On June 13, the Minister of Civil Affairs Zao Zhi formally submitted a letter to Emperor Guo Jin for his bones.

He said that he was old and weak, weak and sick, and lacked energy, and could no longer continue to assume the important responsibilities of the Minister of Civil Affairs.

The Minister of Civil Affairs has great power, and it is really difficult for him to continue to bear such a heavy responsibility.

The Supreme Emperor abdicated because of his lack of energy and abdicated the throne to the son of today. This is a noble and concise act. His virtue is far inferior to that of the Supreme Emperor, but he is also willing to learn from the Supreme Emperor in this kind of matter, abdicate and give up the wise, and entrust important powers to young people with stronger energy.

But he was old and could not continue to perform his duties. He did not seek glory to return home, but only asked the emperor to allow him to ride a ox cart and return to his hometown safely for the rest of his life with his old wife and servant.

If this is possible, he is very satisfied and dare not have any other extravagant hopes. He also hopes that the emperor will agree to his request and let him return to his hometown with his old and broken body.

After the news came out, the Luoyang officialdom, which was originally panicked, was shocked.

Zao Zhi was an old minister of the Yuan Dynasty. He has been the Minister of Civil Affairs since the establishment of the Wei Empire. He has been the well-deserved leader in the civil affairs and land of the Wei Empire for fifteen years. He is very senior and very authoritative.

Guo Peng did not propose to establish a term system at the beginning of the founding of the country. It was not until the late reign that Yande had been in his ten-year reign.

The term of office of the central department's Secretary of State is seven years. Although Zao Zhi has been in much more than seven years, it has to be calculated from the tenth year of Yande and does not go back, so Zao Zhi's term of office has not come.

He could have waited until the fourth year of Xingyuan to leave his post smoothly. What position he had or what official title or official title to return to the destination, that was his own choice, and he had a choice.

As a result, he suddenly resigned.

Zaozhi is not too old, he is only in his fifties, he is barely able to pass his energy, and is healthy. He has not had any major illnesses or disasters recently.

Of course, everyone knows that Zao Zhi's resignation was not because of his age or lack of energy. The main reason was of course the conflict with the emperor.

Due to the crisis of Northwest Business, Zao Zhi took the lead in putting political pressure on the emperor. The emperor was very angry, so he used the ultimate killing weapon Cheng Zhongde, which had not been used for more than a year since he ascended the throne, and set off a storm of integrity and focused on attacking the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The first wave took away twenty-three Ministry of Civil Affairs officials to "assist the investigation".

Everyone knows that if you really need to check it carefully, there are so many unclear hands and feet in each department. When the Emperor was in power, he caused many political storms and replaced the blood of the ruling class, but he failed to solve the problem of corruption among officials.

To be fair, the treatment of officials of the Wei Empire, especially the central officials, is really good, but people are not greedy and have power in hand, so it is really easy to want money.

No matter what, everyone knows that Cheng Zhongde doesn't take action, he will be able to use his move to a heavy blow to corrupt officials with a thunderous force and add new people to the imperial prison.

And everyone understands that cracking down on corruption is already a means of exclusion of dissidents on the emperor's side. If you don't move, you will definitely see blood. Striking against political enemies in the name of cracking down on corruption is simply a magic pill, and it will be invincible.

Of course, this is indeed not a big deal. The Northwest Business was decided during the reign of Emperor Taishang, and the Today Zi is just a heir and the robber.

They failed to take advantage of the Supreme Emperor. Seeing that the new emperor was soft-working, they felt that they could get some benefits from the new emperor.

It happened to be in the northwest economic crisis again. Zao Zhi, who has always been famous for opposing Northwest business, charged forward in front. The monsters and demons were naturally willing to use Zao Zhi as a shield to make him charge into the front and shout loudly, and they agreed below.

United together to put strong political pressure on the new emperor and try the bottom line of the new emperor.

Unexpectedly, the new emperor became anxious and released Cheng Yu out to make trouble.

Cheng Yu, in the eyes of some people, was an obstacle left by the Supreme Emperor to restrain the new emperor, but now it seems that this is more like a tacit understanding between father and son.

Cheng Yu is the dragon-slaying sword left by the Supreme Emperor to the new emperor.

When do you feel that you can't stop the situation and I'm not in Luoyang, then let Cheng Yu out, and Cheng Yu will let you know what cruelty is.

You just watch it.

Except for a few alternatives, who has nothing to do with it?

If they really want to be arrested, few people are innocent. None of the innocent people in the imperial prison are innocent, all of them are unclean. Of course, they are also stumbling blocks that hinder the Supreme Emperor's administration.

Some people who have problems are also preserved because they support the Supreme Emperor's governance.

Now, the new emperor is just doing the same thing as the Supreme Emperor, wanting to fill the vacant spaces in the imperial prison if those who oppose him are.

Obviously, this is just the first step. The Ministry of Civil Affairs was hit by twenty-three people. It is estimated that their hands and feet were relatively frizzy and they did not wipe their butts clean, and they were seen at a glance.

By interrogating them, they can also pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and pull out a series of people involved with them.

If the emperor was determined to kill Zao Zhi, he could beat him all the "party members" in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and beat him up in one place without leaving any left.

Zao Zhi is clean, but the "party members" are not that clean.

It is not enough to be alone and be safe. Hello everyone, it is really good.

Therefore, people think that Zao Zhi understood the emperor's intentions and found that he could not fight the emperor on this issue, so he chose to retreat as a step forward, and take the initiative to retire, and preserve the vitality of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

This step is very heroic in everyone's opinion. It is rare for a senior official to sacrifice himself in exchange for peace for his subordinates.

Then the emperor rejected Zao Zhi's confession of begging for skeletons and asked him to continue to be his Minister of Civil Affairs.

Oh, this is normal. To show respect, it means that you are very important to the court, and you usually make three remarks and three reassurances.

This was the same process when Guo Peng usurped the throne. Everyone went through the motions and gave each other a face so that they could meet each other in the future.

Zao Zhi probably thought so, so he quickly wrote the second letter of begging for the bones.

The emperor rejected it again and asked Zao Zhi to continue to be his Minister of Civil Affairs.

Then Zao Zhi put on the third table and begged for bones again.

The emperor rejected it again, saying that he could not live without Zao Zhi and asked him to continue to be the Minister of Civil Affairs.

Okay, the process of three words and three reluctances has been completed. The next step is to Zao Zhi to the fourth table. The emperor agreed with the flow and gave Zao Zhi some glory, so that he could return home to his hometown and complete his mission.

Yuan Cong's old minister Zao Zhi said goodbye to the officialdom, politics, and returned to his hometown to spend his old age. There will be no more legends in the world.

So Zao Zhi posted the fourth letter, begging for the bones with sincerity.

Just when everyone thought that the storm of integrity would end soon, the emperor unexpectedly rejected Zao Zhi's confession again and continued to let him be the Minister of Civil Affairs.

Hey?

This seems wrong?

Didn’t it be said that it would be over with three words and three words?

You don’t have to give face for the fourth time, right?

What does the emperor mean?

The entire Luoyang officialdom thought this was very strange.

Of course, Zao Zhi was also confused, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs was also confused.

Zhuge Jin studied this matter for a day and a night but couldn't figure out the reason.

"According to the convention, after three attempts, we will follow the flow and agree. Why did the emperor refute the fourth begging for skeletons in the ministry?"

Zao Zhi sat in front of the table with a frown, thought carefully, and prepared to beg for the fifth time to test the emperor's thoughts.

"I'll go to the fifth table. I should know what the emperor means."

So Zao Zhi personally wrote his fifth confession and handed it to the palace for the emperor.

Then it was rejected again.

The emperor expressed sincerely that he could not live without the assistance of the old ministers of Yuan Cong, and there was no one who could replace Zao Zhi as the Minister of Civil Affairs at present, so he hoped that Zao Zhi would use his remaining energy to continue to contribute.

Zhuge Jin felt something was wrong.

"Ministry, this is wrong. The emperor asked Cheng Zhongde to review the Ministry of Civil Affairs while not allowing you to resign. What does this mean?"

Zao Zhi thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt uneasy he felt.

"The power of heaven is unpredictable. No matter what, I can only respond to changes with the same changes. I will continue to express my feelings."

Zao Zhi wrote the sixth letter of confession at his desk - perhaps he himself didn't notice it. The sixth letter no longer had the feeling of the first five expressions of sincere expressions, but it had a little bit of pleading.

This time the emperor did not reject his confession, but did not reply, as if he just pretended that the memorial was not sent to the palace.

Three days later, Zao Zhi was confused and sent someone to ask. After the person came back, he said that the memorial was indeed handed over to the palace and to the emperor. As for what the emperor did to deal with, they dared not guess.

Anyway, they definitely handed the memorials on the process.

This is very problematic.

Zao Zhi went from confusion to panic, and even felt a little scared.

He didn't know that Guo Jin was very happy when he received his sixth letter of confession.

At that time, Guo Jin was checking the list with Cheng Yu.

"I was scared finally. I had a good reputation as a famous minister before and negotiated with me. What? The Ministry of Civil Affairs is his private property? Can he actually use it to negotiate with me? I think he has been a Shangshu for too long, and he can't tell the difference between superiors and subordinates!"

Cheng Yu looked at Guo Jin's pleasure of revenge and sighed.

"What Your Majesty said is that he has been the Minister of Civil Affairs for too long. He is used to it. He mistakenly believes that the Ministry of Civil Affairs is really the one who has the final say. For such a person, he must make him realize the reality."

"Yes, it's the words of Zhongde Gong that are most in line with my wishes. So Zhongde Gong thinks, how should I deal with this matter?"

Guo Jin threw Zao Zhi's old face to the ground and asked Cheng Yu to burn it. He looked indifferent.
Chapter completed!