The appearance of the apocalypse made Shuntian Governor Li Zilong and Liu Yixiao and others panic for a while.

And the apocalypse walked up to Li Zilong: "Answer me." ”

Li Zilong said: "The ancestors did not make such a rule, but this is a common etiquette. ”

"Bow to a fart!"

Syllable!

Tianqi also gave Li Zilong a slap, and then scolded: "The Praetorian Guard who bullied me, I see that you dare to bully even me!" ”

Li Zilong was shocked when he heard this, his back was cold for a while, and he hurriedly crawled on the ground: "The minister doesn't dare!" ”

"What are you not afraid of?!"

Tianqi asked, and then asked: "Not only do you dare to bully the king, but even the people dare to kill in vain, as a civil servant, where is the benevolence advocated by Su Ri?!" ”

As he spoke, the apocalypse ordered: "Kill Li Zilong, the governor of Shuntian, immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

Not long after Wei Zhongxian responded, the two brocade guards came over and pressed Li Zilong to the ground.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

Li Zilong hurriedly struggled and shouted, and also shouted to Liu Yixie: "Ge Lao, Ge Lao, speak for me!" ”

Liu Yixiao also hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, you killed the governor of the palace for a military minister today, do you want to change the rules of my Ming Dynasty that have always been noble and lowly?!" ”

"Ridiculous! This dynasty has never explicitly contained the noble and the lowly, where did you find the rules. ”

Tianqi replied, and then said to Liu Yixie: "Your account, we will calculate it later, and cut Li Zilong first!" Man Gui, you come to execute. ”

"Yes!"

Man Gui therefore pulled out his waist knife.

Li Zilong shouted at this time: "Your Majesty, it is not in accordance with the rules for the ministers to order the military ministers to kneel, but these homeless people have indeed violated the rules of my Ming ancestor, Taizu has an order, the people go out for a hundred miles, there is no way to lead, and they need to be arrested and sent to the official!" It is in accordance with the ancestral system for the ministers to dispose of them! ”

After hearing this, Zhang Gui felt that Li Zilong was really shameless.

The road guidance system in the early Ming Dynasty has long existed in name only, but now Li Zilong is using it to justify his behavior of killing the people.

If you want to mention the ancestral system, why not mention the ancestral system of peeling lasts.

Therefore, Zhang Gui said to Wang Yingjiao, Xu Guangqi, Chen Zizhuang and other civil officials who now choose to vote under him: "You are familiar with the classics of this dynasty, think about how to refute him!" If such a wicked official who treats the lives of the people as if he is a mustard is not killed now, I don't know how many people will be killed in vain in the future! ”

"Come late to refute!"

Chen Zizhuang, a Hanlin official who was born in Tanhua, also resolutely came out and said: "Your Majesty, what is clearly recorded in the Taizu Record is that the ministers of the household department said: "The people are embarrassed by food and clothing, or they are forced to flee because of harsh government." So that food and clothing are sufficient, and the lawsuit is not disturbed, although they are driven away, how can they be far away from their homeland? The people who have fled today are not outside our borders, but they have land to cultivate and support themselves, and they are also the people of the country. That is, let it occupy the nationality wherever it goes, so that there is a division to take care of it. If anyone is not engaged in farming, and the author is a vagrant, he will be arrested. ”

Immediately afterwards, Chen Zizhuang explained: "Therefore, the ancestral system mentioned by Li Zhongcheng has not been completely mentioned, according to the ancestral system, those who have no occupation are vagrants, and they need to be arrested, and these homeless people are already employees of the uncle, not unemployed!" Li Zhongcheng is obviously abusing his authority and bullying the people. ”

Then, Chen Zizhuang also added: "What's more, in addition, the "Great Message" made by Taizu says that if the people go to Beijing to sue the officials, they don't need to be guided, and they can even directly arrest corrupt officials and officials to enter Beijing to ask the saint to do justice. Therefore, even if they were not hired by Uncle Guo before, it is possible that they came to Beijing to sue the emperor, and even if they want to be arrested as vagrants, they must be ordered to find out whether they came to Beijing to file a complaint. ”

After Zhang Gui heard this, he couldn't help but think to himself, this Hanlin official is an official who memorizes classics professionally, and he is really professional in explaining the ancestral system, and now as soon as he speaks, he refuted Li Zilong's words with reasonable evidence.

After hearing this, Tianqi also asked Li Zilong: "What else do you have to say?" ”

Li Zilong looked at Chen Zizhuang: "Chen Hanlin, you are shameless, you actually took out the "Great Message", you are not worthy of being a person in my Shilin!" ”

"Chop!"

Apocalypse shouted.

Click!

Only a knife fell.

A human head rolled in the snow.

Li Zilong was immediately left with half of his body and fell to the ground.

When Liu Yixiao saw this scene, his body couldn't help but tremble, and he immediately glanced at Chen Zizhuang coldly.

He knew that the current Zhang Gui, with the support of some civil officials in his scholarly class, would undoubtedly be even more difficult to deal with.

"Wei Zhongxian, how is the investigation of the inferior fat jacket case of the border army involving Liu Gelao?"

Apocalypse suddenly asked Wei Zhongxian at this time.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly came over and replied: "Back to the emperor, the profiteer and the guard have been recruited, he is indeed helped by Sheng Rui, a slave in Liu Ge's old mansion, and has obtained the qualification to supply fat jackets to Ju Yongguan, and the slave has asked Dongchang to get this Sheng Rui." ”

Apocalypse nodded and commanded, "Spread my will!" 1. The warrior battalion was transferred to Xishan to guard, and they were all led by Man Gui; 2. Tian Ergeng imposed martial law on the capital, and after receiving my will, the capital was only allowed to enter and not leave; 3. Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the Xuanxing Department, Zou Yuanbiao, the imperial history of Zuodu, and Xiao Xiao, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, came to Xishan to see His Majesty; Fourth, Xu Xianchun immediately arrested the merchants who sold charcoal at a high price in the city, and was sent to Xishan for the crime of hoarding Juqi to await trial. Fifth, the guards will immediately detain all the powerful and bureaucrats who come to the place, and they will not be allowed to leave! ”

"Yes!"

After Wei Zhongxian returned, he looked at Liu Yixiao and said, "Control these people!" ”

"Yes!"

Immediately, Wei Zhongxian went to the city to deliver the decree.

Then, Tianqi looked at Zhang Gui and said, "You arrange for someone to build a platform here for the interrogation of criminals and executioners later." ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui agreed, and asked Song Yingxing to immediately organize hired workers to cut down trees and build a temporary platform.

At this time, Liu Yixiao also felt uneasy after hearing Wei Zhongxian say that he had found out the case of inferior fat jackets of the border army related to his slaves, and seeing that the apocalypse had arranged it like this, so he dared to ask: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do here?" ”

"You treat the lives of the people as if they were mustards, and even disregard the dignity of the emperor's relatives, knowing that these people are already the emperor's hired laborers, and you still try to kill these people for the crime of treason, how can I turn a blind eye!"

"I'm thinking, I'm afraid that the people's hearts have long been ruined by cold-blooded officials like you! Therefore, I have decided to be here, in front of these people, to administer justice for the people, and to win back some of the hearts and minds that you have lost to me! ”

As he spoke, Apocalypse shouted: "Right here, I want the imperial court to swallow up the national treasury and make shoddy fat jackets for the border army!" The royal trial pushed up the price of charcoal and forced the people to sell their children's hair! The royal trial slandered the imperial family and ignored the emperor's national law! ”

Liu Yixiao, Zhang Heming, Liu Guojin and others became more and more uneasy because of this.

Liu Yixiao even swallowed and said: "You can't punish the doctor, please Your Majesty will be benevolent and don't do violent things!" ”

Apocalypse ignored it.

Seeing that night was coming, when the moon was high in the sky, a makeshift platform for interrogation and execution was erected.

Moreover, a temporary throne as a dragon chair was placed on the stage.

Not long after, as one of the emperor's personal guards, the warrior battalion was also ordered to rush to guard the entire West Mountain, surrounding the West Mountain like an iron bucket, holding so many torches that the entire West Mountain was as bright as Yaohua.

Then, the people from Dongchang also took Wei Jianren and others to criminalize, and Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zou Yuanbiao, the imperial history of Zuodu, and Xiao Jingao, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, also came here.

Wei Zhongxian, who personally brought back a group of prisoners from Dongchang, first ran to the apocalypse and said, "Emperor, it's here." ”

"Bring it with you! I will personally try the trial, and the uncle and the three law officials, as well as the chief seal and criminal officer of your factory and guard divisions, and several officials standing with my uncle will be heard with me. ”

After the apocalypse, he walked up to the platform and sat on a chair.

Then, Wei Jian was escorted to the apocalypse by the two brocade clothes Wei Qi School.

Wei Zhongxian shouted: "Kneel!" ”

Wei Jian knelt down.

Tianqi asked: "Who instructed the border army to make inferior fat jackets?" ”

"Uncle Nusheng of Liu Ge's hometown."

In front of the emperor, Wei Jian didn't dare to lie, after all, it was not a joke to annoy the emperor to be annihilated by the nine clans and even cut by a thousand knives.

"What's the name?"

Apocalypse asked.

"Sheng Rui."

Wei Jianren replied.

Tianqi asked Wei Zhongxian: "Where is Sheng Rui?" ”

At this time, Wei Jiren replied for Wei Zhongxian: "He is here now, by Liu Gelao's side." ”

After hearing this, Tianqi asked Wei to lead the people from Dongchang to arrest Sheng Rui.

As soon as Sheng Rui was arrested, he was pressed to his knees in front of the apocalypse.

Apocalypse asked, "Who instructed you to make inferior fat jackets for the border army?" Answer truthfully, or I won't be spared. ”

"At the behest of our master."

Sheng Rui replied.

"Who is your lord, name it!"

Apocalypse replied.

Sheng Rui replied: "Liu Gelao, Liu Yixie." ”

"Your Majesty!"

Huang Kezhang, Zou Yuanbiao, and Xiao Jingao were shocked when they saw this, and they called out in unison.

Apocalypse looked at the three of them and said, "Want to intercede for him?" Or do you want to say that you shouldn't be like this? ”

The three did not answer.

"Stand aside, I didn't ask you anything, I can't answer!"

After saying a word, Tianqi ordered: "Bring Liu Ge Lao up!" ”

"Yes!"

So, the two brocade guards walked down, and among the dignitaries and nobles who had been detained, Liu Yixiao was escorted up first, and knelt in front of the apocalypse.

Tianqi looked at Liu Yixie: "Liu Qingjia, why did you do this?" ”