As soon as the remarks of the old Zhu and the monarch of the dead country came out, the ministers suddenly couldn't stand.

Wu Sheng stood up directly, and he didn't even care about the fact that Guang Shiheng and the others were sent to the imperial tomb just now, and said directly: "Your Majesty, it's just that you lost the first battle, so how can you talk about the death of the country." ”

"Although the Guanning defense line has been defeated, I still have Shanhaiguan in Daming, which is enough to contain the Jiannu outside the Guan."

"As for Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, they are all rogues, with Inspector Sun and Inspector Hou here, surrounded on all sides, they will be able to trap and kill the thieves."

"As long as Li Zicheng is eliminated, the rest of the thieves will be in the prestige of the imperial court, and they will inevitably fall to the wind."

"Although my Ming Dynasty is a little difficult, the country has not been lost, and the foundation is still there, and I hope Your Majesty will not say such words about losing the country."

In fact, Wu Sheng actually didn't agree with Hou Sui's strategy of pacifying the thief, and even felt quite complaining about Hou Sui's siege but not attack.

First, I feel that the people of Henan are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of Henan must be sacrificed in order to encircle and annihilate the thieves, and the people of Henan are so innocent.

The second reason is that Wu Sheng is not optimistic about this decision to besiege but not attack at all, because this decision, theoretically speaking, can barely be regarded as the best policy, but the problem is that the court has no money.

The siege of the four towns is protracted, and the army is stationed, which costs a lot of money, although Hou Sui said that he doesn't need the imperial court to give him money, just hand over the taxes of Huguang to him for deployment, but Huguang's taxes, isn't that also the money of the imperial court?

Therefore, Wu Sheng felt that if it continued to be consumed like this, it was really hard to say whether it was the thieves or the court who couldn't hold it first.

Therefore, he was a group of people who strongly opposed Hou Suiping's thief strategy before, but because Lao Zhu was resolute, he didn't listen to him at all.

At this time, just because Lao Zhu casually said a sentence about the king of the dead country, he actually forced Wu Sheng, a person who opposed the thief's strategy, to the point of talking about things with Hou Sui, which shows how lethal this sentence of the king of the dead country is to Wu Xian and these ministers.

Lao Zhu looked at the reactions of the ministers below, feeling a little funny at the same time, he was also a little relieved in his heart, no matter what, the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, no matter how erosive the Ming Dynasty is, no matter how bad the situation is, at least the Ming officials have no courage to rebel in a grand manner.

Not to mention rebellion, there are not many officials who have committed treason to the enemy, and even the arrogant warlord like Zuo Liangyu, although his behavior is very outrageous, he honestly sends troops to the court when he is dispatched.

Therefore, Wu Sheng said that the Ming Kingdom has not been lost, and there is no problem with this statement.

However, this did not prevent Lao Zhu from using the topic to play, he directly threw Zhao Zhilong's confession in his hand in front of the ministers, and said coldly: "The country has not been lost, and the foundation is still ......."

"Where is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, in these people? Then I'd better die in the country! ”

Listening to Lao Zhu's roar of filial piety, the expressions of the ministers present all changed, above the court, there are rules of the court, and even the emperor must abide by them.

Generally speaking, no matter how big the matter is, the emperor will not break it, because this is called dishonorability, and there will be special officials to impeach.

Therefore, when they saw this piece of music thrown to the ground, the ministers were a little flustered, and they didn't know what was written on it that could make the emperor angry like this.

Zhou Yanru glanced at the ministers who were a little at a loss, sighed in his heart, and then took the initiative to pick up the song.

To be honest, if he hadn't picked up this piece before, he would have hesitated for a while.

But now, he is about to become a lackey of Lao Zhu's men, and he is still hesitant.

After Zhou Yanru opened the confession, he found that it was Zhao Zhilong's confession, although the things written on the confession were a little shocking, but Zhou Yanru was not too surprised.

As early as yesterday, when he guessed Lao Zhu's identity, he knew that Lao Zhu's targets this time must be those nobles, and as for the ministers who were killed yesterday, they were all just pond fish who were affected.

After all, Chongzhen misses the old feelings and takes care of his reputation, so he doesn't want or want to attack these nobles.

But Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't have so many scruples, what is noble or not, as long as he dares to stand in front of him, it will be a dead word.

It's just that Zhou Yanru didn't expect that these nobles would be so bold and bold that in order to pull Li Banghua off the horse, they would dare to move the idea of the Beijing camp.

Zhou Yanru silently sentenced these nobles to death in his heart, and then handed over the confession to the second assistant Wu Sheng.

Wu Sheng obviously didn't know as much as Zhou Yanru, so after he saw the confession, his first reaction was anger, and the second reaction was, Your Majesty is going to attack Xungui?

Wu Xian has always been very clear about the harm of Xungui, but because Chongzhen protects his shortcomings, it is not that no one has mentioned rectifying Xungui and moving Xungui's cake before, but they have all been rejected by Chongzhen, not to mention, those who put forward these suggestions have no good end.

So after realizing that Lao Zhu was going to do something to Xungui, Wu Sheng felt a little surprised after being angry.

Xungui, clan relatives are the problems that have accumulated in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, if the problem of the nobles can be rectified, it will definitely be beneficial and harmless for the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Sheng pondered for a moment, and then passed on the oral supply in his hand.

As this confession was circulated in the hands of the ministers, the ministers in the back saw that every minister who saw this memorabilia had a great reaction, so they were full of curiosity about this memorial and wanted to know what was written in it.

And when this fold was about to be passed to Li Guozhen, the minister holding the fold looked at the parties involved in this confession, hesitated for a moment in his heart, and finally hesitantly handed him the fold.

Looking at the other party's strange reaction, Li Guozhen sighed in his heart.

This twist and turn can't have anything to do with him, right?

Li Guozhen cautiously opened this confession with apprehension, and before he could finish reading it, he felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fainted directly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged!"

Li Guozhen, who came back to his senses, knelt down with a pout, and hurriedly said: "The minister doesn't know anything about this, someone must want to frame the minister." ”

"The ministers are tired of receiving the emperor's favor, loyal to the Ming Dynasty for generations, loyal to Your Majesty, and I hope that Your Majesty can strictly investigate this matter and return the ministers to an innocence!"

Li Guozhen's mind was in chaos at this time, he sent a message to Zhao Zhilong yesterday, asking Zhao Zhilong's people in Beijing to create some chaos in Beijing, and it was best to create a camp roar and make some big mess in Beijing.

As a result, it was calm all night last night, and he thought that Zhao Zhilong hadn't done it yet.

As a result, now that he suddenly saw this confession, he was stupid.

Zhao Zhilong not only did it, but he was also arrested, and he also confessed.

How could this speed be so fast, even so fast that it felt a little unreal to him.

And the rest of the nobles, seeing this scene, also felt that something was wrong.

Although they don't know what Li Guozhen has done, most of them are colluded with each other, and even many of them have in-laws with Li Guozhen.

So for a while, several people came out to intercede with Li Guozhen, among which the leaders were Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Dingguo, and Tang Guozuo, Marquis of Lingbi.

Among the three people, Tang Guozuo faintly guessed some inside information in his heart, so he was a little panicked when he pleaded for mercy, and he was very worried that Li Guozhen would implicate him.

As for Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, and Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, although they didn't know what Li Guozhen did, they could vaguely know that eighty percent of the cause of this incident was because of Jingying.

Therefore, whether it is to protect the Beijing camp or to protect their interests in the Beijing camp, they must come forward to intercede for Li Guozhen.

"Oh, wronged, innocent......"

Lao Zhu, who had been prepared for a long time, opened his mouth and said: "Wang Chengen, read the confession to them, let them see if our Ming Xiangcheng Uncle has been wronged." ”

After hearing Lao Zhu's instructions, Wang Chengen walked directly from Lao Zhu's side, and then directly read the confession to these ministers.

"The Sword Comes"

"Withholding military salaries? Selling ordnance? Commanding the capital camp to make trouble? ”

After hearing Wang Chengen finish reading, the face of the minister, who had not seen this confession before, also changed.

Some of these short-tempered ministers pointed at Li Guozhen's nose and scolded, "Li Guozhen, how is you different from a thief when you act like this?" A hundred years later, what face will you have to see your ancestors and ancestors of the Xiangcheng Bo lineage!

！ ”

And Tang Guozuo, who was also on top of the confession, also changed his face.

originally thought it was Li Guozhen's business, but I didn't expect Zhao Zhilong to shake them all out, this is begging for a fart, begging for mercy.

For a while, all of these nobles involved knelt on the ground, shouting that they were wronged.

Although Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, was not involved, he must know that he had also been the governor of Jingying for several years before, so each of these individuals kneeling on the ground had a lot to do with them.

Therefore, these people, Zhu Chunchen must be saved no matter what, otherwise, when these people are cleaned up by Lao Zhu, then he, the Duke of Chengguo, will become the commander of the light pole.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that there must be a secret in this matter, but a confession is not enough to show that Xiangchengbo and others have done these things."

Zhu Chunchen bowed and saluted, and then said: "The minister thinks that this matter should not be made so hastily, so as not to chill the heart of the noble. ”

"Chilling the noble heart? Whose heart has chilled, has it chilled your heart? ”

Lao Zhu didn't have the slightest intention of compromise, he directly threw out something again, and said mercilessly: "Pick it up, see if this thing is written by Li Guozhen himself, and see if Jinyiwei has wronged him!" ”

Zhu Chunchen picked up the secret letter written by Li Guozhen to Zhao Yilong, and after reading it, he was directly numb, if he was not completely sure, Lao Zhu would definitely not throw this thing out in the court, so this thing must have been written by Li Guozhen himself.

Thinking of this, Zhu Chunchen couldn't help but scold Li Guozhen in his heart for being a fool, and he dared to leave a handle for doing such a thing.

He looked at Li Guozhen with a dark face and handed over the secret letter, "Let's see, did you write this thing?" ”

"This ......"

When Li Guozhen saw this letter, he was directly stunned.

He repeatedly told Zhao Zhilong in the letter that he would burn it immediately after reading it, why would this letter still appear here.

At this time, Li Guozhen didn't know that his most trusted housekeeper had betrayed him, and he didn't know that the letter was not delivered to Zhao Zhilong at all, but was sent directly to Jinyiwei.

"This ...... I didn't write it, I've never seen this thing, this must be someone who forged my handwriting, trying to frame me, and I hope Your Majesty can see it, the minister is wronged! ”

No matter how this thing came about, Li Guozhen knows that there is only one way for him at this time, that is, he gritted his teeth and refused to admit it, otherwise he would definitely die.

It's just that he doesn't want to admit it, and it doesn't mean that others will let him go.

When Li Banghua was rectifying the Beijing camp, he saw the Beijing camp that had been eroded to this point, and they all had their hearts when they killed Li Guozhen at that time.

At this moment, seeing that Lao Zhu was ready to rectify these nobles ruthlessly, he immediately stood up without the slightest hesitation.

"Your Majesty, this matter is very important, the minister asks the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and my Metropolitan Procuratorate to try this eucalyptus together, and the minister will definitely investigate this eucalyptus."

Hearing that the three divisions were going to interrogate, Zhu Chunchen's face was a little ugly, if he simply asked the three divisions to interrogate Li Guozhen, he would not be afraid.

But the problem Li Banghua also knows a little about this person's style, this person is as smelly and hard as the stone in the pit, if he is allowed to intervene at this time, he may not be able to pull out a big thing.

Therefore, the triage of the three divisions is allowed, but it must not be presided over by Li Banghua, nor can it be sent by Li Banghua.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that something is wrong."

Zhu Chunchen spoke directly, just wanted to say that he wanted to have Li Banghua involved in this matter, and he should avoid suspicion and not participate in this matter.

As a result, before he finished speaking, he was intercepted by Lao Zhu, who rushed in front of him and said, "That's right, we also feel that something is wrong." ”

"There is such a big incident in Beijing, and the Criminal Department is unaware of it, we think that Li Guozhen must have something to do with the Criminal Department, so the Three Law Divisions should not interfere in this matter."

After saying this, Lao Zhu didn't give others a chance to question, and said directly: "Cao Huachun, this eucalyptus was found out by your Dongchang, and the rest will be handed over to you." ”

"Behind this, no matter who is involved, don't have any scruples, be sure to investigate to the end!"

"Give it to Dongchang?"

Hearing that Lao Zhu actually said that he was going to hand over the eucalyptus to Dongchang, the faces of all the ministers present changed instantly.

Among them, Zhu Chunchen and their color changed because they were worried that after Dongchang intervened in this matter, they would really investigate to the end, and at that time, I am afraid that the result would be worse than Li Banghua's investigation.

And the reason why Wu Sheng and their discoloration changed was because Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs were too fierce, which left a psychological shadow on these ministers.

At this time, when they heard that Lao Zhu was going to reuse the East Factory again, they were very worried about building another East Factory.

Therefore, except for the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, no matter what faction people in the court, there is only one thought in their hearts, that is, this matter must not be handed over to Dongchang for trial.

Looking at their reactions, Zhou Yanru understood why Lao Zhu took the initiative to abolish the tax supervision yesterday.

On the one hand, it was simply abolished because the tax superintendent did not do anything, which caused public resentment, and on the other hand, it should be to deal with this situation and divert the attention of these ministers, so that they knew that the emperor did not mean to reuse the eunuchs, but only because of the special nature of this eucalyptus, let them be responsible for checking the eucalyptus.

A simple strategy, but it can easily kill two birds with one stone, this shot is really lightweight.

Zhou Yanru, who sighed in his heart, knew that it was time for him to appear, so he didn't wait for the ministers to object, so he rushed before them and said:

"Your Majesty, Zhou Yanru has a book."