Looking at his expression, Wang Xijue knew one thing.
That was, if the Emperor really made up his mind to break off relations with the officials, with Xiao Ruxun's status as the Emperor's confidant, he wouldn't be able to mobilize other troops. But for the troops under Xiao Ruxun, the Emperor's orders were effective. It was just a matter of whether Xiao Ruxun had the guts to do it.
But it should be said that the advantage of the civil officials was built on the basis of taming the generals. If the generals were disobedient and stood on the Emperor's side, then the civil officials wouldn't be able to force the Emperor to abdicate so easily. After the generals were destroyed during the Hongwu and Yongle periods, the power of the civil officials gradually rose to the peak, and the generals began to be suppressed. But if one day, these generals also learned from the civil officials …
Not to mention anything else, just taking down all the civil officials who accompanied the Emperor to welcome him would paralyze the entire court. One by one, they would be removed from their posts and even beheaded. As long as the Emperor had the guts and wasn't afraid of being killed, and had the ferocity of Emperor Taizu, then the court could really be reshaped. The entire social order could be reshaped. Of course, the Daming would be chaotic for a while, and then countless people would die. There might even be people who rebelled.
There were always more hard bones than soft bones. The reason why there seemed to be more hard bones in the court was because most of the soft bones were behind a few hard bones. But if the hard bones were killed, it was hard to say whether the soft bones wouldn't become the second batch of "strict people."
Back then, Emperor Jiajing used Yan Song to divide the officials and achieved this goal. So, if Zhu Yijun was ruthless enough, he could definitely do it.
Wang Xijue looked at the Emperor and the chamberlain, who had strange expressions. One could imagine the fear in his heart. He quickly knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please reconsider! Your Majesty, please reconsider! Your Majesty! You can't do this! Disputes in the court can be resolved through negotiation! Once weapons are used, not only will the martial artists seize power again, but the Daming will also be unstable! Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please reconsider! "
"The martial artists seize power?"
Zhu Yijun laughed as if he had heard something funny. "Hahahaha! It's fine if you say this to other people, but if you say it to me, I won't be so easily fooled. Wu Fu didn't seize my authority, but those bastards' authority! I am the Emperor of the Daming Dynasty, I am the ruler of this world! In the end, I don't even have the authority to appoint a Crown Prince. This is simply the greatest absurdity in the world! "
"Your Majesty! Everything could be negotiated! But you mustn't use weapons! Absolutely not! "
"Back then, Emperor Jing listened to your evil words and caused me to be in such a difficult situation! You, the civil officials, do not think of serving the country! Instead of being loyal to me, you only know how to fight for power! He only knew how to seek personal gain! Making it difficult for me to move an inch! The national treasury is empty, and I have to use internal funds to govern the country! For thousands of years, only the Daming Family was like this! What a joke! Where was the silver?! Where are the taxes?! Where did they go?! Bastard! This time, I will make sure that your heads fall to the ground! "
Zhu Yijun made up his mind. With a wave of his hand, seven or eight strong little eunuchs surrounded Wang Xijue with ferocious gazes and captured the Cabinet Chief. Ignoring Wang Xijue's pleas for mercy, they directly gagged Wang Xijue's mouth and lifted him up. According to Zhu Yijun's orders, they locked Wang Xijue in an empty palace and sent two strong eunuchs to watch over him. This old man in his fifties or sixties couldn't do anything.
Then, Zhu Yijun gathered the six trusted eunuchs around him and ordered the smartest eunuchs under them to gather in the palace. After a while, twelve or thirteen eunuchs were gathered. They were the strongest and smartest eunuchs under these senior eunuchs. They were very capable.
Zhu Yijun walked back and forth and began to choose his favorite candidates. However, Wang Xijue did not accept his fate and obediently waited to be a paper-thin Cabinet Secretary. At this moment, the balance in his heart was still leaning towards the group of civil officials. He finally remembered his bottom line as a civil official.
If the bloody era came again, it would be a disaster for the scholars in the world! The era of Taizu must not come again!
After thinking about this, Wang Xijue began to think of ways to pass the message to the outside world. Zhu Yijun was still too inexperienced. He did not know how to search people and tie them up. It was probably his first time doing this, so he had no experience and left a big loophole. Wang Xijue tore open his coat and reached into his underwear. He fished out a stack of banknotes.
As an experienced Jianghu person, it was reasonable to bring money when entering the palace, and the amount could not be small. It was because you did not know what level of eunuchs you would meet. A junior eunuch would only need a few dozen taels of silver, and a junior eunuch would need at least a few hundred taels of silver, or even a thousand taels of silver. As for the eunuchs of the highest level, the Chief Eunuchs of the Department of Rites and the East Faction Guards, they would be embarrassed to take out less than five thousand taels of silver.
However, Emperor Wanli did not like eunuchs interfering in politics. He had a strong restraint on eunuchs, so there were fewer cases of eunuchs accepting bribes in recent years. However, this was only in recent years. During the time of Zhang Juzheng, eunuchs should not be too arrogant.
Wang Xijue's skills were cultivated during that time. He was also very clear that no matter how loyal the eunuchs were to the emperor, except for the emperor's personal eunuchs, they would not refuse bribes. That was because it was almost their only source of income. As for their normal salary, a few taels of silver was useless!
Wang Xijue held the silver in his hand and began to knock on the door.
"You two, you two, open the door. I have something to say!"
The two young eunuchs looked at each other and ignored Wang Xijue.
"You two, don't ignore an old man like me. Open the door, open the door. I have something to say! Really, it's very important! "
The two still ignored him.
Wang Xijue continued to shout, "Open the door, open the door. I really have something very important to say!"
One of the young eunuchs became impatient and said angrily, "Cabinet Elder Wang, we are running errands for our master. Our master's words are heaven. Our master asked us to watch over you. If you don't open the door and let us talk, we really don't dare to. You are the Cabinet Elder. Don't talk to eunuchs like us, okay?"
Wang Xijue was secretly angry. He moved his fingers and two banknotes with a limit of 100 taels of silver slipped through the crack of the door. "Ouch!"
"Money!"
The two young eunuchs saw the two banknotes slip under their noses and were immediately hooked. They squatted down and pressed their hands to divide the two banknotes.
"100 taels of silver!"
"So much!"
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