This is a night that can not sleep from the top level of the court, the civil and military, the princes and nobles, to the middle and lower class landlords, heroes, merchants, and commoners.

Terrible screams rang out all night, some sounding far away, others just separated by an earthen wall.

Everyone didn't expect that Emperor Jingtai, who had succeeded to the throne for less than a year, had a 180-degree reversal of his personality and became so ruthless.

Up and down the nine clans, they will be punished if they say it.

The house is full of doors, and if you say you will catch it.

The Son of Heaven was furious, and millions of corpses were ambushed.

Many officials and big families covered their ears with bedding, not wanting to hear the screams coming from outside the mansion, and did not fall asleep until dawn.

There are also those who stay in the ancestral hall all night, burning incense and praying, praying that their ancestors will bless him through this crisis.

But they didn't know that it was never the ethereal ancestors and ancestors who could really protect them, but the emperor who held the sword of the Son of Heaven.

Many people did not know the true situation of the matter, so they could only huddle together with their mothers holding their children and husbands hugging their wives, nervously listening to the movements outside the door.

As soon as the sound of chaotic footsteps came, they trembled.

Fortunately, this liquidation is the same as Yongle at that time, although it seems to be huge and implicated, it only liquidates the middle and upper classes led by Zhu Qizhen and Sun Ruowei.

For the people at the bottom, it is rarely implicated.

When the rooster announced, the 600,000 people who were still alive in Beijing breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time.

At least, they survived the night.

Zhu Di carried the imperial sword that had already solidified in blood, and at dawn, he came to the stone steps outside the Fengtian Hall and slowly went up.

When he walked to the top, Zhu Di turned around, looked at the empty square outside the hall, and laughed at himself.

Just like then, I'm alone again.

Zhu Di knew what the consequences of doing this would be, but when the crisis of Sun Ruowei and Zhu Qizhen jointly wanting to reset the throne appeared, he still did it directly.

It's better to watch someone die than to die yourself.

It is easy to kill one person, but it is not easy to kill the concept of "taking Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Jianshen's father and son as orthodoxy and destiny" in the hearts of all ministers and officials.

Zhu Di knows this truth, so the aftermath is particularly important.

If you have done it, you will never do it.

The mother and son of Sun Ruowei and Zhu Qizhen were completely branded as demon queens and faint kings, so that they could not turn over!

At this moment, the melodious bell of the Forbidden City sounded in the sky, a total of twelve rings, which is a habit handed down during the Hongwu period, and it is to summon hundreds of civil and military officials to the court.

Zhu Di walked to the dragon chair and sat down, stood his sword aside, supported his forehead with his hand, and looked thoughtfully at the Fengtian Palace, where no one had yet come.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

I don't know how long it took, the dim sky became brighter, and the trembling ministers all went to the temple in order as before, lined up their shifts, and shouted long live.

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "Flatten!" ”

The ministers stood up, and in the past, it should have been a time of admonition and play, but now it was unusually quiet, and everyone looked at each other speechlessly.

What happened last night, they still have a lot of luck in their hearts.

Avoiding these few days does not mean that it is completely over, Jingtai once liquidated the remnants of orthodoxy, and from today's court meeting, it can be regarded as the real beginning.

Wang Zhi slowly stood up.

He knew in his heart that although he had been in office for less than a year, it was time to abdicate and make way for Xian, of course, it depended on whether Zhu Di was willing to let him go.

"The minister knows that he is old and faint, so he asks for dismissal and returns to the township, and hopes that His Majesty will allow it."

Zhu Di took the little eunuch who was serving on the side, looked at it casually, and said with a smile: "The cabinet chief assistant has done a good job, why do you suddenly want to resign?" ”

Wang Zhi tensed.

Could it be that the emperor is unwilling to let go?

After a long time, he said: "The minister was ashamed of having worked with the orthodox remnant Li Xian and others, and during his tenure, he failed to assist the government and clean up the chaotic party, and he knew that he was not qualified to serve as the first assistant to the cabinet, so he resigned. ”

"I also hope that Your Majesty, with ministers for six dynasties, allow the ministers to return to their hometowns."

Zhu Di is waiting for this sentence, Wang Zhi, who is the first assistant of the cabinet, will make a conclusion about the group of orthodox remnants, otherwise he will not let him go.

This Wang Zhi, although he did nothing during his tenure, he was also sober, and he had not been used as a gun by the remnants of orthodoxy, so it was reasonable that he should be let go back.

Sin does not unto death, so it is.

So, Zhu Di smiled and said: "In this case, I will be played by the elder of the pavilion, Hu Aiqing, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court, what reward should you give according to the rules?" ”

Hu Hu stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, you should give the seal book, Jinqi, paper money and other things, and provide a stagecoach to send the old man back to his hometown to show his honor." ”

Zhu Di bowed his head and said, "Then so be it." ”

Wang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that the new emperor was not mean, and immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long live, long live!" ”

Zhu Di then said: "Yu Qian, who do you think can be the new cabinet chief assistant?" ”

Yu Qian hadn't yet reacted from the shock he received when he followed Zhu Di all the way last night, and only then did he stand up after being reminded by others, and sighed:

"The minister thinks that Chen Xun, the second assistant of the cabinet, has a grand prestige, and can be succeeded as the first assistant."

Chen Xun was ecstatic in his heart, but he hurriedly excused himself: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister is still young, and he doesn't dare to take on this important responsibility!" ”

Now in the cabinet, there are many people who were recommended by Chen Xun, or Chen Xun was promoted through contact with Yu Qian, because of Qianbao.

It can be said that the new cabinet headed by Chen Xun is the prototype of the new cabinet of Jingtai Dynasty.

Seeing him refuse, Zhu Di smiled and said: "Don't shirk, in terms of prestige and ability, apart from you, I'm afraid that the court won't be able to find a second person." ”

Chen Xun said: "The minister is ashamed, and he must do his best to seek the welfare of the people." ”

"With your words, I am relieved."

After arranging the affairs of the new cabinet, Zhu Di turned his head and said: "A few days ago, you Aiqing, you have already heard about it, what do you think?" ”

"I'd like to hear what everyone means."

Wang Wen, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother committed suicide, maybe because of madness, King Yi is afraid of crime, but it is a good thing." ”

Zhu Di became interested and asked: "Then Wang Aiqing, you tell me carefully, King Yi is my eldest brother, and my eldest brother committed suicide in fear of sin, how did it become a good thing?" ”

Wang Wen said: "Has Your Majesty forgotten the shame of the defeat of Tumubao in November of the fourteenth year of orthodoxy? ”

"200,000 elites, 300,000 people, died in one battle! This year, the minister saw that there were white things everywhere in the streets and alleys of Jingshi, and the cry of the people was the reason for the minister. ”

"Such a dimwitted king, even if he is the eldest brother of His Majesty, it is not a pity to die!"

"Now that the Queen Mother is crazy and the King of Yi is afraid of sin, it is because God has eyes, the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty are virtuous, and the people are in the country, and they are not lost!"

As soon as the words fell, a man from the Ministry of Rites came out and scolded: "Wang Wen, you have received the grace of King Yi in vain!" As an official, it is a great shame to be in the same hall as you! ”

Zhu Di turned his eyes and found that it was Si Xunyong, the fine food official of the Ministry of Rites, and after remembering his name, he then looked at Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"What does Hu Aiqing think?"