Faced with Liu Jian and Xie Qian's request, Li Dongyang was extremely helpless. How could he protect the fortune of the civil servants, or in other words, the situation where the civil servant group was dominated by one family?

Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism and Confucius and Mencius were crazily suppressed by Zhu Houzhao. Those who were not convinced went to Liaodong to farm. Xinxue, headed by Wang Yangming, strongly supported Zhu Houzhao.

The attack on Fusang, the destruction of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and the transformation of the Southwest into a native land were not controlled by Wang Yangming. Now that Zhu Houzhao has achieved great success, he is no longer under their control!

Under such circumstances, unless there is another Tumubao Incident, it would be a fool's errand for the civil service group to continue to dominate the country.

Zhu Houzhao was not Zhu Qizhen. Today, there is no country around the Ming Dynasty that can challenge Zhu Houzhao.

The civil service group is now like a grasshopper in Zhu Houzhao's hand. He can pinch it as much as he wants. The reason why he doesn't pinch it is just that he is too lazy to do it.

"well......"

Seeing Li Dongyang's silence, Liu Jian and Xie Qian also knew what he was thinking and were more aware of the current situation. They were just unwilling to let the efforts of the four dynasties of the civil service group disappear like this!

Looking up at Zhu Houzhao on the dragon throne, Liu Jian secretly regretted that Emperor Hongzhi died too early, leaving only Zhu Houzhao as his heir. Otherwise, how could the situation have become so rotten, and the civil service group was constantly under Zhu Houzhao's control.

Under pressure, it is about to collapse.

In the minds of Liu Jian and Xie Qian, Zhu Houzhao was like the second Ming Taizu. He was a tyrant who looked down upon men of letters, was murderous and violent, and resorted to militarism.

In the land of Liaodong, there are no one knows how many corpses are buried, including those of literati and those of foreign races. Under the cold weather and freezing ground, there are unimaginable heinous crimes hidden.

"This is the end of the matter, but it depends on fate!"

Li Dongyang sighed. He actually had no objection to Zhu Houzhao's plan to rectify the civil service group. After all, the civil service group had become more and more arrogant and domineering in recent years and was capable of doing all kinds of bad things. It would also be good for the court to clean up some of them.

He just didn't like that Zhu Houzhao was too ruthless and too ruthless in his work, and he didn't leave any room for anything. Although the civil service group was a black sheep, it also had talented people. Killing them all with one blow was really too much.

"Liu Jian, Xie Qian..."

Seeing Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang whispering to each other, a hint of impatience suddenly flashed across Zhu Houzhao's face. These two old men were about to step half of their feet into the coffin board and were still not stopping.

He wanted to kill the two old ministers left to him by Emperor Hongzhi many times, but considering their influence, he only gave them a little lesson, but he did not expect that these two old men were too ignorant of praise.

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"That's all..."

Thinking that Liu Jian and Xie Qian didn't have long to live, Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to argue with the two of them anymore. What he had to do now was to quickly and completely eliminate the influence of the civil servant group and the Jiangnan gentry group, and completely control the Ming Empire.

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He has already figured out part of the functions of the mysterious space, and it happens to have the function of traveling through time. He can't wait to start a new journey!

...

After leaving the court, Zhu Houzhao returned to the Leopard Room, sat on the ground casually, held his Persian cat and teased it, and gave Liu Jin some instructions.

"Have someone go to the southwest to bring Wang Shouren back."

"In addition, Yang Tinghe is ordered to go to the southwest today to take over from Wang Shouren and preside over the matter of reforming the land and returning it to the local people."

"Your Majesty, without Wang Shouren in charge of the southwest, those chieftains may start another rebellion!"

Liu Jin was slightly panicked and said that he did not want Wang Shouren to come back, because the person Zhu Houzhao trusted the most was never him, but Wang Shouren, who had helped Zhu Houzhao do many major things.

Once Wang Shouren comes back, it will be a great threat to his status!

"Do you think Prince Mu's palace is a job? Anyone who dares to rebel will be put down and then thrown to Liaodong. Zhang Yongshi wrote a letter a while ago saying that there are still large wastelands in Liaodong waiting to be developed!"

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Liu Jin coldly.

In this world, there are only two people Zhu Houzhao trusts most, one is Queen Mother Zhang, but because of the Zhang brothers, mother and son had a falling out, and now their relationship is extremely cold.

The other is the heart-sage Wang Yangming. Zhu Houzhao has absolute trust in this capable and loyal minister. In his larger plan, Wang Yangming is an indispensable part. Whoever dares to have trouble with Wang Yangming will be punished.

It means slapping him in the face, and slapping him in the face will have serious consequences.

Even if that person is Liu Jin, who has been with him for many years, he is no exception. He can tolerate Liu Jin's corruption and bribery, but he cannot tolerate Liu Jin's disobedience.

"My slave is too talkative. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

The fiercely angry voice frightened Liu Jin so much that her heart trembled violently, and she quickly knelt down to apologize.

"Remember, it's not your turn to decide what I want to do."

The cold words once again taught Liu Jin a painful lesson.

"Please remember, slave, you deserve to die."

Liu Jin knew Zhu Houzhao very well, and at this time, only by honestly admitting his mistake could he save his life.

"How's it going with the Queen Mother?"

Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Gu has already found out clearly that the entry of the Zhang family's illegitimate daughter into the palace was entirely at Mrs. Wang's discretion and has nothing to do with the Queen Mother."

"The reason why the Zhang family's illegitimate daughter went to find the Queen Mother was because she was instructed by the Zhang family's old man."

"The old man of the Zhang family promised that as long as the illegitimate daughter can convince the Queen Mother to help bring back the criminal Zhang brothers, she will be included in the Zhang family tree and enjoy the treatment of a direct daughter of the Zhang family."

After speaking, Liu Jin unconsciously showed a trace of sinisterness on his face and said: "The Zhang brothers have committed extremely heinous crimes. The emperor just exiled them to Liaodong and did not harm the Zhang family in the slightest. This is a great blessing from God, but it is unexpected that the Zhang family is so ignorant."

The promotion of your Majesty is not as good as being treated as a slave..."

He made a gesture of wiping his neck, which clearly meant that he might as well wipe out the Zhang family. Zhu Houzhao didn't want to see the Zhang family anyway.

"ha......"

Zhu Houzhao did not comment, but asked another question: "How are the Zhang brothers?"

"Liaodong is being watched by Chen Wu and Zhang Yong. Both of them are the emperor's confidants, and they can do things very quickly. If nothing else happens, the news of the sudden death of the Zhang brothers in Liaodong is already on its way back!"

"The Queen Mother is getting older and she must be accompanied by someone. Mrs. Wang will not move for the time being, but her range of movement is restricted and she is not allowed to step out of the Kunning Palace. Even if she leaves the palace to visit relatives, she must report the specific where she went.

Have you met anyone?"

"It's up to you to decide what to do with Mrs. Zhang and her illegitimate daughter! Since they don't want to give me face, you can't blame me!"

To Zhu Houzhao, the death of the Zhang brothers was like the death of two insignificant chickens. There was no change in expression on his face, and it was terrifyingly indifferent.

"Your Majesty, don't worry."

A trace of cruelty flashed in Liu Jin's eyes. He had done many shady things for Zhu Houzhao, and he was quite experienced in dealing with a family like the Zhang family that was not favored by the emperor. He would definitely make the Zhang family want to die.


Chapter completed!