Ming Dynasty, Forbidden City.
Hall of Heaven.
All of the officials were standing in the main hall, divided into two rows, surrounded by burly generals holding their sabers.
"His Majesty has arrived…"
A sharp voice rang out from afar, causing all the officials to turn solemn.
Zhu Houzhao walked into the Hall of Heaven's Tribute and sat down on the dragon chair, escorted by the honor guards.
The Seal Eunuch of the Bell and Drum Bureau, Liu Jin, stood beside Zhu Houzhao.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. Long live our Emperor.”
All the officials greeted Zhu Houzhao respectfully.
"Everyone, please excuse the formalities."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said calmly.
To him, this morning assembly was just a decoration. Basically, the national affairs had long been discussed by the cabinet. Now, it was just a formality.
To Zhu Houzhao, it was extremely boring.
He was already used to it. He could already handle it calmly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, all the officials thanked him.
"If there's anything, report. If there's nothing, withdraw…"
Seeing that all the officials had stood up, Liu Jin shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!”
An old official who was standing in front of the civil officials walked out and said to Zhu Houzhao in a sonorous and forceful voice.
Seeing this old official come out, the civil and military officials all became serious.
This old official was not an ordinary official. He was the Minister of War, the Grand Scholar of the East Pavilion, the Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, Xie Qian!
He was one of the three important ministers that the late Emperor had appointed for Zhu Houzhao!
When Liu Jin saw Xie Qian come out, his face revealed a surprised expression.
Zhu Houzhao's expression turned solemn, thinking that something major had happened for the Minister of War to step forward and report. He said in a deep voice,"Correct."
"Your Majesty, this humble subject, Minister of War Xie Qian, impeaches Li Changsheng, the Imperial Guards 'Northern Garrison Commissioner, for taking bribes and bending the law, abusing his power, framing a loyal official, plotting evil, and plotting rebellion!”
Xie Qian cupped his hands at Zhu Houzhao and said righteously.
"Li Changsheng, the governor of the Northern Garrison?”
Hearing Xie Qian's words, Zhu Houzhao was stunned. He still had some impression of Li Changsheng.
After all, the Brocade Guard was the Emperor's personal army, the most loyal and trustworthy force to the Emperor.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards were divided into the Northern and Southern Guardian Divisions. The Northern Guardian Divisions were responsible for monitoring the civil and military officials and the world.
The governor of the Northern Garrison Department was a true figure with real power in the Brocade Guard.
He remembered that Li Changsheng had been selected by him not long ago to be the governor of the North Garrison.
Li Changsheng was chosen because he had just ascended the throne and had yet to place anyone in the Embroidered Uniform Guards. He wanted to promote a commander who was loyal to him.
This Li Changsheng, according to the East Chamber's investigation, was a hereditary member of the Embroidered Uniform Guards and had been a loyal minister for four generations.
His ancestor was once the commander of the Brocade Guard and was about to inherit the position of a hundred households of the Brocade Guard. Li Changsheng was loyal and upright. On a whim, he promoted Li Changsheng to the Northern Town Commissioner of the Brocade Guard.
It had only been a month since he was promoted. He had almost forgotten about Li Changsheng.
"Your Majesty, it's Li Changsheng, the governor of the North Garrison that you promoted a month ago.”
Seeing Zhu Houzhao's expression, Liu Jin thought that he had forgotten, so he reminded him in a low voice.
Zhu Houzhao nodded and did not say anything. He had already seen the officials of the Ministry of Education walking out one after another. There were the censors of the Ministry of Education and the officials of the Ministry of Education.
After that, not to mention the Imperial Examiner, even the various physicians, assistant ministers, etc. all stepped out.
In just a moment, nearly half of the officials had stepped out.
Good heavens, over a hundred officials had come out at once. Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to admit defeat.
Li Changsheng was only a Northern Garrison Governor, a fourth-rank official of the Brocade Guard. In order to impeach Li Changsheng, even Xie Qian, one of the cabinet elders and one of the important ministers, had personally come out with hundreds of courtiers to impeach Li Changsheng. Was he trying to force the abdication?
"We agree. Your Majesty, please take down Li Changsheng's position as the Northern Town Commissioner of the Embroidered Uniform Guards and immediately arrest him. We will choose a day to behead him at the Meridian Gate to warn the others!”
Hundreds of officials shouted at Zhu Houzhao in unison.
Seeing this, those who didn't know better would think that they had specially rehearsed. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so orderly.
Zhu Houzhao was still too young. His face was filled with anger, making him look extremely furious!
He felt that the Minister of War, Xie Qian, was targeting him. He knew that Xie Qian had promoted Li Changsheng to the Northern Town Governor of the Embroidered Uniform Guards. He wanted Li Changsheng to take over the Embroidered Uniform Guards in the future, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards 'duty was to monitor the officials.
During the Hongzhi Dynasty, the late Emperor did not pay much attention to the Embroidered Uniform Guards, causing their power to be greatly reduced. These civil and military officials were no longer restrained.
Now that they saw that he valued the Embroidered Uniform Guards, they immediately joined forces to suppress the Embroidered Uniform Guards. They wanted to take down Li Changsheng, the governor of the North Garrison.
One could imagine that if Li Changsheng, the governor of the North Town, was taken down after only a month, no one in the Brocade Guard would dare to work for him in the future.
Moreover, look at what these officials are saying.
Directly take down the position of the Imperial Guards 'North Town Governor, arrest him, and choose a day to behead him to warn others?
Doesn't this mean that as long as you list a few crimes against Li Changsheng, I will do as you say? Then what's the use of an Emperor like him?
Would one day, the ministers would charge Zhu Houzhao with the crime of fatuous and immoral, and all the officials in the court would change the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?
Liu Jin's face revealed a stunned expression. Even he was shocked by the shamelessness of these officials.
"Do you have any evidence to prove that Li Changsheng, the envoy of the Northern Military District of the Brocade Guard, took bribes and perverted the law, abused his power, framed a loyal official, plotted against him, and had the intention to rebel?”
Zhu Houzhao glared at the officials and said coldly.
Upon hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, the hundreds of officials were stunned for a moment. They immediately looked at Xie Qian, the Minister of War. It was obvious that although they had informed him in advance, they were just boasting. They only wanted to take down Li Changsheng, the Northern Garrison Commissioner, so that they would not be watched by the Embroidered Uniform Guards. They believed that after this incident, the Embroidered Uniform Guards would not dare to do anything to them in the future.
However, they were rendered speechless by Zhu Houzhao's question.
"Your Majesty, I have evidence. Yesterday, Li Changsheng, the governor of the North Town of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, sent his subordinates to capture the censor Ma Yu on the charge of corruption and perverting the law.”
"Censor Ma Yu is the model of our dynasty's clean and honest people. How can he be someone who takes bribes and breaks the law?”
"Just this abuse of power is enough to take down the Northern Military Governor, Li Changsheng!”
"Moreover, this Northern Garrison Commissioner Li Changsheng, as the Northern Garrison Commissioner of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, holds great power in his hands. He must also be a corrupt person!”
"As the Minister of War, I implore Your Majesty to take down such a great thief of the country and correct the laws of our Ming Dynasty!”
Minister of War Xie Qian said righteously.
Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he laughed. Didn't you mean that these crimes were all nonsense?
Just because Li Changsheng captured a censor, you felt that he had offended you civil officials. Even you, the Minister of War, could not help but personally step forward and bring the officials to capture Li Changsheng.
Good catch, good catch!
At the thought of this, the anger in Zhu Houzhao's heart dissipated quite a bit. It was mainly because he felt that he had vented his anger. He had chosen the right person to make Li Changsheng the governor of the Northern Garrison.
Zhu Houzhao stood up with a cold face.
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