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It has been a month since Zhu Houzhao announced his vacation, and tomorrow he will start his first grand dynasty meeting in his life.

The Ming Dynasty's dynasty meeting was also called the Imperial Gate. The emperor would listen to the ministers of various departments at Fengtian Gate and make decisions in court. This is the most powerful way for the emperor to demonstrate his imperial power.

Because it was a decision made on the spot at the grand dynasty meeting, if no one objected, it would be like the ministers unanimously approved it. It would be difficult for the six ministries of the cabinet to overthrow it and could only be implemented by default.

Tomorrow, in addition to attending the morning court, Zhu Houzhao will also hold a small gathering with the ministers of the six cabinet ministries in the afternoon. Similar to the Western roundtable, several of the most important ministers of the court sat in a room to discuss national affairs and exchange interests.

Such gatherings are mainly due to the serious struggle between the internal factions of the Cabinet and the Six Ministry, the two major institutions. Many policies are quarrels due to interests, so they can only ask the emperor to make the decision.

Of course, no matter how Zhu Houzhao chooses, there are only two options A and B. He dares to think of an answer C by himself, and the six cabinet ministries will immediately unite to attack the emperor.

For the six ministries of the cabinet, it is best for the emperor to stay in the palace with delicious food and drinks as a mascot.

An emperor with thoughtful and action, with huge resources in his hand, will turn the whole country upside down with a slight movement. This is tantamount to a disaster for the civil servant group.

So once the emperor has the idea of ​​controlling the court, the civil servants must unite and use all their strength to suppress it.

Zhu Houzhao handled some trivial matters this month, but the ministers of the cabinet had already seen the clean and neat style of the little emperor from these memorials, and there was a vague sense of unquestionable strength.

After analyzing the memorials of Zhu Houzhao and Zhu criticized, the ministers unanimously judged that Zhu Houzhao had the kindness of Emperor Hongzhi and was fair and law-abiding. However, he also had his own decisive and tough side, and also contained the idea of ​​convincing people with reason.

This kind of strength is quite the style of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

In time, this little emperor will grow into the most powerful opponent of the civil servant group!

Everyone realized that the first court meeting after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne would become the battlefield for the first political confrontation between the emperor and the cabinet.

When a new official takes office, the emperor needs to burn the fire to do major tasks, and the cabinet must protect the interests of the civil servant group and protect the group's voice in the court. Therefore, the emperor must not be too strong. Once the cabinet is suppressed by the emperor, the interests of the entire civil servant group will be damaged.

A confrontation cannot determine the outcome, but it can influence people's hearts!

Once the emperor is smart and capable, and the news that he is overwhelming the cabinet spreads all over the world, then all groups in the world, for the sake of interests, and even factions that have been unsuccessful within the civil servants' collective will turn to the emperor one after another.

The emperor's power will expand day by day. In time, it will be so powerful that no one can shake it. The emperor's authority has reached its peak, and no one dares to stop him if he wants to do anything.

As the leader of the civil service group, the six cabinet ministries certainly would not allow such a thing to happen!

In order to entertain the new emperor who wanted to do great things, the cabinet carefully prepared several important military and national affairs, and was determined to have a lively event at the court meeting so that the young emperor could know who was the court’s person!

The spies from the East Factory of Sili Jian were everywhere in the court, and every Beijing official had spies arranged to buy them by the East Factory. Especially the three grand scholars in the cabinet were the targets of the emperor's focus. Xie Qian went to the toilet several times a day, and Li Dongyang slept with a concubine several times at night, and the emperor knew everything.

Zhu Houzhao does not have this kind of voyeurism, so if it is not an important official business, the East Factory will basically not be allowed to report such boring things.

Tomorrow's court meeting is related to whether his future rule is smooth, so he has not slept even late now. He is waiting for the Dongchang to report to him to see how the cabinet will attack the court meeting tomorrow. He can prepare in advance.

"When is it now?" Zhu Houzhao, who was reading the memorial, suddenly raised her head and asked.

Liu Jin winked at the little eunuch Baijing who was standing next to the timing instrument in the corner of the hall. The eunuch quickly glanced at the position where the pointer floated in the timer and said in a sharp voice: "Go back to the emperor, it's exactly the hour of the 12th!"

Zhu Houzhao frowned and looked at the dry and cloudless starry sky outside the window. It was already 9:15 pm. Dongchang had not reported it to him. It seemed that the cabinet really valued tomorrow's court meeting, otherwise it would not have been so late and had not decided what the tomorrow's court meeting would be submitted.

Zhu Houzhao jumped off the Arhat's bed, put on cloth shoes and walked out of the hall. When he was about to reach the door, Zhu Houzhao looked at the eunuch lying in the hall and rubbed the floor back and forth, then pointed to the pastries and fruits on the short table, and said calmly: "You guys have eaten all the fruits on the plate! There are also those two watermelons cut and eaten, and the remaining ones will not be delicious until tomorrow."

Zhu Houzhao is keen on enjoying life. When he becomes an emperor, he has no need to be frugal. However, he cannot be extravagant and wasteful. He will reward the fruit and desserts he can't finish every day to the eunuchs on duty.

The emperor ate the best tributes, and the taste was neat. Every time Zhu Houzhao issued a reward order, these little eunuchs rushed forward to grab them. There were more than 30 little eunuchs who swept the emperor in the Qianqing Palace, and they could not eat them if they were one step slower.

Zhu Houzhao left the Qianqing Palace with his hands behind his back, stepped on the bricks to the platform outside the hall gate. The platform and the square below were covered with imperial guards on duty and patrol.

There were stars in the sky, and Xuanyue's face was exposed from time to time. Zhu Houzhao climbed onto the back of a large bronze turtle on the side of the platform, sat on it with her hands on her chin, looking at the ridge in the distance, staring at the distance.

Liu Jin and Gu Dayong had long been accustomed to Zhu Houzhao's hobby of climbing turtles, but they just stood on both sides of the copper turtle and were careful not to let the emperor fall down.

Zhu Houzhao lamented that things changed. He also came to the Forbidden City to visit. The palace was crowded with people. Everyone lined up to walk by the gate of the Qianqing Palace. It took only a dozen seconds to glance at the space in the hall and take photos with their mobile phones.

He still remembers that the weather was as hot as it is now, and the palace emitted a heavy smell of paint, probably because no one lived in it for hundreds of years after the Republic of China and lost popularity. These smells slowly gathered in the room, especially the paint on pillars and beams, which evaporated a very heavy smell when it was hot.

At that time, he was thinking, can the emperor live in such a room every day, bear the smell?

But I didn't expect that I really became the owner of this palace. I spent my daily life in this Qing Dynasty palace every day, and I was served by people to eat, drink, defecate and urinate. I smelled the smell of paint every day, and I got used to it after a long time.

Outside the main entrance of the Ganqing Palace, a black shadow ran over the white marble corridor. The guards on duty on both sides of the corridor just glanced at the black shadow and stopped caring about it.

After seeing the person coming clearly, Liu Jin cursed: "Wang Yue! You don't look at what time it is now. The emperor has been waiting for you all night!"

The person who came was a middle-aged eunuch, tall, firm and handsome. He was Wang Yue, a talented and bachelor's man among the eunuchs. When Zhu Houzhao was very young, he was arranged by the emperor to serve Zhu Houzhao in the East Palace.

Therefore, Wang Yue is also Zhu Houzhao's confidant, and his status is only under Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong.

On the occasion of Emperor Hongzhi's death, he issued an order to promote Wang Yue to be the chief eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, paving the way for Zhu Houzhao to take control of the Sili Supervisor.

Because Wang Yue was arranged by Emperor Hongzhi, he was not in the same position as the Eight Tigers in the East Palace and was not very compatible.

Wang Yue didn't bother to pay attention to Liu Jin, so he knelt in front of the copper turtle panting, holding a piece of white paper folded into strips, and said directly: "Your Majesty, the cabinet's morning court will report tomorrow, Shoufu Liu has made detailed arrangements and listed them all on this article."

Zhu Houzhao winked, Liu Jin glanced at Wang Yue, snorted coldly, then reached out and snatched Zhang Chen, held it in his hand and spread it out, and looked at the moonlight.

Liu Jin will become his number one tycoon in the future, so Zhu Houzhao intends to cultivate his governing ability. Liu Jin will take a look at the memorials and votes handed over by the cabinet and the liexi supervisor, and then make suggestions.

After a brief look, Liu Jin hissed and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Liu Jian has bad intentions. The court meeting tomorrow is clearly intended to put you on the fire and roast you!"

"How do you say it! Lord Liu is the chief minister of the cabinet after all, and he is in charge of the ministers in the world. Whether he is in person or not, you must respect him more!" Zhu Houzhao said Liu Jin for no reason, and then took the note of Chen Zhuan.

If you don’t read this article, Zhu Houzhao’s eyes were wide open when he saw it. It turned out that in order to celebrate his first courtship, the cabinet deliberately prepared three dishes, one soup and four dishes to entertain him.

There are four major military and national affairs in the Tiechen, starting from the three things: financial power, military power, and nobles and relatives. Each of them is quite difficult, but they are ready to force the emperor to make a decision on the spot. Once the mistake is met, Zhu Houzhao's emperor's authority will plummet.

If Zhu Houzhao was just a foolish monarch who could eat, drink and have fun, then he would undoubtedly be very happy as an emperor, because the cabinet and politicians controlled the government, and they would manage the country in an orderly manner and would not have to worry about the emperor at all.

Zhu Houzhao has no need to do anything in his life. He burns porcelain every day to play in incense burners, or travels to the south of the Yangtze River to enjoy the mountains and rivers. Five hundred years later, a general Zhu Shou Lanqing vase starts at a price of 100 million yuan, and a copper Zhengde furnace with 30 to 5 million yuan is also a very successful thing.

But as an ordinary modern young man, Zhu Houzhao transformed into the king of a country, what an opportunity!

It is said that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. If you become an emperor, it is better to go home to grow sweet potatoes, not to mention that these suffering people in the Ming Dynasty have no way to eat sweet potatoes.
Chapter completed!