At that moment, he understood that he was not actually facing a certain death situation. At least in Huang's view, there was still a glimmer of hope. Huang's mother asked him to hold on to that glimmer of hope. Only by surviving could he have a chance to make a comeback.
, there is nothing left when you die.
Although it was difficult to bow his head to Yinzhen and say those words that were against his will, he could never waste the life that Huang Er Niang had bought with her life, so he gritted his teeth and forced himself to pretend to be repentant.
The punishment of being stripped of the yellow belt and banned from the sect for life was really harsh. For a moment, he felt that he might as well just die, but in the end he gritted his teeth and endured it. Now he kowtows to Yinzhen just because he wants to
It aroused more father-son affection in him and made him be merciful again. Unfortunately, this time he was disappointed. Even after he kowtowed, Yinzhen didn't say a word.
He is really cruel. It is Hongli who is kowtowing today. I am afraid that Huang Ama has relented a long time ago, but it doesn't matter. Isn't it always like this? He has long been used to it.
After Hongshi was taken down, Yinzhen dealt with Akshan, Hatai and other generals respectively. They were either killed or exiled. As for the soldiers, thinking that they were bewitched by Hongshi and others, Yinzhen did not pursue them.
, just ordered them all to return to their own camps, and not to step out of the camp until the new commander arrived.
When they exited, many officials stood outside the palace. Seeing so many soldiers inside and outside the palace, they all thought of what happened last night and were speculating about what happened. But not everyone was unclear.
, for example, the Minister of Household Affairs knew very well what had happened, and was secretly proud of himself. As long as Hongshi successfully ascended the throne, he would be an out-and-out meritorious official, and he would definitely be crowned Prime Minister by then, far better than today.
Such complacency made him smile unconsciously, but this so-called smile became extremely stiff after seeing Hong Shi being escorted out, and this is not over yet, Akshan, Ha Tai
, Wu Li, etc., all the officials he knew were escorted out one after another. Each one of them looked ashen and could not see a trace of life.
Oops, it looks like the second elder brother’s plan failed. Everything was clearly prepared, so how could it fail? Isn’t this unreasonable?
Shangshu Hube thought for a while and then pulled his thoughts back. What he should worry about now is himself. Damn it, I don't know if his identity has been exposed. If Yinzhen knew that he was helping Hongshi to tamper with the food,
He will definitely not be spared lightly. No, he must quickly find a way to avoid this disaster.
While he was thinking about it, Rong Xiang, dressed in a uniform of honor, walked out and said loudly: "Your Majesty has an order, please go to the Yangxin Hall to pay homage!"
After hearing this, all the officials, although they didn't know what was going on, still went in one after another. Only the Minister of Revenue and several other officials stood there hesitating, not knowing whether to go in or not. In the end, the rest
Everyone went in, and only the Minister of the Ministry of Finance was left standing there.
After thinking about it, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance always felt that this matter was wrong. Logically speaking, after such a big thing happened, Yinzhen should continue to deal with the follow-up matters. He was not in the mood to go to court. He should go to court now.
It's not a good thing, so he'd better avoid it.
Thinking of this, Shangshu Hube turned around and wanted to leave, but as soon as he took a step, someone held his shoulder firmly, "Sir Shangshu, where are you going? Didn't you hear what Xianguan just said?"
Shangshu Hube turned around in embarrassment, and gave a dry smile to Rong Xiang who was holding his shoulders, "Of course I heard what the leader said, but I suddenly felt anxious and wanted to find a place for convenience.
For a moment, I will enter the palace later."
Rong Xiang smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, please go to the Yangxin Hall immediately to pay homage. It is difficult to violate the sacred order. Lord Shangshu, please be patient and don't embarrass your subordinates."
The more he behaved like this, the more the Minister of the Ministry of Finance felt that something was wrong, and he prevaricated: "Of course I can endure other things, but how can I endure this internal emergency? I will be fine when I am the official. I will naturally go to see the Holy Emperor. If the Emperor asks
I will explain to you later, and I will definitely not implicate you." After saying that, he wanted to break away the hand on his shoulder, but Rong Xiang's hand was like an iron pliers, firmly grasping his shoulder, and he couldn't hold it at all.
Can't break free.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance lowered his face and said: "What do you mean? Do you want to force me?"
"How dare you, this official? I am just following orders, please forgive me, Lord Shangshu." After saying this, Rong Xiang stopped talking nonsense with him and directly dragged him towards the palace. The Minister of Hubu could not stop him even though he shouted at him several times.
He stopped, helpless and terrified.
He had already suspected that nothing good would happen in court today, and now that Rong Xiang was doing this, it was even more certain. He even suspected that Rong Xiang was deliberately staring at him, otherwise how could he be like this.
In desperation, Shangshu of Hube had no choice but to follow Rong Xiang to the Yangxin Hall. As soon as he entered, he felt that the atmosphere was extremely depressing, and blood stains could even be faintly seen on the gold bricks.
After seeing the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance come in, Yinzhen nodded and said: "Very good, everyone who is supposed to come has come. I believe that all of you, my dear friends, have felt what happened last night, but you don't know it clearly."
Zhang Tingyu was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, is the matter... related to the second elder brother?" The situation where Hongshi and others were taken out just now was seen by many people and they couldn't hide it at all.
Yinzhen nodded and said: "Hongshi colluded with the infantry yamen and the Fengtai camp to cause rebellion and wanted to force me to abdicate. Fortunately, I was well prepared and used the Xishan Jianrui camp and the re-established Tongzhou camp to capture it. That's why I didn't
It caused a great chaos. I have removed Hongshi's yellow belt and imprisoned him in the Zongren Mansion. Akshan and others also captured him and sentenced him to death. However, there are still Hongshi's remnants in the court who have not been cleared. These
People…can’t stay!”
As soon as these words came out, several officials standing behind suddenly showed a bit of panic, because they were the Hongshi remnants mentioned by Yinzhen. If they were to be liquidated, they would be dismissed from office, or lose their lives in the worst case, how could they not
panic.
Among them, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was the most nervous. Yinzhen had no idea about the re-establishment of the Tongzhou Camp. It was clear that all food and grass had to go through the Ministry of Revenue, but he, the Minister, knew nothing about the Tongzhou Camp.
So, it was really weird. At this moment, Yinzhen suddenly said: "Mu Jifeng."
Mu Jifeng was the name of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. He quickly calmed down and stood up and said: "Wei Chen is here."
Yinzhen stared at him and said in a cold voice: "I sent people to check and found that the Ministry of Revenue originally had 300,000 dan of grain, but you told me that it was 200,000 dan. Why is this?"
Mu Jifeng was shocked and tried to calm down: "Wei Chen carefully checked all the grain reserves in the household transfer department at that time. It was indeed two hundred thousand dan. How could there be an extra 100,000 dan? This is impossible."