"Mother, you asked me to take care of my younger brothers and sisters. I am of course a close relative."

"But... Huang Kao also promised my imperial grandfather to take good care of Lu Bing's family, but in the end he couldn't resist the court officials' opinions and ransacked his home."

"Zhang Shouyue, who at that time made a memorial to kill the corpse, is now kneeling outside the Meridian Gate."

After saying this, he shut up and seemed to be in a low mood. He did not look at Empress Dowager Li's expression and went back to teasing his little sister.

These words are not to exaggerate the theory of threats from courtiers, but to deliberately mention Empress Dowager Li.

Power is more like the product of cultivating immortality, because it is the true meaning of cultivating truth through false pretense.

How powerful one is only comes from how powerful people imagine him to be.

If the courtiers all feel that the imperial power is supreme, then they are really talking about the Constitution of Heaven and speaking the truth.

If all the courtiers felt that the imperial power was meager, then someone would punch the emperor three times and spit on him.

To put it bluntly, the source of power is actually nothing more than the obedience of the people below.

The Son of Heaven does not have divine power as king.

The Son of Heaven is the one who has strong soldiers and horses.

Even if he is an emperor, he must make many friends and kill few enemies.

If no one obeys and implements the edicts, how can we rely on us to assert our imperial power?

What do their orphans and widowers have now? Eunuchs? How can they think of ways to govern the country if they kill people?

When the civil servants can stick together, imperial power is like a balloon. If internal and external conflicts arise, there is a risk of popping the balloon.

People, don't get angry easily. When you get angry, you will use your real skills, and it will be easy for people to see that you are strong on the outside but capable on the inside.

Yi Yin released Taijia, Huo Guang could depose him, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty could conquer his father with his son, and Zhang Juzheng could serve as regent for ten years. This is the same principle. People are talking about this thing. Everyone has some, and it depends on who suppresses whom - imperial power,

It's not a golden body that cannot be broken.

The ones who are most afraid of someone seeing through this layer are you, my mother and my son.

The late emperor was a solid and mature emperor, but he could not even follow his words and his actions.

My queen mother, how could a mere palace woman dare to fight internally and externally for Feng Bao?

If the disaster is too deep, I really can't guarantee that my son will be able to take care of this family.

Emperor Sejong was so majestic, but no one saw how unlucky his heirs were?

Zhu Yijun didn't know if Empress Dowager Li could think so deeply. For this reason, she couldn't say more.

Queen Mother Li was silent for a long time, not sure whether she heard it or not.

He didn't say anything more, and just asked: "Zhang Shouyue... why are you kneeling down at the Meridian Gate to play?"

His tone was low, and he was obviously not in a good mood.

Zhu Yijun reached for a handkerchief and wiped Zhu Yili's saliva, while saying: "It's better to impeach Feng Dajue."

"He said that Emperor Taizu Gao first decreed that internal officials were not allowed to interfere in foreign affairs, and violators would not be punished by law."

"He also said that the Son of God and the Son of God stayed together and did not dare to change. Although Wang Zhen and Liu Jin were arrogant and indulgent, they were immediately killed."

"I advise my mother not to damage the reputation of Emperor Yao and Shun, cause endless hidden disasters to the clan, and leave evil in the history of history."

Queen Mother Li looked up in disbelief.

He stretched out a finger and pointed tremblingly in the direction of the Meridian Gate. He opened his mouth slightly and looked at Zhu Yijun.

He said in a trembling voice: "How dare you! How dare you humiliate and threaten me like this!?"

Zhu Yijun stood up quickly to give her some relief.

There is no way, these literati's words are too lethal.

The conversation was so smooth that the person involved couldn't help but smack it repeatedly.

Zhang Shouyue's words were not only saying that Empress Dowager Li violated the ancestral system and was unfilial to her daughter-in-law.

She also said that her harem interfered with politics and did bad things, which would damage the emperor's reputation and make her infamy last forever.

Normal people would be very angry after hearing this, let alone a young woman in power.

Queen Mother Li was extremely angry and laughed back: "Okay! What a Zhang Shouyue! I don't believe I can't kill him!"

Zhu Yijun sighed: "Mother, he sent away his parents, wife and children, and prepared a coffin at home. He is waiting for mother to punish him."

Yan Guan has never been stupid. Regardless of the omens from heaven and the Holy Mandate of Heaven that they talk about all day long, in fact, they are like a mirror in their hearts.

It's just a different pursuit.

Most of those who can serve as public officials are directly invited by name. They wish they could die in the Jinluan Palace and leave a name in the history books.

This opportunity to imitate Hai Rui, Zhang Shooyue probably had to squeeze his head to grab the opportunity.

The ancients also understood traffic passwords.

Empress Dowager Li pointed her hand in the direction of the Meridian Gate and paused momentarily.

She looked around in disbelief: "What do you mean? It means that everyone in the world thinks I am wrong and he is right!?"

Unless it is approved by Shilin, it cannot be this way.

You have to invite people to be famous, but you don't have to be praised by everyone in the world to gain fame.

Zhu Yijun had to calm down his mother's mood and comforted him: "Mother, you and I know this very well. It must be Gao Gong's instigation."

"But it's really difficult to go through the test of ancestral law. This is the consensus of the scholar-officials."

"We cannot afford the reputation of 'the ancestors are not worthy of the law' yet."

What is law? Law is political consensus.

Today you, the emperor, do not abide by the established laws. Tomorrow I, the officials, will ask you whether your position as emperor follows the established laws of your ancestors.

If you don't abide by the political consensus, why should you ask the courtiers to be loyal? If you don't rely on etiquette, how can you let the courtiers swear allegiance to Luoshui?

Taizu Chengzu was the immediate emperor, that was all. Basically, in addition to civil servants, he also had a large army.

Just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they could treat their courtiers as domestic slaves because their basic base was the Eight Banners.

Power cannot go against the cornerstone of power. Now that he is the emperor, there are only bureaucrats under the throne.

Everything must be discussed and at least supported by some people.

Until... until he builds up his base.

Empress Dowager Li had seen the power of the public officials in recent days, and also felt how worried she felt when no civil servant came to support her.

Hearing this, he felt even more embarrassed.

What Zhu Yijun was playing was the time difference. Taking advantage of Zhang Juzheng's reaction, he used Gao Gong to put pressure on Empress Dowager Li and cut Feng Bao's flesh.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Li didn't answer, she simply said: "Mother, the old and the new are replaced, and the word "steady" is at the forefront."

"I heard that the begging petitions of Mr. Gao Ge and Mr. Zhang Ge have already been sent to me. Gao Gong can't delay for a few more days, so why bother to argue with each other now."

"In my opinion, instead of getting entangled with these officials, it's better to keep them quiet and wait for Gao Gong to become an official."

"At most, it's only three to five days."

He grabbed Empress Dowager Li's hand and said sincerely: "Mother, let's put things to rest and go to Feng Daban's Dongchang office first. We will get back to work in the future."

This was just to persuade Empress Dowager Li to give in temporarily. The inside would not be lost anyway, and the East Factory would not fall into the hands of the outer court. Of course, Feng Bao would not be able to take back the East Factory easily by then.

Today he came here just for the position of factory supervisor of Feng Baodong Factory.

Whatever you say must be in line with the momentum of this speech, the phased results must be implemented first.

Empress Dowager Li was particularly unconvinced: "Is it true that there is no example in the imperial dynasty of the Chief of Ceremonies holding the title of Admiral in charge of the East Factory?"

Zhu Yijun shook his head: "My child has not finished studying the Four Books and Five Classics, so how can he have time to read the records of his ancestors?"

"Mom, you might as well ask the bachelors."

Queen Mother Li snorted coldly: "They are all in the same league as Gao Gong!"

Zhu Yijun said calmly: "Mother, Gao Gong is the chief minister after all. He is the leader of civil servants in the world, and all officials naturally turn to him."

"However, if the civil servant is unreliable... Mother might as well ask the noble ladies?"

"I see that Duke Cheng Guo is also the commander of the Jinyi Guards. In terms of holding important positions, he is not much more prominent than Feng Daxuan. Maybe there are other examples."

Queen Mother Li was stunned for a moment.

After my son said this, although it felt a little wrong, it seemed to be the case.

After thinking about it, I couldn't think of a reason.

He simply revealed the matter and said, "I'll just ask Duke Cheng tomorrow."

"However, Zhang Shouyue cannot just let it go."

"Immediately demote me to Daozhou!"

Zhu Yijun nodded repeatedly.
To be continued...