Empress Dowager Zhang grabbed the armrests on both sides of the chair with both hands, so angry that even her body trembled slightly, it was all at this point, the emperor still had to protect Xu Jin, not even giving any face, and not leaving half a step, how could it be reasonable, such a queen mother should not be!

Yang Tinghe's face sank like water, he lifted the hem of his official robe with both hands and knelt down, then took off the black yarn and put it aside, and said in a deep voice: "Old man, begging bones to return to their hometowns today, please ask the emperor for permission." ”

Seeing this, Mao Cheng also knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is old and frail, today he begs for bones with Yang Ge Lao, and returns to his hometown to recuperate, please ask the emperor for permission." ”

The so-called beggar bones are the resignation of the old man, which is the usual means of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty to retreat and advance and force the emperor to the palace, especially since the Hongzhi Dynasty, civil officials use beggar bones to express their dissatisfaction and demands at every turn, such as the Zhengde Dynasty, Xie Qian, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, the three ministers of Tuogu have used the beggar bones to threaten the Zhengde Emperor God, but unfortunately they met an emperor who does what he wants, and Zhengde does not eat this set at all.

A trace of anger flashed in Zhu Houxi's eyes, just imagine, the backbone of a company threatens the boss with resignation, can the boss not be annoyed? However, Zhu Houxi still has a trace of sanity, now that he has only been on the throne for a year, he is still inseparable from Yang Tinghe in all aspects, and he really can't control the scene without him, so he has to slow down and say: "I'm not sure, Mr. Yang, hurry up!" ”

Yang Tinghe just wanted to show his attitude, not really to be a leader, so when he heard the words, he picked up the black yarn and put it on, and stood up. However, Zhu Houxi did not say that Mao Cheng was begging for bones, and the latter had to continue to kneel nervously, secretly regretting that he was impulsive.

Although Mao Cheng is over sixty years old this year, but his mind on the career has not diminished at all, when the second assistant Liang Chu told the old man to return to his hometown, he thought that it was finally his turn to enter the cabinet to show his ambitions, but Fei Hong killed him halfway, ruining his old dream of the pavilion.

Therefore, the reason why Mao Cheng spared no effort to suppress Xu Jin was not only because of the disagreement in concept, but also because Xu Jin was Fei Hong's protégé, who loved the house and Wu, and naturally hated the house.

"Your Majesty, the mourning family is tired of living in the palace, and plans to move out of the palace tomorrow to live for a while." Empress Dowager Zhang said with a cold face.

Zhu Houxi was furious in his heart, but there is no doubt that the Queen Mother hit his death hole, if the Empress Dowager forced the first emperor to move out of the palace just one year after ascending the throne, then he would be ungrateful and deceived into a reputation for unfilial piety.

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister is derelict in his duties and responsibilities, and I implore the emperor to resign from the post of Hanlin attendant." ”

Zhu Houxi stared at Xu Jin, who met his gaze calmly. The little emperor felt a sense of grievance and guilt in his heart, and secretly gritted his teeth and said, "I ...... That's it! ”

Yang Tinghe's heart was relieved when he heard this, Empress Dowager Zhang's tense face slowed down slightly, and the Zhang family brothers were overjoyed, although they couldn't beat Xu Jin to death today, but cutting off his position as a Hanlin attendant, he finally had a bad breath.

"Thank you for your grace!" Xu Jinlang said.

Zhu Houxi nodded and said: "Get up, Xu Qing doesn't have the position of Hanlin attendant, concentrate on developing the flintlock pistol for me, I will see the flintlock pistol equipped with 500 battalions within this year." ”

"Obey the order!" Xu Jin stood up and said.

Yang Tinghe frowned lightly, if Xu Jindu finished building the flintlock pistol, it would undoubtedly be another great achievement, but this time, no matter what, he could not be reinstated as a Hanlin attendant.

Zhu Houxi continued to hang Mao Cheng, who was kneeling on the ground, turned to the Empress Dowager Zhang and saluted: "If the Empress Dowager is tired of being in the palace, the retainer will choose a good day to accompany the empress dowager out of the palace to go out of the palace, and move out of the palace to live. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang took face, so she naturally accepted it when she saw it, nodded and hummed, and no longer mentioned moving out of the palace to live.

Only then did Zhu Houxi turn around and say lightly to Mao Cheng, who was kneeling on the ground: "Mao Shangshu, get up, I don't allow you to beg for bones." ”

Mao Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took the black yarn and put it back on, but after kneeling on the ground for a long time, his feet were obviously numb, and he almost fell down again when he stood up.

Zhu Houxi said lightly: "Mr. Yang, I have always had clear rewards and punishments, Xu Jin resigned from Hanlin for dereliction of duty, and Yang Tan, the head of the household department, was also fined for a month for dereliction of duty a few days ago. However, I recently learned that Yang Tan had allocated the barren mountainous land that could not be planted to the 500 battalions as tuntian, deliberately making things difficult, but as the head of the household, he was unfair and arbitrary, and he had made no achievements during his tenure, and the treasury could not make ends meet, so it can be seen that this person's ability is insufficient. From now on, Yang Tan was demoted to the head of the household department in Nanjing, and the post of secretary of the household department was taken over by the left servant of the household department. ”

Yang Tinghe's face changed slightly, Yang Tan, the head of the household, is his left arm and right arm, and Sun Jiao, the left attendant of the household department (this person has been introduced earlier), is the emperor's person, he just forced Xu Jin to resign from Hanlin to study, and the emperor immediately used an excuse to belittle Yang Tan, this revenge is too obvious!

Yang Tinghe really wants to protect Yang Tan, but the emperor has a reason, and he can't refute it, Yang Tan has indeed done it in the matter of five hundred camps in Tuntian, as for the treasury is a bit unjust, as far as the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is not much better to change who is in charge of the treasury, of course, the emperor has to say that Yang Tan's talent is insufficient, it is irrefutable, after all, it is the responsibility of the household department to open source and reduce expenditure, and enrich the treasury.

Therefore, Yang Tinghe had no choice but to say: "The minister obeys the order, but Sun Shilang is too old, and his energy is inevitably insufficient, and the affairs of the household department are the most cumbersome, so the minister thinks it is better to select talents through the court." ”

Sun Jiao, the left servant of the household department, is nearly seventy this year, and he is indeed very old, and Yang Tinghe can be justified for this reason.

Zhu Houxi nodded and said: "What Mr. Yang said is extremely true, but before the results of the court push come out, Sun Jiao will temporarily take the position of the head of the household department." ”

Yang Tinghe had no choice but to say: "Yes, the minister will go back to the Ministry of Clerks, the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the Minister will retire first!" ”

Mao Cheng also hurriedly saluted and retired, snorted coldly when he passed by Xu Jin's side, and walked away with a flick of his sleeves, but Yang Tinghe's expression was calm, and he never glanced at Xu Jin, but Xu Jin understood that from today onwards, he and the first assistant of the cabinet were completely incompatible.

Of course, Xu Jin did not have any psychological pressure at this time, since the last "opening the sea ban" court meeting, he has recognized the essence of Yang Ting and a series of old ministers, they are all stubborn factions, if he wants to vigorously promote reform, he must first remove these stumbling blocks. As the saying goes, if you don't speculate for more than half a sentence, since you are not a person all the way, why should Xu Jin care about their attitudes and opinions, do your best, and your descendants will comment on the merits and demerits.

"Queen Mother, Emperor, please retire!" Xu Jin also saw the opportunity to say goodbye.

Empress Dowager Zhang originally wanted to teach Xu Jin a hard lesson today, but now that she is protected by the emperor, it is obviously impossible, so she snorted coldly with a stiff face: "Go, do it yourself!" ”

Xu Jin took a few steps back respectfully, and then turned around and walked out of the main hall, but as soon as he walked out of Shoukang Palace, Zhu Houxi chased after him from behind. It turned out that this kid chatted with Empress Dowager Zhang very unnutritiously, and the latter said that he was tired and wanted to rest, after all, the atmosphere was embarrassing like this. Zhu Houxi naturally couldn't ask for it, so he also said goodbye and left Shoukang Palace, and quickly caught up with Xu Jin.

"Xu Jin, you have been wronged this time!" The little emperor looked apologetic, still feeling guilty for not being able to withstand the pressure just now.

Xu Jin quipped: "The emperor doesn't have to blame himself, if the minister makes a meritorious service in the future, the emperor will reward another big official to make up for it, the minister is still young, and the old cabinet doesn't want to, just reward a six-department squire, or a book." ”

Zhu Houxi laughed when he heard this: "It's shameless, throughout the ages, the ministers who directly asked the emperor for officials, I'm afraid only you Xu Ziqian." However, if your merits are worthy, the squire is naturally fine, and the three princes and three orphans will not be stingy! ”

Xu Jin immediately saluted and said: "The minister has thanked him first, the emperor should not break his word and fatten himself." ”

Zhu Houxi couldn't help laughing and scolded: "Okay, you are a slippery head, you have calculated to my head, I should have let Yu Linwei beat you for thirty boards just now." ”

The two of them walked forward with a smile and a smile, but they saw an old eunuch trotting up to meet them, it was the old eunuch An Dahai next to the Empress Dowager Xingguo.

An Dahai walked to the front to give a salute, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother (Empress Dowager Jiang) asked Xu Jin to go to Cining Palace!" ”

Zhu Houxi scratched the back of his head, looked at Xu Jin with pity, and coughed lightly: "Xu Qing, go, I still have some scripts that have not been approved, I will go to the queen mother later to say goodbye, resist, I believe you can do it." With that, he slipped away with his hands behind his back.

Xu Jin couldn't help but secretly burst out with your uncle, there is no righteousness!

An Dahai said with a smile: "Lord Xu, please, the Queen Mother is still waiting." ”

Xu Jin had no choice but to follow Eunuch An to Cining Palace, but fortunately, Empress Dowager Jiang only scolded a few words at most, but she didn't have to worry about being hurt by the chrysanthemums of the board. I want to talk about "Ming Wang Shoufu" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~