Looking at the excited ministers, Lao Zhu didn't care at all.

A group of powerless civil officials, do you really think that you are justified if you shout loudly?

However, after all, these are a small group of people who control the power at the top of the Ming Dynasty, so Lao Zhu did not despise them too much.

He looked at these ministers and said in a deep voice: "According to your meaning, it was Cao Huachun, the governor of Dongchang, who instructed those two general banners to kill people, right?" ”

"Exactly, Your Majesty!"

After Lao Zhu finished saying this, someone immediately answered, and said in a categorical tone: "If there is no Cao Huachun's command, how dare you attack the imperial court officials without the command of Cao Huachun, just two general flags!" ”

"This matter must be instigated by Cao Huachun, and I hope that Your Majesty can severely punish it, please punish this fang, and dismiss Dongchang and Jinyiwei!"

Cao Huachun had been the governor of Dongchang for so many years before, although he returned to his hometown for a few years, he did not have no allies in the court, and it stands to reason that there would not be such a scene where all the ministers attacked him.

But the problem is that Ding Xiu and Pei Lun have crossed the line, and these officials have long wanted to abolish Dongchang and Jinyiwei, so they directly fired at Cao Huachun.

After all, when officials break the law, they are generally tried by the three divisions of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the three divisions will try this matter, and the space for operability is too large.

The punishment for major crimes is light, and the punishment for minor crimes is not sentenced, that is simply a routine operation.

But with Jinyiwei and Dongchang, it's different, these people are not all the way with them, they listen to the emperor.

They directly crossed the three divisions and arrested people in the edict, and the life and death of officials were completely controlled in the hands of the emperor, which was extremely insecure for these ministers.

In addition, Dongchang and Jinyiwei also have the responsibilities of supervision officials, so for the abolition of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, there are few people in the Manchu Dynasty who disagree.

Because of this, those who have a relationship with Cao Huachun don't dare to speak at all.

Because it is everyone's demand to abolish Dongchang and Jinyiwei, in front of this matter, whoever dares to stop in front of them will tear them apart, and there is no friendship at all.

"Oh, kill Cao Huachun, abolish Jinyiwei and Dongchang."

Regarding the plans of these people, Lao Zhu did not have the slightest surprise.

This time, so many officials were gathered at once, in addition to the fact that Ding Xiu and Pei Lun crossed the line and directly killed the officials, which made them feel insecure, but more because they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make trouble and directly abolish Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

In this way, without the exclusive power of the emperor to supervise them, their lives will naturally be easier.

And in addition to the promotion of those nobles who feel the crisis behind this matter, I am afraid that Zhou Yanru, the first assistant who has always wanted to dismiss Dongchang and Jinyiwei, may not have contributed less.

Lao Zhu didn't make a statement in a hurry, but said: "If Cao Huachun really instructed Jinyiwei to abuse his power and harm Zhongliang, then it is necessary to behead Cao Huachun and abolish Dongchang and Jinyiwei." ”

"But for such a big matter, we can't listen to your family, even if they are traitors, we have to give them a chance to defend themselves."

After saying this, Lao Zhu didn't wait for the ministers to speak, and said directly: "Wang Chengen, send someone to summon Cao Huachun." ”

"Your ministers accuse him of being a traitor, but we would like to hear what he has to say."

Hearing Lao Zhu's words, the ministers did not open their mouths to object.

After all, Dongchang and Jinyiwei have always been the forces that the emperor relies on the most, and it is obviously unrealistic to abolish these two departments with just a few words, and it is also the right thing to let Cao Huachun defend himself.

However, what surprised them was that the emperor's tone was a little loose today.

You must know that in the past, both the first assistant Zhou Yanru and the second assistant Wu Fu had repeatedly asked for the abolition of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, hoping to reduce the powers of these two departments.

But every time Chongzhen does not talk about this matter, he directly avoids talking about it.

And now, Lao Zhu not only has the meaning of talking, but also has a somewhat loose tone, which makes them feel that this time it is very likely that there is hope to cut some of the rights of these two departments, how can this not make them overjoyed.

It's just that among the people present, not everyone was carried away by this surprise, especially Shoufu Zhou Yanru.

He looked at the emperor who was completely different from the past, and he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, especially Lao Zhu's calm demeanor, which made him feel uneasy in his heart.

But at this time, the arrow had to be launched, and Zhou Yanru really couldn't think of anything wrong, so he couldn't do anything else except raise his vigilance to the highest.

……

The people sent by Wang Chengen quickly notified Cao Huachun and them, and not only Cao Huachun, Luo Yangxing and Wang Guoxing were the leaders of Jinyi Wei after all, so they were also summoned by the way.

In addition to them, Ding Xiu and Pei Lun, who directly caused this uproar, although their status is low, they are not qualified to face the saint.

But because this incident was completely caused by the two of them "little people", and they killed all the people, they were also called into the palace exceptionally.

It's just that when these people entered the palace, a very strange thing happened.

In order to prevent someone from assassinating the king, so when entering the palace to face the saint, no matter what the identity, you can't carry weapons.

However, after Luo Yangxing and Wang Guoxing untied the matching knife and handed it to the guards, after those guards put away the matching knife, I don't know if there were too many people and didn't see it, or for some other reason, they didn't confiscate the weapons of Ding Xiu and Pei Lun.

Looking at the guards who directly ignored them, Pei Lun was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted quickly, and hurriedly smiled and said to the guards: "Brother, our knife is still on our body." ”

Holding a knife in the palace can be directly regarded as a rebellion, Pei Lun did not mean to assassinate the emperor, so when the guards did not collect their weapons, his first reaction was that someone wanted to frame them, so he immediately wanted to take the initiative to hand over the weapons.

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, Wang Chengen, who was walking in the front, noticed the movement here and walked over directly.

"Dare to be noisy in the palace, are there any rules?"

Listening to Wang Chengen's scolding, Pei Lun immediately smiled and said, "That's the case, princess, our sword ......"

"Shut up!"

Before Pei Lun finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Wang Chengen, "In the palace, the most important thing is to obey the rules and not talk nonsense." ”

When Wang Chengen said this, his tone softened slightly, then looked at Pei Lun and the two, and said meaningfully: "If you don't know whether you should speak or not, then you'd better keep your mouth shut and don't speak, understand?" ”

"Humble duty understands."

Pei Lun did not hesitate to salute Wang Chengen, and after Wang Chengen walked away, he raised his head, squinted slightly at Wang Chengen's back, and looked thoughtful on his face.

"How do I feel that this old thing seems to have something to say?"

Because of the reprimand just now, Ding Xiu didn't have a good impression of Wang Chengen, so he didn't have the slightest respect for Wang Chengen between his words.

"Be respectful to the princess."

Pei Lun glared at Ding Xiu, then looked around, lowered his voice and said: "The prince is His Majesty's henchman, if he wants to harm us, it means that His Majesty let us die, and there is no need for these small means." ”

"So let's deliberately keep our weapons, it's very likely that Your Majesty meant."

"As for why Your Majesty did this, I can't guess yet, anyway, you take your knife well, and when you go back to what Your Majesty tells you to do, we can do it."