There was a bright empty plate in front of everyone, which was obviously the Hongmen Banquet!

And it is the naked Hongmen Banquet.

Because Wanli has always had a dark face since he appeared, and the blind man can see that Long Yan is unhappy, but no one is afraid.

This is nothing new, it can even be said to be a cliché.

If you are afraid, you won't tell me.

They reported here because they were afraid that the emperor would hide in the deep palace.

"Take it!"

Wanli stretched his hand aside.

Li Gui quickly handed over the memorial.

Wanli took the memorial and threw it into the middle of the long table, which looked quite presidential.

"I finally decided to go out and relax, but you guys are trying to make things difficult for me and let me not have a moment of peace. Is this what you should do as a minister?"

Wanli really gritted his teeth.

Although it was planned, he was really angry when talking about this.

This contradiction is not about love, but about the promotion of imperial power. If the emperor cannot even decide his own queen and prince, then the emperor will think of what else I can decide.

But as ministers, they hope that the emperor they assisted was the "good emperor" in their minds. They thought that the emperor was the emperor, so how could he act emotionally and do whatever he wanted as ordinary people?

The emperor does it nonsense, that is our minister’s fault.

There is a saying: Your Majesty is wise and wise, and I will punish you for your crimes.

If you ignore this etiquette and human ethics, we will be scolded by future generations, and we are treacherous ministers.

Li Zhi immediately stood up, knelt on the ground, and said, "I am unhappy to Your Majesty. I deserve to die. No matter how Your Majesty wants to deal with me, I have nothing to say. But before I die, I still hope that Your Majesty can make the eldest son of the emperor the crown prince as soon as possible."

"I am also guilty, so I would like to ask your Majesty to punish you."

"I am guilty."

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Many ministers stood up and knelt on the ground one after another.

Shen Shixing frowned secretly, but he also stood up. He had no choice but to express his opinion in this situation.

With him, the four ministers, Wang Xijue, Xu Guo, Wang Jiaping, and Yu Youding, also stood up quickly.

Wanli raised his hand and stopped them, and said, "What are you doing? If I want to cure your sins, do you still need to wait until now? Last night, I could order someone to take you down. I will hold a banquet to entertain you today. I just want to discuss the principles of this and get up for me. I must kneel down and wait until the discussion is over before kneeling down."

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for not killing you."

Li Zhi and others stood up, all of them were not afraid of their faces. If you want to reason, you would say it earlier. We have read the books of sages for so many years, and they all read the same truth. What's the point of giving you three points?

Guo Dan, who was standing a few steps away, saw it all, and was angry and funny. You are really a model of "good intentions to do bad things" and don't know how to adapt at all. If you fight against the emperor in a head-on manner, you will only suffer both losses, and we, the fish in the pond, can only suffer.

After the ministers all sat down, Wanli asked Shen Shixing: "Have you ever said that the eldest son of the emperor should not be appointed as the crown prince? Or have you said anything about this?"

Shen Shixing nodded and said, "Your Majesty has never said it."

"Yes, I've never said it."

Wanli snorted angrily and expressed great grievances: "I have always said that I would make the eldest son of the emperor the crown prince, but what you did is like, I must depose the eldest son and establish the young son. You are tantamount to slandering me."

"I dare not."

Li Zhi bowed and said, "Since Your Majesty has decided to make the eldest son of the emperor the crown prince, why not establish the crown prince early?"

"Why?"

Wanli snorted and said, "Isn't it because you are aggressive? I'm very curious. I am now in my prime and healthy. Why do you always ask me to establish the prince early?"

Yang Mingshen immediately said: "Your Majesty, I am just a childish heart when I do this! If I don't confirm the prince as soon as possible, I'm afraid that someone will randomly speculate on the will of the holy people and do it. Then it will cause unnecessary disputes. In the past dynasties, many times have been caused by the fact that the establishment of the crown prince was not determined, which led to the division of the court, constant disputes, and even a major disaster. Your Majesty's early appointment of the crown prince can cut off these people's thoughts and have no worries."

This is very true. If the prince is not appointed, the ministers will of course think, are you going to depose the eldest son and establish the young son? Do we have multiple choices? Some speculators seeking higher power will definitely bet on this, which will naturally lead to party disputes.

This happened in almost every dynasty, and it would be divided directly if it was serious.

"What a innocent heart!"

Wanli sneered and said, "After I took power, I wanted to work hard to govern, and the people of the world were full of expectations for this. As ministers of the country, you should focus on your heart and work with me to govern the country and establish a crown prince. I will make arrangements for you, but you, the group of people, always mention the establishment of a crown prince in front of me and disrupt my plan. What kind of innocent heart is this? This is clearly selfish."

"Your Majesty is really an unjust minister."

Yang Mingshen was really anxious. He couldn't put the hat on, so he defended himself: "This is what the people want and what everyone wants, not the old ministers and the censor Li and others out of their own thoughts."

Guo Dan was delighted, OK! You are the best supporting actor today. If you are hungry later, I will add a deer antler to you to help you replenish your kidneys. I will be embarrassed next time.

Wanli was waiting for this sentence and sneered: "What the people want? What everyone wants? How did the Qing family know? Did the Qing family go to investigate, or did the people petition the Qing family?"

Yang Mingshen said: "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to investigate or ask the cabinet ministers."

"good!"

Wanli slapped the table and said, "I will send someone to ask. If the people of the world are as they say, they all long for me to make the crown prince soon, and I will make the eldest son the crown prince today, so you will not have any jokes."

Yang Mingshen bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

He was so excited that no one dared to object to this matter? Shen Shixing was the chief assistant. No matter how much conflict he had with the censors, he had to have a united front with the censors in this matter.

You can ask as much as you like.

Zhang Cheng glanced at Yang Mingshen and sighed in his heart, you people think they are extremely smart, but they don’t know that they are being played with by a businessman. Now you are so beautiful.

Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping and the others were a little confused.

This is so wrong.

Since the emperor held this Hongmen Banquet, he definitely did not intend to agree. If he agreed, there would be no such thing as this.

But if you do this, the emperor will not be able to win.

Shen Shixing quickly gave Wang Xijue and Xu Guo a wink, asking them not to speak for a while, this might be a trap.

Too weird.

Wang Jiaping asked, "I wonder how Your Majesty plans to investigate?"

Wanli thought for a while and asked, "What suggestions do you have?"

Li Zhi immediately said: "Your Majesty can hold a court meeting and ask one by one."

Wanli snorted: "You are so aggressive, who dares to oppose you? Besides, can you represent the public opinion? I have not heard the people discuss this matter during my trip."

Yang Mingshen felt that Wanli was messing around here and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you don't even know any of these ordinary people, so how can they discuss such major events?"

Wanli said: "The people in the Marseille region these days are not those farmers who cannot read big words. Most of them are scholars, scholars or bureaucrats. I have never heard them discuss this."

Yang Mingshen said: "How dare they discuss the affairs of the country before Your Majesty? This is not their own affairs. It is said that they are not in their position and do not plan their own affairs. But they must have hoped that Your Majesty will establish the matter of the crown prince early, and I dare to guarantee this."

"Since you are so confident, I really want to ask them."

Wanli said: "For fairness, I will not ask them in person, so as not to say that I threaten them. In this way, we will conduct an investigation by voting. I want to see if you are right?"

"As your Majesty said."

Yang Mingshen is also on the verge of attention.

The problem is that they can't get out of the market. If they say they don't do an investigation, wouldn't that be a crime of deceiving the monarch? Besides, they are sure to win. How could the Shilin and the bureaucrats oppose the eldest son as the crown prince, especially scholars, who absolutely support Wanli to establish the crown prince as soon as possible.

The elderly Yu Youding wondered: "How do you vote in Your Majesty? Is it for everyone in the world to vote? This may be difficult to implement."

After all the statistics are found, it is estimated that they are the third generation, and the new generation is qualified to vote, which will never be understood.

Yang Mingshen and the others suddenly realized that you are cheating again.

"No need to be so troublesome."

Wanli said: "Just ask the scholars in the capital. If the scholars in the capital support them, I see that other prefectures are similar."

Yang Mingshen and the others were delighted when they heard this. Oh, the emperor was serious this time, not a mess. If he asked the people of the world to vote, it was obvious that he wanted to hold on.

Zhang Cheng wondered: "Your Majesty, this may be difficult to implement. Now that the household registration is so messy, who is a scholar and who is not a scholar, can't be confirmed?"

Li Zhi hurriedly said: "This is very simple, you can vote based on fame and fortune."

Wanli snorted: "People with fame want to obtain official positions, but your care is indispensable. Is this fair?"

Yang Mingshen asked, "With Your Majesty's intention, how should we investigate this?"

"so!"

Wanli said: "One household registration can only vote for one vote, and this vote is one tael of silver."

The ministers were all confused!

Why did you get the money?

But this is very Wanli.

Yang Mingshen said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is stupid. I don't know what Your Majesty means?"

"Just seek fairness only."
To be continued...