readx; Zhu Youzhen decided against the case, sentenced Wei Zhongxian's most loyal minions "Five Tigers" and "Five Biao" to beheading, and locked up the person in charge of the Three Law Divisions for questioning on the spot, opening the prelude to the general liquidation of eunuchs. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Within three days, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli and Wang Zaijin also rushed to Beijing one after another. At this time, a high dynasty had been set up in various parts of the country to impeach eunuchs, because Wei Zhongxian had many henchmen, in addition to the five tigers and five biao, there were still "ten dogs", "ten children", "forty grandchildren", etc., and the total number of officials in the court was at least two or three hundred.

The first to bear the brunt is Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the ministry, this person is the first of the "ten dogs", and he actually won the favor of Wei Zhongxian with his good cooking skills of roasting pig's trotters, and was promoted from a small official to the imperial history of the left capital, and sat in an important position of "the heavenly official of the ministry", so he has the nickname of "simmering hooves general constitution".

Zhou Yingqiu saw Zhu Youzhen's thunderous methods on the flyover, and it was too late to be afraid and then resign. Zhu Youzhen first dismissed him from his post, and Sun Chengzong took over as the secretary of the ministry, and then sent Zhou Yingqiu to prison and strictly investigated his crimes of bribery and bribery.

The post of secretary of the Ministry of War has been vacant since Cui Chengxiu's death, and Zhu Youzhen naturally put Yuan Keli in this position. Because he watched all the ministers guarding the border, including Sun Chengzong, Wang Zaijin, Yuan Chonghuan and others, none of them satisfied him. Only Yuan Keli was able to skillfully use the geographical advantages of Phi Dao to contain the rear of Houjin, and also successfully plotted against Liu Xingzuo, which can be described as brave and strategic, and unique in strategy and tactics.

As for Wang Zaijin, Zhu Youzhen's appointment of him as the head of the household department was also carefully considered. Because Wang Zaijin is well aware of border affairs, he once served as the chief minister's household, soldier, and industrial servant, and not only has a relatively clear understanding of the comprehensive strength of the enemy and us in Liaodong, but is also familiar with various related affairs. Although Zhu Youzhen did not approve of him and Sun Chengzong's strategy of leveling Liao, after drawing up his own plan, let Wang Zaijin implement it, and with his ability, there would definitely be no mistakes.

The six departments are sorted according to their importance as officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and now four of the six departments have changed the book, only the Ministry of Rites has not changed the book, and the Ministry of Industry has not changed the book. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Emperor Chongzhen's intention to refresh the rule of officials has been very obvious.

In fact, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, if a certain ministry wants to appoint a new scholar, it must first be nominated by the cabinet ministers, the six Shangshu, the imperial history of the left and right of the Imperial Procuratorate and the governors of various places, and then a candidate is launched after discussion, which is called "court push". After the court push, all the emperor had to do was formally appoint or veto.

Now the situation is special, many of the important ministers in the DPRK are eunuchs, the first assistant Huang Liji was deposed again, and the rest of the ministers crossed the river, and it is still difficult to protect themselves, so how can they have any intention to recommend candidates for the six Shangshu. Therefore, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, Wang Zaijin, and Qiao Yunsheng are all equivalent to being directly appointed by the emperor without the recommendation of the court, which is also a successful challenge to the old order by Zhu Youzhen.

However, Zhu Youzhen also knew that the success of this challenge had its peculiarities, in addition to cutting off the eunuchs by thunderous means and initially erecting authority in the imperial court, it also had a lot to do with the fact that Sun Chengzong and others were all veteran officials and had a very high prestige. If you appoint someone else, such as Sun Chuanting or Yang Sichang, it will provoke a lot of opposition. The meal still has to be eaten one bite at a time, so Zhu Youzhen has also stopped here for the time being, and the vacancies left by the remaining eunuchs after they leave office are still created by the Tingtui method.

However, Zhu Youzhen has not made any statement on the cabinet that has attracted the most attention and has the power to vote for the draft. Now Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu and Li Guopu are in an extremely embarrassing situation, on the one hand, they used to have a close relationship with the eunuchs, and now the impeachment of them is overwhelming; On the other hand, Zhu Youzhen neither said that he would be replaced, nor would he help anyone to serve as the first assistant, which made these three people suspicious, and they had to be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day.

Now that the funeral is over, the reversal case has been decided, and the court is back on track. In addition to the daily morning pilgrimage, there is one more thing that must be resumed immediately, and that is the "daily lecture". In particular, Sun Chengzong, Lai Zongdao, Wang Zaijin, Yuan Keli and others are all great Confucians in the world, and they advocate that Chongzhen should open the day as soon as possible, and promote the general history of the Ming Classics with a righteous heart.

Zhu Youzhen readily agreed, but also put forward his own requirements. First of all, he asked the ministers and the six ministers to participate in the first daily lecture, and the Guozijian should also send prisoners to accompany him. Second, he specifically proposed that Xu Guangqi, who had recently been dismissed from his official post by the eunuch party, attend.

As for the first article, Sun Chengzong and others were of course very happy, believing that this move reflected the emperor's emphasis on Japan. You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, there were few diligent emperors, many lazy emperors, and even fewer studious emperors.

This "daily lecture", also known as the "sutra feast", should be preached three times a month, and a small lecture should be given every day; However, since the time of Zhengde and Jiajing, the emperor mostly excused himself from attending on the grounds of bad weather or poor dragon health. By the time of the Apocalypse, the carpenter emperor had not attended ten times in total, so that Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli and other emperors were helpless. Now that Chongzhen has changed this style, these well-educated Confucian scholars can't ask for it.

However, for Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong and others were quite unimpressed, because everyone knew that Xu Guangqi was a Catholic, which was absolutely deviant at that time. But the emperor put it forward, and the ministers did not want to affect the recovery of the Japanese lecture as soon as possible because of Xu Guangqi alone, so they said that Xu Guangqi went to work and returned to his hometown, he was from Songjiang, and it would take time to go to Songjiang to summon him to Beijing, so it was better to start the lecture first, and let him attend when Xu Guangqi came.

Zhu Youzhen smiled slyly and said, "Xu Guangqi has arrived in Beijing today. Prepare for a lecture tomorrow! ”

The ministers couldn't figure out how Chongzhen got Xu Guangqi back, but according to the rules, the "scripture feast" should be given by the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to give a lecture on the sect, and the ministers and other Shangshu supplemented, and it didn't make much difference whether Xu Guangqi came or not. Therefore, the ministers still went back to their homes to prepare carefully, especially when they came to Zongdao, he had a good relationship with Wei Zhongxian in the past, and now he has not lost his official position, so he can't help but be happy, and he plans to perform well in the Japanese lecture tomorrow to gain Chongzhen's approval.

After the end of the morning dynasty the next day, Zhu Youzhen moved to Wenzhao Pavilion to attend the first daily lecture after ascending the throne.

Wenzhao Pavilion is located on the east side of the square in front of the Huangji Palace, sits in the east and faces west, and is also a magnificent building, which is the place where the scriptures are preached. Zhu Youzhen judged from the location of Wenzhao Pavilion that in history, this building was renamed "Tiren Pavilion" in the Qing Dynasty. However, just like the three major palaces, the Emperor Pole Palace, the Middle Pole Palace, and the Jianji Palace, the Manchu Dynasty renamed the Taihe Palace, the Zhonghe Palace, and the Baohe Palace, Zhu Youzhen thought that the original name was better.

After the monarchs and ministers took their seats, they came to the sect to confidently start the prepared topics. Today he is talking about the Book of Songs? Lesser? Beishan", which was also specially selected by him to flatter Zhu Youzhen.

"Under the Putian, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister..."

As soon as he said the first few words, Zhu Youzhen interrupted Lai Zong with a smile: "Wait." You say that this Putian is not the king's land, how big is the world? ”