"Long live our emperor!"
In Taihe Palace, the civil and military officials were kneeling on the ground, shouting long live to the Emperor Zhu Cizhe.
"What do you have to report?”Zhu Ci Xin asked the officials below.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!”Wei Zaode was the first to step forward.
"What do you have to report?" Zhu Ci asked.
Wei Zaode said,"Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is a blessing for our Ming Dynasty! I think we should announce it to the world first and then find an auspicious day to prepare for Your Majesty's coronation!”
"Flatterer!"
Some of the honest ministers cursed in their hearts.
Now, the raiders had arrived at the city!
You, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, don't think about how to defeat the enemy, but you actually want to organize the coronation ceremony?
It was simply absurd!
"Chief Wei is right!"
A white-haired minister stood out.
This person was Chen Yan, the second assistant of the cabinet.
"Apart from the coronation ceremony, Emperor Si Zong's title will no longer be used. This old minister kneels down and asks Your Majesty to change the year title!”
Chen Yan knelt on the ground and said loudly.
Shameless!
Shameless!
Looking at the performance of the cabinet chief assistant and the second assistant, Zhu Ci Xin sneered in his heart!
When people leave, tea is cold.
Emperor Si Zong had just abdicated, and these two couldn't wait to jump out and perform.
Little did he know that he already knew their temperaments like the back of his hand!
Although these two were the leaders of the Great Ming Dynasty, after the raiders broke through the city, they surrendered to Li Zicheng immediately.
However, even Li Zicheng looked down on them and threw them into prison to torture them!
Because Wei Zaode could not pay enough silver taels, Liu Zongmin crushed his skull with an iron hoop and killed him. His entire family of men was executed, and the women were reduced to female soldiers.
Chen Yan was released after bribing Liu Zongmin with a large sum of money.
However, four days later, Li Zicheng sent troops to fight Wu Sangui.
Because he was worried that these ex-Ming ministers would cause trouble behind his back, he executed their entire family.
In other words, Chen Yan spent 100,000 taels of silver and only lived for a short four days.
On the list of collaborators that Azure Dragon had given him, the top two were actually Wei Zaode and Chen Yan!
"Enough!"
Zhu Ci Xin shouted, interrupting Wei Zaode and Chen Yan's incessant flattery.
"Wei Zaode, Chen Yan, do you know your crimes?”Zhu Ci Xin pointed at the two of them and roared.
"I don't know!"
"I don't know."
Wei Zaode and Chen Yan replied in unison.
"You two are the auxiliary ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but you didn't think of repaying the emperor's kindness. You actually colluded with raiders and wanted to secretly offer the city. Yes and no?"
What was that?
The cabinet's chief assistant and second assistant defected to the enemy at the same time?
How was this possible?
Everyone looked at Wei Zaode and Chen Yan in surprise.
"I'm innocent! I've been wronged! Wuwuwu…If Your Majesty doesn't trust me, I'm willing to die in Taihe Palace!”
"This old minister is loyal to Great Ming and has no second thoughts! Who the hell is slandering me? I want to fight him to the death!”
Upon hearing Zhu Ci's question, the two of them immediately began their performances.
They knew that their collusion with the enemy was extremely private and could not be known by outsiders.
"Is that so? He really wouldn't cry until he saw the coffin. Come on, hand over their letters!”
As soon as Zhu Ci Xin finished speaking, four people immediately stood up.
Among the four people, two of them were cold and distant. The other two had fierce looks in their eyes, looking at everyone as if they were looking at a piece of rotten meat.
These four people were the four cruel officials, Yuandu, Zhou Yun, Lai Junchen, and Zhou Xing!
"Your Majesty, these are letters from two treacherous officials.”
The leader of the four cruel officials, the Goshawk, respectfully handed several letters to Zhu Cixi.
Even though he was ranked first among the cruel officials and was known in the history books for being cold-blooded and heartless, he understood that he was just a lackey of Zhu Cishi.
He would bite whoever Zhu Ciao told him to!
Otherwise, the lackey would lose the value of his existence.
"Humph!"
Zhu Cixi glanced at the letter and handed it to Zhou Yun."Let the others take a look too."
"This lowly subject accepts the order!"
Zhou Yun took the letter and read it to every minister present according to Zhu Cishi's instructions.
Everyone who read the letter was shocked by Wei Zaode and Chen Yan's shamelessness!
It was written that as long as Li Zicheng was willing to accept the two of them, not only were they willing to hand over the entire defense map of the capital to the invading army, but they were also willing to lead their own servants as reinforcements for the raiders.
"I implore Your Majesty to immediately behead Wei Zaode and Chen Yan!”
"Wei Zaode and Chen Yan are deeply indebted to you! Now that the Ming Dynasty is in danger, the two thieves don't want to serve the court, but actually defect to the enemy! I implore Your Highness to execute the two of them immediately!”
"Shameless scoundrel! I implore Your Majesty to execute the entire family of these two rebels!”
"The crimes of Wei and Chen are unforgivable. This humble subject pleads to wipe out the three clans!"
“……”
The court was filled with the roars of the ministers.
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