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Chapter 53 Disappointed Cabinet Ministers

On October 28, the 18th year of Hongzhi, when dawn broke out, the morning light was dim.

A squeak!

The gate of Cining Palace suddenly opened.

Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao, came out of it.

At this time, the Inner Court Officer Liu Jin and other internal officials had already crawled on the ground and waited outside the hall.

Zhu Houzhao smiled carefully and only walked towards Fengtianmen in the morning glow. Today is the time to perform the comforting ceremony and the first day he took off his mourning clothes.

But for Zhu Houzhao, what is more important is that from today on, the inner court is already all his own people, and he has also begun to truly control the power of the court.

Although Zhu Houzhao is only fifteen years old and still a young man, she can still show her imperial spirit after wearing a black winged crown, light-colored black rhinoceros horn belt, and is solemn and mighty.

Zhu Houzhao pursed her lips, folded her sleeves in front of her abdomen, and walked lightly forward, neither anxious nor slow.

At this moment, he felt extremely excited. He knew that he would surprise all civil servants later and that the entire Ming Dynasty would truly begin to realize the existence of his imperial dignity.

Liu Jin and other new inner court grand gangs were also excited and felt fresh. This was the first time they had become the eunuchs at the top of the empire. They were as energetic as Zhu Houzhao, the emperor in front, and their eyebrows were full of vitality.

Liu Jin yelled: "Your Majesty is here!"

Even after the drums and music roared, the sound of whips started to rise.

...

And at this time.

All the officials also wore light-colored clothes, black hats, and black horn belts, coming to Fengtianmen.

Today's dynasty mainly serves comforting ceremony, so they are all gathered at Fengtianmen to mark the official end of Emperor Hongzhi's mourning period.

The three cabinet masters got up very early this day. Last night they all learned that a large number of troops had entered the palace, so they started to talk about it early in the morning.

Before entering the palace, Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, sneered and asked Li Dongyang and Xie Qian: "You guys say that after entering the palace later, will the white curtain in the palace be removed or has not been removed?"

According to the rules, starting from today, the funeral of Emperor Xiaozong ended, and Bai Ban and other things that were in trouble would naturally be removed. Liu Jian asked this question, and naturally felt that Zhu Houzhao might have been killed, so he started asking this question.

Li Dongyang also laughed: "I'm afraid it has been removed, otherwise we would have received news of his death in Zhu Houzhao last night!"

Liu Jian nodded.

Xie Qian sighed unsatisfiedly: "It's a bargain for him, Zhu Houzhao. I remembered that he slapped the old man yesterday and forced me to eat dirty things. It really makes people unbearable tone!"

Liu Jian felt deeply the same when he heard Xie Qian's words. Huang Ya clenched: "If the late emperor had no one son, I really wanted to let him die at the age of fifteen!"

"The chief minister and Yu Qiao should bear it. Zhu Houzhao is still the king after all, but as long as Liu Jin and other eunuchs are removed, Zhu Houzhao will no longer have his arms now. We and Wang Yue will naturally be able to control him. At that time, we will still have the final say in the court. At worst, let Zhu Houzhao apologize and apologize to the two cabinet masters at that time, which is also considered to be sympathetic to the old ministers!"

Li Dongyang also started talking at this time, with a smug smile on his lips, and began to imagine the scene where Zhu Houzhao could be at the mercy of his civil servants.

At this time, Liu Jian also agreed with Li Dongyang's words: "What Binzhi said is reasonable, so it is best to let him Zhu Houzhao issue a self-criticism edict, which is also good for him!"

The three masters of the cabinet nodded deeply and came to Fengtianmen with confidence.

When the three cabinet masters and a group of civil servants entered Fengtian Gate, they saw that Liu Jin was standing outside Fengtian Gate!

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian, was stunned on the spot. He stood there in a daze as if he was knocked on the slap, muttering in his heart, thinking in his mind how Liu Jin could stand on the Danxiang, shouldn't he be executed?

The elephant scepter in the cabinet's second assistant Li Dongyang fell directly to the ground, making a squeak, his lips trembled, and he was very surprised.

How is this possible? What's going on? This is impossible!

Shouldn’t Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor, kill Liu Jin? Even if the ending is not like this, Zhu Houzhao will die suddenly or be seriously ill!

Even so, Liu Jin should not be alive. At least Liu Jin will bear the blame for Zhu Houzhao's sudden death. In short, Liu Jin cannot stand in front of him at this time!

Xie Qian, the third auxiliary of the cabinet, also looked at Li Dongyang and Liu Jian incredibly, and his heart was pounding, and he thought that Liu Jin was not dead! This shows that something happened! For a moment, Xie Qian couldn't help but ask excitedly:

"Why is Liu Jin standing here? What qualifications does he have to stand here, a eunuch in the bell and drums department? What about the inner prime minister and eunuch!"

Zhu Houzhao had not appeared at this time and the etiquette had not officially begun. Liu Jin, who came first, walked down in person and came to Xie Qian:

"It's so that Lord Xie knows that our family is now in charge of the seal and is the chief official of the inner court. Naturally, it is necessary to listen to the imperial court. As for Wang Yue, a traitor who attempted to usurp the throne, he has been detained! Did he disappoint Lord Xie?"

Liu Jin walked down, smiled slightly as he said, and then returned to Fengtian Gate.

Zhu Houzhao also appeared in the hall at this time. Guo Rong shouted: "Your Majesty has arrived", and the ministers began to salute.

Zhu Hou took a look at the civil and military officials below, especially the civil servant group standing in the left squad.

Although these civil servants are still the civil servants before, and there is basically no major change, Zhu Houzhao now has enough confidence to fight them because he has already controlled the inner court and has also conquered the hearts of the military officers and nobles group before.

Now, Zhu Houzhao can already glance at the scholars and officials crawling in front of him with a look of arrogant eyes!

"Everyone is calm!"

Zhu Houzhao shouted seriously, and then took a look at the three old cabinet masters when the civil servants stood up to thank him.

Zhu Houzhao found that Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, looked downward, and he looked disappointed. He stood aside in a blank manner and became dull. Zhu Houzhao could guess that the chief minister of the cabinet might have guessed that his ambition to control himself, the emperor, had been shattered!

Li Dongyang, the second assistant to the cabinet, sighed softly, and was still in a daze, shaking his head from time to time.

Zhu Houzhao smiled softly, feeling sincerely happy, thinking that these old foxes would not have thought that they would have lost their composure.
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