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Chapter 104 The Expanded Civil Service Group 【Subscription】

Speaking of which, Zhu Hou took a look at Li Huan and said, "Li Aiqing is right. Corrupt officials like Luo Wenxiang and Du Wen should let them be ruined and stigmatized forever."

Li Huan bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not blaming me for the crime of arbitrariness!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help sneering: "Jin Yiwei already has the right to monitor, arrest and interrogate officials. You are just exercising the power of Jin Yiwei. How can you be good at talking about it?"

His eyes fell on Li Huan, and Zhu Houzhao's eyes were faintly firm, and he said: "Today, I will grant the Qing family the right to behead first and then to play, but whoever the Qing family suspects, from high-ranking officials and dignitaries to traffickers and pawns, the Qing family has the right." Arrest, interrogation, and those who dare to obstruct, we will discuss it as resistance!"

Ma Yongcheng, Zhang Yong, and the surrounding servants and maids on the side all showed shock when they heard the words, and then looked at Li Huan with great envy.

What kind of authority is this, if it is not for the trust of the emperor, how could it be possible to grant such a great authority.

Cutting first and playing later, the imperial power franchise, even if you look at the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, there are not many people with such power and honor.

Zhang Yong remembered that Zhu Houzhao had previously told Li Huan as a joke that he would kill him first and play later, but he just mentioned it casually at that time, and I am afraid that no one took it to heart.

But this time it's different, just looking at Zhu Houzhao's solemn and serious face, you can tell that Zhu Houzhao is serious.

Li Huan immediately bowed down to Zhu Houzhao, and said in a solemn voice: "My minister, Li Huan, will obey the holy order and will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust."

A smile appeared on Zhu Houzhao's face. After receiving Li Huan's gift, he stepped forward and helped Li Huan up and said, "I believe in the Qing family. I hope that you and my monarch and ministers will work together to make my Ming Dynasty prosperous forever!"

In front of the palace gate, under the leadership of the cabinet elders, the officials gradually recovered their calm, and they were arranged in order of rank, waiting for the emperor to summon them.

As time passed, all the officials present were full of anticipation, thinking about how to impeach Li Huan impassionedly and what crimes they should be charged with when they meet with the emperor, this is quite crucial.

If you don't think about it in advance now, if you really meet the emperor later, if you let your colleagues take the first step, wouldn't you lose the opportunity to show yourself in front of the emperor, the cabinet and all your colleagues?
With a squeak, the closed palace door was slowly opened, and everyone's eyes turned to the open palace door.

I saw the little eunuch who was going to Tongbing run over panting, and behind him, the palace gate closed again.

Xie Qian stared at the little eunuch and said in a deep voice, "What is His Majesty's intention? When will you summon me?"

At this moment, the little eunuch calmed down a little, gathered his mind, glanced at Xie Qian and the others, and said slowly: "Your Majesty said, I will rest today, and no one will be seen!"

"what!"

With an exclamation, Xie Qian, Liu Jian and the others all had expressions of disbelief in their eyes, it was nothing more than they were rejected from the palace yesterday.

But today they came with more than half of the officials from the court, plus everyone in the cabinet, so mobilizing the crowd, let alone rest, even if there is a big event, if the emperor can still take a step, it will not will not see them.

Not only Liu Jian and Xie Qian, but all the officials present were also full of disbelief. Naturally, one or two of them are not qualified to meet the emperor at will, but looking around, there are hundreds of colleagues. May not see them.

After reacting, the disbelieving officials all looked at the elders of the cabinet. Guo Wen stepped forward to salute Xie Qian and Li Dongyang and said, "My lords, your majesty refuses me to be outside the palace gate." , how should this be done!"

Xie Qian snorted coldly, glanced at the officials, and immediately shouted in a deep voice: "Everyone, your majesty must be bewitched by a traitor now, so he refuses to see me. I will read the books of sages, be educated by sages, and report to the king." , Fu Wanmin, what should we do at this time?"

As soon as these words were uttered, all the officials present who were rejected by the emperor and who were depressed immediately became emotional again as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Guo Wen saw the opportunity and said loudly: "I also ask the old man to lead us to plead for the people!"

Seeing this, the officials from all over the world saluted Xie Qian and the others, with impassioned expressions on their faces, and said with a dignified look of justice: "Please, Mr. Ge, lead us to wait, and plead for the people!"

Xie Qian stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, there are princes in the Ming Dynasty, and it is really a blessing for all people in the world!"

As he spoke, Xie Qian said to Li Dongyang: "Brother Bin, since Your Majesty refuses to see us, today we will follow the example of the sages. Even if we kneel to death in front of this palace gate, we must make Your Majesty change his mind and summon us."

While speaking, Xie Qian didn't care about Li Dongyang's reaction, strode to the palace gate, lifted up his red and purple robe, and knelt down straight towards the palace gate.

Liu Jian stroked his beard and couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, how can I miss such a grand event!"

Then Liu Jian, who had gray hair and thin body, knelt down next to Xie Qian.

Li Dongyang couldn't help being stunned when he saw this, and subconsciously looked at Yang Tinghe. Yang Tinghe's eyes showed a bit of helplessness, and under the watchful eyes of all the officials, he slowly stepped forward and knelt down with Xie Qian.

With a secret sigh in his heart, Li Dongyang took a step, and also knelt there. Following the knelt down of the elders, all the officials around him were full of passion.

I have to say that this scene was really horrifying. Hundreds of people dressed in official uniforms of various grades just knelt down in front of the palace gate. Anyone who saw such a situation would be shocked.

The few young eunuchs guarding the palace gate were already stunned, and they looked at the dark officials in front of them in astonishment.

Since early in the morning, a large number of officials had gathered in front of the palace gate, and those in the capital who had been following the progress of yesterday's Li Huanna incident all turned their attention.

On the restaurant closest to the gate of the palace, in a window-side room, several luxuriously dressed and noble people were gathering in the room.

The old man sitting by the window would be greatly surprised if any courtiers saw it, because this old man is the contemporary British Duke of Ming Dynasty who inherited the title of British Duke, ruled the Beijing camp for decades, and assisted several generations of kings. Zhang Mao.

Apart from the royal family, the Duke of England is definitely one of the most noble people in Ming Dynasty, and there are obviously no ordinary people who can share the same room with him.

Zhu Fu, Duke of Cheng, Xu Guangzuo, Duke of Ding, Chen Jizu, Marquis of Ningyang, and Li Xi, Marquis of Fengcheng, several princes came to this restaurant early in the morning. Needless to say, their purpose was to see all the officials knocking on the palace. How did the emperor react.

As the leader of the Wuxun Department of the Ming Dynasty, the British Duke Zhang Mao is obviously the most respected among all the people present, and the rest are also the backbone of the Wuxun Department of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that since the battle of Daming Tumubao, a large number of nobles died on the battlefield. Since then, the power of Daming Wuxun has been declining. In the original Ming Dynasty, civil servants and Wuxun checked and balanced each other, and the situation of walking on two legs was suddenly replaced. Since then, civil servants have overwhelmingly gained the upper hand, and a situation in which the civil official group dominates has emerged.

After Wu Xun lost the right to speak in the court, the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty had to support the eunuchs to fight against the civil official group in order to fight for power with the civil official group.

To be honest, as the existence of Wu Xun and the country, others may be afraid of Jin Yiwei's power, but they are not very afraid.

Aside from the founding of the country at the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang cleaned up the proud martial arts in the court, and a large number of nobles were captured by the Jinyiwei. Since then, few Jinyiwei will trouble the Wuxun family, especially after the battle of Tumubao. After all, Wu Xun completely lost his authority, even the emperor didn't expect anything from the Wu Xun Group, and Jin Yiwei would not even stare at Wu Xun's family.

Although the relationship between the Wu Xun family and the civil official group can be considered harmonious now, after all, the main opponent of the civil official group has changed from the former Wu Xun group to the current eunuch group. I made friends.

If it is possible to see the civil servants group being unlucky, the Wu Xun family will definitely applaud.

So now Wu Xun, headed by the British public Zhang Mao, came here to see the jokes of the civil official group. The face lost by Wen and Han Fuli can never be regained. It can be imagined that this will definitely be a big stain on the civil official group for a long time to come.

Zhang Mao put down the binoculars in his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Not to mention, this thing from the barbarian country is really interesting. So clear."

Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu also put down the binoculars in his hand and said with a smile: "Just now we saw Xie Qian, Liu Jian and the others knelt together. Good guy, it seems that His Majesty is not going to see them!"

Marquis Li Xi of Fengcheng heard the words and said, "Could it be possible that Your Majesty really wants to protect Li Huan to death?"

Others don't know to what extent the power of the civil service group has expanded over the years, so can they still not be clear?

Don't look at their Wu Xun family losing their right to speak in the imperial court, but the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is still in their hands, and they still have some influence in the army. In addition, their respective families are doing business, and their families are doing well. thriving.

Naturally, there are channels to know what the civil official group has done in the capital and even in the local area.

In the northern frontier, there are many caravans smuggling various materials. On the southeast coast, thousands of sails compete on the sea, and a large number of fleets go to sea one after another, bringing back endless benefits.

Some officials colluded with each other, corruption became common, some officials accepted bribes, shielded suspects, there were countless unjust, false and wrong cases, and some officials ignored human lives at will. Can know a thing or two.

The power of the civil official group is that they, the martial arts who live with the country, dare not collide with it. A mere Jinyiwei Town Fushi, is afraid that it will be crushed by the civil official group in a flash.

It can be said that no one was optimistic about Li Huan from the very beginning. These days, Jin Yiwei can't scare people.

I didn't see that since Zhu Houzhao came to the throne, he has expressed his intention to reorganize the Jinyiwei's army several times. The Jinyiwei went up and down, but no one dared to take this burden. Is it true that they don't want to hold power? The key is that as Jinyiwei, they He is more aware of the terrible power of the civil official group, so he would rather lose the emperor than gamble with his own life.

Chen Jizu, Marquis of Ningyang, took a sip of tea, said with a slight smile, "In my opinion, then Li Huan might just be a stupefied young man, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, think about it, everyone, he is nothing more than that, suddenly holding such power, Since I am supercilious, it is not unusual to do anything, but I am afraid it will be a flash in the pan, and I cannot escape this calamity."

Ningyanghou's opinion can be said to represent the opinion of most people. After Ningyanghou finished speaking, Li Xi, Marquis of Fengcheng, and Xu Guangzuo, Duke of Dingguo also nodded slightly.

However, several people looked at the old and vigorous British public Zhang Mao.

"Old Duke, tell me, is this Li Huan a stupefied young man, or is he making a decision? His Majesty will protect him!"

At this moment, Zhu Fu couldn't understand. After all, since the emperor refused to see the cabinet yesterday, and now even refused all officials from the palace gate, it was clear that he wanted to protect Li Huan.

Zhang Mao, who has gray hair and is used to all kinds of ups and downs after several dynasties, looked at everyone calmly and said slowly: "I have served the four generations of emperors Yingzong, Daizong, Xianzong, and Xiaozong, and up to now, His Majesty, has They are emperors of the Five Dynasties, but what kind of temperament His Majesty is today, this old man is hard to grasp."

Everyone nodded slightly. Zhu Houzhao was young, and he had not been on the throne for too long, so it was not surprising that he couldn't see what kind of emperor Zhu Houzhao was.

However, Zhang Mao stroked his gray beard, and a gleam of wisdom flashed in his eyes full of vicissitudes. He smiled slightly and said, "But Wang Zhi has already appeared. It depends on whether your majesty is trying to protect Li Huan like the former Emperor Xianzong." gone."

After glancing at a few people, Zhang Mao said slowly, "I hope that your Majesty will be like Emperor Xianzong back then."

A few people were stunned for a moment, and then realized that Emperor Xianzong, Zhu Jianshen, disregarded the opposition of the civil official group, impeached and reused the eunuch Wang Zhi, and even set up another West Factory to fight against the civil official group. The power of the Wu Xun Group finally stopped its decline during the Xianzong period and regained some vitality.

It's a pity that after Emperor Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, the good days of the Wuxun Group came to an end. Although the Wuxun Group was not targeted, the power of the Civil Service Group expanded again, making it difficult to control the situation today.

Zhu Fu, Li Xi, Chen Jizu, and Xu Guangzha looked at each other. Thinking of the scenery of their martial arts group during the time of Emperor Xianzong, they couldn't help but subconsciously look in the direction of the Forbidden City.

If they were still watching the excitement before, now they are full of expectations for Zhu Houzhao's choice on Li Huan.

After all, this is very likely to be related to what kind of attitude their noble family needs to maintain when facing the emperor in the next few decades.

While talking, there was a sound of galloping horses downstairs, and soon a figure came upstairs panting.

The man went into the wing room and bowed to the princes present, and then said to Zhang Mao: "My lord, all the officials asked to see the emperor but the emperor refused. Now all the officials, led by the elders of the cabinet, are kneeling in the palace. I beg the emperor to see you before the gate!"

Although it was said that all the officials had been seen kneeling down in the binoculars before, but when they actually heard the news from the person they sent, the princes couldn't help but look at each other.

Zhang Mao waved his hand and said, "Continue to investigate!"

As the spy went downstairs, there was a moment of silence in the room, and the expressions on the faces of several people were quite strange.

Zhang Mao sipped his tea and said with a light smile: "Look, all the officials are forcing the palace, this kind of drama has not been staged for many years!"

Sighing softly, Zhu Fu looked towards the direction of the imperial city and said, "They are bullying His Majesty when he was young. Xie Qian, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and the others, old people, how well the late emperor treated them back then, that's how they repayed the late emperor ?"

Li Xi, Marquis of Fengcheng, said with a bit of sarcasm: "These old guys are really not afraid of angering His Majesty, and don't even think about it. If they make such a fuss, His Majesty's youthful heart, even if he doesn't want to protect Li Huan, he will probably die to protect Li Huan gone."

Chen Jizu, Marquis of Ningyang, said indifferently: "Maybe His Majesty can't bear the pressure, and it's unknown if Li Huan is handed over to the civil servants. If that's the case, it will be easier for them to hold His Majesty."

Xu Guangzuo suddenly said: "By the way, Liu Jin's old thing, it is impossible for Liu Jin to sit idly by at this time. If Xie Qian, Liu Jian and others succeed in suppressing His Majesty this time, remove Li Huan, next time the officials will take Liu Jin under his knife, I'm afraid Liu Jin won't be able to do well for long!"

And when several princes suddenly mentioned Liu Jin, Liu Jin was actually in a teahouse not far away.

Jiao Fang, Liu Yu, Zhang Cai and other core members of Liu Jin's party almost all gathered here, just like Zhang Mao and other Wu Xun, paying close attention to the changes in front of the palace gate.

A young eunuch hurried into the middle of the room and said: "My lord, Your Majesty has not summoned the officials. At this moment, a group of officials are kneeling in front of the palace gate under the leadership of the old cabinet minister Xie Qian and Liu Jian. I implore Your Majesty to see you." .”

Liu Jin clapped her hands almost instinctively and praised: "Okay, Your Majesty should treat these people, let them kneel, kneel to death!"

However, Jiao Fang, Liu Yu, and Zhang Cai's expressions changed drastically, and Jiao Fang shouted: "No, they are trying to blackmail all officials and force Your Majesty!"

Zhang Cai couldn't help but sighed: "Jiang is still old and spicy. This statement is true. Xie Qian and Liu Jian, with the coercion of hundreds of officials, threatened His Majesty, and put His Majesty on fire."

Liu Jin noticed that the faces of Jiao Fang and the others were not right, and she couldn't help but wondered: "Isn't this their usual method, but this time it's the officials who persecuted His Majesty, it's no big deal."

Seeing that Liu Jin didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the matter, Jiao Fang took a deep breath and looked at Liu Jin and said: "The manager's words are wrong, this time is different, if Xie Qian and the others really succeed in forcing the palace this time, no Li Huan alone is bound to die, and I am afraid that your life will be in danger as well!"

Liu Jin froze for a moment, blinked, looked at Jiao Fang, then at Liu Yu and Zhang Cai, but Liu Yu and Zhang Cai nodded solemnly at him.

Now Liu Jin jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on and said sharply: "You Xie Qian and Liu Jin, they are really vicious. They even plotted with me. How can I let their plot succeed."

Speaking of which, Liu Jin stood up and said, "I will go to the palace to meet with Your Majesty, and I will painstakingly state the stakes involved, and I will never let Your Majesty bow to the officials."

(End of this chapter)