The consternation and silence of the ministers were not actually because of the result of the death of those people, but because they felt very unfamiliar with the way Zhengde spoke, and at the same time they were also at a loss. [Full text reading]

The court meeting is a very formal occasion, and the speech is also a little exquisite, for example, if you want to play who died, you have to explain when and where the person died, otherwise, who knows what you want to say?

The so-called disgrace in front of the palace includes this situation, if a minister says so, and there are people who have an enmity with him, he will definitely be impeached afterwards.

However, now it is the emperor who says this, so there is no curse, and the emperor rarely says such brainless words on formal occasions, but he usually runs horses in his mouth, so everyone can't care about it, so he can only be silent.

"Your Majesty, may I ask why these people died? If you are guilty, why don't you hand it over to the Criminal Department or Dali Temple......" Min Guigang was reprimanded, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he didn't dare to speak out for a while, and the court discussion was not good, so Yan Zhong, the Qing of Dali Temple, could only helplessly come out.

Yan Zhong is a relatively easy-going person with a surname, and he is also very low-key among Jiuqing, and his degree of unpopularity is second only to Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, who is actually not very suitable for a position like Dali Siqing that needs to be decisive.

There is no way today, the emperor wants to liquidate, and the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, which are in charge of punishment, must go up, and they must also fight on the basis of reason, at least to gain the upper hand in reason, which is the premise of all actions.

"Huh?" Zhengde raised his eyebrows, and asked in surprise: "The celebrant and the Jinyi guard are both family affairs of the Son of Heaven, when will it be the turn of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department to take care of it?" Ladies and gentlemen, do you still talk about the rules? ”

"Old minister......" Yan Zhong also had a hot face and was confused.

Your Majesty, aren't you going to take these people as an opportunity to liquidate? Although I plan to fight on the basis of reason, I can actually be regarded as cooperating with you, why do you even choke me? Besides, since you don't plan to discuss the topic of these people, why are you stirring up the conversation again? Could it be that you are also wrong with people, just to find fault and choke people?

"Your Majesty, Dali Siqing is just shocked to hear about it, and wants to assist one or two, just a little effect, not intentionally interfering, and ask the emperor to find out." It was Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who came out of the class to relieve Yan Zhong.

Although Zhengde choked people with every word, it made Zhang Sheng breathe a sigh of relief. Although this means that there will be no way to interfere in the affairs of the inner court in the future, if the responsibility for the night of the thunder and fire is only held accountable to the dead people, then it means that a large-scale purge will not happen.

Is this another political exchange? Not only Zhang Sheng, but many people present had this idea, in exchange for the stability and legal surname of the inner court without liquidation?

If this is the case, then it is also cost-effective, strictly speaking, the inner court is not something that the outer court can interfere with, let alone kill a few eunuchs, even if the emperor kills all the eunuchs, the outer court can only advise, saying that the monarch should not be too cruel.

"So? Well, I'll be magnanimous and not be held accountable. Zhengde waved his hand and made a generous shape.

"The Emperor Shengming......" His Royal Highness's ministers also made a sense of joy and encouragement, and what they said sounded good, but secretly they all rolled their eyes and disagreed.

"The old ones don't go, the new ones don't come, the original people died, but the master of ceremonies and the factory guards need to continue to operate, so I have appointed a few new people, and I will also introduce you to Aiqing today......"

Is this about rewarding meritorious deeds? The ministers looked at each other, and they all felt that they seemed to have figured out the routine of Zhengde, except for the important ministers above the third grade, most of them were in a more relaxed mood.

It is terrible for the emperor to regain control of the factory guard, but compared to the imminent purge, this is nothing.

"The eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant is Gu Dayong, and the eunuchs Ma Yongcheng and Xie Sang...... Liu Jin was in charge of the East Factory, and Qiu Ju was in charge of the Beijing Camp...... In addition, I appointed Qian Ning as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Jiang Bin as the commander-in-chief of the 12th Regiment Battalion......" Zhengde said to himself: "Of course, I just told everyone Aiqing today. ”

"...... "Your Majesty, if you don't say anything about this, we also know that except for the slander in my heart, no one has raised any objections."

Zhengde's words can only be a notice, those appointments have long been a fait accompli, with Xie Hong's cunning and the emperor's cleverness, even if everyone says it out of the blue, they will not spit out the meat in their mouths.

In addition, everyone has doubts in their hearts, because Zhengde has not mentioned an important person, that is, Xie Hong. For the court, this person is the culprit, but for the emperor, this person is the biggest hero, how can he not have his share in the reward for meritorious deeds?

There is a surname Xie in the list, and everyone has never heard of that name, but it is obviously not Xie Hong, probably some shameless and obscene eunuch.

"Your Majesty, what about ...... below" Zhang Sheng listened so attentively that he even forgot to retreat to the court, and as soon as Zhengde's voice fell, he hurriedly asked.

"Zhang Shangshu, what I am below is also something you can care about?" Zhengde's face twisted and he snorted angrily.

"The old minister didn't dare to ......" Zhang Sheng also blushed, and hurriedly fell to the ground to apologize. He found out that the emperor was going to find fault today, otherwise why did he leave so many traps in his words? Could it be because I had to endure and was unwilling, so I used this kind of childlike method to vent?

However, it would be nice if it could end there. The three-day penalty station, coupled with the control of the factory guard Jingying, was an unprecedented loss for the foreign dynasty, but compared to being liquidated and slaughtered by Xie Hong's madman, such a result made them very happy.

Normally speaking, even a monarch as eloquent and strategic as Taizu and Chengzu rarely carried out a large-scale liquidation of scholars, let alone the lord of the future shoucheng. However, Xie Hong and Zhengde took an unusual path together, and the effect was very terrifying, and it was difficult to predict whether the massacre would happen.

There are many dreams at night, and in order to prevent the emperor from coming up with a new moth, it is a more ideal ending to end here.

"Your Majesty, since it's okay, isn't it ......" Zhang Sheng was also repulsed, and Han Wen, the head of the household department, had no choice but to stand up and set a precedent for courtiers to take the initiative to withdraw from the court.

"What's the panic? I still have something to say, "Zhengde is a master who specializes in working against ministers, and of course he won't let them take advantage of his wishes," Zhang Shihua! ”

“…… The old minister is here. Zhang Fuhua stood up in a daze, he was very confused, what does the emperor mean by this? Liquidation? But no matter how you rank it, you shouldn't be the first one?

Even if the original wave of words was not the first to be launched, at most, it was just coordinated and dispatched in the center after the tide of words rose. On the night of the thunder fire, he was just meditating in the Xie Mansion, and he didn't express any opinions?

"I heard ......" Zhengde said in a frustrated voice: "Your sister-in-law Zhang Shuhe relied on your power to do mischief in his hometown and commit lawlessness, but is there such a thing?" ”

"The emperor Mingjian, the old minister is wronged!" Although he was dizzy by Zhengde's jumping surname thinking, Zhang Fuhua still shouted injustice for the first time, which was a knee-jerk reaction when asked by the emperor, and it did not need to go through the brain, which was a necessary skill for every courtier.

"Wronged?" Zhengde snorted coldly: "I have heard that when your son drove in the downtown area and knocked down a girl, he not only did not stop to try to rescue, but instead ran over the girl, causing the girl to die on the spot, well, and ran over several times, how cruel this is!" Do you still want to deny it now? ”

"Your Majesty, even if it is a civil sentencing, you have to talk about evidence, not to mention that Lord Zhang is one of the nine kings of the dynasty, and he has some scruples for the sake of the dignity of the court, how can he use rumors to ask Lord Zhang for his guilt? How inconsistent this matter is! ”

At this time, it was the time for Tongqi to join the branches, although he had just been reprimanded, and at the same time he couldn't figure out the true intentions of Zhengdeok, Min Gyu still stepped forward to defend his colleagues.

"After the old minister goes home, he will thoroughly investigate this matter, if this is the case, the old minister will not avoid suspicion, and he will kill his relatives in righteousness. But the old minister is in a high position, it is inevitable to offend the villain, and the rumors in the market are mostly slanderous, it is really difficult to believe it, and please ask the emperor to investigate. Zhang Fuhua looked impassioned and made an impassioned speech.

Whether this kind of thing has happened or not, Master Zhang himself does not know. But he can be sure of one thing, with the power of his Zhang family, let alone crushing a girl to death, even if it is ten hundred, there will be no trouble and no trouble.

Unless the magistrate is crazy, no one will stand up for a few flat-headed people, he is the imperial envoy of the left capital! Offended him, and still want to be promoted? That is a dream, unless there is a cabinet minister to support it, otherwise the Zuodu Imperial History wants to settle a prefect or even a prefect, and all it needs is to send a supervising imperial history.

Therefore, he said this very firmly, and the evidence will definitely not be found.

As the son-in-law of the imperial history of Zuodu, it is not a matter to run rampant in the township and fish and flesh people, and if you get into trouble, you can't sort out the tail of your hands, that is really unqualified! If that's the case, even if the emperor doesn't mention it, Zhang Fuhua himself will have to clean up the door, and even a few ordinary people can't handle it, so what else can he talk about entering the court? Isn't that suicide!

No matter what the emperor has in mind, since there is no evidence, even the emperor will not be able to convict himself as a Jiuqing, if this precedent is set, then the emperor will not be able to do whatever he wants, even if he is willing to submit to the law, his colleagues in the court are not reconciled.

"Please let the emperor know!" Headed by the cabinet ministers, all the ministers bowed down to the court, and whether to defend Zhang Fuhua or not fell second, but this precedent could never be opened.

"I didn't say that I would condemn Zhang Aiqing." Zhengde spread his hands and said innocently.

"Your Majesty Shengming......" The ministers breathed a sigh of relief again, since the first year of Zhengde, the court meeting has become more and more difficult, and some accidents have occurred from time to time, and the emperor's intentions are difficult to figure out, so it is difficult for everyone to face it calmly.

"That's what I mean," Zhengde changed his words and said, "Since I have heard about it, then this matter can be opened for interrogation, Qian Ning ......"

"Wechen is here." Channing spoke out.

"Zhang Yushi's case will be handed over to you, you have to interrogate it well, you must ask the truth to find out, and after getting the confessions of Lord Zhang and the relevant people involved, come to see me again!" The righteous German tone is clear, and the meaning of the words is even more shocking: "Just like Liu Shangshu, give me a good trial!" ”

"Wechen obeys." Channing bowed down to receive the order.

All the ministers were as if they had been struck by lightning, and they all looked at each other in shock, what is the emperor going to do? And...... Like Liu Shangshu? Could it be that Liu Daxia is not dead, and the emperor intends to use Liu Daxia as a breakthrough in liquidation?

(To be continued)