MTL - Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty-Chapter 186 loyal minister
Not long after, Zhu Houzhao walked up the jade steps in a dragon robe, and all the ministers went to worship together, and no one dared to look up.
They lowered their heads one by one, for fear that they might be negligent today, if something happened to them.
Don't do bad things during the day, and don't be afraid to beat others at night.
However, with so many ministers not coming to the morning court, did something really happen?
Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair and accepted the kowtows of the ministers!
Many people knelt down there, feeling overwhelmed, because the issue that had just been discussed earlier in the morning, how come it has to be brought up now?
In fact, they didn't know that His Majesty had something else to say today.
"You all kneel in front of me one by one, you should all feel fortunate!"
As soon as these words came out, many people felt the chill behind their backs, but then they thought, those people who didn't kneel here at this time to go to court, have their heads moved now?
In particular, Qian Ning, Jin Yiwei's deputy, who usually stands in the ranks of military generals, although his position is not too high, he is not here at the moment.
"Everyone is very surprised! I told you that King Lu, Zhu Wencheng, secretly kept artillery pieces and set up a navy of 8,000 in private. There is no record of these.
Speaking of which, most of the ministers in the DPRK and China understood what Zhu Houzhao meant. It turned out that King Lu rebelled.
Since ancient times, whenever there is a rebellion, there are so many people involved, and even some people are still talking to you at this time, but the next minute they are turned into prisoners.
You must know that the Zhengde Emperor in front of them is a decisive person!
Once the accusation of treason is convicted, there will only be one end, the beaded three clans!
At this time, His Majesty summoned the ministers to Xuanzheng Hall to explain the matter, in order to find out more people.
"The ministers are loyal to His Majesty, and the sun and the moon can learn from them!" The ministers shouted in unison.
Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, and the ministers kneeling on both sides trembled.
It's like the majesty of the emperor just now was all pressed on them all at once.
Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair, glanced around the civil and military officials kneeling below, and said, "Wang Shouren, I order you to quickly lead 50,000 elite soldiers and go to the palace of Ping Lu."
"But in case of resistance, shoot to kill!"
"The minister obeys the order!"
Wang Shouren had just returned from the Liaodong battlefield, and he still had important military information to report to Zhu Houzhao. Before it was too late, he was sent to the southeast to suppress the rebellion. It seems that this matter is very difficult now.
Although this incident was clearly aimed at suppressing the rebellion, it was actually a large-scale battle in secret, because the rebels always started with resistance when they were not caught with enough evidence.
If he didn't have that strength, he wouldn't dare to raise an army to resist, let alone wait for him to be captured at home.
At this time, Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, knelt forward and said: "Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will listen to the minister's words. If you exterminate the three clans of King Lu, you will basically have corpses all over the place, and countless innocent people will be implicated. The minister advises Your Majesty First arrest King Lu and bring him to justice, and then make a decision!"
In the huge Xuanzheng Hall, there was only Li Dongyang's voice.
It shows the courage of the chief assistant of his cabinet, which is really admirable.
However, at this time, many people opened the boundaries with Li Dongyang in their hearts, because they dared to plead for the rebellion, because their necks were too hard, or what was the reason?
Soon, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang with a gloomy face. He actually knew the heart of the elder of the three dynasties. He was disguised as Quanjian not to kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, Li Dongyang continued to cup his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this minister knows that His Majesty is wise, but your Majesty thinks, those innocent people who died, the minister still can't bear to watch Xifeng's mouth bleed into a river!"
In the hall, all the ministers felt a tinge of cold air. His Majesty had already given Li Dongyang a chance, but he did not expect that he was still a muscle.
Zhu Houzhao narrowed his eyes deliberately, looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Li Aiqing, don't you really think that I dare not kill you?"
Li Dongyang cupped his hands for a long time and said: "Your Majesty, I have absolutely no intention of that, I just hope that Your Majesty can be sympathetic to the painstaking efforts of the minister, and the minister only speaks for the people of this bright future. Since ancient times, whenever there is a war, the one who suffers in the end is the one who suffers. Those ordinary people, I hope Your Majesty think twice!"
At this time, anyone with a discerning eye would know that Zhu Houzhao had already thought of killing people. If Li Dongyang kept contradicting him, he would most likely use the chief assistant of the cabinet to open a sacrificial flag.
"Your Majesty, I have something to tell Your Majesty!"
The commander-in-chief of Liaodong, Wang Shouren, who was kneeling below, said suddenly.
"Well, Wang Aiqing, if you don't say that I almost looked at me, tell me!" After calming down a little, Zhu Houzhao continued to ask.
"Then, Your Majesty, how should King Lu deal with it?"
He had to figure out the source of this matter. King Lu was an imperial family. If he followed the laws of the Ming Dynasty to read the three clans, wouldn't many members of the royal family be involved?
There are also several vassal kings around King Lu. Although their fiefs are different, they more or less know the news in this regard. If they come across them for help, will these people kill them?
Back then, when Emperor Yongle launched the Battle of Jingnan, he had the help of the vassal kings.
Of course, Zhu Houzhao also knew what Wang Shouren meant, and said, "Just kill King Lu's family!"
He thought that Wang Shouren was going to tell him about the war in Liaodong, but he didn't expect Wang Shouren to ask this question straight to the point, and he must have arranged things in Liaodong properly.
Zhu Houzhao stood up suddenly, looked around at the ministers in the hall, and said loudly: "The rebellion of King Lu is a wake-up call for you. To be clear, I know your every move, don't put yourself in a cover."
"The reason why I want you to know about this is to tell you that I am still the master of my Ming Dynasty."
"Retreat!"
Before waiting for the ministers of civil and military affairs to react one by one, Zhu Houzhao left the Xuanzheng Hall angrily, leaving a group of civil ministers and generals to kneel and worship there.
The meaning of the emperor's words is very clear. Since King Lu can leave his eyes and ears in the capital and the court, what about other vassal kings?
Are they all dangerous?
The words that the emperor said were not only meant to be heard by all the civil and military officials present, but were more intended to reach the ears of the vassal kings through their mouths~www.novelbuddy.com~ Don't treat your majesty as a small child. The child looks at it, he has now been trained to be able to control the ministers, and the reason why he has not yet done anything to these vassal kings is that they have not touched the bottom line of the emperor. bottom abyss.
After most of the ministers in Xuanzheng Hall had left, only Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, knelt there and refused to stand up.
Seeing this, Wang Shouren felt a little unbearable. He was only in his early twenties, kneeling here for an hour and his knees would feel numb, let alone Li Dongyang, a cabinet in the middle of the year.
"Master Li, you can't change His Majesty's will. What he hates most is the rebellion. I think you should get up!"
Li Dongyang shook his head and said, "Master Wang, you don't have to persuade me. If Your Majesty doesn't change his mind, I'd rather kneel and die here than get up."
Wang Shouren sighed and said, "Lord Li, what's the trouble with you? As ministers, you and I are supposed to help your majesty, but..."
Speaking of this, Wang Shouren was embarrassed to go on, because before this, some people kept saying that he was a nerd, but now it seems that he is not confused.
