Chapter 140: The Dust Settles (Part II)

"Shut your mouth! How many times have you said that? Do you still use my court as a vegetable market? Li Guanqi picked up the paperweight on the case of the dragon book, knocked it with a "bang", and saw that his voice gradually became quieter, so he continued: "Zu Dong came to rebel, not on a whim, but after years of painstaking consideration. Since I ascended the throne, I have let him everywhere, but Zu Donglai has no heart for a minister, and he wants to do misdeeds three times and twice, and he personally led troops into the palace last night, and his crime should be punished, and death is not a pity. ”

After listening to Li Guanqi's words, the people who were originally attached to Zu Donglai among the ministers were even more trembling at this moment, drenched in cold sweat, and didn't know what to do.

Li Guanqi glanced at the few people standing in front of him, and then said: "There is a crime of Zu Donglai that I collected here, Qin Minzhong, you can read it to everyone!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Minzhong agreed, stepped forward, took the yellow satin holy decree handed down by Yue'er, and read aloud: "

Loyal to the king, the common way of the ancients; If he commits the following crimes, he shall be punished. Zu Donglai was a minister of state and was entrusted by the emperor. However, he arbitrarily ran rampant, defrauded the king and abused his power, and committed rebellion, and his crimes are listed as follows to set an example:

Civil and military officials, all under the door. One of its sins;

He formed a private party with Yao Biguang, the head of the military department, Liu Ji, the general of Yulinwei, Yin Cheng of Yingtianfu, and Fan Jian, the head of the imperial guard, to form a private party and discuss politics privately. The second sin;

Relying on the evil of the party and disrupting national politics. Those who like it are recommended, and those who are evil are framed. The third sin is also;

Enclosing land without authorization and harming the people. The four sins are also;

Because of the daughter of Taiwei He Zhuguo, the queen of the canonization, jealousy, initial obstruction, and later killed the entire He family, and his five crimes were also;

……”

Qin Minzhong read it with joy, and the more the ministers below listened, the more frightened they became, in this edict, there were actually 36 charges of Zu Donglai, which of these charges was enough to kill the head, these are actually nothing. The most important thing is that the crimes of Zu Donglai listed in Li Guanqi's edict are all justified and well-founded, and they are not groundless and conjectures. The civil and military officials couldn't help but weigh it in their hearts, how did this young emperor, who doesn't go out of the gate every day, and doesn't step out of the second door, know these news?

After Lieutenant General Qin Min finished reading out the edict, Li Guanqi continued: "Zu Donglai has committed such a big crime, what do you think should be done?" ”

"Your Majesty, Zu Donglai received the emperor's holy grace, but he didn't think about serving the country, causing chaos to the dynasty, he should hang the corpse at noon, and the door should be beheaded!" As soon as Li Guanqi's words fell, someone had already rushed out of the court class and hurriedly played.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

It's really a wall that everyone pushes, and almost everyone in the Manchu Dynasty now wants to behead Zu Donglai.

Looking at everyone's clumsy performance, the disgust at the corners of Li Guanqi's mouth became stronger and stronger, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore, "snapped" the dragon book case, stood up, and shouted: "Enough!" ”

Li Guanqi strode back and forth on the Golden Palace, and said angrily, "Do you think I don't know your identity? Now he is in a hurry to behead Zu Donglai, which one is not Zu Donglai's former guest? Which one has not flattered him or slandered him?

Now that Zu Dong has fallen, are you working hard again?

Say a thousand, say ten thousand. Zu Donglai has been the prime minister for more than 20 years, and during this period, there has been no major incident in the Great Qianchao, and there is no merit and hard work. If it weren't for you villains who have been instigating him for a long time, how could he have rebelled? ”

"The emperor's ......" The ministers who were in a hurry to show their merits to Li Guanqi just now found out that they were not doing it right, not only did they not make the emperor happy, but they touched the scales, which made the emperor angry, and he hurriedly pleaded again.

"Shut up! Now I'm talking about you, not for you! Li Guanqi shouted angrily, and then said, "You were all once Zu Donglai's disciples, and you didn't want to help Zu Donglai assist the imperial court, but you blindly wanted to add officials to the court, and now you are still falling into the well after Zu Donglai's death?"

Zu Donglai is also a generation of heroes, and having you people as guests is really ruining his vision. Unfaithful, unfilial and shameless people like you, I feel disgusted when I see it. Nameless! ”

"In!" Nameless said loudly.

Seeing that Li Guanqi was angry and was about to make a cruel decision, Qin Minzhong, Yang Bozheng and Lin Bai hurriedly went out of class and knelt down, and said in unison: "Please calm the emperor's anger, the minister has something to say!" "They were afraid that Li Guanqi would be confused, and his brain would be hot, so he would kill all of them on the spot, and it would not end well.

Li Guanqi's face was pale, his cold eyes stared at Qin Minzhong and the three of them, and he said word by word: "What do you want to say?" ”

Although he was stared straight at by Li Guanqi, Qin Min and the others also felt a chill on their backs, but they still stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that although Zu Donglai is plotting rebellion, after all, he is also an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and his assistance is indispensable. Since the other person is no longer there, the ministers think it is better to end here! ”

Li Guanqi stared coldly at Qin Min and others for a long time, and suddenly laughed, civil and military officials, listening to Li Guanqi's unbridled laughter, one by one even more ashen, thinking that Li Guanqi was even more angry by Qin Minzhong's words.

I didn't want Li Guanqi to finish laughing, but suddenly changed the conversation and said: "Take a look!" That's what a gentleman does! You should all learn from the three of them! ”

After speaking, he returned to the back of the Longshu case, sat down and said: "Zu Dong came to rebel, his crime should be punished, and he will not be held accountable if he is dead." His son Zu Tianyi, cut it down! Confiscation of family property. As for his people, if they have official positions and are in the army, they will be dismissed immediately and will never be used! The rest of the people will not be held accountable. Chin this! ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Qin Min and the others hurriedly kowtowed and said.

Li Guanqi waved his hand back again, Xiao Ying walked up with a tray in his hand, put the tray on the case, and turned around and retreated. The tray was covered with bright yellow brocade, and they couldn't see what was inside, and everyone's eyes were full of doubts, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Li Guanqi's gourd.

Li Guanqi's gaze slowly scanned the Manchu Dynasty's Wenwu again, and then he reached out and tore off the brocade covered on the tray.

Only then did everyone see that on the tray, there was a red box, and the box was engraved with chrysanthemum patterns, and many people's faces suddenly changed, because the box was not unfamiliar to them, and in an instant, their faces became even paler.

Li Guanqi looked coldly at the civil and military officials in the hall, held the red lacquer box in his hand, and said slowly: "This thing was obtained by me from the mansion of the ancestor Dong!" Do you know what's in there? ”