The ministers withdrew from the Ganqing Palace one after another, and everyone was really tired after acting in crying scenes for so long.

Queen Zhang was so tired that she cried.

As the crown prince, Zhu Houzhao naturally wanted to keep a guard for Emperor Hongzhi, so he set up a bed in Xinuan Pavilion, Ganqing Palace.

While having lunch, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask Liu Jin: "Where is the Sili Supervisor in charge of sealing Wang Yue?"

The power of the Ming Empire consists of the Silijian and the Cabinet. The Silijian is the prime minister of the inner court, and the chief minister of the cabinet is the prime minister of the outer court.

Now that Zhu Hou has met Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the outer court cabinet, naturally he cannot ignore the number one figure in the inner court, Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the seal.

"Go back to the emperor, my ancestor, no, the prince fainted because he heard that Emperor Daxing died and was not awake yet, so he saw him in the future," Liu Jin replied.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile, thinking that Wang Yue could be more dizzy than his son. He had been awake for so long after hearing Emperor Hongzhi's death, so why was Wang Yue still dizzy?

Although Zhu Houzhao did not see Wang Yue, he could also guess that Wang Yue was definitely not a good person, otherwise he, as the prime minister of the inner court, would not be able to stop Emperor Hongzhi's death.

Zhu Houzhao didn't say much, but called Liu Jin over: "In the name of your Liu Jin, go find ten or eight beauties to make the momentum bigger, and say that the Crown Prince was too sad, so he found a few beauties to relieve the prince's boredom and drink."

"Emperor, although the ministers have all left, they are not blind and deaf. Now they are in a hurry to find a beauty and will let them know," said Liu Jin.

"I just want them to know that the ministers who have placed eyeliners by me will definitely know, but the ministers who have not placed eyeliners naturally don't know. I am just asking them to do what they want to see, letting them know that my father passed away, and I, the crown prince, was just a moment of sadness, but my nature is still fun and unintentional to inquire about the government."

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Liu Jin was not a stupid person either. After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, he understood and hurriedly began to take the other seven tigers to the major palaces to collect beauties.

Soon, Liu Jin and Bahu brought about a dozen beautiful palace maids to the West Warm Pavilion of Ganqing Palace.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said, "Light up all the candles in the West Warehouse and let them all dance by the door. Come with me!"

then.

The entire western warm pavilion of Ganqing Palace suddenly became as bright as daytime. A dozen palace maids stood by the door and twisted their waists. Their dancing figures were reflected on the window screen. Even a hundred steps away, they could see the figure swaying like a fairy.

But in the West Warehouse, Zhu Houzhao didn't even look at the ten palace maids at this time, and even asked someone to use a screen to block the ten palace maids.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the "Eight Tigers" standing in front of him with a serious face: "Do you think I am about to be the emperor? You will definitely be promoted and promoted after being with me for so long. You will have the final say in the inner court in the future. What kind of literati and horse magistrates will become yours?"

After saying that, Zhu Houzhao picked up the tea: "I thought it too early. It's not that I don't want to promote you. You must have seen it today. Silijian has been controlled by old eunuchs such as Wang Yue, Zhang Yu, and others, and they and the people in the cabinet are wearing pairs of pants. Do you think they will let you get to power?"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he glanced at Liu Jin and others. He found that Liu Jin and others did not look surprised because they suddenly became serious. They couldn't help but think in their hearts that Zhu Houzhao in history was not really that simple. At least the eunuchs around him knew that their master was pretending to be simple in front of others, otherwise these eunuchs would not have looked so dull.

Liu Jin stood up first at this time: "What the emperor said is that Zhang Yu, the liexi supervisor, is not a person. He didn't help you, but to help the three elders first. I really don't know whose slave he is!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly. He didn't expect that Liu Jin could also see the clues from Zhang Yu's behavior. He thought to himself that Liu Jin was a person who knew the details. No wonder he could accomplish great things in the future. If he wanted to control the power of the court now, he would have to use him.

"Liu Jin is right. Zhang Yu doesn't know where his knees are bent. I won't spare him lightly in the future! But I think this matter is not that simple! You are my closest people. Without me, you will be nothing. If I hold the throne firmly, you will be above ten thousand people. So you have to follow me to pull down those sitting above us now. Do you understand?"

Zhu Houzhao asked again after speaking.

"I understand!" Bahu replied in unison.

Among them, Zhang Yong even stood up first: "Your Majesty, just say something, what do we do?"

"Time is urgent, and if you delay a little longer, there will be a little more changes. I will be short-stood. Now, the Emperor of Daxing has just passed away. After 27 days of mourning, I can only choose a day to ascend the throne. During this period, the government will definitely enter a period of stagnation. Before all forces have been launched, we must take advantage of this to take action first!

Fortunately, you are not in the important position yet, and your actions are not easy to be noticed. Liu Jin, you have always been good at making friends with literati. Now I want you to take advantage of the great mourning period to get in touch with civil officials during the palace ban and find a few people who are willing to form a clique with you. These Jinshi masters are not fools. If you know who is behind you, those who are willing to help me will naturally make friends with you, especially Jiao Fang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xu Jin, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and Ma Wensheng, there is no need to go there. He is a veteran of the four dynasties, and the big tree attracts wind, so it is easy for people to find him."

"And Zhang Yong, you have always been familiar with military affairs, so you went to make friends with a few noble and military officials, and the 12th Regiment Battalion and the 50% of the military officers walked around;

Then, Gu Dayong, you are good at drinking and chivalrous. Find some reliable people in the world, lurk in a few eunuchs in the inner court and the senior officials of the cabinet of the outer court to find out the news. I hope that by then, I will know which room they sleep in every night and how many bowls of rice they have eaten."

"Ma Yongcheng, you send someone to follow the Sili Supervisor Zhang Yu, the Taishu Department of the Right Tongzheng Shi Qin, the Academy magistrate Liu Wentai, the imperial physician Gao Ting and these people, these people will definitely escape from the capital in the future. I don't want to let them go easily!"

"Gao Feng, go and walk around more when you go to the imperial guards. I hope that when I ask you to take charge of the imperial guards, no imperial guards will not listen to my mobilization!"

"Qiu Ju, now you go to Xiyuan to choose a good place and build a different garden. I will live there at that time! This Beiyuan is named Leopard House, and I will say to the outside world that I want to build a Hundred Beast Garden!"

"Luo Xiang and Wei Bin stay by my side for the time being, and you will be more useful to you then!"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Luo Xiang stood up: "Your Majesty, these are all cost money. We have not accumulated much money over the years, so we will be afraid that we will use the treasury at that time."

Zhu Houzhao knew that the treasury Luo Xiang mentioned refers to the silver from the Inner Transportation Trust, but the Inner Transportation Trust belongs to the Ministry of Revenue. Therefore, if Zhu Houzhao wanted to use the Inner Transportation Trust, he had to pass through the Ministry of Revenue and even disturb the inner court, because the eunuch who was in charge of the Inner Transportation Trust was now Wang Yue's person.

In order not to let these inner courts and outer dynasties know their purpose, Zhu Houzhao does not want to use the inner treasury now, and as far as he knows, the inner treasury does not cost much money.

There were many emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and even a little money would be used by civil servants in a different way.

"I'm going to find a way to deal with money. You can use the money we have saved first, and I will earn money at that time." Zhu Houzhao said.

The only thing Zhu Houzhao can trust now is the "Eight Tigers", so he arranged the eight tigers one by one to the most important tasks he thought were at present.

Zhu Houzhao knew that the main threats to his imperial power were the three cabinet ministers of the cabinet and the eunuchs of the inner court, including Wang Yue, Zhang Yue and other officials of the rituals.

Originally, these two forces were used by emperors to check and balance each other to protect imperial power, but once these two forces colluded, they would directly threaten imperial power or even suppress imperial power.

Therefore, after thinking about it carefully, Zhu Houzhao decided to eliminate all the inner ministers and cabinet ministers who were colluding together, and then re-establish a check and balance system.

However, Wang Yue, Liu Jian and others in the court were mixed. Zhu Houzhao knew that he could not defeat them in a short period of time with just a few internal officials and officials, so he could only unite with some internal and external officials who were dissatisfied with the inner court and the cabinet.

Today in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao could see that Liu Jian and other cabinet ministers were not in the entire civil service group, nor were they without political enemies. This just gave him a chance.
Chapter completed!