Emperor’s Battlefield: I, Zhu Houzhao, like to push horizontally

Chapter 68: I can see the emperor from before, and naturally I can also see the emperor from behind.

"Your Majesty, the disaster situation in Shaanxi has been alleviated. Thanks to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's divine grace, it is not an outbreak of plague. The victims have begun to return to their hometowns and start farming again under the arrangements of various yamen."

Today is the monthly meeting to report and discuss the major events that happened this month.

The governor who Zhu Youtang arranged to inspect the disaster areas also returned today and reported on the situation in the disaster areas.

Zhu Youtang didn't think there was anything wrong with the minister's praise of his son, but he was very proud of it.

"Prefectures and offices in various places must take care of the victims, and don't let the people feel cold. If there are any difficulties, the court will try their best to solve them, and don't delay next year's spring plowing."

"The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development pays great attention to the food aspect and does its best to solve the people's food problems before spring plowing."

"Huang Aiqing, please focus on following this aspect."

Looking at Dahuang standing at the foot of the steps with the big yellow dog's head on his head, Zhu Youtang finally handed the matter over to him.

Dahuang bowed and took a note to write down the incident.

Regarding Zhu Youtang calling him Huang Aiqing, he didn't bother to remind him. Rhubarb was just rhubarb. How many people still wanted the emperor to change his name.

After the disaster was resolved, Zhu Youtang looked at the others.

An hour has passed since the morning meeting, and most things have been perfectly resolved.

If there is nothing else, this court meeting will be over.

"Qi Zou Your Majesty, I have a book to play!"

A supervisory censor stood up.

First, he saluted Zhu Youtang, and then he held a memorial in his hand and reported loudly.

"Wei Chen impeached Zhu Chenhao, Prince of Ning in Nanchang."

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion among the courtiers, who looked at the little censor in shock.

The title of Prince Ning was very special in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to being the child of Emperor Taizu, his relationship with Emperor Taizong was also unusual.

It is said that Prince Ning played an important role in Emperor Taizong's success in appeasement.

Although the strength of King Ning's lineage was greatly reduced after the vassal reduction, the court also rewarded him for his obedient attitude.

Compared with other vassal kings, Prince Ning has a much closer relationship with the royal family.

Now this little censor has the courage to impeach the noble lord.

If the accusation is false, His Majesty will definitely take action on him in order to give Prince Ning an explanation.

Some people looked at the little censor with sympathy in their eyes.

But more people noticed that the left and right deputy censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate standing at the front had expressionless faces.

It can be seen that they already knew about this matter and even acquiesced in the impeachment below.

After all, he wanted to impeach such a big figure, and without consulting with his superiors, he dropped such a big bombshell all at once, scaring the big bosses above, and the little censor still wanted to get away with it.

Some officials who understood the situation had meaningful expressions in their eyes. They winked at the people they knew and then stood quietly, ready to watch the show.

Zhu Youtang raised his eyelids with a look of surprise on his face, but there was no shock in his eyes.

"speak!"

Zhu Youtang's mouth opened slightly, as if he was shocked by this incident, and his expression was slightly struggling, as if he didn't want to expose the royal scandal.

But he glanced at the civil and military ministers below, pretended to be helpless, sighed, and waved to the censor to explain the situation.

"The minister leads the order!"

The supervisory censor bowed again, raised the memorial and said loudly:
"Half a month ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince exorcised demons outside the territory and made immortal achievements. Heaven was inspired to send tens of thousands of merits and gifts to the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Highness is dedicated to serving the people, but in order to prevent young people from enjoying this favor from heaven, we have decided that those who are disloyal to the court, cunning, and have impure minds will not receive this gift."

"That night colorful lotus rained down from the sky, and all the people rejoiced."

"However, according to what the people of Nanchang said, only a few lotuses came down from Prince Ning's mansion that night, and most of the people in the entire mansion were unscrupulous people."

"After inquiries, I found out that only five people got Cailian. They were Prince Ning's daughter who was less than one year old, two maids who had just entered the palace, and three servants."

"Other than that, among the hundreds of people in Prince Ning's mansion, no one has received this gift."

"Prince Ning's Mansion explained to the outside world that no one was in the house that night and they all went out for an outing, so there were countless lotus flowers landing."

"But according to the Jin Yiwei's report, no one from Prince Ning's mansion went out that night. They were all at the mansion."

Hearing this, some ministers had very strange expressions.

When did the Inspectorate and Jin Yiwei have such a good relationship that they could even share information with each other?

Although they were joking in their hearts, no one stood up to ask questions.

Now that we have talked about it, we understand everything that needs to be understood. Some of the big guys who have managed to get to this point are fools.

Unless you really want to die, at this time, even if the other person curses your eighteenth generation of ancestors, you have to endure it and not take a step forward.The censor lifted up his official robe and knelt down on the ground, prostrate on the ground and loudly impeached.

"Cai Lian is destined by God, and God is fair and will never send one person by mistake. Except for a few people in Prince Ning's house, there are no others. This intention is already clear."

"My lord, Wang Xian, the censor of the Thirteenth Road, cried blood to impeach King Ning Zhu Chenhao. He has no heart for the court and no eyes for the emperor. He has committed 36 illegal crimes, including [-] other crimes. Please send someone from the court to investigate and deal with them, punish the evil that God hates, and rectify the hearts of all people!"

After the censor finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily to the ground, and his head hit the floor with a thud.

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and then a wave of condemnation came.

"How could Prince Ning do this? Is he worthy of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong? Is he worthy of the favor he received from previous emperors? He is really ambitious."

"That's right, it's hard to paint the bones but to paint the skin. You know people but don't know their hearts. King Ning's line has not made any moves for many years. I thought I was only focused on serving the country, but I didn't expect that we were all deceived by him."

"Well, who says it's not the case? If it weren't for His Highness the Crown Prince, thanks to the grace of God, I'm afraid we would still be in the dark and not realize it."

Regardless of whether they had benefited from King Ning or not, the ministers were loudly accusing him at this time.

To explain it, stop joking.

If there was no such thing as Cailian falling from the sky, someone would definitely stand up to defend it.

But now the evidence is conclusive, and even God has judged that the other party has disobedient intentions. At this time, you stand up to explain to him. What do you want to do?
You, a little mortal, dare to question even God. It’s not that you don’t want to be an official anymore, it’s that you don’t want the lives of your whole family.

So at this moment, regardless of whether he has anything to do with Prince Ning or not, even if he goes to report to him after going to court, he still has to stand up and condemn him at this time.

Zhu Youtang, who was above, had an expression of anger mixed with a hint of disbelief, as if he had just learned about it.

The slightly trembling hands and the eyes that stared at the censor for repeated confirmation made people feel distressed.

"Oh, how could this be?"

After a long time, Zhu Youtang sat back on the chair, his eyes full of exhaustion.

"Your Majesty, the top priority is to immediately send troops to control Prince Ning's Mansion to prevent him from raising troops in advance after receiving the news, causing chaos in Nanchang Mansion and other areas."

Several big bosses who had discussed with Zhu Youtang a long time ago were a little impatient when they saw that it was their turn to play. Liu Jian, who was also the chief minister of the cabinet, was the first to step forward.

"Your Majesty, it is God's judgment that King Ning refuses to submit to me. I second the advice of Duke Liu!"

Xie Qian stood up and reviewed Liu Jian's proposal.

"My minister agrees!"

Li Dongyang stood up.

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

Seeing that several big shots had come forward, the other ministers stood up and voiced their opinions loudly, not to be outdone.

"Ugh!"

Looking at the ministers who stood up and seconded their opinions one by one, Zhu Youtang looked troubled. After a long time, he sighed and waved his hand.

"This is God's condemnation. Although I can't bear it, I can't ignore God's will and the hearts of the people."

"Liu Aiqing."

"I'm here!" Liu Jian stood up.

Zhu Youtang said to him: "Draw up a decree to remove Prince Ning's title and deprive him of all gifts...the whole family will be imprisoned."

After explaining the contents of the imperial edict, Zhu Youtang was silent for a moment and confessed to Liu Jian: "Bring him to the capital for me. I want to ask him why he did this because I treated him well."

As the imperial edict was issued, everyone understood that Prince Ning's lineage was completely over.

"Hey, did Prince Ning rebel so early?"

Just when everyone had different thoughts, Zhu Houzhao walked in from outside the hall and asked everyone curiously.

"See Your Royal Highness!"

All civil and military officials saluted quickly.

Zhu Houzhao raised his hand slightly to excuse everyone, and looked at his father who was still a little sad.

"Father, has Prince Ning rebelled?"

Zhu Youtang was stunned for a moment. This matter was very secret. He had never told anyone else that Zhu Houzhao had been busy with the battlefield. The two men had not seen each other for a long time and had never mentioned this matter. How did Zhu Houzhao know about it.

"Zhao'er, did you already know that Prince Ning was going to rebel?"

Hearing his father's doubts, Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, glanced at the ministers who were also a little curious, and said lightly: "Haven't you ever thought about it, if I can meet the emperor in front of me, why can't I meet the emperor in the back? emperor."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall could hear the sound of needles dropping.

Everyone looked at Zhu Houzhao in shock, their eyes full of horror and fear.

(End of this chapter)