On the Emperor's Palace, the Great Tomorrow and the hundred officials are meeting in the court. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The officials in the court now know about Tianjin, and they are filled with righteous indignation, and they stand up for impeachment of Li Zhi one after another.

The military department held a tooth card and sang loudly: "I Ming Dynasty ruled the world with scholars, and I have more than 200 years of continuous national fortune. Li Zhi slaughtered civilians, killed clothes, attacked the governor and detained civilian officials, and shook the foundation of our Ming Dynasty, and his crime was unforgivable. If the Son of Heaven is more tolerant, there will be unspeakable things in the future! ”

Like also held up a sign in the matter and said: "The minister seconded the proposal, Li Thief violated the order to collect taxes, killed scholars, attacked the governor's soldiers and horses, and detained four civil officials, which is really a heinous crime. If such a person is not punished by the court, who will still take the scholars in the eyes in the future? My Da Ming is decently dressed, and once it was lost! ”

Yuan Fake, the right man of the Imperial Palace, said loudly: "Last time Li Zhi collected commercial taxes on Tianjin West Road, the Son of Heaven should punish him. It was all the repeated connivance of the saint that Li Zhi was unrelenting. If Li Zhi had been put in prison at that time, how could there be a tragedy in Tianjin now? This time, the sin lies with the Son of Heaven! ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that Yuan Fake had burned the fire on himself, and said angrily: "Yuan Fake, do you know what you are talking about? ”

The tradition of the Ming Dynasty is not to sin people, so the officials in the court are very arrogant. However, it is rare to see people like Yuan Fake who burned the fire to the Son of Heaven. This time, Li Zhi collected business taxes, which can be said to have stepped on the tail of civil officials, so Yuan Fake and his ilk also ignored it a little, and even the Son of Heaven did not let go.

Yuan Fake said loudly: "Of course the minister knows what he is talking about. The Son of Heaven should issue an edict this time, and at the same time send troops to encircle and suppress Tianjin, and arrest Li Zhi, the evil leader! ”

Zhu Youzhen sneered and asked, "Send soldiers, where to send soldiers?" ”

Yuan Fake was stunned, and he couldn't say where there were soldiers to send, and he was a little embarrassed to stand there for a while.

Seeing that Yuan Fake was embarrassed, He Shishou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out and said: "Holy Lord, Li Zhi killed the clothes this time, attacked the governor's soldiers and horses, and detained the officials, which is really a crime, and it is already a rebellion. ”

After a pause, He Shishou said: "Li Zhi is the best person. If he appeased him this time, he thought that he would have a plan, and he would definitely do something more excessive next time. The Son of Heaven is aware of everything and must not let Li Zhi go again. ”

Huang Shiyu, the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came out of the ranks and said loudly: "Li Zhi, a general soldier, is a subordinate of the governor, but at this time, he has the courage to lead troops to attack the governor's yamen and detain the governor, and he is undoubtedly a chaotic minister and thief. Is there anything to be said about this? If you don't send troops to conquer Li Zhi at this time, when will you wait? ”

He Shishou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said loudly: "The ministers ask the Jiliao army to encircle and suppress Li Zhi." Although Dongnu is evil, he also knows that respecting clothes and treating scholars well can be described as a plague of scabies. And Li Zhimu has no sage to kill Shilin, which is really a problem for my Ming henchmen. If you don't get rid of Li Zhi, everyone in the world can't sleep at night! ”

Zhu Youzhen took a breath and did not speak.

Huang Shiyu said again: "The minister seconded the proposal! If you don't get rid of Li Zhi, the corporal of the world will lose face! ”

Zhen Shu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stood up and said: "The minister seconded the proposal! Li Zhi did not go through the criminal department, and arbitrarily detained and tortured the officials of the imperial court, which was undoubtedly a rebellion. If the Son of Heaven does not catch this evil this time, no one in the world will know the law of the ancestors and the prestige of the court. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at He Shishou and Zhen Shu, his face was expressionless, he just sat on the throne and didn't speak.

He Shishou looked at the Son of Heaven and said, "The Son of Heaven should make a decision as soon as possible, don't let Li Zhi get away with it!" ”

The civil officials had finished speaking, and they looked at the Son of Heaven one by one to see how the Son of Heaven decided. For a while, the court was quiet, and all the officials were waiting for the words of the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Fu Zonglong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and wanted to ask if there were any soldiers who could be transferred to crusade against Li Zhi. But after thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen didn't say this.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Youzhen said slowly: "Li Zhi is a loyal minister. ”

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, the ministers suddenly exploded.

"The saint is confused!"

"How can the Holy One be so unreasonable?"

"The Son of Heaven is blinded by lard!"

"Ridiculous! Ridiculous! ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and motioned for the ministers to calm down.

Zhu Youzhen looked at a eunuch beside the throne, and the eunuch stepped forward and said loudly: "This time, Li Zhi levied more than 400,000 taels of commercial taxes, not just for personal gain!" He is to hand over one hundred thousand taels to the inner treasury. Moreover, he collected ironclad evidence of the corruption of Cha Dengbei and the other four people! The income of these four officials after raiding their homes will also be handed over to the inner treasury! You can get hundreds of thousands of taels! ”

Hearing the eunuch's words, the ministers became even more angry.

Zhen Shu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said loudly: "How can the Son of Heaven join forces with Li Zhi to collect money? To insult Sven for a little silver, and to violate the law and discipline will definitely plunge the country into chaos! ”

He Shishou said loudly: "Li Zhi dug three feet into the ground to loot silver taels, and did not hesitate to fight Shilin for this, how could the Son of Heaven let him go for his hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?" These hundreds of thousands of taels are not Li Zhi's silver, they are the blood of the world's Shilin! ”

Huang Shiyu, the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, said loudly: "If the Son of Heaven is so greedy for money, in the future, military attaches all over the world will flock to use swords against civil officials, will there be law and discipline in the world?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the excited ministers, took a breath, and was very impatient.

He waved his hand and said, "That's it for today, retreat!" ”

In the shocked eyes of the hundred officials, Zhu Youzhen abandoned the indignant civil officials and left the Imperial Palace.

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Retreating from the court and returning to the right study of the Yangxin Palace, Zhu Youzhen, the son of heaven, sat at the round table and read the music sent by Li Zhi again.

Zhu Youzhen had long since lost the good color of the court meeting at this time, he glanced at the letter, his face became darker and darker, as if he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart more and more. Finally, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but be angry, and slapped his right hand on the table next to him with a snap, slapping the round table crookedly. A blue-and-white porcelain teapot on the table rolled down the table with a thud and shattered. The tea in the teapot spilled on the floor, leaving the room in shambles.

The eunuchs and palace maids in the room saw that the Son of Heaven was so angry that they were deeply afraid of affecting the pond fish, and none of them dared to go up to clean up the broken porcelain, and they all knelt on the ground. Bingbi eunuch Wang Chengen looked at the face of the Son of Heaven, his face turned pale, and he also bowed his head and prostrate on the ground, not daring to come out.

After smashing the teapot, Zhu Youzhen threw the piece on the table, stood up angrily, and paced back and forth in the room with his head down.

"Rebels and thieves!"

"Li Zhi, a rebel and thief!"

Zhu Youzhen lowered his head and walked for a while, at least more than fifty times back and forth in the study, before he suppressed the anger in his heart and calmed down. He stood by the window, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes.

It took a long time for Zhu Youzhen to open his eyes. He stood by the window and looked out, frowning and not knowing what he was thinking.

Wang Chengen waited for a long time, but he didn't hear the Son of Heaven speak. He carefully climbed behind Zhu Youzhen, and followed Zhu Youzhen's words and said: "Emperor, Li Zhi killed Xiucai, attacked Shangguan officers and horses, imprisoned and tortured Shangguan, this is a rebellion!" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "It's indeed a rebellion!" ”

Wang Chengen rolled his eyes and asked, "Then when the court meeting just now, why did the saint say that Li Zhi was a loyal minister?" ”

Zhu Youzhen took a breath and said helplessly: "Any word in the court will be spread, and Li Zhi will also hear the news." If I don't say that Li Zhi is a loyal minister, if I scare Li Zhi, he really raises the banner of rebellion and rebels, how can this situation be managed? (To be continued.) )