Zhu Houzhao saw that several officials showed regret. In addition to Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Personnel, Jiao Fang, the Left Minister of Personnel, and Xu Jin, the Left Minister of the Ministry of War, both shook their heads.

Zhu Houzhao was satisfied. Thinking of this, it was not that no one among these civil servants could not guess the cause of Emperor Hongzhi's death, nor that no one kept sympathy for Emperor Hongzhi's death, nor that they all had no dissatisfaction with the three cabinet elders.

Now, except for Queen Zhang still sobbing, Zhu Houzhao and the officials did not cry anymore, and the scene was once stiff.

"Your Highness, you have also heard your Majesty's will. You must follow the three masters to learn how to govern the world!"

Zhang Yu started talking again at this time.

Zhu Houzhao could hear the meaning of Zhang Yu's words, and the implication was to remind himself to say something like "I'll ask the three masters in the world." Because only in this way can we get the support of the three masters. Only then will these three masters kneel down and call themselves "Your Majesty", and then all officials will call themselves "Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao understood that this was the alliance between the inner court and the cabinet to force himself, the emperor, to surrender, and to force himself to lower his attitude.

In this way, it will be difficult for me to become an emperor who stands alone in the court. After all, I will be suppressed in terms of momentum. If I am suppressed by a civil servant at this time, I will be completely suppressed in the future.

If I want to be the only emperor, how can I get you my wish!

Zhu Houzhao knew that he was seriously asking them why they would definitely have a personality that went against their already simple and ignorant persona, so he still hugged Queen Zhang like a child and started crying:

"Mother, they don't seem to want me to be the emperor. They want to give my father's king's country to others. Look, they don't kneel down to me! Woo woo! Mother, are we going to be killed by them?"

People say that children are free of restraint. Although it is normal for Zhu Houzhao, a fifteen-year-old boy, to say such horrifying words hysterically when his father passed away, it is just a heart-breaking statement for many officials.

The civil servants and eunuchs dare not harm Zhu Houzhao even if they dare not take Zhu Houzhao openly!

Therefore, now Zhu Houzhao said this, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, the cabinet minister who was waiting for Zhu Houzhao to salute him first, was suddenly frightened and pale, fearing that they would be scolded by other officials and nobles present who sympathized with the royal family for usurping power and chaos.

Even Zhang Yu, the Silijian, was so scared that he didn't know what to say.

After hearing this, Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Personnel, was even more pity for Zhu Houzhao and Empress Zhang. Seeing that the orphan and widowed mother were so frightened, she felt ashamed of Emperor Hongzhi, so she immediately knelt down:

"I dare not! I bow to His Majesty the New Emperor! Long live my emperor!"

The Minister of Personnel is a heavenly official, who is in charge of the authority of officials and has always been the only official position to compete with the cabinet. Ma Wensheng is a veteran of the four dynasties, and many of his disciples and relatives in the court. When he knelt down, a large group of civil officials knelt down, including Jiao Fang, the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xu Jin, the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, and others.

"I'm going to see His Majesty the New Emperor! Long live my emperor!"

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with this and thought that his purpose had been achieved. He didn't have to ask your three cabinet masters to ask many civil servants to worship him first. Now, seeing whether your three cabinet masters still worship him or not, he doesn't want to establish himself as a prince, and he wants to be tyrannical and deceive the emperor!

The cabinet's chief assistant Liu Jian, the second assistant Li Dongyang, and the third assistant Xie Qian were all in a twitch at this time!

But they were not angry with Zhu Houzhao, but Ma Wensheng.

In their opinion, Zhu Houzhao is just a child talking nonsense. After all, the slightly cunning emperor knows that at this time, he will not make the crown prince the emperor. Wouldn't that cause chaos in the world?

Originally, Zhu Houzhao was talking nonsense that he said that these civil servants did not want to establish him, but the three masters of the three masters wanted to explain carefully and asked Zhu Houzhao to make a promise that he must follow the ancestors' law before kneeling down to him. However, these three masters did not expect that Ma Wensheng and other officials directly deprived them of their power to represent the civil servant group and kneeled down to Zhu Houzhao first.

The cabinet chief Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang and Xie Qian at the second assistant, then sighed helplessly, and then knelt down: "Keep to His Majesty the New Emperor, long live my emperor!"

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also knelt down and shouted long live to Zhu Houzhaoshan.

There is no way, Ma Wensheng, a heavyweight official, has knelt down. They cannot stop kneeling. If they don’t kneel, they will be said to be a rebellion of the Ming Dynasty!

But what made them angry was that the first contribution to supporting the new king was actually shot by Ma Wensheng!

As soon as the three elders knelt down, the ministers and officials of the three elders and the party also knelt down.

Zhang Yu, the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, also knelt down. As an internal official, he was still an internal minister, but even the external ministers knelt down. If he didn't kneel down, it would be better.

In this way, Zhu Houzhao was supported by all the officials.

Zhu Houzhao continued to wipe her tears, pretending to be stupid and refused to say he wanted to ask her, but he was naturally happy. Now that he successfully made these old foxes worship him, and he did not make any compromises, it was the first step to success.

Liu Jian had been playing with his concubine for a long time last night. His waist and knees were sore, but now he has been kneeling on the ground and can't stand it, so he has to plead with a hint of pleading:

"Your Majesty, the emperor's new demise is unparalleled. I hope that Your Majesty will be sad, ascend the throne as soon as possible, and choose a day to ascend the throne!"

"I am sad! Father, Father! I can't stop these tears. I don't know why, I want to cry enough!" Zhu Houzhao burst into tears and yelled.

Zhu Houzhao's sadness made Ma Wensheng and other ministers loyal to Emperor Hongzhi very moved when they heard this, but Li Dongyang had to feel even more painful in his face and could only kneel down honestly. The prince was kind and filial, and cried sadly because of his father. Those who are ministers must let others cry enough, and they also had to cry with them.

Li Dongyang couldn't stand the kneeling anymore. The weather was hot and they were wearing thick clothes. Emperor Hongzhi was so frugal that he didn't even use ice. Kneeling on the ground was like kneeling in a steamer. Therefore, he couldn't help but kowtow to Zhu Houzhao and said:

"Your Majesty, the world is full of honor and hope for governance. I beg your Majesty to beg for the change and to ascend the throne as soon as possible. It is time to immediately follow the day when the Ministry of Rites establishes the throne!"

Xie Qian also hurriedly said, "It should be done. Please do not hurt the dragon body and be considerate of the ministers!"

Zhu Houzhao was proud of her. Seeing that these people were almost kneeling, the three elders were convinced and expressed their intention to establish the day of ascending the throne. He hurriedly sobbed and said, "My dear friends, please come up. I don't know what to do. You can do it."

Liu Jian and other cabinet ministers were satisfied. They had already suspected that Zhu Houzhao might have deliberately played with him and other cabinet ministers like this, but when he saw that he was still childish in his words, he still thought that Zhu Houzhao was an ignorant child, so it would naturally be easy to control.

Seeing this, Ma Wensheng hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, you should call yourself me! You are the emperor now, not the prince."

Zhu Houzhao nodded quickly: "What Ma Aiqing said is, I will hand over the matter to you. It's too late today, and I'm going to go back to my room to rest."

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, the three cabinet masters, couldn't help but look cold when they saw Ma Wensheng stealing the limelight again, and looked at Ma Wensheng with a bad look.
Chapter completed!