In Cining Palace, Zhu Houxin and Empress Dowager Jiang left after having lunch.
At this time, the chief and second assistant ministers of the cabinet had been taken down by Zhu Houyi and interrogated. The mountain-like memorials bypassed the cabinet and were sent straight to the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
After a while, Zhu Houjin gave up on the idea of approving all the memorials.
Firstly, it was because there were too many memorials. There were nearly a thousand memorials. Would he die of exhaustion after approving all of them?
Secondly, it was because the matters in the memorial were too broad, and the priorities were different.
The most important things were the annual income of the local governments and the recent situation of the Tatars in Datong Prefecture.
For example, the expansion of the imperial garden, or the impeachment of a minister for not tying his belt properly…
There were too many things, and it was extremely troublesome to deal with.
Moreover, Zhu Houzhi did not want to be like Emperor Xiaozong, who was abnormally diligent in government affairs and had to do everything himself, which would exhaust him to death.
"Men, let all the cabinet members enter the palace and review the memorial together.”
"Yes."
The young eunuch received the order and hurriedly ran out. Soon, he brought the four members of the cabinet back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Yang Yiqing and the others had just had lunch at home when they heard that the Emperor was summoning them to the palace.
Yang Yiqing's legs went weak and he almost sat under the table.
The emperor had just lost his temper in the morning, and now he was calling them into the palace again. Could it be that he wanted to kill them?
Yang Yiqing had already finished reading his will to his wife and ordered someone to prepare a coffin for him. Only then did he put on his official robes again and walked shakily into the palace.
On the way, Yang Yiqing, Xu Jie, Xia Yan, and Xie Qian met each other and smiled bitterly.
Soon, the four of them stood outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity again.
"Your Majesty, the cabinet members Yang Yiqing, Xu Jie, Xia Yan, and Xie Qian are waiting outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.”
"Let them in."
Zhu Houzhen sat on the dragon throne and said tiredly.
"Yes."
"Yang Yiqing, Xu Jie, Xia Yan, and Xie Qian.”
The four of them walked into the Palace of Heavenly Purity and hurriedly bowed.
Zhu Houjin waved his hand and said," There's no need to be so polite, dear ministers. Come, give the four of you a seat. The four of you can review the memorials here."”
When the four of them heard that they had only come in to review the memorials, they all heaved a sigh of relief.
Usually, at this time, these cabinet members would also be handling government affairs in the Profound Language Pavilion.
However, the chief assistant and the second assistant were not around today. They did not know if they should continue to deal with these government affairs.
"Your humble subject thanks Your Majesty!"
It would be a lie to say that the four of them were not excited. As long as they could continue to review the Emperor's memorials, it meant that the four of them could still be trusted in the Emperor's heart.
At this moment, Zhu Houjin continued,""Yang Yiqing will be the first assistant of the cabinet, and Xie Qian will be the second assistant.”
Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian were overjoyed when they heard this.
However, there was a deep fear hidden in the surprise.
Yan Song and Yang Tinghe's mistakes were still clearly placed in front of them.
When they passed by the Golden Water Bridge, they could still see Yang Tinghe tied to a pillar.
"I thank the Emperor for his grace!"
Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian knelt in front of Zhu Houyi and bowed respectfully.
"The four of you, think about a few more candidates to enter the pavilion. The efficiency of just relying on the few of you is too slow.”
"Also, leave all the memorials related to Datong Prefecture to me.”
After Zhu Houjin finished speaking, the four of them hurriedly received the decree.
"Your Majesty, I will obey your orders!"
Zhu Houjin nodded in satisfaction and walked out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
At this time, Zhu Houyi had to admit the importance of the cabinet system.
After all, not everyone was as energetic as Emperor Hongwu. In fact, most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were too lazy to be surprised.
It wasn't that the emperor couldn't manage those emperors who lost their power, but that they simply didn't want to manage.
Liu Jin's power was overwhelming, and he had controlled the government for more than ten years. He even considered Wu Zong to be the sitting emperor and himself to be the standing emperor.
However, as the emperor, his entire family was executed because of a single sentence from Wu Zong.
Similarly, as long as he, Zhu Houjiu, was still the emperor of Ming Dynasty, these ministers were just tools in his hands!
Zhu Houjin snorted and returned to Yangxin Palace Hall in the dragon carriage.
As soon as he returned to Yangxin Palace Hall, Cao Zhengchun rushed in.
"Your Majesty, this old servant has something important to report.”
Zhu Houjin's eyes darkened as he said,"Bring it up."”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Cao Zhengchun took out a secret letter from his bosom and respectfully handed it to Zhu Houjin.
Zhu Houjin opened the letter and read it. After reading a few lines, his eyes were filled with killing intent.
In the secret letter, apart from Zhang Xiuwen's arrogant words, it also recorded in detail the real reason why Zhang Xiuwen and the Imperial Censorate impeached Wang Shouren.
It was actually because he didn't receive Wang Shouren's filial piety that he directly fabricated that Wang Shouren was corrupt and perverted the law to impeach Wang Shouren!
Their false accusation had led to the dismissal of a second-rank official from the imperial court, the governor of Southern Jiangxi, Wang Shouren, who had just quelled the rebellion of the chieftains of Southern Jiangxi!
Was there any law?
These noisy officials actually dared to discuss the government affairs in the brothel?!
So lawless, is this the censor I spent money to raise?!
In their eyes, do they still have me, the emperor!
These censors should all die!
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