Flipping his hand and putting the file aside, Chu Yi said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be angry because of some villains!" ”

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said, "The reason why I am angry is because these people are so ignorant, can it be said that I am the kind of emperor who has no tolerance in their eyes?" He even wanted to stir up a wedge between me and my partner. ”

Saying that, a cold light flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes and said: "It seems that I can only use thunder means to make them remember one thing, and never provoke my bottom line." I'm really going to kill! ”

It can be seen that Zhu Houzhao was really stimulated this time, otherwise Zhu Houzhao would not have said such a thing with his temperament.

After all, Zhu Houzhao is mellow by nature, and he is not the kind of king who is suspicious and kills indiscriminately, if it weren't for this, I'm afraid Zhu Houzhao would not have been able to make Chu Yi value it so much, and even put so much effort into Zhu Houzhao.

Waving his hand, Zhu Houzhao said to Chu Yi: "You don't need to ask about this matter, and when the time comes, someone in the province will turn black and white to slander your partner." ”

Zhu Houzhao thought that he had to think about Chu Yi, so he carried everything cleanly, even if he might be regarded as a tyrant afterwards, Zhu Houzhao did not hesitate.

Yue Buqun and Cao Shaoqin, who were standing on the side, lowered their heads one by one, listening to the conversation between Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi, and the two had no intention of interjecting.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao said in a slight voice: "Spread my will, summon a few cabinet elders to come, and say that I have something to discuss with them." ”

Chu Yi sat aside, naturally understanding Zhu Houzhao's purpose of summoning Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others into the palace at this time, obviously Zhu Houzhao did not lose his mind because of his anger even when he was angry in his heart.

Chu Yi glanced at Zhu Houzhao appreciatively, obviously very satisfied with Zhu Houzhao's calmness.

Since the Great Dynasty Meeting, Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and other cabinet elders have not rested even if they returned to their mansions, and they have been paying attention to the changes in Beijing.

Sure enough, the efficiency of Dongchang and Jinyiwei was as high as ever, and it was not at all unexpected that a group of officials who were obviously close to Xu Ying and Chen Kai were taken down and put in prison, which was expected.

Then the next thing is to see how the Son of Heaven will deal with these people, if the Son of Heaven doesn't care about anything else, and he will kill these officials when he comes up, then as courtiers, Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing are thinking about how to persuade Zhu Houzhao.

After all, as the Son of Heaven, even if he really wants to kill someone, he can't kill for no reason, he must have a reason to kill, otherwise, he can't explain to the people of the world at all.

After all, even as an emperor, it is impossible to really act recklessly, and the so-called reckless behavior is afraid that only the kind of tyrant who has passed today and will do it tomorrow.

As the elder of the cabinet, Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and Zhu Houzhao can also be regarded as a deep relationship between monarchs and ministers, and over the years, monarchs and ministers have gotten along, in Wang Yangming's opinion, Zhu Houzhao is definitely the kind of ancient monarch, and they naturally don't want Zhu Houzhao to leave any stains because of this incident.

In Wang Yangming's mansion, Yang Yiqing was brushing his beard at this time, and said to Wang Yangming with a little worry in his eyes: "Wang Shangshu, aren't you worried that Your Majesty will make some decisions that will hinder your reputation in anger?" ”

Wang Yangming sat there with a leisurely attitude, glanced at Yang Yiqing, and said with a slight smile: "Pavilion Elder is a little worried, not to mention that His Majesty himself is the Lord of Shengming, even if His Majesty is affected by emotions this time, he may make some decisions that hinder his reputation, but Pavilion Elder should not forget, with His Royal Highness King Wu here, will His Royal Highness King Wu see His Majesty make a wrong decision?" ”

Hearing Wang Yangming say this, Yang Yiqing, who was still a little worried on his face, couldn't help but high-five his eyes and exclaimed: "Yes, why didn't the old man think of this, with His Royal Highness King Wu here, naturally he will not let His Majesty make a wrong decision." ”

Saying that, Yang Yiqing said to Wang Yangming with a little admiration: "It's still clear that Wang Shangshu can see it, and the old man is ashamed." ”

While he was talking, he saw the old servant in the palace coming quickly and saluted Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, and then said, "Master, someone is in the palace." ”

Wang Yangming raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, please come in." ”

I saw a big eunuch walking over under the entourage of two chamberlains, and when he saw Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing from a distance, the big eunuch's eyes lit up and he took a few steps forward and said, "I've seen An Guogong, I've seen Lord Shoufu." ”

Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing naturally didn't dare to hold it up in front of this eunuch, so they got up and bowed to the eunuch and said, "I've seen Eunuch Wu, I don't know what Your Majesty's will is?" ”

Eunuch Wu smiled slightly, arched his hand in the direction of the palace and said, "Your Majesty's oracle, pass on Wang Shangshu and Yang Shoufu to enter the palace." ”

Glancing at each other, Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing bowed their hands and said, "The minister's decree." ”

Eunuch Wu looked at Yang Yiqing with a smile and said, "It just so happens that Yang Shoufu is here, but our family from the province will go to Yang Mansion for one more trip." ”

Saying that, Eunuch Wu said: "Our family still has to pass on the edict to several other pavilion elders, so we will leave, and the two of you will clean up a little, and please enter the palace." ”

Soon, several cabinet elders received Zhu Houzhao's order no matter where they were, and they came to the palace one by one after packing up a little.

When Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing appeared in front of the palace gate, the guards guarding the palace gate opened the gate and let them in.

In the palace, in the imperial garden, Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao were looking through the files one by one.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and the voice of the chamberlain could be heard from a distance: "Cabinet Cabinet Elder Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others ask to see Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu." ”

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and said, "Biography." ”

Soon Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing strode over, and when they saw Chu Yi sitting there, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

With Chu Yi on the side, then no matter how angry Zhu Houzhao is, at least they don't have to worry about what chaos will happen, because Chu Yi will definitely not sit back and watch Zhu Houzhao make any mess and ignore it.

"Meet Your Majesty, I have met His Royal Highness King Wu."

Bowing to Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao just snorted lightly.

Zhu Houzhao is obviously expressing his dissatisfaction, after all, the cabinet elders can be described as exemplary officials, if there is something wrong with the civil and military officials, then it must be the responsibility of the cabinet elders.

This time, such as Xu Cheng and Chen Kai actually made such a thing at the court meeting, in Zhu Houzhao's view, it means that several cabinet elders did not fulfill the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials.

Obviously, Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing have already made certain psychological preparations, so they are not surprised by Zhu Houzhao's attitude at all.

Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao casually threw a stack of files in front of several people and said: "Show them all to me, take a good look, this is my Ming official, how did I raise such a group of shameless people." ”

Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming picked up the file that Zhu Houzhao threw in front of them and looked through them one by one, and when they saw the content on the file, even Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing couldn't help frowning.

Even an upright person like Chen Ding, when he saw the content of the dossier, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, is the record on this true?" It won't be Dongchang, Jinyi Wei ......"

That is to say, Chen Ding is a veteran of several dynasties, and his temperament has always been like this, if it were someone else, he dared to question the Son of Heaven like this, it would be a big crime of disrespect, and even if he met a small-minded emperor, a courtier like Chen Ding would have grown grass on his grave.

Yue Buqun and Cao Shaoqin, who were standing on the side, suddenly turned ugly when they heard this, staring at Chen Ding, but unfortunately Chen Ding was not afraid of the two of them at all, he even dared to spray Chu Yi, how could he be afraid of Yue Buqun and Cao Shaoqin.

Fortunately, at this moment, Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly and said, "They don't have the courage to fool me with this kind of thing!" ”

Zhu Houzhao's voice fell, Cao Shaoqin and Yue Buqun knelt in front of Zhu Houzhao with a puff and swore an oath and said: "The ministers dare to guarantee with the head of the item, the records on these files are true, if there is a mistake, the ministers should apologize with death." ”

Wang Yangming said to Zhu Houzhao: "I also ask Your Majesty to forgive me, it was our negligence that we failed to fulfill our duty of supervising hundreds of officials, and we let so many people with ulterior motives mix in among the hundreds of officials." ”

No wonder Wang Yangming's face became ugly, it was really that the origins of the officials of Xu Ying and Chen Kai's comrades recorded in the file were too shocking.

Even if there are only a few of them, the background of these people still makes Wang Yangming and them suffer a great impact.

Among these officials, there are the remnants of the former King Ning's anti-thieves, as well as the heirs of several powerful families who were exterminated by Zhu Houzhao.

After all, even no one dares to guarantee that there will be no fish that will slip through the net, what these powerful people and families are best at is all kinds of life-saving, don't look at Chu Yi slaughtering a lot of powerful families at the beginning, but even Chu Yi himself does not dare to guarantee that the so-called family extermination will really be able to eradicate the other party.

Sure enough, now there are really some remnants of the past mixed into the officialdom.

Yang Yiqing, as the first assistant of the cabinet, naturally wanted to stand up and take responsibility, so he saw Yang Yiqing and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, and blames the ministers for their negligence, so that people with ulterior motives have mixed into the court. ”

Saying that, Yang Yiqing knelt on the ground and said to Zhu Houzhao: "The minister is willing to resign from the post of first assistant as a punishment." ”

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand when he heard this: "Although this matter is overlooked, but I summoned you not to ask you about the guilt, but to let you wait for a detailed reference, how should I deal with these people?" ”

Wang Yangming, who took a deep breath, slowly spoke: "Your Majesty should be severely punished, otherwise you will not be able to warn future generations." ”

Yang Yiqing nodded and said: "What Wang Shangshu said is very true, for these people with ulterior motives, that is the enemy of my Ming Dynasty, and they should be killed without mercy to set an example." ”

Chen Ding opened his mouth, as if trying to persuade Zhu Houzhao not to make a decision in the case of mood swings, but in the end Chen Ding still kept his mouth shut, because Chen Ding really couldn't think of a reason to intercede for these people.

It's really what these people are doing, even Chen Ding can't stand it anymore, otherwise, Chen Ding will definitely not stand there without saying a word.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the cabinet elders with a little satisfaction, and obviously Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with the reaction of the cabinet elders this time.

Waving his hand, Zhu Houzhao said to a few people: "Since this is the case, I will hand over this case to the cabinet for handling, and I want to see the cabinet's disposal method in the shortest possible time." ”

Chen Ding, Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and others responded in unison and saluted Zhu Houzhao.

The crowd dispersed, but instead of returning to the mansion, they gathered in the cabinet.

The cabinet is the office of several cabinet elders, but here the cabinet elders are gathered together.

I could only hear Yang Yiqing, who was the first assistant of the cabinet, sweeping his eyes over a few people: "Ladies and gentlemen, this time Your Majesty will hand over this matter to our cabinet to deal with, this is Your Majesty's trust in us, and we must not live up to Your Majesty's trust, and we can also not let any official be wronged, so you might as well talk about it, what punishment should be done for these people?" ”

A few people wrinkled one by one, this is not an easy thing to make a decision, if it is too harsh, when the time comes, everyone will raid the family and exterminate the family, but it seems that the cabinet is too brutal.

However, if they let it go gently, they are afraid that they will not be able to explain it to the Son of Heaven.

Wang Yangming stroked his beard and sighed slightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this matter is not so simple, it can be said that it is a test for us by His Majesty, so before making a decision, everyone must think carefully before making a decision." ”

Hearing Wang Yangming say this, several pavilion elders were all awe-inspiring, and even Yang Yiqing couldn't help but change his face slightly.

If what Wang Yangming said is true, it means that their words and words may fall into the sight of others.

Coughing lightly, Cheng Xiangwu, who is a martial artist, has always seemed to have little presence in the cabinet, but he is just a representative of the military in the cabinet.

But don't think that Cheng Xiangwu's existence in the cabinet is a kind of decoration, and the entry of military generals into the cabinet is obviously the result of the efforts of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.

At this time, Cheng Xiangwu glanced at Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, and snorted coldly: "What is there to consider, if you want my old Cheng to say it, these people will all be dragged out and cut off their heads, and they will be wiped out." ”

But don't think that Cheng Xiangwu's existence in the cabinet is a kind of decoration, and the entry of military generals into the cabinet is obviously the result of the efforts of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.

At this time, Cheng Xiangwu glanced at Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, and snorted coldly: "What is there to consider, if you want my old Cheng to say it, these people will all be dragged out and cut off their heads, and they will be wiped out." "But don't think that Cheng Xiangwu's existence in the cabinet is a kind of decoration, the entry of military generals into the cabinet is obviously the result of the efforts of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.

At this time, Cheng Xiangwu glanced at Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, and snorted coldly: "What is there to consider, if you want my old Cheng to say it, these people will all be dragged out and cut off their heads, and they will be wiped out." ”