Several cabinet elders looked at Cheng Xiangwu with a wry smile, Cheng Xiangwu is a martial artist, and he has always been a-stirring stick in this cabinet.

However, there must be two or three military bigwigs in the cabinet, which was determined by Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao back then, and it has been the case all these years.

Although Cheng Xiangwu's temper is hotter, he is not the kind of person who messes around, at this time he listened to Yang Yiqing's words, sat down and glanced at Yang Yiqing and said: "Yang Shoufu, you have always been resourceful, so you should talk about it, what should we do this time to be able to explain to Your Majesty and His Royal Highness King Wu?" ”

Rubbing his forehead, Yang Yiqing glanced at all the elders present, and slowly exhaled a breath and said: "According to the old man's opinion, anyone who colludes with Xu Cheng and Chen Kai this time will be punished for slandering the monarch and plotting rebellion, and will be exterminated by the family. ”

If it were said that it was another time, it would be impossible for Xu Ying and Chen Kai to rise to the level of rebellion.

Even if these people attacked another object, there would be no such consequences, who let these people target Chu Yi touched the bottom line of Zhu Houzhao, the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao was furious, and he didn't say that he was either guilty of treason, or he was not guilty, and he was afraid that the cabinet would have to find a way to find out a crime for the other party.

What's more, after the interrogation of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, these officials may have really wronged them if they want to say rebellion, but it is not false at all that these people are not pure-minded, especially the hatred for Chu Yi is very real.

In this case, these people can be regarded as having a way to die.

It's not good to offend someone, but to offend Chu Yi, and it also fell into Zhu Houzhao's hands, if the cabinet doesn't give the Son of Heaven an explanation, it's no wonder that the Son of Heaven will be satisfied.

Brushing his beard, Cheng Xiangwu looked at Yang Yiqing with a rather satisfied look on his face and said: "Yang Ge Lao is right, these people should be killed, if everyone has no opinions, then this matter is decided, and everyone in the province is trying their best to think about how to solve it." ”

Chen Ding opened his mouth and sighed lightly, even if he was as stubborn as Chen Ding, he knew what to say and what not to say, he could only sigh that these officials with Xu Ying and Chen Kai did not enjoy a good future, but they were still immersed in the hatred of the past, didn't they know the love between their own majesty and the martial king Chu Yi?

The cabinet resolution spread as quickly as possible, but it was only a short time that it was known to the Manchu civil and military.

Originally, among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, many officials still wondered whether several cabinet elders would come forward to intercede for those officials who were arrested.

After all, there are not a few officials who were arrested by Jinyiwei and Dongchang this time, and once these arrested officials are really guilty, then the impact will be too great.

What disappointed these people was that the cabinet had a resolution in less than a day, just looking at the cabinet resolution, the fool knew that Xu Ying, Chen Kai and those officials who had colluded with the two of them and even the family behind them were finished.

Even if some officials can survive after interrogation, neither they nor their families will be beaten to the dust, and with this precedent, I am afraid that within hundreds of thousands of years, the children of these families will never have the opportunity to enter the court again.

Of course, there are also a group of former officials who did not find it strange at all when they learned of the Cabinet's decision, and it seemed to be a matter of course.

These old ministers have experienced Chu Yi's era, and even assisted Zhu Houzhao to search for Chu Yi's whereabouts all over the world, and the Ming Dynasty was able to soar completely because His Majesty was obsessed with finding Chu Yi, so when these people learned that there were people in the court who targeted Chu Yi, these people had already guessed the fate of these officials.

Whether it is Dongchang or Jinyiwei's prison, those arrested officials are desperately shouting grievances one by one at this time.

In the eyes of these officials, their tandem attempt to target Chu Yi is just a normal officialdom norm, and if they really want to say it, it is nothing more than that the target they are targeting is somewhat special.

"Your Majesty, the minister is loyal to you, and the minister is wronged......"

"Faint king, faint king, you will definitely regret it......"

The whole prison was so noisy that these officials could never have dreamed that they would one day be thrown into it.

Of course, even now, most of these officials are in a fearless posture, if there are only one or two of them, then they may be worried about what kind of punishment they will receive, but look at this prison, dozens or hundreds of officials have been arrested, this is definitely a big storm for the imperial court.

They don't believe that the cabinet elders will stand by and watch, as long as you are willing to come forward, I believe that even the Son of Heaven will give you some thin face, and then they can leave this dark prison and be reinstated.

Just when many officials were thinking about this, they saw the head of the prison walking over with a grim face, accompanied by several jailers.

As soon as the cell boss waved his hand, he saw a team of people behind him walking over one by one with fragrant food boxes, and then distributed them to the officials in the prison one by one.

Some officials couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when they saw this scene, and they didn't know what they thought, but they sat on the ground, their faces were extremely pale, and they looked at the food box that was sent to prison in horror.

Of course, some officials took the food box with a happy face and opened the food box, which naturally contained delicious food with both color and flavor.

One of the officials was full of red faces, looking like an outsider, and when he smelled the fragrance, he couldn't help but show a little joy, and while taking the food box, he said to the cell head: "Zhao cell head, it seems that you are still quite interesting?" You can rest assured, as long as the official goes out, you will definitely be indispensable. ”

In the eyes of some officials, they were able to enjoy such treatment in this prison because the cell boss wanted to show them favor.

Zhao Hao, who was walking to the official's side, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, and glanced at the official with a strange gaze and said, "When death comes, I don't know it, pitiful, pitiful......"

The official who was grabbing a chicken leg and gnawing there was subconsciously stunned for a moment when he heard Zhao Hao's words, and then his face changed greatly, and he suddenly got up in fright, and he didn't even notice that the food box in front of him was knocked over, and pointed at Zhao Hao and said in a trembling voice: "You...... What did you just say? What does it mean to die? ”

At this moment, an official next door looked quite calm, as if he had seen life and death, glanced at the official and said, "Don't you understand this?" When did you enter the prison of Jinyiwei and Dongchang and still have such treatment, and only when you eat a severed meal, Dongchang and Jinyiwei will give you such a delicious meal for everyone, and you can be a full ghost, isn't it? ”

As soon as the official heard that this was simply a decapitated meal, he was immediately frightened into a cold sweat, and shouted to Zhao Hao in a trembling voice: "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, take it away, I don't want to eat the decapitated rice......"

It's a pity that Zhao Hao just glanced at the official with disdain, and still strode forward to inspect the prisoners in the cell.

And behind them there was a steady stream of jailers carrying sumptuous food boxes into the cell, and now the news had spread, and it was understood that this was simply a severed meal, and even the most delicious food was placed in front of them, I am afraid that no one would be able to develop an appetite.

Of course, some people received the decapitated meal, and some people did not receive it, and those officials who did not receive the decapitated meal looked at the life of those colleagues around them when facing the decapitated meal in front of them, and couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time, they were quite situational in their hearts, fortunately, they were not too deeply implicated with Xu Cheng and Chen Kai, otherwise, once they were implicated by Xu Cheng, Chen Kai and others, they would have received the decapitated meal at this time.

The speed of the cabinet is quite fast, and there are various case files about Xu Ying and Chen Kai provided by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the identification of these officials is naturally very easy.

In just half a day, the list has been sent down to the East Factory and Jinyiwei Prison.

But all the officials who were circled on the list were officials who were found to have participated in the plot to impeach Chu Yi, and the other officials were simply implicated because they had a relationship with the two.

When Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming asked to see Zhu Houzhao again, Zhu Houzhao did not refuse the two elders' request to see him because the palace gate was closed.

In the imperial study, Zhu Houzhao's mood looked much better, after all, Chu Yi had been in the palace for most of the day to relieve him, even if Zhu Houzhao had more anger, it would have almost disappeared at this time.

"The two Qing families came here at this time, thinking that the cabinet had already made a decision on Chen Kai and Xu Zhi's affairs."

Yang Yiqing bowed his hand and said: "So that Your Majesty knows, after discussion, the ministers and others have decided to be strict, severe, and severely punished." ”

Hearing Yang Yiqing say this, Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "The Qing family has always been very relieved to do things. ”

Yang Yiqing suddenly looked moved towards Zhu Houzhao and said in a trembling voice: "The minister is loved by His Majesty, he is in charge of the cabinet, he is in charge of the world, and he should share the worries of the king, which is the duty of the minister." ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said: "The Qing family said well, Chen Kai and Xu Cheng are also loyal and patriotic like the first assistant, and if they serve the court, why would they end up today?" ”

Wang Yangming handed Zhu Houzhao a list, which was the decision of the cabinet to draw on the information sent by Dongchang and Jinyiwei about the final residence of those prisoners.

Among them, as many as 84 officials were arrested, and the number of people involved reached nearly 10,000 if their families were included.

If it were according to Yang Yiqing's final decision, I am afraid that there would be no less than thousands of people who would have to go on the Dharma field.

Looking at the names of the dozens of officials who were circled and wiped out of their families, Zhu Houzhao closed the list with satisfaction, looked up at Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing and said, "I believe in you, just let it go." ”

With the permission of the Son of Heaven, Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming glanced at each other, and their hearts finally fell.

Chu Yi, they believed that Chu Yi would definitely not take these officials who attacked and tried to calculate him to heart, what they were really worried about was actually the Son of Heaven, and they were afraid that the Son of Heaven would expand the matter if he did not follow it.

Now Zhu Houzhao obviously has no intention of expanding it, which naturally makes the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, once this matter becomes a big problem, I am afraid that at least more than half of the officials will be involved in the civil and military affairs of the court and the court. If this is the case, the impact on the imperial court is too great, so Yang Yiqing and the others decided to collude with Xu Ying and Chen Kai for the crime of treason, and the officials who were implicated but did not collude with the two were reprimanded and then released.

finally gave the Son of Heaven an explanation, Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming, who had resigned from the palace, did not go back to the house directly, but came to the Wuwang Mansion in a sedan chair.

Wuwang's Mansion is not far from the palace, but it is just a cup of tea, and the sedan chair stops in front of Wuwangfu.

When the servants guarding the gate of the palace learned that it was Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming, the first assistants, who came to visit, they were not too nervous and flustered, but led Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming to park the sedan chair in an orderly manner.

Even the Son of Heaven came to the Wuwang Mansion on the third or fifth day, and they even saw the Son of Heaven many times, compared with Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming, how can they compare with the Son of Heaven.

The sky had already darkened, and Chu Yi, who was about to practice, looked at the housekeeper who ran over and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Highness, outside the gate of the mansion, Yang Shoufu and Wang Shangshu ask to see Your Highness, and please ask Your Highness to give you a meeting!"

Chu Yi nodded slightly to the housekeeper and said, "Please come and see me." ”

Soon I saw Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing striding over, and the three of them have been friends for many years, and they are very familiar.

At this time, after the two of them greeted Chu Yi, they each sat down, Chu Yi glanced at the two of them and chuckled: "It seems that the two of you have already entered the palace to see Your Majesty." ”

Wang Yangming said with a smile on his face: "I know that I can't hide it from His Highness." ”

Chu Yi took a sip of tea and said, "If the two of you hadn't entered the palace and met Your Majesty, you wouldn't have looked so relaxed." ”

Yang Yiqing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Highness has seen thousands of miles, and the eyes of the law are like torches, the two of us have indeed just returned from the palace,"

Wang Yangming said with a smile on his face: "I know that I can't hide it from His Highness." ”

Chu Yi took a sip of tea and said, "If the two of you hadn't entered the palace and met Your Majesty, you wouldn't have looked so relaxed." ”

Yang Yiqing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Highness has seen thousands of miles, and the eyes of the law are like torches, the two of us have indeed just returned from the palace,"