"You…You…"
Blood stained the court, and the entire court was in an uproar.
Chief Assistant Zhou Yanru, Second Assistant Qian Longxi, and the rest of the Donglin Party officials stared at Jiang Feng with wide eyes.
" You... actually dared to kill an official in court. Men, arrest this traitor..."
As he spoke, Zhou Yanru turned around and looked at Chongzhen with a tight grip on the board.""May I ask, Your Majesty, who is the Emperor now? This Jiang Feng was so disrespectful. Could it be that His Majesty really didn't care?”
"Minister Qian has worked hard for the country, but he has ended up like this. Your Majesty is unfair…"
" Lord Qian only said a few words of advice, and he ended up like this. If Emperor Taizu was still alive, what would he think…"
In the vast Imperial Court, there was a moment of discussion, and there was an aura of wanting to skin Jiang Feng alive.
Inside and outside the palace, the Brocade Guards and Imperial Army held their swords. They only listened to the Emperor. Although Qian Qianyi had been killed, they did not move unless the Emperor spoke.
"For decades, you have formed cliques for personal gain, played with the imperial power, and caused the world to be plunged into misery. Are you blaming His Majesty for coming with me?"
Jiang Feng had no scruples at all. He held the blood-dripping Embroidered Spring Saber and laughed coldly."Look at what you're wearing. The emperor gave you a python robe, and then look at your black gauze hats. In order to resist the Qing army, Your Majesty did not hesitate to go bankrupt. But what about you?"
This was the truth.
The current Chongzhen was really crazy poor.
Back then, Yuan Chonghuan had demanded hundreds of thousands of sets of armor and millions of military pay from the imperial court. He had even claimed that if he did not have money to eat, he would suffer from diseases.
From then on, the generals who fought in the war learned that regardless of whether they had the ability or not, they would first ask Chongzhen for money and food.
In the end, Chongzhen pawned all the gold and silver utensils in the palace, and even sold the copper pots in the hall. He was frugal and did not dare to call for more maids.
The death of the Eastwoods was not false at all.
As he spoke, Jiang Feng turned around and held the embroidered spring saber with both hands. After raising it high, he said,"Reporting to the emperor, this humble subject still says the same thing. If Donglin is not eliminated, the Ming Dynasty will perish. If Your Majesty trusts me, I will kill Zhou Yanru and the others here today.”
"What?"
Hearing this, Zhou Yanru and the others were so shocked that they looked up.
"Jiang Feng, how dare you? We are all important officials of the imperial court, and you actually want to kill us all with a single sentence?”
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, do you see? This person has ulterior motives…"
It was chaotic and noisy below the stage.
Chong Zhen saw everything. He pursed his lips and clenched his fists. He was hesitating.
After all, the Donglin Party had too many people. The Donglin Party had infiltrated the court and even Nanjing. If they continued to investigate, they would only hasten the fall of the country.
"Stop arguing."
Chongzhen's irritable mood spread out and he said angrily,"What is the Donglin Party? How could I not know that the country is in danger now? You should unite and resist the enemy together.”
"Your Majesty, about Minister Qian…"
Just as Zhou Yanru was about to complain about the injustice, Chongzhen waved his hand impatiently and interrupted him."Qian Qianyi took bribes and perverted the law. In addition, from today onwards, I order Jiang Feng to be the imperial envoy of the censor, strictly investigate corrupt officials, and have the power to act first and report later.”
"Your Majesty, this…"
"Your Majesty…"
Hearing this, all the members of the Dong Lin Party were dumbfounded.
Although the Emperor did not kill anyone here, he gave the knife to Jiang Feng.
It was obvious that from today onwards, Jiang Feng could investigate whoever he wanted and kill whoever he wanted.
"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness."
Jiang Feng smiled and bowed hypocritically with his fists crossed.
"Forget it. Retreat."
Chongzhen's mind was now filled with thoughts of how to provide relief and compensation. He was not in the mood to deal with these troublesome matters.
Jiang Feng had given him a plan. First, he would gather the hearts of the people and then revive the morale of the army. At this time, as long as there was food, people would follow him.
If they could eat their fill at the court, who would be willing to rebel?
The reason was very simple. Next, it was the problem of selecting people. Jiang Feng secretly compiled a list of loyal officials who committed suicide with Chongzhen in history.
As well as those loyal officials in Nanming's history, they would use this group of people to first provide disaster relief and then give a fair judgment.
The most important thing was to stabilize Wu Sangui.
This role was too important. If Wu Sangui did not betray them, it would take at least a decade for them to enter the pass with the military strength of the Manchu cavalry.
The court session ended.
Jiang Feng carried the imperial sword bestowed by the Emperor and led the Brocade Guard Commander Shi Luo out of Taihe Palace.
Zhou Yanru and the rest of the old men stood at the door, their faces filled with killing intent."Humph! We have to congratulate Lord Jiang. The Imperial Censor holds the power to kill all officials. Lord Jiang must be careful. The current Great Ming Dynasty is not peaceful.”
"Is Lord Zhou threatening me?"
Jiang Feng was unhappy. His expression pulled as he waved his hand and said,"Men, capture that old bastard Zhou Yanru. His Majesty just said that he wants us to unite and resist the enemy together. The chief assistant dared to threaten me here. Today, I will first confiscate the chief assistant's house to increase the national treasury!”
"You…"
Zhou Yanru glared. Before he could react, he was directly held down by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
The officials of the Ming Dynasty had the most integrity. To put it bluntly, they were the most pedantic.
Starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, they were all masters who would rather die than submit. They were not afraid of losing their heads at all. They would easily unite with the officials to threaten the emperor.
Jiang Feng was not afraid of this at all.
The Ming court was too harsh on its officials and gave them too little salary, which led to the tragedy of the late Ming Dynasty.
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