The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 84 I am a barbarian, what can you do about it?

Liu Jian, Ye Qi and others decided that they should persuade His Majesty that this was not the right way to go, so they just temporarily accepted it.

"Okay, for now, let's just introduce these four new policies.

As for the rest, I’ll talk about it after I’ve thought it through.

All departments involved in the new policy should improve what I have said to form a complete system.

All must be presented to me within five days.

Is there anything else?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

No matter who it was, they couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

It's good that it's gone.

But then, most officials felt extremely heavy and even frightened.

These three alone, or to be more precise, the second and third new policies, were enough to bring about a drastic change in the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

After a short silence, the Minister of Rites Zhang Sheng bowed and said, “Your Majesty, the envoys from various countries are still waiting to offer their congratulations.

One more thing, Your Majesty, when you first ascended the throne, why didn't you grant amnesty to the entire nation?"

"General amnesty? Why should I grant amnesty to the whole world?

My kindness is known to the world, so needless to say, I will not give it to criminals.

Wrong is wrong. If you want me to ascend the throne and pardon you, forget it." Zhu Houzhao said disdainfully without leaving any room for negotiation.

All the officials who wanted to give advice kept their mouths shut.

Compared with the two new policies, this matter is not difficult to accept.

"The envoys from various countries have come to congratulate us. Let them in." Zhu Houzhao became interested again when he mentioned this and sat down on the dragon throne again.

Soon, envoys from various countries entered the Fengtian Hall.

There aren’t many people, less than ten countries.

The largest were Song and Sui, and the rest were small countries.

As for the remaining major powers, either they have not arrived yet due to time and distance constraints, or they will not come because of the hostile relationship.

What made Zhu Houzhao most happy were the gifts presented by various countries.

In comparison, the State of Song had the largest number.

This Zhao Ji is quite sensible.

But Yang Guang is not good. He is so stingy.

Zhu Houzhao was just thinking about it when the hall became quiet and the singing ceremony ended.

"Your Majesty, it's time to return the gift," Liu Jin quickly reminded him.

"Yes." Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "I have received all the gifts from various countries.

Please say thank you to your emperor for me."

“By the way, next time you give a gift, don’t give those messy things, just give gold and silver directly.

Envoy of Song, tell Zhao Ji that I don't need those pens, inkstones, paper, and paintings. Take them back and exchange them for gold and silver. The more the better."

Everyone in the hall was stunned.

Even those frightened officials who had no intention of paying attention to this could not help but stare in amazement.

What are you saying, Your Majesty?

Most of the envoys from various countries blushed and held their breath, especially the envoy from Song, who felt humiliated.

"There are also envoys from the Sui Kingdom. Look at how much the Song Kingdom sent, and then look at your Sui Kingdom.

Is Yang Guang so stingy?

How dare he send you to congratulate him?" Zhu Houzhao became dissatisfied again.

The Sui envoy immediately showed his anger and asked, "How can the Emperor Ming insult our emperor and belittle our great Sui Dynasty like this?"

The envoy from Song State immediately felt much better and swallowed back what he was about to say.

"What humiliation? I'm just telling the truth, isn't it?" Zhu Houzhao frowned.

“Our emperor sent envoys to congratulate Emperor Ming on his accession to the throne, which was already a friendly gesture.

Emperor Ming's nonsense is making the world laugh at him, isn't it?" The Sui envoy became even angrier and shouted fearlessly.

He was an envoy representing the Sui Dynasty, how could he not be angry?
"I said a few truths, but they are nonsense, and I am ridiculed by the world?" Zhu Houzhao was also angry, "Who dares to laugh at me? Let him stand up? Who do you think you are? How dare you say I am talking nonsense?"

"The Emperor Ming is mighty throughout the world, and I am just a small figure, insignificant to Your Majesty.

But Your Majesty cannot silence the people of the world, nor can you kill all the people of the world.

Such a barbaric attitude will only make the Ming Dynasty a laughing stock of the world." The Sui envoy said firmly.

"Ha." Zhu Houzhao laughed again and stood up. "Well, you said I insulted your Sui country, I insulted you, what can you do?

Do you have the guts to ask Yang Guang to send troops to fight?
Barbarian? I am a barbarian.

What can you do?

Come here, break his legs and throw him out of Ming Dynasty."

The guards immediately stepped forward, suppressed the trembling Sui envoy, and dragged him out.

The envoys from other countries were completely stunned and dared not say a word.

The envoy from Song State was even more glad that he had not spoken a word just now.

The new emperor of the Ming Dynasty is simply a barbarian, a complete barbarian.

The ministers of the Ming Dynasty were awakened and began to try to dissuade him.

Zhu Houzhao refused to listen and angrily put his hands on his waist: "How dare he scold me, do you think I can't hear it?
I am afraid of you, the Sui Dynasty.

Tell Yang Guang again that this matter will not be over unless he apologizes to me.

I will definitely lead troops to destroy him someday."

"Your Majesty, the Mongols are the greatest enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty is an ally of the Ming Dynasty. We should not be enemies." Liu Jian said, feeling extremely tired.

"What's the difference between allies and non-allies? I will definitely unify the world, and we are all enemies." Zhu Houzhao said nonchalantly. The faces of the envoys from various countries changed again, and the envoys from Song Dynasty were still the most concerned.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were completely numb. These words were spoken in front of the envoys from various countries. What else could they say?
After a while, people from the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard came and brought reports on their investigation into Liu Daxia.

These investigations are certainly not comprehensive, and are mostly previous records of Liu Daxia by the factory guards.

But Zhu Houzhao was still furious after reading it.

"He gave tens of thousands of taels of silver to the people he favored, and he had nearly 10,000 acres of land under his name, and he didn't even pay taxes!
They burned Zheng He's sea charts and were very proud of themselves, thinking it was good for the Ming Dynasty!
My son beat two people to death, but he is not guilty!
Many relatives in my hometown have done evil things.”

"Haha, good, that's good, you unfilial son.

No, he is not worthy to be my son.

Skin him for me.

Confiscate their homes, punish all the people for their crimes, and not let any one off."

"Jinyiwei, spread his crimes and hypocrisy to the world."

Zhu Houzhao was furious and murderous.

Many officials inside and outside the hall felt weak all over. This is also a crime!
Liu Daxia collapsed to the ground, feeling dissatisfied again.

All the civil and military officials in the court did this.

But he knew he couldn't say it.

Otherwise, no one in his family would have survived.

"Your Majesty, why don't you try this traitor first? Perhaps we can uncover more traitors." Cao Zhengchun took the opportunity to say.

"Okay, try him first, and then skin him alive for me." Zhu Houzhao said angrily.

The ministers, who were already exhausted both physically and mentally, did not plead for mercy, perhaps because they did not dare to or it was not worth it.

The coronation ceremony that made many officials sweat and exhausted finally came to an end.

Most of the Ming Dynasty's officials left with heavy steps.

Frightened, worried, heavy, expectant, happy, etc.

Many officials, however, could not care less and started to get busy.

The Imperial Guard, the Eastern Factory, the Western Factory, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, the Censorate, the Six Ministries and other departments all need to quickly complete the content of the new policy mentioned by Your Majesty.

How did the Imperial Guard catch corrupt officials? How did they assign responsibility and credit to individuals? How did they self-examine? How did they cooperate with the East Factory and share the money?
How did the Western Factory monitor the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Eastern Factory?
How do the Censorate and the Six Ministries review the performance of officials throughout the country?

And so on and so forth, all of these need them to be perfected into a workable system.

They only have five days, and they must submit something acceptable to His Majesty within at least five days.

Among them, the Ministry of War was the most confused.

The Shangshu is gone, and next they will probably have to be separated from the civil service system. The Military Cabinet has not yet been established, and they don’t know what to do.

It was busy, chaotic, and a little frightened. This was the Ming Dynasty court at that time.

Of course, the Jinyiwei and the Eastern Depot were almost ecstatic from top to bottom.

cabinet.

When Liu Jian and the other two returned here, they could see each other's fatigue.

And a slight sense of powerlessness.

They suddenly realized and understood one thing: this new emperor was completely different from the previous four emperors: Hongzhi, Chenghua, Zhengtong, and Jingtai.

Faced with such an emperor with great military achievements and extremely strong personal power, they were the heads of all officials even though they were just the cabinet.

But there was no power to resist at all.

Even though the emperor did a series of seemingly ridiculous things, they could only watch helplessly.

Even deep down in their hearts, they are unable to be tough and desperate to stop it.

They finally understood how their predecessors felt when facing Taizu and Taizong.

No, it's harder for them.

This is because Taizu and Taizong also had to care about many things, such as the royal reputation and some unspoken rules. They understood the emperor's mind and knew how to give some face to their ministers, so they would be more particular.

But their emperor is not particular at all.

"No matter what, we still have to persuade His Majesty not to be so reckless." Liu Jian was silent for a while and then spoke.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian nodded in agreement.

But will it succeed?
The three of them had no confidence.

The new policies and various events at the coronation ceremony spread at an extremely fast speed.

The capital city immediately became noisy.

Countless discussions were heard.

Some agree and some disagree.

Those who disagreed mainly cursed the factory guards for being rampant.

However, unlike the period of Zhu Youtang, people from all walks of life in the capital, regardless of their thoughts, were relatively gentle when facing a new emperor like Zhu Houzhao.

No one dared to point the finger at the emperor directly. At most, they would say that the emperor was deceived by treacherous ministers and eunuchs.

The impact on the entire Ming Dynasty and other countries is still fermenting.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao didn't care about the discussions outside.

He called Wang Shouren over and said directly: "Old Wang, I will leave the establishment of the military cabinet system to you. I believe that you can do a good job."

He thought about this for a long time but still didn't know what to do.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he brings it up, he believes that Lao Wang will be able to solve it.

As for the anger he felt at the beginning, he had long forgotten it.

"Your Majesty, now that you have ascended the throne as emperor, you should stop calling me Old Wang." Wang Shouren said with a smile, his temperament subtly changed and more fierce.

"I am already the emperor, of course I can call you whatever I want." Zhu Houzhao said proudly.

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