Turning his hand and putting the file aside, Chu Yi said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, there is no need to get angry because of some villains!"
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said: "The reason why I am angry is because these people are so ignorant. Could it be that in their eyes, I am the kind of emperor who has no tolerance for others? They even want to sow discord between me and my companions.
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As he spoke, a cold light flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes and he said: "It seems that I can only use thunderous means to make them remember one thing: never provoke my bottom line. I really know how to kill people!"
It can be seen that Zhu Houzhao was really stimulated this time, otherwise Zhu Houzhao would not have said such a thing given his temperament.
After all, Zhu Houzhao has a mellow nature and is not the kind of king who is suspicious and murderous. If this were not the case, I am afraid Zhu Houzhao would not be able to make Chu Yi value him so much and even put so much thought into Zhu Houzhao.
Waving his hand, Zhu Houzhao said to Chu Yi: "I don't need to ask about this matter. This will save me from having someone confuse right and wrong and slander me."
Zhu Houzhao believed that he had to consider Chu Yi, so he took care of everything neatly. Even if he might be regarded as a tyrant afterwards, Zhu Houzhao would not hesitate.
Yue Buqun and Cao Shaoqin, who stood aside, lowered their heads one by one, listening to the conversation between Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi, without any intention of interrupting.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao pondered slightly and said: "Pass on my decree and summon several ministers from the cabinet to come and tell them that I have something to discuss with them."
Sitting aside, Chu Yi naturally understood the purpose of Zhu Houzhao summoning Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others into the palace at this time. Obviously, even when Zhu Houzhao was furious, he did not lose his mind because of his anger.
Chu Yi glanced at Zhu Houzhao appreciatively, obviously very satisfied with Zhu Houzhao's calmness.
Since the Great Court Meeting, Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and other cabinet ministers did not rest even after they returned to their mansions, and Lezhi had been paying attention to the changes in the capital.
Sure enough, Dongchang and Jinyiwei's work efficiency was as high as ever, which was not beyond their expectations at all. A group of officials who were obviously closely related to Xu Fu and Chen Kai were captured and thrown into prison. This was all expected.
matter.
Then it depends on how the emperor will deal with these people. If the emperor wants to kill these officials regardless of other things, then as ministers, Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing are thinking about how to dissuade them.
Zhu Houzhao.
After all, as the emperor, even if you really want to kill people, you cannot kill people without reason. There must be a reason for killing people. Otherwise, you will not be able to explain it to the world.
After all, even if you are an emperor, you cannot really act wantonly, and the so-called wanton behavior can only be done by a tyrant who does not care about tomorrow after today.
As cabinet ministers, Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing have a close relationship with Zhu Houzhao. Over the years, they have gotten along well with each other. In Wang Yangming's view, Zhu Houzhao is definitely the kind of wise king who will last through the ages. Naturally, they don't want Zhu Houzhao to suffer from this incident.
And what stain is left behind?
In Wang Yangming's mansion, Yang Yiqing was stroking his beard at the moment, and said to Wang Yangming with a somewhat worried look in his eyes: "Wang Shangshu, aren't you worried that His Majesty will make some decisions that will harm your reputation in anger?"
Wang Yangming sat there with a leisurely attitude, glanced at Yang Yiqing, and said with a slight smile: "Elder Ge is a little over-concerned. Not to mention that His Majesty is the Lord of the Holy Ming, even if His Majesty may be affected by emotions this time
He will make some decisions that will harm his reputation, but Mr. Ge must not forget that with His Majesty King Wu here, is it possible that His Majesty King Wu will watch His Majesty make wrong decisions?"
Hearing what Wang Yangming said, Yang Yiqing, who had a look of worry on his face, couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he clapped his hands and praised: "Yes, why didn't I think of this? With His Highness King Wu here, naturally it's not
It will make His Majesty make a wrong decision."
As he spoke, Yang Yiqing turned to Wang Yangming with some admiration and said: "Wang Shangshu can see clearly. I am ashamed of myself."
While he was talking, he saw an old servant from the palace coming quickly and saluting Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing before saying, "Master, someone is coming from the palace."
Wang Yangming raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, please come in quickly."
I saw a senior eunuch walking over accompanied by two chamberlains. When he saw Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing from a distance, the senior eunuch's eyes lit up and he walked forward a few steps: "I have seen An Guo."
Sir, I have met Mr. Chief Assistant."
Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing naturally did not dare to make excuses in front of the eunuch who passed the order. They stood up and bowed their hands to the eunuch who passed the order and said, "I have seen the eunuch Wu. I wonder what your majesty's order is?"
Superintendent Wu smiled slightly, cupped his hands in the direction of the palace and said, "Your Majesty orally issued an order to the king, and Yang Shoufu entered the palace."
After looking at each other, Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing bowed their hands and said, "I accept the order."
Supervisor Wu looked at Yang Yiqing with a smile and said, "It just so happens that Yang Shoufu is here. It saves our family an extra trip to Yang's Mansion."
As he spoke, Superintendent Wu said: "We have to convey orders to several other pavilion elders, so I will take my leave. You two have tidied up for a while, and please come into the palace."
Soon, several ministers in the cabinet received Zhu Houzhao's order no matter where they were, and one by one they packed up and rushed to the palace.
When Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others appeared in front of the palace gate, the guards guarding the palace gate opened the door and let them in.
In the imperial palace and the imperial garden, Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao were looking through files one after another.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and the voice of a chamberlain could be heard in the distance: "Old Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others from the cabinet cabinet are asking to see His Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu."
Zhu Houzhao raised his head and said: "Pass."
Soon Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others strode over. When they saw Chu Yi sitting there, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
With Chu Yi sitting on the side, no matter how angry Zhu Houzhao is, at least they don't have to worry about any trouble, because Chu Yi will definitely not sit back and watch Zhu Houzhao cause any trouble.
"Greetings to His Majesty, I have met His Highness King Wu."
He saluted Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao just snorted softly.
Zhu Houzhao was obviously expressing his dissatisfaction. After all, the cabinet ministers can be said to be the role models for all officials. If there is any problem with the civil and military officials, then it must be the responsibility of the cabinet ministers.
This time, like Xu Fu, Chen Kai actually caused such a thing at the court meeting. In Zhu Houzhao's view, this was because several cabinet ministers failed to fulfill their responsibility of supervising all officials.
Obviously Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others have been mentally prepared to a certain extent, so they are not surprised at all by Zhu Houzhao's attitude.
As expected, Zhu Houzhao casually threw a stack of files he had looked through in front of several people and said: "Let me take a look at them all, take a good look at them. These are my officials of the Ming Dynasty. How come I have such a shameless group of people?"
Disciple."
Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and others picked up the files that Zhu Houzhao had thrown in front of them and looked through them one by one. When they saw the contents of the files, even Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and the others couldn't help but frown.
Even someone as upright as Chen Ding couldn't help but said to Zhu Houzhao when he saw the contents of the file: "Your Majesty, are the records above true? It can't be Dongchang, Jinyiwei."
That is to say, Chen Ding is a veteran of several dynasties and has always had such a temperament. If it were anyone else who dared to question the emperor like this, it would be a crime of disrespect. Even if he met a petty emperor, like Chen Ding
I have already seen grass growing on my grave.
Yue Buqun and Cao Shaoqin, who were standing aside, suddenly turned ugly when they heard this and stared at Chen Ding. Unfortunately, Chen Ding was not afraid of the two of them at all. He even dared to criticize Chu Yi, so how could he be afraid of Yue Buqun and Cao Shaoqin?
Here are the two of them.
Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly and said, "They don't have the guts to fool me with this kind of thing!"
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Cao Shaoqin and Yue Buqun knelt down in front of Zhu Houzhao with a bang and said as if they were swearing: "I dare to guarantee with my head that the records in these files are true. If there is any discrepancy, I will
You should die to apologize."
Wang Yangming said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was our negligence and failure to fulfill our duty of supervising the officials, and we actually allowed so many people with ulterior motives to sneak into the officials."
No wonder Wang Yangming's face turned ugly. The background of the officials who were accomplices of Xu Fu and Chen Kai recorded in the file was really shocking.
Even though there were only a few people among them, the backgrounds of these people still gave Wang Yangming and others a huge impact.
Among these officials were the remnants of the former rebel king Ning, as well as the descendants of several powerful people who were copied and exterminated by Zhu Hou.
After all, no one can guarantee that no fish will slip through the net. What these powerful and aristocratic families are best at is saving their lives in various ways. Even though Chu Yi slaughtered many powerful families in the past, even Chu Yi himself did not dare to
It is guaranteed that the so-called confiscation of homes and genocide can really eradicate the opponent.
Sure enough, now there are indeed some remnants of the past sneaking into the officialdom.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Yiqing naturally had to stand up and take responsibility. He saw Yang Yiqing saying to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, forgive me. It is all my fault that I was careless and allowed people with ulterior motives to sneak into the court. If it weren't for Your Majesty,
If we are aware of everything, we will never know how much influence these people will have on the Ming Dynasty."
After speaking, Yang Yiqing knelt on the ground and said to Zhu Houzhao: "I would like to resign from the post of chief assistant as punishment."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hands after hearing this and said: "Although you may have overlooked this matter, I have called you here not to ask you for guilt, but to ask you to take a closer look. How should I deal with these people?"
Wang Yangming took a deep breath and slowly said: "Your Majesty must be severely punished, otherwise there will be no way to warn future generations."
Yang Yiqing nodded and said: "What Wang Shangshu said is true. Those who have ulterior motives are our enemies of the Ming Dynasty. We should kill them without mercy to serve as a warning to others."
Chen Ding opened his mouth, as if he wanted to persuade Zhu Houzhao not to make a decision due to emotional fluctuations, but in the end Chen Ding closed his mouth because Chen Ding really couldn't think of a reason to plead for these people.
In fact, even Chen Ding couldn't stand what these people were doing. Otherwise, Chen Ding would definitely not stand there silently.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at the cabinet elders with some satisfaction. It was obvious that Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with the reactions of the cabinet elders.
Waving his hands, Zhu Houzhao said to several people: "In this case, I will hand over the case to the cabinet for handling. I want to see how the cabinet handles it in the shortest possible time."
Chen Ding, Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and others all responded and saluted Zhu Houzhao.
Everyone dispersed, but instead of returning to the mansion, they gathered together in the cabinet.
The cabinet serves as the office of several cabinet ministers, but now they are gathered together.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Yiqing glanced at several people and said: "Everyone, your majesty has handed over this matter to our cabinet to handle this matter. This is your majesty's trust in us, and we must never betray your majesty's trust.
Likewise, we cannot allow any official to be wronged, so you might as well talk about how to punish these people."
Several people frowned one by one. This is not an easy decision to make. If it is too harsh, everyone will be confiscated and their families will be destroyed. It will appear that the cabinet is too cruel.
However, if they were to be let off lightly, they might not even be able to explain it to the emperor.
Wang Yangming stroked his beard and sighed slightly: "Everyone, this matter is not that simple. It can be said to be a test for us by His Majesty, so everyone must think carefully before making a decision."
Hearing what Wang Yangming said, the several pavilion elders all looked awe-inspiring, and even Yang Yiqing couldn't help but change his expression slightly.
If what Wang Yangming said is true, it means that every word they say may fall into the eyes of others. When you think of this, all the elders will not change their expressions.
With a slight cough, Cheng Xiangwu, as a military man, has always seemed to have little presence in the cabinet. He only exists in the cabinet as a representative of the military.
But don't think that Cheng Xiangwu's presence in the cabinet is just a decoration. The inclusion of military generals in the cabinet is obviously the result of the efforts of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.
At this moment, Cheng Xiangwu glanced at Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, and snorted coldly: "If there is anything to consider, if I, Old Cheng, tell me, I will drag them all out, behead them, confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans."
But don't think that Cheng Xiangwu's presence in the cabinet is just a decoration. The inclusion of military generals in the cabinet is obviously the result of the efforts of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.
At this moment, Cheng Xiangwu glanced at Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, and snorted coldly: "If there is anything to consider, if you ask me, old Cheng, I will drag these people out and behead them, confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans." But.
Don't think that Cheng Xiangwu's presence in the cabinet is just a decoration. The inclusion of military generals in the cabinet is obviously the result of the efforts of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.
At this moment, Cheng Xiangwu glanced at Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, and snorted coldly: "If there is anything to consider, if I, Old Cheng, tell me, I will drag them all out, behead them, confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans."
