: Ying Gong, Cheng Guo Gong and Ding Guo Gong. It's just that the Duke of Ding, Xu Yongning, has gone crazy. You are not wrong. The dignified Duke has gone crazy. As for the Duke of Cheng, Zhu Yi, went to Nanjing to serve as the garrison of Nanjing, so only the British Duke Zhang Mao was in charge of Beijing.

The marquises are hereditary from twelve families, including Funing Marquis Zhu Yong, and the earls are hereditary from Wu Jinbo, Baoding Bo, Ning Jinbo, etc. These nobles are still in their prime years, when they are full of enthusiasm.

The reopening of the sutra feast may be important to the civil servants, but it has nothing to do with their martial arts.

Now that civil servants want to be rebellious ministers, they naturally have to play the role of loyal ministers and become the emperor's most loyal sword.

"Your Majesty, these are the words of Ni Yue alone. I have no such intention!" Liu Pu saw that the situation was far beyond his control and immediately expressed his position.

The British Duke Zhang Mao did not want to ask for money to withdraw his troops, but he just slapped the hat on him and said: "Xueshi Liu, I think this is what your civil servants are planning to do! Just now, my Duke felt that it was inappropriate for your civil servants to force His Majesty like this, and now your people have been exposed Do you think you can take the fox tail back?"

As soon as these words came out, they were immediately echoed by all the martial arts officers, and they all pushed the urinal on the head of the civil servant.

"Your Majesty, please don't take the lead in stirring up trouble here. We civil servants have no intention of doing so. This time we ask Your Majesty to reopen the Sutra banquet in accordance with the ancestral rules!" Liu Pu could see through the thoughts of these martial artists at a glance. He retorted.

Zhu Youtang originally thought that the power of the goal-scoring hat would be reduced soon, but when he saw Wu Xun jumping into political speculation, he watched the dispute with interest.

Although Wu Xun also has problems, if he can make good use of them to check and balance the civil servants, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to him in controlling the Ming Dynasty.

The British Duke Zhang Mao snorted coldly and said: "The Jingyan is an ancestral banquet. It was made when the Yingzong was eight years old. Do you civil servants really think that you can hide it from the people of the world?"

"Don't mess around here. I won't argue with you in vain!" Liu Pu knew that he was wrong in this matter and immediately wanted to end the dispute.

Liu Ji saw the following controversy in his eyes and expressed his position to Zhu Youtang: "Your Majesty, we will not discuss the reopening of the Sutra Banquet for the time being. The top priority is to deal with Huaien's edict and severely punish those who disrupt the imperial court!"

The civil officials present knew that they could not be led by Wu Xun, so they took advantage of their numerical advantage and asked for orders in unison: "Dispose of Huaien's edict, and severely punish those who disrupt the imperial court!"

Ni Yue, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, witnessed the fierce dispute between the civil and military parties, and then saw that the civil servants unanimously pointed the finger at Huai En, and finally realized that he was also likely to become an outcast.

When the British Duke Zhang Mao saw Liu Ji bringing the topic to Wynn, he immediately chose to stop talking, but the label of "intending to seize the door" must be constantly pinned on the heads of civil servants.

Zhu Youtang knew that these civil servants were planning to abandon Huaien to settle the dispute, so he asked the officials: "Have any of you seen the late emperor threatening to abolish the crown prince, or where have you heard anyone mention that the late emperor abolished the crown prince?" This matter needs to be discussed clearly first!"

"Your Majesty, I didn't see what I heard!"

"Your Majesty, not only have I not seen or heard anything, but I will not believe such absurd stories if I hear them!"

"Your Majesty, I heard about it in the public at that time, but I already scolded him. Now I regret that I was not able to tear him into pieces!"

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The civil servants present were all veterans of the officialdom. Naturally, they could no longer get into trouble. They immediately denied it, and some officials took the opportunity to express their loyalty.

At this point, the matter can be said to be finalized. Although it is temporarily unclear who first spread the rumor, Wynn's edict has already sealed the deal. A little eunuch who took off the tooth tag of the chief minister is undoubtedly seeking death.

"Your Majesty, although the matter of seizing the gate is speculation, we have to guard against Shi Heng and his like. I was dismissed from the post of Admiral of Ganzi Camp last month. Now I ask Xu Chen to take over the Yangwei Camp. I will protect your Majesty all the time as loyally as my ancestors did. !" Wu Jinbo Zhu Lin saw the opportunity and also engaged in political speculation.

After the Empress Dowager Zhou took control of the Twelve Capital Camps, he was robbed of his position as the admiral of the Yangwei Camp that originally belonged to him, so now he wants to take the opportunity to claim it back.

Yu Zijun, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, could see through Zhu Lin's thoughts at a glance, and immediately stood up and accused: "Uncle Wu Jin, there is definitely no danger of seizing the door now, don't make any alarmist comments here!"

"Yu Shangshu, are you worried that my uncle's return to power will hinder your plan to seize the door?" Zhu Lin, the uncle of Wu Jin, saw that Yu Zijun was trying to block his way, and he immediately said tit for tat.

Yu Zijun's face darkened and he said, "Don't slander anyone. I have never planned to seize the door!"

"I think you have such thoughts. It was your civil servants who planned the coup that year!" Zhu Lin, the uncle of Wu Jin, immediately mentioned the old incident.

Yu Zijun's face turned even more ugly as he said, "Don't talk nonsense here. It was clearly Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and the traitor Xu Youzhen who worked together to do this. What does it have to do with us civil servants?"

"If you want others to be ignorant, you have to do nothing yourself! Xu Youzhen was introduced by you to bear the bad reputation. Your thoughts cannot deceive His wise and brave Majesty. You civil servants just want to seize the door!" Zhu Lin, the uncle of Wu Jin, accused without giving up.

Yu Zijun realized that this count was a mad dog, so he immediately surrendered and said: "I am too lazy to argue with you in vain!"

Zhu Youtang naturally saw through Wu Jinbo's thoughts, but he calmly ordered Liu Ji on the side: "The cabinet has issued a decree to send twelve internal supervisors to the 12th Regiment Camp to supervise the army and take over all military affairs in the camp!"

As soon as this statement came out, all the officials were shocked.