In the imperial study, Emperor Yonghua was uncertain, like sitting on pins and needles.

"What's going on? Is it the Daijun sea disaster, or is it the border conflict in southern Chu? You three just look at the disposal, don't you come to disturb me early in the morning!" Emperor Yonghua has already instructed Ni Juzheng to take the medicine on his behalf, although he will not miss the good time to enter the medicine, but he is still indignant in his heart, and he sits in front of the bookcase and loudly reprimands the courtiers who are standing with their heads bowed, "King Yi, you come!"

Xia Muren stood in front of him and saluted: "Yes, father." Last night, the mansion of the nobles in the court was attacked by unknown black-clothed gangsters..."Before he could say this, he was interrupted impatiently by Emperor Yonghua, "There are gangsters who have committed murder, and they want the capital to carry out the gold order to search for and take people! What do you want me to do? Do you have to go and catch the murderer for you?"

"Erchen don't dare!" Xia Muren was quite resentful in his heart, but he was still respectfully taught, seeing that Emperor Yonghua seemed to have no more meaning, and then said, "Father, there were twenty-four families of relatives and nobles who were attacked last night, and seventeen officials above the third rank were killed or injured..."

"What!" Emperor Yonghua jumped up from the dragon chair with a "pout", his face changed greatly, and he stretched out his hand to point at Xia Muren and said, "Say it again!" Although Emperor Yonghua is lazy, he is not stupid, let alone stupid, hearing these numbers, he still knows the danger of the situation in his heart, and finally understands why this group of backbones of the court will block his bedroom in the morning.

Xia Muren replied: "Father, for specific information, why don't you let Lord Hu play the ceremony?" Xia Muren thought that although he was the eldest son of the emperor and had the right to supervise the government, he really shouldn't report this matter by himself, but pushed the capital to order Hu Xiu'an to report it.

Hu Xiu'an, as the capital of Yipin, is naturally responsible for defending the capital. Last night, during the three hours from Hai to today, the capital county government received a report from the minister's family that the palace had been raided, and the minister was either injured or killed. This incident had never happened, and he was so frightened that he was not possessed, and he hurriedly sent people to invite the three princes, and the four of them discussed it, and urgently summoned the nobles of the court and the central court to go straight to the palace to report.

Hu Xiuan is the nephew of the queen, and he is also quite capable of doing things, so he sat on this golden order from the first product in less than forty, and he didn't want to encounter this extremely difficult thing. At this time, he stood up half of his position and reported: "Your Majesty, there were 24 families of relatives and nobles who were attacked last night, 17 dead and wounded officials, and more than 70 family members and guards. Hu Xiuan took a deep breath and then plucked up the courage to report: "The 17 officials who were killed and injured were all above the third grade, including five in the first grade, seven in the second grade, and five in the third grade. As he reported this, his feet trembled uncontrollably, his face trembled slightly, and sweat gushed out like a spring... thought to himself, "I don't dare to think about this black hat anymore, but if I can keep this master's head, the emperor will see my aunt's face." ”

After hearing that seventeen officials above the third rank had been killed in the attack last night, Emperor Yonghua knew the stakes of this matter. But when Hu Xiuan reported that five first-class and seven second-grade ministers were killed, he really felt that his eyes were dark and he was completely stunned.

There are a total of 21 ministers of Dahua Yipin, except for four resident generals and one secretary of Anxian Salt Transportation, the remaining 16 are all in the capital. Last night, I was attacked, and I lost five of them at once!

Yipin ministers, each of whom is the head of the yamen of their respective systems, is the pillar of the humerus of the imperial court. The death of the five first-class ministers means that these five yamen generals have no leader. In addition, there are seven second-grade and five third-grade people who were attacked and killed, which has already hurt the country, and I am afraid that the government and political leaders will be in chaos.

There is a folk saying that "dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice will make holes". Xia Muren, Xia Muchao and Xia Muyang are all dragons and phoenixes among people, and they are all leaders in their talents, wisdom and scheming, and Emperor Yonghua can make them honestly submit, so he is naturally by no means a simple-minded character. Before the case, all the courtiers saw that he was angry first and then decided, and they were all secretly relieved, and couldn't help thinking, "The emperor is finally not in chaos."

Emperor Yonghua slowly walked in front of the courtiers and asked Hu Xiu'an in a deep voice: "Who are the five first-class ministers who died?"

Seeing that Emperor Yonghua did not speak to himself in anger, Hu Xiu'an was slightly confused in his heart, and replied with a slight trembling: "Your Majesty, these five adults are: Zuo Siping, the head of the Ministry of War, Zhang Ranyue, the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xue Zhen, the great Sikong Xue Zhen, Liu Jinbei, a scholar of Wenhua University, and Bo Dingyi, the Minister of the Interior. ”

Five first-class ministers were killed overnight, and it has never happened in the more than 320 years since the establishment of the Dahua Dynasty. Eighty-two years ago, when Emperor Xuande led troops to usurp the throne, he only killed two ministers who did not obey him, which had already attracted a lot of public voice at that time. The situation is far more dangerous now than back then, and Emperor Yonghua, as the monarch, is rarely calm and weighed at this moment.

Emperor Yonghua sighed deeply, slowly returned to the dragon chair, leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes in contemplation, and asked: "Who are the remaining twelve second-rank and third-rank ministers? What other mansions were attacked last night? What casualties were there? You can report to me in detail." ”

Hu Xiuan reported in detail the number of casualties in the mansion that was attacked last night.

Last night's sneak attack, the Dahua Dynasty suffered so much damage...

The same dynasty and the old are separated by yin and yang overnight, leaving a bunch of unfinished government affairs. In the study, more than 40 courtiers stood solemnly, not daring to make a sound.

Emperor Yonghua quietly listened to Hu Xiu'an's report, closed his eyes and pondered, and said for a long time: "Proposed purpose! Posthumously seal Zuo Siping, Zhang Ranyue, Xue Zhen, Liu Jinbei, and Bo Dingyi as the 'Marquis of the Five Directions', and posthumously call the five 'Wenzheng', and the son-in-law inherits the earldom, and the rest of the son is named the 'Guangyou Doctor', and he will be given Lang according to the five products." Posthumously awarded the title of Chen, Wu and other seven people, posthumously named seven people 'Wenzhong', the son-in-law inherited the barony, and the rest of the son was named 'Guangzuo Doctor', and was given according to the six products Zhan Shilang. Posthumously awarded the barony of five people, including Gu and Wang, and posthumously named five people 'Wen Gong', the son-in-law inherited the viscountship, and the remaining son was given according to the seven rank of foreign lang. The rest of the attacked officials were to be compensated according to the casualties of the mansion, and the matter was negotiated between Shang Shutai and King Yi. ”

Xia Muren monk ordered Liu Xianyuan to hold his hand and reply with the order: "Yes!"

From now on, King Yi Xia Muren will temporarily act as Minister of the Interior, King Xia Muchao will temporarily act as the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and King Xia Muyang will temporarily act as the head of the Ministry of War. The political affairs of the Wenhua Academy are temporarily represented by Zhan Tian, a scholar of Wuying University, and the political affairs of Sikong Mansion are temporarily represented by Xia Muyan, Prince Yun. The responsibilities of the remaining vacant positions are temporarily replaced by the adjutant. In the midst of the crisis, these noble ministers need to be responsible!"

"(Son) the minister's order!" replied the five.

"Proposed purpose! Transfer 5,000 soldiers and horses from Dongcheng and Nancheng into the inner city, and temporarily under the jurisdiction of Hu Xiuan, the ruling order of the capital, and cooperate with the capital and county government to carry out the responsibility of defense. Emperor Yonghua stood up and said coldly, "Hu Xiu'an, you are defenseless when the enemy attack suddenly occurs, and I will not punish you for the time being." But from today onwards, if another official in the Pin Dynasty is killed, I will definitely kill you!"

Hu Xiuan was both happy and afraid, the emperor did not pursue his dereliction of duty, he was afraid that once the enemy attack regenerates, some officials are killed, and he will not survive, so he tremblingly accepted the decree at the moment: "The minister receives the order!"

Emperor Yonghua got up from the dragon chair again, looked outside the study and said coldly: "Hmph, kill my minister, want to mess up my government, so that my Dahua can mess up the situation, but I just want to take advantage of the chaos to invade the situation." Duanmulan, you are too delusional! If you kill or injure someone, I will sympathize with one person; if you win over one person, I will kill another. Hmph, don't you have no ministers in the Turkic country? Don't you have no heirs in the Duanmu family?

When all the courtiers heard this, they were all surprised, and they didn't know why this emperor, who had always been bad at political affairs, suddenly became so wise and decisive.

Speaking of this, I only heard him say again: "In the name of the imperial court, a bounty list was issued, and a reward of two million taels of silver was issued to the rivers and lakes to be assassinated, and the assassination list and the amount of the bounty were originally prepared and reported by the Sikong Mansion and the Senate Mansion. Issued a summoning order to the Jianghu sect: On the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth month, the stewards of the Jianghu sect gathered in the capital Sikong Mansion, and I wanted to personally issue a killing order to them. The specific roster to be convened shall be agreed upon by the King of Yi and the Judge's Office. All the gangs that were summoned on the register but dared not come to the gang plotted against the crime and killed without mercy!" A murderous aura burst out of his eyes, only to hear him say coldly: "Duanmulan, if I want to kill, I will kill you until you feel distressed, and kill you until you are frightened!"