Dozens of newborn counts, viscounts, and barons stepped down first, and then the Son of Heaven personally set up a banquet to celebrate their achievements, which can be said to be extremely gracious.

As these people left, the hall was empty, and the civil and military nobles looked at Zhu Houzhao who was sitting there, since the reward was completed, then the next step must be the punishment of the rebels.

Even if the Son of Heaven had appeased a group of civil and military forces at the beginning, when it really came time to decide how to deal with Lu Wenyang and other rebels, many people couldn't help but have their hearts hanging.

Lu Wenyang has been sitting in the position of the governor of Caoyun for so many years, not to mention how many officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee have been bribed, at least among the civil and military forces present, many of them have taken Lu Wenyang's silver, so they are very uneasy in their hearts.

I heard Chu Yi speak: "Come on, bring all the letters collected from the army!" ”

Many people's hearts suddenly changed, and many people's faces turned pale.

Then I saw a forbidden soldier bring in a cloth bag.

Chu Yi stepped forward and opened the cloth bag, and immediately hundreds of letters were scattered all over the ground, Chu Yi's gaze swept over everyone present and said, "Everyone, these are all correspondence between Lu Wenyang and many officials in the DPRK that were found from Lu Wenyang's army. ”

Feeling Chu Yi's gaze, cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of many officials, if they hadn't supported themselves, I was afraid that they would have fainted.

However, Chu Yi's voice changed and said: "Your Majesty is merciful, I think that some of you officials did not participate in this Lu Wenyang rebellion, so you will not be held accountable for the past, and your Majesty also ordered Chu to burn these letters in front of everyone present!" ”

Many people showed a little surprise on their faces when they heard this, and some people also showed guilt, no matter what, even other officials who had no contact with Lu Wenyang felt the magnanimity of the Son of Heaven at this moment.

Although it is said that it effectively imitates the meaning of his predecessors, it is like Cao Cao, under what circumstances did he burn the letters between his officials and Yuan Shao, compared with Cao Cao's situation at that time, Zhu Houzhao's current situation is much stronger than Cao Cao's.

At least, even if Zhu Houzhao really arrested these people one by one and punished them, it would not cause Daming to fall into chaos, but Zhu Houzhao still chose to give these people a chance, which is the manifestation of the Lord of Mercy.

In the brazier, hundreds of letters were thrown away without even being opened, and the brazier burned brightly. As the letter turned to ashes, the worry in the hearts of many officials also dissipated, and the eyes that looked at the Son of Heaven naturally showed a little gratitude.

Zhang Mao stroked his beard, stepped forward, and saluted the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty Shengming, God bless my Emperor!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, God bless Emperor Ming!"

"Your Majesty Shengming, God bless Emperor Ming!"

The sound of the mountain echoed in the main hall, and Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting upright, was a little flushed, since he ascended the throne, how could he have felt that the hundred officials surrendered to him like this.

You must know that in the past, hundreds of officials would directly admonish him at every turn, this was wrong, that was wrong, and if he wanted to do something, some officials immediately jumped out, and even from the eyes of many officials, Zhu Houzhao, as the Son of Heaven, could not see a trace of respect.

It was in this way that a young man's heart was deeply stimulated, and even a sense of fear of living in the deep palace, so he built a leopard house outside the Forbidden City as his permanent residence.

However, now, the hundred officials bowed respectfully to him, and he finally saw the kind of reverence that the courtiers should have for the Son of Heaven, and for a while, Zhu Houzhao felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

His eyes involuntarily looked towards Chu Yi who was standing aside.

In order to reshape the majesty of the Son of Heaven, he once single-handedly lifted Liu Jin to fight with hundreds of officials, but the result ended in failure, but Chu Yi brought him a great surprise.

The trip to Jiangnan was fine, but after returning to Beijing, Chu Yi first reorganized Tengxiang Siwei, and then suppressed Huang Huai, Huang Kui and others, and set up an overall situation, which caused Lu Wenyang's huge hidden danger to erupt by himself.

Although Zhu Houzhao knew in his heart that this was just a change in the civil and military officials, if he really wanted to rebuild the majesty of the Son of Heaven, he still needed to continue to work hard.

Chu Yi stood aside, as if sensing the gaze of the Son of Heaven, and looked towards Zhu Houzhao, just looking at Zhu Houzhao.

Feeling the look of gratitude in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, Chu Yi just smiled at the Son of Heaven, and everything was silent.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Chu Yi with a smile, his eyes withdrew from Chu Yi to look at the civil and military officials who bowed to him downward, stretched out his hand and waved: "All the ministers are exempt from courtesy, flat body!" ”

When the hundred officials got up, they heard Zhu Houzhao say: "The Qing family might as well discuss it, how to deal with Lu Wenyang and the others?" ”

At this time, the civil official side naturally set its eyes on Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, as well as the cabinet elders Fei Hong and Jiang Mian, and as for the honorable side, they looked at the British Duke Zhang Mao, Chengguo Duke Zhu Fu, and Dingguo Duke Xu Guangqi.

After all, even if they want to express their opinions, it is the highest position among them to speak first.

Zhu Hou glanced at Jiao Fang and said, "Jiao Aiqing, I don't know what you think?" ”

Jiao Fang took a deep breath, took a step forward, first saluted the Son of Heaven, and then said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that although Lu Wenyang, Zhang Yong and others are under the banner of the Qing monarch's side, their words and deeds are actually no different from rebellion. ”

Zhu Houzhao bowed slightly, and his eyes turned to Zhang Mao and other nobles and said, "Old Guogong, what do you think?" ”

Brushing his beard, the British Duke Zhang Mao said with a solemn expression: "Kill!" Your Majesty should use thunderous means to kill Lu Wenyang and others to set an example! ”

It can be seen that in the matter of Lu Wenyang, both Jiao Fang and Zhang Mao know that they must cater to the will of the Son of Heaven, otherwise, the Son of Heaven will definitely be angry.

Besides, they are not just catering to the Son of Heaven, but the heinous crimes committed by Lu Wenyang must be dealt with severely, all of which can be said to be deserved by Lu Wenyang and others.

Zhu Houzhao's face was calm, making it impossible to see what he was thinking in his heart, and Chu Yi, who had always relied on Zhu Houzhao, stood aside indifferently and did not mean to speak at all.

"Fei Shangshu, you are the secretary of the Criminal Department, according to your opinion, what should I do?"

Fei Hong's body was shocked, and he bowed to Zhu Houzhao with a little trepidation: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Elder Jiao Ge and the British public said is very true, and for Lu Wenyang and others, they must be severely punished. ”

Only then did Zhu Houzhao look at the civil and military officials and said, "What do you mean?" ”

The crowd shouted in unison: "The ministers obey Your Majesty's holy words!" ”

Zhu Houzhao pondered, his eyes swept over the crowd, and finally said: "The Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple jointly tried the case of Lu Wenyang's rebellion, and the East Factory, the West Factory, and Jinyi Wei assisted from the side. ”

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao said to Chu Yi: "Big companion, you will be watching this case personally!" ”

Chu Yi saluted respectfully at Zhu Houzhao and said, "The minister's order!" ”

Although it is said that the Son of Heaven said that the trial will be conducted by the three divisions, in fact, everyone knows that everything will still have to be listened to Chu Yi, the chief manager, if Chu Yi does not agree here, the three divisions are afraid that they will not be able to explain to the Son of Heaven at all.

The dynasty will disperse, many civil and military officials breathe a sigh of relief, the saddest day has finally passed, at least there is no need to live in fear, for fear that when you wake up, you will be put in prison by Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi.

As for whether the next trial of Lu Wenyang's case will be implicated, to be honest, everyone is really not worried, the Son of Heaven burned those letters is an attitude, and the people who really belong to Lu Wenyang who have a close relationship with Lu Wenyang have already been arrested last night, even if there are fish that slipped through the net, there are not many.

In the side hall, Chu Yi accompanied Zhu Houzhao to set up a banquet to entertain dozens of newly promoted earls, viscounts, and barons, Zhu Houzhao himself is not big, and he is still martial, so he has a very good impression of these soldiers in the army, and even took the initiative to accompany everyone to drink a few cups.

I have to say that although Zhu Houzhao is not putting on a show, the effect is much stronger than that of a deliberate show, and it immediately captured the hearts of these people.

In the leopard room, after washing his face, the wine dissipated a lot, and Zhu Houzhao stared at him and said, "Big Companion, is there no news of Yang Tinghe yet?" ”

Lu Wenyang and Zhang Yong, the leaders of the rebels, have all been arrested, and even the imperial court has sent all the soldiers and horses to Tianjin Wei to completely exterminate the rebels and confiscate Lu Wenyang's property.

But there is one extremely important person who has not been caught, and that is the former cabinet chief, Yang Tinghe.

Zhu Houzhao had already learned in the morning that Yang Tinghe had tried to sneak into the leopard's room and assassinate him last night, which made Zhu Houzhao extremely angry.

He treated Yang Tinghe well, but he never thought that Yang Tinghe would want to assassinate him, which can be said to have deeply hurt Zhu Houzhao's heart, which made Zhu Houzhao's hatred for Yang Tinghe even exceed his hatred for Lu Wenyang.

Chu Yi can understand Zhu Houzhao's reaction, as the so-called love is deep, hatred is cut, how much Zhu Houzhao relied on Yang Tinghe before, so after Yang Tinghe appeared in the leopard room and intended to assassinate him, how deep Zhu Houzhao's hatred for Yang Tinghe was.

Shaking his head slightly, Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "The minister has already sent people to arrest Yang Tinghe everywhere, but Yang Tinghe is an old fox, since he has escaped, unless he takes the initiative to jump out, to be honest, the minister has no hope at all whether those people below can find Yang Tinghe." ”

This is definitely the truth, Yang Tinghe and such characters, as long as they want to hide, the world is big, with Yang Tinghe's connections, there are places to hide without being discovered.

Zhu Houzhao sighed lightly and said: "Last night, Qin An and the others captured two assassins, one of the assassins seems to be with Yang Tinghe, I have asked Gu Daban to escort him to Dongchang early in the morning, Daban, you might as well try to see if you can find clues about Yang Tinghe from these two people." ”

Chu Yi naturally knew that someone came to assassinate the Son of Heaven last night, and he also knew that the assassin was taken down by the strong man next to Zhu Houzhao, and now that he heard Zhu Houzhao say that the two had been sent to Dongchang at this moment, Chu Yi was a little curious, who was the person who came with Yang Tinghe.

Glancing at Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Companion, give me a detailed investigation, especially the identities and origins of these two assassins, and the main messengers behind them, I will punish their nine clans!" ”

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