Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was drunk by Zhu Houzhao like this, only to realize that he was sick, and the pain was not light, people should be weak and powerless, but he jumped directly from the chariot because he was afraid of being blown up.

For a while, Zeng Jian was extremely embarrassed, and cold sweat broke out from his back: "Minister, minister, minister's illness is cured!" All right! ”

Zhu Houzhao snorted and waved his sleeves: "Since you are well, you have to enter the Military Ordnance Bureau to lead the way for me, you go in first, Xia Yan, what do you have to do?" ”

Zeng Jian saw that Zhu Houzhao was going to let himself enter the Weapons Bureau, and he became even more embarrassed for a while, and he knelt down directly very reluctantly, his mouth was suffocated, as if he was going to cry and beg for mercy, and he seemed to be excited, waving his hand and hitting his head on the ground: "Your Majesty!" The minister begged His Majesty if he could not let the minister in, the minister was guilty, the minister was really guilty! ”

"What is your crime, I don't understand, Zeng Aiqing, you just call yourself sick, this is not a crime, who doesn't get sick for 365 days a year, not to mention that you are still an old minister, but because you are an old minister, I have to rely on you even more!" So, now that you've recovered, continue to take care of the household for me, you go in first, and I'll come back later! ”

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself that he wanted to see when this Zeng Jian was going to act, and he didn't want to enter the Ordnance Bureau, so he just let you enter the Ordnance Bureau, but he wanted to see what conspiracy you set up in the Ordnance Bureau.

After Zhu Houzhao said, he continued to ask Xia Yan: "Say, what do you have to do?" ”

Then, Zhu Houzhao saw that Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, was still kneeling on the ground, refusing to move his buttocks, and couldn't help but drink:

"Why, you don't want to go in yet! Do you take my words as a deaf ear?! You are also an old minister of the Three Dynasties, you are my Ming official, not my house slave, what are you doing kneeling on the ground if you have nothing to do, did I let you kneel, can the Ming officials kneel casually, I just let you go to the Ordnance Bureau now, let me in! Didn't you hear?! ”

Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, trembled all over his body and pointed to the Ordnance Bureau: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this, this ......"

At this time, without Zeng Jian saying it himself, and without Zhu Houzhao asking again, Xia Yan also guessed the situation, and directly arched his hand first: "Your Majesty!" The minister impeached the Ministry of Works, Shangshu Zeng Jian, who intended to rebel against the monarch! ”

"You talk nonsense!"

Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, instinctively denied it, and pointed at Xia Yan: "You are just a small political practitioner, what qualifications do you have to slander the old man!" ”

"Your Majesty! The minister impeached Xia Yan for slandering the minister! Zeng Jianse said inwardly.

"Your Majesty! The minister is not slandering, now there is a large amount of gunpowder in the Guangji stockpile, not sulfur and saltpeter, the minister has empirical evidence here, the minister took these gunpowder from the Guangji treasury, there is a registration certificate! ”

Xia Yan took out the voucher and a pack of gunpowder and voucher as he spoke.

Zhu Houzhao heard Xia Yan say this, and also guessed the secret here, and said in his heart: "No wonder this Zeng Jian refused to enter the Ordnance Bureau, it turned out that he wanted to blow himself up, he was really ruthless!" ”

"Xia Yan! Can you estimate how much gunpowder there is in the arsenal and how big the explosion can be? Zhu Houzhao asked with a solemn face.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's no problem to blow up the entire Guangji Treasury and the Ordnance Bureau," Xia Yan replied.

"Guo Rong! After passing the order, the Jinyi guard took a hundred steps back and surrounded the Ordnance Bureau a hundred steps away! Don't let one of them out! In addition, Xia Yan, you lead the team to Wang Gong's factory to check the amount of gunpowder and see how much it is reduced! Whether it matches the stock of gunpowder in the vast warehouse! ”

Zhu Houzhao rode his horse away from the Ordnance Bureau, but he didn't go far, and after confirming that even if there was an explosion in the Ordnance Bureau, he asked Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, who was escorted with him: "Zeng Jian, what do you say now?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know that there is gunpowder in the Guangji Treasury, and the minister has been recuperating at home for the past few days, I really don't know!" Zeng Jian still denied it, because he also knew that once the crime of killing the monarch was admitted, it would be the Ten Clans!

"Then why don't you dare to enter the Ordnance Bureau, dead duck has a hard mouth! Don't think I can't pry your mouth open! Zhu Houzhao scolded and asked, "Do you really want to up and let me be crushed?" ”

"Minister, minister don't dare, minister really don't dare! Your Majesty! Zeng Jian knelt down again.

"You still don't dare, you did it! Ma Wensheng also said that you are old and loyal, and I almost really believe it", Zhu Houzhao said and asked:

"Do you civil officials really want me to die, I wish I would die, but unfortunately, it didn't work out as you wished! Also, do you think that you are very smart, you think that you can pick yourself clean by saying that you are sick, you are not smart, you are stupid, you really think that I am a three-year-old child, as soon as you call yourself sick, there will be a series of murder cases and directly point to the new policy of banning the craftsman system, anyone can suspect that this is related to the people of the Ministry of Industry and the War Bureau, but it is impossible for you, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to be at home because of illness, but you are wrong, which shows that you are the most likely!

Also, even if you pretend to be sick, can you have a little common sense, don't just memorize the four books and five classics all day long, read a few more medical books, the disease of the stone shower is caused by stones in the kidney, and the kidney is located on the back side, why do you keep touching the front of the right abdomen, and you also touch the upper part of the right abdomen, which is the stomach! Do you not learn and do not know how to learn, or do you think that I do not learn and do not know how to learn! ”

After Zhu Houzhao scolded loudly, he smiled faintly, didn't say anything, only took the copper monocular glass telescope from the hand of the accompanying officer and continued to observe the direction of the Ordnance Bureau:

"If I'm not mistaken, your people are waiting for me to enter the Ordnance Bureau before letting it explode."

And at this time, Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, did not say a word, he was already shaking all over, he didn't expect that he would make such a big flaw! He didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao, an emperor who grew up in the deep palace, also understood medical science, and he acted so much like that he couldn't escape the magic eye? ! He didn't expect this Imperial City Mansion to be so deep!

Shangshu Zeng Jian of the Ministry of Industry felt frightened, and for a while cold sweat was dripping from his forehead, not knowing what to do.

At this time, Guo Rong came to report: "Your Majesty, the Ordnance Bureau has been surrounded, the crossbowmen are ready, and the people inside are now unable to fly!" ”

Then, Xia Yan also came to report: "Your Majesty, there is indeed a batch of gunpowder missing from Wang Gongchang, according to the records, it was the order of Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, who was sent to Guangji Warehouse!" The reason is that His Majesty wants to see the fireworks. ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but sneer after hearing this, and pointed to Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry: "Can you think of a better reason, do you want to frame me in addition to killing me, framing me for being cynical, wanting to see fireworks, causing an explosion in the Ordnance Bureau, what a vicious idea!" ”

Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, did not refute it.

"Xia Yan, did you say that there are still many officials who want to die?" Zhu Houzhao suddenly asked Xia Yan at this time.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there must be selfish ministers who hide their dissatisfaction, after all, Your Majesty's new policy is for the people, but not for the gentry and Confucian scholars", Xia Yan has been at Beijing Normal University for two years, and he has also been deeply "poisoned" by Zhu Houzhao's new thoughts, so he is not polite.

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao just smiled and looked at Zeng Jian: "Zeng Jian, are you willing to atone for your sins and reduce the punishment?" ”

As soon as he heard that he could still atone for his sins, Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The minister is willing, the minister is willing, Your Majesty!" ”

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