Zhu Qizhen was being beaten. Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Gaochi were watching from the side. Zhu Gaochi had a complex expression. Although he wanted to get involved and beat up Zhu Qizhen, this good-for-nothing grandson, after thinking about it, he decided not to. After all, he was a

Gentleman.

Zhu Yunwen sneered, filled with gloating that one of Zhu Di's descendants could be called the Son of Heaven. It was extremely embarrassing. Let's see how shameless he would be in the future.

A merciless beating, Zhu Qizhen was beaten almost to death, and he lay on the ground with his eyes blank. He couldn't understand why he was beaten, and the guy who looked so much like his father Zhu Zhanji was particularly aggressive.

Spicy.

"This bastard is cheap!"

Lao Zhu gritted his teeth. If Zhu Qizhen were not his descendants, he would definitely make Zhu Qizhen's life worse than death.

Peel the real grass to find out.

A generation of warrior Lan Yu couldn’t stand it even after using it!

"How could I, Zhu Di, have such a disappointing great-grandson?"

Old Zhu was angry, and Zhu Di was even more angry. The three major camps he had worked so hard to build were all defeated by Zhu Qizhen!

"Forget it, there's no need to worry about this useless thing."

After beating Zhu Qizhen violently with his own hands, the depression in Zhu Houzhao's heart dissipated a lot, and he no longer cared about Zhu Qizhen.

After all, there were many weird emperors in the Ming Dynasty, including Emperor Chenghua who liked nannies, Emperor Jiajing who liked taking medicine to cultivate immortality, Emperor Wanli who quarreled with his ministers every day, Emperor Taichang who died on a woman's belly, and Emperor Tianqi who liked doing carpentry. If they were all for

If he gets angry, he can piss himself to death.

"waste."

Zhu Zhanji hated that iron could not be made into steel. In his world, he had already planned to make Zhu Qizhen the crown prince, but he did not expect that Zhu Qizhen would do such ridiculous things as taking the lead in calling out the family, which would bring shame to the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty.

All done!

After returning home, he immediately appointed Zhu Qiyu as the crown prince. The big role of Zhu Qizhen was considered useless, and he could practice the small role of Zhu Qiyu more.

Although he doesn't feel good about Zhu Qiyu, thinking that he is cowardly and embarrassed in his big responsibilities, but no matter what, he is better than Zhu Qizhen taking the lead in calling for help!

What's more, Zhu Houzhao also said just now that the reason why the Ming Dynasty can continue to be passed down is Zhu Qiyu's great contribution, and he will not be disappointed in the future.

Being disturbed by Zhu Qizhen's "legendary deeds", everyone was full of anger and was not in the mood to continue chatting. They each went back to their own worlds.

Zhu Di and Zhu Qizhen were the last to leave, presumably because they wanted to have a good chat with his great-grandson and let Zhu Qizhen feel the warmth from his grandfather.

.......

In the morning of the next morning, Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair and listened to the ministers' reports on their work. Where disasters occurred and needed funds, and where officials had outstanding political achievements and needed to be promoted, Zhu Houzhao had to give his nod.

Among the ministers, several ministers glanced back and forth, making eye contact, wanting to pray to Zhu Houzhao to release Jiao Fang, but they never had the courage, for fear of angering Zhu Houzhao and being thrown away to farm in Liaodong.

I secretly complained about the people in Jiangnan. Since Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to pay attention to them, he couldn't live a good life, so he had to make trouble impatiently and test Zhu Houzhao's bottom line.

But no matter how they complained, they had to speak up. After all, they were supported by the Jiangnan gentry group. Although they could make them rise to the top, they could also make them fall into the abyss.

Furthermore, no one who is an official these days has done anything dirty. Once the clues are exposed, Zhu Houzhao can let them go to Liaodong to farm until they die without the efforts of the Jiangnan gentry group.

It was such a freezing cold place that day, and with their tender skin and tender flesh, it was absolutely unbearable.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

A man from the Ministry of Etiquette who had a very unclean butt had no choice but to stand up and speak loudly.

"explain."

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the man and said calmly.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Jiao Fangjiao, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, is knowledgeable and talented. He is actually the pillar of the country. It is a pity to be sent to Liaodong to do hard labor. I, your majesty, please forgive Mr. Jiao, recall him to the imperial court, and entrust him with important tasks."

As soon as he finished speaking, most of the ministers looked at the man as if he were a fool. Jiao Fang's son was suspected of cheating in the imperial examination, and he himself had repeatedly offended the emperor. How dare you defend him? How much did you charge? Is it worth it to you?

Taking such a big risk! There are too many good times. Do you want to go farming in Liaodong?

"absurd!"

Yan Song, the imperial censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, jumped out and shouted: "If you appoint a criminal official as an official, where is the majesty of the court and where is your majesty's face? In other words, our court is so incompetent that even a criminal official can be in charge."

As soon as these words came out, the man was startled. He was speechless and did not dare to continue to argue. Otherwise, if he was charged with contempt for the imperial court, he might have to go to Liaodong to stay with Jiao Fang!

Other ministers who were attracted by the Jiangnan gentry group also kept silent. Money is a good thing, but it must be spent with life. It is not worthwhile to risk their own futures for Jiao Fang, a criminal minister who is extremely disgusted by the emperor.

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Zhu Houzhao glanced at Yan Song with admiration, and it was not in vain that he vigorously promoted Yan Song and placed him in the Metropolitan Procuratorate where trolls were everywhere. This guy was indeed a capable person and knew how to serve his superiors.

"The matter of the guilty minister Jiao Fang has been decided for a long time, so there is no need to say more."

Zhu Houzhao expressed his will to the officials. It was impossible to let Jiao Fang go. His only way was to farm in Liaodong until he died.

At the same time, he also said to the minister who requested to recall Jiao Fang: "For the sake of your filial piety, forget it this time. If there is a next time, go to Liaodong!"

The minister of etiquette, Wailang, was not from the Jiangnan gentry group, nor was he from any other official party. He was quite honest and diligent. Unfortunately, he had a money-grubbing old lady who secretly received 30,000 taels of silver from the Jiangnan gentry group, so he had to suffer from Jiangnan.

The manipulation of the gentry group.

"I am guilty..."

When the minister heard this, he was so frightened that his face broke out in cold sweat.

I was extremely frightened, fearing that the emperor would have known about them for a long time. After all, the emperor controlled the so-called all-pervasive royal guards.

"Back off!"

Seeing that the emperor easily settled Jiao Fang's matter, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang, who were standing at the head of the group of ministers, all sighed helplessly. The emperor made his own decisions and ruled the world. Such a scene is so similar to that of Hongwu and Yongle.

.

In particular, Zhu Houzhao also liked to suppress scholars, reduce their privileges and treatment, and send people to farm in Liaodong if things went wrong. If this continues, the Ming Dynasty's cultural fortunes will be worrying!

"Brother Li, I plan to retire and return to my hometown with Brother Liu. I will ask you to take more care of me from now on. Don't let us lose all our luck as a scholar!"

Xie Qian whispered to Li Dongyang.

He and Liu Jianming knew that Zhu Houzhao didn't like them, so they were sent to Liaodong to farm for two years, and they still stayed in the court shamelessly. For what reason? It was not power, but hoping to preserve the luck of the literati as much as possible.

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After the Tumubao Incident, the Ming Dynasty Xungui Group was in a state of collapse, and military generals had to humble themselves to the extreme when meeting civilian officials. This created a dominating civilian group, and civilian officials were in power for four consecutive dynasties. This situation has been maintained for a long time.

They do not want to be broken because they themselves represent the highest interests of the civil servant group.


Chapter completed!