Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 305 Dismissal of Two Cabinet Ministers
Du Yihong was completely afraid of the cruel and ruthless king in front of him. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as unscrupulous, and it can be regarded as ingenious. He thought it was nothing more than torture and then the death penalty. He is the same as a minister, but he, Du Yihong, never thought that His Majesty would let him be the Grand Historian, and even arrested his wives and concubines.

"Where is Aiqing's fault? Aiqing is not wrong. Aiqing is just doing her duty as a minister and writing a letter to remonstrate. I never said that Aiqing committed a crime. I just want to tell Aiqing the truth. , that is whether I am a lustful, desolate and obscene king." Zhu Youxiao laughed and said a few words, then ordered Wang Chengen to invite his concubines, queen Zhang Yan and concubine Hui, and then said to Du Yihong: "I Now there is a second person, a concubine, Du Aiqing, where did you come to the conclusion that I am lustful?"

Du Yihong wanted to cry, but he just said that, in order to make the content of the memorandum more shocking, sometimes he would exaggerate, but he didn't expect that His Majesty would compare the truth with himself, and he had to prove it to himself How many concubines does he have, and he said that Zhu Youxiao's lust is only because he heard other people's rumors, so he has done a detailed investigation. After all, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate eats the bowl of rumors.

Zhu Youxiao saw that he didn't speak, and he looked aggrieved, so he simply asked in person: "I don't know the answer, right? Well, I will teach you how to do it. I will ask you first, how many wives and concubines do you have? If you don’t know, count them now, if you dare to deny any of these wives and concubines in front of you, I will kill one of them!”

Du Yihong raised his head in horror after hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, and glanced at Zhu Youxiao and his wives and concubines, that is to say, he had to admit that these women were all his own Women, otherwise I will watch these women who have a relationship with me die because of me.

At the same time, his wives and concubines also looked at Du Yihong. They naturally hoped to live well, and some people had already started to call softly: "Master!"

Du Yihong didn't speak immediately, he was thinking to himself, and he knew that His Majesty wanted to admit that he had countless wives and concubines, and that His Majesty is only one concubine and one concubine, but if he admits it, it means that his reputation will be completely destroyed , although the number of wives and concubines is nothing to this dynasty, and more often it is hailed as a romantic and elegant thing, but the bad thing is that Du Yihong once threatened that he would not love beauty, and that he was just a wife in life.

But now if he admits that these are his wives and concubines, then His Majesty will definitely publicize this matter about him, and make a big splash in the Ming Daily, making himself a pervert. The matter of Shangzuo has become the reality of deceiving the emperor, and even because of this, not only will he not be famous in history, but he will be notorious.

After thinking about it for a while, Du Yihong resolutely made up his mind, and said: "The only one I have is the poor wife, He Shi, and I have never taken a concubine. Please be aware of it, Your Majesty!"

"Du Aiqing is worthy of being a good minister who keeps himself clean and self-sufficient. His husband and wife are deeply affectionate, which really amazes me and the queen. In this case, I will release my wife, Mrs. He." , the rest of the women were directly dragged down and sent to death row, including the pair of sisters named Xiangxue Xianghe."

"Master!" All the concubines looked at Du Yihong with tears in their eyes. They never thought that the master who has always loved her like a sweetheart would be so cruel and denied it. Crying: "My lord, this concubine is the aunt you are marrying. You said that because your concubine gave birth to a son for you, you wanted to help your concubine to be a common wife. Why don't you recognize your concubine now!"

Du Yihong's heart was also bleeding, he didn't want to admit that they all said he was a woman, otherwise he wouldn't have pleaded with Zhu Youxiao directly at the beginning, but His Majesty obviously didn't want to just forgive himself so much.

Du Yihong understood that His Majesty wanted to discredit himself, and by the way, the entire civil servant group, so that he could slap himself in the mouth, so for his own reputation, he did not dare to ask His Majesty to forgive him for his bullying, and he dared not Admit that the dozens of women here belong to him.

The bed of the weeping woman in front of me is extremely rough, and the pair of lovely twin sisters are even more skinny, but he, Du Yihong, can only watch helplessly today as His Majesty puts them into death row.Between women and Qingyu, he chose the latter.

Zhu Youxiao hated Du Yihong so much in his heart, he never thought that Du Yihong would be so ruthless, he would not hesitate to offend himself for the sake of the so-called reputation, and now he would even abandon his own woman, even according to the news Dongchang reported to Zhu Youxiao , there are already many women who have become mothers and have given birth to children for Du Yihong.

Du He didn't speak, and she didn't expect her husband to make such a decision. She glanced at her husband blankly, and left the palace under the escort of the servants.

After that, Zhu Youxiao walked up to Du Yihong in a leisurely manner: "Forget it, I didn't expect you, Du Yihong, to be so decisive. I have a copy of the latest special issue of the Capital Express and Daming Daily, which has a long talk about you, Du Yihong. The various details of Yushi’s life are disclosed. Let’s take a look. It’s not just about corruption and lust. Slandering the emperor is also considered light, but the fact that you allow your relatives to annex the neighbor’s fields is enough for the people of Ming Dynasty to remember. For this reason, I have ordered Zhang Dai, the editor-in-chief of Daming Daily, to use "Du Papi" as a special topic to disclose the faces of these country gentry and landlords, and to root the image of Du Papi in thousands of families in the form of story books, poems, songs, and dramas. Wanhu, let the hundreds of millions of people in Ming Dynasty know that there is a man named Du Yihong, nicknamed "Du Papi", who is a real heinous person who embezzles the people's fat and anointing! What do you think of this? Don't worry, I don't care. I will kill a loyal minister like you, but I have no control over what newspapers and periodicals like Da Ming Daily and Beijing Express will do."

After Du Yihong heard this, he couldn't help but feel a bit stunned. He naturally understood why His Majesty wanted to do this. It was obvious that he had grasped his own sore spot and wanted to completely stink himself. Who doesn't know that Da Ming Daily and Jingcheng Express are His Majesty The big killer that controls public opinion, once His Majesty does this, he will truly be infamous for thousands of years.

Du Yihong can't guess what His Majesty is thinking now. At first, he took the lives of his wife and concubines as an excuse. He admits that he is a loyal minister who loves romance and does not live in poverty. Now he directly uses Da Ming Daily as a weapon to threaten himself. Seeing that he didn't take the initiative to admit it, he thought about using public opinion to ruin himself.

"Your Majesty, please give me the death penalty. I dare not hide anything from your majesty. As long as your majesty is willing to forgive me, I will tell you who the chief envoy is." After Du Yihong said, Zhu Youxiao waved: "No need, you can do it for yourself after you go down. I am no longer interested in knowing who is behind you. I just want to tell you that this world is still my world. You have already damaged my reputation and endangered you. It can also make you never have an ultrasound!"

As Zhu Youxiao said, he ordered Du Yihong to be carried down. At this time, Zhu Youxiao told Wang Chengen: "Among the women waiting to be executed in Du's family, except for the young and homeless who stay in the harem for a while, the rest have children. Those who have children will be exiled to Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places to reclaim wasteland, and those who have no children will be matched with widowers in various armies as wives."

"Your Majesty is really a benevolent king." Seeing this, Wang Chengen couldn't help flattering him, while Zhu Youxiao sighed: "Oh, I'm always so kind." Regarding the matter of wives and concubines, it is not allowed to mention the fact that all adult males in Dumen's immediate family were executed.

When Du Yihong was still recovering from the wounds after the castration in the palace prison, and the four cabinet scholars were still waiting for Zhu Youxiao's interrogation in Jinyiwei's jail, the official newspapers in the capital had already begun to exert their efforts. The image of Du Papi It began to be published in newspapers and periodicals.

These editors serving in the newspaper office are also literati like Du Yihong, and they also like exaggerated techniques. Except that the name Du Yihong has not changed, the official position of Du Yihong and Du Papi has been art-processed from the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to become more familiar to the common people. The magistrate of the county.

At the same time, Du Papi also changed from secretly supporting his relatives to annex the land, entrapping his neighbors, to a certain county magistrate named Du Yihong who plundered and levied violently, and caused several stories of Dou E's injustice, but was finally discovered by His Majesty who visited privately in Weifu. The classic story of paying back a heavy punishment.

In this way, the image of Du Papi quickly spread all over the north and south of the Ming Dynasty. Countless people remembered the classic character of Du Papi, and began to turn their attention to the basic officials of the imperial court who had the characteristics of Du Papi. At the same time, stories about His Majesty's private visits to attack several corrupt officials like Du Papi during his southern tour began to be circulated by major newspapers and periodicals.

Ordinary people don’t care whether it’s true or not, they just care whether these stories are exciting enough and whether they have a strong sense of substitution, just like the later generations of online articles, whether they are cool enough or not, and they can also be a little inspiring by the way.As a result, the image of His Majesty the Emperor willingly turning into a trafficker to visit the livelihood of the people in order to understand the sufferings of the people was established.

In the past, the images of fighting corrupt officials and saving the suffering of the people were all in the hands of civil officials. Now it is the first time that His Majesty the Emperor is the protagonist. In an instant, Zhu Youxiao's prestige and credibility as His Majesty the Ming Emperor have been enhanced. The civil servants wanted to use the southern tour to say that His Majesty robbed the daughters of the people's family, and their plan of self-care was also swept away.

The four cabinet scholars Qian Qianyi and others who were detained in the Imperial Prison were also brought before Zhu Youxiao at this time.

The four of them are also Zhang Er's monks now - they can't figure it out, Qian Qianyi doesn't know if Du Yihong has splashed dirty water on himself, and Li Mingrui is worried that if Du Yihong really said that Qian Qianyi is the mastermind behind the scenes, will His Majesty think so? Do you think it was instigated by yourself, or whether Du Yihong will directly blame yourself.

And Zhou Yanru couldn't understand His Majesty's thoughts, so he arrested all four of them at once, and locked them in the imperial prison, so that he, Zhou Yanru, could not get any news. Guess that Du Yihong probably didn't say anything, but he felt a little disappointed, because based on his speculation, no matter who Du Yihong said was the main envoy, His Majesty would not simply believe Du Yihong, but wanted to protect the person Du Yihong pointed out.

But now that Du Yihong didn't say anything, it means that the four cabinet scholars are still safe and sound, and Zhou Yanru has no way to follow up.

"These are Du Yihong's confessions, and there are detailed records in them. It records about the treacherous people behind the scenes who tried to slander me to achieve ulterior motives! I wanted to bring these people to justice However, I thought that since you are important ministers in the court and have always been prudent, how can you hurt the harmony between the monarch and ministers because of such things, so I decided to learn from Cao Cao and burn Du Yihong's crimes!"

"However, there are two people who have something to do with Du Yihong. I have to deal with Zhou Daodeng and Zhou Yanru. You two can put down Wusha and become an official." Although Zhu Youxiao said this lightly, it is true for Zhou Yanru. A thunderbolt from the blue, according to his thinking, the result should be the dismissal of the two cabinet ministers Qian Qianyi and Li Mingrui, but why did he and Zhou Daodeng become officials.

Zhou Daodeng remained expressionless. He knew that at this moment, the more he talked, the more trouble he would cause, so he chose to remain silent.

Zhu Youxiao caught the expressions of these four people, and found that Qian Qianyi and Li Mingrui were relieved, but Zhou Yanru showed a look of disappointment, and Zhou Daodeng even smiled slightly, as if he was very calm!
Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao also guessed who was doing the thing. After the four people thanked En and left, he told Wang Chengen: "Pass the order to Dongchang, and send more people to supervise Zhou Yanru, especially his notes and narration. Find a way to break into his mansion."

Zhu Youxiao knew that certain historical figures would definitely not be willing to perish, but sometimes he couldn't use it, because these people would only use conspiracy and tricks for their own small group interests.

An ordinary censor's memorandum led to the dismissal of two cabinet elders in the entire cabinet. This made many ministers with small selfishness have to weigh the means and abilities of His Majesty today. So far, no one has dared to Let's say with great fanfare what flaws His Majesty has today.

Just when Li Mingrui and Qian Qianyi breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly sighed that there were still ministers who were unwilling to be lonely in the court, the royalist party ushered in a huge piece of good news, that is, the birth of a prince by the concubine Shengshang Hui, which is very important to Zhu Youxiao. For the officials, it was indeed unexpected news, but for the ministers, it was the beginning of a new era.

The Royalist Party began to be more confident to follow His Majesty's great fanfare, because His Majesty has an heir, and there is a possibility that the political system will last for a hundred years. At least there is no need to worry that His Majesty will let Xin Wang be the emperor, which will lead to nothing. Case.

And the diehards who opposed His Majesty's New Deal had to secretly rejoice that they did not openly oppose His Majesty, and even began to slowly move closer to Zhu Youxiao. After all, His Majesty has an heir now, which also shows that Ming Dynasty does have hope of rejuvenation, and they also have A chance to turn around.

(End of this chapter)