Chapter 7
As soon as he returned to the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao's expression became cold: "Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, we will go to Ma Wensheng's mansion tonight. You can arrange it now and don't let people discover it!"
Zhu Houzhao could guess that Ma Wensheng would definitely resign tomorrow. Although he could not express his opinion on trying to keep Ma Wensheng, it does not mean that he could not secretly. Moreover, he decided to see Ma Wensheng himself. He believed that Ma Wensheng would not really be willing to leave the court like this.
Soon, at the beginning of the Hai Dynasty, Liu Jin and Gu Dayong came to Zhu Houzhao.
"The emperor, it has been arranged. There is no one outside the Ma Mansion now. We have bribed the vendors who deliver vegetables to the Ma Mansion," said Gu Dayong.
"In addition, what we are talking about is that you are going to Mingyue Tower today, and you have already prepared the carriage with someone on your back," Liu Jin said.
Zhu Houzhao nodded and couldn't help but ask: "Where is Mingyue Tower?"
"Britain", Liu Jin replied.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile: "Let's go."
So, Zhu Houzhao changed into casual clothes, accompanied by Liu Jin and Gu Dayong, went to Mingyue Tower first, and then quietly came to Ma Wensheng's mansion, and entered the Ma Mansion's mansion through the Ma Mansion.
But when Zhu Houzhao and others entered the inner courtyard of Ma Mansion, the Ma Mansion housekeeper still found Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin and others: "Who are you?"
Zhu Houzhao asked Liu Jin to show the palace sign: "We are from the Great Palace, take me to see your master!"
When Zhu Houzhao came to the study where Ma Wensheng was, he happened to hear Ma Wensheng sighing and said, "Last Emperor, I'm sorry to you!"
"You are sorry to the late emperor anymore. Do you still want to be sorry to me?"
Zhu Houzhao pushed open the door suddenly, walked in with big strides, stood majestic in front of Ma Wensheng and asked.
Ma Wensheng opened his mouth wide in surprise, not knowing what to say for a moment. He never expected His Majesty to appear in his mansion: "Your Majesty, why did you come here?"
Zhu Houzhao happened to see the resignation memorial on the desk table in Ma Wensheng's study, so he took the resignation memorial and placed it on the wax table to light it. Looking at the flames, he said, "I won't come again. You, a veteran of the four dynasties, will resign tomorrow."
Ma Wensheng was quite shocked in his heart. At this moment, Zhu Houzhao's expression made him feel like he was someone else.
"I can't stay here for a long time. I just say one thing. Don't rush to resign. I still need you. The Ming Dynasty still needs you. The people of the world still need you. The I am seeing before is not the real me. The late emperor once said that you have the ambition to reform and eliminate evil. After a while, I will let you be the chief minister! The new policy of the Zhengde Dynasty!"
After saying that, Zhu Houzhao flashed and left Ma Wensheng's study: "Liu Jin, go to Mingyue Tower!"
Ma Wensheng stood in the threshold for a long time before bowing deeply to Zhu Houzhao's departure back.
At that time, Ma Wensheng's housekeeper came to Ma Wensheng: "Master, all the things you have to go back to your hometown are ready!"
"No more preparation, take off all the things and call Jingshi Lin from the Censorate." After Ma Wensheng finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the study room, without any fatigue. The new emperor personally promised that he would be the chief minister in the future, so how could he be willing to leave?
It is common for Ma Wensheng, an official at the level of a minister, to be impeached by the censor, but it is basically useless to impeach the censor. According to convention, he would not be dismissed as long as he didn't resign himself. Therefore, Ma Wensheng no longer decided to resign, which means that his position as the Minister of Personnel can still be preserved, and Liu Jian's cabinet grandson still has to look at his stinky face in the court every day.
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Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, three cabinet ministers, as well as Liu Daxia, and other officials came to the Shili Changting early in the morning to see Ma Wensheng leave.
"You said, will Ma Wensheng resign?" Liu Jian couldn't help asking.
"Don't worry, the Prime Minister, I had already found out yesterday. The servants in Ma Wensheng's mansion were loading the car and returning home. His wife even left the capital early yesterday!" said Liu Daxia, Minister of War.
"The chief assistant doesn't have to worry. He is old and weak, so it will take some time to set off," Li Dongyang couldn't help but laugh.
Xie Qian couldn't help but slap the fan: "It's just that the hot weather is hot. Although it's morning, the sun is already very fierce. Before he stood for a long time, his back was full of sweat. If Ma Wensheng doesn't come again, I will have heatstroke!"
Liu Jian and other civil officials waited outside the ten-mile pavilion for a long time.
It was noon and Liu Jian couldn't stand the heat and breathed rapidly and said, "Is this old man who wants to leave the city in the afternoon and not eat it? On such a big poisonous day, he wants to burn himself to death."
"It seems that Ma Wensheng may have left the city from another road and is unwilling to see us. Prime Minister, let's go back!" Li Dongyang suggested.
Li Dongyang said this, which was equivalent to finding a way for Liu Jian and others. So Liu Jian immediately agreed to Li Dongyang's proposal to go home.
When Liu Jian first entered the Daming Gate, he happened to see the ceremonial guard of the Minister of Personnel. He was very surprised: "Is this old man not resigning from his post!"
For a moment.
Liu Jian hurriedly ordered people to follow the sedan chair of the Minister of Personnel, Ma Wensheng, to the Ministry of Personnel, and Li Dongyang and others followed.
"Mr. Ma, what did you do at the Ministry of Personnel?"
As soon as he saw Ma Wensheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian, asked first.
"The chief minister is really confused at such an age. I am now the Minister of Personnel. If I don't do anything in the Ministry of Personnel, can I go to your cabinet?" Ma Wensheng smiled and narrowed his eyes.
"Don't you express your opinion on the impeachment of the Censor yesterday?" Liu Jian felt like he had eaten a flies.
"I have served as monarchs of all dynasties. I have been impeached by censors for not a hundred times or fifty times. I am used to it. How can I resign from my office and return home every time? If this happens, the court affairs will not be handled. Wouldn't it be a shame to be the priest? Could it be that the chief minister was impeached and would have to resign from his office?"
Ma Wensheng said with a smile, as if he was just saying, "I will not resign. It depends on what you can do to me and what you can't do to me." Are you very angry?"
Liu Jian and others had nothing to say and had to return to the cabinet in shame.
As soon as he arrived at the cabinet, Liu Jian received a memorial from the Censorate Lin Yi who impeached him for autocracy and deceiving the monarchy. He couldn't help but be furious: "Good you, Ma Wensheng! I've misread you!"
Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were also very unhappy. They didn't expect that they would be put on by Ma Wensheng.
After returning to the Ministry of War, Liu Daxia thought that he had no chance to be promoted to Minister of Personnel, and he cursed in anger: "Why is this old man so thick-skinned!"
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At this time, Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the seal, also obtained the cabinet chief Liu Jian from the eunuch Lu He, who was furious because the Minister of Personnel Ma Wensheng refused to resign. He was silent for a while and asked, "Where did Your Majesty go last night?"
"Go back to my ancestor, Your Majesty went to Mingyue Tower last night!" Lu He replied.
"Continue to keep a close eye on it, don't let our emperor make any mistakes. Don't worry about the affairs of the outside court. They fight them, so don't be confused in our inner court!"
Chapter completed!