Zhengde's face was pale, and his originally thin body suddenly trembled, he took a deep breath, got up and stood up, and walked back and forth a few steps. In my eyes, he was still a teenager, about the same age as me, but at this moment, I suddenly felt that he had grown up a lot. Zhengde stopped, smiled slightly, and said to the Eight Tigers who were kneeling on the ground: "You don't worry about me at all, and you have caused so many troubles, even if I want to favor you, now I can't help it!" Today, the elders of the cabinet jointly signed a letter to deal with you, the evidence is conclusive, I can't help but agree! What's more, the edict has been sent to the celebrant and will be sealed and announced tomorrow! When the seven of them heard this, they immediately burst into tears, and we were very nervous, if this is the case, our future can be imagined. I felt a chill spontaneously, and subconsciously rubbed my hands, but Liao Jianzhong beside me didn't move, I quickly stabilized my mind and watched quietly. "What the courtiers say is true?" Zhengde still asked with a smile, the seven of them suddenly stopped crying, and looked at Liu Jin with their eyes, Liu Jin's face did not change, and he still said calmly: "Your Majesty, it is not a pity for the slave family to die, but where is the majesty of my dignified tomorrow?" Slaves are just slaves around your old man, take care of your old man's daily routine, you have a lot of opportunities, your body and bones are important, the emperor is alive, and repeatedly told the slaves to take care of you, and the slaves give you some entertainment, what's wrong? Say that you are extravagant, when did you abandon the government? What are the defects of Daming Jiangshan? The world is big, the Son of Heaven is respected, when have the elders heard your old man's words? Take the little things around you and do it against you, you are the Son of Heaven, open-minded, tolerant of all rivers, slaves and other people around you, you can't see you being wronged, you have been angry, distinguish a few words for your old man, these people will fabricate all kinds of crimes imposed on slaves, etc., gentlemen but not the party, villains and not the party. The slave and the other eight people only gathered together to ask you for their guilt, but they came to crusade one after another, and there were many people who started the trouble, and there were only a few people who started it, and the slaves waited by your old man's side for more than ten years, without children and daughters, what are the intentions? It's just looking for a way, I want to accompany your old man, let you be happy, and watch the peaceful and prosperous world of the Ming Dynasty together! ”

Liu Jin talked eloquently, and later, his voice suddenly choked, he hid his face and cried, and said: "The slaves will say goodbye to the emperor, run into a wall and die, and then chop it into meat sauce and feed it to the dogs, so as to save those people from laughing at the emperor's ignorance, appointing the eunuchs, breaking the royal rules, and ruining the Ming Dynasty!" As he spoke, he cried loudly, prostrate on the ground, and his body shook violently.

Liu Jin's words made my heart move. Yes, for a while, I was ordered to investigate the dynamics of hundreds of officials, including the situation of several pavilion families, we monitored day and night, and indeed found that many officials secretly gathered, and even several eunuchs in the palace secretly changed into civilian clothes to meet with these people. We recorded these situations truthfully and handed them over to Ji Lifan, and then to Liao Jianzhong. Judging from tonight's situation, if Ji Li is a person from Xiaoma's father-in-law's gang, the investigation we do may not be given to Liao Jianzhong.

Thinking of this, I felt nervous in my heart, and felt that I needed to tell Liao Jianzhong all this, and I couldn't help but glance at Liao Jianzhong, he looked at it intently, I plucked up my courage and whispered: "Lord Liao!" Lin Sheng heard it, and hurriedly made a gesture at me, Liao Jianzhong turned his head to look at me, nodded with a smile, and turned his head again.

My face is hot, this is the main hall, the emperor is in front, it is not good to speak recklessly and cause trouble.

Fortunately, the eight fathers-in-law were crying loudly, and they didn't pay attention to this. I saw Zhengde walking back and forth a few steps, and suddenly smiled: "Don't cry, crying is upset." You say that hundreds of officials collude with each other, but is there any evidence? Liu Jin hurriedly wiped away his tears and said: "The old slave has a secret file in his hand, which is a letter exchanged between officials, and there is no lack of disobedience in the letter, please look at it from the emperor, and Jiao Fang, the head of the household department, and Liao Jianzhong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, can come to testify!" ”

"Where are they? Come and see me! Zhengde returned to his seat with a serious face, Liu Jin quickly got up, clapped his palms, Liao Jianzhong hurriedly walked in, I hesitated to follow, Lin Sheng grabbed me. And that Jiao Fang ran in and ran in.

The threshold at the entrance of the hall was very high, Jiao Fang was not careful, he actually fell on his head, Zhengde smiled "poof", but the guy rolled around, knelt in front of Zhengde, and said: "Jiao Fang, the head of the Ministry of Ministers, see the emperor!" It's just that the black gauze hat is in one place, and his face is also a few red, which is quite embarrassing.

As soon as Liao Jianzhong was about to give a salute, Zhengde waved his hand and said, "It's all free, you all get up and talk back!" ”。

"Jiao Fang, I read the fold in the afternoon, but there is your signature, which is the courtiers' impeachment of the father-in-law. You stayed here tonight, presumably to speak for your father-in-law, the first rat at both ends, but it's not a scholar's style, it's really bad! Zhengde put down the booklet and knocked on the handle. Jiao Fang "pounced" and knelt on the ground, and said: "The minister is the minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he only has the great tomorrow in his heart." The eight fathers-in-law only have the emperor in their hearts, and they are dedicated to the country, and they will inevitably be more decisive in doing things, which will hinder the eyes of some people, which will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among these people. It is said that all the ministers are people who have read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and they are deeply favored by the emperor and the painstaking efforts of the eight fathers-in-law, and they should understand it, but they have other thoughts in their hearts and are unwilling to let go of power easily. Weichen has repeatedly dissuaded hundreds of officials not to impeach the eight fathers-in-law, how can Weichen be soft-spoken, unable to shake the adults, the three elders do their best, how dare the hundred officials disobey? The same is true for Weichen, who had to sign hard. It's just that I am angry in my heart, and I am ashamed of my grace, so I risked my life to stay in the palace, and asked the emperor to see that it is not a pity for the ministers to die, but they must not bury the loyalty of the eight fathers-in-law! After saying a word, I couldn't help but think in my heart, could the words that Liu Jin said also be taught by him?

Zhengde's face softened, and he said with a smile: "When you say this, these eight people are still great loyal ministers, hehe, you said that the three pavilion elders know it, but why do they have other thoughts, how can you say this?" ”

Jiao Fang's face hesitated slightly, and then gritted his teeth, Liu Jin seemed to nod, and Jiao Fang arched his hand and said: "The first emperor died, leaving three cabinet elders and auxiliary ministers." The three cabinet elders have always despised the emperor, thinking that the emperor is less and more important, and many times, in the cabinet, it is said that the emperor is a yellow-mouthed child, who can only have fun, and does not understand the way to govern the country, which is not as good as the first emperor. When Zhengde heard this, he smiled and said, "This is the truth, I am indeed inferior to my father." ”

We couldn't help but be dumbfounded, Jiao Fang's face turned red, and he still said: "Therefore, the three pavilion elders control the government, but if the emperor's new policy violates the three cabinet elders, they will all be dismissed." Moreover, he won over the master of ceremonies and the prince of the princess, and attacked both inside and outside, from Huangzhuang, Ma Zheng, to salt introduction, and sutra feasts, and went against the emperor everywhere. ”

Zhengde's face changed greatly, and he stood up suddenly, and said, "How can this be reasonable, the three old guys are too deceitful!" I remember that he is an auxiliary minister left by the emperor, and he avoids it everywhere, is it so simple for me to play amusement? A bunch of pedantics, I don't bother to explain, I don't want to laugh at me like this, really if I'm a three-year-old child? What do you have to say? ”

Zhengde suddenly pointed at Liao Jianzhong and said, Liao Jianzhong said in a deep voice: "The ministers were ordered to investigate the whereabouts of the ministers, and arranged for their subordinates to investigate everywhere. As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his arms and knelt down on his knees, it seems that our efforts have not been in vain, and Liao Jianzhong has them. I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and Zhengde took the booklet, turned a few pages, and said: "These guys, sure enough, secretly colluded, Jinyiwei did a good job!" ”

Then he took a few steps and said, "What should I do with these people?" Father-in-law Liu. Liu Jin hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The old slave doesn't dare to talk nonsense, the emperor has a golden mouth, saying one is one!" Zhengde laughed and said, "It would be good if I were like this, my father's will, how can I change it!" As he spoke, he went back to lie on the soft couch and looked at the eight people: "I'm tired!" Like a spring breeze, the eight people hurriedly surrounded them, rubbing their shoulders and pinching their backs, and kept busy.

And Liu Jin glanced at Gu Dayong, Gu Dayong understood, and said: "Your Majesty, your old man has saved the slaves, and the elders will not agree, even if your old man is magnanimous and doesn't care about them, they will also be in trouble!" ”