Zhu Youxiao was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Mingrui, who had been obsessed with the officialdom, would suddenly hand over such a memorial to resign.

Although he had acted heavily on Li Mingrui to balance his power, this does not mean that he really disliked this state minister who was unparalleled by wisdom.

After all, Li Mingrui was the first close civil servant of Jian Ba ​​since he came to this world and became the Apocalypse Emperor.

From suppressing the Donglin Party to eliminating the Confucius Party of the Northern Zong, implementing administration and controlling public opinion, and suppressing the change of scholars from Jiangnan scholars, on the way to gradually control the real power of the government, the Nanchang people who had been refrigerated in the Hanlin Academy for several years have played a key role in it, and have also suffered a lot of infamous for themselves, which can be regarded as the most contributor among civil servants.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu You proofreaded Li Mingrui's emotions have never been reduced. Even though he knew from Dongchang that the big boss in the court secretly collected a lot of money and did a lot of uncommon things, even though he couldn't rub the sand in his eyes, he did not let the people in Dongchang do anything to Li Mingrui.

Even when Qian Qianyi and Li Mingrui fought the fiercest, Zhu Youxiao finally chose to support Li Mingrui. This is not only because Li Mingrui's political stance is consistent with him, but also without any personal emotions.

But the only one who was not satisfied with Li Mingrui was to let him be the chief minister.

But as a mature emperor, he had to do this. In an important position of the prime minister, who was increasingly possessing higher power because of Zhu Youxiao's delegation, he naturally had to always remain rational and choose.

What's more, although Li Mingrui is good at conspiracy and planning, he is indeed not as practical as Lu Xiangsheng, and even Wen Tiren is not as good as Wen Tiren, so he naturally cannot let him be the chief assistant rashly.

But now Li Mingrui saw that he could not become the chief minister, so he directly resigned and expressed his protest to himself, the emperor.

When Zhu Youxiao saw this, he was a little angry and threw Li Mingrui's memorial to the ground: "No!"

Li Mingrui couldn't help coughing when he saw this. He naturally knew why His Majesty was angry, so he simply knelt down: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being abrupt. I didn't intend to force Your Majesty to do anything on the grounds of resigning from office. I dare not have any offense. I am really old and I am already sixty-four! Now I can't chew my bones, my memory is not as good as before, and my eyes are blurred. I want to see the new changes in the Ming Dynasty, so I hope that Your Majesty will return home for the sake of the old Majesty for decades!"

As he said that, Li Mingrui bent over and bowed tremblingly, and couldn't help but start to whimper.

Seeing that Li Mingrui was sincere, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but turn around and signal Wang Chengen to help Li Mingrui up.

Wang Chengen, who was also old but fat, also staggered over and helped Li Mingrui up, who was as thin as a child: "Why do you have to do this? Get up quickly? Aren't you embarrassed Your Majesty like this?"

"Okay, old guy, don't you just think I didn't give you the position of chief minister, so I can do this? Well, if you want to retire and return home, I will allow you to retire and return home."

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao sat down with a golden sword.

Li Mingrui hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. The old minister still has self-knowledge. If you talk about strategy and calculation, you can count it. The position of the chief minister is related to the livelihood of the people. The weak minister has never served in the local area and has not been through military affairs, so it is really difficult to be competent. What's more, the old minister is also an old man. In recent years, he has realized that he can have his current status and relies on the kindness of His Majesty, and he dare not be as arrogant as before."

Zhu Youxiao did not speak immediately after hearing this. He could hear it from Li Mingrui's words, and this guy did have some sense of enlightenment.

"If there are huge changes today, such as glass mirrors, soap and toothpaste, electric lights and trains, and bicycles, new things come out one after another. In addition to Confucianism, military and military law and other schools, there are also physics, chemistry and biology. Old ministers are not good enough, so it is not easy to eat in the corpse position. This world should be managed by these young people. Old ministers also took advantage of the years when they can still move to see more and learn more."

Li Mingrui continued to smile and said.

"Well, it's going to rain and mom wants to get married. I can't stop you, I'll bring you a memorial!"

As Zhu Youxiao said that, he picked up the red pen and spread his hands.

Li Mingrui hurriedly handed the memorial to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao personally criticized the popular news and said: "Recently, the Fourth Army has obtained a group of stunning shemale men used by the Siam royal family when attacking Siam. I originally planned to kill all these men, neither men nor women, but I heard that you are particularly fond of this in recent years, so I will reward you, but I have to take it easy!"

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace!" Li Mingrui hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

When Zhu Youxiao saw that Li Mingrui suddenly became a little energetic again, he couldn't help but feel nauseous, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Get up, you have been with me for so long, and you have made great contributions. You retired as the rank of Taifu. I heard that Lingzi is quite good at organizing, so I asked him to go to the Ministry of Works to get the title of doctor!"

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao stood up and patted Li Mingrui on the shoulder, and couldn't help but look around the entire Xihunting Pavilion. Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Sichang, and Wang Chengen are all people who will shine even if they are not in this era. Only Li Mingrui would not be a Hanlin official in his original history.

In a sense, Li Mingrui can be regarded as his true confidant and one of the achievements he has made when he came to this era.

However, Li Mingrui has gained a lot of benefits from his emperor over the years. Not only is he becoming more and more officials, but his family industry has also become bigger and bigger, which has surpassed the traditional noble family, the Duke of Wei, Xu family.

Now that he has been resigned as the Grand Tutor during his lifetime, he is extremely respectful.

As soon as Li Mingrui left, Zhu Youxiao asked Yang Sichang to replace Li Mingrui's position, and at the same time, two new cabinet members, Yang Tinglin and Guo Zhiqi.

Among the members of the cabinet, Li Mingrui chose to retire and return home. Cheng Ji was nearly 70 years old and was bedridden. It seemed that he had not been long. Although Xu Guangqi, who was in charge of the entire science and technology and industry, died sixteen years ago due to the development of medical technology, he is now 87 years old. He even resigned from Zhu Youxiao several times, but because of his irreplaceability in the field of science, especially mathematics and mechanics, Zhu Youxiao did not agree to him, but did not let him take charge of government affairs.

Therefore, only Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang, who dared to pass the age of 60, had to select a few young people to enter the cabinet.

Yang Tinglin was the assistant of the First Army in the army, and was a governor in Mobei. He was the Minister of the School, and was in charge of the Ming Dynasty. He also served as the governor of Fusang and had colonial management experience. Because he studied in the Royal Military Academy, he was not unfamiliar with the field of natural sciences, so it was quite appropriate to enter the central part of the empire.

Guo Zhiqi was recommended by Cheng Jiming. He was a standard traditional honest official, honest and dedicated, down-to-earth and willing to work hard. A year before Li Mingrui retired and returned to his hometown, he was basically responsible for the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. Now he has been promoted normally when he entered the cabinet. In addition, this person was originally a famous anti-Qing official in history, and he could not let the conservative ministers who were in absent and indifferent to the incompleteness of the old-fashioned ministers, so Zhu Youxiao did not stop him from entering the cabinet.

Nowadays, excluding Yang Sichang, most of them are almost the same age as their own in the entire cabinet, which is difficult to see in the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!