"Mr. Xu Ge, have you finished reading?"
"Back to Your Majesty, I have finished reading."
"Tell me, how should I deal with this person?"
"I think Li Yuan is a crazy person!" Xu Jie said angrily, "As a minister of the imperial court, he does not contribute to the country, but he also attacks the father and son of the commander of the Jin Yiwei. I think he deserves to be killed!"
"Where are the others? Tell us!"
When the ministers saw that Mr. Ge had expressed his position, they no longer hesitated. Since the emperor and Mr. Ge said that he should be killed, then let's kill him!
The first ones to jump out were several ministers from the Ministry of War. They were afraid of being implicated by Li Yuan, so they quickly drew a clear line!
Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Juzheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, are cabinet ministers. They will naturally be safe and sound. The most anxious ones are the several doctors of the Ministry of War under them.
"I second the proposal!"
"Li Yuan is usually greedy for money, lustful, deceives superiors and deceives subordinates, and is arrogant and domineering. I have long wanted to impeach him!"
"I thought that such a vicious person should be executed from his entire family!"
…
Suddenly, the court immediately turned into a meeting to criticize Li Yuan.
The officials who often visited brothels with Li Yuan on weekdays also put on a sworn attitude.
Some people even wanted to go forward and beat Li Yuan, but were stopped by Zhu Zaijing's order.
The military value of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty is no joke.
It's not like they have never beaten people to death in court.
Right, Ma Shun?
"Quiet!" Xu Jie shouted, and the court slowly became quiet.
"My dear friends and evil are inseparable from each other. I am very relieved!"
“So, I’ll give you another final dish to crush your surprise!”
"Bring those businessmen here!"
After all the big players arrived, Zhu Zaijing began to tell the officials about Li Yuan's smuggling legend.
"What a talented guy!" Zhu Zaijing sneered, "Under the emperor's feet, the firearms in the capital can be sold outside the Great Wall. I didn't expect that the biggest assistant behind the Tatars turned out to be the Ming Emperor himself!"
"Brimstone, lead bullets and gunpowder are transported as if they cost nothing! Oh, yes, they don't cost money in the first place. All they cost is taxes paid by the people!"
"I didn't expect that all the civil servants in our Ming Dynasty would have special skills! Huh?"
"In the past, there was corruption when the late emperor Yin Zhengmao passed away, and later there was Li Yuanche who hired murderers to kill people when he was investigating the capital camp! Isn't it too unfair for your talents to do so in the Forbidden City? Isn't it?"
"Your Majesty, calm down! I have neglected my duty!"
Zhu Zaijing glanced at Xu Jie and said, "Who knows how many people are still there who have not been found out?"
Xu Jie's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt guilty.
The emperor's look was profound!
The look between Zhu Zaijing and Xu Jie was also seen by Zhang Juzheng...
Li Yuan had completely lost his strength at this moment and collapsed on the ground.
He knew that today's meeting was held by the emperor in order to kill himself!
Realizing that there was no need to resist, Li Yuan knelt with his eyes closed, waiting for the emperor's trial.
Zhu Zaijing walked back to the dragon chair and touched the armrests of the dragon chair.
The hall also became quiet.
"deliver an imperial order!"
"Li Yuan collaborated with the enemy and betrayed his country! He assassinated the imperial officials! He resold Beijing's firearms!"
"Here, I will be taken to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment immediately, and I will be executed in three days."
"And...kill the nine tribes!"
Without giving anyone a chance to react, Zhu Zaijing strode out of the Huangji Hall.
All the ministers below were kneeling motionless, looking at Li Yuan with unusually indifferent eyes.
The latter's eyes had already turned white, he twitched a few times and then fainted.
Xu Jie shook his head and left quietly with the cabinet ministers, and then the guards outside the palace carried Li Yuan away.
Zhu Zaijing from Qianqing Palace was taking off his dragon robe.
Xu Jie and others came in.
"Your Majesty, Li Yuan deserves an unforgivable crime, but... is it too much to destroy the nine tribes..."
"Too cruel?"
"I just think that our Ming Dynasty has not had any cases of killing the nine tribes for many years. The new dynasty has just begun..."
"Xu Jie!"
Zhu Zaijing said coldly, "When did your memory become so bad?"
Xu Jie stayed where he was, at a loss.
"I have long said that any day I kill corrupt officials is considered an auspicious day! Not to mention traitors like Li Yuan who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country!"
"My Ming Dynasty has not killed the nine tribes for many years? Okay! Then I will do it once, so that some people can wake up!"
"My Ming Dynasty can not only destroy the nine tribes, but also the ten tribes!"
Zhang Juzheng heard what Zhu Zaijing said and agreed very much in his heart.
After all, what the emperor did was interesting enough. The nobles gave them time and face, and the Ministry of War did not put pressure on them, allowing them to investigate themselves.
What the emperor wants is just a Beijing camp without free wages. Is that too much?
He saw the high-arched mouth at the back and the corners of his mouth rising slightly.
He understood why Gao Gong was happy.
First, the emperor's dissatisfaction with Xu Jie has become more and more obvious.
Secondly, the emperor was no longer as weak and cowardly as before, but began to become more and more tough.
This is in line with Zhang Juzheng's character.
"Gao Gong, who has been ostracized and looked down upon since childhood, has little sympathy for the literati group." Zhang Juzheng thought to himself.
"Besides, he is a northern literati, not a Jiangnan literati who is intricately connected to the gentry group."
At this time, Chen Hong walked in from outside.
"Your Majesty, all preparations for Daming Daily have been completed and the article can be published immediately!"
Daming Daily?
Why hasn’t the Cabinet heard of this daily newspaper?
“How many newspapers can you sell in a day?”
"Reply to Your Majesty, at least a thousand copies!"
"Okay, I'll write now! Write about Li Yuan's case and the assassination of Zhu Xizhong and his son!"
"Write about how rotten the capital camp and the Ministry of War are, so that the common people can see clearly what kind of demons and ghosts are dancing around in the Ming Dynasty!"
"yes!"
"You all go back and rest for a day!" Zhu Zaijing said to Xu Jie and the others.
"I am also tired. I am not in the mood to do government affairs today. You have been locked in the palace for such a long time. Go back and have a good sleep!"
"Your Majesty, please leave!"
Afternoon, Beijing.
"Daming Daily! Daming Daily!"
"Dong Chengguo and his son conducted a thorough investigation into the capital camp and were assassinated!"
"Li Yuan, a doctor in the Ministry of War, collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. He was executed in Ling Chi and the nine tribes were destroyed!"
A group of children held thick newspapers in their arms and were selling them one by one.
"Child, what is this newspaper?"
"This is the Ming Dynasty Daily! His Majesty the Emperor personally wrote it for the people to read!"
"Is it written by the emperor? Children can't make fun of this!"
"No kidding, this is the handprint of the Supervisor of Liturgy," the child pointed to the print at the bottom of the newspaper, "Eunuch Chen, the Supervisor of Liturgy, is in charge of the Ming Dynasty Daily!"
"How to sell it?"
"A penny a share!"
"I'll buy ten!"
"I'll buy it too, I'll buy it too!"
"Give me one!"
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