Chapter 81 9. Fighting angles intrigue and chaos

We must admit that Zhu Houcong's cabinet system has brought the country's governance back to a rational track.In the early years, Zhu Yuanzhang hated the courtiers sharing power with him, so he resolutely abolished the prime minister system and replaced it with Jin Yiwei's spy rule to strengthen his power.It is difficult to compare the advantages and disadvantages of these political structures, but at least, the power struggle under the cabinet system can still satisfy people's mentality of watching the excitement. Zhu Houcong must need a cabinet. His low IQ made him realize this clearly, and the same low IQ put him in danger of being deprived of power by courtiers at any time.Therefore, a cabinet that is on the verge of attacking each other is in his best interest.

The earliest cabinet was actually established by courtiers who attempted to seize supreme power after the death of Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao.They hope to use such a combination of power to force Zhu Houpao to make concessions.But Zhu Houcong was by no means a person who would be slaughtered by others, so he sent his old housekeeper Yuan Zonggao to sneak into the cabinet as his internal support.Unfortunately, Lao Yuan died inexplicably within a few days after entering the cabinet.Fortunately, the courtiers were not monolithic, and the division of the pro-father faction brought Zhu Houcong infinite hope.

The leader of the pro-father faction is called Zhang Cong. This guy has been in a hurry for the first half of his life. He failed the imperial examination seven times, which caused him to keep going back and forth between his hometown and the examination room in the capital.Because Wen Xing was too dark, he didn't have much in common with the courtiers. Seeing that this group of people forced Zhu Houcong to deny his father, he couldn't see it anymore and stood up to testify that everyone was raised by his parents. The emperor should not be forced to deny his father. Zhang Cong's remarks aroused the righteous indignation of the courtiers. The courtiers lay in ambush on the road, armed with iron weapons, and prepared to beat him to death on his way to court.Fortunately, Zhu Houcong had expected this early on—these officials were all fucking lawless thugs!So he rescued Zhang Cong and forced him into the cabinet.

When Zhang Cong first entered the cabinet, he flexed his muscles and quarreled with the old men in different ways every day. The old men were all deaf and dazzled, and had to resign.But Xia Yan, another old man who is not afraid of noise, took the opportunity to rush forward. Instead of quarreling with him, Zhang Cong was tortured by the old man Xia to the point of crying, and was forced to resign. Just when old man Xia was majestic and thought he dominated the cabinet, Yan Song, the most weird minister in human history, entered the cabinet and fought against old man Xia.Not long after, the old man Xia couldn't stand it any longer. He was exiled first, but when he was on the way, he suddenly turned around and dragged the old man directly to the execution ground to chop him up.

After that, Yan Song, the powerful minister, was in charge. The reason why Yan Song was able to dominate the cabinet and was valued by Zhu Houcong was because he had a strange son Yan Shifan.This Yan Shifan seems to have no other skills, except to guess Zhu Houcong's mind, and he can guess right--obviously, he understands Zhu Houcong's intellectual dilemma better than others, and knows that Zhu Houcong has been striving for his own intelligence all his life. flawed and painful.And others, although they also know the reality of Zhu Houcong's mediocre IQ, but out of fear and desire for power in Zhu Houcong's hands, they interfere with their thinking and judgment, and somehow think that the emperor has a high IQ.That's why Yan's father and son have the de facto state power.

Under one person, above ten thousand people, whoever has mastered this power will be killed.This is the law that has not changed for thousands of years in imperial power politics. So the courtiers no longer cared about Zhu Houcong's calling him father, and the non-father faction dispersed. Instead, they continued to attack the monopoly of Yan's father and son.Yan's father and son took the time to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, come one, kill one, come two, kill one pair, just like this endless entanglement.Until the Taoist priest Lan Daoxing broke out from the slanting stab and changed the pattern of the power struggle.

In fact, Zhu Houcong constantly received small reports about Yan's father and son taking power, but he was engrossed in thinking about the technique of immortality, and temporarily ignored these trivial matters in the world.One day, he recruited Taoist priest Lan Daoxing to discuss the outline of alchemy.Lan Daoxing divination for him, said: "It's terrible, Your Majesty. The gods said that Yan Song and his son are big villains..." At this time, Zhu Houcong said something that completely exposed his mental deficiency.He said: "In this case, why didn't the gods repair them?"

Listen to this, listen to this, Zhu Houcong is already an old man in his sixties at this time, and what he says is more innocent than a three-year-old doll. Is this kind of IQ reliable? So Lan Daoxing played with him and said, "If the gods don't make a move, I will leave it to you, Your Majesty." Zhu Houcong believed it, and sent Yan Shifan to prison first.Yan Song was furious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked who did it, and soon found out that the old Dao Lan Daoxing was playing Zhu Houcong.So Yan Song hurriedly reported: "Report Your Majesty, Lan Daoxing is playing with you..." Zhu Houcong hated his low IQ and hated others playing with him. When he received the report, he couldn't help but kill Lan Daoxing first.

Yan Shifan was exiled to Leizhou. On the way, he recruited 4,000 quack artists, declaring that he would come back again.At this time, several ministers in the cabinet, headed by Xu Jie, discussed killing Yan Shifan as soon as possible.The ministers listed many crimes for Yan Shifan, each with ironclad evidence and piles of evidence.But after Xu Jie saw it, he shook his head and said, "You fucking bastards, do you know that the emperor is short-hearted? If you want to kill Yan Shifan, it's useless to say these things, you have to say..." What to say ?Just say that Yan Shifan had an affair with Japanese pirates!But Yan Shifan did all kinds of bad things thoroughly, but he just didn't have an affair with Japanese pirates!

It doesn't matter, anyway, Yan Shifan is going to be slaughtered, and this is not the only reason, otherwise the goal will not be achieved. So all the ministers listened to Xu Jie's words and wrote a letter together, accusing Yan Shifan of having an affair with Japanese pirates.Zhu Houcong was furious and immediately beheaded Yan Shifan.After finishing this work, Zhu Houcong only felt refreshed, so he squatted down in the small room and practiced the elixir with all his heart, and ate it while refining it. He heard a "cracking" sound, and his intestines ruptured. This is bad luck. Dan's troubled life has finally been completely resolved.