Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 72: Respecting Confucianism does not mean worshiping Confucianism!

On October [-]th of the first year of Taichang, hundreds of expelled supervisors gathered at the Imperial College at night to demonstrate and denounce Xu Guangqi. At night, the students in the Chongjiao Square were leaked...

"Every action is really fast."

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao's eyes were cold and stern, staring at the memorials on the imperial court, anger burning in his chest, "It has only been so long, and there have been hundreds of impeachment memorials submitted to the imperial court. Okay, that's great. "

Wang Tigan, the eunuch who accompanied the imperial court, had his head lowered and his hands trembling slightly. He could clearly feel the emperor's anger.

The gathering of people to demonstrate in the Imperial College is no small matter!

"Your Majesty... Wei Shitai, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."

When Wang Tiqian was thinking about it, Wei Shitai, who had been tossing all night, walked quickly into the Dongnian Pavilion, raised his hand to salute Zhu Youxiao, looked at Wei Shitai in front of him, Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "Has everyone been arrested? "

"Your Majesty, they have all been arrested by Xunwei."

Wei Shitai did not dare to hesitate.

"Is the damage caused by flooding in Chongjiaofang?"

"79 houses were burned down and 217 people were injured..."

Listening to Wei Shitai's situation, Zhu Youxiao's eyes became colder and colder. Overnight, the Imperial College caused a disturbance such as a gathering of prison students, and the Chongjiao Square suffered such losses. To say that no one was behind this, Zhu Youxiao The school never believed it, but there was no way to verify who was specifically involved.

The scale of factory guards is still too small.

Zhu Youxiao clenched his fists tightly. Admiral Wei Zhongxian's Dongji Incident Factory and Luo Sigong's Jinyiwei were ordered to leave Beijing to investigate Huangzhuang Huangdian.

The West Police Factory was established, but so far it is just an empty structure.

The leaders of the Xichang gang that Zhu Youxiao favored are currently traveling all over Daming under orders, either recruiting new recruits, or recruiting civil and military personnel, and will not be able to return to the capital for a while.

There are indeed many eunuchs and eunuchs in the inner court. However, Zhu Youxiao has his own ideas about the power structure of the inner court. The order cannot be wrong and the positions cannot be arranged randomly. Otherwise, the eunuchs in the inner court will check and balance each other, restrict each other, and fear each other. This This delicate balance will be disrupted.

The inner court is the eagle dog of the Ming emperor, and the factory guards are the eyes and ears of the Ming emperor. No matter what happens to either of them, the Ming emperor will fall into a passive position.

Zhu Youxiao would never do such stupid things as abolishing and restricting factory guards. Even if factory guards are a double-edged sword, when it comes to imperial power, no matter how many hidden dangers there are in factory guards, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages in the end!
"Your Majesty, all ministers of Gu Ming, the Imperial Academy offered wine at the Qianqing Gate to ask for an audience."

A young eunuch walked in from outside the hall with his head bowed, and bowed to the imperial court to salute.

It will come eventually.

Zhu Youxiao was leaning on the soft cushion, with the corners of his mouth slightly upturned. How could the civil servants in the court just sit back and watch when something like this happened in the Imperial College last night?
"Xuan."

Following Zhu Youxiao's summons, there was some movement in the Qianqing Palace. After a while, the officials headed by Fang Congzhe rushed from the Qianqing Gate to the Qianqing Palace. With a haggard look, it was like staying up all night.

"minister……"

"Excuse me."

Zhu Youxiao looked around at the officials in front of him, his eyes fell on Xu Guangqi, he waved his hand and interrupted, "Why didn't Dongge University scholar Zhu Guozuo come when something like this happened in the Imperial College?"

In a word, I asked all the ministers present.

Zhu Guozuo, whose style name is Zhaolong, was born in Xiushui, Zhejiang Province. When Emperor Guangzong first ascended the Dabao, because Zhu Guozuo had served as an official of virtue, he worshiped Zhu Guozuo as Minister of Rites and a Bachelor of Dongge University. Real positions, or false titles, to highlight the special status of cabinet ministers.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhu Ge first came to the capital to take up his post. He is still familiar with the cabinet affairs, so he didn't come here." Han Yu, the cabinet assistant, stepped forward and bowed.

I'm afraid you didn't scream.

Zhu Youxiao seemed to be smiling, and the group of ministers standing in front of him, except for Xu Guangqi, were all ordered by Emperor Guangzong before his death. Well, there was one missing, and Zhang Wenda was arrested and sent to prison.

Speaking of the short-lived Taichang Dynasty, the cabinet ministers elected by the court, except Yuan Fu Fang Congzhe, second assistant Liu Yixiu, and Qunfu Han Yu who were appointed by the imperial court, like Zhu Guozuo, He Zongyan, Shen, and Shi Jikai. , but was not designated as Gu Ming.

Even now, only Zhu Guozuo has arrived in Beijing for his appointment, while the remaining three have not yet arrived. This also highlights the current situation of the Ming Dynasty's political arena.

Zhu Youxiao did not answer Han Xu's words, and the atmosphere in Dongnuan Pavilion also cooled down.

"Initiate Your Majesty."

After a moment of silence, Xu Guangqi stepped forward, holding a memorial in both hands, bowing and saluting: "When something like this happened in the Imperial College, I made a mistake in offering wine to the Imperial College..."

"My dear, do you want to ask me to resign?"

Zhu Youxiao leaned forward and interrupted Xu Guangqi's speech.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Xu Guangqi took advantage of the situation and knelt down, held up the memorial he held high, and knelt down and said: "I have failed to live up to my holy grace, so..."

"enough."

Zhu Youxiao interrupted again: "Please don't talk about resignation again, I won't allow it! The gathering of people to demonstrate in the Guozijian has nothing to do with the Qing family. I think it's weird. Maybe there are some people who don't want to let you go. The country is stable and stable, and it was deliberately fabricated behind the scenes."

When talking about this, Zhu Youxiao's stern eyes scanned all the officials present. Fang Congzhe, Liu Yixiu, Han Yu, Zhou Jiamo, Sun Ruyou and a group of people all showed different expressions at the moment.

"The minister has the original play."

Yang Lian walked out of the crowd, bowed to Zhu Youzuo and said in salute: "Your Majesty, something like this happened in the Imperial College last night, and even more leaks occurred in Zhichong Jiaofang. There are different opinions among the government and the public. This matter should be investigated as soon as possible to make the truth public. I feel that Your Majesty should not reprimand the guards for arresting the students who gathered together to supervise the students, but should release them as soon as possible. Our country has always respected Confucianism and religion..."

What Yang Lian said, Zhu Youxiao's left ear came in and his right ear came out. Zhu Youxiao knew whether his original intention was good or bad.

Zhu Youxiao didn't like the old bureaucratic style.

The gathering of people to demonstrate in the Imperial College is full of weirdness. If Yang Lian's advice is followed, Zhu Youxiao can be sure that something will happen next.

"Guochao respects Confucianism and religion, but it has not reached the point of adoring Confucianism!"

Zhu Youxiao calmed down his mind and said in a sonorous tone: "I have my own thoughts on this matter. Since this group of supervisors dared to ignore the laws and etiquette of the country, gather a crowd to demonstrate in the Imperial College, and even caused many leaks in the Chongjiao Square, then they will Be responsible for this.

They can't be exempted from punishment just because they have fame and fame, and they used to be supervisors of the Imperial College. Wouldn't the country's laws and regulations become a display?
Those supervisors who were arrested by Xunwei overnight will all have their merits and honors taken away from them and will not be allowed to take the scientific examination for life. If they dared to do such provocative things in the Imperial College last night, if we really want to let them go, then they will gather at the Meridian Gate to demonstrate tomorrow. I will strictly enforce it. Investigate this matter, and if there is anyone harboring evil intentions, I will punish them severely. If they should be punished, they should be punished, and if their homes should be ransacked, they should be ransacked! "

(End of this chapter)