Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 51 Do you know your guilt?
Fang Congzhe and Sun Ruyou stood there. Neither of them knew what the emperor wanted to discuss by deliberately leaving them behind. Even their thoughts were still on Sun Chengzong, who was co-managing the military affairs of the capital.

The East Nuan Pavilion became very quiet, the sound of dropping a needle could be heard, and the slight sound of footsteps made Sun Ruyou glance subconsciously.

Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of Qianqing Palace, and several other eunuchs and eunuchs retreated out of the palace with their heads down, which made Sun Ruyou's heart vigilant.

Glancing at Fang Congzhe from the corner of his eye, he saw that he had no reaction. Sun Ruyou was a little anxious. My Yuan Fu, you are aware of this.

Zhu Youxiao leaned on the cushions and was not in a hurry to say anything. All the changes in the expressions of Fang Congzhe and Sun Ruyou were all in Zhu Youxiao's eyes.

"Your majesty~"

"Fang Congzhe, do you know the crime?"

Just when Sun Ruyou was in a hurry, seeing that Fang Congzhe hadn't responded for a long time, he wanted to break the deadlock first, but as soon as he spoke, he was interrupted by the emperor's words.

"!!!"

Sun Ruyou was startled, and held back the words on his lips, while Fang Congzhe at that time, who only reacted now, was also shocked by the emperor's question.

"Old minister..."

Fang Congzhe's heartbeat quickened a lot. He didn't know what the emperor was referring to when he said this. He hasn't done anything recently.

"Speaking of which, you Fang Congzhe also served as the only chancellor, and you are the elder of the three dynasties."

Zhu Youxiao's expression showed no joy or sorrow, and he said in an indifferent tone: "I want to ask you, Fang Congzhe, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, have you really fulfilled your duties?"

"Old minister~"

Fang Congzhe was in a daze. He could hear the emperor's dissatisfied tone, but when he was asked to answer this question, Fang Congzhe didn't know what to say.

Sun Ruyou stood where he was, at this moment he suddenly realized that the emperor asked him to stay, not to discuss anything with him, but to let him listen.

"I won't tell you all about the emperor's grandfather coming to court."

Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly and stared at Fang Congzhe, who was in a trance, "I want to ask you, Fang Congzhe, when the Emperor Kaoyu is approaching the court, have you, the chief minister of the cabinet, fulfilled your duty as a minister? Is the emperor stabilizing the country? Is it the imperial six departments stabilizing the court? Is it putting in good words to share the emperor's worries?"

Zhu Youxiao's words were like hammers hitting Fang Congzhe's heart hard, making him break out in cold sweat.

Fang Congzhe understood what the emperor meant.

"The old minister is guilty!"

Fang Congzhe's expression was a little moved, and he knelt down on the ground, begging Zhu Youxiao, "Old minister..."

"One sentence is guilty, and that's it?"

Zhu Youxiao slapped the table and shouted: "If everyone is like you, then anyone can be the chief assistant of my cabinet in Ming Dynasty!"

Fang Congzhe was silent.

Sun Ruyou was upset.

Zhu Youxiao's changes before and after were so great that even the thoughtful Sun Ruyou did not think of these when he was left by the emperor to discuss matters.

"I won't tell you, Fang Congzhe, about the decisions made and the things that happened at the beginning of the emperor's imperial examination and imperial edict."

Zhu Youxiao sat firmly on the dragon chair, staring at Fang Congzhe with sharp eyes, "I just want to ask you, Fang Congzhe, when the emperor was seriously ill, did you act like the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty?

Indecisive, indecisive, indecisive, indecisive...

Randomly popped up some people, saying that Huangkao Dragon Body can be cured, but you Fang Congzhe didn't even think about it, hesitated for a long time, and then acquiesced in doing such things.

When Emperor Kaolong came to rule Bintian, there was such a turmoil in the inner court. You, the chief minister of the cabinet, did not know any information in advance and allowed some people to say and do what they said and did. This put me in that position on the eve of my taking the throne as emperor. In a passive situation, you, the chief minister of the cabinet, have done a great job! "

When talking about this, Zhu Youxiao patted the imperial case hard several times. Fang Congzhe's eyes were a little wandering, sweat was running down his cheeks, and his expression was a little unnatural.

Since Zhu Youxiao was appointed emperor, this was the first time Fang Congzhe was like this. Zhu Youxiao had a lot of dissatisfaction with the chief minister of the cabinet in front of him, and he even wanted to replace Fang Congzhe long ago.

But it can't be changed right now!
The reason is very simple.

The change of the first assistant, second assistant, and group assistant of the Ming cabinet must go through the legal procedure of court recommendation. The court officials in the capital will hold a meeting to recommend the initial candidate, and submit it to the emperor to be delineated by the emperor. Only then will the selected cabinet ministers be legal. In this way, when the cabinet assists the emperor to stabilize the country, and there are various affairs in the foreign court, he will not talk about other things.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao can also act arbitrarily and directly appoint new cabinet ministers. But in this case, it is hard to say whether someone will be guilty and submissive.

"Fang Congzhe, do you feel that you have been sitting in the position of chief assistant in the cabinet for too long, and what you think now is that when you step down in the future, you can return with great honor?"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Fang Congzhe coldly, "I tell you Fang Congzhe, let's get rid of this illusion as soon as possible, if it weren't for Zhen Gangang's arbitrary decision, under some pressure from the foreign court, the two cases of Hongwan and Yigong will be reviewed together. , I am afraid that the memorials to impeach you Fang Congzhe at this time will fill up my imperial case, take a look, these are all memorials to impeach you!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao grabbed a stack of memorials and threw them in front of Fang Congzhe, without showing any face to the chief minister of the cabinet.

The sound of the drum requires heavy hammering.

Fang Congzhe is old and is no longer suitable to serve as the chief minister of the cabinet. However, Fang Congzhe cannot retire until the problem is initially resolved.

Whether it is the Donglin Party or the Qi Chuzhe Party, from the perspective of imperial power, they are all bad products that undermine stability. What is the nature of this party, that faction, and their struggle for power?
Isn't it just trying to fight for the interests of the group represented behind it?
There are various problems and hidden dangers in the central fiscal revenue and expenditure of Ming Dynasty. Isn't this the most obvious manifestation?

"Fang Congzhe, think about it carefully. Do you really want to take the position of chief assistant in the cabinet?"

Zhu Youxiao stood up and looked at Fang Congzhe with a stagnant expression, "There is a limit to my patience. If I don't want to support you, you should know better than anyone else what is waiting for you."

Fang Congzhe was silent.

This time the emperor made it clear without any ambiguity, which made Fang Congzhe think a lot and gave him a strong different emotion in his heart.

In any case, he is also the chief minister of the cabinet!

"Sun Qing, if the chief minister of the cabinet can't figure out something, you, Gu Ming, who was appointed by the emperor, help him think about it." Zhu Youxiao's cold eyes looked at Sun Ruyou, who had been silent, "Look now The outer court is in such chaos, there are no rules at all!"

"The minister... receives the decree."

The terrified Sun Ruyou hurriedly bowed in response.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't pay attention to these at all, and walked out of the hall with a flick of his robe sleeves, "Show Xiyuan!"

(End of this chapter)