Jingshi, in front of the Chengtian Gate.

Jiao Fang's heart gradually sank into the bottomless abyss.

Jiao Fang is nearly eighty years old, he has been rolling in the Ming Dynasty hall all his life, and before every rise and fall, he can keenly perceive the omen in the air, so although his career has not been too smooth over the years, he can also keep himself safe, relying on his keen intuition, he even went against the current in the situation of rejection in the hall, and became a servant of the ministry.

Today, Jiao Fang once again noticed the condensation in the air, the deliberate distance between the ministers around him and him, the expressions of indifference and even hypocritical smiles, and the cold gaze that seemed to treat him as if he was a dead man......

The corners of Jiao Fang's eyes twitched.

Recently, there has been a treacherous flow and counterflow in the court, an indescribable and inexplicable atmosphere between civil officials and eunuchs, and the temper of Liu Jin, the celebrant supervisor, who is getting more and more irritable day by day......

Jiao Fang smiled bitterly.

Is it time for a decisive battle? What are the odds of winning or losing?

Jiao Fang stood in the crowd in silence, but at this moment she had never been lonely, as if standing in the wilderness as small, lonely, and desperate.

Another official sedan chair slowly came, dressed in a scarlet robe of the Ministry of War Shangshu Liu Yu walked out of the sedan chair, with a somewhat warm smile on his face, he still carried two copies of the note in his arms, the rebellion of the King of Anhua was extinguished, the Ministry of War has elected a new Ningxia Commander, of course, is also a close confidant of Liu Gonggong, Liu Yu intends to raise the court in today's court meeting, the party, of course, the more the better, the greater the power, the better.

Liu Yu, who walked out of the sedan chair, gently brushed the hem of the official robe, as if he was worried about soiling the official robe. It wasn't until after a series of actions that Liu Yu felt that the atmosphere in front of Chengtian Gate was wrong, and he suddenly raised his head, and was greeted by a series of cold and bone-chilling eyes, and the air seemed to be stagnant.

Like Jiao Fang's reaction, Liu Yu suddenly chuckled in his heart, and suddenly felt bad.

Thinking of the treacherous atmosphere of Jingshi these days, and the almost crazy temper of Gonggong Liu, Liu Yu's feet softened, and a deep despair suddenly replaced the complacent just now.

"Elder Jiao Ge—" Liu Yu suddenly hissed. His pale face revealed extreme fear.

Jiao Fang stood in the crowd. Sighing in despair, he closed his eyes and remained silent.

When- When-

The bell of the Bell and Drum Division rang and spread leisurely over the entire Jingshi.

At the end of the day, hundreds of officials go to court!

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Zhu Houzhao yawned. looked at the black head of the hall with a worried face. He snorted angrily.

For him. The most boring thing is the daily pilgrimage. He also wanted to handle a few state affairs beautifully, and teach those scholars and the six scholars to be impressed, but he was too young after all. Every time, he often felt that the exquisite way of dealing with it was worthless in the mouths of the ministers, either he was too careful and cautious, or it was too ridiculous and naïve, and the days of being denied were too long, and gradually, Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to speak again, so the court meeting became the most boring and difficult time for Zhu Houzhao every day.

On the Golden Palace, after the roll call of the hundred officials, it was the time to play state affairs, but today the hall was silent, as quiet as a ghost domain, Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair and waited for a while, about a pillar of incense After an hour, even the dull Zhu Houzhao found that the atmosphere was wrong.

Zhu Houzhao was happy: "It's fresh today, is it possible that my Zhengde Dynasty is peaceful in the four seas today, and the government is harmonious, so the secretaries have nothing to play?" ”

On weekdays, when Zhu Houzhao said these shameless words, many ministers must have refuted him with righteousness and solemnity, but at this moment, no one spoke out, and the ministers in the palace seemed to have become clay statues in the temple.

Zhu Houzhao's playful expression was finally put away, and he sat up straight unconsciously, looked around at the ministers with his eyebrows twisted, and said in a deep voice: "What the hell is going on?" No one is talking? ”

In the quiet crowd, a voice that had been waiting for a long time finally sounded.

"Minister, the Imperial Procuratorate supervises the imperial history Yao Xiang and has something to do."

Zhu Houzhao jumped his eyebrows and said, "Say." ”

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Marquis of San'in.

The atmosphere of the Qin family was also sluggish.

The housemother Du Yan was wearing a green silk jacket, anxiously pacing back and forth under the waterside corridor by the pond at home, Jin Liu held Xiao Qinle and shook it slowly, Xiao Qinle was lying in his mother's arms, a pair of ignorant big eyes looked around curiously, and then his eyelids began to droop, and he fell asleep without a pair.

Liyue and Lixing stood behind Du Yan holding hands, and the expression of the second daughter was full of tension and anxiety like Du Yan.

There are four small dishes on the stone table by the pond of Houfu, and a pot of scalded flower carvings, Qin Kan is dressed in white clothes and jade belt, his hair is neatly combed, and he has a bun on the top of his head, and the bun is decorated with a crystal clear white jade, at this moment he is sitting alone at the stone table, but there are two pairs of cups and chopsticks on the table.

With such abnormal behavior early in the morning, how could teach Du Yan, Jinliu and the others not to be in a hurry? But they knew that Qin Kan had something on their minds, but they didn't dare to approach at this time, so they could only watch from afar.

The wine was still warm, and there was a hint of heat in the spout, and Qin Kan personally filled the two wine glasses on the table.

Looking at the empty opposite, Qin Kan sighed.

If nothing else, today is the end of Liu Jin, and at this moment in the Golden Palace, Li Dongyang, Yan Song, Dai Yi and others must have begun to launch.

After more than two years of fighting openly and secretly, today can be regarded as a beginning and an end, the strange thing is that Qin Kan does not have half the joy of victory at the moment, on the contrary, he only feels that his heart is heavy, and an indescribable exhaustion wells up in his heart.

Fight with the sky, fight with the earth, fight with people...... Is it really fun?

The Ming Dynasty will never lack traitors, if a Liu Jin falls, how many traitors will come out? Can you fight in this life?

Even if Qin Kan himself, in the history books thousands of years later, who dares to guarantee that the reputation he left behind is better than Liu Jin?

For more than two years, who is actually better than anyone else in terms of his and Liu Jin's methods of dealing with people and things? The difference is just the purpose in each heart.

Qin Kan smiled bitterly, looked at the empty stone bench opposite, and muttered: "Regardless of notoriety or clear name, you still have a name after all, you have met a fate, and I will give you a cup and give you a ride by the way...... Father-in-law Liu, I never think you are a downright bad person, I believe that you have ideals and ambitions, but your ideals and ambitions are too urgent, too selfish, and too painful for others, the first glass of wine, I respect the new policy you promote, although it is a failure, naïve, mixed with selfishness, but I still see a trace of sincerity......"

Qin Kan drank it all in one gulp, and the warm wine entered his throat, knowing the bitterness and spiciness.

Slowly pouring himself a second glass of wine, Qin Kan's smile converged, and his gaze gradually became cold.

"This second glass of wine, Gonggong Liu, forgive me for not being able to respect you, what I want to respect is the loyal and good of the dynasty who has been brutalized to death by you in the past two years!"

The wine cup slowly sprinkled on the ground, the wine juice entered the soil, and the heroic spirit smiled.

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"The minister sued the eunuch Liu Jin for killing Zhongliang! In the past two years, more than 100 ministers have been killed, from the first year of Zhengde to the cane of Dai Miao, Ai Hong, Jiang Qin, Bo Yanhui, to the second year of Zhengde Huachang Manmen was destroyed, Zhang Qian was stabbed, all of them are well-founded, the national law is strict, Wang Shu is guilty of the same crime, how can Liu Jinye be alone? ”

On the Golden Palace, every word spoken by Yao Xiang, the superintendent of the imperial history, was loud and deafening.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes suddenly appeared flustered and nervous, and he stood up.

He was really wary of Liu Jin, he really wanted to cut Liu Jin's power step by step, he even wanted to kick Liu Jin to Fengyang to guard the tomb of Taizu, but Liu Jin was no one else, Liu Jin was an old servant of the East Palace who had accompanied him for ten years, and he was his closest family member besides his father, Zhu Houzhao had no intention of killing Liu Jin.

In the Golden Palace at this moment today, Zhu Houzhao has noticed that the hall is filled with a strong killing machine, and the killing machine is aimed at Liu Jin, and then looking at the faces of the ministers in the palace who are full of gloomy anger, today is clearly a situation of endless death.

A courtier kills with just one mouth.

"You say Liu Jin...... Liu Jin kills people, can he have credentials? Zhu Houzhao grabbed the golden armrest of the dragon chair.

"Yes!"

In the class, Zhang Cai, the secretary of the ministry, walked out expressionlessly, lowered his head, bowed, and handed over a stack of books and papers with both hands.

There was an uproar in the hall, and Liu Jin's henchmen Jiao Fang, Liu Yu, Zhang Wenmian and others had faces like earth, and their extremely resentful eyes stared at Zhang Cai viciously, the backbone of Liu Jin's henchmen.

"Your Majesty, Liu Jin ordered the Xichang cane to kill Dai Mo and other 21 people, as well as the letters and warrants of the ministers killed for various reasons in the past two years, and ordered his minions to slaughter a total of seventeen ministers.

Zhu Houzhao leaned weakly on the back of the chair, feeling the cold breath from the golden dragon carved on the back of the chair.

"First...... Check it out first and then talk about ......"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's obvious protective attitude, the ministers couldn't help frowning together.

"Your Majesty, the minister, the household department has something to do with Li Ji in the matter!"

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"Father-in-law Liu, this third cup of wine, I still can't respect you, this cup of wine, to the poor people in the world who were displaced and ruined after you occupied the land, and to those helpless souls who died in Huangquan because they couldn't take out the name you set up and all kinds of heavy taxes! Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer! Qin is incompetent, let you die too late! ”

The wine is still slowly pouring into the black soil, accompanied by two drops of crystalline sparkle that no one notices.

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"The second minister sued Liu Jin, the master of ceremonies, in the name of Huangzhuang, to occupy 10,000 hectares of land in Beizhili, and the squires and farmers around the country were seized of land and lost their land, and became homeless. What kind of face did your country become by Liu Jin, do you know it? Your Majesty knows it! ”

During the incident, Li Ji's eyes were full of tears, and he knelt on the ground and cried out.

Zhu Houzhao was short of breath, his face was flushed, and looking at the ministers who were full of sorrow and deep sorrow, Zhu Houzhao pouted his mouth and cried loudly.

"What enclosure, what Huangzhuang, where did I get so many Huangzhuang? You guys...... Why don't you put Liu Jin to death! How can I endure forcing me too much! (To be continued......)