I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 55 Blood Splattered Three Feet

There was a crackling sound, which startled Li Min and Wang Quan, and Li Min's heart was full of alarm bells, and he hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty's forgiveness, it's because I didn't make it clear in the above memorial that the weapons made by those mountain people are not sharp weapons, but just turning hoes, rakes, etc. into molten iron, and re-injecting inferior abrasives."

"It turns out that's the case, but I've misunderstood." Li Tian said with a half-smile.

Li Min felt hairy all over when he saw Li Tian's straight eyes, subconsciously licked his lips, and said in a respectful voice:

"It's all my fault that the minister was too sloppy in the performance, causing His Majesty to worry about the safety of the people in Fujian, and I ask His Majesty to come down."

"Don't be in a hurry to accept the crime. I will ask you again. You said that although Zhang Zhongqing, the magistrate of Yanping Prefecture, put down the rebellion in time, he failed to win a complete victory due to unknown terrain, but as far as I know.

Youxi County is not too far from Yanping Prefecture, and Zhang Zhongqing's second son was in Youxi County at that time, so why not know the terrain? "

After Li Tian finished speaking, Li Min's face suddenly turned pale, and he was extremely puzzled.

How could the emperor know so clearly about Fujian?The commander of Jin Yiwei Liu Gangming clearly promised him.

In the mind of heaven and man at war, Li Min quickly thought about the countermeasures, and said while thinking:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am in charge of the navy of the Fujian Weisuo, and I don't know much about Mr. Zhang's son. As for... As for the terrain, it may be an excuse for the officials of Yanping Mansion to fear defeat and dare not go all out to suppress the rebellion."

"Oh, so that's the case, it seems that I'm thinking about it again." Li Tian said lightly with a smile on his face.

The emperor said twice in a row that he wanted to go wrong, Li Min felt very uneasy in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to confess, but he heard the emperor suddenly asked.

"Oh, by the way, Zhijie, I remember that you were a Jinshi in the Gengchen Division in the second year of Jianwen?"

Li Min's body froze when he heard the words, and he felt a flash of lightning strike in his mind, and his mind went blank for an instant.

61 Jiazi, the emperor only needs to say that it is the year of Gengchen, why should he emphasize the word Jianwen, that bastard Liu Gang is really a villain who cannot be trusted

"Zhijie, I'm asking you something!" Li Tian shouted suddenly.

Wang Quan, who was on the side, was frightened and fell silent on the ground, worried that the emperor would anger him because of Li Min, and hurriedly said:
"General Li, the emperor asked you something."

Li Min's back was completely soaked, he came back to his senses, kowtowed, and said respectfully:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Weichen is a Jinshi in the Gengchen year, the same year as Yang Ge, the Jinxing Department."

"Who was the chief examiner that year, why can't I remember?" Li Tian pressed every step of the way, knowingly asked.

"Your Majesty, the old minister knows, the old minister knows that the chief examiner in the second year of Gengchen was Fang Xiaoru, who was ordered by the late emperor to draft the enthronement imperial edict.

He scolded the first emperor for usurping power and taking the throne, and was exterminated by the first emperor.Li Min was lucky enough to avoid death because of his friendship with Jin Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. "

Before Li Min could speak, Wang Quan hurriedly answered a lot like beans.

When Wang Quan's words fell to the ground, Li Min collapsed on the ground. How can he have the prestige of a second-rank official? He shook his head and laughed at himself:
"Since Your Majesty already knows, why bother to ask me."

"What do I know?"

Li Min's heart was ashamed, and now he can be sure that Liu Gang must have broken his promise and reported the Fujian matter to the imperial court truthfully. At this point, Li Min didn't care about the dignity of a monarch and minister, and said angrily from embarrassment.

"I shouldn't have believed in Liu Gang's mad dog at all. Emperor Jianwen reappeared at Haiquan Temple in Shuntian Prefecture, Fujian Province, and Mingjiao gathered two thousand congregants to attack Youxi County. Don't you know?

I, Li Zhijie, have lived upright and stood upright all my life. Emperor Jianwen has been kind to me. I sent him to Nanyang without permission. If you want to kill him, please go ahead! "

"Bold!" Jiang Bao, who was outside the hall, shouted loudly, pushed the door open and slammed his palm into Li Min's heart.

Jiang Bao held back his strength and didn't slap Li Min to death, but just fainted; seeing this, Wang Fu directly dragged Li Min's feet, looked respectfully at Li Tian and said:

"Your Majesty, I want this old servant to drown this servant in the Taiye Pool!"

"Jiang Bao, wake him up with me." Li Tian said lightly.

Jiang Bao bowed his hands and tapped his fingers. Li Min, who had fainted, woke up immediately.

Li Tian looked at Li Min, who had a calm face and looked at death like home, smiled contemptuously, and pulled out the emperor's sword on the imperial case and said:
"You idiot, you came from more than [-] miles from Fujian, and you haven't heard the news that Liu Gang assassinated me and was offered a reward by me?
At the Yantai post station, did you hear the news that Lu Gong went to Beijing to plead guilty?Fang Xiaoru's younger brother, Fang Xiaofu, didn't tell you the news about Dongchang annexing Jinyiwei? "

Li Tian asked three times in a row, Li Min's eyes widened when he heard this, and he opened his mouth to ask questions, but Li Tian was too lazy to answer.

A sword stabbed out, and the sword's edge went straight into Li Min's heart. Seeing Li Min's gradually dilated pupils, Li Tian said slowly:
"You eat my salary, eat my salary, you can't walk straight, and you can't stand up straight."

Li Tian's words fell to the ground, and Li Min died of anger.

Bright red blood spurted out, and Wang Quan who was beside him was bloody.

After wiping the Son of Heaven Sword on Li Min and waving his hand, Li Tian looked at Wang Quan and asked with a smile:

"Master Wang, how old are you this year?"

Wang Quan resisted the fear of incontinence, and tremblingly said:
"Your Majesty, the old minister is 65. I hope His Majesty will allow the old minister to beg for his remains and return home."

"It's 65, it's just time for my officials of the Ming Dynasty to unseal their seals, okay, I'm sure."

After a question and an answer, Wang Quan changed from 63 to 65, and walked outside the imperial study tremblingly. Wang Quan suddenly remembered something, burst into tears, turned around and kowtowed:
"Your Majesty, when the old minister returns to the Southern Capital, he will probably fall into a well and die. I hope... I hope Your Majesty can bypass me."

Looking at the red-headed Wang Quan, Li Tian casually put the Son of Heaven Sword back into the sword holder, picked up the cold teacup on the imperial case, took a sip, and said slowly:
"It's about returning to your hometown to enjoy your old age. Your three sons have their own fortunes, and they will benefit the people of Li. I will promote them myself."

"Old minister, old minister, remember."

Leaving the imperial study room to the eunuchs of Zhidian Supervisor to clean, Li Tian paced out the door, followed by Jiang Bao and Wang Fu, one on the left and one on the right.

Walking on the royal road paved with bluestone slabs, looking at the bloody sunset in the distance, Li Tian felt something in his heart, and couldn't help sighing leisurely:
"It's only been half a month since I came to the throne, the prince dismissed three, one of the important officials of the second rank died, three were dismissed, one of the senior officials of the third rank died, and four were suspended. Tell me, am I being too cruel?"

"How could Your Majesty have such an idea, King Shen, King Ding, and King Xian were deprived of the title because they did not mourn the late emperor, and they deserved it."

"Li Min deceived the emperor and colluded with the anti-religion; Ji Mian killed innocent people indiscriminately and amassed money wantonly. His Majesty did not force them to do these things, and it has nothing to do with His Majesty."

(End of this chapter)