The Nine Emperors never expected that when he came, his second brother still swore a poisonous oath to advance and retreat with him, even if he was pushed out of the noon gate and beheaded to show the public, he would try his best to protect He Jiong, the head of the household department, but the second prince turned against the water in less than two sentences.

The second prince was so fast and so resolute, which surprised the Nine Emperors, but he was not stupid, he knew that he had to quickly draw a line with He Jiong at this time, otherwise he would suffer a disaster.

"Father, you misunderstood, the sons of the ministers convened the ministers in order to uncover the true face of He Jiong's thief, and to show everyone in public, no matter who it is, as long as he dares to fill his own pockets and neglect his duties, the sons and daughters will also bring him to justice."

"He Jiong, what else do you have to say?"

The Nine Emperor Princes angrily scolded He Jiong and asked.

He Jiong's face was completely paralyzed on the ground, and even his last life-saving straw finally abandoned him ruthlessly, he knew that he had completely lost hope.

"The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life, the minister is confused for a while, and the minister is confused for a while......"

"Come on, push He Jiong out of the noon gate and behead the public, and his clan will be decided!" Zhu Zhixiong said with an unquestionable order.

Looking at He Jiong who was dragged out, the Nine Emperor Princes and the Second Prince were lying on the ground tightly, they were lucky, because He Jiong at least did not confess them, and his father did not pursue them, otherwise, the two of them would have been able to escape.

Maintaining the relationship between the party and the henchmen is nothing more than the exchange of interests between each other, and if you dig deeper, there are a few more people who can run.

All of a sudden, the needle drop in the Golden Temple could be heard, everyone was in danger, and everyone's face was as gray as ashes.

Zhu Zhixiong sat on the dragon chair, staring at the ministers coldly, and the ministers, the second prince, and the ninth prince lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.

And just like that, time passed bit by bit.

When the heavy footsteps sounded, everyone secretly looked with their peripheral vision, only to see Zhu Yuanjie and Chen Hu striding into the Golden Palace.

At that moment, everyone's hearts were suspended, especially when they saw the evil smile on the corner of Chen Hu's mouth, everyone's hearts couldn't help but be furious.

"See Father."

"I've seen my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"You two get up, things are done?" Zhu Zhixiong waved his hand and asked.

"Back to my father, I have done a good job, this time I copied He Jiong's mansion, a total of 25.49 million taels of silver, 1.3 million taels of gold, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, and antique treasures are still being counted, but Erchen estimates that the minimum value is hundreds of millions of taels of silver, which does not include the real estate title deeds confiscated from He Shangshu's mansion." Zhu Yuanjie bowed and replied.

"Okay, I really didn't expect that one of my household books was actually richer than me, and he copied him, I haven't eaten or drunk for two years, I really opened my eyes."

Zhu Zhixiong said angrily, then his eyes fell on Chen Hu and asked, "Chen Hu, tell me your opinion." ”

"The last general thinks that corruption is a cancer on the foundation of the country, there are definitely not one or two people like He Shangshu in the court, there are definitely still many people, the minister has already obtained He Shangshu's account book, and the minister will find out all of them one by one, and then copy them all one by one." Chen Hu was cold and said with a bit of murderous aura.

Everyone was so frightened that some people couldn't help but sit on the ground.

Zhu Zhixiong frowned, I had already given Chen Hu a hint, why didn't he understand?

I beheaded He Jiong first, didn't I just tell him that this matter should not be investigated in depth until now, in case of a group of troubles and vice versa, the situation in the court will inevitably be greatly hit, even if you want to clean up the court, you must come step by step, and you can't be in a hurry.

And just when Zhu Zhixiong was in trouble, Zhu Yuanjie stood up and said, "Father, Erchen thinks that He Shangshu is just an example, according to the evidence checked, a large part of the property he obtained comes from the benefits of Qi State, and now is the time when the country is in danger, it is better to open the net, after all, many ministers may just be confused for a while, Erchen seems to be better than giving everyone a chance to reform themselves, as long as everyone is willing to give everyone a chance to get through this difficulty, it can be regarded as a meritorious achievement, and the merit is offset, Erchen believes that after this warning, everyone will keep it in mind, as the so-called knowing mistakes can improve greatly. ”

Zhu Zhixiong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed in his heart, it turned out that these two people were singing a double reed to me here, and he didn't know his son Zhu Yuanjie, if there was no one behind his back, he could say such things.

Zhu Zhixiong secretly praised Chen Hu and understood what Chen Hu meant, the wicked Chen Hu will do it, and the good prince will do it.

Monarchs and ministers are concentric, and their profits are golden.

Looking at their tacit cooperation, Zhu Zhixiong was pleased.

At that time, some of the ministers immediately stood up and echoed, "Your Majesty, the ministers feel that what the prince said is extremely true, and people are not saints and sages. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"Seconded."

Although the ministers will not be truly grateful for this matter and fall to the prince, it undoubtedly releases a signal that although Chen Hu is ruthless, he will obey the prince's words, and the prince has a benevolent heart, he will not kill them all, and he will not settle accounts after the autumn, so that some wall grasses will have a rebellious heart, and they will not be so loyal to the Nine Emperors and the Second Prince.

It can also be said that today's scene is Chen Hu's plan to divide the second prince and the ninth prince who were originally going to be together, and the two princes who were originally the second prince and the nine princes are the first to look forward.

This is the same as Chen Hu cleaning up Qi Jingyi, when the ministers were suppressed and had no power to fight back, he was giving them hope, so that they were subconsciously grateful to the prince, and in the future, if the prince ascended the throne, if the second prince and the ninth prince had a backbone, a large part of the people would watch the fire from across the shore and would not really contribute.

Because Chen Hu already had a premonition that the situation was becoming more and more complicated, Zhu Zhixiong was likely to fulfill his lifelong wish before he died, that is, to get back the dragon tooth pass that belonged to the Ming Kingdom.

Once this obsession makes him unable to turn a blind eye, even if he knows that it is wrong, he will take risks.

You must know that Zhu Zhixiong was originally an ambitious king, but when he was forced to show his ambitions, he also let the powerful Ming Kingdom go downhill and lost the crucial Dragon Tooth Pass, and moreover, it was also because of the Dragon Tooth Pass, his best brother Chen Aotian was buried here, so even if he knew that it was a trap for the Qi people, he would drill into it.

Therefore, Chen Hu must have to prepare for the future, he must not watch because of Qi Guo's treacherous schemes, and in the end, Ming Guo also lost the Yanmen Pass, if that is the case, even if he has the ability to do so, there is nowhere to show it.

And if Chen Hu leads the troops to Yanmen Pass, then in case Zhu Zhixiong, who is unfortunate at this time, does not hold on, and the prince is alone in the imperial capital, he will not be able to reach the whip at that time, so everything must be fully prepared, leaving room and back hands to be foolproof.