After coming out of Jiang's mansion,

All the officials are secretly thinking about the possibility of this matter, after all, those who can be officials these years are all people with active minds, regardless of the official position for the time being, no one is stupid in terms of brains alone.

"When, when, when......"

"Luo porridge Luo porridge, kill the thief and cook porridge ......"

"Chop off the head and boil the porridge with meat......"

As soon as the group left the mansion and walked to the end of the long street, they ran into a group of ragged beggars begging along the street, the leader of which was about thirteen or fourteen years old, who was tapping the edge of the broken bowl with chopsticks to attract the attention of passers-by, and humming a strange nursery rhyme.

This is the way most beggars in the world beg, after all, it is extremely difficult to attract the attention of passers-by by sitting in place, so most of them will hum a few songs, and occasionally there are some obscene words, and those with craftsmanship will also wear allegro, but they will not be hungry.

"Boy, who is the man you sing in this song?"

An official who was close enough to hear it clearly, stretched out his hand to stop the beggar in the lead, and asked.

"Master, what did you say?"

The beggar tilted his head and pretended not to hear clearly, but his hand did raise the broken bowl very naturally, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Get it, get it!"

Seeing this, the official didn't understand anything, and impatiently took out a piece of broken silver the size of a fingernail from his cuff and threw it into the broken bowl.

"Dog thief Luo porridge!"

The beggar looked at the white silver and carefully put away his hand, and suddenly recalled what the man asked, and replied with a smile.

"That Luo porridge?"

The official raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and leaned closer again and grabbed the little beggar's cuff and said in a deep voice.

"Is there still that Luo porridge in the capital?"

"Isn't it just the jailed dog's legs?"

The little beggar didn't dodge his gaze, but looked directly at the man and asked with a strange look in his eyes.

"You're not afraid to call him by his name like that?"

The official looked at the beggar around him like a fool, and continued to ask.

"Afraid of what?"

"No, he's already in prison."

"Can you still get out of the prison and eat us?"

"You're really weird."

When the little beggar had finished collecting the money,

Seeing that there was no benefit, he planned to leave.

"Wait, tell me about it!"

While talking,

An official in the back was also interested, and his shot was much more generous than the previous person, only to hear a "clang", and a silver ingot and two taels fell into the broken bowl impartially.

"Master, you are arrogant!"

"The little one said that if the Jinyiwei in the early years was a rat crossing the street and everyone shouted and beat it, then Jinyiwei didn't dare to go up the street at this time."

"When the little one was begging over there in the morning, I also saw it, all of them were squatting in the guardhouse, and there were a few Dongchang fans sitting outside at the door, but they still didn't dare to let go of a fart!"

"Take a closer look, where are they still in the capital?"

"We lowly beggars also smelled this sign, so pick up some of the big guys' favorite to listen to, make up a tune, and make some fun money......"

The little beggar pointed to the busy market and smiled.

"Master, I haven't seen a brocade ......guard until now when I entered Beijing," the official's eyes fell suspiciously to the house slave beside him, and the latter bowed and replied.

"So, the news of Shangjing has spread?"

The officer pondered.

"Master. If you have free time today, you might as well go to the streets and alleys to take a look, this matter has already been reported, and it can't be faked, now, just wait for the Dongchang Yamen to find out and cut off the head of the dog thief......"

"Well, go ahead."

The official waved his hand.

"That's okay, sir, you go on shopping......"

"Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell ......"

"Luo porridge Luo porridge, kill the head and cook porridge ......"

"Chop off the head and boil the porridge with meat......"

After all, Luo Congee has a lot of enemies in Shangjing, and the cursing song has dropped a lot of copper coins from passers-by, and those beggars are also humming harder.

"Lord Zhao, what do you think?"

The official who spoke first asked.

"Let's wait, if there are no waves in the past few days, then it depends on Lord Jiang's wishes, anyway, we will be an add-on......"

"So many people are waiting for that dog thief to die, so you have to take advantage of the situation."

Everyone looked at the group of little beggars who were frolicking and shouting and leaving, all thoughtfully, bowing their heads and thinking about something, and the balance in their hearts was inexplicably tilted a lot.

Not far away,

And I saw an open-air stage,

Several actors above are singing a big drama on stage.

"Oh, dog thief, look at the knife!"

With a knife in his hand, he drank and slashed at the actor who wore a placket, wide sleeves, and a python-patterned robe, and it was not difficult to guess that it was the dog thief Luo porridge.

And under the stage, there were all the people in Wuyang, and there were seven or eight Dongchang Fanzi wearing pointed hats, soap boots, brown shirts, and small tapestry, and found a bench while knocking melon seeds and listening with great interest.

"Don't behead, wronged......"

I saw that the actor wearing an imitation opera python robe was rolling on the ground lazy donkey, and he was able to avoid it, and he shouted wronged, and it was very funny to look at it.

"What kind of face do you have?"

The actor with the big knife shouted.

"This knife."

"Kill you recklessly!"

"Two beheadings, you are brutal and unkind!"

"Three beheadings, you deceive the king!

……

"Don't argue ......"

"And tie that dog thief to the court......"

The actor with the big knife shouted loudly, and two actors who were most of the servants took out the person who played Luo Congee and fell to his knees.

"Oh, dog thief, take your life!"

As the man shouted, the big knife in his hand also fell suddenly, and the actor who played Luo Congee fell to the ground after wailing, and a rattan paper paste head fell.

"Good, good, good!"

When the dummy head rolled to the ground, it attracted applause, and even the Dongchang fanzi, who had always picked the door, also took out a few corners of broken silver from his pocket and threw it on, and the onlookers were not stingy with the copper plate in their pockets, and for a time the copper coins on the stage fell like rain.

Seeing this, the balance in the hearts of the officials tilted again, after the thief was imprisoned, in just one day, whether it was the opera of Goolan Washe Restaurant, it was like this,

It is said that the direction of the wind in the market best reflects the situation before the storm comes, and the current situation has become too clear.

……

On the eve of the pilgrimage,

Jiang's mansion is still brightly lit,

Counting the guests who have been feasting for three days in a row,

This matter is already well known in Shangjing.

"Isn't Master Li still not coming?"

Jiang Ziming looked at the porter beside him and asked.

"Master, this invitation has been sent three times, the first two times I didn't see anyone, this time, when I went, I heard the porter in his house say that he contracted the wind cold......"

The porter, who had just returned, replied.

"Hmph,"

"This old fox is sleek and tight!"

"That's it, ignore him, let's have a feast!"

Speaking of which,

Jiang Ziming waved his sleeves and walked to the main seat, the process was the same as before, but there was nothing to say, but the officials who came this time were a little more determined in their eyes, and agreed without a little hesitation.

"Hoo ......"

"Success or failure is tomorrow."

After Jiang Ziming sent off the last group of officials, he stood on top of the attic, looking at the busy Shangjing City and muttered to himself.

There were more than 1,200 officials who entered Beijing this time, and most of them came, and the rest of them could only go with the flow under the general trend, but there was nothing to worry about.

Li Fu,

"Alas......"

"In the end, they are blinded by hatred."

Li Zhijie sat alone in the courtyard drinking and drinking, and couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the scene in the capital in the past few days.

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

"If you have to do this, the old man can't stop it, and let's see how you can eat the consequences......"

Li Zhijie drank the last drop of wine in the cup and shouted to the outside world: "Come on!" ”

"Sir, what do you command?"

Moments later,

A loyal servant asked, kneeling on the ground.

"I sent someone to hand a note to the palace, saying that the old man was seriously ill with typhoid fever and bedridden, and he couldn't go to court in the past few days......"

"In addition, I went to the pharmacy to buy a few pairs of medicines for wind and cold, and I had to make a full set for acting."

Speaking of which,

Li Zhijie walked straight to the back room.

"Bang ......"

The wooden door is closed,

What does he have to do with the old man in the wind and rain all over the city?

Let's wait for the clouds to open the sun, and see the blue sky before going out of this door!

……

Three minutes of the sub-hour,

East Detective Factory,

Door

"My lord, do you really want to send them all?"

"I've sent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver two days ago, but I haven't heard a single splash, the appetite of these Dongchang fans is really too big......"

The butler beside him said indignantly.

"Hoo ......"

"As long as the thief can die,"

"What is this outside of the body?

Xie Wenxue, the head of the household, smiled and said with a smile, I have heard the direction of the wind in the capital in the past few days, but I have other plans, and I have to take more insurance.

"Let's go inside."

"No matter how big their appetite is, come to think of it, the rest of my Xie family's family for hundreds of years can still break their belly!"

Xie Wenwen waved his hand, and two of his servants followed him with a heavy box, which was not a silver tael, but a stack of silver tickets.

"Just wait for the thief to die, and the daughter will come back after ......"

Xie Wenwen thought about it and strode towards the door.

Half an hour later,

Cao Zhengchun, the superintendent of Dongchang, personally sent people out, and looking at the appearance of the happy conversation, it was obvious that the specific regulations had been set inside.

"Then there will be the Lord of Lawo!"

Xie Wenwen looked at Cao Zhengchun and bowed.

"Don't worry, Xie Shilang."

Cao Zhengchun didn't support it and replied with a smile,

"This silver right should be life money."

Cao Zhengchun responded with a smile.

"Hoo ......"

"Then the lower official will thank you first!"

Speaking of which,

Xie Wenwen retired and left.

Zhao Prison;

After Xie Wenxue left,

Cao Zhengchun personally carried the wooden box to Luo Congee.

"Bang ......"

The wooden box is opened,

In the faint candlelight, the amount printed on the front was still painful, nothing more than anything else, and roughly speaking, it was no less than millions of taels.

"Lord Luo, look?"

Cao Zhengchun looked at the amount on the silver ticket and didn't have much excitement, and still looked as usual.

"The Saga gate valve is so wide?"

Luo Congee casually picked up a stack of 10,000 taels of silver tickets and said with a smile, you must know that this is only a part of it, and the big head is still in the mansion blocked by the yamen.

"Lord Luo, do you think it's like this?"

"Let's give it to Your Majesty."

Luo Congee thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice.

"Lord Luo, what do you mean?"

"For now, Dongchang still needs His Majesty's absolute trust, for this bit of silver, if it is poked out and causes estrangement, it is not worth it."

"What's more, although Your Majesty is used to being poor, he also knows the priorities, and he may not really eat this silver, and maybe it will end up in the hands of Dongchang."

Luo Congee casually threw the stack of silver tickets back into the box.

"After all, it won't be long before the official will be released from prison, and if you want to clamp down on Jinyiwei, you also need a large amount of silver for expenses."

"In this way, it will be according to Lord Luo's wishes."

Cao Zhengchun nodded when he heard this, and then closed the wooden box.

"By the way, what is the situation of the Northern Expedition now?" Luo Congee lay on his hands as pillows and muttered, after all, the Northern Expedition is directly related to himself and His Majesty's layer of window paper, how long will it take to pierce it.

"The Northern Expedition army has now reached Mobei County, and there are still 1,000 miles away from Yuyang County, and according to the daily footsteps of the rapid march of eighty miles, Moyo will be able to reach the north in thirteen or fourteen days."

Cao Zhengchun thought for a moment and then responded, this is what he heard in the imperial study, and they are all excerpts sent by the army, which are more accurate than Jinyiwei's informants.

"Hurry the march?"

"How do you deal with the weight of grain and grass?"

Luo Congee frowned slightly when he heard this, an ordinary army traveling fifty miles a day is already considered good, and traveling eighty miles a day is an elite division in the army is also a little unbearable.

"My lord, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, Your Majesty also knows this, the first batch of grain and grass for this Northern Expedition was raised in the prefectures and counties close to northern Xinjiang, and it should have been sent to the capital of Yuyang County in the calculation of the day, and Mo Yue can support the army for about half a month."

"The second batch of grain and grass, Mo Yo can be delivered in three or two days, and as for the third batch of food and military salaries, they have also been raised under the running of Na Xie Shilang."

Cao Zhengchun said in detail.

"According to General Xu's calm temperament, plus sufficient grain and grass to come to the Northern Expedition, there is no need to worry, we have to step up the arrangement, otherwise when the army returns to the court, we will be in trouble here......"

"Not necessarily."

Luo Congee shook his head when he heard the sound and said.

"I've also heard of General Xu's name, but don't underestimate those feudal officials, after all, they have been operating in the local area for decades, and the collusion between the top and bottom has long been as unbreakable as an iron bucket."

Luo Congee recalled the words of the Ministry of War Shangshu Mansion that day and continued: "What's more, they are even more anxious than us, after all, when the northern Xinjiang settles down, they are the first people to die, and when the army arrives, the matter of raising the self-respect of the Kou can not be hidden. ”

"In comparison, the 10,000 people killed by this official are not enough to see......"

"However, the troops of the Northern Expedition are all drawn from the rest of the people, and they have nothing to do with those officials in the northern Xinjiang, and General Xu is also from the south, and he has nothing to do with it, how can they ......?"

Cao Zhengchun said suspiciously.

"Then Gonggong Cao, you still underestimated their courage, for the silver of the imperial court, pulled the infantry to the open area to fight against the cavalry of the Yan people, and across more than a thousand miles, they dared to stretch out their hands to the land of Gyeonggi to besiege and kill Luo Cripple, they were in a hurry, they were afraid that they would be able to poke a hole in the sky."

"I'm afraid there's nothing in the world that they can't do, so let's take a look...... See how they cope......"

"Anyway, this official is definitely not optimistic about the Northern Expedition."

Luo Congee looked at Cao Zhengchun and said firmly.

"Forget it, for the time being, I don't want to do so much."

"The official is still taking advantage of the good rest in the past few days, and after the court meeting tomorrow, it won't be long before the official will be released from prison, and there are still things to do......"

After saying that, Luo Congee waved his hand, and Cao Zhengchun saw this, carrying the box and leaving, and silently retreated.

……

Following

Yinshi,

Suzaku Street,

At this time, the sky is not yet clear.

The long street was already full of officials from the court, and all the civil and military officials were carrying lanterns and torches for lighting, like a fire dragon in this night, and the general trend would not be delayed because of one person.

The officials at the front could still vaguely see the remaining blood stains on the palace wall, which were the traces left by the dog thief's murder a few days ago, blood into the masonry and water.

Even Jiang Ziming, the leader of the group, felt a little shocked when he saw it, but he turned his head to look at the thousands of like-minded colleagues behind him, and he was inexplicably relieved.

Before entering the palace gate, Jiang Ziming's hand was put into his sleeve and pinched, feeling the weight of the paper, his mind was settled, and he walked towards the palace with his head up.

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

After the tee drum sounds,

The civil and military officials entered the palace from the left and right,

Looking down from the high platform, the dense crowd was like ants, and when you counted it carefully, there were more than 1,600 people, and in addition to the more than 400 people who had participated in the original five-grade Japanese and Japanese courts, more than 1,200 low-grade officials were added.

And the main hall can only accommodate hundreds of people, after all, they have to maintain a relative distance, and the prestige of the main hall, so most of the low-ranking officials can only wait outside the main hall.

"This is my courtier!"

Zhu Ming sat on the dragon chair and looked at the officials who entered in an orderly manner, and sighed secretly in his heart, as Li Zhijie said, the eyes of the civil and military officials in the past few days have been on Luo Congee, so the court meeting in the past two days has been extremely smooth, and it has also allowed him to really experience the majesty that an emperor should have.

"Hoo ......"

Zhu Ming looked up at the courtiers who had already lined up and stood in line, and the officials outside the main hall took a deep breath, his heart was inexplicably surging, after all, not long ago, he was just a puppet still controlled by that woman, but now he was really the supreme king of this great separation dynasty.

"If you have something to do, you have nothing to do!"

After the officials of Honglu Temple came out to sing first, the early dynasty was officially started, but the atmosphere above the main hall was inexplicably a little depressed compared to the previous two days, and they all knew why they came today, and looked up at Zhu Ming, who had begun to take shape on the dragon chair, and no one dared to take the lead in speaking.

"The minister has his own music!"

Jiang Ziming looked around, saw that everyone was looking at him, and knew that it was not the time to postpone, so he gritted his teeth and walked out of the ranks and shouted.

"Aiqing, please speak!"

"Please take a look at it first!"

Speaking of which,

Jiang Ziming handed over a thick fold in his hand, and thousands of words were sprinkled on it, detailing the hundreds of charges of Luo Congee.

For this excerpt, many of the imperial histories of the Imperial Court have used all the crimes they have learned all their lives and can think of, and they have all been added after distorting and arranging.

"Master Jiang, what do you mean by this?"

After reading it, Zhu Ming silently closed the fold, changed the title, and his tone was cold.

"Your Majesty, this is the minister's impeachment of one hundred and twenty-eight counts against Luo Congee, of which ......"

"I hope Your Majesty will deal with it according to the law!"

Jiang Ziming knelt down in the tunnel.

Zhu Ming just stared at Jiang Ziming coldly and didn't speak.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still has something for His Majesty to check, this is a petition written by the minister and all the adults, and please take a look at it!"

Jiang Ziming saw that Zhu Ming was unmoved, and there was not much surprise, but took out a piece of rice paper full of names from his arms and handed it to the eunuch on the side.

"This ......"

Zhu Ming looked at the dense names on the rice paper and his eyes narrowed slightly, although he had long expected that they would not give up on the loss of their heirs, but he never expected to be able to do this.

"Isn't it okay to wait until the Northern Expeditionary Army arrives in Northern Xinjiang to discuss this matter?"

At this time, Zhu Ming's face was already pale, and he looked at Jiang Ziming, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked out loud, and he had already retreated a lot between his words.

"Your Majesty, that dog thief will not die for a day."

"The minister is restless for a day!"

"The old minister begged Your Majesty to kill the national thief Luo Congee!"

Jiang Ziming didn't look at Zhu Ming, who was pale, but knocked his head on the ground.

"The ministers beg Your Majesty to kill the national thief Luo Congee!"

"The ministers beg Your Majesty to kill the national thief Luo Congee!"

"The ministers beg Your Majesty to kill the national thief Luo Congee!"

Hundreds of courtiers glanced at each other, and at this time they all knelt on the ground and shouted, and those low-ranking officials outside the main hall also knelt down in the same way, and shouted in the voice coming from in front of them.

The sound is also gradually aligned.

More than 1,600 people shouted, and the sound surged towards the high platform like a monstrous wave, layer upon layer, and the tone became higher and higher.

On the dragon chair,

Zhu Ming was alone, like a flat boat in the sound of the mountain and tsunami, and it was possible to capsize at any time, and only then did he truly realize what a huge threat the courtiers and the king were.

"Kill the national thief Luo Congee!"

In the last great imperial city,

Only one voice remained.

Zhu Ming just listened in a daze, if he remembered correctly, even when he ascended the throne, he had never heard such neat bowing and shouting from hundreds of civil and military officials, and now he was indeed persecuting himself so much in order to kill a person.

"Ridiculous, ridiculous......"

"Shouldn't I be made of mud?"

Zhu Ming looked at the official at the bottom of the long stairs and laughed at himself, his fingers grabbed the armrest of the dragon chair with such force that the knuckles were already white, and there were green tendons on his arms.

"Cao Zhengchun, where is it?"

Zhu Ming said coldly.

"Old slave, here!"

"I order you to immediately investigate the case of Guozijian!"

"Remember, close the case as soon as possible, if there is a wronged person, you must not wrong......"

Zhu Ming said sharply.

"Your Majesty!"

Jiang Ziming raised his head and spoke again.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty?"

Zhu Ming got up and tore the ball of paper with the names of the officials written on it into shreds and spilled it out.

"How can there ever be such a majesty as me in your eyes?"

Zhu Ming walked up to Jiang Ziming and asked word by word in front of the scattered confetti, who was silent.

"One by one, they are persecuted to me?"

"You are all going to rebel!"

Zhu Ming turned to look at the courtiers and shouted.

The voice fell, and no one answered,

fell to the ground, but no one dared to contradict the angry Son of Heaven.

"I'm a little tired."

"Today's court meeting is over......"

After a loss of voice and exhaustion,

Zhu Ming sat on the steps under the dragon chair with disappointment, and it was only then that he realized the other meaning of the lonely family in his father's mouth.

"Why are you still stunned?"

"Get out of here!"

"Old minister, retire!"

Jiang Ziming looked at Zhu Ming, whose face was extremely hideous, gritted his teeth and said, in the end, he didn't dare to continue to persecute, and the civil and military officials also bowed their heads and retreated silently.

Zhu Ming walked outside the hall and watched the courtiers out of the palace, and after everyone left, he sat on the white marble steps in despair, and the impact of today's incident on him was better than the scene where Luo Congee brazenly drew his sword on the court.

Because

One is to ignore the etiquette and humility of the upper and lower levels,

The other is a blatant contempt for imperial power.

In between,

Which is more important?

"Heh~"

Zhu Ming sighed dejectedly,

This sitting is a few hours,

When dusk comes,

Outside the palace gate, there was the sound of iron horses stepping on the ground, and when I got closer, I could see clearly the person's outfit and the flag on his back, which was the information sent urgently from the northern Xinjiang for 800 miles.

"Your Majesty, the Northern Expedition ...... grain and grass"

(End of chapter)