Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 657

"I don't know why the Holy Majesty recruited ministers and others to enter the palace? But is it related to the new government policy? Or what obstacles Sun and Lu encountered?
When the New Year is approaching, most of the officials in various places are not thinking about government affairs, which is also human nature.

Moreover, there is no need to rush the implementation of the New Deal. After the New Year's Eve, the cabinet will issue a document to the chief ministers, requesting that all localities must complete the implementation within three months. Also please don't be anxious. "

After saluting at Zhu Youjian, Wen Tiren, who found the emperor's face the same as usual, felt strange in his heart, took a few deep breaths secretly, tried to get his breath back to normal, and then bowed his hands and saluted, tentatively making out what he had guessed. The emperor made a brief statement on the possible concerns.

Since the situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty has been very stable recently, except for the two cabinet ministers who went south to supervise the formation, there was nothing particularly urgent in the reports submitted by the local government, so the emperor has not summoned all the cabinet ministers for several days. , The cabinet ministers also relaxed rarely.

But today, when it was almost noon, a young eunuch in the palace suddenly ran to the cabinet out of breath, saying that the emperor had summoned all the elders in an emergency. While guessing secretly, they hurried over, and Wen Tiren, who was nearly seventy years old, had obviously felt exhausted.

"Today, the ministers are called here because another major event is happening in the south of the Yangtze River! Companion, show your seat to the elders! By the way, send Lu Qing's melody to the ministers for reading!"

At this time, Zhu Youjian's mood had returned to calm, and he also had concerns in his heart. After keenly observing that Wen Tiren's body seemed to be a little unstable, he immediately gave orders.

A few days ago, when he took Wang Chengen to inspect the cabinet, he also walked all the way. It took half an hour to walk from Qianqing Palace to Huiji Gate. Calculating the distance, the distance should be three to four miles.

This distance does not matter to other cabinet ministers who are in their prime, but for Wen Tiren, who is almost 70 years old, the rush all the way is really too much to bear, so Zhu Youjian, who is quite careful, immediately ordered everyone to watch their seats.

After a while, several eunuchs moved the brocade stools, and all the officials thanked them and sat down. Wang Chengen walked down the imperial steps and handed over the urgent report from Lu Xiangsheng to Wen Tiren.

Lu Xiangsheng's memorial is very short, just a brief explanation of what happened to him when he was attacked, and a list of several masterminds is attached at the end of the memorial. As for whether there are other people involved in the case, Jin Yiwei is investigating, so There is no description of the specific situation.

Soon, the report was circulated by all the ministers to read, and then returned to the imperial case in front of Zhu Youjian.

"Qizou Shengshang, my emperor Ming has established the country for more than two hundred years, but such a shocking thing has never happened!

In this peaceful and prosperous age, there are such insane people. If Lu Jiandou and the two chief officials of Jiangsu are killed unfortunately, it will cause an uproar in the world's public opinion!

The impact of this incident is far worse than the previous case of attacking an official in the Songjiang Mansion. The veteran thought that he should be punished with a heavy fine! "

With a heavy expression, Wen Tiren stood up first and saluted.

What civil servants are most afraid of is this kind of assassination. Once someone initiates, someone will follow suit when they are in a desperate situation. When that time comes, the entire court will face huge turmoil. ,The consequences could be disastrous.

Afterwards Chen Qiyu with an angry face stood up and played: "Your Majesty, I see that the masterminds of this shocking case are all people who have been paid by the Emperor of Food for decades!

That generation didn't think about the kindness of the country's upbringing, and brazenly committed such an act of common anger. For the self-interest of the family, they wanted to murder the country's important ministers with despicable behavior. Dig it, in order to catch the same party in one go! "

Although Chen Qiyu thought highly of himself and didn't put most of the important officials in the court in his eyes, he still admired Lu Xiangsheng's utter loyalty. In addition, both of them had led the army as civil servants and experienced life and death on the battlefield. and death, so there is still a feeling of sympathy in my heart.

Unexpectedly, some former important ministers of the imperial court actually murdered this world-famous loyal minister. This kind of behavior is more vicious than thieves, and they must fight back with the most severe means to wipe out this group of people. , to deter other people with ulterior motives.

"Qizou Shengshang, there was an attack on officials by the Songjiang Mansion before, and now Lu Jiandou was assassinated as an imperial envoy. I think that such repeated actions will expose the innocence of Jiangnan people!
The minister seconded the discussion between the chief assistant and Chen Yuxuan, and this incident should be suppressed with the most severe means! "

Yang Sichang immediately got up and played.

Afterwards, Li Banghua, Hou Xun, and Fan Jingwen also stood up separately, strongly condemning the mastermind of this matter, and seconding the suggestions of the previous people.

It doesn't matter who is assassinated, the important thing is that this kind of thing has greatly surpassed the bottom line of civil servants, which they simply cannot tolerate.

Today, you dared to assassinate Lu Jiandou because your interests were affected. Then next time there is a conflict of interests, who will be assassinated?
This despicable behavior is even more hateful than the factory guard.

Although the factory guards are annoying, they still have rules. As long as they don't offend the emperor, normal people don't have to worry about it.

This time, fortunately, it was Lu Xiangsheng, a battle-tested fierce man. If everyone present were changed, now the neighbors in the neighborhood would all come to his house for the funeral banquet.

"My lords, sit down.

This matter is just like Zhu Qing said, the nature is so bad that it has violated the rules of heaven!It's really not allowed!
The members of Xie are not only well-read scriptures, but also eat the royal salary. Over the years, they have plundered and plundered, and their family property can be said to be very rich, but what can they do for the imperial court and the world?

The current imperial government's new policy is only to let him undertake his due obligations. He never thought that his generation would do such insane things, which shows that he puts his own self-interest above the imperial court in his daily life!
Yang Qing is right!
From the case of attacking officials in the Songjiang Mansion to the case of assassinating imperial envoys and government officials in Nanjing, these two cases occurred one after another, which is enough to show that Jiangnan is no longer the Jiangnan of the imperial court, but actually the Jiangnan of certain people. This is something I will never allow !
In order to learn from past mistakes and future mistakes, I have decided that the investigation and handling of this case will be carried out entirely by the pro-army! "

When the cabinet ministers heard the emperor's final conclusion, they knew that this time the emperor was about to get involved.

Leaving aside the fact that the assassination of the imperial envoy was too bad, let's just talk about the assassinated Lu Xiangsheng himself. Who in the court would know that this is one of the emperor's most respected ministers?

Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng was safe and sound. If Lu Xiangsheng really died, the emperor would be furious, and countless people in Jiangnan would be killed.

In the wrath of the emperor, blood flowed across the oars.

(End of this chapter)