"Today, all the Jinyi Guard's pro-army who participated in this matter and awarded the head command the officials of the embassy, and they are all stripped of the officials who have been replaced, and their descendants will never be recorded as the pro-army, and will never be recorded as the subordinates of the officials......"

"Jinyiwei pro-army commander envoy commander Luo Congee, immediately, stripped of the title of governor of the second grade, and removed the pro-army commander from the post of envoy......"

Zhu Ming looked at the thin figure who knelt on the ground and was naked, with unconcealed disappointment in his eyes.

You must know that the Son of Heaven's pro-army was originally a private army that only obeyed his own orders, but he didn't expect to do such a ridiculous thing today, no matter what the reason.

As a commander, he can't escape the blame, not to mention that the matter of Guozijian is too strange, if it is not his acquiescence, where would they have the courage to do it?

"Cao Zhengchun, but there are still people missing?"

Zhu Ming said, turned his head to look at the hundreds of human heads stacked on the carriage, the blood that kept gushing out did not have too much fear in his eyes, but his mood calmed down a lot, and the anger in his eyes faintly dissipated a little.

"Back to Your Majesty, all the Jinyi Guard officials who are in the Guozijian have been ambushed, a total of one hundred and thirty-nine people, and there is definitely not a single fish that has slipped through the net!"

Cao Zhengchun said respectfully.

"Well, I know!"

Zhu Ming nodded when he heard the sound and said, Jinyiwei is only a guard in Beijing, and this time, it can be said that the original frame of Jinyiwei is directly cut off.

"It's not ...... That's a good job. ”

When his eyes fell on Zhou Weiquan's head, his expression was slightly stunned, but he still didn't say anything in the end, and nodded at Cao Zhengchun.

"The case of Guozijian is now handed over to the Governor of the East Investigation Factory, and Cao Zhengchun has full authority to investigate and handle it, and he will enjoy the duties of inspection, arrest, and interrogation during the thorough investigation......"

After Zhu Ming thought for a moment,

His eyes fell on Cao Zhengchun and he said in a deep voice.

"Old slave, leader!"

Cao Zhengchun knelt on the ground and said respectfully.

"Commander Luo, what else do you have to say?"

Zhu Ming looked at Luo Congee whose head touched the ground and said coldly,

There was a faint killing intent between the words.

"If the subordinates are disobedient, the ministers should be guilty of the same crime!"

"Minister, there is nothing to say!"

Luo Congee looked up at Zhu Ming and said bitterly that he didn't argue for a long time, but when he glanced at those stacked heads, he couldn't bear the remorse and grief in his heart, and couldn't help but burst out a few tears.

"They're damned!"

Zhu Ming took in Luo Congee's expression.

"Minister, Your Majesty is not strict!"

"Minister, willing to accept the guilt!"

Luo Congee said that his head suddenly knocked down and was dripping with blood, and when he looked up again, his eyes were still sincere, and there was no resentment or dissatisfaction with the latter.

"Humph!"

Zhu Ming looked at Luo Congee with sincere eyes and snorted coldly.

"It's refreshing for you to confess your guilt!"

"So I'm sorry for you?"

Zhu Ming raised his eyebrows and sneered.

"Minister, don't dare!"

"Let's go down!"

Zhu Ming took a deep breath and waved his hand, and when the words fell, dozens of Dongchang fans wearing pointed hats, soap boots, brown shirts, and small silk tied around Luo Congee.

"Cao Zhengchun, come with me!"

Zhu Ming didn't look at Luo Congee after saying that, waved his sleeves and walked towards the long white marble steps.

His back was inexplicably depressed at this moment, and only an old eunuch was left beside him.

"Lord Luo, please!"

"Don't delay the hour!"

The two Dongchang stall heads with the same boots and hats, but wore straight bodies, waited until Zhu Ming left, came over, unceremoniously restrained Luo Congee's shoulders, and a group of nearly 100 people escorted the latter in the direction of Donghua Gate, where Dongchang was stationed.

"Tut-tut......"

"Lord Luo, I'm afraid I won't be able to wear this python robe in the future......"

One of the older stalls looked at Luo Congee who was naked, and lowered his voice Yin Yang Strange Qidao, there was no lack of ridicule between his words, and his movements were also extremely rough, as if he had regarded Luo Congee as a prisoner of the East Factory and a springboard for his own climbing.

Cao Zhengchun, who was behind Zhu Ming, moved his ears slightly, heard it clearly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't say anything at all, just glanced back and secretly noted the face of the person who spoke.

"Your Majesty!"

When Zhu Ming walked to the platform in front of the main hall, hundreds of courtiers were also relieved, and looked at Zhu Ming with an overflowing sense of grief and indignation in their eyes.

"Your Majesty......"

"The old minister asks for an order, kill the thief Luo Congee!"

"Guozijian is the cornerstone of my great departure from the imperial court, and now I am slaughtered by this thief, even if I am lucky enough to survive a little, it is useless......

"This move is tantamount to directly cutting off the foundation of my great departure from the court, and I also ask Your Majesty to punish the crowd, if you don't behead, the thief, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!" Jiang Ziming, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, dragged his trembling body and crawled to Zhu Ming's feet, and said in a sad voice,

"The old minister asks for an order, kill the thief Luo Congee!"

"The old minister asks for an order, kill the thief Luo Congee!"

"The old minister asks for an order, kill the thief Luo Congee!"

The voice fell,

Hundreds of officials fell to their knees and pleaded bitterly, apparently being taken to Dongchang Zhao Prison and waiting for the results of a thorough investigation did not satisfy them, because they also had children who were also studying in Guozijian.

"I said it!"

"After a thorough investigation of this matter, I will give you a result!"

Zhu Ming looked at the hundreds of officials who knelt on the ground, and there was a faint anger in his eyes.

"Your Majesty!"

"When you are interrupted, you will continue to suffer from it!"

"Putting aside the matter of the students of Guozijian, after all, it was the thief surnamed Luo who broke my foundation.

"If you don't correct the Fa on the spot, I am afraid it will be difficult to reassure people's hearts!"

The gray-haired old minister kowtowed.

"What a good one, put the facts aside!"

"It's so hard to settle people's hearts!"

Zhu Ming couldn't help but be a little cold when he heard his voice: "I haven't blamed Yu Er and others for the matter of Guozijian, but you have come to rely on me first." ”

"Your Majesty, that's not what the minister meant!"

The man listened to Zhu Ming's cold tone, and knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly kowtowed and explained.

"Wait, is this forcing me to fail?"

"Bang, bang, bang......"

"Wait, don't dare!"

The sound of hundreds of courtiers kneeling and kowtowing together was like a bronze bell ringing in Zhu Ming's ears, which was extremely annoying.

"Humph!"

"My commander is here to force me!"

"You're going to persecute me too?"

Seeing this, Zhu Ming's expression became more and more cold, and he retracted his gaze and looked at Cao Zhengchun and said, "Cao Zhengchun, listen to the order!" ”

"Before the case of Guozijian is completely revealed, I will order you to go to Dongchang and listen to the unfairness, lawlessness and rumors of the officials of the yamen in Beijing, all of them;"

"Cao Zhengchun, you have heard me clearly, before the Northern Expedition army triumphed and the squad returned to the court, I no longer wanted to hear a little bit of moth in the court!

Zhu Ming looked at Cao Zhengchun and ordered,

Naturally, these words were addressed to the courtiers.

"Old slave, understand!"

"Well, in recent days, you have been living in Dongchang and running errands with peace of mind...... By the way, take care of Luo porridge for me! ”

"Old slave, retire!"

"In addition, Li Gong will come with me!"

After Cao Zhengchun left,

Zhu Ming looked at Li Zhijie, who was talking and stopped talking next to the railing.

"The rest of the people, retreat!"

Zhu Ming ignored the ministers who were still kneeling on the ground, and walked straight to the imperial study.

……

In the Imperial Study,

"Li Gong,"

"How did this happen?"

Zhu Ming sat behind the desk with a pale face, looked at Li Zhijie, who was still calm in front of him, and sighed and said, with a little helplessness in his words.

"Your Majesty,"

"Today's situation,"

"Isn't it as it was originally said?"

"That Locke kid has cut himself off from the world,"

"I have become a real lonely minister."

Li Zhijie replied.

"The situation is as expected, but he has gone too far, it is equivalent to roasting me on the fire, what is the appearance of the civil and military officials, I think Li Gong has also seen it......"

Zhu Ming pinched his eyebrows and said, he had a headache when he thought of the scene where hundreds of officials kowtowed together, which was far more chilling than the head of the carriage.

Li Zhijie pondered for a moment and continued: "Your Majesty might as well think about it differently. ”

"Now it seems that the ministers are forcing Your Majesty to eradicate Commander Luo, but in essence, it is a contradiction between them, and it just needs Your Majesty's nod to make a decision."

"In that case,"

"Your Majesty, why don't you do the opposite?"

Li Zhixiu looked at Zhu Mingdao with a burning light.

"Oh?"

"I want to hear about it!"

Zhu Ming listened attentively.

"Your Majesty, we might as well take this opportunity to keep the kid surnamed Luo in Zhao Prison, let Dongchang drag it all the time, and neither arraign nor convict the kid surnamed Luo, just keep it locked up for ......"

"One, under the leaderless group of Jinyi guards, everyone will definitely be in danger, stop, there will definitely be no such things as this, Your Majesty, you can also wait until the Northern Expedition army arrives at the border to stabilize the situation and deal with Luo Congee."

"Second, as long as Your Majesty does not show his attitude towards the Luo family boy for a day, he can make the civil and military officials feel at ease, and put all their eyes on Luo Congee, and have no time to take care of anything else, Your Majesty's side can calmly arrange and slowly withdraw power;"

"You must know that from Yongle Street to today's Guozijian, hundreds of positions have been vacated in the six departments, many of which are temporarily filled by lower-level officials, if you can take advantage of this gap to fill all the positions, it will be a rare opportunity for Your Majesty!"

"Three, you can also take advantage of the opportunity when the commander surnamed Luo is imprisoned in Zhao Prison, let Dongchang suppress the arrogance of Jinyiwei, and at the same time let Dongchang use this time to stabilize the framework and tie this chain to Jinyiwei's neck!"

Li Zhijie sorted out his thoughts and said in one breath.

"Duke Li deserves to be the minister of the humerus that his father valued!"

"In this way, killing three birds with one stone is really a second meter!"

Zhu Ming's originally frowning brows suddenly stretched out when he heard this, and even his pale face was a little more bloody, and he couldn't help but praise.

"Your Majesty, it's ridiculous!"

"The minister also took this opportunity to dare to say a sentence, being a monarch is the way of checks and balances, Your Majesty will never need how loyal the courtiers below are, as long as they can't work together......"

Li Zhijie also said a word from the bottom of his heart when he heard this, after two dynasties of honor and disgrace, he has been an official for decades, and he has to see it more thoroughly than many people.

"I've been taught!"

Zhu Ming's heart was moved when he heard this, and the scenes of the past also appeared in his mind, in the past, when he was still the prince, his father had mentioned it in his ears more than once, and he also took himself as an example, even if his father was refining pills all day long, ignoring the government and politics, he never lost the power in his hands.

One is related to the origin of his father, he was originally the eldest son of the orthodox concubine, and he already had a large number of his own team before he succeeded to the throne in the East Palace.

The other is as Li Zhijie said, the way of checks and balances, when he was in power, he allowed the parties above the court to fight, so that those courtiers have been fighting among themselves, and they have never been united.

"In that case, I will immediately draw up a secret decree and send it to the East Factory, so that my commander can stay in the Zhao Prison of the East Factory with peace of mind......

Zhu Ming didn't hesitate to say it,

He took out an excerpt and leaned over to write it down.

"Come on, send it to the master of the East Factory."

After Zhu Ming finished writing, he immediately summoned a little eunuch and asked him to send it to Dongchang immediately.

"Now that Your Majesty has understood,"

"Then the old minister should also retire."

Li Zhijie looked at the back of the little eunuch and said loudly.

"Li Gong, you ......"

Zhu Ming wanted to speak and stopped.

"Your Majesty, the old minister, is also a courtier."

Li Zhijie smiled bitterly and said.

"That's it, that's it......"

"Gong Li, go ahead."

Zhu Ming also understood when he heard this, his meaning was self-evident, he didn't want to stay alone with him for too long at this juncture, so as not to attract all the officials......

"Old minister, retire!"

Speaking of which,

Li Zhijie didn't stop and walked straight out of the palace.

"Hoo ......"

After Li Zhijie went away,

Zhu Ming sighed dejectedly.

"Li Gong, Li Gong......"

"Is this your way of being an official?"

Zhu Ming muttered to himself, this person's insight and methods are among the top in the entire Dali Imperial Hall, but they are too tactful.

As he said, he is also a courtier, and he can give him advice behind his back, but on the surface, he also needs to maintain a relative dignity with civil and military officials.

"That's it, that's it......"

"All the things, let's wait until the Northern Expedition army team returns to the court."

……

After Zhu Ming let out a long sigh, his gaze fell to the corner of the imperial study and said, "Zhang Xianfeng, I still need to know one more thing. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

Zhang Jin appeared in front of Zhu Ming and bowed.

"Earlier, I saw more than a dozen familiar faces among the heads of the carriage, and they were all the hands of the people I had planted in the brocade guard."

"I want to know ......"

Zhu Ming's point stops,

The meaning is self-explanatory.

"Back to Your Majesty, as far as the old slave knows, there should be no problem, when Duke Cao led people to the Guozijian, he didn't shy away from the backbone elite placed by the old slave inside, thinking about it, it was a manslaughter, after all, he killed so many people at one time, and it was possible to confuse some of them, after all, he didn't know His Majesty's arrangements in the Jinyi Guard."

Zhang Jin explained.

"Perhaps......"

"I'm getting more and more suspicious......

Zhu Ming laughed at himself after hearing this, but this matter was not a big deal, so he didn't think much about it, shook his head, and then took out a thick fold and read it.

Although the Northern Expeditionary Army has prepared for the grain and grass to be sent to northern Xinjiang, there are still many troubles in the follow-up logistics support, and there are so many messes caused by Luo Congee these days, which need to be dealt with one by one.

If you really want to talk about it, the amount of twists and turns that I have reviewed in this short period of time is almost better than the amount of my father in the previous year, even if I sleep and eat, most of them are solved in this imperial study.

Maybe he can't be regarded as a wise and martial emperor, but he can be the most diligent emperor in the history of Dali......

Zhu Ming had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but gradually his thoughts dissipated, and his mind sank into the stacked folds, and all that remained in the imperial study was the subtle sound of flipping through the paper and the red pen falling on the paper to outline the record.

……

East Detective Factory,

Zhaojiao,

The so-called edict prison does not specifically refer to the prison under the jurisdiction of the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, but the "name of the prison", specifically referring to the prison where prisoners were detained by the emperor's edict.

It is also used to say that the case was tried by the emperor's edict, so after the order, Dongchang also concocted a separate department and manpower while it was hot, and was responsible for guarding Luo Congee, a prisoner.

However, it was originally a newly built yamen on the basis of a government-run textile factory, and there was no original foundation, so the people who had been escorted by Luo Congee simply vacated a warehouse where dyes were originally stacked underground and imprisoned Luo Congee inside.

Of course

As a prisoner,

There is still the treatment that should be there, the inside of the cell is simply paved with straw as a bed for resting, and the outside is also a row of thick wooden sticks inserted horizontally, which is used as a cell door.

As for escaping, or robbing the prison and the like, things like that were not in their consideration at all, after all, everyone present wished that this Qin prisoner would escape, and there would be another righteous and bright reason to suppress Jinyiwei at that time.

"Heavenly card!"

"Take it all!"

"Hahahaha!"

"Give money, give money, give money!"

At the other end of the basement separated by a row of wooden sticks, more than a dozen elite fans of Dongchang are gathered around two spliced tables, playing pai gow, which is extremely lively.

After leaving the palace, the leading eunuchs of this group naturally indulged, not to mention that they had just done a big errand, and they naturally swelled to the extreme.

"Liu stall, I've won so much silver in more than half an hour, I have to treat you to a meal, right?"

Another stall surnamed Wang teased.

"Treat, treat, of course you have to treat!"

After the head of the stall took the silver on the table into his arms, he took out two broken silver the size of soybeans from it, stuffed it into the hands of a subordinate and said, "Go, go, go, go to the drunken fairy building to buy two tables of good wine and good food for this stall, after all, we don't know how long we have to stay in this dungeon where birds don't, we can't always suffer, and we can improve our food." ”

"In addition, that lord was also a beautiful commander earlier, and now he finally came to our East Factory as a guest, so he can't be too stumbling in the end, and he has to let Lord Luo smell it."

"You say, right?"

That Liu stall said and fell on Luo Congee again, yin and yang became weird, he was born as a eunuch in the palace, and he and Jinyiwei have never dealt with it, how can he not be humiliated when he finally seized such an opportunity?

"Hahahaha, what Liu Jiekou said is right!"

"I have to give it to Lord Luo, smell it, after all, this rotten vegetable leaves with gruel is not delicious, you have to smell it, and ...... it."

The voice fell and caused a group of subordinates to laugh, took the silver, looked at the two soybean-sized silver in the palm of his hand, wanted to cry without tears, but he didn't dare to spoil the fun, so he had to run out.

After a short time, the man came back with a few food boxes and two jars of fine wine, and just opened it with a burst of aroma that caused everyone's index fingers to move.

"Lord Luo, look at this big chicken leg, oily and slippery, you look at the polished rice, the grains are full ......"

Liu stall was not polite, even if he tore off a big chicken leg and walked in front of Luo Congee with a bowl of rice, he didn't eat it, just held it up like this, and dangled in front of him.

"Let's eat it,"

"If you want to come, you have to eat enough before leaving......"

Luo Congee was not angry, just stared at the man and smiled.

Calculate the time, Cao Zhengchun should also come.

"Humph!"

"You fuck, it's in the hands of our Dongchang, it's still a question of whether you can get out, but it's a threat to the head of the stall, it's really funny......"

The man was stared at by Luo Congee's death-like gaze, and he didn't have the heart to tease in the end, so he sat back on the stool, drinking wine in a big bowl, and shaved up the rice with chicken legs at the same time.

"Crunch ......"

Just when everyone was eating deliciously,

The planks on the upper floor of the basement were opened,

Cao Zhengchun, who was holding a whisk, stepped in.

"Lord Cao, you're here!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, please sit down, this excellent roast chicken, the small one hasn't moved, it's specially reserved for you......"

After the arrogant and domineering Liu stall saw the person coming clearly, he hurriedly got up, and the half of the chicken leg in his hand fell to the ground without noticing, and he wiped the stool he had just sat on with his cuffs, and waited until it was spotless, and then he spoke diligently.

"Sit, don't sit."

"Our family is here on an errand."

"But you're doing a good job of eating."

"Father-in-law Cao, you are smiling, and the little one is also thinking about improving the food for the big guys......"

The man sneered.

"But according to our family, this person, you just can't eat too much, you have to eat less, people have only one trouble when they are hungry, and there will be countless ...... when they are full."

Cao Zhengchun looked at the man and said.

"What the Overseer said is that the small ones will be taken out and thrown away."

The man did not hesitate at all,

Carrying the food box, he was going to quit.

"No need."

"In comparison."

"This Dore hates those who waste food all the more."

Cao Zhengchun said as he looked at the half of the chicken leg that fell on the ground.

"The Overseer has taught you a lesson!"

"The small understands, the small understands ......"

When the man heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and stuffed the half of the chicken leg sticking to the dirt, gravel and unknown filth into his mouth, chewing and laughing as he could.

"But I don't think you understand......"

Cao Zhengchun looked at the bones he spit out and shook his head.

"Overseer, I ......"

Just when the man leaned over and was about to pick up the bones, Cao Zhengchun's hand was already covered with his heavenly spirit cover, and he couldn't help but clench his five fingers, leaving five deep holes in the person's head, and the brain could be faintly seen.

"Overseer, we ......"

The remaining dozen or so people were frightened when they saw this, and knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy, but Cao Zhengchun ignored it, and with a flick of the dust in his hand, a pure internal force gushed out, only to hear a "bang", and the group was thrown to the wall, the internal organs were shattered, and the seven orifices bled to death.

"Waste of rice!"

"You didn't die unjustly!"

Cao Zhengchun walked to a corpse, reached out and took a grain of rice hanging from the corner of his mouth, put it in front of his eyes, and said with a serious face.

"You two drag these people's bodies out!"

"Remember it all for our family, as long as Your Majesty is not convicted for a day, Lord Luo will still be Lord Luo, if something similar happens, our family will let you go around without food!"

After Cao Zhengchun did all this, he explained to the two henchmen beside him, who hurriedly dragged the corpse out when he heard the sound.

After a cup of tea,

The basement was quiet again,

All the bodies were also carried out by the two.

"Lord Luo, you have suffered."

At this time, Gonggong Cao reined in the momentum of Fang Cai and saluted respectfully.

"Do you want to change the place?"

Cao Zhengchun smelled a pungent smell as he spoke, which was the original rancid smell in the basement mixed with the smell of food and blood, which was extremely unpleasant.

"No need, it's good to smell this bloody smell, and the smell is nothing, in case Your Majesty has a whim one day, you want to come and see it, and you will know that this official is having a ......hard time."

"What's more, this place is still quite clean, there are not so many worries, and it is not as good as outside, every day I am always worried that there are people who want to harm my own officials, so I should give myself two days off, rest, rest, rest......"

Luo Congee lay on the rice straw and smiled indifferently.

"By the way, did Bai Xiaosheng pick it up?"

Luo Congee asked again after refusing.

"Lord Hui, it's been picked up!"

"When our family was dealing with the corpses of those students in the palace, they deliberately sent all the corpses to the East Factory in the name of investigating the case, and now he is waiting outside."

"Well, it's good, call him in, the official has something to explain to him now."

Luo Congee nodded.

"Well, Lord Luo, if you have anything else to say, just explain, then our family will personally guard outside...... There will definitely be no uninteresting people to disturb you. ”

Speaking of which,

Cao Zhengchun bowed and retreated.

Not long after,

"Xiaguan, Bai Xiaosheng!"

"Yes, Lord Luo!"

Bai Xiaosheng, who was dressed as a Dongchang fan, walked in and saluted Luo Congee in the cell.

"Well, sit down."

"I have one more thing to tell you now."

"Sir, you speak!"

"In the past few days, you have been responsible for spreading the news that this official has been detained in Dongchang, so that the world can ...... At least everyone who enters Beijing knows that this official has lost power......"

"Whether you can get out of prison early depends on your performance."

"Lord Luo, what do you mean?"

Bai Xiaosheng asked.

"If I'm not mistaken."

"Moyo has two days left before the big court meeting."

Luo Congee thought for a moment before speaking.

"Yes,"

"My lord, your release from prison has something to do with the court?"

Bai Xiaosheng was puzzled.

"According to my book of leaving the law firm, Fan Jingsi, the nine grades of civil and military ministry have been on the list, every Shuo, looking at the court; The five products have been enshrined in the official, the staff of the foreign Lang, the superintendent of the imperial history, the doctor of Taichang, and the daily pilgrimage; And on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all the above-mentioned Beijing officials have to enter the court, recount their posts, report, and participate in the court. ”

Luo Congee looked at Bai Xiaosheng and continued.

"You say, on that day, thousands of officials in Beijing knelt on the ground together, the mountains shouted a tsunami, and their mouths shouted, not long live, but begging, Your Majesty will kill one person, what kind of scene will it be?"

Luo Congee looked at Bai Xiaosheng with a faint gaze.

"Guess what Your Majesty thinks?"

"This ......"

Bai Xiaosheng reacted instantly after hearing this, and that scene also subconsciously appeared in his mind, only to feel that a cool air rose from the soles of his feet and rushed directly into the Tianling Gai.

(End of chapter)