At the court meeting, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the main seat, was obviously very unhappy.

The courtiers stood in the hall, one by one, silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhang Zhen who was kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Didn't I let you go home to be a boy?" Why did you kid come out on his own? How? Haven't I counted my words?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone became colder and colder, but Zhang Yu didn't care, but said directly, "Weichen has grievances."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked playful and said, "You kid is so smart, can anyone in this world make you wronged? I heard the sound of the Dengwen drum just now, and the Dengwen drum is specially designed to beat the drum for the people, and you are a member of the Jinyi Guard, and you are a noble child, what are you doing to beat the Dengwen drum?"

Zhang Zhen kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "The reason why Weichen beat the Dengwen drum is not only for himself, but also for the people who died in vain."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Tell me more details."

Zhang Yan slowly raised his head, his eyes were full of determination, and he only listened to him: "Weichen sued Pingliang Marquis Fei Ju for colluding with Jiumen, embezzling the people's land, abducting and selling the people as slaves, reselling countless military rations and weapons, framing loyalty, and forming a party for personal gain!"

As soon as Zhang Yu's voice fell, one of the martial arts team came out of the ranks, and he said: "Over the years, Pingliang Hou was born and died, and he made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty, especially in the conquest of Yunnan, and it was even more brilliant.

The name of the person who spoke was Lu Zhongheng, who was the Marquis of Ji'an, the official to the Zuo Governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, who had made many military exploits for the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang was a son and daughter, and his speech in the court was not small.

In fact, Lu Zhongheng's words are also pertinent, and at the same time, he also pointed out Pinglianghou's military exploits in pacifying Yunnan, and it can be regarded as telling Zhu Yuanzhang from the side that no matter whether Pinglianghou is guilty or not, he should never move lightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand, which could be regarded as a kind of appeasement to Lu Zhongheng, and at the same time, he looked cold, and asked Zhang Rong, "Zhang Rong, do you know what kind of crime you have to bear for falsely accusing a Marquis of Wuxun?"

Before Zhang Lu could speak, Fu Youde had already come out and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Lu is young and ignorant, and it is inevitable that he will do things absurdly, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive him for his sins for the sake of his youth."

Fu Youde and Pinglianghou are quite unfriendly, although he also hopes that Pinglianghou will be unlucky, but after all, Zhang Lun saved Fu Rang's life, but he doesn't want Zhang Rang to be in danger because of this, if this thing is not done well, it is the result of losing his head, and today is also Fu Youde's arrival a little late, otherwise he will definitely stop Zhang Ran, and he will not let Zhang Rang beat the Dengwen drum if he says anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Fu Youde and said quite dissatisfiedly, "What does Qing mean, you can open up the net at a young age? Can you do whatever you want at a young age? In my eyes, right is right, wrong is wrong, what does it have to do with age?"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was dissatisfied, Fu Youde immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Weichen's sin deserves death, please atone for your majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't call Fu Youde to flatten himself, and he didn't even pay attention to it, but looked at Zhang Zhen again.

The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, there is no one who is not afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, and no courtier dares to look at Zhu Yuanzhang on weekdays, but Zhang Lu dares, he meets Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze, without the slightest intention of dodging, and at the same time takes out the handwritten letter of Pinglianghou who was found in Huazimen in his arms.

Although it is more likely that this belief is fake, the content in it about Pinglianghou's human trafficking is absolutely true.

"Your Majesty's blessings shine all over the world, but there are still lawlessness in this world, there are nine gates in Jinling City for the people, and the ministers will exterminate all the nine gates, and get this handwritten letter from the Marquis of Pingliang, and ask Your Majesty to decide." Zhang Zhen said as he spoke, and he had already raised the letter above his head.

The Nine Gates were already in the dark, and many courtiers were involved, so even if Zhang Lu destroyed the Nine Gates at the beginning, no one among the courtiers spoke. Today, Zhang Lu said the nine gates, and it was the first time that someone mentioned the nine gates at the court meeting.

The eunuch beside Zhu Yuanzhang was about to step forward to pick up the letter in Zhang Lu's hand, but was directly stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang raising his hand.

He slowly stepped down from the throne, walked straight to Zhang Yuan, and personally took the letter.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at ten lines, and quickly read the letter, but from beginning to end, he

's expression did not change in any way, Zhang Zhen suspected that Zhu Yuanzhang had already known the content of the letter, or that Zhu Yuanzhang had deliberately placed this letter in Huazimen.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the letter and asked Zhang Zhen again, "What evidence do you have kid?"

Zhang Lu did not forget the family feud of the monk Wu Peng, and said: "Cui Yan, the deputy general of Pinglianghou in the past, was killed by Pinglianghou because he found that Pinglianghou had embezzled grain and grass and resold armaments. Moreover, in order to extinguish his mouth, Pinglianghou also instigated his subordinates to kill more than 20 members of Cui Yan's family, leaving only the youngest son to change his name and surname, and escaped by assigning himself to Wu Peng, and Wu Peng is in the prison of the Zhenfu Division at the moment. In addition, Weichen dared to ask for a thorough investigation of the collusion between Jiumen and the courtiers, and the minister's wife Liuli and the beggar gang Yuanbao were all poisoned by Jiumen, and the people suffered countless victims, and the beggars in the moss village outside the city can testify!"

As soon as Zhang Yu's words fell, Yongping Hou Xie Cheng sneered: "What a joke, I heard that the glass is just an oiran on the bank of the Qinhuai River, you are a nobleman, but you are willing to fall into marriage to a fireworks woman, and now you are embarrassed to say it when you arrive in the court?" The beggars in Moss Village are even more ridiculous, do you think that with some beggars, you can overthrow a nobleman? But you kid is really bold, you wantonly beat Pinglianghou before, and today you knocked Zhan Hui unconscious before the court meeting, you are really bold!"

Xie Cheng's words had already touched Zhang Zhen's bottom line, and Zhang Zhen didn't get Zhu Yuanzhang's order, so he got up directly and replied, "What? Is being a nobleman superior to others? Liuli and I have worshiped heaven and earth, she is no longer a fireworks woman, but the wife I am marrying! What happened to beggars? In my eyes, all human beings should be equal! Those beggars ask for nothing more than a full meal, and their minds are simple-minded, and I would rather be friends with them than with you people!"

In the eyes of most nobles, they have a transcendent status, much more noble than ordinary people, let alone compared to fireworks women and beggars?

Xie Cheng didn't care about Zhang Cheng's words, he was about to refute it, but he caught a glimpse of Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous cold eyes on the side, and Xie Cheng also remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang had also been a beggar before.

Xie Cheng broke out in a cold sweat, knelt directly on the ground, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "The minister said in vain, he really deserves death, and please ask Your Majesty to punish the crime."

Zhu Yuanzhang no longer paid attention to Xie Cheng, but searched around with his eyes, and saw that there was no Zhan Hui, so he asked Zhang Hui, "Zhan Hui's mouth is not easy to mess with, you kid beat Zhan Hui?"

At this time, Zhang Zhen simply didn't kneel, but stood directly and replied: "He blocked the minister from beating the drum, and the minister said that he couldn't do it, so he could only do it. And the minister suspects that he is in collusion with the Nine Gates."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded towards Zhang Yan and said, "If you can't say it, you can't say it, remember not to do it next time, Zhan Hui is not young, and he can be regarded as your elder anyway."

Beating a courtier is a serious crime, not to mention that it was Zuo Du Yushi Zhan Hui who was beaten, Zhang Zhen beat Zhan Hui, this is a fact, all the courtiers are witnesses, but this matter was gently put down by Zhu Yuanzhang, who of all the courtiers can't see that Zhu Yuanzhang is biased against Zhang Hui?

After listening to the conversation between Zhang Lu and Zhu Yuanzhang, many courtiers rolled their eyes and slandered in their hearts: Obviously, it was Zhang Hui who scolded Zhan Hui with no power to fight back, and he also beat others, how can you say that Zhan Hui is no longer what you say? It's really a human mouth with two skins, and whoever says it is reasonable.

Although it was slandered in his heart, but no one in the courtiers spoke out, now anyone can see that Zhu Yuanzhang is biased towards Zhang Yuan, who will step forward to touch the mold when he is full? Now these courtiers don't ask for anything else, just ask Zhu Yuanzhang's anger not to implicate themselves.

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Zhang Lu's shoulder, turned around and returned to his throne.

He looked down at the courtiers, and felt very unhappy when he saw these people with low eyebrows and obedient eyes today, only to hear Zhu Yuanzhang say angrily: "The Nine Gates are a disaster for Jinling, and I have also heard of it, but the Minister of the Manchu Dynasty, can there be one person who has reported to me about the guilt of the Nine Gates?" Among you people? How many people are in collusion with Jiumen? It seems that my court has long been occupied by moths!"

Hearing this, all the courtiers, regardless of whether they had colluded with the Nine Gates, knelt on the ground and said in unison, "Your Majesty is angry, and the ministers are there

Sin."

Zhu Yuanzhang has been a cattle herder, a monk, a beggar, and knows the difficulties of the people at the bottom, and many of the civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty also started from the end of the year, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that they would pity the people as much as himself.

But now? However, after only a few years of stable life, many courtiers have been corrupted by the drunken life, and have long forgotten the suffering they suffered and the people back then.

The more Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, the more upset he became, and directly ordered, "Spread my will! Ordered the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Jiang Xuan, the Shangshu Kaiji of the Criminal Department, and Yang Yougong, the right capital of the Inspectorate, to assist the prince in thoroughly investigating Pingliang Hou Feiju and Jiumen!"

Jiang Zheng, Kaiji, and Yang Yougong quickly came out of the ranks.

Just looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude and this battle, everyone also knows that Pinglianghou Feiju is going to be unlucky, and those officials who have a lot to do with Pinglianghou are now only thinking about how not to be implicated.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was a little pale, he nodded, and said to Zhang Yuan: "Okay, I will investigate this matter thoroughly, your kid is still waiting to participate, I will not pursue the matter of your private exit from the house, you go back first, your grievances and the grievances of the people, I will give an explanation!"

Zhang Lu arched his hand towards Zhu Yuanzhang, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After that, Zhang Lu walked out of the palace, and he knew that he had made the right bet.