The ministers under the seat were all sweating like pulp at this time, bowing down and worshipping, and they had long lost the arrogance of everyone in Shicai.

It was only at this time that they suddenly woke up to the fact that the emperor in front of them was not the monarch they thought they could exert pressure at will, but relied on their own means and temperament to re-establish the decisive and wise of the court in the troubled times, and the lord of Zhongxing who dared to fight.

Their little thought and means are so obvious and ridiculous in the eyes of the emperor, and as for the pressure of the ministers they are so for, in front of such a heroic overlord, it is even more worthless.

Thinking about all this, they don't mention the regret and fear in their hearts.

No wonder the two prime ministers didn't dare to come forward today, thinking that they had already understood it and didn't dare to come back to this troubled water.

Sun Ning's gaze slowly swept over the bodies of these courtiers: "Today, I will simply make my words clear, and you will also help explain to other subjects when the time comes."

"The Wuyi Division is a yamen specially set up by me to supervise hundreds of officials and upright ministers. As long as you wait for your courtiers to live hard, even if you have a little greed and selfishness, I will not blame and hold them accountable. However, if you are too selfish and want to disturb the affairs of our court with selfish intentions, Wuyisi has the right to arrest, interrogate, and even convict with punishment! ”

As soon as these words came out, it was a complete showdown to the courtiers, and their bodies shook violently again.

And this time, under the oppression of such an imperial power, these guys who were still full of righteous indignation and dared to speak out just now didn't even dare to say a word "no".

Because they have clearly felt Sun Ning's determination, and they also know that the current situation is not something that a few of them can change at all. If you continue to dare to talk nonsense, you will only be afraid of the end......

"You are not at ease as an official, and you are not at ease as an official. I don't care what your identity is, whether you are the son of a certain family or the head of a certain clan, but as long as you are still an official of my court, you are a courtier first, and you must consider the overall situation of the court.

"If there is a conflict between the interests of the family and the general trend of the court, you have two choices, one is to be loyal and do errands, so that I and the court will naturally not treat you badly. The second is to resign immediately and be your filial son.

"But if someone actually thinks that it is not wrong to be an official and a family, so that the imperial decree is not fulfilled, then don't blame me for being ruthless.

"At the beginning, I was able to eradicate the nine wealthy families for the overall situation in Jiangnan, so today I don't care about getting rid of a few more families to set an example!"

The most direct threat was said by the emperor Zhengse, and the powerful oppressive force made the ministers panic, and many people were so frightened that the whole person trembled violently, but no one dared to speak out again.

Sun Ning was silent for a while, and when he saw everyone like this, he asked in a cold voice, "Do you understand?" Talk back to me! ”

"The ministers all understand, and the ministers are guilty......"

The officials immediately responded in a trembling voice, and kowtowed vigorously in unison.

Some of them regretted that their intestines were blue, and they knew that this was the result, and they should have pushed this matter away regardless of their friendship and face.

When Wei Shen saw this on the emperor's side, he also let out a long breath, and when he peeked at his master, his eyes were full of excitement.

I was really worried about it just now.

Now it is not comparable to yesterday, and today's master, who has come from one battle and another and killed, is re-forged in the experience of blood and fire, how can he be as frightened by the tandem pressure of a few courtiers as he was at the beginning?

What these guys are doing today is really ridiculous, and they really don't know whether they are alive or dead.

At this moment, a guard outside the hall suddenly reported: "Your Majesty, there is Wuyi Si Guo Chong asking to see outside." ”

Sun Ning raised his eyebrows when he heard the report: "Xuan." ”

After a while, Guo Chong strode over with a few documents, and when he saw the many officials who were still kneeling on the ground, he didn't see the slightest abnormality, and even had a slight sneer on his face.

As the chief of Wuyi, he has long been eyeliner all over the place, how can he not know that these officials are in tandem with each other and want to tell the emperor about their troubles?

But he didn't do anything to stop or react, even if his subordinates were quite indignant, and they all asked for their lives to make an example of the monkeys.

Because he knew Sun Ning's style of acting too well, how could His Majesty the Emperor be coerced by these officials and ignore the overall situation and black and white?

Therefore, he just tried his best to interrogate the five people in his hand, and after getting the relevant confessions, he came directly to make a report.

"Your Majesty, this is the past two days for the ministers to ask Zhao Xing from the Ministry of Rites, Cao Yan from the Ministry of Households, and Feng Dayu from the Political Affairs Hall...... The truth asked by several officials was also invited to His Majesty to take a look. ”

After standing still, Guo Chong did not make a fuss, and directly held the confession in his hand high above the top and presented it to the emperor.

Sun Ning replied in a low voice, asked Wei Shen to step forward and accept the confession, and then asked casually, "Tell me, how did they confess?" ”

"These people have all told the truth, and the reason why they actively colluded with many officials in the DPRK and China before, and tried their best to prevent His Majesty from opening shipyards along the coast and training sailors to level the Koukou, is because they all have their own selfish interests in it.

"For example, Cao Yan, whose family is a big family in Ningzhou, has made a lot of benefits from smuggling out to sea for many years. And they were also worried that once the imperial court really swept away the pirates, they would cut off their own trade routes for smuggling out of the sea and smuggling goods, so they sent someone to meet with him early to persuade him to obstruct the major affairs of the imperial court.

"And Feng Dayu, although he was born in an ordinary family and has been an official for several years, he has not been funded by many rich people in his hometown - of course, this is actually accepting bribes - and then these rich people have nothing to do with smuggling, so he can only use it.

"As for Zhao Xing, there is no money problem, but he is deceived by others, thinking that the affairs of the sea are not worth mentioning after all, so he will ...... for him."

Under Guo Chong's narration, the problems of the five officials who were arrested in the Wuyi Division became clear one by one, and the other officials were panicked again.

In fact, not only those five people, most of them here also have similar problems to a greater or lesser extent.

Therefore, if the imperial court really let Wuyisi continue to investigate, I am afraid that they will not be able to escape punishment.

Sun Ning behaved quite calmly at this time: "Do you understand? It's not that I can't tolerate dissent, but some people go too far.

"Since he is an official of the imperial court, he should be loyal to the monarch and serve the imperial court, instead of only thinking about his own selfish interests. Since these five people have done such things, I will definitely punish them severely. Now they will be dismissed from all their official positions, and then handed over to the Criminal Department for strict trial, and if they are charged with other crimes, they will be punished for several crimes and will not be tolerated.

"As for you, it's better to give birth and think carefully about what to do in the future."

As Sun Ning waved his hand, the courtiers retreated as if they had been pardoned.

At least today, they won't be blamed and punished for this, at least there is one more chance, right?

Some people died, but not completely......