Chapter 73 Believe it or not, I won’t take you civil servants to play! Just flip the table!

Tianqi laughed after hearing this: "I thought you wanted me to imitate Taizu and return to Fengyang to raise troops."

"We haven't reached that stage yet. After all, His Majesty's Armed Forces School Enlisted Corps has just defeated Jiannu."

Zhang Gui smiled and replied.

Tianqi nodded, and suddenly said seriously: "Then let the enlisted student corps of the Military Academy go to suppress these scholars who are demonstrating against the imperial court. They are rebelling against the ministers, which is tantamount to treason!"

With that said, Tianqi asked Wei Zhongxian to draft the edict.

Wei Zhongxian agreed and went.

But not long after, Wei Zhongxian came back and said: "Your Majesty! Your cabinet minister Jiu Qing and other government ministers are outside asking for an audience!"

After hearing this, Tianqi walked out quickly and arrived at the gate of Xiyuan.

At this time, there were thousands of ministers who came to the gate of Xiyuan, and they could hardly be seen at a glance.

Zhang Gui, who came out with Tianqi, did not expect so many ministers to come, so he couldn't help but glance at Tianqi and thought: "Sure enough, the purge is not that easy. The entire civil government has begun to launch a decisive attack on their emperor! Come on!

Those who go outside Xiyuan should be relatively mild-mannered and sincerely consider the emperor. I’m afraid those scholars outside the Metropolitan Procuratorate are already clamoring that if you don’t listen to them, the country will be destroyed and the world will be destroyed, right?”

Tianqi was calm at this time. He just looked at Zhu Guozuo, Sun Chengzong, Yang Lian and other ministers and asked, "What do you want to see me for?"

"I would like to ask Your Majesty to forgive the sins of the scholars outside the Imperial Court and to follow the sentiments of the scholars and the public opinion!"

At this time, among the ministers, Shen Yongmao, the minister of Taichang Temple, shouted first.

Immediately, Yang Lian, the censor of Zuodu, also followed suit and said: "Your Majesty, there are already thousands of scholars blocking the Imperial Palace. They all ask your Majesty to release Li Sancai and give him a lenient treatment. Please pray for the king to rule the country with benevolence!

I also tried to persuade them, but they all refused to leave. Now it seems that it is hard to violate the will of the soldiers! Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning!"

Tianqi said: "I have prepared to issue an order to go with the enlisted student corps to suppress it. You don't have to worry too much!"

After hearing this, Yang Lian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, no!"

Immediately, Yang Lian stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, they all represent the hearts of the people in the world. If they are dealt with like this, Your Majesty may lose the hearts of the people in the world!"

"Your Majesty, please take back this intention!"

Zhu Guozuo also shouted, and asked: "Does your Majesty really want to commit suicide in Shilin?!"

"Don't you care about the imperial principles and national laws?!"

Tianqi also shouted and asked.

"Your Majesty, the law must be based on one's own feelings, just as political affairs must be based on customs. Doing government without following customs cannot be called good government; doing law without one's own feelings cannot be called good law. If your Majesty wants to implement good government and implement good laws, you must

Listen to the people!"

Shen Yongmao retorted at this time.

Tianqi's expression began to become stern, and he said: "I am the world, and my words are made into a constitution, and there is no reason to take them back! Their rebellion is rebellion, and there is no reason to cover it up! You say that I am secluded from the scholarly world by doing this, then you

What you are doing now is also destroying yourself! The emperor said that ministers must have the way of being a minister, and the king must have the way of being a king. Ask yourselves, do you still have the way of being a minister now?!"

Yang Lian held the elephant scepter, stepped forward again, and confronted Tianqi very sternly: "Your Majesty! I am here to admonish Your Majesty just because I abide by the principles of ministering! Please put the country first and don't act out of emotion!"

"Your Majesty, please put the country first and don't act out of your own will!"

Other ministers also replied.

Tianqi was extremely angry and laughed back: "Do you really think that I am acting out of anger? Or do you refuse to explain things clearly to me?"

"Am I acting out of emotion? Don't you know better than me what is going on inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, and what is the situation of the Ministry of Household's money and food expenditures?!"

Tianqi roared and said: "Why do I care about the country? If I really just want to be a carpenter and the emperor, why should I rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng?"

"Your Majesty is determined to innovate. I know that the reason why more than a thousand scholars are making a fuss in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is actually not because of Li Xiuwu, but because of the desire for reform that Your Majesty has shown long ago, which has caused the world's rentiers to

They are very wary, they are afraid that there will be another reform, but Your Majesty, it is no longer the early years of Wanli! Although I also have the heart to work hard for Your Majesty to wipe out the bad government in the world, but this time Your Majesty only arrested one Li Xiuwu and only suppressed the scholars of Suzhou.

The fact that it caused such a strong reaction from the scholars shows that the world has reached a point where it is no longer possible to eradicate bad governance."

Yuan Keli, who had returned to the capital and was promoted to the position of censor of the left deputy capital, could not help but stand up and speak directly to Tianqi.

Immediately, he bowed to Tianqi in a desperate tone and said: "The illness is terminal, Your Majesty can only remain the emperor!"

"I ask you, are they rebels?"

Tianqi suddenly asked calmly.

The ministers were silent at first, and then Yuan Keli replied: "Yes!"

Immediately, other ministers also said: "Yes!"

Tianqi therefore gritted his teeth and said: "I can't forgive those who rebel against me!"

As Tianqi spoke, he ordered: "Admiral Zhang Gui of the capital camp!"

"I'm here!"

Zhang Gui responded.

"His Majesty!"

At this time, the emperor's master Sun Chengzong stood up, holding an elephant wand in front of Tianqi, and asked seriously: "Do you really want to force them to cut off the grain supply and cause chaos in the world before you are willing to surrender to them?

!”

As Sun Chengzong spoke, he added again: "Your Majesty, now is really not the time to be impulsive!"

Tianqi still has feelings for Sun Chengzong. After all, Sun Chengzong really taught him for a period of time, and he also knows that he respects Sun Chengzong as his teacher.

Historically, no matter how dissatisfied Wei Zhongxian, who controlled the government, was with Sun Chengzong, there was nothing he could do about him because Tianqi still cared about the relationship between teacher and student.

And because of this, after Sun Chengzong stood up and said this, Tianqi's eyes became moist: "I didn't expect that even Master you are against me! You said that I am acting on my own initiative!"

Of course, Tianqi was indeed touched by Sun Chengzong's words at this time. He also had to admit that the greatest asset of the officials and gentry in the world was that they controlled all the wealth in the world.

After Sun Chengzong was told this by Tianqi, he shook his whole body, but in the end he didn't say much.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Zhang Gui stood up at this time.

"speak!"

Tianqi said in a deep voice.

Zhang Guize looked at these ministers and said: "You know whether what those scholars who made a fuss are doing is right or wrong, you also know what their purpose is, and you know more about His Majesty's thoughts! But you are alone

I urge your Majesty to be soft to them. I think you are not His Majesty's ministers, but rather their ministers."

At this point, Zhang Gui suddenly asked loudly: "Where is your butt sitting?!"

When Zhang Gui asked, Sun Chengzong, who felt quite guilty when Tianqi said, "Master is also against me," knelt down and prostrated on the ground, choking and saying: "Your Majesty! I am doing this all for your Majesty's sake."

Ah! Uncle Guo’s words are really hurtful! Woohoo!”

"Your Majesty, all my ministers are so brave and loyal that they dare to say this!"

Zhu Guozuo and others also followed suit and knelt on the ground, crying loudly one by one, as if they themselves were also aggrieved.

"It is reasonable for you to worry that the grain supply will be cut off and the country will be damaged. However, just because the grain supply is cut off does not mean that the country will be ruined!"

As Zhang Gui spoke, he turned around and reported to Tian Qi: "Your Majesty, I still say what I said. I can solve the risk of the grain supply being cut off."

Immediately, Zhang Gui looked at these civil servants again: "So, Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The question now is to see if the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty are willing to follow Your Majesty to eradicate the bad governance in the world. If they are willing, I, a relative, will naturally not have to interfere in internal affairs.

Just bring back some food for the imperial court with peace of mind, but if they don't want to."

As Zhang Gui spoke, he turned around again and cupped his hands towards Tianqi and said: "Then please let your Majesty, Eunuch Wei, the eunuch, have the dictatorship. Otherwise, let the minister, the relative, have the dictatorship and not let them, the civil servants from other dynasties, have fun! If it doesn't work, in the worst case, just follow Taizu's example.

Back then, we organized a rebel army and started from scratch! Anyway, there are many Confucian scholars from poor families in the world who have no way of serving the country. They must be willing to follow His Majesty and change the world again!"

Tianqi suddenly laughed: "I think it's okay."

"Uncle, please take back your words! That time has not yet come! Besides, no one is willing to support your majesty in eradicating the bad government in the world! We have received the country's favor in this life, and it does not mean that we cannot be Wang Shu'an (Wang Guangguang), Wang Shaozai (Wang Zhuan)

) and others!"

Yuan Keli said something quickly.

He didn't expect that Uncle Zhang Guo would threaten to take His Majesty the Emperor over the table with him!

Moreover, he also knew that if the civil servants like him continued to be mediocre, the emperor would no longer have fun with people like him.

Therefore, Yuan Keli had to express his position in a hurry.
Chapter completed!