Chapter 194 I am sad! [For the leader of the alliance, Xin Yu Yehua
Dozens of newly born earls, viscounts, and barons retired first, and then the emperor personally hosted a banquet to celebrate their success, which can be said to be extremely gracious.
As these people left, the hall became empty. The civil and military nobles all looked at Zhu Houzhao who was sitting there. Since the rewards were completed, the next step must be the punishment of the rebels.
Even though the emperor had appeased all the civil and military officials from the beginning, when it came time to decide how to deal with Lu Wenyang and other rebels, many people couldn't help but feel anxious.
Lu Wenyang had sat in the position of Governor of Water Transport for so many years. Not to mention how many high-ranking officials he had bribed, at least many of the civil and military officials present had taken money from Lu Wenyang, so they felt very uneasy.
Then I heard Chu Yi say: "Come here, bring all the letters collected from the army!"
Many people's hearts suddenly changed, and many people's faces suddenly turned pale.
I saw a forbidden soldier carrying a cloth bag in.
Chu Yi stepped forward and opened the cloth bag, and hundreds of letters were immediately scattered on the ground. Chu Yi glanced at everyone present and said: "Everyone, these are the correspondence between many officials in Lu Wenyang's court that were collected from Lu Wenyang's army.
Letter."
Feeling Chu Yi's gaze, many officials broke out in cold sweat on their foreheads. If they hadn't forced themselves to hold on, they might have fainted.
However, Chu Yi changed his voice and said: "Your Majesty is kind and believes that some officials among you were not involved in Lu Wenyang's rebellion, so he did not pursue any of the past matters. Your Majesty also ordered Chu to present these letters."
Everyone’s faces were burned to the ground!”
Many people had a look of surprise on their faces when they heard this, and some also looked guilty. In any case, even other officials who had no contact with Lu Wenyang felt the emperor's magnanimity at this moment.
Although it is said that he wanted to imitate his predecessors, such as Cao Cao, under what circumstances did he burn the letters between his officials and Yuan Shao, compared with Cao Cao's situation at that time, Zhu Houzhao's current situation is much better than Cao Cao.
At least, even if Zhu Houzhao really arrests and punishes these people one by one, it will not cause the Ming Dynasty to fall into chaos. However, Zhu Houzhao still chooses to give these people a chance. This is the performance of the benevolent Lord.
In the brazier, hundreds of letters were thrown away without even being opened and burned fiercely in the brazier. As the letters turned into ashes, the worries in the hearts of many officials also dissipated, and they looked at the emperor with natural expressions in their eyes.
Showing some gratitude.
Zhang Mao stroked his beard, took a step forward, saluted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, God bless me, Emperor Ming!"
"Your Majesty, God bless you!"
"Your Majesty, God bless you!"
The sound of mountain shouts echoed in the hall, and Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting upright, looked a little flushed. Ever since he ascended the throne, he had never felt that officials surrendered to him like this.
You must know that in the past, officials would always tell him that this or that was wrong. If he wanted to do something, an official would immediately jump out. Even in the eyes of many officials, Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, could not see a trace of respect.
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Just like this, a young man's heart was deeply stimulated, and he even felt a sense of fear about living in the deep palace, so he built the Leopard Room outside the Forbidden City as his permanent residence.
land.
However, now that all the officials were bowing respectfully to him, he finally saw the kind of awe that ministers should have for the emperor, and Zhu Houzhao was filled with emotions for a while.
His eyes couldn't help but look towards Chu Yi, who was standing aside.
In order to restore the majesty of the emperor, he once lifted Liu Jin up to compete with hundreds of officials, but it ended in failure. On the contrary, Chu Yi brought him a great surprise.
The trip to the south of the Yangtze River was nothing, but after returning to Beijing, Chu Yi first reorganized the Tengxiang Four Guards, then suppressed Huang Huai, Huang Kui and others, and even set up a big picture to attract Lu Wenyang, a huge hidden danger, to explode on his own
, everything here can be said to be due to Chu Yi for what we are today.
Although Zhu Houzhao knew in his heart that this was just a change in civil and military officials, he still needed to continue to work hard to truly restore the majesty of the emperor.
Chu Yi stood aside and seemed to sense the emperor's gaze. He looked towards Zhu Houzhao and happened to meet Zhu Houzhao's eyes.
Feeling the gratitude in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, Chu Yi just smiled at the emperor, saying nothing.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Chu Yi with a smile, then looked away from Chu Yi and looked at the civil and military officials who were bowing down to him. He stretched out his hand and waved: "Everyone, please forgive me and stand down!"
When the officials stood up, they heard Zhu Houzhao say: "You might as well discuss how to deal with Lu Wenyang and others?"
At this time, the civil servants naturally turned their attention to Jiao Fang, the chief minister of the cabinet, Fei Hong, and Jiang Mian. As for the nobles, they looked to the British Duke Zhang Mao and the Chengguo Duke Zhu Fu.
Duke Xu Guangzhao and several others.
After all, even if they want to express their opinions, the one with the highest status among them should speak first.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Jiao Fang and said, "Jiao Aiqing, what do you think?"
Jiao Fang took a deep breath, stepped forward, first saluted the emperor, and then said respectfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that although Lu Wenyang, Zhang Yong and others are using the banner of being a Qing emperor, their words and deeds are actually no different from rebellion.
These daring people who have no kings and no fathers must be dealt with severely and severely. Only in this way can the people of the world be shaken and the world can be stabilized."
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, then turned his eyes to Zhang Mao and other nobles and said: "Old Duke, what do you think?"
Stroking his beard, British Duke Zhang Mao said with a solemn expression: "Kill! Your Majesty should use thunderous means to kill Lu Wenyang and others as a warning to others!"
It can be seen that regarding Lu Wenyang's matter, both Jiao Fang and Zhang Mao knew that they must cater to the emperor's wishes, otherwise, the emperor would definitely be angry.
Besides, they are not just catering to the emperor, but the heinous crime committed by Lu Wenyang must be dealt with severely and severely. It can be said that Lu Wenyang and others deserve all this.
There was a calm look on Zhu Houzhao's face, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking, while Chu Yi, who had always been relied upon by Zhu Houzhao, stood aside with an indifferent expression, without any intention of speaking.
"Fei Shangshu, you are the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. According to your opinion, what should we do?"
Fei Hong was shaken, and he bowed to Zhu Houzhao with a little fear and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that what Mr. Jiao Ge and the British Lord said are true. Lu Wenyang and others must be severely punished to show the law of our Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Houzhao then looked at the civil and military officials and said, "What do you mean, sir?"
All the people shouted in unison: "I will obey your Majesty's holy instructions!"
Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while, glanced at the crowd, and finally said: "The Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the three departments of Dali Temple are jointly interrogating the case of Lu Wenyang's rebellion. Dongchang, Xichang, and Jinyiwei are assisting."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao turned to Chu Yi and said, "Da Mian, I'll help you keep an eye on this case yourself!"
Chu Yi saluted Zhu Houzhao and said, "I accept the order!"
Although the Emperor said that the three divisions would jointly review the matter, everyone knew very well that everything would still have to be listened to by Chu Yi, the general manager. If Chu Yi did not agree, the Three Divisions might not be able to explain to the Emperor at all.
After the great meeting, many civil and military officials breathed a sigh of relief. The saddest day was finally over. At least they no longer had to worry about living in fear of being imprisoned by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi as soon as they woke up.
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As for whether Lu Wenyang will be implicated in the next trial, to be honest, everyone is really not worried. The emperor burned those letters to show his attitude. Besides, those who really have close contacts with Lu Wenyang have already been arrested last night.
We have almost caught them, and even if there are some fish that have slipped through the net, there are not many.
In the side hall, Chu Yi accompanied Zhu Houzhao to host a banquet for dozens of newly promoted earls, viscounts, and barons. Zhu Houzhao himself was not very impressive, and he was a martial artist, so he had a good impression of these military officers and even took the initiative.
We had a few drinks with everyone.
I have to say that although Zhu Houzhao was not putting on a show, the effect was much stronger than a deliberate show, and he won the hearts of these people at once.
In the Leopard Room, after washing his face and his drunkenness dissipated a lot, Zhu Houzhao said with a focused gaze: "Big companion, is there no news about Yang Tinghe yet?"
Lu Wenyang and Zhang Yong, several rebel leaders, have all been arrested, and the imperial court has even sent a group of troops to Tianjin Guard to completely wipe out the rebels and confiscate Lu Wenyang's family property.
But there is one extremely important person who has not been caught, and that is the former chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe.
Zhu Houzhao had already learned in the morning that Yang Tinghe had tried to sneak into the Leopard Room to assassinate him last night, which made Zhu Houzhao extremely angry.
He treated Yang Tinghe well, but he never thought that Yang Tinghe actually wanted to assassinate him. It can be said that he deeply hurt Zhu Houzhao's heart, which made Zhu Houzhao hate Yang Tinghe even more than he hated Lu Wenyang.
Chu Yi can understand Zhu Houzhao's reaction. As the saying goes, love is deep and hate is deep. How much Zhu Houzhao relied on Yang Tinghe before, then how deep Zhu Houzhao's hatred for Yang Tinghe was after Yang Tinghe appeared in the Leopard Room with the intention of assassinating him.
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Shaking his head slightly, Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "I have sent people to search for Yang Tinghe, but Yang Tinghe is an old fox. Since he has escaped, unless he jumps out on his own initiative, to be honest, I have nothing to do with those below.
There is no hope at all whether people can find Yang Tinghe."
This is absolutely the truth. As long as people like Yang Tinghe want to hide, the world is so big and with Yang Tinghe's connections, there are plenty of places to hide without being discovered.
Zhu Houzhao sighed softly and said: "Qin An and others captured two assassins last night. One of the assassins seems to be with Yang Tinghe. I have asked Gu Daban to escort him to Dongchang early in the morning. Daban, you might as well give it a try.
Can we find any clues about Yang Tinghe from these two people?"
Chu Yi naturally knew that someone came to assassinate the emperor last night, and he also knew that the assassin was captured by a strong man from Ouchi next to Zhu Houzhao. Now that Zhu Houzhao said that the two men had been sent to Dongchang, Chu Yi was a little curious and accompanied Yang Tinghe.
Who is that person who came?
After glancing at Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "My dear friend, please investigate carefully for me, especially the identities, origins and the masterminds behind these two assassins. I will kill all nine of them!"
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