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Chapter 320
Few of them are fools. When the Sixth Division, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the cabinet elders stood up together, even the slightly unresponsive officials reacted immediately. .

In other words, it goes without saying how sensitive these officials are to power struggles. Just by looking at the reactions of these cabinet elders, it is clear what kind of response they should make to cooperate.

Perhaps in private, the hundreds of officials are also divided into various factions, with their own small calculations and battles, but when it comes to restricting imperial power, the reactions of these officials are absolutely consistent.

Suddenly, a large group of officials bowed down to Zhu Houzhao. Although they said nothing, everyone knew that these officials were definitely responding to the elders of the cabinet.

Zhu Houzhao sat there, looking at the scene in front of him, the aggrieved and angry in his heart can be imagined.

Thinking that he is the emperor, he was opposed by most of the officials in the Manchu Dynasty just because of a decree, and even the cabinet members threatened to resign.

In the eyes of Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others, they just want to limit the rights of the emperor, and remind the emperor that it is a matter of military and state affairs, which can only be decided through the court's joint discussion.

But in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, this is the move of the cabinet leading hundreds of officials to force the palace.

On the side, the nobles headed by British Duke Zhang Lun and Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu, if they were still watching the jokes of the civil servants just now, then they all looked serious at this moment.

If the power of the Xungui Group is still there, then at this moment they will definitely join the cabinet to attack the emperor like these officials in front of them.

But whoever let them have the rights of the honorable group were taken away by the civil official group, so that the existence that could keep pace with the civil official group at the beginning of the founding of the country was completely reduced to a display.

Now that their own rights are gone, they naturally don't care about these things, and even because they lost their rights, they stand on the side of the imperial power to a greater extent.

Because the royal family and the nobles can be said to be in a relationship of prosperity and loss, but as long as the Ming Dynasty exists for a day, then these nobles can maintain their prosperity and wealth.

Looking at each other, Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu, and Xu Guangzuo looked at Li Huan who was standing aside without speaking.

Now Li Huan is almost regarded as the tacit leader of the Xungui Group. On this matter, it naturally depends on Li Huan's attitude.

Li Huan took a deep breath, looked at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others who were prostrating in front of Zhu Houzhao and frowned.

Even Li Huan knew about the pissing nature of the Daming civil official group, but he really didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao's order that did not go through the cabinet would cause such a big reaction from the crowd.

The confrontation between the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty and the power of the ministers can be said to have run through the entire history of the Ming Dynasty.

The revocation of the post of prime minister from the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty completely made the system of prime ministers that had lasted for thousands of years no longer exist. Emperor Yongle, Renzong, and Xuanzong, the imperial power could still suppress the power of the ministers, but when it came to Emperor Yingzong, the civil war The great defeat directly led to the imbalance of civil and military affairs in the court, and the civil official group took the opportunity to seize the rights that originally belonged to the Wu Xun Group, and expanded wildly.

The next few generations of emperors had to push the eunuchs to the fore in order to suppress the power of the civil official group. In the final analysis, its essence was the struggle between imperial power and ministerial power.

Because Emperor Hongzhi treated the civil official group favorably, so that in the Zhengde Dynasty, in order to compete for power with the civil official group, Emperor Zhengde had to launch the eunuch group headed by Liu Jin to fight the civil official group.

At this time, the confrontation between imperial power and ministerial power has already shown its clues.

When Emperor Jiajing succeeded to the throne, the struggle between imperial power and ministerial power intensified. Although a battle of etiquette included a battle for fame and position, it might not be the see-saw between imperial power and ministerial power.

During the period of Emperor Wanli, the power of the civil official group represented by Zhang Juzheng expanded, and the power of the ministers even directly overwhelmed the imperial power. Even after Zhang Juzheng died, the battle between Emperor Wanli and the civil official group never stopped. Do not preside over the Great Court Meeting.

These histories flashed through his mind, Li Huan looked at the reactions of Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others at this time, and he could see through the thoughts of these people.

Looking at Zhu Houzhao sitting there, he was obviously agitated, and his face was extremely gloomy.

As the son of heaven, he didn't even have the freedom to issue an imperial decree, and even had to be forced into the palace by hundreds of officials. If it weren't for Zhu Houzhao's honest temperament and the kind of tyrannical king, he might have exploded with thunderous anger.

With a cold snort, Li Huan stepped forward, first bowed to the emperor, then turned around, looked at the officials with a condescending expression and said: "Do you still have a father in your eyes? Is this how you persecute your father? Could it be that you were educated by the sage, and the sage taught you to persecute your lord in this way, to do such an act without a king or a father?"

While speaking, Li Huan paused for a while, and then scolded in a deep voice: "When did the majestic emperor of China fail to make even one decree? If the emperor Taizu is still alive, do you have the courage to persecute the emperor?"

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the throne, looked at the back of Li Huan, who was only a foot away from the imperial steps. Although Li Huan was full of dust and dust, that figure was as calm as a mountain in Zhu Houzhao's eyes.

At this moment, the back of Li Huan standing there angrily scolding the officials filled Zhu Houzhao's eyes, which could not help showing a bit of touch and relief.

"Li Qing really did not disappoint me."

Tan Wang, a servant of the Imperial Academy, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard Li Huan's words, trembling with anger, pointed at Li Huan and said, "You..."

It's a pity that before Tan Wang could speak, Li Huan directly interrupted Tan Wang's words, and said with a bit of disdain: "Tan Shidu, right? You are a scholar of the Imperial Academy. Enlightenment, others have no ruler and no father, no ruler, just persecute the ruler and father, are you like these people?"

"You..."

When Tan Wang heard Li Huan comparing him to a man without a king and a father, he trembled in anger, and with a wow, a mouthful of blood spewed out and shouted: "Traitor, you are the one who persecutes the king without a king and a father." The disciples above!"

After the words fell, Tan Wang's body softened and he passed out.

In a few words, a highly respected, talented and talented imperial servant was scolded and fainted. All the officials couldn't help but widen their eyes one by one, looking at Li Huan in disbelief.

Many officials looked at each other in blank dismay, apparently they did not expect that Li Huan would directly give them the title of persecuting the king, having no king and no father.

We must know that in this era, officials still have to pay attention to face and reputation.

If it is true that they are persecuting the king without the name of a king and a father, then they will really be shameless.

Especially Li Dongyang, who is the chief assistant of the cabinet, listened to Li Huan's angry reprimand, and then looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the dragon chair with a livid complexion.

In particular, Zhu Houzhao was only twenty years old and young, and so many officials fell to the ground one by one, he was suspected of deceiving the emperor.

If this is recorded in the history books and passed on to future generations, some people will inevitably say that they bullied the young master.

Li Dongyang's heart is not bad, it's just an instinctive reaction as a civil servant, and he subconsciously made a move to persecute the emperor.

Now being scolded by Li Huan together, looking at the slightly immature face of the emperor, he couldn't help but think of the situation when Emperor Hongzhi was dying in the past, and he was full of thoughts and shame.

All kinds of thoughts flashed in his mind, Li Dongyang's face turned pale, persecuting the emperor was indeed against his bottom line as a courtier, and it also couldn't pass the test in his heart, so Li Dongyang's forehead was sweating like rain, and his face was full of guilt He kowtowed heavily to Zhu Houzhao and said: "The old minister is guilty."

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang can be regarded as a modest gentleman. When he realized that his subconscious actions were indeed suspected of persecuting his father, he was terrified and bowed his head to plead guilty.

Many officials also showed shame like Li Dongyang, and they were no longer as confident as before.

Of course, many officials looked at Li Huan angrily, and even disdained Li Huan's words. They believed that their actions were not to persecute the emperor, but to persuade the emperor to do their duty as a minister. It is meritorious.

It's just that the chief assistant Li Dongyang, who is the leader of the civil official group, has bowed his head and pleaded guilty and reacted. Even if they don't think that what they did is wrong, it's hard to stick to their own opinions now.

But these officials transferred all their dissatisfaction to Li Huan. In the eyes of these officials, the emperor's youthful heart, everything he did was instigated by treacherous ministers like Liu Jin and Li Huan.

The reason why the emperor issued orders behind the backs of the court officials was completely bewitched by Li Huan. The emperor was right, the biggest villain was Li Huan.

Li Huan, who had taken the blame for the emperor, had no idea that the hatred of many officials present towards him had soared again.

Yang Tinghe, Wang Jia and the others looked at each other, with an inexplicable look in their eyes, followed Li Dongyang to bow to the emperor and said: "I have no intention of persecuting your majesty, please forgive me."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Followed by several elders, all the officials kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and prayed for forgiveness.

The original tense situation where hundreds of officials forced the palace was suddenly relieved by the appearance of hundreds of officials pleading guilty.

Zhu Houzhao sat there, looked at all the officials, and sighed secretly in his heart. Even though he wished to dismiss all the officials in front of him, he had to suppress his inner impulse.

If these people are really dismissed, then the world will really be in chaos.

Even if the heads of the former Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang were killed, these officials should be used to govern the world.

Exhaling a turbid breath, Zhu Houzhao spoke slowly and said in a harmonious voice: "Everyone, please get up without courtesy, forgive you and others for your innocence."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Li Huan couldn't help but twitched his mouth slightly, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

Obviously Zhu Houzhao was still angry with these people. Zhu Houzhao's golden words to forgive the innocence of the officials meant that it was the officials who were at fault this time, not that he, the emperor, did something wrong.

If it is further extended, it means that the imperial decree issued to Li Huan by the emperor behind the cabinet's back is not wrong.

The deep meaning contained in it, if you don't have a certain political sense and sensitivity, you will definitely not be able to analyze so many deep meanings.

Li Huan could understand the deep meaning contained in Zhu Houzhao's words, so among the officials who are old foxes in the officialdom, there are naturally not a few who can understand this.

Sure enough, when the voice fell, many officials couldn't help frowning.

Zhu Houzhao acted as if he didn't see the expressions of all the officials. He flicked his long sleeves and said, "Everyone, please get up."

When all the officials stood up and went back to their places, Zhu Houzhao looked at the crowd and said, "Do you still have this play?"

After what happened just now, many officials were still in a mess, but no one responded for a while.

It's just that at this moment, a voice filled with a bit of coldness said: "Your Majesty, I have something to announce."

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, and subconsciously looked up at Li Huan.

I saw that Li Huan, who was wearing a great cloak, was already standing in front of the emperor when they didn't notice. The boy is only twenty years old.

But although everyone said they were amazed by Li Huan's amazing momentum, they were also curious about what Li Huan would say.

Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan, nodded with a rare smile on his face and said, "I don't know what's the matter with Li Qing?"

Li Huan looked serious, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty Meng has great trust and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. Thanks to the great governor Wang Yangming's dispatch, the soldiers of the three armies worked hard. Fortunately, the Tatars were defeated in the first battle and lived up to your majesty's expectations. Now I would like to express my gratitude to your majesty Come back."

As he said that, Li Huan took out a thick memorial from his bosom and held it in front of his body with both hands, saying: "This is the detailed history of this war, the list of meritorious service of the soldiers of the three armies, I beg your majesty to read it."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard the words, and said to Qiu Ju who was serving beside him: "Submit it quickly."

Qiu Ju stepped forward hurriedly, took the thick memorial from Li Huan, and presented it to the emperor with both hands.

The eyes of all the officials fell on the thick memorial, and there were strange expressions in the eyes of many people.

No matter how much they hated Li Huan, they had to admit that Li Huan's military achievements were too great.

Now that Li Huan is submitting the battle report and the request for meritorious service, even if they want to stop it, they can't do it, and they don't know what kind of reward Li Huan will get from the emperor when he comes back with such great military achievements.

But one thing is certain, that is, Li Huan will become more and more difficult to control from now on, and with Li Huan's temperament, he doesn't know what kind of things he will confuse the emperor to do.

At that time, no one can guarantee that with Li Huan's support and bewitchment, the emperor will still be able to become a holy son of heaven like the first emperor according to their expectations?
It was precisely because of this that they felt a great threat from Li Huan, so much so that they regarded Li Huan as a serious problem in their confidantes, and their hatred grew even stronger.

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