Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!
Accompanied by the sound of whipping, the ministers entered Fengtian Gate one by one.
The officials of Honglu Temple began to sing. There were special officials to maintain the order of the officials in the court, and there were even special censors to supervise the clothing and appearance of each official.
Because the emperor was too young, he did not come to the court, and the task of presiding over the court fell on the four auxiliary ministers.
Under the dragon chair, there are four seats placed side by side, which are the seats of Wei Guogong, Cheng Guogong, Ding Guogong, and the Nanjing garrison eunuch.
The civil and military ministers, led by the four auxiliary ministers, knelt down and saluted the empty dragon chair and shouted "long live" several times before the formal court meeting began.
The four auxiliary ministers also sat in their seats.
"When there is something going on, we will start, and when there is nothing going on, we will retreat."
A young eunuch shouted loudly.
"The official has his own notes!"
Shi Kefa walked out of the crowd in the Metropolitan Procuratorate with a wat ban in his arms.
Qian Qianyi, who was standing at the front of the team, looked at him after hearing the sound and frowned.
This was different from what they had discussed. Before the Supreme Emperor's blood edict came out, Shi Kefa stood up again.
"allow!"
Among the several auxiliary ministers, Wei Guo spoke openly.
Shi Kefa said: "I heard that the Supreme Emperor sent a blood edict. I would like to ask why the blood edict was not brought out in the court?"
"What kind of blood edict? Is there such a thing?" Wei Guogong turned to look at the other three auxiliary ministers.
Duke Cheng and Duke Ding shook their heads in confusion.
At this time, the guarding eunuch Yang Guorui said: "Jin Yiwei also just brought back the blood edict of the Supreme Emperor from the northern capital. We haven't had time to tell the princes yet, but we didn't expect that someone in the court would already know about it."
When Wei Guogong heard this, his face darkened.
He's not a fool.
The Supreme Emperor's blood edict should be confirmed by several auxiliary ministers as soon as possible after it is brought back. Now even Shi Kefa, the left deputy censor, knows about the blood edict, but he, the auxiliary minister, only learned about it from the other party's mouth. Obviously Someone is deliberately hiding it.
Thinking of this, he looked deeply at the guarding eunuch.
This person is obviously the other person.
The guarding eunuch Yang Guorui noticed Wei Guogong looking at him and grinned in response to his gaze.
"Now that we have the blood edict of the Supreme Emperor, please bring it out to Eunuch Yang so that everyone can confirm its authenticity." Wei Guogong said.
I have never seen the blood edict before, and I don't know its contents. Naturally, I will not endorse a blood edict that I don't know whether it is beneficial to me.
Even the guarding eunuch's deliberate concealment made him feel that this blood edict must be something detrimental to him.
Unfortunately, he found out about the blood edict too late and had no chance of intercepting it. Moreover, it had already been told by Shi Kefa in public in the court, so it was impossible to prevent the blood edict from appearing.
Cheng Guogong on the side even sneered directly at the guarding eunuch Yang Guorui: "Eunuch Yang is really a good trick."
"It's not as good as Cheng Guogong! Even orphans and widowed mothers have to be bullied." Yang Guorui, the guarding eunuch, said sarcastically.
The British Duke's government played a big role in bringing the Emperor to the Southern Capital, and the previous generation of British Dukes were even more loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when choosing the auxiliary ministers, a position was reserved for the British Duke's government.
However, due to several obstructions by Duke Cheng, the British Duke finally had the position of a Duke without real power, which obliterated the British Duke's contribution to the throne.
The guarding eunuch Yang Guorui looked down upon Duke Cheng Guorui for doing such a thing.
"You!" Cheng Guogong's face turned red with anger.
At this time, Wei Guogong said: "Eunuch Yang, it's better to take out the blood edict as soon as possible! Everyone is waiting to see it!"
"Okay." The guarding eunuch Yang Guorui agreed with a smile, and immediately ordered people to get the blood edict of the Supreme Emperor.
Not long after, a guard wearing a royal uniform walked in from outside the hall, holding a wooden box.
"Xu Tong, a member of the Jinyiwei family, has met Eunuch Yang and several princes." The Jinyiwei who came to the main hall knelt down to salute and say hello.
The guarding eunuch Yang Guorui asked: "Xu Tong, what is in the wooden box in your hand is the blood edict written by the Supreme Emperor himself?"
"Reporting to my father-in-law, it is the blood edict that the Supreme Emperor personally handed to the subordinates." Xu Tong held up the wooden box containing the blood edict with both hands and raised it above his head.
Wei Guogong looked at Xu Tong who was kneeling in the hall and said: "How can you, a small member of the Imperial Guards, get the blood edict of the Supreme Emperor from the tiger thief's dragon pool and tiger's den? If you tell the truth now and admit that the blood edict in your hand came from an improper way, , maybe I can spare your life because of your greed for success, do you understand?"
"Don't scare him, Duke Wei." Yang Guorui, the guarding eunuch, immediately added after Wei Guogong finished speaking, "It was very difficult for him to meet the Supreme Emperor from a dragon's den like Beidu and bring back the Emperor's handwriting. We should praise and reward such meritorious officials."
"snort!"
Duke Wei snorted coldly.
The guarding eunuch Yang Guorui just smiled and turned to the young eunuch beside him and ordered: "Go and get the blood edict of the Supreme Emperor."
"We haven't identified the authenticity yet. Isn't it too early for Eunuch Yang to say that it is the blood edict of the Supreme Emperor?" Cheng Guogong said angrily.
The guarding eunuch Yang Guorui said with a smile: "With so many ministers present, it is easy to tell whether the bloody edict is from the handwriting of the Supreme Emperor. No matter how courageous the Jin Yiwei people are, they will not cheat on such a matter."
"It's hard to say whether Jinyiwei dares to do this, but the person behind it is very courageous." Cheng Guogong said in a weird voice.
Although he was not named, everyone knew he was talking about the guarding eunuch Yang Guorui.
The guarding eunuch Yang Guorui did not continue to differentiate with him, but directly told the young eunuch who went to get the wooden box: "Open the wooden box, take out the contents and show them to the princes."
At this time, the little eunuch had already taken the wooden box from Xu Tong.
He handed the wooden box to someone aside, and he took out the blood edict from it, opened it, held it in his hand, and brought it to the ministers.
Wei Guogong and others put their heads together.
After reading, the three princes looked at each other.
They were almost certain that this blood edict was written by the Supreme Emperor.
However, Wei Guogong still asked, "What do the two Dukes think?"
"It's hard to say, hard to say." Duke Dingguo said, pursed his lips and shook his head. Not only did he not confirm whether the blood edict came from the Supreme Emperor, but he gave an ambiguous answer.
Cheng Guogong said: "This needs to be confirmed. It must be false. There must be a large number of tiger thieves guarding the place where the Supreme Emperor lives. How could a hundred members of the Jin Yiwei be allowed to sneak in and contact the Supreme Emperor? A hundred Jin Yiwei If you have this ability, why don’t you bring the Supreme Emperor back?”
Because this is what Jin Yiwei brought back, and the superiors requested that the cabinet chief, Tian, be appointed as the auxiliary minister. This is to divide the power of the existing auxiliary ministers. As the auxiliary minister, the position of his butt determines that he cannot admit this. Blood edict.
(End of chapter)
