Wenhua Palace welcomed an unexpected guest: King Zhu Di of Yan.

Since entering the palace, Zhu Di has been staying in Prince Yan's Mansion and the General Staff Mansion. When he occasionally enters the palace, he is usually summoned by Zhu Yunwen. In order to avoid suspicion, Zhu Di has never been to the Wenhua Palace and has never communicated with the courtiers.

This time he walked into the Wenhua Hall with a straight frown, which really made Sange stunned.

"I have met His Highness King Yan."

From start to finish, the proper etiquette is indispensable. Dozens of people in the Wenhua Hall stood up and saluted.

"Sit down, please." Zhu Di walked up to Sange with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, three elders."

Baozhao said with a smile, "It is the duty of a minister to share your Majesty's worries, but I don't know what King Yan is talking about when he comes to the Wenhua Hall today. If there is any instruction, please wait until we have finished handling today's national affairs and then look for King Yan to listen to his instructions."

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Bao Zhao's meaning is very obvious. No matter what happens to you, the Wenhua Hall is where the cabinet office is. Except for the emperor, you, even the prince, have no right to come here.

Zhu Di was a smart man, so he couldn't understand what Bao Zhao meant. He immediately laughed and said, "Of course I'm here for business."

Office? When did the offices of the General Staff Office move to Wenhua Hall?

Seeing Sange's confused look, Zhu Di immediately explained, "Yesterday, Gu came to the palace to say hello. Your Majesty's dragon body has been much better, but your spirit is still a little weak. The imperial doctor said that you still need to rest. Your Majesty told your ministers that the state affairs are heavy.

He will not be able to attend the court for a while, and the most important responsibilities fall on the cabinet, so I am temporarily appointed as the Grand Bachelor of Wuying Palace and joins the cabinet to work together with the three cabinet ministers."

Grand Scholar of Wuyingdian, Zhu Di has joined the cabinet?

Sange seemed to be constipated, with some uncomfortable expressions on his face. They didn't care about dividing some of their rights. Even if Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi both joined the cabinet, they didn't care. They were all ministers and had less work to do with less rights.

Yes, I am at ease.

But what kind of thing is Zhu Di's entry into the cabinet? Zhu Di was originally the head of the princes, but now he has become the chief of the general staff and the nominal highest military officer of the Ming Dynasty. He is obviously already a highly respected minister, and he has joined the cabinet with the title of bachelor. Zhu Di has joined the cabinet.

, in this Wenhua Palace, the Three Pavilions were not bullied to death by Zhu Di.

As for whether Zhu Yunwen will cultivate a Cao Cao by doing this, everyone knows in their hearts that Cao Cao has military power, and Zhu Di has nothing now, just a list of titles to bluff people, Zhu Yunwen cannot be bullied, but it is enough to bully them.

Already.

"Your Majesty's holy body is ill, and with King Yan sitting in the center, we can be relieved of a heavy burden." The deal was done, and the three of them were sensible, so they hurriedly handed over the gift.

Zhu Di said politely, "Gu Xing was born in the army and doesn't know much about government affairs. State affairs still need to be handled by three cabinet elders. It's hard for Gu to disobey the sacred orders. I came to the Wenhua Hall with only my ears and not my mouth."

A few people exchanged some pretentious polite words, and then invited Zhu Di to sit in the front seat, and the Wenhua Hall became busy again.

Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi sat close to each other, with their left and right hands, busy reviewing the memorials, communicating quietly in secret, and looking at Zhu Di from time to time.

The emperor's methods are really endless, and nothing is revealed. If a great master like Zhu Di is thrown into the cabinet, he will do nothing. If there is any trouble in the place, Zhu Di cannot be bypassed.

The emperor surrendered Zhu Di's military power, hit him with a stick and immediately replaced it with a sweet date. He became suspicious of the courtiers, so he threw Zhu Di over to bully them. He hid in the harem to recuperate and pretended to be stupid. What do you think of this emperor?

Ten years old, I believe in ghosts.

Zhu Di stayed in the Wenhua Palace. He didn't say anything. He just held a stack of annotated memorials and read them. When he got tired, he got up and walked a few steps to taste tea. He didn't look like he came to the Wenhua Palace to sit in the palace and govern the government.

It's as cool and unrestrained as if you were on vacation.

Zhu Di had a clear conscience in his heart. He was a clan relative. If he entered the cabinet and managed the government in the Wenhua Palace, if he gave any advice, there would be rumors among the scholars that the emperor was greedy for power. The cabinet he set up for more than a year to dominate the world was just for show. This

No, let's put our own family members in and continue to control political affairs through the hands of clan members.

His mission is actually to be here to be a thorn and an informant. Since Zhu Yunwen wants to deal with the aristocratic family, he must have many methods. There will be reactions from the local government in the future. He can just watch and watch how the cabinet prepares to deal with it, and then report it to them.

, be a rotten wood Bodhisattva, don’t do anything and just do it.

Yang Shiqi looked at the memorials one by one, picked out the ones that needed to be dealt with and handed them to the three pavilions. Those that did not need to be handed over to the center were thrown aside. In the evening, a young eunuch would sort them out and give them to the Secretary of General Affairs to send back to the place. But one letter came from

Huguang's memorial made Yang Shiqi quietly change his mind.

With a slight cough, Yang Shiqi's expression became calm again. He calmly stood up and walked towards Zhu Di, bowing slightly and said, "Your Majesty, this is from the Chief Envoy of Yunnan. It involves the war in the southwest. This is not within the authority of the cabinet."

Inside, you are the Chief of General Staff, take a look."

Zhu Di was busy drinking tea without raising his head. He took it with a grunt, glanced at it, and subconsciously turned to look at Yang Shiqi, only to find that the latter had already turned around and returned to his seat.

After tapping his fingers on the table a few times, Zhu Di looked at Yang Shiqi with a playful look. He closed the memorial and put it into his sleeve robe, then stood up and said, "There are some armament matters in the southwest. I have to go to the General Logistics Department to coordinate.

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He walked away and paused for a moment in front of Yang Shiqi, "Mr. Yang has clear responsibilities and clearly understands the internal and external duties. I have written them down."

After walking around the palace, Zhu Di entered the Qianqing Palace again and placed the memorial on Zhu Yunwen's desk. The latter was concentrating on practicing calligraphy at this time.

"The memorial in Huguang shows that several businessmen were wiped out. The person who committed the crime claimed to be the Imperial Secretary. He also had Ouchi's belt, and the local government did not dare to take care of it."

Zhu Yunwen didn't even look at it, "Well, what I asked you to do is not a big deal, and I didn't intend to cover it up."

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, "Huh?"

Zhu Yunwen looked up at him and smiled, "When did I need to explain to the world that I killed several businessmen in a row?"

"Then what is your Majesty's purpose for doing this?"

Zhu Di was a little confused. Zhu Yunwen played chess completely without rules, and even he couldn't understand it.

"Nothing, just testing the water temperature."

Zhu Yunwen put down the brush and picked up a towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead, "I can't start with the noble families for my first sword, so I will choose a few notorious merchants to sacrifice the sword. By the way, let's take a look at the reactions of those noble families.

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How did Hitler challenge Chamberlain's nerves during World War II? Wasn't he just testing the bottom line of Britain and France little by little?

After all, Zhu Yunwen now has a good reputation as a Holy Emperor. There are some unscrupulous businessmen oppressing the villagers. After all, Zhu Yunwen is young and vigorous. He sends eunuchs and guards around him to appease public opinion, and kills several people in a fit of anger. What a big deal?

Zhu Yunwen took this step because he wanted to see if the scholars were willing to take a step back. Why did businessmen have power in the local area? Because of the collusion between officials and businessmen, businessmen were the purse strings of the family members, and local officials were the protective umbrellas of the businessmen. The two were

There is a mutually dependent relationship. Zhu Yun moved the merchants, but the aristocratic families gave in and ignored them. In the future, Zhu Yun moved the aristocratic families, and the aristocratic families wanted to use the power of the merchants to buy supplies, iron tools, gunpowder, and other things that could be turned into armed forces. Will anyone help them?

Chamberlain carried out the policy of appeasement and watched the Allies being bullied by Hitler. The German army advanced ten miles a day, and treaties were signed one day at a time. The bottom line was retreated again and again. This increased the German army's arrogance to swallow up thousands of miles, and also deepened the relationship between Britain, France and the Allied allies.

Later, when the German army launched the all-out war in World War II, it reaped the consequences of the estrangement between them and almost destroyed the country.

"Since ancient times, the aristocratic families have looked down on those who do business. They are used to being the masters of this world, but they don't understand that what I really fear about the aristocratic families is that they rely on their power rather than themselves."

Zhu Yunwen explained, "The scholarly rebellion took ten years. A group of educated scholars alone cannot resist me, but they are literate and have a brilliant tongue. They can deceive the uneducated people, as well as the businessmen who rely on them."

By providing financial resources and materials, they can gather a group of refugees who have no food to eat and arm a decent army. They only need to win a few local victories to quickly spread thousands of miles, making more people think that there is another world.

Dynasties have changed.

So I will operate on these businessmen first and test their reaction. If they don't care, then I will kill them slowly. As long as they have a bad reputation, I will kill them all under the guise of eliminating harm for the people.

It can't be pulled out completely. Those aristocratic families reacted and wanted to show off with me, and the merchants who relied on them were almost heartbroken. I passed the order with a favor, but they believed that I would still go all the way to the dark side, and they could clear it up."

Zhu Di then laughed. Those with a bad reputation may not be the scoundrels of aristocratic families, but those with a good reputation would definitely not be so. For the sake of wealth and benevolence, he would not even dare to be domineering and bully others. How could he have the courage to rebel?

"I understand, I will definitely cooperate with Your Majesty in the cabinet to sing this drama well. By the way, Your Majesty, then Yang Shiqi"
Chapter completed!