Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

After putting down the rebellion of King Ning, Emperor Jianwen Ji Gaosheng appointed capable ministers and generals such as Hou Tianzong and He Jinghui, which brought a new atmosphere in the court.

This good atmosphere lasted for half a year.

It was not until the sixth day of March in the second year of Jianwen that Hou Tianzong and He Jinghui had a head-on conflict with Emperor Jianwen in the court for the first time.

The reason was that a newly favored chamberlain suggested that Emperor Jianwen recruit beautiful women into the palace to realize his talents.

This suggestion originally didn't mean much. Indeed, since the palace change, there have been a large number of vacancies among the chamberlains and maids in the original palace, so it should be supplemented.

However, in the normal selection of girls in the palace, according to the ancestral system, innocent ladies born in official families are usually selected to enter the palace.

However, as the trend of local separatism has not been eliminated, only the areas around the capital are under the control of the imperial court.

In such a small place, even if every official's family elects a woman, how many people will there be?Far from enough for the palace.

So someone came up with a bad idea to expand the scope of the draft and allow women from common families to enter the palace.

Unsurprisingly, this was Wrinkle Xuehue's idea.

On the night of learning the news, He Jinghui rushed into Wan Xuehai's home and beat him up.

The next day, Wuxuehai came to court crying with two giant panda eyes.

"Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for me..."

Facing Wrinkle Xuehai's tearful eyes, Ji Gaosheng also felt a trace of sympathy. He received this beating for me.

"He Qiaoqi, why do you want to beat the second assistant? If you have political differences, you should be persuaded by reason. How can you be so arrogant and brutal, and put the dignity of the court at risk."

He Jinghui remained silent, but stared at Emperor Jianwen with a pair of angry eyes.

Hou Tianzong just said in a cold voice: "Wu Xuehai has evil intentions. He dares to suggest that the scope of the draft be expanded. He is trying to abolish the ancestral etiquette and destroy the foundation of our country. As a member of the nine barbarian tribes, your majesty, please order immediately, push Wu Xuehai out of the Meridian Gate and behead him." , ransacked the family and exterminated the clan to serve as a warning to others."

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty felt a cool breeze blowing over them, sending chills down their spines.

This Hou Tianzong is much more ruthless than He Jinghui.

Wrinkle Xuehai never expected that Hou Tianzong would be so ruthless and dare to attack his own nine tribes.

Over the past six months or so, he had actually made a lot of small moves to test Hou Tianzong's bottom line.

It's just that Hou Tianzong has always been invisible.

As if as long as you complete your daily tasks, nothing else matters.

So this time, he wanted to do something extraordinary by using the name of the palace draft girl.

When the Xia Dynasty was founded, the draft was set for women from official families. The original intention was not to disturb the people.

We don’t even want to give officials at all levels the opportunity to blatantly abuse their power for personal gain and harm the people because of the draft.

Just imagine, if the scope of the draft is really expanded to the private sector, who among those executive officials will not take this opportunity to benefit themselves?

Since ancient times, if the idea of ​​drafting girls from among the people is confirmed, it will be a harbinger of the country's subjugation.

Xuexuehai knows better than anyone the consequences of expanding the scope of the draft.

He also knew very well how high the risk was, but he wanted to take a gamble.

Hou Tianzong put too much pressure on him. As long as he was around, there would be no chance of causing trouble in Daxia.

This time Ji Gaosheng took the initiative to propose the draft, but he said it was the best opportunity.

After all, the east wind has arrived, and it only takes one push to set off huge waves. It would be a shame not to take action.

And based on his understanding of Hou Tianzong in the past six months, since he has agreed to the draft, it means that he also knows the fact that there is a shortage of people in the palace.

Expanding the scope of the draft is just to add more manpower to the palace.

If you really want to be seen through, the worst thing you can do is just admit that you are incompetent.

It's not like he's never been embarrassed before. Anyway, he has already lost his face and skin.

However, Wuxuehai never expected that Hou Tianzong would not give him any chance to retreat and would destroy all nine of his clans.

However, Wuxuehai was not too afraid. Daxia had a tradition of not killing scholar-bureaucrats.

If Hou Tianzong really dared to kill himself, he would be risking the disapproval of the world, and there would be no place for others to stand in the officialdom.

"Your Majesty, I am devoted to the country and sincere. Even if I don't think carefully, I have toiled hard even if I have no merit. Hou Tianzong relied on the grace of God and did not want to repay the king, but only did the evil thing of bullying the weak. Please banish this person from the court forever. No use."

Ji Gaosheng also looked ugly, feeling deeply offended.

Hou Tianzong and He Jinghui were indeed too disrespectful to him to dare to threaten important ministers in the court so blatantly.

"Even if there are some omissions in Wuchi Fu's remonstrance, the crime will not lead to death, let alone punish the nine tribes? Hou Aiqing, please don't say such cruel words that make colleagues afraid. I will pretend that what happened today never happened. Don't mention it again. .”

Hou Tianzong shook his head:

"In the 31st year of the Apocalypse, Wan Xuehai was appointed as the magistrate of Bao'an County. During his three-year term, he built the Wan family from a small and dilapidated family into a prominent family in Guangzhou. Many people in the Wan family were engaged in business, and they had to go back and forth to Luzon every year to earn a lot of gold and silver. In that year, they could go back and forth It was impossible for Luzon's ships to pass without Lu Feiyang's permission. Later, King Po Hai attacked the capital, and Wan Xuehai collaborated with the ministers to open the gates of the inner city and let Po Hai enter the city. This further shows that their family has a close relationship with Lu Feiyang. With close contact, it would not be unjust to kill him.”

Wrinkle Xuehai was so panicked that he hurriedly shouted:

"Hou Tianzong, you are slanderous. I am loyal to the imperial court. How can you slander me with just a few words?"

Ji Gaosheng was also a little panicked. If Wuxuehai really belonged to Pokaiwang, he would be a real threat.

"Hou Aiqing, is there any evidence for everything you said? I can't kill the minister in vain just based on your few words, right?"

Hou Tianzong shook his head again:

"What I say is evidence. Wuxuehai has been an official for many years, and there are countless officials involved with him. If I show the evidence, at least half of the people in the court today will be killed. Does your Majesty still want it? Hard evidence?”

Ji Gaosheng immediately sat down. This was indeed a difficult problem. What if he really forced out evidence and implicated too many officials?

But how can we convince the public by killing the dignified second assistant without any evidence?

However, just when Ji Gaosheng had not made up his mind, Hou Tianzong sighed softly:

"There is no need for His Majesty to take action in order to eliminate traitors for the country."

Before anyone could understand what Hou Tianzong meant, He Jinghui had already taken action.

He stepped forward, grabbed Wuxuehai's neck, and squeezed it with his big hand.

Xuehai, an old official who had experienced two dynasties, rolled his eyes.

All the courtiers could not help but feel a sense of desolation.

Wan Xuehai is the most senior cabinet minister in the current cabinet. He has been in the cabinet for 20 years and served as a deputy minister for more than ten years.

He successively assisted Zhang Shuda, and Ma Wenwen served as the first assistant twice.

It well balances the problem of Zhang Shuda being too strict with officials.

Half of the officials in the DPRK have received more or less favors from him.

In fact, after Uncle Zhang recovered from his serious illness, the person with the highest voice was not Ma Wenwen, but Wan Xuehai.

It was Emperor Tianqi who pushed Ma Wenwen to the position of chief minister against all opinions.

But in fact, it is Wan Xuehai's ability that is most recognized by officials.

That is, from that time on, Wrinkle Xuehai had a strange idea.

He did all the things he couldn't do, including forming allies, appointing people to favor others, rejecting dissidents, appointing officials and making wishes, and interfering with others.

In the end, someone took advantage of him and used it as a threat to let him open the gates of the capital.

It would indeed be an injustice to say that he colluded with King Pokai, but his death was definitely not an injustice.

In order to fight for power, he attempted to bring chaos to the world again.

Ma Wenwen has insufficient talents. Once the world is in turmoil, his position as chief minister will not be secure.

As for Hou Tianzong and He Jinghui, it would be easier.

On the surface, Ji Gaosheng trusted these two people, but in fact, he had long discovered that the relationship between the three of them was not as good as it seemed.

Moreover, He Jinghui and Hou Tianzong had already achieved great success by quelling Prince Ning's rebellion and shocked the world.

It's just that Emperor Jianwen's own power is still being cultivated. When the emperor's own power is cultivated, the Tianwu Gang will immediately become a thorn in the side.

He saw clearly, so his opponents were never Hou Tianzong and He Jinghui, only Ma Wenwen.

Only this loyal dog who is willing to be the emperor's minion is the most difficult to deal with.

Unfortunately, despite all calculations, he never expected that Hou Tianzong would kill him so decisively.

There really wasn't even the slightest chance to resist.

After He Jinghui killed Wuxuehai, he pushed Hou Tianzong away.

Emperor Jianwen was so angry that he trembled all over, and the lustful and hedonistic thoughts he had just aroused were completely indifferent.

In the end, the Wuxuehai family was not killed by the Yi Jiu clan, but the whole family was executed.

Countless gold and silver treasures were found, with a total value equivalent to nearly two thousand taels of silver.

All this money went into Emperor Jianwen's inner treasury and became the starting capital for him to expand his strength.

Shui Heshun and Gao Xiaosong were both trusted by Emperor Jianwen.

The Shenji Battalion was asked to expand to 5 people, and a large number of suppressed capable ministers were activated again.

……

one year later

Hou Tianzong seemed to be invisible to everything about Emperor Jianwen's behavior.

Every day I just take it easy and deal with the pile of things I am responsible for.

He Jinghui is even more undisciplined. In the past six months, he has not even been in court.

In the garden, Ji Qianhui pushed Hou Tianzong for a walk and said with a worried look on his face:

"Tianzong, the relationship between you and the emperor is getting more and more tense. If this continues, something will happen, right?"

Hou Tianzong smiled slightly: "Then what can we do? The baby bird will always grow up, and the emperor will not always be willing to be controlled by others."

Ji Qianhui had a complicated expression. After thinking for a long time, she finally said in embarrassment: "How about... let's leave here..."

Hou Tianzong smiled heartily: "Okay."

Morning morning three days later.

The new army of Shui Heshun and Gao Xiaosong has been trained. Although it is not necessarily stronger than the Tianwu Gang, it is still capable of fighting.

In the past few days, Ji Gaosheng was thinking about what excuse he could use to make the Tianwu Gang withdraw from the defense of the capital and let the Shenji Battalion take over.

Only by regaining military power first could he possibly regain imperial power. He was still very clear about this.

"If you have something to play, you will retreat."

"I would like to report to the Emperor that I have been feeling unwell recently. It seems that I am not adaptable to the northern climate. I sincerely request your Majesty to allow me to retire and return to my hometown."

"That's right. I've been feeling inconvenient in my legs and feet recently and can't go to court. Let's retire and return home together."

Ji Gaosheng couldn't believe his ears for a moment.

He was still thinking about how to force the two of them to hand over their power, but he didn't expect that they actually resigned themselves.

This is really a pillow for when you are drowsy. Ji Gaosheng was so happy that he even ignored the process of three invitations and three stays for important ministers to resign, and agreed at the court:

"Accurate..."