Chapter 890 The new king’s first sword is to kill the Zhejiang officialdom first!

Author: Linglinghou

Chapter 890 The new king’s first sword is to kill the Zhejiang officialdom first!

In the twenty-third year of Zhaowu, the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.

Emperor Zhaowu of the Ming Dynasty officially abdicated and was succeeded by Prince Zhu Hechen.

After consultation with the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Hechen finally chose the word "Qianyuan" as the year name.

Historically, the word "Qianyuan" was once used by Suzong of the Tang Dynasty as the reign name for only three years. Originally, changing the reign name was not the first choice for the reign name proposed by the Ministry of Rites, but Zhu Hechen loved the four words "Great Qianyuan" in the "Book of Changes" The year number was chosen.

Thinking of Emperor Zhaowu's kindness and achievements in the Ming Dynasty, the new emperor and his ministers decided that next year would be the first year of the Qianyuan period of the Ming Dynasty, and this year would still be the 23rd year of Zhaowu.

Zhaowu twenty-three years, the twentieth day of the first lunar month.

Emperor Qianyuan of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Hechen summoned his cabinet ministers to the Wuying Hall for his first cabinet meeting after ascending the throne.

Zhu Yaorao was a little worried about her son's performance in his first "court appearance", and was even afraid that he would not be able to control the situation. Originally, he wanted to "listen to politics behind the curtain" for a period of time. However, under Hao Guangming's persuasion, Zhu Yuarao finally changed his mind.

Hao Guangming believes that if Zhu Ailao is here, it will put greater pressure on Zhu Hechen and make the ministers afraid. They will be restrained and it will be difficult to see the true situation of the new emperor's relationship with the ministers.

Therefore, Hao Guangming suggested that Zhu Yu'ao install two cameras in the Wuying Palace to record the scene when Zhu Hechen "went to court". There was no need to go there and watch it in person.

In this way, the new monarch and his ministers will not be tied up, and Zhu Yushuo can also see some of the problems between Zhu Hechen and his ministers through the recorded video.

In order to better achieve this goal, the two cameras set up in Wuying Palace are relatively hidden and not known to the officials.

Zhu Hechen naturally knew about the existence of the camera, but as long as Zhu Aona was not in the palace, he would not feel any pressure.

Of course, sitting on the Dragon Throne as the Ming Emperor for the first time, discussing affairs with ministers, he still felt nervous, excited, excited and other emotions, but they were barely concealed by his green but calm face.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Plain body."

After the ceremony, all the cabinet ministers took their seats in the hall.

Compared with five or six years ago, there have been major changes in the cabinet ministers.

Five years ago, Ma Shiying, the chief assistant, was impeached by the imperial emissary because of the lawlessness of his relatives. He resigned from the position of chief assistant and returned home. He died of illness soon after.

Although Lu Daqi took the position of chief assistant as expected, he resigned due to illness two years ago.

Later, Du Yinxi succeeded him as the first assistant and also served as the minister of the Ministry of Personnel; Zhu Zhiyu became the second assistant and also served as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, which has remained unchanged to this day.

In addition, the number of cabinet ministers has increased to nine. The remaining seven are Chen Zilong, the Minister of Household Affairs, Chen Yujie, the Minister of Industry, Su Guansheng, the Minister of Finance, Qi Biaojia, the Minister of the Patrol Department, Wan Yuanji, the Minister of Communications, Qian Sule, the Minister of Commerce, Propaganda Huang Chunyao, Minister of the Ministry.

It can be said that they are all famous ministers of Zhaowu who have risen from the middle and lower levels in the past twenty years.

The resume of each cabinet minister can write a legendary novel.

From this we can see that there is a reason why the government and the public are worried that the new emperor is too young and will not be able to suppress these cabinet ministers and those military ministers with many merits.

After the meeting began, Zhu Hechen followed Zhu Yuluo's style and asked the female historian to distribute two documents to the cabinet ministers.

When the cabinet ministers were looking through the contents of the document, Zhu Hechen said with great enthusiasm: "What the cabinet ministers saw was a special task force formed by the Zhejiang Provincial Supervision Office last year to investigate the workers' riot at Luo's Spinning Factory in Wuyi County, Jinhua Prefecture. A report on one incident; the other was a report uploaded after a special task force secretly formed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to re-investigate the matter during the Chinese New Year.

On the same matter, the report of the special task force of the Zhejiang Provincial Supervisory Office is so different from the report of the special task force of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. I wonder what you think after reading it?"

The nine cabinet ministers quickly read the report of retribution, which did not contain much actual content. They frowned, showed cold expressions, were angry but not angry, or had calm and unpredictable faces.

Soon, Chief Assistant Du Yinxi stood up and held his hands, his face as grave as water and said: "Your Majesty, if the report of the special task force of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is correct, it means that collusion between officials and businessmen in Zhejiang's officialdom has probably become a common practice, involving provincial government offices.

Collusion between officials and businessmen has always been a major cause of corruption in officialdom. I am afraid that officialdom in Zhejiang has become turbid. I am appointed Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I have an unshirkable responsibility and am willing to accept the punishment.

In addition, I request the Supervisory Office to launch a large-scale administrative investigation in Zhejiang and thoroughly investigate all corruption!"

Hearing this, the other cabinet ministers showed slightly strange expressions.

In recent years, the imperial court has been focusing on the economic construction of each province. Zhejiang Province can be ranked in the top three after the North and South Zhili. It can be said that it has dominated the limelight among more than 30 provinces in the Ming Dynasty for many years.

On the other hand, since Du Yinxi entered the central government as a local governor, he became a cabinet minister, then a second assistant, and then a first assistant. It can be said that he was an important minister in the Zhaowu Dynasty and a favorite for more than 20 years. He had great prestige in both the government and the public, and he once served under him.

His old officials are spread all over the world.

But the first blow of the new emperor after he succeeded to the throne was to strike at the issue of official administration in Zhejiang Province, and also at the head of Du Yinxi, who was also the Minister of Rites.

If everyone in the world knew about this, they would probably be shocked and moved by the new king's courage and courage.

However, as cabinet ministers, when Du Yinxi admitted his responsibility and punishment so openly, they thought that Du Yinxi was going to use the prestige and reputation he had accumulated over the past twenty years to clear the way for the new monarch to take charge.

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In this regard, they can only think of one word, and that is "absolute"!

Du Yinxi is so knowledgeable, the new emperor will definitely not punish him severely, and will even trust him more in the future.

Sure enough, Zhu Hechen said: "Yuan Fu is the head of the cabinet and is responsible for everything. Zhejiang Province is only one of the more than 30 provinces in the Ming Dynasty. How can we blame Yuan Fu for the corruption of its officials?"

Du Yinxi insisted: "Since I am the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, I have an unshirkable responsibility. Please punish me."

Zhu Hechen sighed and said: "This matter is not urgent. Let's discuss it after the Metropolitan Procuratorate investigates the officialdom in Zhejiang and understands the situation."

Du Yinxi stopped insisting and sat down with his hands in hand.

Zhu Hechen then signaled the female historian to distribute another document to the cabinet ministers.

"The second topic is about the domestic 'slave' group. Although our Ming Dynasty has abolished slavery since the founding of the country, it has always been covered up under other names.

In the Zhaowu Dynasty, the imperial court strictly prohibited the practice of enslaving Chinese people to stop this practice. However, later, some merchants actually engaged in slave trading in the name of hiring foreigners to work in the Ming Dynasty at low prices.

In the past ten or twenty years, the number of other slaves in our Ming Dynasty has exceeded one million. If the court does not care about this matter, I am afraid that in a few decades, the number of other slaves will number in the tens of millions. By then, there will be many abuses and even disasters.

Those who plan for the country should consider the long term, so it is better to deal with this matter early. What do you think about this?"

All the cabinet ministers had already known about this matter and had thought about it. When Zhu Hechen asked about it, they stood up and spoke one after another.

In this way, Emperor Qianyuan of the Ming Dynasty officially began to slowly take over the huge empire...

People in the world were originally worried about Emperor Zhaowu's abdication. It can be seen that after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, the world was still peaceful and happy. He even launched a heavy blow to rectify the officialdom in Zhejiang Province and other places. The official atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty was once again cleared up, and most people felt at ease.

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Chapter completed!