On the 5th day of the first month of November, after a lapse of seven days, Zhu Daming called for a big start, and the cabinet, the six ministries, the officials above the middle level of the temple supervisors of the various academies, and the nobles and military ministers who had offices in Beijing, all came to the great court of the Huangji Palace. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The silent whip sounded, the ministers stood solemnly, and Zhu Daming, under the entourage of the celebrant and the celebrant Zhu Dajue, entered the palace and ascended the throne.

After a whole set of cumbersome etiquette procedures were completed, a person came out at the end of the literary class, stood in the middle of the main hall and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Qian Yuanyu in the Ministry of Ministers has a book!" ”

Zhu Daming knew that what he should come was coming after all, and said: "Today's court meeting, to decide on major events in the DPRK and China, all Aiqing can speak freely. As the saying goes, the speaker is not guilty, the one who hears is full of caution, and the way of speech is unimpeded, as long as the words are substantiated and the words are substantiated, I will never let Zhong Aiqing be guilty of his words. Qian Qing has a book, you can play it! ”

Huang Liji, who was standing at the head of the literary class, was worried in his heart, and in the past few days, the impeachment of the cabinet ministers for clinging to the eunuchs and aiding the torture was sent to the cabinet one after another, and then sent to the celebrant intact.

Emperor Chongzhen had kind words for Wei Zhongxian, and crowned Wei Zhongxian's nephews and nephews, which made them feel a little hopeful, but more and more impeachment concerts from top to bottom of the court still made them unable to resist, and they came up with the idea of retiring to protect themselves.

And Li Guowei's example made them feel lucky, thinking that the emperor would issue an edict to apply for the official and comfort them like the last great dynasty.

At this time, Huang Liji, who was immersed in panic, was quickly interrupted by what Qian Yuanyu said.

I only heard Qian Yuanyu say in a loud voice: "Your Majesty Shengming." Today, the minister impeached Wei Zhongxian for bullying the monarch, blocking Chinese and foreign countries, falsely proclaiming holy decrees, forming a party for personal gain, killing ministers without permission, embezzling merit and blaming faults, raising dead soldiers in the shadow, violating the ancestral grave, disregarding human life, and causing chaos to the dynasty.

"Your Majesty's ban on the official chasing the wind and shadows, and going to the impeachment seal without evidence, today's minister's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian's major crimes, all of which are conclusively evidenced, but the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have seen it in person, Your Majesty can recruit Wei Zhongxian to come, and the minister is willing to confront one of them."

Huang Liji and other ministers looked sideways, becoming more and more frightened, Wang Tiqian and Li Yongzhen, who were standing under Zhu Daming's throne, were also terrified, looking at Qian Yuanyu who was speaking generously for a while, and looking at the emperor with an expressionless face for a while, looking panicked.

As soon as Qian Yuanyu's voice fell, another person flashed out of the back column of the Wen class, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Wang Jiazheng, the imperial history of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, has a play. ”

Zhu Daming first said to Wang Chengen, who was accompanying him: "Go and pass Wei Zhongxian to the palace." Then he nodded at Wang Jiazheng and motioned for him to continue.

Wang Jiazheng stood still and said: "The minister also impeached Wei Zhongxian for having no king, contempt for the queen, taking power, taking merit, abusing the lord, and building a shrine. ”

Although Wang Jiazheng's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian's six major crimes and the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian by Qian Yuanwei are different, the evidence of the crime is much the same.

As soon as Wang Jiazheng finished speaking, three more people walked out of the literary class at the back of the palace, stepped forward in turn, and said, "Your Majesty, Wu Hongye seconded the matter in the matter of the minister's court. ”

"Liu Dingqing seconded the proposal in the Ministry of Households."

"Shi Gongsheng, a member of the Ministry of Justice, seconded the proposal."

Then, Wu Hongye continued: "Wei Zhongxian is a eunuch, trusted by the first emperor, promoted to a high position, does not want to repay the favor of the first emperor, abuses the trust of the first emperor, obstructs the holy hearing, causes trouble in the palace, conceals the superiors and subordinates, and claims to be nine thousand years old;

"Unauthorized power for personal gain, forcibly occupying tens of thousands of hectares of good land in Gyeonggi;

"Taking the risk of merit and receiving rewards, taking the name of the court to privately seal the relatives, the scoundrel's family is actually a family of five princes;

"The party fights against differences, fabricates charges, and kills ministers of the court without permission;

"Blasphemy the sages, deserve to enjoy the Temple of Literature, and connive at the construction of shrines everywhere by party members.

"Wei Zhongxian's crime is extremely heinous, please give an edict to your majesty."

After Wu Hongye finished saying these words, he saw several people kneeling down at the end of the Wen class, and said in unison: "Your Majesty Mingjian, please punish Wei Zhongxian!" ”

As soon as Zhu Daming wanted to say something, he saw that Wang Chengen was already standing outside the hall, and soon heard a crying voice coming: "Your Majesty forgive your sins!" Your Majesty's forgiveness! ”

This is Wei Zhongxian's voice.

Wei Zhongxian had a residence in the palace, but he had not lived in the palace since the late Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the magnificence of his residence outside the palace was comparable to the palace, or even surpassed.

The impression that Chongzhen gave him a few days ago made him feel that Emperor Chongzhen cared about the previous emperor's succession, and maybe he really wouldn't do anything to him, so Wang Chengen sent an order to let him attack the face saint, and he didn't hesitate, and soon followed.

But when he arrived outside the Imperial Palace, the eyes of those ministers kneeling outside the hall made him shudder, and they were clearly looking at the eyes of the dead.

Hearing the calls of the ministers in the palace again, "Please punish Wei Zhongxian", he suddenly became scared, and when he entered the main hall, he was tripped by the high threshold of the Imperial Palace, and lay directly in the door of the main hall.

Without getting up and tidying up the bright yellow python robe that he was proud of, Wei Zhongxian took a few steps forward, kowtowed vigorously in the direction of the throne, and said while kowtowing: "Your Majesty forgives your sins!" Although the old slave is a eunuch, he also has a loyal heart, and he is loyal to the emperor and the saint. These civil servants have always been unaccustomed to the appointment of old slaves by the emperor, and they are against the old slaves everywhere, and today they take advantage of the absence of the old slaves to deceive Your Majesty, please let Your Majesty know it. ”

Seeing Wei Zhongxian kneeling on the ground and crying, Wang Tiqian, Li Yongzhen and other eunuch ministers standing next to the throne also quickly knelt down, kneeled behind Wei Zhongxian, and said in a loud voice: "The slaves and maids are all royal ministers, loyal to the emperor and His Majesty, and what the ministers say is not credible, please let the emperor know!" ”

Zhu Daming looked at Wei Zhongxian, who was kneeling on the ground and crying, and felt disgusted in his heart. I think you Wei Zhongxian was also a hero above 10,000 people under one person, the Emperor of the Apocalypse died, and Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, your time has passed, make room for it as soon as possible, maybe Chongzhen will take care of the old feelings of the Apocalypse, maybe he can spare your life and have a good death. But when Chongzhen ascended the throne, you conspired to obstruct it, and after ascending the throne, you still coveted the position of power and did not go, and the lackeys under the door also occupied the pit one by one and did not, can Chongzhen, a single-minded emperor, let you go?

Wang Tiqian and others are even more waste, if they can draw a clear line with Wei Zhongxian at this time and turn against each other, they may have a chance to win the emperor's trust, after all, it is impossible for the emperor to completely listen to Wenchen, but if you are so clear that you are working against the ministers of the palace, it is impossible for Zhu Daming to release water, not to mention that Zhu Daming does not want to release water at all.

Zhu Daming glanced at Cao Huachun and said lightly: "Cao Huachun, go and take Qian Aiqing and Wang Aiqing's bullet seal and read it again, Gonggong Wei is late, give him a listen, let him see if the two ministers are deceiving me, and how they are deceiving me." ”

As soon as Zhu Daming finished speaking, the ministers in the hall no longer had any doubts, they all knew what to do, and the eyes of Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian and others all changed, including Huang Liji and others, and they also began to think about how to cut off with Wei Zhongxian.

Cao Huachun stepped forward to take Qian Yuanyu's stamp, and read it in a frustrated manner, when he read that the Yin raised the dead and plotted against him, Wei Zhongxian's body was shocked, and he began to cry out on the ground again, when he heard the false claim of nine thousand years old, worthy of enjoying the Confucian Temple, Guangjian Sheng Ancestral Hall, a door of five princes, and repairing the ancestral tomb was violated, Wei Zhongxian's face was colorless, but he kept chanting "The emperor forgives the sin, the emperor forgives the sin".

Cao Huachun finished reading the bullet and returned to stand next to the emperor's throne.

Zhu Daming stretched out his hand to ask for the two bullet seals, looked through them, and then asked the ministers in the palace, "Which secretary still has this music?" If Wei Zhongxian is still impeached, it can be submitted together. ”

Sure enough, the Chinese class, the martial arts class, and even the temple superintendent of the temple outside the palace have many people hiding in their sleeves the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian and his party.

Originally, I was still watching the direction of the wind, but now I have no hesitation, and I have presented a twist and turn.

A pile of impeachments against Wei Zhongxian and his party members were piled up in the hall in an instant.

One after another, the officials walked to the middle of the hall and knelt down and said, "Ministers, please punish Wei Zhongxian!" ”

Zhu Daming looked at the ministers in the hall, then at Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian and others who were kneeling, and turned his eyes to Huang Liji, who was about to lose his feet, and said, "Huang Aiqing, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Huang Liji walked to the center of the hall with a pale face, and in front of the ministers who were already kneeling, he knelt down solemnly, and spit out a few words in his clenched teeth: "Minister Huang Liji, please punish Wei Zhongxian Your Majesty." After speaking, he didn't look up and didn't say another word.

Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, Li Guoyi, and other ministers in the palace who had not yet expressed their position, when they heard this, they immediately came out of the ranks, bowed to the ground, and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please punish Wei Zhongxian!" ”