Emperor Wanli's words did not make the officials present feel a little embarrassed, but secretly pouted! Because blaming Emperor Wanli is a politically correct thing! Blaming him for all kinds of faults and urging him to correct them is what these civil officials are most willing to do, and it will give them a great sense of superiority!

But today, their sense of superiority was torn to pieces by Emperor Wanli, and the last fig leaf was completely lifted, which made them feel extremely uncomfortable! But what else can they say at this point? can only listen to the scolding. It's a big deal to get it back later, after all, it's a long time coming!

However, they also heard that Emperor Wanli probably just wanted to take this opportunity to vent, and there might not be substantial punishment. Because if he really wants to deal with them, he can just ask Jinyiwei to arrest people, and there is no need to babble and curse here.

So at this point, they have settled down. After all, if you are caught, you may lose your head, and being scolded will only lose face. And you can get back the lost face in the future! Therefore, the officials, including Shen Shixing, felt a lot more relaxed. Now the problem they face is how to retreat with dignity!

But Shen Shixing and a few people made thousands of calculations, but they forgot one thing! That is, the civil officials have had a good life over the years, and they have already developed a self-respecting character! And some people want to go crazy if they want to be promoted and make a fortune!

And the current situation is the best opportunity for some of them. Now Emperor Wanli is constantly humiliating hundreds of officials, as long as he stops this matter, all officials will admit their favors! And he also showed his style in front of the world!

Therefore, a director of the Ministry of Rites actually stood up and interrupted Emperor Wanli's words and said loudly, "Your Majesty, what happened today in the military department and the household department really shouldn't be. But it's just a few people's doing, not everyone! Moreover, for the sake of selfish interests, these people naturally try their best to hide it in front of others, so it is normal for Shangguan not to know! But His Majesty scolded him like this. It's a loss of kindness!"

When Shen Shixing and the others heard this, they couldn't wait to turn around and strangle him to death! And a few of them have a bad premonition, thinking that someone will follow suit soon! Sure enough, as soon as the man's voice fell, another person stood up and said, "Your Majesty. Even though there was a mistake on the issue of the ownership of the 20,000 new troops, there was no reason to let the brocade guards guard the city gate! When I founded the country with Taizu, I had already set the rules for the rule of officials and officials, and there was no reason to hold the nine gates in the hands of one yamen. It's a no-no!"

Shen Shixing knew that the matter could not be stopped, and there would definitely be more people with unclear minds who stood up. So he simply fell on his knees and pressed his forehead to the ground, as if he couldn't hear! I thought to myself, it's a good thing that such a fool dies a few more times anyway!

Sure enough, after the two men spoke, several more people stood up and echoed the two men. However, what relieved Shen Shixing was that there were not many people who stood up after listening to the voice, only three people. It seems that there are still relatively few fools among the civil servants.

And the interrupted Emperor Wanli kept looking at these people with strange eyes. When they were finished, he received, "Confession! Take them down, court!"

But when these five people heard that they were going to be beaten, they were not only not nervous, but a little excited! One by one, they began to shout loudly, such as "the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan", "Your Majesty must not act arbitrarily and block the way of speech" and so on.

Not long after, these five people were dragged by the Jinyi guard in front of Emperor Wanli's guard of honor. At this time, these people were still in a posture of preferring to die, and they didn't bow down even though the brocade guards tried their best to appease their necks!

Seeing this, Emperor Wanli smiled and said, "I didn't know that this dynasty actually issued such a few strong orders, and I really didn't see it before!"

One of the five who spoke first said loudly, "Your Majesty must know that the mouth of the people is better than the mouth of the people. Your Majesty should be humble and brave enough to accept advice!"

Emperor Wanli almost laughed out loud when he heard his words! But if these people get closer, they will find that his smile is extremely hideous! At this time, I heard Emperor Wanli say slowly: "Okay, let you wait for death to understand, and I will explain it to you!"

Hearing Emperor Wanli say the word "death", Shen Shixing and the others were nervous! And the five officials didn't care at all. Maybe they think

This should just be a normal rhetorical device! After all, when I used to toss the people below, I would often say that let the other party die and understand! At the same time, the eagerness of the court battle also made them lose their basic judgment!

I saw Emperor Wanli change his posture to make himself sit more comfortably, and then said slowly, "You say that I don't have the demeanor of a benevolent monarch, and I keep blaming people. Do you know how much 20,000 people are paid a year? Do you know how closely the military department stares at the Fengtai battalion? In this case, they didn't know that the newly recruited 20,000 people belonged to Jinyiwei, but let the chaos come from below! It's not a question of ability, it's a matter of attitude!"

Then Emperor Wanli looked at the second person and said, "As for the problem of violating the system that you mentioned, I think you have come to a conclusion without looking at the actual situation at all. If you investigate, you'll know that the people guarding the gate here and there haven't been transferred at all, but just an extra team of brocade guards to assist in the defense!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli leaned back heavily and said loudly, "As long as I do something, you will make mistakes, this is not right, that is not right! In the past, I listened to you and tried to correct it, but now I have found out that you are doing things without investigating and drawing conclusions. Are you doing things with your imagination? Accusing me with something imaginary? Or are you desperate to become famous? In that case, I will fulfill you! Don't you want to fight? I'll give it to you! Come on, drag it down to the court!"

These five people weren't angry at all when they heard Emperor Wanli reprimand them, because they didn't even think about whether they could speak accurately! Anyway, in the past, they only had to stand on the commanding heights and accuse others, and they didn't have to think about whether it was right or not!

But things are different when facing the emperor, and there is a price to pay for saying the wrong thing, especially at this special time today!

When the loopholes in their words were pointed out by Emperor Wanli, they were very frustrated! It's not because I'm ashamed, but I feel that the court battle is about to fly, and I can't be famous in the world! For a while, they felt that *** Houlu was far away from them. I even feel sorry for it!