"Mr. Sun, what do you mean? Did you just let the emperor's reputation be defiled like this?" Xu Guangqi was a little confused. He still knew Sun Shenxing. This man was upright and a bit pedantic, but he still had talent. Xu Guangqi had not had a deep friendship with him, and he had no deep hatred. Even if there were, it had already been resolved in Kaifeng. When he asked this, he only had differences in opinion.

"Rumors stop at wise men. If rumors about the emperor appear on the market and the court follows the rumors to refute the rumors, what will the people think? Wouldn't it allow those who hide in secret to slander the emperor? So, Sun Mou believes that refuting rumors is simply a way to cover up the truth. What we should catch is the person who creates rumors." Sun Shenxing said loudly.

"Mr. Sun's words are reasonable. If the court continues to refute rumors, the rumor maker will continue to spread rumors. Can the court do other things? Will the situation become more and more messy?" Huang Zunsu was the first to agree with Sun Shenxing.

"Sun also thinks what Lord Huang said makes sense." Liu Hongxun, the Secretary of the Lifan Academy, also expressed his opinion.

Zhou Shunchang, Minister of Works, also nodded slowly.

Four of the seven cabinet ministers have disapproved the rumors directly. As long as one of them does not agree, it will exceed two-thirds. Even if more than two-thirds of the resolution is passed, it will need to be sent to the emperor for approval. Now this set of procedures cannot be carried out for the time being. Therefore, the cabinet is solely in charge, and the power of the cabinet suddenly expands.

"This cabinet also agrees with what Lord Sun said." After all, Han Yu is an old bureaucrat. He naturally knows the gains and losses of the world more clearly than water. Defending the rumors now is equivalent to adding a handful of dry firewood to the just-lit firewood. Not only does it have no effect of extinguishing the fire, but it will also make the fire burn more and more. He will not do such a stupid thing.

Of course, it cannot be said that Mr. Xu Guangqi is an idiot. He is a scientist. He is an amateur in conspiracy and struggle. He has a good heart. Don’t people often do bad things with good intentions?

"Sir, who is the most suitable person to arrest these rumor-making people?" Han asked.

"It seems that the arrest of these rumors-producing people should be the matter of the five cities patrol yamen?"

"Not bad, but I think it's better to have Shuntian Mansion come to do this."

The place where the five cities censors patrol yamen is supported is Yang He, Xu Guangqi and Liu Hongxun, Sun Shenxing, Huang Zunsu and Zhou Shunchang, half-to-half, it depends on who the chief assistant Han Du supports.

Han Yu was also in trouble. The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was Shi Kefa. He was a popular figure in front of the emperor and the people, and he also had a reputation among the people. If he asked him to arrest these people, he would do his best. The leaders on the five-city censor's guard office were not easy to mess with. He was known as the "cold-faced censor". The officials below may not be clear. Several ministers in the cabinet knew that this "cold-faced censor" was also the emperor's confidant, and he was the actual person in charge of the emperor's secret intelligence agency. It would be twice the result with half the effort to arrest him.

"Let's do this, let the two yamen take charge of this matter together. What do you think?" Han Du thought about it carefully and said.

"This proposal is very good for Mr. Ge!"

This issue was just passed.

The military machinery pavilion on Sun Chengzong's side was not idle. Not only did he order a curfew in the inner and outer cities, but he also signed a military aircraft order to enter and exit the Beijing Security Office to investigate suspicious elements. Until now, one of the big guards who went out to search for the assassins has not returned. It seems that it is 80% bad. He has sent more than a dozen search teams to the place where the incident happened. There are still no traces of the assassins and the big guards. More than a dozen search teams returned without success, and there were more wrinkles on Sun Chengzong's forehead.

The cabinet's instructions were quickly issued to Shi Kefa. The four people who were discussing were happy. With the orders of the cabinet, their work would become more legitimate. Moreover, the cabinet also temporarily handed over the five-city Censor's Patrol Office to Shi Kefa for temporary dispatch. Zhou Wenyuan became Shi Kefa's deputy. He had no complaints about Zhou Wenyuan on that day. He knew Shi Kefa's position in the emperor's heart and had never had any idea of ​​competing for any prestige.

After receiving the cabinet's instructions, Zhou Wenyuan immediately pulled up the five patrol censors Huang Xianqing, Wang Danian, Wang Ruoji, Zhang Shu, and Zhijian from the bed and went to the Shuntian Prefecture Office together.

Shi Kefa and four others just received the instructions from the cabinet, and Zhou Wenyuan and six others arrived. Ten people decided to arrest them overnight based on the list they had already mastered, which would not easily cause riots. However, without the cooperation of the jail, they had insufficient troops in the land they had. Moreover, the jail required people to strictly guard the key roads of the city. The arrest operation would definitely not be completed in a short time, so that the rebels who had already mastered the rumor and causing trouble would not be missed.

There are also some palace maids and eunuchs involved, which require the commander of the yamen of the great guards to cooperate with the arrest. Without further ado, they took action separately. Zhou Wenyuan left behind five censors in the city and rushed to the palace. Huang Zunsu and others personally went to Xu Yunzhen, Zheng Wenming and his wife's houses, hoping that they could send guards to support their operations.

At this moment, the gate of the palace had been closed, and Zhou Wenyuan had a special entry and exit of the waist sign. Naturally, he saw Zhou Huaian, the commander of the Grand Guard, without any obstacles, and explained his purpose. Zhou Huaian did not expect that the cabinet would choose to arrest the people who created the rumors in the city at this time, and suddenly felt that the matter was a little urgent. While expressing his agreement to cooperate with the actions of Shi Kefa and Zhou Wenyuan, he asked Zhou Wenyuan to go back first, waiting for him to send someone to contact and act together.

After Zhou Wenyuan left, Zhou Huaian hurried to the Yangxin Palace and met Zhu Yinglong. He briefly explained the whole story.

Zhu Yinglong didn't expect that the cabinet would be so fast. Zhu Yinglong had thought about arresting these people, but he was afraid that after arresting this group, another group would emerge, killing snakes and hit seven inches. It was right to cut off water and source, but whether doing so would cause a bigger change, Zhu Yinglong himself was not sure at once.

"Your Majesty, it's too late. Lord Shi and the others are probably ready to take action." Zhou Huaian said to Zhu Yinglong anxiously.

Zhu Yinglong also knew that the rumors would be very unfavorable to him if they continued to evolve, but the court would probably not be able to escape the suspicion of arresting people at this time. However, if they were not arrested, wouldn’t the rumors become more and more serious? The lies became true even more and more. Whether to arrest them or not is within his mind. He had absolutely no sympathy for these people. What should he do after arresting them?

Zhu Yinglong was walking back and forth in front of Zhou Huaian, making his eyes blurred.

"Catch." Zhu Yinglong finally made a decision that he had no confidence in himself.

"I obey the order!" Zhou Huaian was so impatient that he waited for this accurate letter, so he raised his foot and walked out.

"Slowly, before arresting the person, ask Shi Kefa, what should he do if the person catches him?"

"If he doesn't know what to do below, tell him, do you still remember how to interrogate Wei Liangqing? He will understand."

"I understand."

"You know what to say?"

"I just said that it was what I thought of."

"Well, go." Zhu Yinglong nodded, looked at Zhou Huaian's leaving figure, and his nerves tightened. It seemed that pretending to be assassinated and seriously injured was not a fun thing. At least the pros and cons have been seen now, and it is unfavorable to have a fever in your head.

Maybe these rumors are waiting for me to catch them? Hehe, the water is getting more and more muddy. Who is pushing behind it? Huang Taiji? Wei Zhongxian? Lanshi? Or who else?

Which side of the people who assassinated him? Zhu Yinglong found that he seemed to fall into a fog and could only walk forward with his own feelings.

The double-hook light feather arrow was once a killing weapon in the East Factory. It is easy to make people suspect that this was done by Wei Zhongxian. Can Wei Zhongxian actually get such a famous archery master and killer on the Internet? If so, he would have been able to kill himself long ago, so how could he lose to himself in that palace-forcing change?
Chapter completed!