Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian passed through the Meridian Gate. However, they were frightened by the execution ground in front of the Meridian Gate.
In addition to the necessary instruments of torture, there were more than ten burly executioners waiting respectfully at the side.
Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian, the two cabinet ministers, were stunned on the spot. They didn't know if they should enter or not.
Some of the officials who had arrived earlier than them were already in a daze and uneasy when they saw the execution ground in front of the Meridian Gate.
Some of the censors even felt their legs go weak and fell to the ground.
They deeply remembered that not long ago, the 13 Imperial Censors of the Overwatch Department had died on such an execution ground.
At this moment, when the officials saw Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian, they immediately surrounded them.
"Lord Yang…what should we do? Did His Majesty set up the execution ground in front of the Meridian Gate to give us a show of strength?”
"Lord Yang, please help us! We never show favoritism, and we don't take bribes. Your Majesty can't believe the one-sided words of those eunuchs!”
"That's right, Lord Yang! Last night, the Brocade Guard and the East and West Factories had caused such a huge ruckus. They must have said something to the Emperor, which was why the Emperor opened the execution ground!”
"This is all slander!"
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Last night, the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the East and West Factories killed and captured people wantonly in the capital.
Thinking back to how the Emperor had publicly announced in the court that he wanted to clean up the government and thoroughly deal with the corrupt officials, they could not help but be afraid.
Yang Yiqing was the chief assistant of the cabinet. When the civil officials saw Yang Yiqing, they seemed to have found their backbone and surrounded Yang Yiqing, talking non-stop.
Yang Yiqing's heart was in turmoil, but he still pretended to be calm and said,""Everyone, don't panic. Although His Majesty is decisive, he is definitely not a one-sided and bloodthirsty tyrant.”
"It's getting late. Let's go to court on time first.”
Everyone looked at each other and then at the Royal Guards surrounding them.
Helplessly, he could only brace himself and cross the execution ground, cross the Golden Water Bridge, and arrive outside the Gate of Supreme Harmony.
As soon as they walked through the Gate of Supreme Harmony, they were blinded by the silver light reflected from it.
Looking closely, there was actually a pile of silver outside the door.
The white silver reflected the light of the sun, illuminating the entire Gate of Supreme Harmony.
Shen Lian, Cao Zhengchun, and Yu Huatian, the three people who had stirred up the entire city last night, were kneeling in front of the pile of silver with a look of panic on their faces.
They couldn't help but panic. After all, the amount of silver they confiscated last night was a huge amount.
If the Emperor knew about the amount of silver…
The three of them did not need to think to know how angry the Emperor would be.
Therefore, after counting the dirty silver, the three of them knelt in front of the dirty silver nervously, begging the emperor not to vent his anger on them.
Seeing the dirty silver, some of the timid ones had already knelt on the ground.
They were not fools. Now that they saw Cao Zhengchun, Yu Huatian and Shen Lian kneeling on the ground, how could they not kneel?
Moreover, this silver was clearly dirty silver!
He thought of the Emperor's angry expression when he found out that there was no money in the national treasury…
Yang Yiqing shivered.
Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian looked at each other. They suddenly envied Gui E and Zhang Juzheng.
At this moment, the two of them had already left the capital, leading some personnel from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue to prepare to re-measure the land of the entire country.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard, Azure Dragon, protected the two of them, guarding against any forces with ulterior motives that might harm them.
Although Gui E and Zhang Juzheng were doing a job that would offend people to the death, and at least they had the emperor backing them up!
While everyone was feeling uneasy, a young eunuch's singing broke the silence.
"The emperor has arrived!"
Dressed in a dragon robe, Zhu Houzhi walked out of Taihe Palace. When he saw the silver taels on the square of the Gate of Supreme Harmony, his face sank to the bottom.
When the officials saw Zhu Houcong, they quickly knelt down and bowed.
"Long live my emperor!”
This time, Zhu Houjin did not shout for him to rise.
Everyone just knelt there, not daring to say a word.
Zhu Houjin did not speak, so none of the officials in the court dared to move!
He walked down the steps and walked past Shen Lian, Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian to the side of the pile of silver mountains.
Zhu Houzhen reached out and touched the silver mountain. It was warm to the touch. It was high-quality official silver.
"How many taels of silver are there?"
Zhu Houjie's tone was calm, and one could not tell if he was anxious or angry.
However, it was this calm tone that gave everyone a great deterrent.
Cao Zhengchun opened his mouth to answer, but he realized that he couldn't make a sound.
This powerful emperor aura suppressed Cao Zhengchun so much that he did not dare to make a sound!
At this moment, Yu Huatian, who was beside Cao Zhengchun, spoke up.
"Your Majesty, the West and East Chambers and the Embroidered Uniform Guards thoroughly raided the eunuchs led by Wei Bin and Gu Dayong and the Yan Gang led by Qian Ning last night.”
"A total of 31,230,000 taels of silver was found.”
Yu Huatian's voice seemed calm, but Cao Zhengchun could clearly feel the trembling in his voice.
Yu Huatian was also afraid!
Zhu Houzhi listened, not angry but laughed.
"Hehe, 31,232,000 taels of silver, ten times my national treasury!”
"Zhen never knew that 31,230,000 taels of silver would be so much.”
"Zhen, I really underestimated your greed!”
When Zhu Houjin said this, his tone changed. He was not angry, but he was mighty!
"We dare not!"
The officials did not dare to raise their heads. They could only lie on the ground and answer Zhu Houjin.
They couldn't endure the wrath of the Son of Heaven!
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