At the beginning of the fifteenth year of Orthodoxy.
When the emperor returned to the capital, King Yin, who was in charge of the state, led hundreds of civil and military officials to pay homage to the emperor.
The emperor announced that the Mongols would be exterminated, the people shouted, and the ministers wept with joy.
"Brother, you are back, and I can finally relieve myself of my heavy burden!"
King Yin took a few steps forward, his eyes turned red.
"I am very relieved that the emperor's younger brother is sitting in the capital and taking charge of the overall situation!"
Gu Cheng nodded, neither close nor distant, looked at the ministers, raised his hand and said: "No courtesy!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The ministers bowed again and again and stood up one after another.
"This person really doesn't look like an imperial brother. Could it be what Xu Youzhen said..."
King Tan watched Gu Chenglong walking like a tiger and sitting down on the dragon chair, his expression and behavior were supremely majestic.
That vast and concentrated temperament that rules all directions is far inferior to that of Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, who has been fighting with Zhu Di since childhood. He is completely different from the previous incompetent emperor who was manipulated by eunuchs since childhood.
King Tao lowered his head, his eyes flashing with light.
He didn't believe what Xu Youzhen said at first. Could the emperor be impersonated casually?
Not to mention the tyrants and thieves in the world who find people to disguise themselves as people in an attempt to bring trouble to the imperial court. It is simply a fantasy.
But deep down, he held on to a glimmer of hope.
If the returning emperor is a fake and has really died in the chaos of war in Tumubao, then he will have another chance to sit on the throne.
However, the next moment, Gu Cheng looked down at the ministers and said: "I am patrolling outside the Great Wall. Thanks to all my beloved ministers for assisting the emperor's brother in governing the country, I am very pleased!"
I was also very relieved, but it made all the ministers change their expressions.
Because the four words from the emperor's mouth are patrolling beyond the Great Wall.
Missing after a defeat and hunting outside the Great Wall are two different concepts.
The former is the emperor's crime, which needs to be recorded in history. However, in such a country in crisis, the ministers took the decision without authorization for the sake of the country and the people.
But the latter is very different. The emperor encountered a strange danger and went north to patrol for hunting. However, the ministers had their own plans. They did not obey the imperial edict and refused to rescue him. In addition, he welcomed King Yin to the throne. Wouldn't he be a treacherous minister and a traitor?
But they couldn't argue, because the emperor did destroy Mongolia.
Wow!
At this moment, all the officials knelt down again, looking horrified.
"I am guilty!"
King Tao was startled, and then he knelt down with a slightly stiff movement, feeling a sense of awe and even stronger suspicion in his heart.
Is this his royal brother?
Yes, this is the emperor of Ming Dynasty!
Gu Cheng looked at each of his ministers quietly, and after a period of depressing silence, he slowly said: "The small country of Japan dares to violate the majesty of our great dynasty. Does the British Lord have a way to destroy the enemy?"
The British Duke Zhang Fu stood up tremblingly. He had not seen him for several months. He was already gray-haired and emaciated. He tried to raise his voice: "Your Majesty, I think that Japan has poor resources, low national power, many people are hungry, and the livelihood is precarious. If you use force, it won't last long; if you use defense as an offense, you will definitely win!"
Gu Cheng looked at Zhang Fu: "My lord, take care of yourself. I hope you can show off your great ambitions in the past."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Fu's face was flushed with excitement, his energy really improved, and he straightened his waist slightly.
He was taken back to the capital and fell ill soon after. It was not until he heard that the emperor had returned to the capital that he braced himself and came to court.
Not only him, but also the civil and military officials who survived the Tumubao Incident had similar experiences, especially the military generals who had made great achievements. Although they survived, they were squeezed out by the civil service group and lost their power.
"Prince-in-law, Captain Jingyuan, what do you think?"
"Pingxiang Bo Chen Huai, you once held the post of Pingwa, do you have any opinions?"
Now all the other ministers are kneeling, and the civil and military officials who survived the Tumubao Incident were called upon by everyone, and they stood up to answer the question one by one.
This signal is extremely obvious.
There is no doubt that the officials who followed him in the war in Oara were the ones that the returning emperor wanted to make important use of.
It's interesting to say. In fact, if it weren't for Yingzong's blind command, the Tumubao incident would not have happened at all. However, Gu Cheng preserved his vitality first and then destroyed Mongolia. In the eyes of civil and military officials, it was his majesty's foresight. Even defeating was to show weakness to the enemy.
Completely eradicate the weeds...
In fact, if you think too much, defeat is defeat. If it were Gu Cheng's command, there would be too many ways to destroy Mongolia as the sun sets. Where would it be necessary to bury the elites of the Ming Dynasty?
But no matter what, these civil and military achievements have made the emperor completely devoted.
After finishing the civil and military questions about the Tumu Fort Incident, Gu Cheng turned his eyes and landed on one person: "Xu Youzhen?"
Xu Youzhen's pupils shrank and she didn't dare to stand up, so she directly replied: "My lord..."
As soon as he said a word, Gu Cheng said coldly: "Experimenting the stars and counting the calendar, the destiny is gone, but moving south can alleviate the difficulties. Is this what you said?"
Xu Youzhen's body trembled: "Your Majesty..."
"Using celestial phenomena to confuse the public, destabilize the morale of the army, and violate the ancestral system."
Gu Cheng didn't give him a chance to speak at all. He looked at King Xin and said calmly: "What crime does the emperor think this is?"
"Brother Imperial! Xu Youzhen..."
King Tao's expression changed drastically. He looked up at Gu Cheng. Facing the unfathomable gaze, he finally changed his words: "I'll kill him according to the law!"
As soon as these words came out, many ministers could not hold back and changed their expressions.
Because everyone knows that among the officials who supported King Xi's ascension to the throne, Xu Youzhen was the most dedicated.
Now this new imperialist is the first to be abandoned as an outcast.
"Your Highness?"
Xu Youzhen looked at King Xi in disbelief.
Last night, the two of them were plotting how to immediately ascend the throne and take charge of power after revealing the identity of the false emperor, wipe out the gangsters who supported the false emperor, and then poison the 70,000 Tianxiahui disciples stationed outside the city...
Overnight, it became a law to kill?
King Xi didn't dare to look at Xu Youzhen, his hands trembled slightly, but there was no regret in his eyes.
If you want to achieve great things, you can kill your closest relatives, let alone mere ministers!
In King Xi's view, Xu Youzhen's plan for him was just to follow the dragon. He would become a very popular minister in the future, but now the emperor has taken advantage of him. Who can blame him?
Now the Emperor is calling the roll, and if he answers a word incorrectly, he will be counted out together, and there will be no chance again.
"What the emperor brother said is very popular with me!"
Gu Cheng waved his hand, and after Xu Youzhen was dragged down, he looked at the next person: "Commander Shi Heng, you and the Marquis of Xining Song Ying and Wu Jin Bo Zhu Mian fought in Yanghe, and the two generals Song and Zhu were killed. You
You escaped alone on horseback, demoted your rank and recruited troops, which was originally a meritorious service to atone for your sins, but a letter between you and Yexian was found in King Wala's tent. How do you explain it?"
Shi Heng shouted: "Your Majesty! This is framed by thieves. I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty, how can I collude with the barbarians?"
"I also believe in you. In order to clear my name, I temporarily resigned from my post and went to Jinyiwei Prison to accept investigation!"
After dragging down another person, Gu Cheng continued to call his name: "Li Ke, Li Shi..."
When the emperor's clear voice echoed in the hall, all the ministers were trembling with fear, fearing to hear their own names.
Although it is said that being with a king is like being with a tiger, this reckoning comes too quickly.
The key point is that the emperor's candidates are very strange. Not all of them support King Yin's ascension to the throne, and all of them have legitimate reasons. They are either killed or demoted, making it difficult for people to find fault.
After the preliminary cleaning was completed, Gu Cheng ordered all the ministers to stand up and said loudly: "Order the righteous men to dominate the court!"
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
When Xiong Ba walked up to the main hall in a fancy dress and bowed his head proudly, the ministers were stunned, and one of them let out a vicious roar in his heart: "No wonder the false emperor killed and demoted all the ministers that my lord spent so much effort to win over! Xiong Ba, you