Don’t stop

Author: Hungry Disaster

Don’t stop

"Do you still remember the Yang family in Tianbo Mansion?"

After receiving Zhu Houzhao's original words, Li Jing, Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, and Hu Dakui all fell silent, feeling no luck at all.

Of course they want such great honors as civil servants get off their sedan chairs and military attachés get off their horses. Even if they know that this is flattery, they still have some luck in their hearts. Otherwise, they would not just pretend to be sick instead of flatly rejecting it.

But Zhu Houzhao's words broke their unrealistic luck and made them understand deeply that no matter how great the honor was, it would not be possible if it involved their wealth and life.

It's not like they don't know what happened to the Yang family in Tianbo Mansion.

Receiving this honor will bring endless glory and glory, but it will offend both civil and military forces at the same time, and will be vigorously suppressed by the minister of civil and military affairs.

Is the fall of the Yang family in Tianbo Prefecture because the Liao army was too strong, which caused the seventh son to leave and the sixth son to return?

Not necessarily.

On the one hand, there was suppression by civilian officials, on the other hand, the military generals were alienated from the Yang family, and the Liao army's combat power was not weak, which led to the decline of the Yang family in Tianbo Prefecture.

Li Jing, Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, and Hu Dakui stood at the top of the generals of the Taiwu Dynasty, and their status was still above that of the Yang family in Tianbo Mansion. If they accepted that great honor, their future fate would only be worse than that of the Yang family.

When civil servants got off their sedan chairs and military attachés dismounted, it was not so much honor as poison, and it was deadly poison. Li Jing, Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, and Hu Dakui could not afford it, let alone dare to eat it.

If you eat it, you are digging your own grave.

Afterwards, Li Jing, Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, and Hu Dakui wrote letters one after another, sternly refusing to accept this honor.

After cultivating the immortal body, one can live for at least ten or two hundred thousand years, and no one wants to die.

One wave is not over, another wave is rising!

The civil servants failed to trick the four kings and generals, and the ministers who had just been quiet for a few days stopped calming down and thought about something new.

I am used to being an official, and my addiction to officialdom is extremely deep and strong. If I don't sit in the office for a day, I will feel bored and feel uncomfortable all over my body.

In order to continue to serve as officials, the remaining ministers of the various dynasties were jumping up and down, moving around to find connections.

Unfortunately, the local ministers of the Taiwu Dynasty were extremely repulsive to these surviving ministers of each dynasty. Even if they gave gifts to the surviving ministers of each dynasty, their wealth was ruined, but they could not squeeze into that circle, and they could not even get a seventh-rank petty official.

Giving gifts, treating guests, spending money, all the serious ways are useless, the ministers of Taiwu Dynasty are extremely bastards, they only accept gifts and do nothing.

They honestly participated in the imperial examinations, but the ministers of the various dynasties were unwilling, so they were asked to take the examinations with a group of young people. Are they shameless?

Moreover, they may not be able to compete with those young scholars.

The imperial examination of the Taiwu Dynasty was different from other dynasties. It did not simply test Confucian knowledge, but also involved the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Those who only read the books of sages were far less competitive than the local scholars of the Taiwu Dynasty.

Even if they pass the exam, they still have to go through qualifications and it takes a long time before they can enter the central government of the imperial court. By the time they enter the central government based on their political achievements, their interests have long been divided and the day lily has gone cold.

For the sake of face and profit, the ministers of each dynasty were unwilling to wait. They wanted to enter the court as quickly as possible.

Of course, there are quick ways to enter the court, but they are not serious ways.

If you want to do extraordinary things, you need extraordinary courage and means.

Yang Xian and Hu Weiyong relied on reporting Li Shanchang's rebellion and entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate in charge of Yan Song. This gave a good reminder to the ministers of the dynasties.

What could be a faster way to enter the central court than to perform meritorious service?

If you want to make meritorious deeds, you must have something to use as a springboard. If there is nothing to do, go ahead and do something.

The remaining ministers of each dynasty were worthy of being long-time officials, and their ability to act was unparalleled. They quickly targeted Zhu Houzhao's cheap brother An Wang.

King An had a good eye but a weak hand, and he had been dissatisfied with Zhu Houzhao for a long time, so he was an easy chess piece to exploit.

The plan of the ministers of each dynasty was very simple. They encouraged King An to rebel, and then they sold King An and entered the court.

As for following King An's path to the end and overthrowing Zhu Houzhao, the tyrant in their eyes, the remaining ministers of the dynasties never even thought about it.

As powerful as Emperor Taizu Hongwu and Emperor Taizong Yongle, they were all defeated by Zhu Houzhao. How could a mere Prince An conquer the world?

King An can only serve as a stepping stone for them to climb up. After using it, throw it away quickly to avoid getting into trouble.

The ministers from various dynasties came to King An and expressed their willingness to support King An. This excited King An so much that his stupid brain came into play again and he immediately got together with the ministers from each dynasty.

But King An was not hopelessly stupid and knew that he could not defeat Zhu Houzhao, so he proposed a compromise.

First find a way to defeat the crown prince Zhu Qiyuan and make him the emperor's younger brother. When Zhu Houzhao abdicates, he can legitimately succeed to the throne. At that time, not only to enter the court, but also to let the important officials of the six cabinet departments be chosen at will by the ministers of each court.

no problem.

King An's reverse operation shocked the ministers of all dynasties, but it also made them excited. Why should he be a pawn when he can be a high-ranking official in the court?

Therefore, driven by interests, the remaining ministers of each dynasty completely colluded with King An to bring down Zhu Qiyuan, and they did it!

If you can't beat Zhu Houzhao, why can't you beat you, a yellow-tongued brat?

The remaining ministers of each dynasty were quite confident. They felt that with their superb methods that had dominated the officialdom for thousands of years, it was just a small test to defeat Zhu Qiyuan and it would be effortless.

There is naturally an indelible gap between imperial power and prime minister power, and between the emperor and the prince. As long as this gap is exploited, the emperor and the prince will be nothing more than playthings in the palm of their hands.

The remaining ministers of each dynasty firmly grasped this point and spread rumors everywhere, saying that the prince colluded with Su Dingfang, the commander of Jinwu's vanguard, in order to carry out the Xuanwumen coup and force the emperor to abdicate.

He intended to use Zhu Houzhao's hand to remove Zhu Qiyuan and create conditions for King An to ascend to the throne.

It has to be said that the ministers of each dynasty are indeed unique in playing power. If they don't take action, they will be killed.

Rumors, the reason why they are rumors, is that they capture the changes in people's hearts and exaggerate the horror of words, thereby misleading people's judgment and doing irrational things.

What people say is terrible!

Three people become tigers, many words make gold, and accumulation of bones destroys them!

Once, the emperor would laugh it off;

The second time, the emperor will start to have doubts;

Three times, the emperor will investigate the prince;

Four times, no matter whether the rumors are true or false, the emperor will never trust the prince again;

Five times, everything was over. No emperor would tolerate anyone betraying him, not even his own son.

The methods of the ministers of each dynasty are indeed powerful. If it were any emperor, as long as he heard the rumors, his first reaction would be to kill the wrong one rather than let it go. Before the imperial power, family ties seemed too fragile.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mistakenly believed in witchcraft, which led to the disastrous end of the Wei crown prince Liu Zheng; Tang Taizong supported Wei Wang Li Tai and Prince Li Chengqian to fight against each other. These are all typical examples of the deep estrangement between the emperor and the prince.

The remaining ministers of each dynasty had a firm grasp on the emperor's psychology, but they overlooked one thing. They were facing Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao is different from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty were wary of princes because they had many sons. Even if the existing prince disappeared, they could always create another one without fear of the country falling into the hands of others.

As for Zhu Houzhao, he only had such a son in his past and present lives. Why should Zhu Houzhao be wary of Zhu Qiyuan?

Believe the rumors on the streets, depose Zhu Qiyuan, and make King An the crown prince? Only Zhu Houzhao would do that if he was crazy.

The wishful thinking of the ministers of each dynasty was very loud, but in the end it would only be in vain, and even their lives were lost in the end.

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