Emperor Jingtai was angry under the pressure of Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, Xu Youzhen, the imperial history of the left capital, and other parties, and it was not easy for him to be angry at this time, and even Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, could not sit still, and jumped out with a group of civil officials to "participate in the war", claiming that he would publicly promote the "virtuous" prince to succeed to the crown prince in the imperial family.

Seeing this, Emperor Jingtai was suddenly physically and mentally exhausted, coupled with the loss of his only son, he could no longer hold on, and the whole person became depressed, and the court meeting was interrupted because of this.

After Liu Juntao heard the news, he realized that most of Emperor Jingtai's body was also in condition, if the situation was true, the right capital governor Shi Heng and his party would take action in advance, and the "change of seizing the door" in history would be greatly advanced!

Although Liu Juntao is very worried about the current situation, he can't say what he thinks in his heart, this is a "top secret" that can't be talked about with anyone, and he can only pay close attention to the current situation at the moment, and he can't do anything.

This state made Liu Juntao very irritable, and even a sense of powerlessness surged in his heart.

At this moment, Liu Zi'an, Minister of Intelligence, hurried to the General Military Mansion and said, "General Town! The news has just come that His Majesty has begun to purge the courtiers! ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao was also taken aback, and hurriedly took the information handed over by Liu Zi'an.

Just a few days ago, Guizhou Provincial Superintendent Yushi Zhong wrote to Emperor Jingtai and said: "The death of the prince is enough to know that the destiny of heaven is there."

In addition, Zhong Tong also suggested that Emperor Jingtai should get rid of all maladministrations, not to divide factions and employ people, and to treat the "ministers of the former dynasty" equally, so as to make the government smooth and the political situation stable.

Emperor Jingtai was already furious in his heart, and at this time he received this public recital from Zhong Tong, the governor of Guizhou Province, and suddenly lost control of his emotions, and almost roared and ordered the eunuchs around him to pass on the decree, ordering the Beizhen Fusi to immediately send Jinyi Guards to arrest Zhong Tong and put him in prison to die.

Just four days ago, Guizhou Provincial Inspector Yushi Zhongtong was escorted to the capital, and without going through the trial of the Three Law Divisions, he was directly escorted to the Beizhen Fusi's edict and died.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao also sighed heavily, and said to Liu Zi'an: "In this way, Chaozhong is going to fry!" ”

"Boss, what should we do?"

"Let's continue to pay attention to the rest, and don't do anything!"

Liu Zi'an sighed slightly when he heard this, and then took the order to leave.

Shandong Town continued to "stand still", but this matter was like a king-sized earth-shattering thunder, which suddenly overturned the already turbulent court!

At this time, not only Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, Xu Youzhen, the imperial history of the left capital, and others wrote one after another, asking Emperor Jingtai to give an explanation on this matter; Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, led a group of imperial historians to block the imperial study and ask for the saint, and asked Emperor Jingtai for the "criminal evidence" of Zhong Tong, the governor of Guizhou Province, and claimed to find out why Zhong Tong died.

Even Yu Qian, who had been silent for a long time, also stood up and publicly pointed out in the court that Emperor Jingtai's move was "improper", and in order to prevent criticism from the government and the opposition, he suggested that Emperor Jingtai should be "punished by the Ming Dynasty", and must not be dealt with secretly, losing the heart of the government and the opposition!

Emperor Jingtai saw that almost all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were full of hostility towards him, and even many people were accusatory, and his heart was full of despair.

In the past few years, Emperor Jingtai asked himself, he can be regarded as conscientious and conscientious, walking on thin ice, when he ascended the throne, when the army of Wara was arrogant and arrogant, and when the Ming Dynasty failed in Tumubao, it was his own painstaking management that allowed the Ming to come out of the shadow of defeat and begin to recover.

But now, as soon as the crown prince died, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty stretched their necks to stare at the position of the prince, forcing themselves to establish the prince again!

Emperor Jingtai couldn't wait to roar angrily and asked the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, he only had one son, the crown prince Zhu Jianqi, and then set up the prince at this time, whose son did he want to appoint?

The answer is self-explanatory!

"For several years, I have been guarding against the Emperor Taishang and clearing the power of the Emperor Taishang in the court, but in the end, I didn't expect that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all on the side of the Emperor Taishang!"

At this time, Emperor Jingtai can be said to be in pain, and he has the heart to stand up and "wrestle" with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, even if he establishes the prince again, he will never re-establish Zhu Jianshen, who was demoted to the king of Yi, as the prince!

However, after Emperor Jingtai experienced the pain of losing his son, his whole person was in a state of confusion, and he did nothing in the face of the civil and military pressure of the Manchu Dynasty within a few days.

Now that the battle for the storage position is on the table, everyone is staring at the position of the East Palace, which is an indisputable fact.

And under the impetus of Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, Xu Youzhen, the imperial history of the left capital, and others, the ministers of the court and the central government gradually evolved the battle for the throne into the battle for the Ming emperor's unification!

In the few days after Emperor Jingtai resigned from the court, although he always refused to contact the ministers of the court, he also completely controlled the direction of the wind in the court.

Emperor Jingtai heard that the ministers of the court and the central government were talking about the dispute over the imperial system, and they were arguing whether the Taishang Emperor's line was the orthodoxy of the Ming Emperor, or the Jingtai Emperor's line was the orthodoxy of the Ming Emperor, and endless killing intent suddenly appeared in his heart!

Originally, Emperor Jingtai still wanted to use the word "drag" to prepare to delay the crown prince for a few years, maybe a new prince would be born, and then he would re-establish his son as the crown prince, which would be justified.

Who would have thought that the civil and military ministers in the court did not give themselves this opportunity at all, and they all impatiently changed the focus of the dispute to the imperial system, and caught Emperor Jingtai off guard!

"In that case, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Early the next morning, Emperor Jingtai convened a court meeting.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could not see Emperor Jingtai for a few days, and at this time they finally met, so they brought up the matter of establishing the prince again.

In the face of the tide of court discussions, Emperor Jingtai was silent with a pale face, allowing many officials in the court to boil and endlessly.

After a long time, Emperor Jingtai listened to the buzzing discussion, and seemed to be a little bored, so he said something loudly, but it was immediately covered by the huge discussion of the courtiers, and most of the courtiers in the court did not even notice Emperor Jingtai speaking.

"Bang!"

At this time, Emperor Jingtai saw that the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu despised him so much, and slammed the teacup on the bookcase to the ground, then stood up and roared loudly at the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu: "I, I am still the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty!" You are all still the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty! Now that the dog is barking at the court, what a crime should he be guilty of! ”

After speaking, Emperor Jingtai roared angrily: "Someone! Pull down these rebels who roar at the court and hit the thirty boards! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw more than 20 Han generals rushing into the hall and taking down the dozen or so imperial historians who had been arguing fiercely just now on the spot, and these people were immediately dragged out like pigs and dogs.

After a while, there were screams outside the main hall.

At this time, the hall was silent, and everyone looked at Emperor Jingtai who was still roaring angrily.

However, the expressions of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were different.

Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, and Xu Youzhen, the imperial historian of the left capital, were not afraid in their eyes, and they looked at Emperor Jingtai very calmly.

Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, was a little annoyed, and he did not approve of Emperor Jingtai's approach just now, but because of Emperor Jingtai's majesty, he did not dare to speak out to dissuade him, and he was very entangled.

Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, frowned, and wanted to speak and advise several times, wanting to calm Emperor Jingtai's anger, so as not to further intensify the contradictions between the court and the central government.

But Emperor Jingtai didn't give Yu Qian this opportunity at all, nor did he give anyone in the court a chance to speak again, and kept roaring and roaring at the Manchu civil and military forces, as if he wanted to vent all the pain, disappointment, and uneasiness in his heart.

On this day, seven of the nine imperial historians who were dragged out to beat the thirty boards were killed on the spot, and the remaining two were seriously injured, and even if they were cured, they would be a waste.

This news spread like a hurricane throughout the court in an instant, and spread to the provinces.

After Liu Juntao learned the news, he was also stunned, he didn't expect things to develop to this point, Shi Heng and those people actually forced Emperor Jingtai to be like this!

At this time, Liu Juntao was really a little worried, afraid that Emperor Jingtai would do something irrational under the persecution of Shi Heng and others, and then it would not only be the turmoil of the court, but the situation would be completely out of control!

Therefore, Liu Juntao urgently wrote to Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, and suggested that Yu Qian and the ministers of the DPRK and China mediate from it, and it was best to form a "three-legged" situation with the right governor Shi Heng and Emperor Jingtai in the DPRK and China, so as to stabilize the current situation.

But Liu Juntao waited for a while and received Yu Qian's reply, which only wrote one sentence: "I will try my best to redeem it, but the general trend of the situation between the DPRK and China has gone, and we can only resign ourselves to fate!" ”