amaotonovel Chapter 539: Liu Song vs. His Officials
Chapter 539: Liu Song vs. His Officials
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The next day, there will be a court meeting.
Yesterday's storm has been brewing until today and has already taken shape, just waiting for a breaking point.
So after the eunuch Wang Ban announced the start of the court meeting, the entire court fell into an eerie silence, waiting for the key person.
In the queue, Zhao Zheng felt the countless implicit or direct gazes focused on him, and was about to take action.
However, no one expected it.
At this time, the Minister of Personnel Liu Song was the first to stand up.
chah~
In the quiet court, the sound of an official robe rubbing against the air attracted everyone's attention.
However, at this time, someone on the other side was making a bigger move.
This scene made Zhao Zheng feel inexplicably familiar. He retracted his steps and turned around along with everyone else.
boom!
"Your Majesty! I have something to report!"
It was the Minister of Personnel Liu Song.
Amidst everyone's shocked or puzzled gazes, he stepped out of the line, took a few quick steps, and knelt in front of the queue.
What is the matter that deserves such a big fuss?
Is it more dangerous than the fuse lit by Zhao Zheng?
"Say!"
Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was also quite surprised. He frowned and signaled Liu Song to speak quickly.
Only Zhao Zheng, while frowning, suddenly realized.
boom!boom!
After the emperor finished speaking, Liu Song kowtowed a few more times, and then tremblingly took out a stack of resignation letters from his arms.
Zhao Zheng in the queue recognized it immediately; it was his own work.
After Liu Song kowtowed, he didn't wait for anyone to react and finally spoke.
"Your Majesty! I am guilty!"
"The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the selection of officials, the conferring of honors, and the examination of officials throughout the country. However, now the capable are demoted and the mediocre are promoted."
"The officials in the court are capable of good but not evil, forming cliques and pursuing their own interests, so that loyal and dedicated people in the world have no way to serve the country, leaving them with only countless resignations!"
"I am the Minister of Personnel. I am ashamed of your majesty's trust and cannot handle this matter. Please be clear about this, your majesty!"
The Minister of Personnel Liu Song spoke with sorrow and tears in every word, which confused everyone for a moment.
Everyone could guess that the resignation letters in Liu Song's hand were all written by Zhao Zheng.
This was Zhao Zheng's response to yesterday's proposal.
But who knew that Liu Song would do this, directly turning these resignations from Zhao Zheng's personal work into everyone's fault.
"Your Majesty, please be wise! The Minister of Personnel is talking nonsense, not understanding the prosperity of the times, and alienating the emperor and his subjects. He should be severely punished!"
Some ministers did not want to see boring struggles occupying today's court meeting, so they quickly stood up behind the scenes and pushed Liu Song to the opposite side of the entire dynasty.
In the past, who would dare to cause trouble for Liu Song, the Minister of Personnel? You have to know that Liu Song represents the will of the emperor, and it would be hard to even make friends with him.
But it's different now.
Zhao Zheng was going to touch the lifeline of everyone. Even many people who were on good terms with Zhao Zheng were wavering at this moment.
However, Liu Song, a key figure, is clearly suspected of being biased towards Zhao Zheng!
That's perfect. It can also be used to express one's stance to the emperor. After all, he represents the emperor, but he is not yet the emperor.
Work hard and make progress, yes!
It is absolutely impossible to completely cut off the roots of the scholar-officials!
No one believed that Zhao Zheng's proposal was simply to abolish the feudal system. People from the Zhao Mansion had never had such petty intentions.
But what about the Zhao Mansion? Going against one person or even a group of people becomes going against everyone, which is a completely different level.
"You! You guys!"
The Minister of Personnel Liu Song turned around and looked at the people who had come out to frame him, raised his finger, and his whole body was shaking, he was extremely angry.
"Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
But the person who stepped out just flickered his eyes for two seconds and continued to sing with his head down.
Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this scene without any change in his expression. He just sneered in his heart without making any statement.
The so-called clear observation, but the means of attacking the hearts of the people below did not have any guiding effect on him.
He is more discerning than ever.
There is nothing good about these people below.
But for the Minister of Personnel Liu Song, it was not that simple.
The person who stepped out of the line attacked his weak spot.
"His Majesty!"
"I once saw a circus in my spare time. It was the first time I saw a circus."
"I remember that there was a scene in the vaudeville show where the player had to sit on a high bench."
"The time I watched that, the group of jugglers failed and fell directly to the ground, dizzy and dazed, and the whole room burst into laughter!"
The Minister of Personnel Liu Songhan no longer cared about it.
"Lord Liu is in a good mood. He is so busy with official duties. In a prosperous era, one should be more dedicated to his work, yet he still has the leisure to watch a variety show!"
The people behind him didn't care about anything else and another person stood up.
Liu Song seemed not to hear it and just continued talking, his expression becoming excited as he continued the story.
"But your Majesty!"
"That person came again for the second time. The second time, the other actors on the stage ran back to the starting point before that person even jumped up."
"The second time, it worked, and the whole room cheered!"
Liu Song was finally able to turn around and face the civil and military officials in the court. Almost half of them had come here through him and could be considered his half-disciples.
It’s just because the emperor of the Sun-Moon Dynasty is so powerful that the friendship between these people and him is reduced by half.
But, they are still all benefited by him.
Liu Song now truly understood the situation of standing opposite this group of people.
But it’s different now!
"Someone in my Liu family has learned that holy principle!"
Liu Song still remembers last night, when he returned home in a daze and saw his grandson still learning to write with the book boy.
He quickly wrote down the sacred truth that he had not yet forgotten on his grandson's paper.
It was a bunch of inexplicable combinations, but the grandson saw it and asked a question that he couldn't understand at all.
"Grandpa, according to what is said here, there is attraction between all things, but why do paintings fall off even if they are not hung on the wall?"
He is the Minister of Personnel. Even if he doesn't understand, he should be able to hear something.
But faced with his grandson's question, he couldn't say a word.
why?
Liu Song, who was still standing in the court, thought of this question again and felt that everyone around him was retreating frantically.
Then, a brand new and inexplicable world quickly crashed into them!
Just like all the civil and military officials in the court, no one knew what he was talking about at this moment. They just wanted to continue attacking and quickly move to the next round.
"Master Liu!"
"Shut up!"
Another person came forward, but was interrupted directly by Liu Song. For the first time, he exuded his majesty as the Minister of Personnel.
"Liu memorized a thousand words at the age of five, and could compose poems at the age of seven. He did not give up studying even when his hands and feet were chapped in winter. He was not allowed to see his parents on the day of his passing the imperial examination, but he continued to teach himself diligently until today!"
"Jing Xingxiu, a doctor in the Ministry of War, has the right to confiscate the meritorious fields of Zhenjiang, and hates Hu Yong!"
"Where was the child at that time?"
As soon as Hu Huo was mentioned, the faces of those who stepped out of the line changed completely, and some even knelt down in fear.
But neither the emperor nor Liu Song looked at him again.
Next, there is a real dialogue between the monarch and his subjects.
"Take the throne! The actor still has the courage to come back, but the officials in the court today are no match for him!"
"So I ask you to investigate all those who have committed malfeasance in the world!"
It was not until this moment that Zhao Zheng completely understood that Liu Song was in opposition to all the civil and military officials in the court today.
It was to prevent the Zhao Mansion from detonating the energy accumulated in yesterday's vortex, and more importantly, to give the civil and military officials in the court a chance.
Liu Song, ah, Liu Song.
Zhao Zheng could see that the emperor was obviously moved.
After all, if people eat for a long time, they need to deworm their stomachs regularly.
Cure is too drastic, but relief is possible.
But will the court officials understand and be grateful to you?
The often-mentioned broken window effect does not work between lingchi and scraping bones to heal injuries.