In the main hall of the Golden Palace.
Li Fang, who had been demoted to the supervisor of the Divine Palace, stated the whole story of the memorial being intercepted by the cabinet in the Golden Palace.
Li Fang was originally a eunuch with a palm print. During the Jiajing Dynasty, she had power in the government and the people. Her status was second only to the head of the Jinyiwei, Lu Bing.
Now, he was demoted to the supervisor of the Divine Palace. Although he was also one of the twenty-four supervisors of the Ming Eunuch, his status was low. He was only responsible for managing the Ming Imperial Mausoleum, repairing, maintaining, cleaning, and so on...
"Vice Minister of the Cabinet, Grand Scholar Yan Song of the Hall of Respect intercepted the memorials and handed them all over to Taichang Temple Minister Yan Shifan for inspection and interception. He intercepted them for nine days and intercepted 1753 memorials!”
Li Fang stood in the main hall and did not even look at Yan Song and Yan Shifan.
The imperial power is above, and the rest are all subjects!
When Yan Song heard Li Fang's words, he shouted,""Your Majesty, this old minister is wronged. Li Fang is slandering me!”
In the court, Yan Shifan had already collapsed to the ground.
Yan Shifan relied on his father to be favored by Emperor Jiajing and asked for bribes from the civil and military officials of the court. All the civil and military officials said that Yan Song and Yan Shifan were the big cabinet elders, the small cabinet elders...
"Lu Bing!" Zhu Zaihou said angrily.
"Your subject is here!"
"Yan Song roared in the court and slapped thirty times!”
"I'm telling you! From now on, who dares to shout that I'm innocent when I'm discussing politics! Skin him alive!"
Lu Bing stood up and ordered someone to help Yan Song up. A law enforcement guard walked up to Yan Song with wooden clogs in his hands."Pavilion elder, sorry for offending you!"
The law enforcement guard raised the wooden clogs in his hand and slapped Yan Song's face. His face instantly swelled up!
Pa!
Pa!
Pa!
After slapping his mouth, Yan Song's molars had been knocked out, and blood flowed out of his mouth.
The law enforcement guards continued to enforce the law!
After thirty slaps, Yan Song's head swelled up like a drum!
After the law-enforcement guards left, Zhu Zaihou looked at the court and said in a dignified manner,""Don't interrupt when I'm interrogating you. What is this place? This is the court where I rule the world! It's not a place for you to cry out! I have my own judgment. If anyone cries injustice in the hall and attacks others, he will be beheaded without mercy!”
Zhu Zaihou's words were like thunder to all the officials in the court.
They realized that the good days of the Jiajing era were gone forever!
Emperor Jiajing rarely went to court and rarely killed ministers!
However, Emperor Long Qing was going to start a massacre!
The entire court was terrified. The second assistant of the cabinet, Yan Song, was slapped in the mouth. What did this mean?
This meant that His Majesty was very dissatisfied with the cabinet!
The officials of Yan Song's party were terrified.
The building was about to collapse!
The Golden Palace was silent. Zhu Zaihou looked at Li Fang and continued,""Do you have any evidence?"
"Your Majesty, there are records in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. When the former emperor was alive, there were 300 memorials submitted to the Palace of Heavenly Purity every day. After the former emperor passed away, the number of memorials decreased to 13 or 14 a day, and they were all memorials of praise.”
After slapping Yan Song, no one in the hall dared to interrupt or complain.
The emperor had his own judgment on right and wrong!
"Minister of Taichang Temple!"
Zhu Zaihou's voice rang out in the Golden Palace Hall.
Taichang Temple Minister Yan Shifan stumbled out of the court and knelt on the ground.
"I, Yan Shifan, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
"Zhen asks you, what is the duty of the Taichang Temple Official?”
"My duty is to perform sacrificial rites…" Yan Shifan said in fear.
"Since you know the duties of the Taichang Temple Official, who allowed you to read my memorials? Do you know what crime it is to overstep your boundaries?"
Cold sweat broke out on Yan Shifan's forehead. His lips trembled, but he couldn't say anything in the end.
"Say it!" Zhu Zaihou said angrily, his voice echoing in the hall!
"I…I…"
Zhu Zaihou looked at the Minister of Justice and said,""Yu Maojian!"
"Your subject is here!"
Yu Maojian, the minister of punishment, stepped out of the court.
"Zhen asks you, apart from the cabinet, what is the punishment for the other officials to review the memorials for me?”
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this crime is the crime of overstepping one's authority. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, stealing and reading memorials and secret volumes is a death sentence!”
Yan Shifan collapsed to the ground.
Yan Song also collapsed in the main hall.
The Yan Clan was dead!
Zhu Zaihou didn't even look at Yan Shifan, who was lying limply in the hall. Instead, he continued to stare at the civil and military officials and said,""Zhen wants to know, in the Imperial Court, who hasn't participated in the imperial examinations, studied in the directorate for a few years, and then entered the Imperial Court as an official?”
All the officials in the court looked at each other. Thirteen officials walked out of the court and knelt in the hall.
Like Yan Shifan, these 13 officials had never participated in the imperial examinations. Instead, they had entered the Imperial College through the back door and studied there for a few years before entering the court.
He had never experienced the hardships of the imperial examination!
"Minister of Personnel!"
"Your subject is here!" The Minister of Personnel Affairs walked out of the court.
"Find out who among the civil and military officials in the Imperial Court entered the Imperial Court through the Imperial College and did not go through the imperial examinations.”
"Yes!" The official records of all the officials in the imperial court were recorded in the Ministry of Personnel. Whoever entered the imperial court through the imperial examinations and who entered through the back door of the directorate would be known with a single check!
All the civil and military officials in the court felt that the Emperor was going to go on a killing spree. There was probably going to be a reshuffle in the court!
……
Zhu Zaihou stood up with the Emperor's Sword and walked down the Dragon Platform. He stood in front of Yan Shifan in the hall with the Emperor's Sword.
"Zhen asks you, are you the ruler of the world, or am I the ruler of the world?”
"Zhen asks you, on what basis did you intercept the memorials and let Zhen read the memorials that you brushed down in the Palace of Heavenly Purity?”
"You're so bold!"
Zhu Zaihou's voice grew louder and louder!
Yan Shifan collapsed in the hall and kept kowtowing.""Your Majesty, I know my sins, I know my sins!”
"Someone come!"
"Take off Yan Song and Yan Shifan's official robes. Yan Song ignored the laws of the country and stole the memorial. His crime is unforgivable. Yan Shifan stole and read the memorial, arrogated to the emperor's power, his crime is unforgivable, cut to death! Yan Song's three clans were beheaded! The family property has not been confiscated!"
"Yes!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, I am loyal!”Yan Song spat out blood.
Zhu Zaihou waved his hand.”
"Yes!"
The imperial guards silenced Yan Song and Yan Shifan and pushed them out of the Golden Palace!
The imperial guards stripped off Yan Song and Yan Shifan's official robes and pushed them out of the Meridian Gate. Yan Song was cut in half, and Yan Shifan was cut into pieces…
If he did not kill them, Zhu Zaihou's anger would not be appeased!
You read the memorials?
You want to usurp my imperial power?
If I don't kill one of you, you won't know what the imperial power is!
After Yan Song and Yan Shifan were pushed out of the Golden Palace, Zhu Zaihou looked at Xu Jie and the other cabinet members and shouted angrily,"You are members of the cabinet, but your supervision is not strict!”
"Minister of Justice!"
"Official!"
"What crime is there for neglecting one's duty?"
"Your Majesty, I will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane and be exempted from three years of salary!”
"Someone come! Thirty strokes of the cane, dismissal of all cabinet members! He would be demoted three levels and would not be promoted for three years!”
"Yes!"
Xu Jie and the other cabinet scholars revealed terrified expressions. Xu Jie had already realized that the Emperor was seriously dissatisfied with the cabinet, but he did not expect the Emperor's anger to reach such a level!
The imperial guards stepped forward and stripped off the court robes of all the cabinet scholars. They were to be executed in court!
Thirty lashes could kill!
One of the cabinet ministers took the twenty-seventh hit and fainted.
Xu Jie had endured thirty strokes!
Outside the Noon Gate!
Yan Song was pushed under the guillotine.
Before he died, he regretted it.
If he knew that Prince Yu was so decisive, he would never dare to intercept the memorial when Prince Yu was the Crown Prince!
He had made a huge mistake.
He treated Emperor Long Qing as Emperor Jiajing.
Emperor Jiajing liked the art of checks and bounds.
Emperor Long Qing did not like the art of checks and balance, but he liked the Way of the King!
Those who submit to me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish!
Crack!
The guillotine fell, and Yan Song was cut in half at the waist. Yan Song, who was cut in half, did not die. He was stained with blood and wrote on the ground: Under the imperial power, the world was for the public. He had been proud all his life and had clean sleeves. However, he had ended up in such a miserable state!
Yan Shifan was cut to pieces.
Zhu Zaihou had long been dissatisfied with the cabinet. After the cabinet intercepted the memorial, Zhu Zaihou's anger towards the cabinet had reached an unbearable level!
What do you think you are?
As the Prime Minister?
Do you take me seriously?
Today, Zhu Zaihou wanted to let all the civil and military officials in the court see whether this world belonged to the cabinet or the Ming Emperor!
Zhu Zaihou did not let any of the cabinet members off!
So what if Xu Jie was from Prince Yu's residence?
Just the fact that he did not report the matter was enough to make Zhu Zaihou demote him from the position of Minister of Rites and Grand Scholar of the Profound Language Pavilion!
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