Zhu Houzhao had never expected that he would encounter the Tartar army heading south as soon as he transmigrated to the Ming Empire. If Datong Prefecture was breached, he, the newly ascended emperor, would be the ruler of a subjugated country and would definitely die.
There was a tradition in the Ming Empire.
The Son of Heaven guards the gates of the country, and the King dies for the country!
The Ming Emperor would only die before the state, not after it!
Although the cabinet had already arranged for soldiers and horses to rush to Da Tong Prefecture, Zhu Houzhao was still very worried. There were some things that he had to do personally in order to be at ease.
It wasn't that Zhu Houzhao didn't trust the cabinet, but that he couldn't completely trust the cabinet. Otherwise, when these old foxes saw that the Emperor was weak, they would take over the imperial power!
This was the last thing Zhu Houzhao wanted to see.
In the Xuanzheng Hall, civil and military officials met to discuss politics.
Li Dongyang, the second assistant of the cabinet, and Yang Yanhe, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, offered a strategy to alienate the Tartars.
There were many tribes in the Tartar Kingdom and they were not united. They could send a team of people into the Tartar Kingdom to spread rumors.
Spreading rumors that the little prince of the Tartar Kingdom was going to rebel, under the suspicion of father and son, the morale of the Tartar King would be in chaos.
After Zhu Houzhao listened to their suggestions, he ordered Yang Yanhe to use this plan.
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"If you have a book, report it as soon as possible. If you don't, withdraw from court."
The court was full of civil and military officials, but no one reported to the emperor.
Today's morning court, the wind and clouds suddenly rose. Emperor Zhengde came to court and cut Liu Jin at the waist. He planned to attack the Tartars and showed his strength.
All the officials left the Xuanzheng Hall and returned to their posts. Zhu Houzhao returned to the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon throne and said to the eunuch beside him,""Let Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian enter the palace to meet the emperor.”
"Yes."
After Liu Jin was executed, all the eunuchs were in fear and trepidation. Many eunuchs in the palace had received benefits from Liu Jin.
Now that Liu Jin was beheaded, they were very afraid that Emperor Zhengde would investigate the eunuchs in the palace and implicate the innocent.
East Chamber.
When Cao Zhengchun saw the arrival of the Emperor's eunuchs, he quickly took out two ingots and quietly stuffed them into the sleeves of the eunuchs.
"Eunuch Cao," the eunuch waved his hand,"I wouldn't dare to accept it."”
"Take it."
After Cao Zhengchun forcefully stuffed the ingot into the eunuch's hand, the eunuch finally stopped shirking.
"Is Your Majesty angry or happy?" Cao Zhengchun asked in a low voice.”
"No anger, no joy." the eunuch said.
"Not angry or happy?" Cao Zhengchun thought for a moment, then changed into his official robes and left the East Chamber to meet the emperor.
It was a blessing, not a curse, and a curse could not be avoided!
Although Cao Zhengchun, the commander of the East Chamber, held a high position, Liu Jin's fate was right in front of him. Now that he had heard the Emperor's summons, how could he not be afraid?
Most importantly, as the Emperor's eyes and ears, the East Chamber didn't tell the Emperor about the invasion of Datong. This was his biggest mistake and should be punished.
Even though Cao Zhengchun's martial arts were superb, he was still a subject of the Ming Dynasty, a pet of the Emperor. If the Emperor wanted him to die, he would not dare to drag out an ignoble existence.
If the Ming Empire were to fall one day, Cao Zhengchun would be the first to rebel. However, the Ming Empire was at its peak, and Cao Zhengchun wanted to be the Emperor's number one lackey!
I, Cao Zhengchun, want to be the sharpest knife in the emperor's hand!!
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhu Houzhao flipped through the memorials submitted by the cabinet. The palm-print eunuch Liu Jin had died, and the position of the palm-print eunuch was vacant.
Eunuch Seal!
The head of the eunuchs was above the East and West Chambers. Which eunuch did not want to be in this position?
As a palm-print eunuch, he could compete with the cabinet and hold a high position.
The memorials were piled up together, and some of them had already been read by Liu Jin.
The eunuchs with the seal had the responsibility of sealing the memorials. There were many things in the world, and there were hundreds of memorials every day. Other than the emperor who worked hard to make the country prosperous, very few emperors could read all the memorials.
If an emperor read memorials alone, he would read until late at night, and he would have very little rest time every day.
These memorials passed through the cabinet, passed through the hands of the eunuchs, and finally fell into the hands of the emperor. This was also the fundamental reason why many emperors were deceived by the emperor.
The position of the eunuch with the seal could not be left empty, but Zhu Houzhao still had to consider who should sit in the position of the eunuch with the seal.
Just as Zhu Houzhao was thinking about this, a eunuch entered the palace and reported,""Your Majesty, Cao Zhengchun, the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the East Hall, and Yu Huatian, the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the West Hall, are waiting outside the hall.”
Zhu Houzhao stopped reading the memorials and raised his head. He raised the cinnabar pen in his hand and said,"Summon them in!"
"Yes!"
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