Under the escort of Zhong Feng and Zheng Kaicheng, Li Zhi ascended to the Wumen Tower. All the way to the center of the tower, Li Zhi saluted the Son of Heaven.

"The minister has seen the Son of Heaven!"

Zhu Youzhen had been looking at the dense corpses of civil officials under the noon gate, and his face was a little pale. Obviously, most of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces were killed by Li Zhi at one time, and such a thing is really shocking.

Those ministers who used to influence the situation in the court were all turned into dead bodies on the flatbed truck in one day, and there was no movement. Zhu Youzhen couldn't react a little.

In any case, this is Zhu Youzhen's minister.

Supporting Li Zhi, who was about to kneel, Zhu Youzhen said coldly: "King Qi is powerful in the world, why do you need such a big gift?" ”

Li Zhi pondered for a moment when he heard this, knowing that the Son of Heaven was talking about killing civil officials.

This ridicule is already a satire of his own lawlessness.

Li Zhi stood up straight, arched his hand and said, "Holy Lord, these 1,159 people are all sinners who deserve to be killed, and not killing them is not enough to correct the law of the country." Fortunately, the minister has fulfilled his mission and has beheaded all these traitors! ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Zhi and asked slowly, "Do you disgrace your mission?" Why did I let King Qi kill so many ministers? ”

Hearing the Son of Heaven's question about Li Zhi, Zhong Feng and Zheng Kaicheng glanced at each other.

Looking at the meaning of the Son of Heaven, it seems that he is indeed very angry because of Li Zhi's killing. Li Zhi deliberately put the name of the commander-in-chief of this massacre on the head of the Son of Heaven, and put a high hat on the Son of Heaven with the sentence "not dishonoring the mission", but the Son of Heaven did not hesitate to give the hat back to Li Zhi.

The Son of Heaven wants to draw a line with this massacre.

Do you feel that you have been held hostage by civilian officials for several months, and you are disgraced, and this commander-in-chief can't do it? Still unwilling to offend the civil officials and gentry in Jiangnan?

In any case, the Son of Heaven had no intention of approving of this massacre.

Li Zhi thought for a while, and then said: "Treason and traitor, heaven is intolerable. As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he can't help but get rid of this parasite for the Ming Dynasty to set the record straight. ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed and asked, "Has the King of Qi ever thought that such a massacre of law-breaking civil officials, the people will certainly applaud the King of Qi, but where does my face exist?" ”

Zhong Feng and Zheng Kaicheng looked at each other for a while, frowning.

The Son of Heaven has already said this nakedly, saying that Li Zhi is inviting people to buy people's hearts.

The Manchu Dynasty betrayed the Son of Heaven and openly collaborated with the enemy, but the Son of Heaven did not react. And Li Zhi's Tiger Ben Army entered Beijing only a few days ago, and it was just enforcing the law and washing the canal. The weakness of the Son of Heaven and Li Zhi's iron blood are in stark contrast. Li Zhi did this massacre and slapped the Son of Heaven in the face.

After this incident, I am afraid that the poor people in the north will say that King Qi is virtuous. And the Son of Heaven who throws a mouse bogey device is not so tall.

Zhu Youzhen was questioning Li Zhiyue's blister.

Li Zhi looked at Zhu Youzhen.

"Among these traitors, there are teachers of the Son of Heaven and former ministers of the Son of Heaven, and the ministers are worried that the Son of Heaven will not be able to do it, so they have to do it on behalf of the Son of Heaven."

"After talking about these traitors with the saint in the Qianqing Palace that day, the Son of Heaven had no intention of doing it. However, the law of the country is majestic, how can the ministers allow these collaborators and traitors to go unpunished? If these traitors are not killed, and there will be a crisis in the future, everyone will be the first to be traitors. So the minister must kill these people no matter what! ”

"If the Son of Heaven is angry with the ministers and then the play, he can take away the princes of the ministers and cut them to concubines!"

Zhu Youzhen frowned and looked at Li Zhi.

What Li Zhi means is that the massacre did hit the Son of Heaven in the face, but he Li Zhi must fight this face.

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Zheng Kaicheng's face turned grim, and he knelt down and said: "Holy Lord, the minister thinks that the king of Qi can't win it!" ”

"The king of Qi killed traitors for the sake of his family and country, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and for the people of the world. If the traitor is not removed, he will one day come back. Although it seems shocking, it is enough to educate future generations. ”

"Don't you see, the holy one, when the king of Qi entered the city, the people bowed down with piety? Kill the traitors and uphold the new law. If the Son of Heaven takes away the king of Qi because of this, I am afraid that the saint will lose the hearts of the people! ”

"One town and nine provinces, where to go?"

"The ministers are the saints, and persuade the saints to reward the king of Qi to calm the hearts of the people!"

Hearing Zheng Kaicheng's words, Zhu Youzhen's face turned whiter, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Zheng Kaicheng is indeed qualified to speak here, Zheng Kaicheng is a Ping Dongbo, and he is also a noble of the imperial court. The Ming Dynasty did not give the prince the power to establish a small court. Therefore, Zheng Kaicheng was nominally a member of the imperial court rather than Li Zhi's personal minister, and had the right to advise the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a long time before he sneered.

Looking at Li Zhi's subordinates' support for Li Zhi, where can Zhu Youzhen take away Li Zhi's title? If he really punishes Li Zhi, I am afraid that the one town and nine provinces of the Tianjin system will still be Li Zhi's one word, and this system that is semi-independent of the Ming Dynasty will be truly independent.

Without Li Zhi's support, how could the new law of the Son of Heaven be implemented? How to face the counterattack of the Jiangnan gentry?

Holding on to the battlement wall on the city tower, Zhu Youzhen looked at the more than 1,000 corpses under the noon gate.

Zhu Youzhen saw Gu Dingshan, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, which he had single-handedly promoted in recent years. Zhu Youzhen originally wanted to train him to be the second Zhang Guanghang, but he didn't expect that he would also pass the enemy at this critical moment and die under Li Zhi's butcher's knife.

After this massacre, there were few people left in the court.

Taking a breath, Zhu Youzhen said stiffly:

"Killable!"

Seeing that the Son of Heaven finally turned a corner, Zheng Kaicheng was overjoyed and sang loudly: "The Son of Heaven Shengming!" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Zheng Kaicheng, then at Li Zhi, and said slowly: "King Qi stepped forward at a critical moment, protected the majestic national law, and protected the axiom and people's hearts in this world, I am very happy!" ”

Li Zhi and Zheng Kaicheng glanced at each other.

This turn of the Son of Heaven is too blunt, and it is a bit far-fetched to say "very happy". I'm afraid that the Son of Heaven is still angry in his heart at this time, just because the power of one town and nine provinces is too great, and the Son of Heaven does not dare to punish Li Zhi who enforces the law impartially no matter what.

Zhu Youzhen said suddenly: "After punishing the traitors this time, only two or three percent of the civil and military officials in the capital are still alive, and the imperial court cannot function. ”

After a pause, Zhu Youzhen said to Li Zhi: "Why don't you ask the King of Qi to send officials from Tianjin to take charge of the imperial court and ensure the operation of the center?" ”

Li Zhi looked at Zhu Youzhen's face and knew that this was a temptation.

How could the Son of Heaven let the court be full of new-style officials in Tianjin? Last time, Li Zhi's proposal like this had already made the Son of Heaven full of suspicions. Now when the Son of Heaven is angry, how can he really hand over the imperial court to Li Zhi?

Li Zhi arched his hand and said, "The Holy Sage, naturally there is a way to maintain the transfer of the center. The officials in Tianjin don't understand the etiquette of the imperial court, so it's okay if they don't come! ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Zhi and said with a smile: "After all, he is a loyal minister!" ”

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Youzhen said: "Give the sword of King Shangfang of Qi!" In the future, if there is a traitor who violates the law, the king of Qi can be cut first and then played! ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Zhi and asked, "How?" ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and shouted: "Son of Heaven Shengming! Da Ming is very lucky! ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, stopped talking, and took Wang Chengen back to Qianqing Palace.