Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 176 Supplementary Bachelor

Seeing the aggressive posture of these ministers towards Wen Tiren, Zhu Youxiao was in no mood to watch Wen Tiren's jokes at all.

Zhu Youxiao could see in a daze the true thoughts of these ministers about the peace talks between him and the Tartars. Perhaps, as Wen Tiren said when he betrayed Liu Zongzhou, it was not that the bureaucrats, who were originally the gentry class, did not understand what was really hindering Daming.

On the contrary, they recognized from the beginning that the dynasty would eventually be destroyed because of their greed, but except for a few idealists, most officials felt that it would be a big deal to change their allegiance to another dynasty.

It's just that the emperor changed his surname from Zhu to another surname.

But it is absolutely impossible for them to lose their privileged status of ruling the common people. They may try their best to oppose and prevent them.

Just like the Donglin Party at that time, the reason why they dared to kill the king was because of this.

And it's the same until now, among the courtiers, there are almost no officials who are radical enough to stand up to His Majesty the Emperor because they want to maintain their privileged status, but for those traitors who betray the interests of their own class, they must be killed .

Wen Tiren is a villain with no principles, he is willing to sell everything for his official career, including his friends and the gentry who belong to the same class as him.

But this kind of person is the person Zhu Youxiao needs most now. It is because Wen Tiren has no principles that he can let Wen Tiren do things that other officials can't do, and even let Wen Tiren act as a shield. When a reconciliation with the gentry needs to be reached, Na Wen Tiren can also act as a victim.

Therefore, at this time, Zhu Youxiao still had to favor Wen Tiren, so seeing the ministers pressing Wen Tiren step by step, Zhu Youxiao coughed a few more times and said:

"Okay, I have other uses for Wen Tiren, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, not to mention that it is too much face for a small tartar to have a dignified third-rank minister of the Ministry of Rites as a resident envoy. I think Wen Tiren What I said is that the Tartars are barbarians, the most lacking is the matter of enlightenment, and Liu Zongzhou is a famous minister of Confucianism, and he is well-known both at home and abroad, so let Liu Zongzhou be an envoy to the Tartars!"

Zhu Youxiao's words are tantamount to a direct decision, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are not good at objecting.

And Liu Zongzhou was also disheartened about this matter. He knew that the letter he had prepared to stop the peace talks was useless, but he never thought that he would become the resident envoy of the Tartars in such a muddle. .

Moreover, this idea came from Wen Tiren, Liu Zongzhou really hated Wen Tiren now.

But the sad thing is that the current Liu Zongzhou is no longer the Guozijian Jijiu, he has no way to stand up against it, and can only accept Zhu Youxiao's will.

And Zhu Youxiao also stepped down from the throne at this time, and patted Liu Zongzhou on the shoulder pretending to be solemn: "Liu Zongzhou, there was Su Wu herding sheep in the Han Dynasty, and as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, you must not lose your integrity as a minister of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how intimidating and tempting the Tartars are, you must keep yourself clean, understand?"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and death is the ghost of the Ming Dynasty!"

Even though Liu Zongzhou didn't want to go to the bitterly cold place outside the pass, he was unwilling to lose his demeanor as an upright minister in front of Wen Tiren, and he even gave Wen Tiren a provocative look.

Wen Tiren smiled disdainfully, he knew that he, Liu Zongzhou and Liang Zi, who hated him like Liu Zongzhou, had completely taken over.

But Wen Tiren didn't take it seriously. In today's Ming Dynasty, although civil servants still have a certain status, they can no longer suppress His Majesty, so as long as Wen Tiren follows His Majesty Zhu Youxiao's tune all the time, His Majesty will hate his own character You will also have to protect yourself.

Just like when almost all the officials wanted to let him go to be an envoy in the Tartar Kingdom, His Majesty did not follow their wishes, but rejected their opinions, and obeyed his own opinions and asked Liu Zongzhou to go to Su Wu who shepherds sheep.

At this time, Qian Qianyi, a cabinet scholar, smiled at Chaowen Tiren. In his opinion, in the entire court, there was finally someone who was hated by all the officials like himself.

After deciding to go to the Tartar Kingdom as an envoy, Zhu Youxiao asked the ministers to discuss the matter of adding a cabinet scholar.

There is no limit to the number of people in the cabinet, especially now that Zhu Youxiao has almost emptied the power of the cabinet, for the ministers, the cabinet bachelor is more of an honorary title.

But hundreds of years of deep-rooted ideas have made the ministers deeply obsessed with joining the cabinet. When they saw that His Majesty wanted them to push the cabinet ministers, these ministers became excited.

However, the recommended cabinet ministers were Zhu Youxiao, who hardly had any impression, such as Cheng Jiming, who was a member of Shao Zhan and a guest of the prince, and an official of the Nanjing Imperial Academy, and Liu Rushi's first husband in the original history. Zhou Daodeng, who is now the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, as well as Zhang Zhifa, Li Biao, etc.

Zhu Youxiao did not expect so many officials' names to appear in a short time, but he did not refuse, as long as these ministers did not hinder his reform process, he would not hinder their promotion.

But according to Zhu Youxiao's original intention, Lu Xiangsheng, who is in charge of the military for him, and Xu Guangqi, who is in charge of scientific research for him, must join the cabinet, and Li Mingrui, who acts as his secretary, can also join the cabinet.

Regarding the selection of other cabinet ministers, Zhu Youxiao did not ask for it, and simply followed the old rules, and asked the six ministries and nine ministers to vote for beans in the Qianqing Palace the next day.

On this day, Zhu Youxiao has already determined the approximate candidates for the cabinet, and plans to add seven cabinet ministers this time. Now there are ten candidates for the cabinet, which means that the number of votes will determine who will join the cabinet. Who cannot join the cabinet.

Excluding Lu Xiangsheng, Xu Guangqi, and Li Mingrui who had been pre-determined, there were only four places for the hundred officials to choose, but the number of candidate cabinet ministers was also reduced to seven, so it was considered a relatively high probability to choose four out of the seven.

In the end, the result of the court push made Zhu Youxiao very surprised, because there was actually Liu Zongzhou among the cabinet ministers who were pushed by the court!
This made Zhu Youxiao very unhappy. He couldn't figure out what these officials meant. Did they deliberately put eye drops on themselves?So that he could use this to force himself to withdraw his decision to let Liu Zongzhou be the envoy?

But Zhu Youxiao, who didn't want to be used by these officials, simply rejected Tingtui's opinion, and planned to re-tweet the Tingtui, and stipulated that the cabinet ministers of the Tingtui must be high-ranking officials of the third rank or higher in the capital and the second rank or higher in the local area.

The officials now have no way to confront the emperor Zhu Youxiao, so they have to follow Zhu Youxiao's opinion.

In the end, in addition to Lu Xiangsheng, Xu Guangqi, and Li Mingrui, Zhou Daodeng, Cheng Jiming, Zhou Yanru, and Li Biao were also added to the cabinet.

So far, Zhu Youxiao's cabinet has been completely set up, and soon Qian Qianyi was appointed a bachelor of the Jianji Temple, that is, the chief assistant of the cabinet, while Lu Xiangsheng added a bachelor of the Wuying Temple, and Xu Guangqi was a scholar of the Wen Dynasty. Li Mingrui's qualifications are still relatively low, so he is a bachelor of Yuange University; and the four other ministers selected are all bachelors of Dongge University except Zhou Daodeng, who is a bachelor of Wenhuadian, just like Li Mingrui.

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