Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Seven Letters of the King's Night Talk
Zhu Xu listened to Zhu Youjian's words and said without surprise: "Is there any?"
Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Xu's expression and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the adults of the outer court, I hope you will withdraw your troops as soon as possible and restore your people's livelihood."
Zhu Xu felt helpless. Nurhaci had only half his life left. Only a few months before Huang Taiji came to power and launched the Ningjin Battle. If he did not train troops as soon as possible, he would fall into the quagmire of fighting on both sides in the future.
But he couldn't explain these things to Zhu Youjian. He pondered and said, "I understand, continue talking."
Seeing that Zhu Xu's expression was calm, unlike Yin's anger, Zhu Youjian said: "The command departments in various places jointly submitted a report, accusing the Ministry of War of accusing the Ministry of War of abducting military power and arbitrarily recruiting soldiers. I believe that the chaos in the soldiers should be clarified as soon as possible."
Zhu Xu nodded. The military reform of the coastal provinces has been completed, and we will advance inland next. However, even if there are 300,000 troops to suppress the enemy and Sun Chengzong as the second assistant, it may not be smooth sailing. He still needs to secretly assist and use various obscure means.
Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Xu and saw him pondering, and said, "The vassal kings from all over the country reported to impeach Sun Chengzong to bully the royal family and seize the troops of the palace. I ask the emperor to punish him severely."
Zhu Xu looked at him, smiled slightly, and said, "Well, I have received the memorial, and I will tell you what the locals say."
Seeing that Zhu Xu was really not angry or annoyed, he could really listen to the words, Zhu Youjian began to narrate seriously and persuade him quietly.
As the two of them talked, Ni Wenhuan and Wang Shaohui hurried into the palace to see Zhu Xu.
Cao Huachun rushed over and looked at the two of them and said, "Two sirs, what happened to enter the palace so late?"
Ni Wenhuan looked solemn and said, "Dad, the Ministry of Justice sent to Jiang, the Ministry of Justice in the West were all killed overnight. There are also Jiang here, and the documents from the Ministry of Justice in the West."
Wang Shaohui also stepped forward and said, "Dadonald, the yard where the people living in Dali Temple also caught fire, and they were all in trouble. Jiang and Xi filed documents and accused Dali Temple of abuse of power and asked me to explain clearly."
Cao Huachun's expression also changed. These people all had the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple's documents, and were all in the big city. It was difficult for ordinary bandits to get close to. Except for the "unintentional" caused by the local yamen, there was no other reason.
Cao Huachun pondered, pulled an eunuch and said a few words in a low voice. After the eunuch ran away quickly, he said to the two, "Two sirs, the emperor is talking to Wang Xin in the cabinet. I will take you to report directly to Wang Xin."
The two of them looked at Cao Huachun and felt moved, and said, "Okay, let's go, this matter cannot be delayed."
Cao Huachunzi also knew that he led the two of them to the cabinet without any haste.
Zhu Xu was listening to Zhu Youjian's words. Now the civil and military officials in the court, except for his and Gu Bingqian, were basically attracted by Ye Xianggao and others, and then gathered around Zhu Youjian. From his mouth, the specific thoughts of the ministers could be heard.
An eunuch hurried in and whispered a few words in Zhu Xu's ear.
Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes, looked outside the black and Youyou door, his face was low, and he let out a sigh of relief.
‘Finally someone can’t hold back the demonstration.’
Zhu Youjian didn't understand why, and continued: "Emperor, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food. You must not make rash efforts. Be cautious in priorities..."
As he was talking, Cao Huachun led Ni Wenhuan and Wang Shaohui in. They both came forward at the same time and said, "Report to the emperor, prince, I have important matters."
Zhu Xu saw that the two of them didn't say anything, and he was already thinking quickly.
Seeing that Zhu Xu didn't say anything, Zhu Youjian said, "Two adults are flat, what happened so late?"
The two stood up and Ni Wenhuan said, "When the prince returned to the emperor, at the same time, the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple stationed in Jiang and Xi, dozens of officials were killed overnight. Moreover, Jiang and Xi sent letters to the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple, requesting to verify the identities of these 'bandits'."
Zhu Youjian stood up suddenly and said in a serious manner: "You mean, Jiang and Xi deliberately killed the imperial commissioners?"
Both of them looked solemn, glanced at Zhu Xu quietly, and nodded heavily.
Jiang, Xi did this, obviously demonstrating to the court and the emperor! This is just Jiang, Xi, and other governors may soon take similar actions. Once all the places oppose each other, the court will fall into a embarrassed passiveness.
Zhu Youjian's face changed, and he also noticed the seriousness of the matter.
Jiang and Xi blatantly provoked the court so blatantly, which shows that the local government has the confidence to compete with the court and is convinced that the court cannot do anything to them.
Ni Wenhuan looked at Zhu Youjian's expression and looked at Zhu Xu again and said, "Your Majesty, the inner prison who was sent to Huguang to issue the order ten days ago is said to have also been 'missed'."
Zhu Xu's expression remained unchanged. He had known this news for a long time. He picked up the teacup and drank silently.
This is not the first time. It has been intermittent since the Wanli period. After investigation, it was nothing more than the robbers along the road, and then ordered local bandits to be suppressed, and the matter was left alone.
Zhu Xu was calm, but Zhu Youjian was full of anger and said in a deep voice, "Did you find out who did it?"
Wang Shaohui kept hiding and not talking. Ni Wenhuan looked at Zhu Youjian and Zhu Xu, and hesitated and said, "For such things, the Jinyiwei has always been investigated and dealt with by the orders of the Jinyiwei. The Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple are both inadequate."
After Hongzhi, the powers of the local governor, the Censorship Department, and the Command Department have been rapidly expanded, and they are all just talking about each other in the local area. Even if the second-rank governor of the Left Censor was placed in the local area, there were many constraints and it was difficult to pass the government orders.
Moreover, when a governor was in charge of local money, grain, taxes and silver, sometimes the court had to appease the money from multiple sources before it could collect the money. Whenever taxes were collected, they were often the time when they threatened the court and acted recklessly.
Zhu Youjian frowned when he heard this. The Jinyiwei has now been "removed" and the East Factory is now almost "half-in" and if you want to find out what you can only rely on the Ministry of Justice.
Zhu Youjian thought for a while but couldn't find a solution. Finally, he looked at Zhu Xu and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is important and must not be let go easily, nor should it be excessive, which will cause local speculation and worry."
Zhu Xu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "How complicated things are, let's do it step by step, sit down and go over the beginning."
Zhu Youjian, Ni Wenhuan, and Wang Shaohui were all stunned, but they sat down patiently.
Zhu Xu waited for the three of them to sit down and pondered, "First, they are the assistant ministers of the cabinet and the senior officials of the six ministries. I also know that the emperor brother, the assistant is still there, how should Ye Xianggao and Han Xuan be placed?"
Zhu Youjian's expression was calm. This problem not only troubled him, but also troubled Ye Xianggao and others.
No matter what, Gu Bingqian is still in the cabinet, or the prime minister, Ye Xianggao and Han Yu are unable to enter. After all, one of these two people was the prime minister and the other was the secondary assistant, and they could only be placed as the prime minister after restarting.
This is also the reason why the Donglin Party members attacked Gu Bingqian in a crazy way and hoped that he would fall.
However, with Zhu Xu's protection, Gu Bingqian's position as the chief assistant has always been stable. Gu Bingqian is there, Ye Xianggao and Han Yu cannot go up, and they are blocking in front, and Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong and others cannot enter the cabinet.
At present, this is the biggest difficulty.
Zhu Youjian couldn't say it, and Ni Wenhuan and others naturally didn't dare to speak out.
In the cabinet, the quiet needle can be heard. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!