The Most Powerful Man in the World

Hearing Wang Yangming's words, Yang Yiqing, who had a worried look on his face, could not help but high-five and praise: "Yes, why didn't this old man think of this, with His Royal Highness King Wu, naturally not. It will make His Majesty make the wrong decision."

Saying that, Yang Yiqing turned to Wang Yangming with a bit of admiration and said, "Wang Shangshu still read it clearly, this old man is ashamed of himself."

Just as he was talking, he saw the old servants in the palace hurriedly approached Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing and said, "Master, there is someone from the palace."

Wang Yangming raised his brows and said, "Oh, come in quickly."

I saw a big eunuch walking over under the entourage of two servants, and when he saw Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing from a distance, the big eunuch's eyes lit up and stepped forward a few steps: "I have seen Anguo. Lord, I have seen Lord Shoufu."

Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing naturally did not dare to trust the eunuch in front of the eunuch who passed the decree.

Wu Dajian smiled slightly, and cupped his hands in the direction of the palace: "Your Majesty has spoken, and passed the imperial edict to Wang Shangshu and Yang Shoufu to enter the palace."

Looking at each other, Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing bowed their hands and said, "This minister leads the order."

Director Wu looked at Yang Yiqing with a smile and said, "It just so happens that Yang Shoufu is here, so it's safe for our family to make more trips to Yang's house."

Speaking of Wu Dajian, he said: "Our family still has to pass a decree to several other patriarchs, so I will leave. The two of you will clean up a little and please enter the palace."

Soon, the cabinet elders received Zhu Houzhao's will no matter where they were, and they rushed to the palace after cleaning up one by one.

When Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing appeared in front of the palace gate, the guards at the palace gate opened the door and let them in.

In the palace, in the imperial garden, Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao were looking at each of the files.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and the voice of an internal servant could be heard from a distance: "Old Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others of the Cabinet Cabinet are asking to see His Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu."

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and said, "Biography."

Soon Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing strode over. When they saw Chu Yi sitting there, they breathed a sigh of relief.

With Chu Yi sitting by the side, no matter how angry Zhu Houzhao is, at least they don't have to worry about what troubles will happen, because Chu Yi will definitely not sit back and watch Zhu Houzhao make troubles and ignore them.

"Meet Your Majesty, I have seen His Royal Highness King Wu."

Saluting Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao just snorted.

Zhu Houzhao is obviously expressing his dissatisfaction. After all, the cabinet elders are the role models of all officials. If there is any problem with the civil and military officials, then it must be the responsibility of the cabinet elders.

In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, such things as Xu Neu and Chen Kai have made such a fuss at the court meeting are because the cabinet elders failed to fulfill their responsibilities of supervising all officials.

Obviously, Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and the others have already made some mental preparations, so they are not surprised at all about Zhu Houzhao's attitude.

Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao casually threw the stack of files he had read in front of several people and said, "Show me all, take a good look, this is my official in Daming, why did I keep such a group of shameless people? disciple."

Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming picked up the files that Zhu Houzhao had left in front of them and doubled them one by one. When they saw the contents of the files, even Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing couldn't help frowning.

Even an upright person like Chen Ding couldn't help but said to Zhu Houzhao when he saw the contents of the dossier: "Your Majesty, is this record true? It won't be Dongchang, Jinyiwei..."

That is to say, Chen Ding is a veteran of several dynasties, and his temperament has always been like this. If it is someone else, who dares to question the emperor like this, it is a big disrespectful crime. Even if he encounters a small-minded emperor, like Chen Ding The courtiers have already grown grass on the graves.

Yue Buqun and Cao Shaoqin, who were standing on the side, suddenly turned ugly when they heard the words, and stared at Chen Ding. Unfortunately, Chen Ding was not afraid of the two at all. He even dared to spray Chu Yi, so how could he be afraid of Yue Buqun and Cao Shaoqin? What about the two.

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly at this moment: "They don't have the courage to fool me with this kind of thing!"

When Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Cao Shaoqin and Yue Buqun knelt down in front of Zhu Houzhao with a thud and said with a swearing oath, "The ministers and others dare to guarantee that the records on these files are true. Wait for the death penalty."

Wang Yangming said to Zhu Houzhao: "I also ask Your Majesty to forgive my sins. It was my negligence that I failed to fulfill the duty of supervising the officials, so that there were so many people with ulterior motives among the officials."

It is no wonder that Wang Yangming's face has become ugly. It is really shocking that the records of Xu Neg and Chen Kai's party officials are too shocking.

Even if there are only a few of them, the background of these people still makes Wang Yangming and the others suffer a great impact.

Among these officials were the remnants of the former King Ning rebels, as well as the heirs of several dignitaries whose families were copied by Zhu Hou.

After all, even no one can guarantee that there will be no fish that slip through the net. What these powerful and aristocratic families are best at is all kinds of life-saving. Even though Chu Yi slaughtered a lot of powerful families, even Chu Yi himself did not dare to Guarantee that the so-called slaughtering of the family and exterminating the family can really eliminate the other party's weeds and roots.

Sure enough, there are indeed some remnants of the past infiltrating the officialdom now.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yang Yiqing naturally wanted to stand up and take responsibility, and he saw Yang Yiqing say to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, it's all because of the oversight of ministers and others, so that people with ulterior motives have entered the court, if it wasn't for Your Majesty If you know what to do, he won't know how much influence these people will have on Da Ming."

Saying that, Yang Yiqing knelt down on the ground and said to Zhu Houzhao, "I would like to resign from the post of first assistant to punish him."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Although I said that this matter was overlooked, I did not call you here to ask you for guilt, but to ask you to wait and see for details. How should I deal with these people?"

Wang Yangming took a deep breath and said slowly: "Your Majesty should be punished with severe punishment, otherwise, it will not be able to warn future generations."

Yang Yiqing nodded and said, "What Wang Shangshu said is very true. For these people with ulterior motives, they are the enemies of my Daming.

Chen Ding opened his mouth, as if he wanted to persuade Zhu Houzhao not to make a decision when his mood was fluctuating, but in the end Chen Ding closed his mouth because Chen Ding really couldn't think of a reason to plead for these people.

It is true that even Chen Ding can't stand what these people have done. Otherwise, Chen Ding will definitely not stand there without saying a word.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the cabinet elders with a little satisfaction. Obviously, Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with the reactions of the cabinet elders.

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Houzhao said to several people: "Since this is the case, I will hand over the case to the cabinet, and I want to see how the cabinet will handle it in the shortest possible time."

Chen Ding, Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and others all responded and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

The crowd dispersed, but instead of returning to the mansion individually, they gathered in the cabinet instead.

The cabinet serves as the office of several cabinet elders, but at this moment all the cabinet elders are gathered together.

I just heard Yang Yiqing, who is the chief assistant of the cabinet, glanced over a few people and said: "Everyone, this time Your Majesty has handed over this matter to our Cabinet. This is His Majesty's trust in us, and we must not betray His Majesty's trust, Similarly, no official can be wronged, so everyone might as well talk about it, what should be done to punish these people?"

Did a few people wrinkle one by one? This is not an easy decision to make. If it is too harsh, then everyone will raid their homes and exterminate their families, but it seems that the cabinet is too brutal.

However, if they let it go lightly, they are afraid that they will not be able to explain to the emperor.

Wang Yangming stroked his beard and sighed slightly: "Everyone, this matter is not that simple. It can be said that it is a test for us by Your Majesty, so everyone must think hard before making a decision."

Hearing Wang Yangming's words, several pavilion elders all looked stern, and even Yang Yiqing couldn't help but change his face slightly.

If what Wang Yangming said is true, it means that every word they say may fall into the sight of others. When you think of this, how can you not change your face.

With a light cough, Cheng Xiangwu, who is a warrior, has always seemed to have little sense of presence in the cabinet, but only exists in the cabinet as a representative of the military.

But don't think that the presence of Cheng Xiangwu in the cabinet is just a decoration. The military commander's entry into the cabinet is obviously the result of the efforts of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.

At this moment, Cheng Xiangwu glanced at Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, and snorted coldly: "Is there anything to consider, if I ask old Cheng to say, these people will all be dragged out and beheaded, and the family will be destroyed."

Hearing Cheng Xiangwu say this, Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing, and Chen Ding couldn't help but smile bitterly. If the matter were really that simple, I'm afraid the emperor wouldn't hand it over to them.

Wang Yangming, as the minister of military affairs, naturally has a good friendship with Cheng Xiangwu and the other warriors, and now he said to Cheng Xiangwu, "Does Cheng Guogong say that he wants His Majesty to bear the notoriety of the king of indiscriminate killing?"

Cheng Xiangwu immediately said when he heard the words: "Hmph, whoever dares to talk nonsense, grab it and chop off his head, but I want to see old Cheng, who dares to slander the emperor behind his back."

Yang Yiqing said to Cheng Xiangwu at this moment: "Cheng Guogong, listen to Yang's words."

Glancing at Yang Yiqing, Cheng Xiangwu sat down and said: "In terms of heart, I can't compare to you even a hundred old Cheng, but there is one thing Old Cheng knows, that is, those who dare to slander His Royal Highness King Wu and provoke His Majesty's relationship with His Majesty. , not killing is not enough to deter people."

Chapter nine hundred and seventy seventh give the emperor an explanation

Several pavilion elders looked at Cheng Xiangwu with wry smiles. Cheng Xiangwu, a martial artist, has always been a shit stirrer in this cabinet.

However, there must be two or three military leaders in the cabinet. This was decided by Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao back then, and it has been the case over the years.

Although Cheng Xiangwu's temper was a bit hotter, he was not the kind of rambunctious person. After listening to Yang Yiqing's words, he sat down and looked at Yang Yiqing and said, "Yang Shoufu, you are always resourceful, so you can talk about it, this time we want to How can I give an explanation to His Majesty and His Royal Highness King Wu?"

Rubbing his forehead, Yang Yiqing glanced at the elders present, and slowly exhaled: "According to this old man's opinion, all those who collude with Xu Wei and Chen Kai this time will slander the emperor and conspire against them. The crime shall be punished, and the family shall be confiscated and the family annihilated."

If it was another time, Xu Fu, Chen Kai and their actions would never have risen to the point of treason.

Even if these people attacked with another target, there would be no such consequences. Whoever made these people target Chu Yi touched the bottom line of Zhu Houzhao, the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao was furious, not to mention the crime of treason, or not guilty, I am afraid that the cabinet will find a way to find a crime for the other party.

What's more, after being interrogated by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, these officials may have wronged them if they said that they were treasonous, but it is true that these people are impure, especially the hatred towards Chu Yi. The mind couldn't be more real.

In this case, these people can be regarded as having the right to die.

It's not good to offend anyone, but Chu Yi went to offend, and he also bumped into Zhu Houzhao's hands. If the cabinet did not give the emperor an explanation, it would be strange that the emperor would be satisfied.

Squeezing his beard, Cheng Xiangwu looked at Yang Yiqing with a satisfied look on his face and said, "Yang Ge is right, these people should be killed. If everyone has no opinion, then this matter is settled. It also saves everyone trying their best to think about how to solve it.”

Chen Ding opened his mouth and sighed lightly. Even if he was stubborn like Chen Ding, he knew what to say and what not to say. He could only sigh that these officials with Xu Wei and Chen Kai had a bright future ahead. If you don't enjoy it, you are still immersed in the hatred of the past. Don't you know the relationship between your Majesty and King Wu Chu Yi?

The decision of the cabinet was spread out at the fastest speed, but it was known by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in a short period of time.

Originally, among the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, many officials still wondered whether several cabinets in the cabinet would always come forward to intercede for those officials who were arrested.

After all, there are not a few officials arrested by Jinyiwei and Dongchang this time. If these officials are really accused, the impact will be too great.

What disappointed these people was that the decision came out in less than a day from the cabinet. Just looking at the decision of the cabinet, the fools knew about Xu Fu, Chen Kai, the officials who had colluded with the two, and even the people behind them. The family is over.

Even after the interrogation, some officials can survive by chance, but both themselves and their families will be knocked to the dust. With this precedent, I am afraid that within hundreds of thousands of years, among these families, The children will never have the opportunity to enter the court hall again.

Of course, some officials in the past were not surprised at all when they learned of the cabinet's decision, and it seemed to be a matter of course.

These old officials have experienced the era of Chu Yi, and even assisted Zhu Houzhao in finding the whereabouts of Chu Yi, and the Ming Dynasty was able to soar because of his majesty's obsession with finding Chu Yi. When someone in the hall targeted Chu Yi, these people had already guessed the fate of these officials.

No matter in the prison of Dongchang or Jinyiwei, the officials who were arrested are desperately shouting their grievances one by one.

From the point of view of these officials, it is just a normal officialdom that they are trying to target Chu Yi in a series. If they really want to say, it is just that the targets they are targeting are somewhat special.

"Your Majesty, I am loyal to you, but I have been wronged..."

"Hun-kun, Hun-kun, you will definitely regret it..."

There was a lot of noise in the entire prison, and it was true that these officials never dreamed that one day they would be thrown into this prison.

Of course, even now, most of these officials have a confident attitude. If there are only one or two of them, then they may worry about what kind of punishment they will receive, but take a look at this prison Among them, dozens or hundreds of officials were arrested, which was definitely a big storm for the imperial court.

They do not believe that the elders in the cabinet will stand by and stand by. As long as the elders are willing to come forward, they believe that even the emperor will give the elders a little face, and then they will be able to leave this dark prison and resume their positions.

Just when many officials were thinking about this, they saw the head of the prison walking over with a grim look accompanied by several guards.

As soon as the prison head waved his hand, he saw a group of people behind him come one by one carrying the fragrant food boxes, and then distributed them to the officials in the prison one by one.

When some officials saw this scene, they couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and they didn't know what to think, but they sat on the ground with their buttocks on the ground, looking extremely pale, looking at the food box that was sent to the prison in horror.

Of course, some officials took over the food box with a look of joy, and opened the food box, which naturally contained delicious food with all the colors and flavors.

One of the officials was red-faced and looked like an outsider. He could not help showing a bit of joy when he smelled the fragrance. He took the food box and said to the prison head: "Zhao prison head, it seems that Are you still very interesting? Don’t worry, as long as this official goes out, you will definitely benefit from you.”

In the eyes of some officials, the fact that they can enjoy such treatment in this prison is obviously because the head of the prison wants to show their favor.

Zhao Hao, who was walking to the official's side, couldn't help but froze for a moment when he heard the words. He glanced at the official with a strange look and said, "I didn't know it when I was about to die. Poor, pitiful..."

The official who was grabbing a chicken leg and was gnawing wildly there was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhao Hao's words, then his face changed drastically, he stood up in horror, and even the food box in front of him was knocked over. Without noticing, he pointed at Zhao Hao and said in a trembling voice: "You... what did you just say? What is the imminent death?"

At this moment, an official next door seemed quite calm, as if he was open to life and death, he glanced at the official and said, "Don't you understand? With this kind of treatment, Dongchang and Jinyiwei will only give out such delicious food to let everyone have a good meal when they eat a meal, and they will be a full-fledged ghost, right?"

When the official heard this, he was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat, and shouted to Zhao Hao with a trembling voice: "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, take it away, I don't want to eat the decapitation... "

It's a pity that Zhao Hao just glanced at the official with disdain, and still strode forward to inspect the prisoners in the cell.

And behind him, there are jailers who are continuously sending the incomparably rich food boxes into the cell. The news has already spread, and when I understand that this is simply a meal, no matter how delicious the food is. In front of them, I am afraid that no one will be able to give birth to appetite.