Wenhua Palace, cabinet auxiliary ministers, six ministry officials, palm seal department officials and Jinyi Weitang officials, plus officials of the five grades or above of the yamen, hundreds of people filled the Wenhua Hall at once.

On both sides of the hall, the Han generals who maintained order kept their eyes intent, on the side of the steps of the hall, four little eunuchs stood there with their heads bowed, and on the side platform that went up, Wang Dehua stood respectfully with a Buddha dust.

The hundreds of officials in the palace are also distinct, the division is also obvious, the number of noble relatives is not much, standing in the westernmost head, in the middle is the six departments, the hall officials of the department, followed by them are the officials ranked in order of grade, the easternmost is a few people in the cabinet, there are also officials behind them, but there are no important ministers, they are all in addition to the six departments of the yamen, there are two fellow intellectuals of Jinyiwei inside. Zhou Yanru is also in this class, although he was dismissed as the first assistant, but he is still a scholar of Dongge University, and he is not a scholar, so it stands to reason that he does not need to go to the palace, but I don't know what to do, Chongzhen specially ordered him to go to the palace. He stood there, the old god was there, a look full of confidence, it seemed that he had done all the work that should be done, and today he must let the emperor bow his head, and if he didn't severely punish Wang Kun, his face would be gone. If everyone in the cabinet can attack the foreign court officials like Wang Kun, the face of this court will be gone, and the face of this scholar will be gone!

Hundreds of officials all know what the theme of this palace meeting is, Donglin is surging, and those who are not Donglin are also in the same branch, after all, they are all foreign ministers, whether they are a party or not, but this is a line against the internal ministers, so they will not be pioneers, and it is okay to play the flag in the back. Most of the noble relatives are in name only, have no power and no power, and have been bullied by civil officials, and they don't have the courage to do anything with them, so they can only wait there to watch the excitement with the idea that it has nothing to do with themselves. Those who have a heart don't look elsewhere, just stare at Zhou Yanru to see who he is making eye contact with, and after a while, you will know who is in the battle.

The front of the hall was quite calm, they were all people in high positions, and they would not be too rude, but the officials of the fourth and fifth grades behind the most Lu were whispering there, and their faces were red with excitement. The Imperial History of the Imperial Court and the Six Divisions of the Imperial Court are also quite energetic, just waiting for the emperor to come and behave well.

Above the first hall, only Wen Tiren's face was ugly, and he stood there a little uneasy, on the one hand, because of the upcoming Chongzhen, and on the other hand, because of Zhou Yanru, who had no name but the right to be the first assistant.

The situation in the palace has already been reported to Chongzhen, Chongzhen sneered a few times and decided to take the preemptive action after going to the palace, and must not let those guys speak first, otherwise you will say a word, and the crowd will rush to speak, when it is his turn to be the emperor, you can't just fight and scold Long Yan angrily.

After the hundred officials knelt down and saluted and got up, it was supposed that the emperor asked if there was anything to do, but after Chongzhen waited for the hundred officials to salute, he immediately said: "The Qing and other officials have read it, and all the ministers are aware of the matter of sending the ministers, and as soon as I ascend the throne, Wei Gelding has not been removed, and the ministers sent during the Apocalypse will be withdrawn." Why do you want to be sent out now? Qing and the others said that I didn't trust the civil and military. I don't trust the civil and military, it's just that I've been in bad shape since the beginning of the Imperial Pole, and I have no choice but to use it. If the civil and military ministers are honest in their work, it will not be difficult to withdraw. If you have nothing else to do, just retreat. ”

The emperor preemptively opened his mouth to say that he was going to retire from the dynasty again, and the hundred officials couldn't help but be stunned, a little caught off guard, but they were just stunned for a moment, and then saw Min Hongxue, the secretary of the ministry who had only been in office for a few days, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that when Emperor Taizu Gao founded the country, he had repeatedly ordered that the ministers should not interfere in foreign affairs, and the yamen of the outer court should not have exchanges with the ministers. It is a pity that there were many ministers who intervened in foreign affairs, but when His Majesty first ascended to the pole in August of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, he issued an order to withdraw all the ministers to guard the ministers, and the world praised him. However, today, His Majesty wants the ministers to supervise the army's foreign affairs, and the ministers think that His Majesty's move will only make his ears and eyes exhausted, and the governor of the border town will almost lose his handle. Therefore, the minister implores His Majesty to take back his order!" After speaking, Min Hongxue knelt down again, looking like a loyal admonition.

The first to come out turned out to be the official Shangshu who had just been promoted, Chongzhen was as uncomfortable as eating a fly, his throat was dry and swallowed twice, and he said coldly: "Taizu Ming Xun I don't know, but the ancestors of all generations since they became ancestors have also been used occasionally, and they are all expedient. The ministers are originally driven by me, and I send the ministers to have their own judgments, so that Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian will never be produced again, and the secretaries do not have to be suspicious. ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Liu Zongzhou, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, stand up, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there have been no eunuchs and soldiers who have not misled the country, and none of these ministers and ministers are enough to be trusted?" If there is a day of danger for survival, these eunuchs will not be able to share the safety of the world's corporals and doctors. ”

was too high-minded, listening to Liu Zongzhou's words, Chongzhen was angry, even the little eunuchs in the palace were all angry, Wang Dehua snorted slightly, and scolded a few words secretly. Liu Zongzhou's words beat everyone in the inner court to death with a stick, can they not hate it?

"The ministers can't share the safety and security, but the ministers can? Hmph, every time the ministers on the border are bullied, Kedao can't be impeached according to his duties, and the border defense of the national economy is becoming more and more deceitful! Is this the safety with me? If the ministers are honest, why do I need this generation! The more Chongzhen spoke, the more angry he became, he could see that if he gave in slightly, something might happen in the palace today. If you want to solve the matter well, you must not only strike first, but also show the appearance of the emperor, otherwise, you will not be able to shock them.

Sure enough, seeing that the Son of Heaven was stern, Liu Zongzhou didn't dare to stiffen his head, so he had to say: "The ministers are not talented, and they can't rely on the deputy majesty to appoint the envoy, but this heart doesn't dare not be from the country." ”

"That's a good point! How many ministers, big and small, can there be solid helpers? That is, if the matter of Ma Zheng is repeated, there are many orders to be strict, how to solve the horse and say that it is unusable when he arrives in Beijing, and then sell it as much as possible? If so, why bother? And how much is in it? I can think of it, but I can't know the inside story, who told me? Who is from the state again? Let me be trusted! Chongzhen is more and more angry, thinking that Ma Zheng's affairs have been deceived by foreign dynasties in the past few years, he really has the intention of killing. This Ma Zheng is related to the strength of the official army, and the safety of the society is at stake, but those moths have harmed Ma Zheng to nothing, and he really deserves to be killed. Aren't you trying to force me to abolish the Cabinet Guard? Well, I'll treat you first.

Most of His Royal Highness's ministers didn't know about Ma Zheng, and after listening to Chongzhen, they understood that this matter was not within the plan, and it was not easy to deal with it. Those who can be officials are rushed out of the pile, where will they really throw the official position aside and the emperor hard top, today's momentum is so great, it does not depend on the number of people, but there is really the danger of losing the official and killing the head, it is disrespectful. Everyone has a shot, not to mention that it is still Ma Zheng's business, so don't let this muddy water flow.

The wind direction is wrong, seeing that the morale has disappeared a little, Wu Zongda and He Rupet are a little anxious, after they glanced at Zhou Yanru, Wu Zongda pouted at Liu Zongzhou, who was kneeling there, Liu Zongzhou hurriedly retorted: "Your Majesty is right, there are indeed bad ministers, but" He didn't dare to stiffen the top, but he was unwilling to be changed by the Son of Heaven like this, and he wanted to leave a good impression in front of the hundred officials, so he said there: "But the ministers should start from the rectification of the officials, and the court has its own disposal of this matter, and Your Majesty does not have to worry." But the ministers were originally for the inner court to sweep the envoys, and the important ministers of the court gave the courtiers to the ministers, which really hurt the dignity of His Majesty and insulted the face of the doctor. "Oh? Really? The corners of Chongzhen's mouth curled slightly, "Now that the army is in a hurry, I let the ministers go to the household and the second ministry to audit the income and expenditure of food and salary, if you are all honest, why should I be like this?" Now that he is attacking the ministers, is it to maintain the national body, or is he afraid that he will be audited on his head and cause trouble, huh? After speaking, Chongzhen slapped the throne with his right hand.

"This"

Liu Zongzhou didn't know what to say, but when he saw Liu Zongzhou squeaking but couldn't say anything, he was so anxious that he decided to go into battle in person, he went out of the class and said: "Audit your own households, work, and supervision." The army is in a hurry, but the audit minister detains the border town ordnance and does not issue it, and the military is sluggish, and the imperial history Sun Zhaoxing is negligent and impeached him for misleading the country, but His Majesty reprimanded Sun Zhaoxing, and the minister thought it was unfair. ”

Wu Zongda also came out of the class immediately afterwards and said this, the head of the household department is the party to the matter, and this matter is an audit on his head, so he naturally does not let the class go to echo it. Two scholars, one of the household scholars, the rest of the people are like flies smelling the stench, all of them came to the spirit, one by one jumped for Sun Zhaoxing to avenge his grievances, this end is to save Zhao from Wei Wei, deny everything by one thing, and finally force the emperor to bow his head.

The officials of the six departments, the officials of the science and the road, the high-grade and the low-grade jumped out of dozens of people, you say a word to me, a cannon after a cannon, and finally Chongzhen blew up his lungs, he couldn't bear it anymore, he used a killer move, and shouted angrily: "Li Shouqi, you come out!" ”

Chongzhen's angry shout frightened everyone who came to class, and there were no fools in the palace, and they all knew that Emperor Lu Dao was going to take Li Shouqi to the knife.

When Li Shouqi, the uncle of Xiangcheng, stood up, he was already covered in chaff, which was really a fire at the city gate and affected the fish in the pond.

Chongzhen pointed at Li Shouqi and said angrily to the ministers: "Look at this Xiangcheng Bo, who is the governor of Beijing, I only learned today that the roster of Jingying is all false!" Receiving a generous salary in the name, A is in B, B is in C, and the names in the list are all poor in Wanli and even Longqing! Then he turned to Li Shouqi and asked fiercely: "You say, how much are you greedy?!" ”

What Chongzhen said is the truth, how dare Li Shouqi refute it? Don't look at the ministers of this palace are all coming to question the emperor today, but no one will help him, who made him a noble and not a member of the party, those people can't wait to see his jokes.

"Not only that, the errands in the Beijing camp are all powerful servants and evil slaves in the capital, all of them are scoundrels in the market, and you also recruited them, right? Not only did you not restrain it, but you connived at the plunder, causing the theft to happen repeatedly during the day, is this still a Jingshi! Someone! Chongzhen was really annoyed, and his voice became louder and louder.

Outside the hall, there were eunuchs leading four Han generals into the hall.

"Yesterday, the more than 20 officers and soldiers of the Beijing battalion who were arrested by the patrol battalion were all executed! Li Shouqi dismissed his post and took it! ”

Watching the Jinyi guard take Li Shouqi out, Chongzhen took a breath and turned his face to scan the ministers, "The ministers are useless? Sending ministers to hurt your decency? Hmph, Li Shouqi's matter was revealed by the eunuch Tang Wenzheng in charge of the Beijing camp! Which of you will tell me? If I don't send ministers, how can I know these things! If you are bent on opposing my dispatch of ministers, if you don't have a ghost in your heart, why is it so fierce? ”