Inside the Longzong Gate, the flames in the copper tripod burned red, and Zhu Houzhao's face at the moment was as red as the flames in the copper tripod.

Rao is room is as warm as spring, but Zhu Houzhao is still trembling all over, scrubbing his face with his hands, gritting his teeth:

"I want to kill!"

Zhu Houzhao's voice was very small when he said this, so small that the air flow generated when he spoke was not enough to blow away the smoke in the incense burner, but it still exploded like a thunderbolt in the ears of the cabinet ministers and the ministers of the celebrant and the minister.

Liu Jin, Li Dongyang, Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang, Xu Jin and others consciously bowed and bowed, not daring to pant loudly:

"Your Majesty (the emperor) is angry!"

Zhu Hou glanced at Li Dongyang, only waved his big sleeves, and clenched his fists with his hands: "Let's talk about it, how to deal with these two things?" ”

It was already the middle of winter, and the New Year was approaching, but it was at this time that Zhu Houzhao finally received the news that the team escorting Wang Shu was slaughtered by the Tartars, and that Wang Shu's body was missing, and that many villages were slaughtered by the Tartars.

After all, it is also a major military event for the Tartars to disturb the border, and it is also a routine matter to expedite the report in front of the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that someone would directly do it to a court official like Wang Shu, and when he sent a voiceless guard, he even did it to Wang Shu!

Zhu Houzhao knew the geographical location of Sanyuan County, and also knew how far the Guanzhong area was from Yansui Guyuan and other places, he did not expect that the Tatars would directly invade the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty such as Guanzhong to slaughter the village and exterminate the clan.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao has reason to believe that this matter should not be as simple as Yang Yiqing said in the recital.

"Pity the Prince! Alas! ”

Li Dongyang sighed first, and covered his face with his sleeves, at this time, he had not received the news from Shao Daxia about the failure to destroy the mouth and the failure to assassinate Wang Shu, and only guessed from the eight-hundred-mile urgent military report sent by Yang Yiqing about the killing of Wang Shu and his party and the slaughter of the village, so he relaxed his tense mood for a long time and began to continue acting.

Xu Jin looked at Li Dongyang and snorted:

"The prince is pitiful, and the common people of the slaughtered villages are even more pitiful, the prince may be caused by the conspiracy of the court and court fighting, and there are ill-intentioned people who make a conspiracy, and they do not want the prince to enter Beijing, but what are the crimes of the common people of the slaughtered villages, and what do they have to do with the imperial court! How can some people be so ruthless! For my own selfish interests, I don't hesitate to damage my Ming foundation! Poison the creatures! ”

Xu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao also agreed in his heart, although this matter seems to be seamless, it was the Tartars who killed Wang Shu and slaughtered the village, and it had nothing to do with the local officials and officials who hated Wang Shu in the court, but anyone with a discerning eye could guess that no matter how much the Ming Dynasty was discarded, the Tartars would never dare to go deep into Guanzhong to slaughter the village and kill people!

But some things are so reasonable, but there is no way to prove the truth without evidence.

Zhu Houzhao knew that this was a conspiracy of Li Dongyang and other officials, and it was also their conspiracy, that is, even if he knew that they did it, he couldn't do anything with them, because the facts that happened on the surface really had nothing to do with them, only with the Tartars.

This kind of game has always been played by the gentry, not once or twice, and the Tartars have not gone deep into the mainland, so even if Zhu Houzhao and others suspected that Li Dongyang and others had done it, they could not come up with any evidence to prove that they did it.

Zhu Houzhao was both disappointed and angry in his heart, disappointed that he might have lost a Dongchang Admiral and a future great philosopher Wang Yangming in vain, but he still didn't catch the murderer of Emperor Hongzhi, and even these people were killed by Li Dongyang's people, and the angry thing was that Li Dongyang not only wiped out his mouth, but also let the Tartars slaughter so many villages by the way.

What Zhu Houzhao didn't expect was that Li Dongyang would collude with the Tartars, and being able to collude with the Tartars can only show that Yang Yiqing, the governor of Shaanxi, or Lu Zhonghe, the two most powerful officials in Shaanxi, are in the same party as Li Dongyang.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Dongyang meaningfully when he heard this report at the beginning.

"Your Majesty, thousands of villagers have been killed by the Tartars, and the household department should be ordered to unite with the local government to give preferential compensation, and for the death of the prince, the Jinyi guard can be strictly investigated, as for what Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, said, the minister does not dare to agree, the Tartars are inhumane, and the killing of the prince and the slaughter of the villagers is naturally hateful, but how can it be involved in the officials of the DPRK and China! What Da Sima said can be described as a chisel and a chisel! ”

Li Dongyang added a sentence at this time, and as soon as his drooping old eyes were raised, he quietly glanced at Zhu Houzhao, and saw that Zhu Houzhao's lips were still pursed, and his anger had not disappeared, but for some reason, he was a little proud in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing at this time: "Check, since it was killed by the Tartars, what else do I want to investigate, if I want to investigate, I should also start from the Qianqing Palace, from the Longzong Sect, from the cabinet!" Come on, put Li Dongyang in prison for me! Strictly interrogate the case of his framing of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Shu! ”

As soon as Zhu Houzhao's words fell, the Jinyi guard on duty lifted Li Dongyang down.

Li Dongyang was initially surprised: "Your Majesty, why did you take the old minister to prison, what does the old minister have to do with the death of the prince, if it weren't for today's cabinet discussion, the old minister still doesn't know that His Majesty has used the prince as the secretary of the ministry, how can the old minister know in advance and harm the prince, and the old minister is the first assistant, how can he not allow the prince to be in charge of the ministry, and there is no need to harm the prince!" The old minister is wronged, the old minister is wronged! ”

But soon, Li Dongyang also guessed that Zhu Houzhao was making a desperate bet and indiscriminately putting himself in prison in a fit of rage.

In this way, Li Dongyang became a little proud in his heart, and only pretended to be puzzled and shouted that he was wronged!

Ma Wensheng was still immersed in the pain of Wang Shu's murder, but now in the blink of an eye, he saw that Li Dongyang was imprisoned by Emperor Zhu Houzhao, and he was also busy persuading: "Your Majesty is angry!" At this time, it is not the time to raise the prison, the evidence is not enough and the reason for the matter is not clear, and now he rashly sends Yifu to prison, I am afraid that the hundred officials will not be convinced, and it will also be a loss to Your Majesty's virtue! Please think again, Your Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty! Ma Cifu said very much, now the top priority is to find out the truth of the matter, should be ordered to order a minister to go to investigate in detail, to see the dead to see the corpse, the body of the prince must be found, in addition, why the Tartars can enter the customs and penetrate into the Guanzhong land must also be investigated, whether it is the dereliction of duty of the civil and military officials in the border town or the collusion of internal and external officials with the Tartars should also be found out first! If you act rashly now, it is easy to startle the snake, and you may even be involved in the whole body, causing unnecessary trouble! ”

Jiao Fang also suggested at this time.

Zhu Houzhao only sneered: "Why, I can't put Li Dongyang in Jinyi and Prison, what about Shoufu!" ”

"Your Majesty! The minister is also for the sake of His Majesty's reputation, and the minister also understands His Majesty's feelings, and the minister also hates traitors and rebels, and even suspects that this matter has something to do with Li Dongyang as His Majesty, but everything must be proven before it can be punished! Now that it is rashly disposed of, it is easy to be opposed by hundreds of officials! ”

Ma Wensheng hurriedly said again.

"What are you afraid of! I'm also afraid that they won't be able to do anything, it's a big deal that they don't recognize me as the emperor, and I will go back to Huaiyou to learn from Taizu and start anew! ”

Zhu Houzhao was angry for a moment and said directly.

Ma Wensheng and the others had nothing to say when they heard it, because they could only shut up if the emperor was going to rebel himself.

"Stand down! Go and pass Zhang Yongjin Palace! Zhu Houzhao said.