The Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty!
In the Golden Palace!
Zhu Zaihou sat on the dragon throne with a golden saber in his hand, leaning on the Emperor's Sword. His cold eyes stared at the civil and military officials.
The Son of Heaven's sword was called Dragon Spring!
The blade was three feet and three inches long, the tip of the blade was one inch long, and the sword ridge was thick and heavy!
The tip of the sword was exposed!
The sword hilt was two inches long and could be gripped with one fist!
Zhu Zaihou held the Dragon Spring Sword and stared at the court officials. No one dared to look directly at the sky!
The imperial guards were armed with weapons, and their sharp blades made people shudder!
The Commander of the Brocade Guards, Lu Bing, knelt on one knee. He was ready to kill the treacherous officials at any time. He would kill whoever His Majesty asked him to kill!
The courtiers in the hall all had a feeling of impending disaster.
They had never thought that Emperor Long Qing's regal might would be so breathtaking that they could hardly breathe.
Emperor Jiajing's prestige was already very strong.
However, compared to the new emperor, the Jiajing Emperor's prestige was inferior. The Jiajing Emperor's prestige was a way of balancing.
And Emperor Long Qing, Zhu Zaihou, was the king of the world!
……
In the Golden Palace.
Zhu Zaihou stared at Yan Song and Xu Jie and shouted,""All the scholars in the cabinet, step forward!”
Zhu Zaihou's voice sounded like it came from hell!
A few days ago, Zhu Zaihou was already furious, but he had been enduring it. He was no longer Prince Yu, but the Crown Prince. It was normal for the Crown Prince to review memorials!
But…
Zhu Zaihou couldn't see the real memorial!
Zhu Zaihou wanted to ask these cabinet scholars if they were the officials of the Ming Emperor!
When all the cabinet members heard Zhu Zaihou's question, they immediately walked out of the court and knelt in the hall!
Other than Xia Yan of the Hall of Valor University being demoted and unable to attend court.
Grand Secretary Yan Song of Jinshen Hall!
Profound Language Pavilion Grand Scholar Xu Jie!
The Grand Scholar of the Middle Extreme Hall, the Grand Scholar of the Hall of Cultural splendor, and the Grand Scholar of the East Pavilion!
The other five cabinet ministers were all kneeling in the main hall!
The cabinet!
The cabinet was responsible for drafting votes for the emperor, reviewing memorials for the emperor, and sharing the burden of government affairs.
Although the cabinet had never been a legitimate organization, it had great power!
Zhu Zaihou looked at the five cabinet members and scolded,""Zhen asks you, what rights did the Ming Empire give you?”
Zhu Zaihou pulled out the Emperor's Sword and wiped its blade.""Are you trying to make the emperor a figurehead by intercepting the memorial?”
Boom!
Yan Song, Xu Jie, and the others raised their heads in horror, scared out of their wits!
To usurp the throne was equivalent to rebellion and extermination of the entire family!
At this moment, Xu Jie was also afraid. Although he thought that he was from Prince Yu's residence, if the Emperor really pursued the matter of the cabinet intercepting the memorial, Xu Jie also had the responsibility of not being strict!
After all, he was also a cabinet scholar, so why did he allow Yan Song to pass the memorial to Yan Shifan for review?
Who was Yan Donglou?
One of them was a second-generation official who did not even pass the imperial examination. He relied on Yan Song to become a minister of Taichang Temple and a third-grade official!
"Your Majesty! I dare not!"
"We would never dare!"
In the main hall of the Golden Palace, Yan Song, Xu Jie, and the other cabinet scholars kowtowed, shouting that they didn't dare and that they were wronged.
Many of the civil and military officials in the court were silent and did not dare to speak. The Emperor was furious and wanted to hold the cabinet accountable. How could they dare to interrupt?
This was a clash between the imperial power and the cabinet!
How dare these cabinet scholars intercept the imperial edict?!
The entire court was furious. If these cabinet members were really as the Emperor said and dared to intercept the imperial edict, they deserved to die.
In the court, Yan Shifan, the minister of Taichang Temple, was frightened and lost his mind. He felt that the whole world was dark.
A few days ago, Yan Song asked him to return the memorial and send it to the palace overnight, but it was too late!
Emperor Long Qing was already furious. So what if he was sent back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity?
Zhu Zaihou was furious!
If he didn't kill one, the world would be overturned!
It was difficult to dispel the anger in Zhu Zaihou's chest!
However, Yan Song and Yan Shifan had never expected that the Emperor would make trouble for the cabinet in the first court meeting after he ascended the throne. It was obvious that the Emperor had already regarded the cabinet as a thorn in his side!
……
Zhu Zaihou was furious. Who gave you the guts to intercept the memorial!”
Zhu Zaihou's question caused the entire Golden Palace Hall to fall silent.
The cabinet members kneeling in the Golden Palace were terrified and did not dare to speak!
"Alright! Good! Since you don't want to say it, then I'll let someone else say it!”
Zhu Zaihou looked at Lu Bing, who was kneeling on one knee in the hall, and shouted,"Let Li Fang enter the hall!"
"Yes!"
After Lu Bing received the decree, he left the Golden Palace and summoned Li Fang.
Li Fang had been removed from his position as a eunuch by Zhu Zaihou, but he was not chased out of the palace. Instead, he was asked to keep a vigil for Emperor Jiajing...
Zhu Zaihou looked at Yan Song, Xu Jie, and the other cabinet scholars.
At this moment, these people were kneeling on the ground, trembling like chaff. No one dared to speak.
Obviously, they were all afraid.
Now that the Emperor was in a rage, who dared to speak?
Who could withstand the wrath of an emperor!
The culprit, Yan Song, was lying on the ground. He had vaguely realized that he would not be able to escape this time!
When the Emperor was still Prince Yu, he was a member of King Jing's Imperial Residence. He had always supported King Jing to ascend the throne and made things difficult for Prince Yu. Now, Prince Yu had already ascended the throne.
How could Yan Song have a good ending?
Emperor Jiajing liked Yan Song's flattery, and Emperor Jiajing liked to play with the art of checks and balance. That was what Emperor Jiajing was willing to do!
Zhu Zaihou's eyes were filled with sand!
Zhu Zaihou did not care about the Imperial Restriction Technique!
Kill him if he had to!
If it was necessary to kill nine families, then kill nine families!
So what if you're talented? I don't lack talented people under me. After killing someone who's talented, there's still someone who's talented. They're risking their lives to be loyal to the emperor and serve the king!
What's the point of learning all the skills?
Wasn't it to serve the king?
Loyalty to the country!
……
Zhu Zaihou stared at all the scholars in the cabinet. Whether these people had intercepted the memorial or not, Zhu Zaihou would never forgive them!
What was the cabinet for?
Could it be that he would sit and watch Yan Song intercept the memorial and hand it over to Yan Shifan for review?
What are you cabinet scholars doing?
What was Yan Shifan's intention in intercepting and reviewing the memorial?
Wasn't it because they were afraid that the ministers would impeach them and stop these impeachment memorials in advance?
Humph!
Zhu Zaihou remembered what Emperor Jiajing had said when he passed away. He had left Yan Song as an opponent for Xu Jie and the others!
How muddle-headed!
I want to see who dares to defy the imperial power!
One person disobeying!
Kill one person!
A hundred people defying!
Kill a hundred people!
If ten thousand people disobeyed, a million would be slaughtered!
Only a dead enemy was the best enemy.
……
Just as Zhu Zaihou was about to kill him, Li Fang was dragged into the Golden Palace. He was beaten 30 times by Zhu Zaihou, and his skin and flesh had not recovered yet.
When Li Fang answered, she hesitated for a moment before throwing away her official seal and being punished with thirty strokes.
Now that Zhu Zaihou wanted to thoroughly investigate the cabinet's interception of the memorial, one could imagine that the person who intercepted the memorial would probably not be able to escape death!
A new emperor, a new courtier!
The heavens of the Ming Empire!
It had changed!
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