Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 249 You will die without a burial place!
The situation at the cabinet meeting quickly spread throughout the court, and everyone knew that Qi De had stole the limelight at the cabinet meeting.

Not only did he change the cabinet meeting from Chen Yunfu's random meeting to a regular meeting, but he also took away the leadership of this year's officials and inspectors along the way.

Zid is going to take power.

There will never be a shortage of people who follow suit in the officialdom. As soon as the officials in the capital see signs of falling to Qi De's side, countless people will naturally start to actively move closer to Qi De.

Therefore, for more than half a month, Qi De's residence was crowded with guests.

"The spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe, I can see the Chang'an flowers in one day."

Seeing off the last group of guests, Qi De sighed leisurely, his face full of complacency.

Zheng Meizhu, the servants of the family said that there was a visitor and presented a greeting card.

"What time is it? If you reply, you will say that the book is exhausted, and I won't see any guests today."

At home, Qi De is still very good at speaking, and he even dared to use his own assistant.

Accepting the greeting card casually, Zi De just glanced at it, then quickly sat up and called the servants.

"Quickly invite the guests into the middle hall, I'll be there right away."

Seeing that Qi De's expression changed so quickly, the servants also knew that the identity of the visitor must not be simple, so they didn't dare to be negligent at the moment, and immediately went to arrange it.

Qi De got up and went back to the inner house. After changing his attire, he hurried to the middle hall. At this moment, a middle-aged man was already sitting here, and Qi De hurriedly greeted him.

"The next official sees King Chu and asks His Royal Highness Jin An."

The visitor was the former king of Qin, Zhu Xi, who had been imprisoned in Beijing for many years!
What did he want to do when he came to see Zid late at night?
"Old Qige."

"In front of Your Highness, how dare you be an official, Your Highness can just call the official by his name."

In front of Zhu Xing, Qi De was humble and honest.

Zhu Yu was very satisfied with Qi De's attitude, nodded frequently and said: "Old Qi Ge is worthy of being the pillar of our dynasty, not only has the talents of the world, but what's more rare is that he relies on his talents without being arrogant, unlike Chen Yunfu, who is vulgar and shallow. "

If Qi De and Chen Yunfu were compared together, then the princes of the Zhu Ming clan obviously prefer the former.

Chen Yunfu's temper was too bad.

Not only is his temper bad, but he also doesn't give these princes any face.

In the final analysis, this is the country of the old Zhu family, Chen Yunfu's attitude as a powerful minister, it is no wonder that he can win the favor of these princes.

At this point, Qi De is sober in the world, he knows what a flowing courtier and an iron clan are, and besides, there is one biggest difference between himself and Chen Yunfu.

On top of Chen Yunfu's head is a descendant of the Duke of the State!
The etiquette of princes and princes is equal. In other words, Chen Yunfu has reached the extreme of being a courtier without the Zhu surname. This is the fundamental reason why Chen Yunfu is not a vassal king.

"Your Highness must have something important to visit in the middle of the night. If something happens, His Highness will send someone to inform the lower officials, and the lower officials will come to the door to listen respectfully. Why don't His Royal Highness come here in person?"

Qi De respectfully offered tea, and then accompanied him respectfully, waiting for Zhu Xi to explain his intention.

Sure enough, the latter got straight to the point after taking a sip of water.

"Gu heard that you performed very well at the cabinet meeting a few days ago, and suppressed Chen Yunfu's arrogance."

This is something that Qi De is proud of, but at this moment when he heard Zhu Xi boasting, Qi De was still very cautious and did not say a word.

"Gu also heard that Chen Yunfu changed the rules of etiquette this year, and at the end of last year he pushed the Ministry of Households to conduct a thorough investigation of Dingkou and Tianmu this year. Is there such a thing?"

"Returning to Your Highness, these two things are true."

Zhu Xing hummed: "What do you think he wants to do by doing this?"

Qi De carefully responded: "The following officials know about Chen Shaoshi, and also saw some clues from the general secretary earlier. Chen Shaoshi seems to intend to abolish slaves."

"Abolish the slaves?" Zhu Xi was quite surprised: "Is it the release of the slaves or the abolition of the slaves?"

Freeing slaves and abolishing slaves are two completely different concepts.

In the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in order to restore production, Zhu Yuanzhang decreed to release private slaves across the country, and gave land or registered households to set up military guards. Even brothels were banned, and all actors and prostitutes were forcibly assigned to military households.
This approach can restore the vitality of the country as quickly as possible and enable the country to rebuild from the ruins.

But when the slaves were released, Zhu Yuanzhang did not take advantage of the trend to cancel the slave status, because Lao Zhu hated corrupt officials.

'Sinners' families deserve meritorious ministers as slaves'

This is also the content of the edict to release slaves.

Therefore, freeing slaves and abolishing slaves are completely different things.

If Chen Yunfu only intends to release the slaves, then it is nothing more than three fires for the new official to take office. Everyone is left to Chen Yunfu to behave. At most, the family will be self-reliant in a few years, and they will not die without slaves.

But if it is said that slavery is completely abolished, it will provoke public outrage.

Especially Zhu Xi, he has a vice.

Qi De also said uncertainly: "This official dare not give His Highness an affirmative answer, but Young Master Chen's actions are quite bold and arrogant, and he has never been able to do things well."

Although Qi De hadn't finished speaking, the meaning was already very clear, Lao Qi was not letting go of a chance to give Chen Yunfu some eye drops.

Arrogant and unrestrained.

Zhu Xi's complexion turned extremely ugly.

"We, Duke Cheng, have always acted like this."

Zid's mind suddenly turned rapidly.

It seems that there was a grudge between Zhu Xi and Chen Yunfu?

It might be possible to take advantage of it.

"Brother, too, actually trusts this person so much, allowing him to bring disaster to the country and the people."

Zhu Xi looked at Qi De: "Old Qi Ge, as the second assistant of the cabinet, you can't be confused with him."

The latter nodded, then sighed and said: "Your Highness, this official speaks lightly, and even in his heart he is very upset with him, but after all, his arms can't twist his thighs, how can he be Chen Yunfu's opponent?"

"Old lady Qi Ge is modest." Zhu Xi pointed out: "Don't forget, you are the lecturer of the East Palace of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Qi De was stunned at first, but then his eyes lit up.

"His Royal Highness, please clarify."

"Chen Yunfu has a big tree with deep roots, and there are many party members in the court, and he already has a big tail. Moreover, Gu also knows that Chen Yunfu and Liang Guogong Lan Yu, Song Guogong Feng Sheng, Zheng Guogong Chang Mao and others are inseparable and have a close relationship. , these three are all relatives of the emperor's third son Yunxi's natal family."

Zhu Xi stood up, shook his head and sighed: "Three important generals who hold military power plus one chief minister of the cabinet, the position of the crown prince's East Palace is not stable, not stable."

Zid stood up abruptly.

"Your Highness means, let the crown prince ask His Majesty to ask him to be deposed?"

"Gu didn't understand what Elder Qi Ge meant." At this moment, Zhu Xi started laughing instead, and cupped his hands and said, "Okay, it's getting late, Gu has to go back to the mansion first, oh yes, the third child wrote to Gu a few days ago." A letter, saying that I would like to invite Gu to go to Taiyuan for a stroll, but unfortunately, Gu was banned by the emperor in Beijing, and now Beijing is under the rule of Chen Yunfu, I am afraid that I will not be able to attend the appointment of the third child."

Zid nodded slightly.

"The lieutenant knows."

After seeing off Zhu Xi, Qi De looked in the direction of Chen Yunfu's mansion, with a dangerous smile on his lips.

Chen Yunfu, oh Chen Yunfu, let you be tyrannical and domineering. You didn't expect that everyone inside and outside the world is now your enemy.

A mere lizard will surely die without a place to bury him!
(End of this chapter)