Although Eunuch Gao's words were very ruthless, he was actually protecting the little eunuch.
Because even if there is really something important to report, it cannot be reported at this time. If something happens, not to mention that His Majesty will not let him go, even the big shots involved will not let him have an easy time.
"It's okay, tell me, what's going on?"
King Zhou was not angry at all, he just spoke calmly.
The little eunuch knelt down on the ground, trembling with fright at what Eunuch Gao had just said. However, facing the question from King Zhou, he still hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we have just received an urgent report from the Ministry of Punishment and Jing Zhaoyin. Now these two The whole place has been surrounded by people from the capital, and it is overcrowded. Please ask Jing Zhaoyin and the adults from the Ministry of Punishment to go back and deal with it quickly."
"What?" King Zhou's pupils widened, how could such a thing happen?
"what happened?"
Just as the little eunuch was about to say something more, he saw Eunuch Gao standing up first: "Your Majesty, this servant also received the news just before going to court. He just thought it was just a gathering of people and nothing serious, so he was originally planning to do it. The Empress will tell His Majesty as soon as possible."
"That's not the case." After hearing Eunuch Gao's explanation, the young eunuch gathered up his courage and continued to speak: "Now there is a sea of people in front of the gate of Jing Zhaoyin and the Ministry of Punishment. The people are filled with indignation, but these two government offices are tight. It closed its doors and paid no attention to the demands of the people.
If Zhang Yuhang, the Qianhu of the Supervisory Office, had not led people to maintain order, the angry people would have stormed the government office by now. The situation was critical and time could not wait any longer. "
"Bastard." King Zhou shouted angrily, "What happened? What are all these people doing?"
Eunuch Gao still wanted to explain, but at this moment the little eunuch seemed to have let go of everything and said directly: "Your Majesty, this morning someone announced to the world what these people did and all the crimes they committed. There was the prisoner's personal testimony. There are also many tragic situations of people who have been persecuted.
After seeing this early in the morning, the people were furious and went to the two yamen to seek justice, because they saw the court's actions in dealing with these lawless people and the determination of the court, but what the yamen saw What they heard made them despair. "
"Shut up, what kind of place is this? It allows you to talk nonsense here, why don't you get out of here."
Eunuch Gao looked at the little eunuch in front of him angrily, his eyes almost bursting with fire.
"Okay, okay, that's great."
Suddenly, King Zhou's angry and laughing voice came, "You dare to hide this kind of thing from me, what else can you not dare to do?"
Eunuch Gao was shocked and quickly knelt down and explained: "Your Majesty, this servant is wronged. I really thought this was just a trivial matter and planned to report it to Your Majesty after I went to court."
"Shut up." King Zhou looked at the old slave kneeling in front of him and kicked him to the ground. Shi Ke couldn't bear it.
"Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, where is the Minister of Punishment?"
King Zhou's voice echoed throughout the hall, and Nie Rong and Yin Xiaoting of Jingzhao Mansion quickly stood up and raised their hands to signal.
"I'm here."
"I order you two to return to the government office immediately to take charge. You must stabilize the emotions of these people, accept the evidence submitted by Supervisor Tiansi, and conduct an open trial. You must be fair and open."
Having said this, King Zhou glanced at Zhao Yueming with an unkind look.
“We must let the people know that the imperial court will make decisions for the people, and any official involved in this case, regardless of his official position, will be severely punished and will not be tolerated.
Also, give me a good cleanup of the idle waste in your yamen. So many people gathered in the yamen, but there was no reaction at all, and the door was not even opened. It is simply stupid. The court does not need this kind of moth, understand. ? "
Nie Rong and Xiao Ting looked at each other and said respectfully, "Wei Chen understands."
Then Nie Rong asked again: "Your Majesty, what should we do with these people?"
Nie Rong pointed out that it was these officials who knelt on the ground who were already about to be trivialized by His Majesty. But after such a turn of events, the result may not be so simple.
As for having nothing to do with them?
Nie Rong has been serving as Minister of Justice for more than ten years and has been an official in the court for decades. If he didn't even understand this truth, he would have been tricked many times.
"That's all. Take these people to the prison of your punishment department. After thorough investigation, we will deal with them strictly in accordance with the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
There was a hint of helplessness in King Zhou's tone, but it eventually turned into determination.
If there was really no other movement, he would be willing to lift it up high and put it down gently, but now in this situation, almost the entire people of Kyoto are involved.
Public opinion cannot be violated.
If he dealt with it like this, the people's spit would drown him.
As a monarch who considered himself a wise monarch, he naturally did not want to leave such a bad name in the hearts of the people.
"My lord, I obey the order."
While he was talking, dozens of guards had already walked in.
Seeing this scene, Deng Wen and others were shocked. They immediately begged the King of Zhou for mercy: "Your Majesty, we are willing to accept your Majesty's disposal and dissipate all our wealth. We hope that your Majesty will see that we and other veterans have not contributed to the great Zhou Dynasty." For the sake of hard work, please spare us this time.”
They naturally know what kind of things they and others are doing in private. If they really want to fall into the hands of the Ministry of Punishment, they should punish the crime according to the laws of Dazhou. Let alone killing themselves and others once, even if it is ten times or a hundred times, it will be unreasonable. Too much.
In order to survive, they also fought hard. They were crying and making trouble in the main hall, but they didn't care whether it became a vegetable market or not.
"Now I know I was wrong. It's too late."
Zhao Yueming stood up and continued: "If begging for mercy is of no use, what else do you need from the Ministry of Punishment, and what else do you need from the Great Zhou Law?"
"Okay, drag these people down and take them to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. All their family members will be imprisoned in the government. After their crimes are verified, they will be punished by the Ministry of Punishment according to law."
Seeing that these people were upset, King Zhou stopped staying any longer. After saying this, he announced his resignation and left the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"Zhao Yueming, you are a butcher, you are an executioner with blood on your hands. You will definitely die a bad death. Your fate will definitely be worse than mine."
Deng Wen, who was dragged out of the hall by the guards, cursed at Zhao Yueming before leaving. He knew that he and others were here today because of Zhao Yueming.
How many civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty had never done these things, and how many were clean? Why just stare at them.
Thinking about his own fate and the fate of his family, he felt resentful.
"Master Zhao, it seems that your situation will be even worse in the future. There are probably not many civil and military officials in this dynasty who can stand you, let alone Jian Tiansi."
Faced with Nie Rong's question, Zhao Yueming didn't blink, but responded sarcastically: "Just doing things according to the laws of Zhou Dynasty has made so many people hate me.
Mr. Nie, as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, you have been in office for so many years. Do you think it is me, Zhao, who deserves to die, or you, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, who should be blushing. "
After leaving these words, Zhao Yueming did not leave directly, but walked to Wang Lei.
Only Nie Rong was left stunned on the spot. For a moment, he stood on the spot, speechless.
