Zhu Houzhao was called to Kunning Palace by Queen Zhang to teach her a lesson, and she felt very unhappy.

I was asked to participate in the court meeting, but in fact I just sat aside and watched the fun. You were talking to yourself there, not taking me seriously at all, but thinking that I was transparent. I just didn't go to participate after I thought about it. You actually complained to my mother, which seemed like I was so unforgivable.

When he returned to the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao called Liu Jin and Zhang Yuan, told the story as if he was complaining, and asked sternly: "Wait and tell me, should I go to Wu Dynasty tomorrow?"

Liu Jin and Zhang Yuan didn't reply for a while, and finally Zhang Yuan took the lead in reacting. He looked up at Liu Jin and stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, if you don't want to go, then don't go..."

Zhang Yuan’s idea was very simple, just follow the emperor’s wishes. Zhu Houzhao obviously didn’t want to go there, so he would cater to it earlier to avoid being taken advantage of by Liu Jin.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin again and asked, "Eunuch Liu, what do you think of this matter?"

Liu Jin seemed very embarrassed, and after thinking carefully, he said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, you can't do it if you don't go! Your Majesty is the magistrate of the Nine Five after all, and the court is the place where Your Majesty manages the world and the people. If Your Majesty blindly avoids it, it will make people feel that Your Majesty is easy to bully. The ministers may complain to the Empress Dowager for the first time. Over time, they will get used to not making decisions on national affairs without Your Majesty... By then, Your Majesty will truly lose power!"

Zhu Houzhao was furious and slapped the table hard, shouting: "These ministers are becoming more and more lawless. I have only been in power for a few months. They still think that I am the kind of emperor who is lazy and hates labor. Are they happy to force me to abdicate?"

Liu Jin said: "Your Majesty, I think it is not so courageous to force Your Majesty to abdicate. After all, Your Majesty is the only emperor, and no one can seize Your Majesty's throne. They clearly want to put Your Majesty's power aside, and they will decide everything, and they will leave the subjects in the world with nothing to say, thinking that it was because of Your Majesty's slack government affairs..."

"I'm so angry! I'm so angry! Even if I'm so ugly, do you think I should go, right?" Zhu Houzhao said sternly.

Liu Jin replied with great certainty: "Yes, Your Majesty must go, and you have to go with great integrity. If you don't go, the court officials will think that Your Majesty is afraid of them and will definitely be more unscrupulous in their actions... Your Majesty doesn't want things to evolve to that point, right?"

Zhu Houzhao blushed and felt humiliated for a long time. Finally, she clenched her fists: "Okay, go, I want to see what these people can say! If it really doesn't work, I will throw my cans and scold them in the court, so that they can know what the anger of the emperor. I will also write an edict to scold them... No matter what, I just want to make them have no good life!"

Faced with Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Jin did not answer any questions because he knew that the young emperor was talking angry. Even if he really planned to issue an order to scold the court officials, the people who drafted the edict were still from the civil servants' group. The Hanlin Academy would rather dismiss the official position than write such a humiliating edict.

Zhu Houzhao vented for a while before asking again: "Eunuch Liu, let me say, how should I speak when I go to see them? What attitude should I treat it?"

"Um?"

Liu Jin looked embarrassed, "Your Majesty, many things need to be performed on the spot! Unfortunately, the old slave... is not qualified to enter the main hall of the Ganqing Palace and participate in the court discussion..."

According to the rules, only the eunuch of the Silijian can go to the Ganqing Palace to participate in the court meeting. Even if Liu Jin is deeply appreciated by the emperor, he cannot attend.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "This is easy. I will temporarily transfer you to the position of the Ministry of Rites and Supervisor... When the court meeting is over, I will remove your position and continue to be the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison!"

Zhang Yuan was anxious when he listened, thinking: "Isn't this still there... Why did Your Majesty forget me aside? Why did Liu Jin always get the support of His Majesty, and even if I say something that caters to His Majesty's idea, I would not accept it?"

Zhang Yuan seemed very upset because no matter what he did, he could not surpass Liu Jin and was suppressed everywhere. Liu Jin was extremely at ease when he walked step by step. Now he could enter the main hall of the Ganqing Palace to participate in the government affairs. As for whether Zhu Houzhao would remove Liu Jin from the identity of the eunuch of the eunuch of the lizhi in the court after resigning from the court, he would have to say something else.

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The Silijian wanted to add a candidate for eunuchs, which was not easy to do with just one word. But Zhu Houzhao, the person who disliked following the rules the most, went to ask Empress Dowager Zhang for instructions, but after receiving permission, he did not go through the process. Without saying hello to Xiao Jing, he took Liu Jin directly to the Silijian and announced in public that he appointed Liu Jin as the eunuch of the Silijian.

Because Liu Jin's identity as an eunuch in the Imperial Horse Supervisor was not deprived of, it means that Liu Jin had both the dual identities of eunuch in the Imperial Horse Supervisor and eunuch in the Sili Prison. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, only Liu Jin has both these two identities. Xiao Jing knew that he was targeted by Zhu Houzhao, but he still bit the bullet and explained the rules:

"Your Majesty, you cannot transfer the candidates for the Sili Supervisor... Besides, the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor and the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor cannot serve at the same time..."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand disbelief: "I just temporarily let Eunuch Liu enter the corporate etiquette supervision so that I can join the Ganqing Palace with me tomorrow to attend the court meeting... Eunuch Xiao, you don't have to be nervous. You are just a eunuch on the pen... and you are also an eunuch on the pen, and you will be removed from your post later, which will not affect Eunuch Xiao's status... Haha!"

Xiao Jing frowned and said distressedly: "Your Majesty, I'm not because of this, it's really... this doesn't conform to the rules..."

Zhu Houzhao glared: "Rules are dead, people live. Now I am in charge of the world, everything must be based on my wishes... I have a word and I have appointed Liu Jin to the rank of the ritual supervisor. If you don't agree, then you can retire and return home and give up your position..."

Perhaps because he realized that this was too serious, Zhu Houzhao immediately added: "Eunuch Xiao, I respect your character, but you cannot go against me in many things. I am kind enough to discuss with you now. If you disagree, I can only use some tough means!"

Seeing this attitude, Xiao Jing trusted Liu Jin very much, and even if he changed the rules, he would have to accept it.

From beginning to end, Liu Jin just stood behind Zhu Houzhao without saying a word... Liu Jin was very smart. He is now on the target of public criticism. Anything he said would be regarded as a hypocritical attitude. It would be better to follow the emperor and be a mute.

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The next day, the Ganqing Palace discussed.

The ministers who went to Kunning Palace yesterday to complain to Empress Dowager Zhang were all here. In addition to these people, there were also six ministries, the Censorate, the Governor's Office of the Five Army and the main yamen of the temple department. It can be said that the civil and military officials are all gathered together.

"...Your Majesty has stopped court for days and has accumulated a lot of memorials in the court. Now they have been listed in front of His Majesty. Will the old minister interpret it one by one for His Majesty and decide as soon as possible?" Liu Jian stepped forward to salute.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chaise behind the desk table, standing by Xiao Jing and Liu Jin, one left and one right next to him. Zhu Houzhao picked up the memorial book casually and looked through it. The dense texts on it gave him a headache and he could not calm down to deal with the government.

"I don't want to read the memorial, nor do I want to listen to the explanation of Young Master Liu. I think that with Young Master Liu and my dear friends, I should not bother me in trouble these things. Haven't you done this all the time before? I suddenly said that I must participate in the court meeting. Now that I am here, just say whatever you have, and don't bother me with these messy memorials!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, she threw the memorial aside, looking very impatient.

The civil and military officials present had long expected Zhu Houzhao's attitude of refusing to cooperate. Liu Jian actually didn't want Zhu Houzhao to deal with the memorial, but just wanted to use this method to get Zhu Houzhao back to the right path.

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, since you ascended the throne, although the Ming Dynasty has been peaceful and peaceful, there are still many things happening everywhere. For example, Guangdong was hit by a storm and needed relief from the court. Your Majesty should be careful to live in trouble and die in peace and happiness, and should not be addicted to leisure and happiness!"

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Young Master Liu, don't talk so easily. I want to take care of things, but do you let me take care of it? When the late emperor was alive, you were basically responsible for the court affairs. When did I have real power? Now, you accused me of not doing things... You give me a chance to prove that I am a wise monarch who can create a prosperous era!"

Zhu Houzhao said this, almost making the conflict between the monarch and the ministers public. Although the civil and military ministers present knew that Zhu Houzhao's words were too biased, they did not dare to say anything because it involved the conflict between the monarch and the powerful ministers. If Liu Jian wanted to argue with Zhu Houzhao, they could only choose to be neutral.

Liu Jian shook his head and sighed: "How can Your Majesty make such a joke?" As he said that, he looked up at Liu Jin, as if he was very dissatisfied with Liu Jin entering the court.

Just when the king and his ministers were confronting each other and the atmosphere was extremely solemn, Xie Qian left the line and took out a memorial and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has memorial!"

Even if Zhu Houzhao was angry, he could only hold back his anger when he saw Xie Qian. He knew that if Xie Qian was regarded as an enemy, then no one would support him in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Say!"

Xie Qian reported: "After discussing for many days, Hanyuan Quxian finally decided the year name of Zhengde next year. Please ask Your Majesty to consult..."

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "Zhengde, what Zhengde? Didn't you sign a few years ago? Have you submitted it to the Silijian? As far as I know, there is no Zhengde's year name in between!"

Xie Qian Gong replied: "Reply to Your Majesty, this righteous virtue comes from the Mandarin. 'Understanding the essence of the mind and guiding the punishment, and wise the righteous virtue of the Tao reward' has profound meaning. Hanyuan made this proposal after several discussions. Please decide!"
Chapter completed!