Ever since Da Lao Zhu rose up and drove away the Mongols to establish the Ming Dynasty, in the past few decades, nothing so outrageous and ridiculous has ever happened!
A minister of the Six Ministries, a dignified right minister of the Ministry of Rites, a third-rank official, and almost an important minister of the imperial court, actually used a crossbow arrow to assassinate the Prince of the East Palace in public!
What kind of heart-rending act is this?
Only those traitors recorded in history books who were treasonous and plotting to usurp the throne would act so wildly!
Therefore, just after Hu Shilang took out the crossbow hidden in his arms, and then his hands were quickly cut off by the Jin Yiwei, there was an uproar on the field!
Whether it was the civil and military officials at the rear or the onlookers who had not completely left, they were all completely shocked by the scene in front of them!
This is an attempt to assassinate the prince in person!
And he was still holding a forbidden crossbow!
The assassin was actually the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, a senior official of the third rank of the imperial court!
Except for those few guys who had ulterior motives and were extremely panicked at this time, almost all the other officials were shocked and frightened.
Could it be that this guy surnamed Hu has gone crazy because of his success?
How dare you act so irrationally and treasonously!
However, after the initial shock, many officials quickly reacted and became furious.
The Minister of Rites was the first to come out, his face flushed red, and he pointed with his finger at Minister Hu who had fainted from the pain due to excessive blood loss on the ground, and said tremblingly:
"Beast! You traitor!"
"How dare you do such a crazy thing!"
"What are your intentions? You actually want to rebel and tamper with us!"
The other officials also began to curse, and their words were full of utter hatred towards the Minister Hu who fell to the ground and did not know whether he was alive or dead.
Who would have thought that among all the civil and military officials who were least likely to and should not get into trouble, there would be someone like Hu Shilang who openly used a crossbow to assassinate Zhu Gaojie!
This completely broke the entire officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and could even be said to have dealt a very severe and heavy fatal blow to the Ming Dynasty!
You must know that with the old emperor Zhu Di Bintian, Zhu Gaojie, the prince of the supervising country, already has a stable position and is the legitimate successor to the emperor. In addition, he swept across Mobei this time and made extraordinary achievements, and his reputation is even greater.
There is no one who can compare with him. He can only wait for his victory and achievements before he can ascend the throne and become the emperor and take charge of the huge Ming Empire.
However, at this juncture, he was unexpectedly assassinated by an important official in the court at such a very important public occasion?
This is simply a big joke!
It has also brought pressure to many officials that is heavier than Mount Tai!
After all, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites could take out a strung crossbow from his arms and aim directly at the prince Zhu Gaojie to assassinate him. So must the other officials be good people?
Among the many civil and military officials at this scene, are there other people who want to assassinate Zhu Gaojie? Are there other accomplices? Who is leading all this conspiracy?
Therefore, while everyone was yelling at Hu Shilang, Yang Rong and Zhu Gaojie discussed in a low voice. After receiving his order, he walked out from the Jinyi Guards and glanced around with a very stern look.
Many officials were forced to remain silent.
"Everyone, there are a lot of things going on today, and an assassin has appeared. Your Highness has given orders for the people and officials to withdraw and leave in an orderly manner."
"His Royal Highness will lead the crowd to dedicate the ceremony to the Imperial Ancestral Temple on his own, and will be accompanied by the cabinet."
"We will discuss this matter at the court meeting tomorrow."
"Everyone, please disperse first."
Hearing Yang Rong's words, the Minister of Rites suddenly became anxious. This Xianjie Ancestral Temple had no business of his own? In addition, Hu Shilang had also caused an assassination, wasn't he about to be in bad luck?
He spoke eagerly:
"Mr. Yang Ge, this..."
Yang Rong glanced at him, his eyes full of warning. What time has it been? What are you trying to do by being so verbose?
You, the Ministry of Rites, have suddenly created such a big trap. Fortunately, Your Highness is fine. Otherwise, I would have sent troops in first to kill you all!
"Let's all disperse. I don't want to say it again."
As Yang Rong finished speaking, dozens of imperial guards behind him, as well as those armored soldiers, also took a few steps forward and stared coldly at everyone on the field.
As a result, no one dared to say anything anymore.
Many officials left in an orderly manner under the command of the guards in uniform. Except for those few whose hearts had been completely numb and could only walk with the crowd in a daze, the rest of the officials left while looking at the crowd.
They talked in low voices, their faces full of disbelief mixed with anger.
After all, this kind of public assassination of the crown prince by a court official has almost never happened except for the last dynasties that were in great chaos written in the history books. It can be called extremely shocking!
Nowadays, Confucianism is still the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty, and loyalty to the emperor and patriotism are almost as if they were carved with a knife. Such a brazen assassination, by an important official in the court, did it himself, which really exceeded the bottom line of many officials.
Zhu Gaojie, on the other hand, was watching all this silently in the crowd. After a long time, he withdrew his gaze from the crowd in the distance. He casually glanced at Mr. Hu who had already fainted on the ground and said slowly:
"Interesting, really interesting..."
However, the people around him didn't dare to really find it interesting.
Xia Yuanji has a straightforward personality and is completely devoted to Zhu Gaojie. He is a truly loyal minister. He raised his hand to Zhu Gaojia with a very serious expression:
"Your Highness, this matter is by no means a trivial matter. The person named Hu is of the third rank of the current dynasty, and the Hu family is a powerful family in the north. He dares to take such a risk and commit an assassination, which means there must be a reason why he has to do it."
"That's why he was willing to take the risk of confiscating his family and exterminating his family!"
Shen Qingyu was squatting next to Hu Shilang whose hands were cut off, inspecting the crossbow that had not been fired. At this time, she heard Zhu Gaojie's words and stood up straight:
"Your Highness, this crossbow is almost exactly the same as the one used by the two assassins. It should have been released in the same batch."
"Moreover, I discovered that these arrowheads were all smeared with blood-sealing poison..."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be horrified.
This, this is really deliberate! He came completely prepared and wanted to kill Zhu Gaojie, the prince of the East Palace!
Zhu Gaojie was not surprised. He would naturally be fully prepared for the assassination.
It's a pity that he can be assassinated so easily?
ridiculous!
Without even looking at Minister Hu on the ground, he directly gave an order to Shen Qingyu:
"This man will be tortured for a long time!"
"Gu Zhen is really curious about who gave him such courage!"