Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 357 All officials requested permission, and Zuo Shunmen massacred the disobedients!

"Hurry up and ask for permission to execute the rebels!"

"If you don't ask for permission now, the emperor will be forced to issue an order for her to rule the country from behind the curtain to suppress the rebellion!"

At this time, Yang Yiqing couldn't help but say something to Wang Qiong, Wang Ao, and Zhang Cong, then he entered Zuo Shunmen first and went straight to the imperial study.

Wang Qiong also ran to the imperial study, and said excitedly:
"Evildoers need evil to deal with them. This time, even if they are killed, it will be the fault of the Queen Mother and the officials!"

"Your Majesty is still Your Majesty. I never thought that having such a queen mother would make the country better!"

"It is because Your Majesty is intelligent and talented, and truly wishes to enrich the people, that this miraculous effect can be achieved!"

Zhang Cong responded to Wang Qiong while jogging with a smile on his face.

Like Wang Qiong, Zhang Cong did not expect that a woman like Empress Dowager Zhang, who was protective of her shortcomings and acted without considering the consequences, would only cause headaches for the empire's rulers and ministers, and would hinder the great cause of national rejuvenation, would actually be mobilized by the emperor to be a sharp sword for the restoration of the country.

"If there is a dictatorship behind the scenes, it will be a real mess, not to mention that the current Queen Mother is so protective of her relatives!"

Because of his old age, Wang Ao's reaction time was slow, so when the other three ministers of the Imperial Study had already run to the Imperial Study, he was still standing there echoing Yang Yiqing's initial words.

After he finished speaking, he turned around and found that Yang Yiqing and others had already run far away.

Wang Ao had no choice but to follow him and walked over quickly.

But he was indeed old, and even if he wanted to run, he couldn't do it. He could only walk quickly, and even then, he was out of breath after a while, and had to shout, "Wait for me!"

Wang Ao was afraid that if he went too late, His Majesty would misunderstand that he was not as loyal as other ministers in the Imperial Study, so he asked these people to wait for him.

But Yang Yiqing and others did not hear his shouting.

Wang Ao became even angrier: "You guys are bullying me because I'm older!"

Zhu Houcong had been waiting for them in the imperial study.

So, when Yang Yiqing and others arrived, they saw the emperor here.

As a result, Yang Yiqing, Wang Qiong, and Zhang Cong immediately prostrated themselves on the ground: "We are here to ask for your permission to execute Wang Ke and other disloyal people! To protect our ancestors' teachings and laws!"

"Your Majesty, there are still old ministers."

Wang Ao came over panting, then fell to his knees on the ground, gasping for breath, and said a word after a while.

Then, there was another interval.

Wang Aocai then spoke up: "This old minister also requests your permission to execute Wang Ke and other disloyal people!"

The ancestral etiquette and rituals are not as heavy as four ounces if they are not weighed, but if they are weighed, they weigh more than a thousand pounds.

However, the Ming Dynasty's ancestral system never had an original institutional design for co-governance between the monarch and his subjects.

The rites and laws are rooted in Neo-Confucianism, which pursues the unity of the sage-king and the monarch's way, and emphasizes the centralization of power by the monarch.

Therefore, if the ruling class wants to recognize the ancestral system and the etiquette, they cannot ask the emperor to obey the public opinion of the world, nor can they ask the emperor to execute Empress Dowager Zhang, who is the most respected person in the world according to human ethics and etiquette.

Zhu Houcong knew that the ruling class at this time would not dismantle the foundation of the Confucian hierarchical society in order to gain public opinion and weaken the imperial power.

Therefore, Zhu Houcong said in front of Empress Dowager Zhang that the biggest problem of Wang Ke and others was that they wanted to have the final say at home but also wanted the emperor to listen to them, which was equivalent to wanting to be a dictator and also want democracy.

After the ministers of the Imperial Study made such a request, Zhu Houcong naturally agreed to their request and asked the cabinet to draft an edict as soon as possible.

When Yang Yiqing and others came to ask for the emperor's order, Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly came to the front court with disheveled hair, holding the imperial edict and kneeling to remonstrate with the ministers like Zuo Shunmen did, and then kneeling to force the emperor to kneel. As a result, other officials also came after hearing the news.

The main reason was that they had never heard of this and were horrified.

Even those who don't care about anything can't help but be curious.

After all, throughout history, there has never been a case of the empress dowager kneeling before the emperor.

But this happened during the Ming Dynasty.

Although they were surprised, the ministers were not surprised when they thought about it carefully.

After all, which royal family chooses concubines from the common people?

The women chosen by these people are either too timid or too tough.

Therefore, after thinking about it seriously, the ministers did not indulge in surprise, and many of them just started thinking about how to deal with this matter.

Because in this photo the Empress Dowager was kneeling to the Emperor, but she was forcing the entire bureaucracy!
Force the bureaucratic group to recognize the ancestral system and the etiquette and laws of the world.

Seeing this, Grand Secretary Lin Jun naturally sighed, then knelt down and said, "I am the Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion and the Minister of Revenue, Lin Jun. I beg Your Majesty to execute the disobedient ministers in response to the Queen Mother's kind instructions!"

"I, the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian and the Minister of Personnel Zhao Huang, beg Your Majesty to execute the disobedient ministers in response to the Queen Mother's kind instructions!"

The Minister of Personnel Zhao Huang also shook his head slightly, then knelt down.

Minister of Revenue Xi Shu glanced at Wang Ke and the others, then knelt down as well: "I, the Minister of Revenue Xi Shu, ask Your Majesty to execute the disobedient officials in response to the Queen Mother's kind instructions!"

Minister of War Li Chengxun also glanced at Wang Ke and the others, then knelt outside Zuoshun Gate and said, "I, the Minister of War Li Chengxun, ask Your Majesty to execute the disobedient officials in response to the Queen Mother's kind instructions!"

Minister of Rites Wu Yipeng glanced at Empress Dowager Zhang and knelt down as well: "Your Majesty, I, the Minister of Rites Wu Yipeng, ask you to be humble and respond to the Empress Dowager's kind instructions!"

… “I… beg your Majesty to be disloyal and respond to the Queen Mother’s kind instructions!”

Crash.

Almost every official who came would kneel down and ask the emperor to execute Wang Ke and others.

This is the military honor.

After Guo Xun also requested for an imperial decree in this way, Fengcheng Hou Li Min and others also followed suit and loudly requested for an imperial decree in the same way.

And each one of them is louder than the other, mainly because they are afraid that if their voices are not loud enough, they will appear to be unfaithful and then follow in the footsteps of Amber.

For a while.

The entire outside of Zuo Shun Gate was filled with shouts like thunder and waves of sound, which hit the palace wall at Zuo Shun Gate and echoed inside and outside!

however.

This is not surprising.

No matter whether the civil and military officials were loyal or disloyal, selfless or selfish, they were unwilling to disobey the ancestral system and rites.

After all, there are only individuals who betray their class, but no class that betrays its class.

Therefore, since they could not really ask the emperor to kill Empress Dowager Zhang, which would violate rites and laws, or even sit idly by and watch the emperor ask Empress Dowager Zhang to rule the country from behind the curtain, which would also violate the ancestral system, they could only ask for an imperial decree to kill Wang Ke and others who had in fact betrayed rites and laws and the ancestral system.

For a moment, it is hard to tell who is conservative, who is radical, who is left, and who is right.

Anyway, the situation has come to this point. Empress Dowager Zhang has torn open the window paper on whether to respect the ancestral rituals and laws, and you can no longer have your cake and eat it too.

In this way, whether the emperor wants to kill Wang Ke and others or not, he has to kill Wang Ke and others.

Wang Ke and others couldn't help but shed tears at this moment, and looked at the bureaucrats who were shouting for the emperor to kill them with aggrieved faces.

They did not expect that they would be forced to oppose the entire bureaucratic group.

They couldn't help but look at Zuo Shunmen and smiled bitterly.

At first, it was just one of them laughing, then two, then three, and then they all laughed.

Like crazy.

At this time.

The imperial edict has also arrived.

Luo An personally took out the imperial edict and said, "I dare not disrespect the ancestral teachings and rites, and the saints said that the heart of the monarch is the foundation of politics. Since I am planning to govern the world and revive it, how dare I not think about the country and the people? Therefore, I order the Jinyiwei to follow the Queen Mother's order to kill Wang Ke and other disloyal people, and the family members will be sentenced by the court, and I ask the Queen Mother to return to the palace!"

Done.

Luo An and other Jinyiwei drew out their shining embroidered spring swords and walked towards Wang Ke and others.

"what!"

Yang Yan was the first to be stabbed, and blood gushed out.

The imperial censor Zhao Tingrui was also stabbed through the chest by several embroidered spring knives and vomited blood on the spot.

Wang Ke rushed to Empress Dowager Zhang and said, "You bitch! You are not qualified to be the empress dowager, and you are not qualified to be respected by the people of the world! It's a pity that the fire in Renshou Palace didn't succeed, and you were burned to death!"

"How dare you speak disrespectfully to the Queen Mother!"

At this time, the Hanlin Qingliu who upheld the dignity of etiquette and law shouted loudly.

Wang Ke turned around and looked at these bureaucrats coldly: "She has no morals or talents, how can she be qualified to be the most respected person in the world!"

"There are no parents who are not right, there are no kings and fathers who are not right, and naturally there is no queen mother who is not right!"

"You, Wang Ke, are a traitor. You deserve to be cut into pieces!"

One of the Hanlin scholars gritted his teeth, stood up, pointed at Wang Ke and started cursing.

At the same time, Luo An also stabbed him with a knife.

Pfft!

Wang Ke could not help but lower his head in astonishment, then raised his head and smiled bitterly: "I died for the people of the world, but the people of the world called me a thief!"

"Don't regret it, gentlemen!"

Then, he tried his best to say this.

Pfft!

And this time.

Luo An stabbed him again.

Wang Ke died completely as a result.

(End of this chapter)