Because in their past memories, as long as they showed this unyielding attitude, the little emperor should have panicked and looked to Zhang Juzheng for help. How could he be so calm and indifferent? So everyone in the hall was stunned for a while, and no one spoke at all.
Emperor Wanli looked at the ministers like this and waited for a cup of tea before saying: "Now that you have finished speaking, it is my turn!"
After speaking, he nodded to Zhang Jia. Zhang Jia bowed in agreement and waved behind him. Immediately, two eunuchs walked up to the hall carrying a small box. The ministers could see clearly that this box was used to contain memorials on weekdays, but they didn't know what was in it today?
When the two eunuchs went to the palace, they did not put down the box. Instead, they opened the lid and threw it to the ground! There was a "crash" sound, and a large pile of books rolled and scattered on the ground. The civil servant standing in the front row saw clearly in the blink of an eye that what was poured out of this box were all confessions of varying thicknesses!
At this time, Emperor Wanli said to the censor who stood up first, "Censor Zhou, since you are the first to leave, you should also be the first to pick up a book and read it out loud!"
At this time, Zhou Yushi no longer had the arrogant expression just now, but his face was a little gloomy! But under Emperor Wanli's gaze, he had no choice but to pick up a confession book and read it loudly.
But there is nothing unusual about this confession. It is just a matter of one official being asked by another official to find a way. All the ministers who heard this felt a little strange! This kind of cheating has been commonplace for a long time, so why did you bring it up specifically in the main hall? Even if such a thing was discovered, it would only be a warning and a fine. Could this be the reason why Emperor Wanli wanted to arrest officials?
After the confession was finished, an official stepped forward and went to the palace: "Your Majesty, you only need to hand over these trivial matters to Yousi. How can you use the Dongchang to arrest people? This Dongchang is like a vicious dog. If it does not eat human flesh and blood, I can still live peacefully, but now that I have tasted human blood, I'm afraid..."
As soon as he said this, he heard Emperor Wanli say loudly: "That's enough! You don't know anything, and you dare to talk nonsense here? But since you are out of work, just pick up a confession and read it down!"
It was the first time this man saw Emperor Wanli being so tough. He felt guilty for a moment and had to pick up a confession and continue reading. When he finished reciting, Emperor Wanli ordered people to continue reciting. Then everyone understood, and before Emperor Wanli called his name, he took the initiative to recite the confession.
Fortunately, each confession is not particularly long, so it is not a waste of time. However, from the ears of the ministers, things have gradually become a little different!
Because in these confessions, words such as the Master Society, Plum Blossom Society, and Chrysanthemum Society gradually appeared. This made many low-ranking officials confused, but the expressions of many high-ranking officials had slightly changed! Some officials are already at war with each other!
After all the confessions were read out, Emperor Wanli said: "My dear friends, have any of you ever heard of the name Zhuhuhui or Plum Blossom Society?"
Naturally, there was silence waiting for him. Emperor Wanli waited for a moment and saw no one speaking before he said slowly: "It seems that some of you don't know, and some of you are pretending to be confused! Okay, in that case, I will tell you about this master meeting. !Zhang Jia, tell them how you discovered this group of people!"
Zhang Jia stepped forward and began to tell, but he did not mention the information provided by the old palace people. He only said that he accidentally discovered someone passing information outside the palace. The people in the East Factory followed the trend and traced it, and finally found the leader of the meeting! He did not say anything about the original purpose of the Dominion Association, but only gave a rough description of the structure and actions of the Dominion Association. The focus is naturally on their corruption and perversion of the law!
When he was speaking, the whole hall was very quiet, so much so that he said it happily! After he finished speaking, the ministers began to whisper among each other softly, looking at each other and guessing who was the master of the meeting!
At this time, Emperor Wanli stood up and said loudly: "I have always believed that in my country there are wise civil servants, brave generals, and hard-working people! As long as everyone works together, we can govern this country better!" But what I didn’t expect is that there is such a group of people in our Ming Dynasty!”
"They colluded together in a secret society! They supported each other to get promoted and made money, and they took bribes and bent the law! Then they peeked into the palace and actually planted spies in my palace! And they specially planted spies in key places! You may not have thought that I was actually in the imperial dining room. The manpower deployed by the Lord was discovered in Fang Hetai Hospital! What do they want to do? Do they want to poison me one day so that they can replace me?"
"But when I continued to investigate, I discovered that what was exposed was just the tip of the iceberg of the Dominion Club! And what shocked me the most was that no one in this rebel club that had been almost completely made public was willing to tell anyone. My words have kept me in the dark. Do you think I am a fool? Am I still your emperor?"
Emperor Wanli's words ranged from light to serious, and when he said the last sentence, he almost shouted out! So when he stopped, all the courtiers fell to their knees and shouted, "I am guilty!"! And even Zhang Juzheng and others are no exception!
Because they know they are in the wrong on this matter! And they also understand that if they defend themselves by saying that they don't know the existence of the Dominion Society, they are really joking! Zhang Juzheng was even sure that most of Wanli Emperor's roars were directed at him!
Because he still carries the identity of an Imperial Master, and as an Imperial Master, he conceals the existence of the Master Society from his disciples and the Emperor, and is indifferent to their existence! Logically speaking, this is already a kind of betrayal!
At this time, Zhang Juzheng wanted to explain that the power of the Juggernaut Association was not as great as Emperor Wanli thought, and that he also had the ability to control the Juggernaut Association. But he knew that what he had done had made the weak connection between their master and disciple even more fragile!
But at this time, Emperor Wanli could no longer think about the relationship between him and his teacher, because he was roaring with all his heart! The anger that had been suppressed by Zhang Juzheng and his ministers for a long time was released by him this time! He was the only one in the entire hall who roared loudly, and the roar spread to the outside of the hall!
It wasn't until a cup of tea that Emperor Wanli, who still had more to say, finally stopped talking. He picked up two imperial edicts from the imperial desk and threw them down directly. At the same time, he said loudly: "These two edicts have been approved by the inner court. They will be approved by the cabinet and implemented immediately!"
