Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Otherwise, everything will be out of order, and the world will be in chaos, right?"

"Oh!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded cooperatively.

But the next moment, he looked at Wang Tiquan with pretended confusion.

"Old Wang, what rules did Emperor Hongwu set when he punished corruption?"

Wang Tiqian held a whisk in one hand and pinched his fingers with the other.

"Your Majesty, any official who embezzles more than 60 taels of silver will be skinned and stuffed with straw!"

Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked at Huang Liji with a smile.

"I wonder if Mr. Huang still remembers this ancestral rule?"

"If what the old dog said is true, why don't we pick it up too?"

Huang Liji’s face turned pale instantly and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Mother!

Was it true that he was called in by Lord Hongwu to be reprimanded?

Even the skinned and stuffed grass were brought out?

If this really happened, all the civil and military officials in the court would probably have to line up to be skinned alive!

"I am ashamed!"

He fell to his knees with a plop and buried his face in the ground.

"Your Majesty is wise, but I have something else to ask you!"

"I am old, please allow me to remain here!"

Well, we can't stop it by force, so we can only use this old method of retreating to advance.

The emperor should revoke the imperial edict, right?

Behind them, Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu and Li Guo also knelt down and shouted in unison.

"Your Majesty, we are all old, please allow us to retire!"

Forcing the palace!

Naked pussy!

Chapter 61 Zhu Chunchen’s ancestral tomb is about to explode

Outside the Huangji Gate, it was completely quiet.

It has never happened before that four ministers resigned at the same time.

Prince Xin stood there, his palms were full of sweat, he was a little panicked...

It doesn’t matter whether you enter the cabinet or not. My royal brother won’t kill himself because of these four guys, right?

But at this moment, Zhu Youxiao's face suddenly became stern without him noticing.

"Are you really going to resign?"

Huang Liji was lying there, unable to see his expression. He thought that his tactic of retreating to advance had worked, and he couldn't help but feel happy.

"Yes, we are old, and our eyes are blurry and we are powerless to handle government affairs!"

Zhu Youxiao sighed, shook his head and said, "But I can't bear to leave you!"

Shi Fenglai and others were also extremely delighted.

The emperor is about to give in...

But the next second, Zhu Youxiao continued speaking.

"Although I am reluctant, I don't want to be a mean person."

"You have worked hard for the Ming Dynasty for half your life, and your contributions are great."

"I don't have anything good to give you when you return home, so I will give each of you two thousand taels of silver as a gift, and send some people to escort you along the way!"

"Wei Zhongxian!"

"The old slave is here!"

Before Huang Liji and others could react, they saw Zhu Youxiao pulling Wei Zhongxian to a corner.

"Dispatch four teams of troops from the East Factory to escort the four ministers home!"

"Oh, there's more!"

"First, go to the Ministry of Personnel to check their promotion records over the years, and then go to the Ministry of Revenue to check their salary payments to see if there is anything they shouldn't have taken away."

"If there is any, just quietly take it away and send it to the treasury. I really can't bear to see the scene of skinning and stuffing."

Although he seemed to be whispering, his voice was clearly heard by everyone.

Huang Liji and others were dumbfounded!

Fuck this cabinet!

Play off......

Zhu Youxiao had returned. Seeing their constipated expressions, he pretended to be innocent and asked the four people.

"Ahem, what's wrong? I just told Wei Zhongxian to take good care of you on the way. The weather is cold, so don't catch a cold. Is there any problem?"

Huang Liji shuddered violently and hurried to redeem himself.

"Your Majesty, I have just calculated carefully. I am only 59 now. I should be able to serve Your Majesty for another three to five years."

"I won't resign..."

Upon hearing this, Shi Fenglai seemed to have seen a life-saving straw and began to plead for his services.

"Your Majesty, I am only 64 years old, which is not considered old. It seems that I can still work for another two years."

"Your Majesty, I am only 57 years old and can still eat half a sheep in one meal..."

"I am only 68 years old, but I can still run two miles in one breath..."

They heard clearly the order that Zhu Youxiao had seemingly leaked out inadvertently, so how could they dare to mention resigning again?

Damn, if you dare to leave, first reveal your family assets...

This is simply a disguised form of house confiscation!

But they wanted to stay, but Zhu Youxiao was unwilling.

They had finally said they would resign and vacate the cabinet. I was so happy that I couldn't even wait for them to stay. How could I let them stay?

"The four ministers must not wrong theirselves. Go back and enjoy your life when it's time to do so!"

"How can I bear to see you continue to work so hard?"

"If something happens to you one day, how can I explain it to your family and the officials of this world?"

"Will others say that I didn't care about your life or death and insisted on keeping you here?"

"So, in order to avoid me being blamed, you should just go home and enjoy your grandchildren."

After he finished speaking, he did not give Huang Liji and others a chance to refute, and glared at Wei Zhongxian.

"What are you still standing there for? Send the four elders home immediately!"

"Yes!"

Wei Zhongxian bowed deeply, flicked the whisk in his hand, walked down the steps and came in front of the four people.

"Everyone, please!"

Huang Li really wanted to cry!

He never dreamed that things would develop to this point.

According to common sense, if the elder resigns, there must be a process of retention...

But the emperor in front of me doesn't play by the rules at all!

Watching the four people being sent out by the guards, Zhu Youxiao glanced at the other officials, a smile reappeared on his face, and he spoke slowly.

"Now, who is still against Prince Xin joining the cabinet?"

"Stand out and let me see!"

Everyone's neck shrank.

I'm against it!

Four cabinet ministers were dismissed because of this matter. Only a fool would dare to speak up!

After a moment, all the officials bowed together.

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

It's not shameful to admit defeat......

Official position is not important, keeping the family property is important!

Seeing that the officials were so tactful, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction and turned to look at Prince Xin.

"Fifth brother, what do you want to say?"

Prince Xin was stunned. What? He had to give a whole acceptance speech?

I don't even want to be this official, so why should I prepare any speech?

After pondering for a moment, he stepped forward and bowed.

"Your Majesty, I think the number of servants kept by the nobles seems to be a bit too much."

"Therefore, I propose that this phenomenon should be restricted!"

Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised.

The main force of the rebellion last night were the servants of the Military Merit and some soldiers of the Imperial Stables. By doing this, he had pushed himself to the opposite side of the Military Merit.

I just don’t know whether Prince Xin said this on purpose or he simply thought that military honors should be restricted.

He then looked at Zhang Weixian standing beside him.

"Duke Ying, can you tell me how many servants you have in your family?"

Zhang Weixian seemed to have expected something like this to happen. After all, it was understandable that the emperor took his anger out on the other nobles because of what that pig Zhu Chunchen did last night.

And this kind of thing is not something he can control at all.

In response to Zhu Youxiao's question, he did not hide anything and immediately bowed.

"Your Majesty, I don't have many servants in my house, only about three hundred!"

Zhu Youxiao had no idea about this number, so he looked at Wei Zhongxian.

Old Wei was very smart and explained quickly.

"Your Majesty, the families of the nobles have different situations. Some only support a hundred people, while some support nearly a thousand."

"For a Duke of England, it is indeed not much to have only three hundred slaves."

Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up: "Well, from now on, we will use the British Duke as the standard!"

"The limit for a duke is three hundred, for a marquis is fifty, and for an earl..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Wei Zhongxian blinking at him frantically.

"Old dog, what are you doing?"

Wei Zhongxian reminded him with a troubled look on his face: "Your Majesty, the number 250... doesn't sound good!"

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and changed his words very decisively.

"Then each of the lower ranks will be reduced by 100 slaves!"

"Three hundred for the Duke, two hundred for the Marquis, and one hundred for the Earl!"

"Anyone exceeding the number will be dismissed immediately!"