After Zhu Houzhao said this, Hang Huai did not make any response, but continued to be silent.

Hang Huai thought that Xue Fengming and Dai Guan had nothing to do with him whether they were executed by His Majesty or executed leniently by His Majesty, and the only thing he wanted to see now was that His Majesty would panic because of the collective resignation of the imperial historians, and he was so panicked that he, the Imperial History of the Left Capital, would come to make an idea, and at that time, he would persuade His Majesty to make concessions and withdraw the Dongchang Inspectorate from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

However, Hang Huai was now disappointed that His Majesty the Emperor in front of him obviously did not show a panicked look.

Zhu Houzhao took the initiative to look at Hang Huai and asked: "Hang Zongxian, tell me the truth, do you really dare not make a claim, or are you deliberately using the collective resignation of the imperial history below to blackmail me, and to blackmail me to withdraw the Dongchang Inspectorate from your Metropolitan Procuratorate?" ”

"Don't dare!"

Hang Huai hurriedly replied, Zhu Houzhao didn't panic, he panicked in his heart first, secretly thinking that his thoughts would not be seen by His Majesty, but even if he saw it, he couldn't admit it, even if His Majesty had someone from Xichang secretly spy on the news, he couldn't know the slightest wrong thing from his words in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Don't you dare to approve the resignation of these imperial historians, or don't you dare to openly oppose my act of establishing the Dongchang Inspectorate in your Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Zhu Houzhao continued to ask.

"The minister does not dare to approve these imperial history resignations, Your Majesty set up the Dongchang Inspectorate in the Metropolitan Inspectorate, the minister did not complain, the minister only knew to obey the will, Your Majesty!"

Hang Huai explained anxiously.

"In this case, it is their right to resign from the imperial historians, what do you dare not approve, is it possible that there is no official in the world who is unwilling to be the imperial historian?"

Zhu Houzhao saw that Hang Huai just refused to tell the truth, expressing his dissatisfaction with the fact that the Dongchang Inspectorate was located in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he couldn't help but scold in his heart, "Old fox!" Then, he also got off the donkey to express that the emperor himself was not panicked.

Hang Huai chuckled in his heart, and stood there for a while not knowing what to say: "But Your Majesty, this imperial historian has resigned, what should I do with this case?" ”

"Isn't there still you, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly as he spoke, without a trace of seriousness, and asked Hang Huai: "Hang Zongxian, do you also want to resign?" ”

"Minister, minister listen to Your Majesty!"

Hang Huai was busy for a while, his heart beat faster, he was really afraid that he would say something and wanted to resign, and then His Majesty the Emperor would get off the donkey and let himself resign, but he couldn't say that he didn't want to resign, because in this way, His Majesty would think that he was a person who loved power, so he only replied to listen to His Majesty, the emperor, if you ask me to resign, I will resign, otherwise I will not resign, of course, I still hope that you don't let me resign.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head with a smile and did not speak.

And Hang Huai became more and more flustered at this time, and the wings on both sides of the black gauze hat shook up and down with rapid breathing, he was really afraid that His Majesty would let him be a servant.

"Hang Huai, I remember that you are a Jinshi in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, four out of fifty this year, quite literate, Xu Zhenqing of Wu County, Wang Shouren of Shaoxing, and you have a good relationship, you have risen step by step from the principal, and you have been in charge of the Imperial Court for less than 20 years, you should know what the reason is."

Zhu Houzhao said this, Hang Huai naturally knew what the emperor meant, it was nothing more than that he could have today because the ministers who had seniority and prestige in front of him wanted to go against His Majesty and were all cleaned up by His Majesty, and he didn't dare to play tricks with the emperor because he had become the imperial history of Zuodu.

"The minister understands that the minister can have today because His Majesty values it, and the minister obeys His Majesty's will, so he approves the resignation of the imperial historians, and the case of Xue Fengming and Dai Guan will be handled by the minister himself", Hang Huai said.

"Very good, you don't have to enter the palace in person for this kind of trivial matter in the future, you are not young anymore, you should pay attention to your body and bones", although Zhu Houzhao clearly cared about Hang Huai's body, he also told Hang Huai not to come to play these carving insect tricks in front of him again.

Hang Huai also understood what Zhu Houzhao meant, and was busy thanking him to retreat, but at this time, a eunuch suddenly came to report, and Wang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Cai, the secretary of the ministry, and Gu Lan, the secretary of the criminal department, asked to see him.

"What day is today, the cabinet, the criminal department, the official department, and your prosecutor's court are here."

Zhu Houzhao stood up and stretched his waist: "Let them all come in." ”

After a while, Wang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet, Gu Lan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zhang Cai, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, all walked in, and they all saluted Zhu Houzhao, and they all held a large pile of music in their hands.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao saw so many songs, he froze his expression and asked, "What are you doing to see me?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are five scholars in the cabinet who want to resign!

There are twenty-six people in the household department who want to resign!

There are nineteen people in the military department who want to resign!

There are twelve people in the Ministry of Industry who are going to resign!

There are thirty-five people in the Ministry of Rites who want to resign!

There are twelve people in the Hanlin Academy who are going to resign!

There are seven people in the school who are resigning!

This matter is very big, and the minister has come to ask Your Majesty!

The behavior of the East Factory Inspector caused great dissatisfaction among the courtiers! ”

Wang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet, explained the reason very directly, and did not pretend to be confused like Hang Huai.

"Your Majesty, there are also thirteen officials in the Ministry of Officials who have resigned, and among them, there is also Lu Zhaoji, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials!

The minister also believes that the establishment of the Inspectorate in the East Factory in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is indeed terrifying to the officials, so I have come to play Your Majesty, please think twice! ”

Zhang Cai, the secretary of the ministry, also replied bluntly.

"Your Majesty, there are also eight in the Criminal Department!"

Before Gu Lan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao interrupted Gu Lan's words and asked, "Do you also want to resign?" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, it is true that you are going to resign, and in addition, the minister is also going to resign!"

Gu Lan replied, and lowered his head, he didn't dare to look at Zhu Houzhao's eyes, but he knew that doing so might make Zhu Houzhao Longyan angry and kill himself, but he was also mentally prepared, and still hoped in his heart that His Majesty the Emperor would not kill him, so that even if he went home to farm, it would be better than seeing the people of Dongchang in the court above the civil officials.

Zhu Houzhao did look at Gu Luan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, with a sharp gaze, but when he thought about it, he just didn't want to do it, and he really had no reason to deal with them, but Zhu Houzhao was not willing to compromise with this, so he just sat back and ordered:

"Liu Jin, spread the word to China and abroad, tomorrow it will be called Daqi, and those who want to resign can be played in the court!"

"Yes!"

Liu Jin replied, he could see that this was the entire civil official group putting pressure on His Majesty the Emperor, not to mention His Majesty the Emperor himself, Rao is a person who stood on the side and watched the excitement was also a little frightened, after all, it was more than a hundred courtiers! I'm afraid that there will be more than that, today's events will definitely spread, and there will definitely be more officials who will resign at the instigation of others, and then the entire court will be empty!

Wang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Cai, the secretary of the ministry, also looked at Zhu Houzhao with some complicated feelings, they knew that the current emperor was a shrewd and capable person, and he would not let the eunuchs dictate power, and naturally he would not let the civil officials dictatorship, and the Dongchang Inspectorate may only supervise the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the civil officials who are used to freedom will definitely not want to be controlled by the Dongchang, so naturally there will be such a big reaction.

Wang Hua and Zhang Cai didn't know how His Majesty should respond, and they knew that they couldn't help much, so they could only just look at the emperor's lonely back.

Hang Huai glanced at Gu Lan with some delight, he admired Gu Lan's courage, and at the same time thanked Gu Lan for daring to resign in front of His Majesty with the respect of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, he believed that Gu Lan's behavior of risking his head to kill his head would definitely increase the deterrent effect on His Majesty the Emperor, plus more than a hundred officials resigned together, and there was even no shortage of high-ranking officials like Shangshu Shilang, thinking that His Majesty was only afraid that he would really compromise, otherwise what else could he do.

Gu Lan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his back had been wet, he also looked at Zhu Houzhao, he knew that his behavior today might really anger His Majesty, but he was also very happy, happy that His Majesty did not kill him because of this, and he was inexplicably a little grateful to His Majesty.

Wang Hua and Zhang Cai also glanced at Gu Lan, they really wanted to say that Gu Lan was really irrational and really didn't care about the overall situation, at this time, he resigned with the respect of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, doesn't this increase the possibility of forcing the emperor to break with the civil officials?!

Gu Lan himself also regretted it a little, but he knew that the matter had come to this, and the only thing he could do was to be glad that he did not become the first revenant under His Majesty's sword.

Ma Yongcheng, the commander of Dongchang, looked at Gu Lan angrily, he was even more angry than Zhu Houzhao, because he was very worried that Zhu Houzhao would be deterred by Gu Lan's fearless behavior, and had to make a compromise to make Dongchang lose the opportunity to supervise the Metropolitan Procuratorate and hundreds of officials.

The air around is very quiet, everyone is in a different state of mind at this time, but they don't say it, they are all waiting for the results of tomorrow.

Wang Hua and other civil officials were actually afraid that His Majesty the Emperor would take advantage of this to kill on a large scale.

Therefore, after leaving the palace, they all sent people to the place of the Guards to find out the news.

Ma Yongcheng wished that Emperor Zhu Houzhao would use the Guards, but he didn't dare to disturb Zhu Houzhao at this time, so he only went to Dongchang overnight, gathered people, and said: "Cheer up, as long as Your Majesty gives an order, we will take people from Dongchang immediately!" ”

Hang Huai also returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Yan Hong, the left deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, couldn't help but ask Hang Huai: "Hang Gong, what does Your Majesty say?" ”

"Originally, I wanted to directly agree to your resignation, but", Hang Huai said and looked at these wide-eyed imperial historians, and couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, thinking that he was reluctant to take the official position, but he still had to pretend to be so upright.

"But what? Hang Gong, you can't watch the entire Metropolitan Procuratorate really become Dongchang! The left deputy capital Yu Shi Yan Hong became emotional.

"However, there are also many officials in other ministries who want to resign, and there are even no less than a hundred! Even Gu Gong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, wants to resign, and His Majesty seems to have some intentions, only to make a big start tomorrow, and those who want to resign will be in the main hall tomorrow."

As soon as Hang Huai said this, Yan Hong turned his worries into joy, and said with a smile: "This is really good, I hope Your Majesty can realize that the hearts of the subjects of the world are difficult to violate, and Yan will definitely resign tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, Xu is too!"

"Chen must also resign!"

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After knowing that hundreds of civil officials from other ministries had also resigned, the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were even more confident.

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