Chapter 362: This Is How the Routine Works

There were many people kneeling outside the Yangxin Palace, including officials of the first and second ranks, and officials of the fourth and fifth ranks, all of whom were officials of the Donglin Party.

There were many officials of the Donglin Party. If they were not of low rank and could not enter the palace, there would be at least two or three hundred Donglin Party officials kneeling to beg Zhu Youjian to withdraw his order.

Facing the Donglin Party members' abdication, Zhu Youjian remained indifferent and let them kneel like this.

The Donglin Party members had tried this killer move of forcing the emperor to abdicate many times, but this time, he had been prepared and was going to overturn the table. Anyone who hindered the progress of the Ming Dynasty would be killed without mercy.

The Donglin Party officials knelt for more than an hour, and their knees were already numb from the pain, but in order to force Zhu Youjian to compromise, they gritted their teeth and held on.

Several elderly people fainted due to exhaustion. The soldiers of the Royal Guards carried them down and sent them home in carriages. Then Zhu Youjian sent the imperial doctors in the palace to prescribe medicine for them and gave them a half-year long vacation with pay, so that they could have a good rest and get well before serving the country.

Am I considerate enough?

This is how the routine works. You talk to me about the law, and I play rogue with you. You play rogue with me, and I play gangster with you. You play gangster with me, and I talk to you about the law. Routine, everyone can play it, the key is to see who plays it well, hehe.

None of the dozens of Donglin Party officials could last a day and a night. They all fainted due to exhaustion. They were sent home by the soldiers of the Royal Guards in carriages to recuperate. As for their jobs, it was OK to be replaced by deputies.

In this day and age, there are a lot of candidates waiting to be assigned to positions. Even if all the officials of the Donglin Party, whether they are the first assistants or the second assistants of the cabinet, or the petty officials, go on strike, the candidates waiting to be assigned cannot be assigned, and the departments and institutions will not be paralyzed at all, but the efficiency will be a little slower at most.

All the Donglin Party officials who are on strike want to go back to work despite their weak bodies when they see that the situation is not good, but they are stopped by the Jinyiwei or their superiors who are guarding outside the government offices, and they are enthusiastically sent home to let them recover first.

The emperor has given you a half-year long vacation, and it is a paid vacation. Many people are envious and jealous.

At this point, even the dumbest people know that the emperor has overturned the table. They have been demoted to the bottom. Although their official positions are still hanging and their monthly salaries are still paid, their careers are over.

They know in their hearts that as long as Chongzhen, the dog and tyrant, is still in power, they can't think of going back unless a new emperor is replaced.

From a prominent and noble court official to a worthless commoner, all the Donglin Party officials who participated in the strike were furious. They gritted their teeth and greeted the eighteen generations of ancestors of the Zhu Dynasty. They wished that Chongzhen, the dog emperor, would be skinned alive to relieve their hatred.

Since the dog emperor had forced them into a dead end, they would no longer be polite and would not stop until they killed the dog emperor.

It was decided to rebel and kill the dog emperor. This matter could be discussed and planned slowly. The key was that there were too many princes and grandchildren of the Zhu family. Who should be chosen as the puppet emperor?

For the selection of this puppet emperor, a group of Donglin Party bosses argued for more than ten days without any result, but there must be a result, so they could only continue to argue.

Zhu Youjian received the secret report from the Jinyiwei and just shook his head. It took ten years for a scholar to rebel. I don’t know which boss said this. This is a classic.

Without the constraints of the Donglin Party, the various new policies proposed by Zhu Youjian that benefited the country and the people were easily passed and implemented.

The officials who could stand in the Golden Palace were all old-timers who had been in the officialdom for many years. The Donglin Party was powerful enough, wasn't it? Everyone knows the outcome now. The emperor's power is growing day by day, and whoever stands out will die.

Let's take a look at the cabinet's second assistant Ruan Dacheng and the Minister of Revenue Qian Qianyi. They are deeply favored by the emperor and are very prosperous. They are good examples for them to learn from.

The Donglin Party occupied three seats in the cabinet's first and second assistants. Now they are all vacant. Ruan Dacheng, the second assistant, has become the first assistant, and his prosperity is enviable.

If Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Revenue, had not just been promoted two levels in a row, he would probably have entered the cabinet. However, it is estimated that it will not take a few years for him to enter the cabinet. This old guy is very smart. When he saw that the wind was not blowing, he decisively betrayed the Donglin Party and turned to cling to the emperor's dragon leg. He really guessed it right.

In fact, having said that, the emperor's dragon leg is the thickest thigh in the world. Not only do you not hug it, but you also want to cut off the dragon leg. What kind of person is that if not an idiot?