Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

Chu Ze stood in the main hall, scanning the ministers in the court with a cold gaze.

This large-scale purge operation has been going on for more than ten days, but the powerful people in the capital still seem to be holding out for luck.

They either colluded secretly or pretended to have nothing to do with the case, just hoping to protect themselves in this storm.

However, Chu Ze had already seen through everything in his heart.

"I gave you a chance."

"But you still don't repent."

"In this case, I will personally eliminate all disloyal and lawless people!"

Chu Ze said coldly, his voice echoing in the empty hall like frost in the cold winter, making the ministers present feel a chill in their hearts.

He walked slowly to the center of the hall, looking down at those powerful officials who had once been domineering in the court.

"I received a secret report."

"Several adults have privately signed a petition asking me to stop this purge."

"Some even attempted to threaten me with resignation, thinking that I would compromise as a result."

"You guys...are so stupid!"

Chu Ze's voice suddenly rose, and his eyes flashed with coldness.

"Who gave you the courage to threaten me in the court?"

"Do you really think that I will back down under your coercion and inducement?"

Inside the hall, all the ministers lowered their heads, cold sweat oozing from their foreheads, not daring to look Chu Ze in the eye.

Chu Ze sneered and his eyes fell on the officials in the front row.

"Mr. Zhou, the Minister of Personnel, why don't you plead guilty today?"

Minister Zhou was shocked and immediately knelt on the ground, sweating profusely: "Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

"I have never participated in any illegal activities, and I have never colluded with Deng Antu of the Ministry of Revenue."

"Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"

Chu Ze stared at him sternly, then waved his hand. A Jinyiwei commander immediately stepped forward and presented a sealed file.

"Minister Zhou, do you recognize this secret report?"

"This is the evidence found by my spies. It clearly records your crime of secretly colluding with several officials of the Ministry of Revenue to embezzle silver from the national treasury."

"You still dare to say that you are innocent?"

Minister Zhou's face turned pale as paper, his whole body trembled, and he kept kowtowing: "Your Majesty, spare my life! Your Majesty, spare my life!"

"I was confused for a moment, so I got involved in this matter."

"I beg your Majesty to have mercy and spare my life!"

"I am willing to return all the embezzled money and expose the accomplices!"

Chu Ze smiled coldly, with endless coldness in his eyes.

"Spare your life?"

"I have already said that all officials involved in this corruption case, regardless of their rank, will be dealt with according to the law!"

"If you dare to embezzle the national treasury, you should be prepared to bear the consequences!"

"Somebody come!"

At Chu Ze's command, two imperial guards immediately stepped forward and lifted up Minister Zhou.

"Drag him away and execute him immediately."

"All his family members and descendants were exiled to Lingnan and were never allowed to return to the Central Plains."

Minister Zhou turned pale and struggled in fear: "Your Majesty, please spare my life! I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!"

However, Chu Ze didn't even look at him again. He waved his hand and signaled the Royal Guards to drag him away.

The ministers in the hall looked at this scene, and they felt as if they had fallen into an icy cave, with horror in their hearts.

Chu Ze looked around and said coldly: "I have already said that anyone who dares to violate the laws of the court will be unforgivable."

"Today, I am here to tell you." "This purge will not end because of anyone's compromise."

"Anyone who attempts to resist, interfere with, or threaten my orders will pay the heaviest price!"

"No matter who you are, don't think of escaping my punishment!"

His voice swept through the hall like a cold wind, and everyone felt a chill to the bones.

At this time, the Minister of Justice Shen Hongde stood up tremblingly and said, "Your Majesty, we have conducted a thorough investigation of all officials involved in the case in the capital."

"Among them, there is already solid evidence that more than 30 officials were involved in the Ministry of Revenue's corruption case or secretly colluded with the Jiangnan rebels."

"I believe that these people have committed serious crimes and need to be dealt with as soon as possible to serve as a warning to others."

Chu Ze nodded, a cold light in his eyes.

"very good."

“Now that it has been ascertained, it will be dealt with according to the law.”

"Over the years, corruption among officials in the court has become rampant, and it has reached a point that I cannot tolerate."

"I will use the blood of these people to make the entire court tremble!"

He then turned to look at Lu Bing who was standing beside him and said calmly, "Lu Bing, have you found out where Zhao Kun is?"

Lu Bing quickly clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I have blocked all the passages in and out of the capital."

"But the force that Zhao Kun was kidnapped from is extremely cunning and has been hiding. His exact location has not yet been found."

"However, I am certain that he must still be in the capital."

"I request that another team of Jinyiwei be mobilized and additional personnel be sent to conduct a thorough investigation of every street and every corner of the capital."

"I believe that as long as Zhao Kun is still in the capital, we will be able to capture him!"

Chu Ze nodded, and then said coldly: "I will give you three days."

"If Zhao Kun is not found within three days, all Jinyiwei officials who participated in the search will be held accountable!"

Lu Bing's heart trembled, and he quickly bowed and said, "I understand."

"I will do my best to bring Zhao Kun to justice!"

After saying that, he immediately turned around and quickly retreated.

Chu Ze watched his back, his eyes filled with endless murderous intent.

"Zhao Kun is the most important key figure in this purge operation."

"He holds all the evidence of the Jiangnan Rebellion and the Ministry of Revenue corruption case."

"The reason why those powerful families and their remnants dared to do this behind the scenes is because they wanted to use Zhao Kun to hide the truth."

"Unfortunately, I won't let them have their way."

"I will definitely capture Zhao Kun and wipe out all the forces that dare to oppose the imperial court!"

At the same time, the atmosphere inside and outside the capital became increasingly tense.

The Jinyiwei's spies were sent out everywhere, and all the noble families and officials related to Zhao Kun, regardless of their status, were included in the key investigation list.

A large number of officials were arrested and countless noble families were sealed off.

Those forces that had been secretly plotting to confront the imperial court were all swept up in this storm.

And the situation in Jiangnan, under Chu Ze's orders, was completely plunged into an unprecedented atmosphere of solemnity.

All the forces that attempted to take advantage of the Jiangnan rebellion to rise again were eventually completely eradicated by Chu Ze's iron-fisted approach.

The power structure in Jiangnan is undergoing an unprecedented reshuffle.

All the powerful families who were associated with the Jiangnan rebels were seized one after another, and the whole of Jiangnan was in a state of solemnity.

Those powerful people who once bullied and abused their power in Jiangnan were eventually wiped out by Chu Ze's iron-fisted approach.

Chu Ze stood in the imperial study, listening to the news of victory, and the murderous intent in his heart gradually subsided.

"In recent years, corruption and rebellion inside and outside the court have reached an intolerable level." (End of this chapter)