Chapter 12: Killing the Chicken and Setting an Example for the Monkey

In the Yong'an Palace, with the sound of drum music, surrounded by a group of eunuchs, the crown prince Zhu Jingyuan slowly ascended to the palace.

After all, the crown prince is only the prince, so of course the throne cannot be sitting, so another position is set up in front of the throne.

At this moment, Zhu Jingyuan is dressed almost the same as Zhu Jinghong, but the wings of the Yishan crown are crowned with gold edges, indicating the difference between the prince and the prince.

"Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose ......"

"Up!"

After the salute was completed, the courtiers stood solemnly, waiting for Zhu Jingyuan's lecture.

"Ministers, I summoned you here today for money and food......

"The Japanese invaders disturbed the ancestral mausoleum, and His Majesty was furious and ordered severe punishment, and he must be uprooted......"

"The army did not move the grain and grass first, but the money and grain of the prefectures and counties ......"

Zhu Jingyuan's words were nothing new, which made the officials present drowsy, and they had heard these words several times.

Standing among the courtiers, Gao Shuyan also felt helpless, this prince really couldn't grasp the focus!

Blind admonition without substantive punishment will only make the magistrate despise it, and it will often be more difficult to deal with the things that are explained.

"Thirteenth Master, you better come out quickly!" Gao Shuyan shouted in his heart.

In fact, Zhu Jinghong was behind the throne, and he was speechless at the moment.

After straightening the scarf and hat, Zhu Jinghong flicked his sleeves and walked around the throne to the front of the palace.

The hundred officials were listening respectfully to the instructions, but they saw Zhu Jinghong swaggering out, and they were all very surprised.

Zhu Jingyuan stopped, looked at Zhu Jinghong and asked, "Why did you come out at this time?" ”

In the ears of others, I only thought that the prince was blaming Zhu Jinghong and told him that he should not come out to make trouble during the deliberations.

In the face of nearly 100 official notes, Zhu Jinghong was not timid, and replied with a smile: "Fourth brother, I am bored to stay alone, so I came here to take a look and listen to how the fourth brother manages politics!" ”

Zhu Jingyuan nodded: "Then you stand beside Gao Qing and don't walk around!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Jinghong went to Gao Shuyan's side, while Zhu Jingyuan continued to talk eloquently.

Those useless nonsense exposed Zhu Jingyuan's weakness, and the more he listened to it, the more Zhu Jinghong couldn't stand it.

"Presumptuous ......"

Suddenly, Zhu Jinghong's loud shouting shook everyone in the hall.

Everyone's eyes focused on Zhu Jinghong.

"What are you two doing?"

I saw Zhu Jinghong turn around and stare at the two officials with cold eyes, which made the place stunned inexplicably.

Seeing that the two didn't speak, Zhu Jinghong directly lined up the few people in front of him and came to the two people who were caught by him.

"I'm asking you, didn't you hear?" Zhu Jinghong's tone became more and more aggressive.

Although he has not yet been officially crowned king, as the concubine of the current emperor, such a stern question naturally makes people tremble.

After all, the identity gap is too big, not to mention that Zhu Jinghong is still so loud.

Everyone was shocked in place, and the crown prince Zhu Jingyuan was no exception, his immediate reaction was still a little worse.

One of the officials calmed down and forced himself to calm down and asked: "The two ministers are listening to the prince's instructions, I don't know what the thirteenth master means!" ”

These words made everyone's doubts, and they all thought that Zhu Jinghong was unreasonable.

I only heard one person next to me speak: "Thirteenth Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is giving a lecture, and you are disturbing for no reason...... I'm afraid it's not appropriate! ”

Zhu Jinghong was about to get angry, but he didn't expect anyone to dare to accuse him, so he looked back.

"Who are you?"

"Chen Jinling patrol according to the imperial history of Zhao Xuyan!"

According to the imperial history of the capital, he has the power to supervise and supervise a province, although he is only a five-grade official, but his words are extremely heavy.

Of course, the so-called weight also depends on who you compare it with.

For example, for Zhu Jinghong, it is just the role of passerby A, and he doesn't care at all.

"Yushi pickets hundreds of officials, that's just right...... When the imperial brother spoke, these two people whispered below, slandering the imperial brother's governing law, what should be the crime? ”

Listening to Zhu Jinghong's explanation, everyone finally knew the reason, but they doubted the authenticity of these words.

The two officials who were accused knelt directly on the ground at this moment, and said to Zhu Jingyuan on the royal steps: "Your Highness, how dare the two ministers listen disrespectfully, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to investigate!" ”

Exonerating themselves and begging the prince for tolerance is the most important thing these two should do.

"What do you mean, that I have wronged you?"

In the face of Zhu Jinghong's questioning, the two officials did not answer, but it was equivalent to acquiescence.

"Fourth brother, look at how disobedient these two are, not only treating your speech as child's play, but now they are slandering me!"

"Such a person who is so uncourteous and guilty of rebellion...... It should be punished severely! ”

"Please ask the fourth brother to take the king's order flag, remove these two from office, and deal with them strictly with the king's law!"

Temporarily came up with a way to kill chickens and set an example for monkeys, although the means are not clever, but they have to be done with absolute results.

Right now, Zhu Jinghong handed the knife to Zhu Jingyuan, and he only needed to nod.

The situation is changing very quickly, and now at the most critical time, Gao Shuyan looked at Zhu Jingyuan expectantly.

Zhu Jingyuan naturally knew what the situation was at the moment, but unfortunately he still made a difficulty.

He was not given time to prepare at all, and he was asked to dispose of two officials, and it was difficult for him to make a decision at this time.

"Prince, Wang Qun and the two are upright officials, don't add guilt for no reason!"

"Please make a clear decision with His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"I beg His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make a clear decision!"

More and more people began to kneel down to plead with Wang Qun and the others, and the voices in the hall came and went.

Zhu Jingyuan only felt the excitement of the crowd, and for a while he only felt that he was in a dilemma, and if he really wanted to deal with it, he would be angry.

In Zhu Jinghong's eyes, these people have obvious signs of reporting to the group, and it is precisely because they must be severely cracked down.

"Fourth brother, you must not spare them, and the supplicant should be severely punished if there is no distinction between right and wrong!"

Zhu Jinghong's words were tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and a group of officials glared at him angrily, still begging Zhu Jingyuan to judge right and wrong.

The merits are not important at all at this time, after a lot of difficult weighing, Zhu Jingyuan gritted his teeth and said: "Wang Qun and the two are detrimental to official etiquette, so they will be strictly ......"

It's a pity that before he finished speaking, Zhu Jingyuan coughed nervously.

But Zhu Jinghong didn't miss the opportunity, and immediately shouted outside: "Come on, drag these two people out, so that they don't have black veils on their heads, put them in prison and wait for them to fall!" ”

The guard on duty today, Zhu Jinghong, had already greeted him in advance, and someone came in as soon as he got the order.

The guards of the Dragon Janissary are all from the martial arts family, and they have no interests with the civil official system, so they don't have the slightest psychological burden at the moment.

In full view of everyone, the guards dragged Wang Qun and the two out, and the action was called a vigorous and resolute action.

Zhu Jingyuan was still coughing, and it was useless to plead at the moment, officials, you look at me, I look at you, and finally swept his eyes to several high-ranking officials at the scene.

However, no matter whether Zheng Xianlin or He Gu Jin, there was no expression on their faces at the moment, as if what had just happened did not exist.

At this moment, on the imperial steps, Zhu Jingyuan was still coughing, and the more he coughed, the more serious it became.

"Your Highness, are you okay?" Zheng Xianlin looked concerned.

With him taking the lead, a group of officials reacted, as a courtier, they should care about the prince's safety at this moment.

When everyone was concerned, a group of eunuchs were frightened and wanted to help him go to the dormitory to rest and treat.

Unwilling to give up the hard-won "good situation", when Zhu Jingyuan got up, he only heard him say intermittently: "The deliberations continue, let ...... Thirteenth Brother...... Preside! ”

thought it could be dispersed, but Zhu Jingyuan's last words were equivalent to pouring a basin of cold water on everyone.