Court meeting.
Many ministers whispered among themselves.
They had all heard about the topic of today's discussion.
Amongst them.
Xu Youzhen's face was radiant with a smile.
In the officialdom, he had always been good at talking and was good at fighting for power.
In his opinion, the emperor was not supreme and omnipotent.
The emperor also needed officials!
They also needed officials!
Without the cabinet and ministers, what could the emperor do?
If the ministers were unhappy, the emperor could be changed.
There were so many people in the royal family. Anyone would be the emperor!
For example.
The current emperor is Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu.
However, the Retired Emperor Zhu Qi Town was still in the Wa thorn people's army.
If the tile thorn person felt that Zhu Qi Zhen had no value, he might as well throw him back to Ming.
Then could Jinshang continue to be the emperor?
There were countless opportunities!
Therefore, Xu Youzhen was radiant.
In his opinion, a national crisis was not a national crisis.
It was an opportunity!
Today, the court would discuss the matter of moving the capital.
It was a great opportunity for him!
At this moment.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Zhu Qiyu entered the court.
All the officials knelt down.
"Everyone, please rise. Today's court meeting will discuss the matter of moving the capital.”
Zhu Qiyu said lightly.
Immediately.
A military official stood out.
"Your Majesty, you must not move the capital. Our Great Ming is facing a strong enemy and is going to fight to the death. How can moving the capital be done by Great Ming?”
Hearing this.
Xu Youzhen frowned.
He took a step forward and calmly said,"
"That doesn't make sense. I watched the sky at night and saw that the stars had changed. It was suitable to move the capital to Nanjing to avoid the enemy.”
Immediately.
The officials were divided into two factions and engaged in a war of words.
Those who refused to move the capital were usually upright, determined, and honest people. When Yu Qian was not around, Wang Zhi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was the leader.
Those who supported moving the capital were led by Xu Youzhen, and there were many old and muddle-headed ministers who could not see the situation clearly.
Zhu Qiyu sat on the throne and watched coldly.
He had already come to a conclusion in his heart. At this moment, he was observing!
What about those people?
In fact, most people knew why the capital was moved.
It was nothing more than for his own life, property, and status.
At this moment, everyone was having a heated debate.
When the battle of words reached an intense stage.
A military official was furious.
His name was Fan Guang!
It was a military officer under Yu Qian.
"Traitor, you proposed to move the capital only for your own life, but Minister Yu Qian is still outside resisting the foreign thieves. The soldiers are desperately protecting the capital and His Majesty! I really want to smash your head with a golden melon!”
Fan Guang was a military general, so his words did not have the scholarly tone of a civil official.
He raised the golden melon and was about to fight Xu Youzhen to the death.
Xu Youzhen was so scared that she turned around and fled.
What a joke.
He was a civil official and would be the chief assistant of the cabinet in the future.
Fighting with a vulgar person?
If he was killed in the Imperial Court, what would be recorded in the history books?
"Enough! What a disgrace!"
Zhu Qiyu reprimanded.
The Emperor reprimanded, and all the officials immediately knelt on the ground.
Xu Youzhen is especially good at advice.
"Your Majesty, the matter of moving the capital cannot be delayed…"
"Cao Zhengchun, bring me the name list.”
Zhu Qiyu said coldly.
Xu Youzhen suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
He had a bad premonition.
Cao Zhengchun stepped forward and opened the name list in his hand.
" On a certain day of a certain year, I, a civil official, accepted a thousand taels of silver and two pairs of jade…"
"Military officer Shi, on a certain day, a certain month, a certain year, I accepted a bribe of 1,200 taels of silver and a set of fine steel armor…"
Cao Zhengchun read out the name list one by one.
Every time he read out a name, some of the ministers 'faces would turn pale.
"Your Majesty, I'm innocent! I'm innocent!"
"Cao Zhengchun, it was Cao Zhengchun who framed a good official. I only took some silver, I didn't know that it was a tile assassin!”
The officials who were called were all crying.
But immediately, the masters of the East Hall dragged them away.
There was only one outcome for colluding with the enemy!
Slash!
Xu Youzhen heard these names.
His face turned paler and paler.
These were all officials sent to move the capital!
He remembered it clearly.
The Emperor also saw it clearly!
"These people colluded with the outside world and spoke for the Wa Ci people in order to destroy the north of Ming Dynasty.”
Zhu Qiyu said coldly.
"All of them will be raided and executed. Also, drag out and execute the first person who proposed to move the capital.”
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
"I'm innocent! I'm also dedicated to the country! I'm innocent!"
Xu Youzhen's tears flowed down his face as he fell to the ground weakly, as if he had no bones.
Immediately, the masters of the East Hall dragged him out.
Crack!
Xu Youzhen's voice disappeared.
His head was chopped off!
The officials of the capital relocation faction who were not named were all prostrated on the ground. Their faces were pale, and they were so scared that they had lost all color.
Terrifying!
Most of them were afraid of death, and there were also old officials who could not tell the situation clearly.
At this moment, it was as if a sharp sword was hanging high in the sky.
They could be beheaded at any moment!
"You useless people who have been bewitched by the Tile Thorn puppets, on account of your many years of hard work, I will be lenient and let you go home to farm!”
"In my court, I don't need to have any hopes of luck and shake incompetent people!”
Zhu Qiyu looked down from above, each word carrying the weight of ten thousand jun!
"Thank you, Lord!"
Many of the officials kowtowed and thanked him, their bodies trembling.
Although being removed from the official position and returning home to farm was a huge punishment.
However, compared to beheading, it was already extremely merciful!
"Next, those officials who are loyal to Great Ming and loyal to me, I will put you in an important position.”
Zhu Qiyu looked down at the ministers.
"What Zhen wants is not just to win the capital's defense battle.”
"What I want is to wipe out the 500,000 strong army of Wa Ci within a month, then conquer the northwest, and wipe out the Tartar tribes in three months!”
"For this, all of you have to do your best for me!”
"Yes, sir! Your Majesty!"
The rest of the ministers all kowtowed!
They were extremely shocked and ecstatic.
The current Emperor was truly a wise ruler!
With a flip of his hand, he suppressed all the disloyalty in the imperial court.
Even the officials who had their own selfish motives had to give up at this moment for the sake of the country.
In this way, the Great Ming Dynasty would definitely stabilize its empire!
……
Zhu Qiyu returned to his bedroom.
He ordered Cao Zhengchun to kill all the spies in the capital.
Leave one behind and feed him the poison from the East Hall so that he can report back.
When they reached the Wa Ci army, they would not be far from death.
How dare they send spies to the capital!
The spy who had returned would let the Tile Thorn people know the terror of the East Chamber!
At this moment.
The attendant eunuch reported.
"Your Majesty, the Embroidered Uniform Guards have returned to the capital."
"Get the person-in-charge to see me."
Zhu Qiyu said.
Very quickly.
The hundred men of the Embroidered Uniform Guards arrived.
He half-knelt on the ground and reported to Zhu Qiyu.
"Ironguts God-Marquis has already led his troops to cut off the supplies of the Wa Ci people!”
"We'll know in seven days at most!”
"Not bad."
Zhu Qiyu nodded.
He was slightly appreciative.
This was a compliment to both Ironguts and the Hundred Households of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
"You were also the one who reported back to the capital, right? What's your name?"
Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Your Majesty, I am Shen Lian!"
Shen Lian knelt on one knee.
He delivered the secret decree to Iron-guts and immediately rushed back to the capital. He was still travel-worn and his lips were dry and cracked.
"En, the Embroidered Uniform Guards need a talented person like you who is responsible for your duties. I will promote you to a thousand households.”
Zhu Qiyu casually rewarded Shen Lian.
Shen Lian was stunned.
He simply couldn't believe the decree he heard.
Thousand Households!
The three of them had worked in the capital for a long time and solved many big cases.
However, when Zhu Qi Zhen was the emperor, no matter how capable they were or how good their performance was.
It was difficult for even a centurion to make it.
In the imperial court, rotten wood was an official, and animals ate the salary!
He could only give Wang Zhen's henchmen money and women…
Only then could he climb up.
But today, he had done his duty for the country and finally got his reward!
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