The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 234 Arresting the Traitor
Before mao time the next day, there were already crowds of people outside the gate of Prince Chen's mansion.Looking at the clothes of these people, they are all high-ranking officials of the fifth rank.

To put it bluntly, the Longwu Dynasty has been dominated by Zheng Zhilong since its establishment, but this pirate leader has always only focused on making money, and his political affairs have been almost neglected.

Later, Longwu insisted on "conquering himself", and Tianxing Mansion was leaderless.When it came to Zhu Yu'ao's supervision of the country, the Jian captives came again, the people in the government and the opposition were panicked, and the government was still left aside.

And after Long Wu's death, Empress Dowager Zeng fought for power with King Tang, let alone.The two held back each other, dug holes for each other, and the government was even worse than when no one cared about it.

Therefore, Zhu Linming resolved some matters vigorously and vigorously yesterday, which cheered up the spirits of all the officials. They were gearing up one by one, and even turned up many long-standing public cases.

Zhu Lin was stunned by Shi Lin's report that the gate was full of people, so she hurriedly went out to have a look, and she saw that there were many more officials than yesterday.The street in front of the palace has been completely blocked, and the soldiers of the Dragon Guards lined up on both sides to form a wall, separating the people who watched the excitement from a distance.

He frowned, thinking that it would not be a problem to always discuss politics at the gate of the palace.

Standing in the front row, Huang Daozhou caught a glimpse of King Chen's expression, hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, maybe you can send all the courtiers to Fengtian Hall, as in the past court meetings."

Zhu Linmei shook her head and said, "Fengtian Hall is where the emperor listens to government, it's not appropriate." He thought for a while, then continued, "Let's discuss matters in front of Wenhua Hall instead."

Different from the Fengtian Hall facing the Meridian Gate, the Wenhua Hall is a side hall on the east side of the imperial palace.Zhu Linming chose this place because it is closer to the palace gate.You know, there is a small distance from the Meridian Gate to the Fengtian Temple, which greatly slows down the office efficiency.

Second, the Wenhua Palace is next to the cabinet office - Wenyuan Pavilion.After the daily court meeting, the Grand Master of the Cabinet turned around and started working.In addition, it is closer to the six official offices.

"The old minister obeyed."

All the courtiers noticed that the assistant king had come out, and hurriedly knelt down to salute, and then went to the palace under Huang Daozhou's call.

What Zhu Linmei didn't expect was that his inadvertent decision turned into the Wenhua Palace audit system that lasted for hundreds of years in the Ming Dynasty.

Half an hour later, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had gathered in front of the Wenhua Hall.

After entering the palace, the overall process became more formal. The bell rang three times, and the officials saluted again, and the discussion officially began.From this moment on, the Ming dynasty, which had been in chaos for more than half a year, finally got back on track.

The first person to come out to play is a censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who is upright and awe-inspiring to impeach the empress dowager.

Before he finished speaking, dozens of people followed suit.These people all believe that King Chen will be like King Tang, once he is in power, he will remove the biggest obstacle that prevents him from "reaching a higher level".

What they didn't expect was that Zhu Linmi didn't respond to them at all. Instead, she took out a note from her sleeve and held it up as a signal, and handed it to Pang Tianshou at the side.

The old eunuch hurriedly read aloud, "Those who hold the edict will gather troops to serve the king in Tianxing Mansion..." It was the empress dowager's secret edict.

Zhu Linming knew that Daming's top priority now was to resume production and gather strength, and the internal strife that had started since the Hongguang Dynasty must be stopped with him!As long as the Empress Dowager Zeng doesn't interfere with his creation of a prosperous Ming Dynasty, he doesn't need to push her into a desperate situation.

The announcement of this secret edict was to send a clear signal to the courtiers that he did not intend to overthrow the Empress Dowager Zeng.

All the ministers were taken aback, and those who were about to be impeached just now retreated quietly.

After Pang Tianshou finished reading a few words in the secret edict, Zhu Linmi took advantage of the situation and continued: "Jianlu is in Jiangbei, the two capitals are still stolen, Huguang and Liangguang travel outside the imperial court from time to time, Sichuan bandits are still raging, Yunnan The Shadingzhou rebellion is in full swing.

"My Taizheng Dynasty only controlled Jiangxi and Fujian. I didn't want to suppress the enemy and restore the country, but I blindly attacked each other at home. If things go on like this, let alone ZTE, it will be extremely difficult to defend the land in the south of the Yangtze River!
"I only have one request - from now on, all the members of the Ming Dynasty should be united to the outside world and fight against the captives! All internal strife and party strife will be put away by me.

"With my vast China and tens of millions of people, as long as the interior is monolithic, who can shake my Great Ming Dynasty?!"

The hearts of all the courtiers were shocked, and immediately, hundreds of people knelt down and shouted: "One heart, one heart, one heart to resist the captives!"

And when the court meeting ended, a storm that swept through the officialdom of Taizheng Dynasty had come to Tianxing Mansion without warning.

At first, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs announced Lin Yuji's collusion with the enemy and treason. He Kai, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, personally led a team to confiscate Lin's mansion, and more than [-] relatives of Lin's family members were all imprisoned.

Then the arrests began to spread. Lu Zhenfei, a cabinet scholar, led more than [-] people from the Dragon Guards. Starting from Wu Guocheng, the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they arrested more than [-] officials at all levels in one day!

Wherever the Luge Department went, they didn't give any explanations, they just broke the door to grab people, and then left the little officials to seal the mansion, and he hurried to the next place.

At first, the officials thought it was to liquidate Tang Ni's party members, but they soon realized that something was wrong. Qingliu, idlers, relatives, and even the Queen Mother's faction were all included in the arrest.

It was not until the next morning that Lu Zhenfei finally stopped.At this time, the prisons of the Ministry of Criminal Justice were already overcrowded, so that the prisons of the Tianxing government office were full of court officials.

In the early morning of this day, all the officials gathered in the Wenhua Hall tremblingly, looking around, but saw that many colleagues who were with them yesterday had disappeared, and the total number of people was reduced by no less than [-]%!
When His Royal Highness the Coordinating King came to court, he only handed over a wooden box to Pang Tianshou, and the latter took out letters from it and began to recite one by one.

"... I hope that one day I can go to Shengjing to worship in person, and I will be so comforted in my life... Liu Mincong bows..." This person is Zhan Shifu Yude.

"...General Wang Zhengnan led the heavenly army into Fuzhou early, and the minister decided to go north to meet... Li Weiquan worshiped..." This is Zuo Tongzheng, the Secretary of the General Administration.

"...Zhao Huan respectfully kowtow..." This was Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites.

"...Wang Xuancai knocked..." This is the young minister of Guanglu Temple.

"..."

In front of the Wenhua Hall, everyone was stunned. Just now, Pang Tianshou had already read seventy or eighty surrender letters, and judging by his posture, there should be quite a few more in the wooden box.

At this moment, all the courtiers finally understood that Lu Zhenfei arrested Tianxing Mansion officials yesterday!At the same time, there were also many people who secretly thought that they were lucky, they didn't have a second thought to go to the enemy, but they were considered to have saved their lives.

After Pang Tianshou took out the last letter of belief in the wooden box, Zhu Linming said sharply: "There are 170 people in total! Among them, there are eleven senior members above rank three!
"Eating the salary of the Ming Dynasty, thinking about the worries of being a slave, hehe, it's so good!
"If there are more people like this who sell the country, sell the clan, sell the race, and seek glory, no matter how strong the Ming Dynasty is, even if there are millions of heroes, why not be wiped out by captives!"

He Kai immediately went out with his wat and said in a clear voice: "Your Majesty, please punish the traitors and collaborators severely, and thank the world!"

All the courtiers present hurriedly fell to their knees and shouted in unison: "Second officials!"

(End of this chapter)