Chapter 221 The Prince of Flowing Water, The Iron Concubine 24
Chapter 221 The Prince of Flowing Water, The Iron Concubine 24
In the morning, the little emperor sat on the dragon chair and played with a little Rubik's cube. This was a small toy Jingming found for him, and it was fun.
The eunuch at the side stood in front of all the officials and read: "Your Majesty has a decree. Yang Fan, Minister of the Household Department, Zhou Cang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Qin Ye, editor of the Imperial Academy... slack off duties, insult the royal family, and disrespect the ancestral temple. However, God has the virtue of good life. Your Majesty will commemorate his past meritorious deeds, exonerate him from the death penalty, dismiss him from his post, and exile him in Luzhong. He will never be allowed to enter the capital.
Those officials who were exiled offended His Majesty because of their honest advice, are now in prison. Now that the order of the court has come down, they are not beheaded, but exiled. While Yan Liang is relieved, he is also worried about the future for his friends. Not such a good ending either.
I only heard Xuanzhi eunuch continue: "Your Majesty has a decree. Zhongshu's servant Su Hu, who has achieved outstanding achievements in government, is specially appointed as a doctor of the imperial history, Huang Yuan, the lecturer of the Imperial Academy, is promoted to the cabinet minister, and Xu Yong, the servant of the Huangmen, is named the minister of the Ministry of Rites... ..., to show the emperor's favor, hereby!
The second imperial decree rewarded a few people and filled the vacant positions in the court, but the problem is that most of the promoted officials have poor conduct. Instead, he became a high-ranking official, and several elderly officials frowned.
Before all the officials could catch their breath, the eunuch issued another decree: "Your Majesty has a decree. Since the late emperor returned to heaven, the country mourned and mourned. The criminals form cliques in private and slack off their duties, and the corpses are eaten as vegetarian meals. From now on, the East Police Factory will be established. The Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department have no right to interfere with its operation. "
The last imperial decree shocked all the officials. They raised their heads to look at the little emperor, and then at the chief eunuch who was standing next to His Majesty in new clothes. The emperor is still young, and it is not a good thing to delegate power to the eunuchs.
Xiao Zhao, one of the auxiliary ministers, changed his expression greatly after hearing this, and pointed at Jingming's nose and cursed: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, eunuchs have wronged the country. Listen, it’s not credible, it’s not usable, Your Majesty wants to keep disasters inside and keep loyal ministers outside, because it’s gradually accumulating and the momentum makes it happen.”
"The first emperor passed away and left his ministers, but at the end of his life, he left his ministers alone. Why did your Majesty not trust your ministers? Today, my ministers are the leaders, the people, and your majesty. Please take back your orders. Otherwise, the old minister will kill the imperial court as a warning to your majesty. This traitor is the scourge of the country, he should be executed without mercy—”
After Xiao Lao finished speaking, he ran towards the red pillar in the hall. The Prime Minister Yan Ren was shocked, and hurried to check for his breath, and said: "Xiao Lao is gone, and all the officials will cry."
Yan Ren stretched out his hand to close his eyelids with a face full of grief. In the 40 years of the same dynasty, even though the two sometimes had different political views and scolded each other in the court, they cherished each other. Mr. Prime Minister, looking at Xiao Lao's body at this moment, his heart is full of sadness. He suddenly thought of a poem:
"From time to time, I met the Ming sage, Dao Jining state, and the Hu Lian weapon. I exhausted my strength, promoted the virtuous and dismissed the unworthy, wrongly promoted the straight, the eunuch sat down, and the power and treachery were also transferred. Zai Jian was always shocked. , the three have no resentment, and the charter is manifested, and the next life will be set as an example."
After hearing this, all the officials fell to their knees and said, "I beg your Majesty to take back your order."
"I beg Your Majesty to take back the order"
"I beg Your Majesty to take back the order"
However, Jing Ming showed a sinister smile, leaned closer to the little emperor and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to retire. Today, the Imperial Dining Room made your favorite roast duck."
After hearing this, the little emperor turned around and left, leaving the courtiers in the Golden Luan Hall.
Baiguan: ...
No matter what the officials tried to stop it, the Dongjiuji Factory, referred to as the Dongchang, was successfully opened, and the chief eunuch in the palace turned into the powerful governor of the Dongchang.
The establishment of Dongchang made all the officials even more desperate. All the ministers of the DPRK and China who insulted the governor of Dongchang outside would be arrested and imprisoned.
Many of the officials in jail were corrupt officials who bribed officials, spent a lot of money to honor the Governor of Dongchang, and were exempted from prison. Naturally, some clean and honest officials would not bow their heads and plead guilty, and they were bound to fight the treacherous eunuch to the end.
And these people were all dismissed from official positions by Jingming in the name of the emperor, and exiled to the Luzhong area.
Dongchang's actions seemed to be a signal. A group of flies and dogs swarmed in. Corrupt officials took money to clear the way, sold their official positions privately, and sought advancement.
In just three months, seven out of ten.
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