high official

Chapter 1039
"Execute him Ling Chi and destroy the nine clans, so as to scare evil spirits and serve as a lesson to all generations!" Zhu Di couldn't help panting after finishing the long series of murderous words, but his face was flushed, feeling extremely happy.

Huang He hurriedly wrote down the emperor's words verbatim, and then put down his pen and said: "This old slave is going to modify the cabinet..."

"Don't embellish, just read it to him verbatim!" But Zhu Di said decisively: "If you don't do this, it will be hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart!"

"Yes." Huang He couldn't help but secretly stunned, the emperor directly issued a decree to kill, this was something he hadn't seen for many years.Normally, no matter how serious the crimes of the courtiers are, they have to be convicted by the three courts first, or even if it is not enough, they have to be charged with a symbolic crime by Dongchang Jinyiwei, and then the punishment is drawn up, and then submitted to the emperor for approval.Now the emperor bypassed all the judicial procedures and directly wanted to punish the nine clans of Wang Xian, which shows how much the emperor hates him!

According to Zhu Di's instructions, Huang He stamped the jade seal on the decree, and then handed it over to the emperor for review.

Zhu Di read the decree carefully, and still found it very satisfying, so he put it in the yellow box on the imperial case with satisfaction.

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In the early morning, the city of Beijing in the chilly spring is chilling.

The soldiers of Dongchang Jinyiwei Shuntian Mansion were dispatched in full force in the middle of the night, and the whole city was under martial law, and no idlers were allowed to wait on the streets to avoid accidents.

Throughout the night, the city of Beijing fell into an unprecedented silence. It wasn't until the five-watch drum sounded that Ming officials who lived in various parts of the capital began to leave their homes one after another to prepare for the court, and some vitality was restored in the capital.

But in the past, when the officials went up to the road, there was a lot of shouting, avoiding the sedan chair, and singing, but today none of them can be heard, only the clatter of horseshoes hitting the stone floor, and the squeaking of the sedan chair pole being bent. Yah... Other than that, no one spoke, let alone exchanged greetings. All the officials silently rushed to Xiyuan Gate as if they were dumb.

It wasn't until outside the Xiyuan Gate that hundreds of officials gathered together that someone whispered to each other, but the voice was kept extremely low, as if they were afraid of being heard by others...

"I don't know... Will His Royal Highness be implicated?"

"How can it not? The emperor is so aggressive, is it just for a loyal and brave uncle..."

"I don't know if Uncle Zhongyong...'s family will be implicated?"

"I'm afraid I can't escape, the emperor likes Zhu Lian Jiu Clan the most..."

It was still dark at this time, and I didn't worry about being seen by others. The officials were suffering from faces, and there was no trace of anger to write a letter collectively to crusade against disobedience.

In fact, the officials of the Ming Dynasty sympathized with the crown prince and were full of sympathy for Wang Xian, but no one dared to express it publicly. Instead, they had to write a letter to impeach Wang Xian due to the emperor's despotic power.At this moment, it is natural to scramble to show sympathy for Wang Xian, to show that they have no other choice...

But when Wang Xian appeared outside the gate of Xiyuan, all the discussions stopped abruptly, and no one dared to talk to him, and even dared not even look at him... for fear of being regarded as his by the people of Dongchang. The party, implicated himself.

Wang Xian also saved the nonsense with the officials, and went straight to where he should stand.Zhang Min's shift was next to Wang Xian, and he cast a meaningful glance at him. Wang Xian shook his head slightly, and after a brief eye contact, the two stood there quietly, watching their noses, noses, noses, and hearts, like an old monk in meditation generally.

But Zhang Min's heart was like a river and a sea, he had a very close friendship with Wang Xian, and he was very optimistic about Wang Xian at one time.Back then when the King of Han rebelled, he risked his life to keep the crown prince out of the city. He had already been branded as a hard-core gangster. Now he was worried about Wang Xian's fate, but also felt uneasy about himself. He really wanted to ask Wang Xian Xian, is there nothing you can do?Zhang Xiang always felt that with Wang Xian's personality and scheming, it was impossible to do nothing, just obediently wash his neck and kill him.But he couldn't open his mouth to ask, nor could he get any answer from Wang Xian.

As soon as Maoshi arrived, the bell on the Xiyuan Gate was melodious, and the heavy palace gate was slowly opened. Under the command of the officials on duty, the courtiers, civil and military, cleaned up their clothes and lined up to enter the palace.

Wang Xian stood in the queue of ministers with a calm expression, as if this was just an ordinary morning court.

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When the bell rang, the emperor was already waiting behind the Hall of Showa, with the vermilion box containing the decree in hand.

Huang He brought the pill and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's time to use the pill."

Zhu Di looked at the pills the size of yellow oranges and kumquats in the box, and asked slightly strangely, "Why isn't it red?"

"This furnace is the third round of pills, which is quite different from the first two rounds." Huang He explained: "Hu Shenxian said that after the restoration of the first two rounds of pills, the emperor's dragon body has become much stronger. The furnace elixir can make the dragon fine and the tiger fierce, and walk like flying!"

"Well, Daoist Hu is indeed a living god!" Zhu Di had completely believed in Taoist Hu, and had full confidence in his elixir.He glanced at Huang He approvingly: "You have made great contributions, and I don't even know how to reward you!"

"The emperor can live a hundred years, which is the greatest reward for this old slave." Huang He flattered Zhu Di, making him feel comfortable all over.He didn't ask any more questions, picked up a elixir and put it in his mouth, Huang He hurriedly served warm water and served it to the emperor.

Zhu Di swallowed the large elixir with some difficulty, almost choked on tears, wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and the emperor asked softly, "Is everything ready?"

"Go back to the emperor, everything is ready." Huang He knew what the emperor was worried about, and quickly replied: "The capital is under martial law, and no one else is allowed to go to the streets until the end of the court meeting. The imperial army is also all ready, as long as an order is issued, immediately You can leave the barracks."

"En." Zhu Di nodded, and asked again: "Have all the court meetings been arranged?"

"The ministers who challenged Wang Xian have already made promises, and they will play in the class one by one."

"Will there be any accidents?" Zhu Di was still worried, so he asked again.

"Your Majesty, everything has been arranged, and there will be no accidents." Huang He and Zhu Di have been together for so many years, and they have never seen the emperor treat an unarmed minister with such prudence.He thought to himself: "I'm afraid it's the abolition of the prince, that's all it is..."

Zhu Di also knew that he was a little too worried, but things went so smoothly that he became suspicious. How could such a treacherous and evil person obediently be caught without any struggle?So the more things came to an end, the more uncertain Zhu Di was.A hanging heart, I am afraid that only when the dust settles can it be completely let go...

"It seems that I am really old. If I go back a few years, how can I have so many worries?" Zhu Di smiled at himself, threw away the crutch in his hand, and sat in the jade chariot with all his strength.

"Let's drive!" Huang He yelled with a long voice, and sixteen strong eunuchs slowly lifted the heavy jade chariot and moved forward steadily.

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In front of the Zhaohe Hall, the golden platform and tents had been set up long ago, and [-] valiant generals of the Han Dynasty set up a guard of honor in the square in front of the hall.After three whips, all the officials quickly finished their shifts at the Jintai.

Then some officials of Honglu Temple sang loudly: "Hundred officials welcome the emperor!"

"The ministers welcome the emperor!" The civil and military officials knelt in front of the golden platform as promised.With the support of Huang Xie, Zhu Di ascended to his seat on the golden platform. The officials shouted long live, the emperor nodded, and Huang Xie said at the top of his voice, "all officials stand up."

After Baiguan thanked him, he got up and stood up.

Zhu Di glanced sharply at the officials under the golden platform, and finally settled on Wang Xian.Wang Xian still lowered his eyebrows and looked down, as if he didn't feel being watched by the emperor.

Zhu Di knew that Wang Xian must have felt his gaze, so he sneered coldly, and said in a low voice, "Are there any officials absent this morning?"

The Honglu Temple officials on duty hurriedly bowed to the throne and said respectfully: "My Majesty, there are 56 officials absent."

"What's the reason?" Zhu Di frowned slightly: "Didn't it be conveyed that you have to be absent today?"

"Among them, 32 officials took sick leave, [-] took personal leave, and the remaining [-], I don't know why." The Honglu Temple official quickly replied.

"It is my order to make a list of the officials who are absent today, and ask Dongchang one by one. Those who are indeed justifiable will be demoted to three grades and fined for one year. Those who are absent without reason will be dismissed and will never be used again." Zhu Di He snorted coldly and said, "Those who dare to despise the court's laws and dare to ignore them even though they clearly have a will, I will never forgive them lightly!"

"Follow the order..." The old eunuch Zhao Ying came out of the shift to take orders.

Seeing Zhu Di opening his mouth, he dispatched dozens of ministers.All the ministers in front of the palace did not change their colors, but they also knew that this was just the emperor's appetizer, and the real drama was yet to come...

"Every yamen will play early if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do." After the emperor finished asking, Huang He sang loudly.

Therefore, all the ministers followed the order of the events, and the officials, households, soldiers, criminals, courts, courts, Dali Temple and other yamen played the events in turn. However, today, both the ministers who gave the report and the emperor who listened to the government showed a sense of absent-mindedness. It's perfunctory, everyone is waiting for the moment when it's the turn of the Metropolitan Procuratorate...

Zhu Di leaned on the armrest of the dragon chair with his left elbow, rested his right hand on the imperial table in front of him, and subconsciously tapped on the table with his fingers.The will written by himself in the early morning has been spread out in front of him.The emperor glanced at the imperial edict from time to time, and then looked at Wang Xian, hoping to see some interesting expressions on his face.

However, the emperor was disappointed, Wang Xian still stood there quietly, without any expression on his face.Because he knew that Zhu Di could have made people attack him as soon as he came up, but the emperor didn't want to. He insisted on waiting for the six parts to be played one by one before firing.

Half an hour later, the six parts were perfunctory, and all the officials' eyes fell on Wang Zhang, the censor of Zuo Du, and they screamed in their hearts: "Here we come!" '

Wang Zhang sighed secretly, walked out of the class with heavy steps, bowed to the emperor in full view, then raised the wat board, and played in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)