My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 309 The Cabinet
"As for Su Zhen's official title, I don't think we need to wait until next year, Huang Jin! Go and help me find a good place in the capital. The palace will pay for it and find some craftsmen to give it to my loyal Duke. Build the house first! Lu Fang, after the princes have seen it for a while, you will go to the Supervisor of Ceremonies to convey the order to let Su Zhen, the chief military officer of Shandong Beiwa Road, enter the capital, and ask Jiang Ding to go to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion to He's on some errand."

Seeing the two people in front of him taking orders, Zhu Houcong sighed again.

"Last year when we were attacking Dengzhou, the military situation was urgent. In order to collect food from all over the country to supply military supplies, Su Zhen chopped off the heads of many wealthy people in Shandong, causing people's hearts to scatter. It is said that some people even offered a bounty of 5000 taels in the rivers and lakes. Off his head—"

Having said this, Zhu Houcong looked at Lu Fang.

"Someone is so bold that he dares to murder an official of the imperial court. I will send a report to Shandong immediately, and order the prefectures and counties to conduct a rigorous search and arrest. The culprit must be captured and punished according to the law to suppress the prestige of the court."

Seeing that Lu Fang was so sensible, Zhu Houcong was unwilling to continue to embarrass this old eunuch who was caught between the courtiers, the Queen Mother, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the cabinet, trying to maintain a superficial balance among the various factions and not let his own difficulties be tolerated. .

"It doesn't have to be too involved. Su Zhen can do things for the court so hard. Even if he goes too far, he is still loyal. The court can try to let him do more errands. Don't ignore him because of his high reputation. People!"

"Didn't Su Zhen's two sons favor the position of Jinyiwei Qianhu? This year, a decree was sent to let them enter the palace together and arrange some tasks for them in Beizhen Fusi——"

"I heard that they idle around in Shandong all day long. They don't study in school or practice martial arts. Instead of practicing military skills and battle formations every day, the generals chase eagles and dogs! How unbecoming! Folks often say that the eldest sister is like the mother, and the eldest brother is like the father. Well, you must strictly discipline these two younger brothers, Su Aifei!"

As he spoke, the looming dragon shadows all around reminded everyone who came here to see how noble the person in front of them was.

The faint figure of the golden dragon, the roar of the evil dragon, the eyes of the world, and the evil aura of killing thousands——

Everyone here saw this and looked at the figure on the golden platform, with only one thought in their hearts.

The person in front of me is undoubtedly a real dragon.

Several people trembled in their hearts, although Zhu Houcong mainly wanted to remind the old eunuch in front of him who had fulfilled his duties, and if appropriate, he could give some strength to the various forces in the cabinet and harem.

Let these guys not dare to act too recklessly even if they fight among themselves.

But looking at the people lying on the ground outside the curtained door, they saw pale and frightened faces.

Zhu Houcong found that he had gained something else.

Properly frightening them is obviously beneficial to the stability and unity of the harem.

"I will send a letter back to Shandong tonight, asking my father to discipline her immediately! The emperor will not worry about it!"

Hearing the emperor's reprimand to the Su brothers, Su Ziping's face showed fear, but her eyes revealed joy.

The emperor summoned his father to the capital and transferred his two brothers to the palace. It is self-evident why.

Obviously, this is to allow the Su family to cultivate their own power in Beijing, so that they can use it directly when Zhu Zaiji reaches adulthood, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation of the dignified eldest son being reduced to having no maternal power to rely on in Beijing.

Although Su Ziping is still not sure what Zhu Houcong's attitude is towards the so-called inheritance law and heirs of the imperial line.

After all, Zhu Houcong himself did not succeed to the throne through normal succession procedures.

It is obviously useless to use past experience to infer Zhu Houcong's personal likes and dislikes.

But after all, this was the emperor's initiative to send a signal for the Su family to participate in the game between all the forces in the capital.

At least for Su Ziping.

The emperor did not explicitly say that he wanted Zhu Zaiji to withdraw from the struggle for power, and even acquiesced to the Su family's investment in the prince.

And the positions arranged are all important positions related to the Beijing Army and the Forbidden Army——

This couldn't help but make Su Ziping think more deeply.

And for many people.

The emperor took the initiative to introduce new relatives to the capital.This is undoubtedly an ominous sign.

Not only the maternal clan behind the noble concubines were worried about it, but the noble families in the capital who had close ties with the royal family were also inquiring about the news and judging the emperor's thoughts.

But for most people in the empire, allowing the prince's mother clan to enter the capital is a perfectly normal thing in the face of long dynasty conventions.

No one has any reason to stop this from happening.

But it was enough to make many cabinet ministers who had heard some extremely dangerous ideas revealed by the emperor in the Longevity Palace think deeply.

……

"Master Chief Assistant! Mr. Wang Ge! It's a disaster!"

Accompanied by Yuan Zonggao's hurried footsteps outside Wenyuan Pavilion, Liang Chu, Wang Qiong and Wang Shouren, who were comparing documents submitted by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, who were checking the horse grass fees in the north this year, raised their heads at the same time.

Several people looked at each other.

Everyone had their own guesses about the reasons for Yuan Zonggao's arrival.

But on the surface, there is still harmony among these senior bureaucrats in the empire.

Looking at Yuan Zonggao, who was born in the Ministry of Rites and has always been gentle and elegant, he came to the capital with the emperor because of his status as an official of the former royal palace.

And he quickly joined the cabinet within three years. A few years ago, he was a small censor somewhere in the south.

Now he has become one of the most powerful people in the empire.

Won the trust of the emperor and the queen mother.

I don’t know how many people are jealous of it.

At this time, his steps were hurried and his face was worried.

Everyone knew that something big had happened. Liang Chu pointed to the door and motioned to the young Hanlin who was in charge of recording at the door to bring a chair to Yuan Zonggao.

Wang Qiong and Wang Shouren put down their Di newspapers one after another.

He focused his attention on Yuan Zonggao, who breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liang Chu after entering the door.

"Master Yuan, I wonder what happened? Is it the demon gang in Beijing causing chaos or the drought in the south getting worse? Sit down and tell me slowly, don't get angry and hurt your body!"

"Thank you, Mr. Chief Assistant, for your concern! It's just that the disaster is not caused by these two things. I wonder if you elders know that His Majesty just ordered the Supervisor of Ceremonies to pass the order to summon Su Zhen and various relatives to the capital to open the palace and confer officials!"

Yuan Zonggao sat down and tapped his fingers rhythmically on the rosewood tea seat beside him.

Showing his inner anxiety.

"Oh? Wasn't the decision to confer knighthood for the prince's meritorious service issued last year? Isn't this so surprising..."

Hearing Yuan Zonggao's words, Wang Qiong looked puzzled, and seemed not to be interested in these relatives who had been summoned to the capital by the emperor.

"It is not uncommon in our Ming Dynasty for a relative to be given a title for his meritorious service. Why should Mr. Yuan Ge be so nervous?"

Wang Shouren said the same thing on the side.

(End of this chapter)