In the early Ming Dynasty, there were still prime ministers, such as Hu Weiyong. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the prime minister had too much power and was difficult to control, so he abolished the prime minister system and established the cabinet minister.
Why does Baili Tang want to have Minister of Culture and Minister of Commerce?
Because he will continue to carry out reforms in the future.
Thanks to these two old foxes who did nothing and voluntarily gave up their positions!
Reform has never been easy. Whether it was Wang Anshi's reforms, Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal, or the Hundred Days' Reform, they all failed. There were many reasons for their failure, but that wasn't the point. The point was that Baili Tang's reforms would be much easier now that these two prime ministers were no longer the ones trying to hinder them!
Baili Tang could not tolerate the Xue family's greed and misconduct, nor could he tolerate the two old foxes who occupied the toilet without doing anything.
Oh, and the leader of the Imperial Guards is also a member of these two old foxes. The three of them are known as the "Iron Triangle".
This guy isn't a good guy either. When Baili Tang was away, he could have sent 30,000 of the 200,000 Imperial Guards to bring him back to the capital... But since you, Baili Tang, didn't issue an order, he won't send them. Don't we still have the 5,000 elite soldiers Meng Fang sent?
At tomorrow's morning court, even if you, the leader, refuse to resign, Baili Tang will have to find ways to make you resign voluntarily.
The Emperor must have absolute command over the Imperial Guards!
This was done very well during the Song Dynasty!
It’s hard to describe how Jingguo controls military power—it’s a mess!
It's morning court time again. The atmosphere at this morning court is strange.
Baili Tang didn't need their shouts of "Long Live the Emperor." As soon as he arrived, he set his sights on the leader of the Imperial Guards—a man in his fifties who had been absent from court lately, citing illness as an excuse. Even the Emperor wouldn't give him that kind of respect—a show of force!
Baili Tang had someone secretly investigate him. Six months ago, the old man had taken a concubine, only sixteen years old. He wasn't actually sick, but was feigning illness. His pretense was convincing, and even doctors visited him, and he took medicine daily. Even the imperial physicians Baili Tang sent couldn't determine if he was faking.
However, one thing betrayed the old man - he spent almost every night in the room of his beautiful concubine.
"My dear, are you feeling better?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I'm feeling better!" Humph! Hypocritical! It's useless! Yesterday he wanted to resign, but then he thought it was unnecessary! If you, the tyrant emperor, depose me, the Imperial Guards will lose their confidence! Then, let's see how you end up!
"I heard that you took a concubine six months ago? And you've been spending the last fortnight in her room. It seems your concubine has considerable experience caring for the sick. How old is she?"
"Ten... sixteen." He started to tremble! ! Stupid emperor, you even have to monitor this? He does this very secretly!
A sixteen-year-old concubine who is very good at taking care of patients?
Do you believe it?
At the age of sixteen, the same age as Chao Man'er, could she know more than a woman in her thirties or forties?
"Has she been pregnant these days? Do you want me to send some imperial doctors to take a look?"
You old man, aren't you sick and can't even attend court? And you can actually make your concubine pregnant... I admire you!
"No... I'm not pregnant. I... we didn't do anything." She was really pregnant. He had secretly consulted a doctor the day before yesterday... He didn't expect that the tyrant could actually monitor her.
"Eunuch Yang!"
Eunuch Yang laughed inwardly and said, "Send it to Doctor Baodongtang..."
The commander of the imperial guards, Dewey, knelt down without saying a word and begged for mercy!
Baili Tang's tone was very soft, really soft: "You play me like a monkey, don't you feel particularly accomplished? A person who is so sick that he can't even attend court, but he lies on something, on the belly... making dolls day and night! Are you really sick? Oh, I will summon your concubine to court again!"
"Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me!!"
All the civil and military officials stared with their eyes wide open—it was unbelievable!!
I didn't expect you, an old man, to be such a person!
On weekdays, it is hidden very deeply!
It turns out he is a hypocritical hypocrite!
Also, why does His Majesty know everything... Well, His Majesty has the telescope, and he can spy on anyone he wants!
Baili Tang laughed again and said, "I heard that you also want to resign, right? Sorry, you can't just resign now. Your concubine must attend court, and the imperial physician must also help her pulse! Otherwise, everyone in the world will say that I bully you."
This time, Dewey was completely dumbfounded! Why did things turn out like this?
A tyrant king never plays by the rules!
As soon as he went to court, Baili Tang brought his concubine and several maids to him to avoid wasting time.
Holy shit, is this even a court session? This is basically a court trial. This is not proper etiquette!
The imperial physician diagnosed that the concubine might be pregnant. It was possible, but not 100% certain. After all, she had only been pregnant for less than a month.
The maid's testimony: The master ate three meals a day, the same as usual, and he ate both meat and fish.
Concubine: The master would "love" her every other day, for an average of a cup of tea each time, and occasionally half an hour - he is still strong even at his age!
At this moment, in front of the entire court, the commander of the imperial guards was filled with shame and wanted to die. But how could Baili Tang let him do that?
"I'm showing some mercy because the Ye family has done great service to our country. Tell me, should I kill your entire clan? Wouldn't that be a bit cruel? How about this: I send your entire family, young and old, to work digging for iron!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life!!! Your Majesty, all of this was instigated by Prime Minister Wang and Prime Minister Fan to feign illness..."
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