The sky was already bright, the sun hung high in the sky, and the autumn wind blew by, rolling up layers of fallen leaves.
In the bleak autumn wind, the roar of the officials resounded throughout the Meridian Gate.
Behind Zuo Shunmen, Queen Mother Sun couldn't help but stand up. She was originally a harem woman, and the courtiers she usually interacted with were only the court officials of Jiuqing Shilang. She had never seen such officials kneeling to remonstrate. scene...
Looking at the crowd of ministers kneeling outside the Meridian Gate, Empress Dowager Sun felt the real power from the courtiers for the first time.
Even the emperor, who is ranked ninth and fifth, may not be able to do anything in the face of such turbulent court discussions.
Empress Dowager Sun had known for a long time that the defeat of Tumu would cause endless anger and dissatisfaction in the hearts of the courtiers.
In this kneeling remonstration, although the courtiers were accusing Wang Zhen of being a party, they were also secretly blaming the emperor for allowing Wang Zhen to have exclusive power.
Falling down weakly on the couch, Queen Mother Sun sighed quietly in her heart.
What is supposed to come will come eventually.
However, Queen Mother Sun would never have thought that this was just the beginning. This time, the anger accumulated in the hearts of the courtiers far exceeded everyone's imagination, and even exceeded their own imagination...
At this moment, outside the Meridian Gate, the desk set up by Shang Baojian was used as the dividing line. Zhu Qiyu was sitting behind the desk. Behind him, the honor guard and the eunuchs were all standing.
In front of the table, scarlet robes, green robes, and green robes came down one after another, and countless ministers prostrated themselves on the ground.
Zhu Qiyu, who was in charge of the matter, also stood up and said: "What all the ministers have said is that they are all dedicated to the Ming Dynasty. However, the civil engineering matters are very involved. When the emperor's brother is welcomed back, the decision will be made by the emperor. You all should be united." There is no need to remonstrate with you!"
As he spoke, Zhu Qiyu secretly made a gesture behind his back, and Jin Ying, who was originally standing behind him, quietly disappeared from the side.
If it were normal, a big man like Jin Ying would leave without any reason, which would definitely attract the attention of the officials. But at this moment, all the officials were prostrate on the ground, so naturally no one noticed that a person disappeared next to Zhu Qiyu.
As soon as the words fell, the ministers below suddenly became commotion. Countless ministers shed tears and spoke again. Suddenly, the crowd outside the Meridian Gate was full of voices and emotions.
Many ministers from both the civil and military sides came forward on their knees and knocked their heads heavily on the ground, stained with blood, and said.
"The reason why the Holy Emperor was detained is all due to Wang Zhen's exclusive power. His Highness was entrusted by the Holy Mother and is the hope of all people. If it is not cut off quickly, how can it comfort people's hearts?"
"Your Highness, please act quickly and deal with Wang Zhen's party."
The noisy discussions and cries gradually converged into a steady stream of remonstrances.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Ma Shun, the commander of the Jinyiwei beside him, and saw that his face had turned pale and his whole body was trembling.
You know, as the commander of the Jinyiwei promoted by Wang Zhen, he is a well-deserved confidant of Wang Zhen.
If we want to deal with Wang Zhenyi's party, he is the first person to be dealt with.
Nowadays, so many courtiers are admonishing together, and there is a strong momentum that they will not give up until they achieve their goals. How can he not be afraid?
Looking at the courtiers below who kept admonishing, Zhu Qiyu calmly took two steps back and focused his eyes on Ma Shun.
Feeling Zhu Qiyu's gaze, Ma Shun seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.
Yes, no matter how powerful these courtiers are, they still need to obtain the consent of King Yi. Now King Yi has made it clear that he does not want to get involved in this matter, and it is difficult to end the court meeting directly.
Yes, this is the only chance!
As long as the matter was not settled on the spot and he returned to the inner palace, he would be safe and sound with the Queen Mother protecting him.
At this moment, Ma Shun was already in a state of chaos. He did not want to think about it. These days, the relationship between the Queen Mother and King Xin had not been good. He, the commander of the Royal Guards, had always been on good terms with the Queen Mother. How could King Xin help him for no reason?
Suppressing the fear in his heart, Ma Shun took a step forward and spoke righteously.
"Your Majesty, King Xi, has spoken. The imperial court has made a decision. You are still kneeling here to remonstrate. Do you want to intimidate the imperial court? Why don't you retreat quickly and disperse the court!"
After saying that, Ma Shun came to the crowd of ministers, commanded the Jinyiwei primary schools on the left and right, and wanted to drive away the officials who were kneeling on the ground.
The scene suddenly became chaotic and noisy.
Although there were not many people brought by Ma Shun, they were all confidants. They usually relied on Wang Zhen's power to dominate, even if they were facing these court ministers, they did not care.
Seeing Ma Shun's order to drive them away, the group of junior high schools stepped forward one after another and pushed the civil and military ministers on the ground to their feet. Countless ministers were forced to stand up and retreated behind the imperial guards.
At this moment, a green-robed military officer emerged from the chaos. He looked to be in his thirties, tall and strong, with an official hat a little crooked on his head. Apparently he was pushed by someone in the chaos just now. A handful.
This person was Wang Hong from Hu Keji Shizhong. His face turned red and his hair and beard were spread out. He rushed to the case in a few steps and shouted sharply at Ma Shun.
"You're a traitor to the party, you've gone too far!"
After that, he raised his fist and hit Ma Shun hard on the face.
Because this was a court meeting, the Jin Yiwei was only responsible for the ceremonial guard, so Ma Shun didn't bring too many people here. At this moment, under his instruction, they were scattered among the courtiers, so there were only two small schools following Ma Shun.
In the chaos of the scene, Wang Hong unexpectedly stepped in front of him.
Although Ma Shun had practiced martial arts, he was used to being domineering over the years. He didn't expect that these civil servants, who only knew how to talk, would dare to fight.
Due to carelessness, he was hit by the punch. He staggered back and fell to the ground. When he stretched out his hand and touched it, blood was already soaked around his nose and mouth.
One of the two primary schools beside him was holding Ma Shun, and the other quickly stepped forward to stop Wang Hong.
But he didn't expect that Wang Hong was so powerful. Before the elementary school student got close, Wang Hong continued to pounce on him, shouting loudly.
"The traitor Ma Shun has always relied on Wang Zhen's power and acted recklessly. Now in times of crisis, he still dares to bully the court officials like this. Everyone should kill these thieves. Colleagues, let's kill the thieves together!"
Ma Shunsheng received a heavy punch, and blood flowed from his nose and mouth. For a moment, he felt like stars were in his eyes, he was dizzy, and he subconsciously wanted to step back.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood up and before he could stand firmly, Wang Hong pounced on him and punched him hard in the chest. Ma Shun, who had just regained consciousness, fell to the ground again and fell unconscious.
When the principal next to him saw this, he quickly tried his best to pull Wang Hong away, but Wang Hong refused to let go. One hand was pulled back by the principal, and the other hand tightly grasped Ma Shun's sleeve and opened his mouth. Then he bit Ma Shun's wrist hard, leaving a deep bloody mark immediately. The bright red blood flowed out and dyed Ma Shun's green flying fish robe red.
With Wang Hong's demonstration and call, the officials also reacted one after another, and started fighting one by one with the Jinyiwei Primary School who came to drive them away.
You know, no matter how weak the civil servant is, he can't stand up to a large number of people!
Hundreds of people went into battle together, with forty or fifty young officials among them, and they quickly defeated the twenty or thirty Jinyiwei primary schools.
Several young and agile censors all rushed up, punching and kicking Ma Shun, who had already passed out. The scene became extremely chaotic...
On the other side, Zhu Qiyu secretly retreated to the Zuoshun Gate surrounded by two chamberlains while Ma Shun was singing "Chasing the Hundred Officials", and then asked someone to close the door, leaving only a gap the size of a fist, and watched coldly what was going on outside. everything.
Seeing that a group of Jinyiwei primary school officials were beaten by civil servants without any power to fight back, Ma Shun was even more bloodied under the fists of several young censors, and gradually became unable to move.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Li Yongchang and said calmly.
"Eunuch Li, go out and see why Ma Shun doesn't move. Isn't he out of breath?"
As early as Zhu Qiyu retreated, Queen Mother Sun couldn't help but come out from behind the screen, and together with Zhu Qiyu, they watched everything that happened outside.
She had lived in the palace for a long time, and she had never seen such a bloody fight scene. She was already pale and panicked.
After listening to Zhu Qiyu's words and looking at Ma Shun, it turned out that no matter how many ministers punched and kicked him, there was no response. A strong fear suddenly surged in his heart. He felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Li Yongchang on the side had quick eyesight and reached out to support the Queen Mother Sun, which prevented her from fainting on the spot.
After hurriedly helping the Queen Mother to sit down, Li Yongchang glanced outside, feeling frightened in his heart.
This group of civil servants actually went so far as to beat people to death at a court meeting. This is so outrageous!
Silently retreating behind the Queen Mother, Eunuch Li remained silent, pretending not to hear Zhu Qiyu's words.
These courtiers are so angry now that they even beat Ma Shun, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, to death. Who does he, the eunuch in charge of Cining Palace, count?
If someone were to think that they were members of Wang Zhen's party and they were beaten to death on the spot, there would be no room for reasoning...
Ma Shun gradually became silent here, and the imperial guards he brought with him also dispersed in the beatings of the courtiers. Only then did the courtiers realize that King Tan was missing.
When I looked up, I saw that all the ceremonial utensils were still there. The accompanying servants were scattered everywhere, shivering. The door of Zuoshunmen had been closed at some point.
So the ministers knelt on the ground again, the crowd was excited and wept endlessly...
At this time, Zhu Qiyu who was inside the door snorted coldly, glanced at Li Yongchang who was shrinking behind, and said in a deep voice: "Li Yongchang, go out and ask them, what else do they want to do now that Ma Shun is dead?"
Li Yongchang looked like he was about to cry but had no tears. He looked at his great supporter, the Queen Mother, and saw that the Queen Mother had been so frightened by the chaotic scene outside that she could not say a word.
Looking at the cold gaze of His Highness King Xi, Li Yongchang had no choice but to bite the bullet and step out of the gap in the Zuoshun door, even if he didn't want to.
"His Royal Highness King Xi has said that Ma Shun is dead and you are kneeling here. What do you want to do?"
Standing at the door, Eunuch Li's legs were shaking. He only dared to be less than two steps away from the door, always ready to run back if something went wrong.
The ministers below still haven't calmed down from the passion at this moment. After hearing this, they became excited and talked a lot.
"Your Highness, please deal with Wang Zhenyi's party..."
"Yes, in addition to Ma Shun, there is also Mao Gui from the Internal Affairs Bureau, who is also part of Wang Zhen's party!"
"There are also Wang Changsui who is in charge of setting up prisons. They are all guilty of crimes that cannot be pardoned..."
Seeing these ministers talking and getting excited again, with eagerness on their faces, they almost rushed towards them. Li Yongchang quickly ran back behind the door, prostrated himself in front of Zhu Qiyu, and told the courtiers exactly what they said.
Zhu Qiyu was behind the door and could hear clearly. He snorted coldly and said.
"Then why are you still standing there, why don't you go get Mao Gui and Wang Changsui together!"
