Chapter 54: Dragged out of the noon gate and chopped
At this time, Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, began to preside over the consolation ceremony, and the hundred officials paid tribute to Zhu Houzhao in an orderly manner according to the ritual.
Zhu Houzhao sat on the top seat without smiling, put his hands on his knees, and only raised his hand after the ceremony was completed: "Get up!" β
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shengcai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up from the sequence of left class officials and faced the hundred officials on the side: "Get up!" β
Only then did the hundred officials stand up, hold the elephant wat in the center, and look up at Zhu Houzhao on the danfan.
Not only the three elders of the cabinet, but also the six ministers and nine ministers and other officials who were promoted to the court had already discovered that there had been a change in the ministers at this moment, and they were all full of doubts, waiting for Zhu Houzhao to announce what had happened.
Many times, it is just a ritual to accept the consolation gift of the hundred officials in the imperial Fengtianmen, but the consolation ceremony of the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao is naturally something to happen.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the question marks on the faces of the civil and military officers of the Manchu Dynasty, so he stood up, waved his long sleeves with a solemn expression, and still brought a gust of wind, blowing the Luo umbrella and shaking gently.
"You Aiqing should have found that today is different from the past, that's right, Wang Yue, Lu He, Zhang Zhao and others in the inner court are suspected of rebellion, and now they have been detained, it stands to reason that this is a matter of the inner court, and the outer court naturally has no right to intervene, but matters involving criminal responsibility naturally need to be dealt with by the criminal department, and the criminal department is still Min Qi!"
Zhu Houzhao personally explained the reason at this time, and named Min Qi, the secretary of the Criminal Department.
Min Jue, who was over the age of antiquity, stood up tremblingly, and replied in a subtle voice: "The minister is here!" β
"Wang Yue and other traitors are suspected of rebellion, they should be executed by Ling Chi, and they will not be tolerated, your criminal department will draw up an execution plan from now on, prepare the executioner, and hand it over to you for execution after the Jinyi Wei trial is completed!"
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he sat back on the dragon chair, just waiting for Min Jue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to answer.
Min Jue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, may be too old, or he may be still immersed in the surprise of the rebellion of the eunuch Wang Yue, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and the eunuch Wang Yue, so he did not come back to his senses and responded to Zhu Houzhao's order in time.
However, at this time, the criminal department was given a chance to give Dou Ding a chance in the matter, and Dou Ding stood up, first glanced at Xie Qian, a member of the Cabinet University, and then held the elephant wat with his hand: "Your Majesty!" The master of ceremonies has always been loyal and honest, and the corporal is virtuous, which can be described as a model for the internal minister, how can he do something rebellious, there must be grievances in the meantime, and it is unknown for fear of being victimized by traitors. lest the virtuous be wronged, and the treacherous will benefit! β
The Sixth Section Langyan official has always been a small official, with great power, and has the right to refute it, this criminal department gave Dou Ding a rejection in the matter, Zhu Houzhao said that Wang Yue was a rebellion, and wanted Zhu Houzhao to send someone to re-investigate, the purpose was naturally to see if he could reverse the current situation a little.
Of course, his rejection is not a criticism of dragon scales, at least he thinks so, and feels that he is a speech official, but he is using his power legally according to the system.
After Dou Ding finished speaking, he glanced at his mentor Xie Qian again, the purpose of what he did today was actually to show his mentor that he was courageous, and at the same time, he could be regarded as a fame in front of hundreds of officials, showing that he was a minister who dared to speak out.
In the middle of the criminal department, Dou Ding was waiting for Zhu Houzhao to be angry, and then he couldn't do anything, or Liu Jin suggested that he be pulled out of the court staff, so that he could make a name for himself even if he couldn't make Emperor Zhu Houzhao change his decision to execute Wang Yue.
However, what Dou Ding forgot about in this criminal department is that the so-called power granted to him by the system is actually the power granted to him by the emperor, and now Zhu Houzhao controls the most powerful violent organ of the empire, so he can naturally surpass the system or even break the constraints of the system.
Although Zhu Houzhao is still a fifteen-year-old young emperor, as a traverser, he is already mature and has gone through a treacherous coup d'Γ©tat last night, and he has already become less happy, and his heart is even colder.
"Guo Rong! Take your man and pull him out of the noon gate to cut him down! After scattering, take your people and confiscate their homes! β
Zhu Houzhao commanded in a very flat tone, and the voice seemed to be heard only by Guo Rong in front of the steps, but the shock caused was more terrifying than a thunderous explosion, so that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could not believe their ears.
In the middle of the criminal department, Dou Ding looked at Zhu Houzhao in shock, and his thin lips squirmed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the minister is just a reprimand, if the minister is unreasonable, Your Majesty can not listen to it, or reprimand it, why do you want to kill Wei Chen!" What is the crime of Wechen? β
"I am talking to Min Jue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, why are you interfering, it can really be described as contempt for the monarch, and his crime is one! Reversing black and white, interceding for Wang Yue and other traitors, his second crime! As a foreign court official, interceding for the ministers, it can be seen that there is a suspicion of internal and external collusion, and his crime is three! The verdict of Wang Yue's crime is not the opinion of the cabinet celebrant and supervisor, but my intention, and I dare to refute it, which can be described as the following crime, and his crime is four! With these four alone, it's enough to kill you, drag it on! β
Zhu Houzhao did not hesitate in his tone, in the eyes of the promoted officials, it seemed that the emperor in front of him could no longer be simply treated as a fifteen-year-old boy.
At this time, Guo Rong, who had been serving in the palace, walked in with two sergeants, one of whom was Liang Ze, the chief banner, Liang Ze hooked one of the arms of the criminal department to Dou Ding in the matter and dragged it directly to the outside of the hall, and the criminal department gave Dou Ding in the matter obviously inferior to Liang Ze and others, and was dragged out two steps away at once.
"Your Majesty! The minister has something to say! β
The criminal department gave Dou Ding regretting it at the moment.
He thought that the Ming Emperor was the same, even if he pointed his nose and scolded, he would spare himself, at most he would beat the board, just like when he was the first emperor, as long as he pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring, and even if he scolded the first emperor, if the first emperor felt that it was reasonable, he would reward himself, and even make his own review.
And since His Majesty the new Emperor ascended the throne, it seems that he has been very inactive and does not punish the ministers easily, but he didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor would cut himself off if he disagreed with him today!
Dou Ding wanted to say that His Majesty the Emperor, you can't do this, this is against the precedent, but he knows that it is okay for the emperor to cut himself, after all, the emperor wants to kill the minister and the minister has to die, he wants to defend a few words at this time, but he doesn't know how to justify.
Moreover, before he could say anything, he was already dragged out of the temple.
"Oh my God! Why is this all of a sudden, this official doesn't want to die! Teacher save me! Colleagues, save me! Your Majesty, please play the board instead! Don't cut off your head! It's better to kill a minister than to hack a minister to death, at least let the minister leave a whole corpse, woo! β
The emperor usually wants to execute people outside the noon gate and behead them, so at this time, Liang Ze and another sergeant dragged Dou Ding to the noon gate, and the way from Fengtianmen to Wumen kept ringing the cry of the criminal department to Dou Ding in the matter.