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Chapter 179 Li Huan: I said you are a traitor, so you are! 【order】

When the eyes of all civil and military personnel fell on the two small sedan chairs, the sedan chairs stopped, and then Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and two people came down from the small sedan chairs.

Several court ministers, such as Qiao Ping, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Cui Long, Minister of Dali Temple, and Leng Fangzhong all strode towards the two of them.

Salute to Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and the two of them.

After a turmoil, important officials in the court such as Liu Zhong, Fei Hong, Mao Ji, and Liang Chu were killed and imprisoned. In addition, most of the core officials of the eunuch party headed by Liu Jin are now in Jinyiwei detained in prison awaiting trial.

So at first glance, at this grand court meeting, there are obviously a lot fewer officials who are above the second rank.

However, there are not too many officials below the second rank. After all, among the officials who have taken refuge in Liu Jin, there are only a very small number of important officials such as Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, and Liu Yu, and there are not many middle and high-level officials. Officials of the sixth and seventh ranks of the court.

Now that hundreds of civil and military officials are gathered, the momentum is still not small.

As the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Qiao Ping has a good relationship with the censor of the left capital, Song Jing. He was still looking for Song Jing just now, but he couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

At this time, Qiao Ping saluted Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe and said, "You two elders, what happened in the palace yesterday, it's not about your majesty..."

As Qiao Ping, he still knew that the Son of Heaven was in a coma, and he might not be able to last for a few days.

The three yamen each sent officials to try Liu Jin's treason case. The Metropolitan Procuratorate was led by Song Jing himself, and Qiao Ping, as the censor of the right capital, was in the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

It was just a short night, as if everything had changed.

When Qiao Ping heard the news that the emperor was going to summon civil and military officials to hold a court meeting in Qianqing Palace, he was a little dazed.

Isn't the emperor about to be unable to hold on? Why did he suddenly convene a grand meeting, but in a short period of time, Jinyi Weiti rode out everywhere, and even caused a mutiny. Even if he wanted to inquire about the news, he couldn't do so .

So most of the civil and military people present were like Qiao Ping, full of confusion, and had no idea what happened.

Yang Tinghe coughed lightly, signaling Qiao Ping to pay attention to his words.

If the Son of Heaven was really dying, then Qiao Ping would say it in private, but now that the Son of Heaven has woken up, if he still dares to say that in front of so many people, then he will bring disaster on himself.

Qiao Ping was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang rather puzzled.

Li Dongyang just said indifferently: "Li Huan is back and has rescued His Majesty. Waiting for the next court meeting, everyone should be careful, don't touch His Majesty's bad luck, otherwise..."

When everyone heard the words, some of them showed a clear look, while some were stunned and shocked.

The big news that Li Huan led Jin Yiwei to kill Wucheng Bing Ma Si on Ma Chang Street was supposed to have spread, but the time was so short that many officials didn't know about it.

Looking at the time, Li Dongyang coughed lightly and said, "Everyone, the time is coming soon. Don't make Your Majesty wait too long."

Although the road ahead was very difficult and the blood on the ground was extremely glaring, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe walked towards the Forbidden City with firm steps.

Behind the two, a group of civil and military personnel also hurriedly followed.

Not long after, the palace gate was in sight. Compared with the long street that had not been cleaned up, the traces of the battle at the palace gate had already been cleaned up, and even the blood stains had been cleaned up early. Some remaining traces, I thought nothing happened.

At this time, the palace gate was wide open, and all the officials slowly entered through the palace gate and entered the imperial city.

When the officials entered the palace, there was a creaking sound behind them, and the heavy palace door was suddenly shut.

Hearing the movement from behind, all the officials didn't feel anything. After all, the previous Great Court Meetings also followed the same rules. After the officials entered, the palace gates were naturally closed.

Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and the officialdom have been ups and downs for decades, and they have participated in countless court meetings.

I don't know how many times I have heard the sound of the palace door closing, but this time, the sound of the door closing suddenly sounded in their ears, but it seemed to have a slightly different feeling.

The two looked at each other, their eyes full of worry.

While walking, Cui Long, Minister of Dali Temple, suddenly said in surprise: "Hey, have you noticed that the guards in this palace have disappeared, and the ones on duty are soldiers and horses from the Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion instead? "

When Cui Long said this, many officials naturally heard clearly, and subconsciously looked towards the guards around the imperial city.

At a glance, many officials showed a bit of astonishment on their faces.

The safety of the imperial city has always been guarded by the imperial city guards. To be honest, it is the first time that it is directly guarded by soldiers and horses from any battalion.

Some officials couldn't help feeling cold when they saw the soldiers and horses of the Four Guards Battalion of Tengxiang who were full of evil spirits, and felt bad in their hearts.

Could it be that the sound of fighting they heard last night and the rumored mutiny really succeeded?Otherwise, why are there so many soldiers and horses in the imperial city.

Of course, only a very small number of people had such an idea, and most officials understood that the soldiers and horses of the Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion could be seen here, and it can only be said that the emperor has suppressed the rebels.

The Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion was originally a part of the Emperor's pro-army. If the Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion could rebel, then it can only be said that the Emperor deserved to be killed.

On the contrary, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the two of them understood why there were no traces of the imperial city guards in the imperial city.

On the one hand, the emperor had some doubts about the sanitation in the imperial city. On the other hand, during the turmoil last night, the guards in the imperial city were killed and injured. Anwei couldn't find a suitable person to protect Anwei in a short while.

Of course, there is another possibility of using the soldiers and horses of the Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion to guard the imperial city. Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe didn't want to think about this possibility.

If that's the case, then today's court meeting is really full of danger and even murderous intent.

Soon all civil and military officials came to the big square in front of Qianqing Palace. This square is so wide that it is more than enough to accommodate thousands of people.

Hundreds of civil and military officials lined up quietly according to their ranks, and then lined up on both sides, waiting for the emperor's arrival.

It was almost a cup of tea time, and on the imperial road in the distance, the emperor's chariot came slowly.

But at this moment, the emperor's Luanjia attracted the attention of many officials.

I saw a group of soldiers and horses full of evil spirits clustered on both sides of the emperor Luanjia, giving people the feeling that they were guarding the emperor.

Especially the evil spirit emanating from that group of soldiers, many officials couldn't help but think of the soldiers collecting their corpses they saw on the long street not long ago when they saw these soldiers.

These soldiers must have just experienced a fight, and the murderous aura has not dissipated.

Gu Da rang out in the empty square with that sharp voice: "Your Majesty is here, and all the officials kneel down to welcome you!"

When Zhu Houzhao stepped down from the Luanjia, all civil and military officials bowed down and shouted long live.

Zhu Houzhao was followed by Gu Dayong, Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and several other servants, while the group of soldiers walked to both sides with neat steps, and stood a few feet behind the officials.

These soldiers standing behind a group of officials made many officials feel chills in their necks, and they always felt that the soldiers behind them looked at them not quite right.

This is the first time that such a situation has happened, and for a while, many officials felt a little bad for no reason.

What on earth is the Son of Heaven trying to do? Could it be that he really wanted to kill someone?

This is the Dachaohui, even if it is to kill, it should be sent to the prison first, then tried by the third division, and finally convicted and executed.

When some officials were thinking in a mess, Zhu Houzhao had already sat down on the dragon chair, looked down at the officials from a high position, and then slowly said: "Your servants are free from courtesy."

Gu Dayong took a step forward and said in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty ordered that all the gentlemen be free from courtesy!"

At this time, a group of civil and military officials just shouted long live, and slowly got up.

Originally, according to the usual practice of the Great Court Assembly, this time should be presided over by the emperor. Under the leadership of the cabinet, the chief officials of the six yamen will report to the emperor some major matters that require the emperor to make decisions in person, or require a hundred officials to discuss.

But at this moment, Zhu Houzhao, who is the emperor, nodded at Gu Dayong and said, "Gu Dayong."

When Gu Dayong heard the words, he stepped forward and said sharply: "If there is something to do, start playing, and if there is nothing to do, go back to court!"

Baiguan looked at me and I looked at you. They couldn't figure out what happened in the past two days at all, and no one dared to stand up at this time.

Zhu Houzhao sat there with a solemn expression, and his eyes swept over the officials below. For some reason, all the officials who were swept by the eyes of the emperor had a feeling of being seen through.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, breaking the oppressive atmosphere. Many officials looked subconsciously. When they saw someone coming, many of them opened their eyes wide and their faces Unbelievable look.

"Li Huan, why is he here!"

This is the news of Li Huan's return, but there are also officials who look surprised, obviously they don't know the news of Li Huan's return.

Many officials were filled with righteous indignation when they saw Li Huan. You must know that they impeached Li Huan frantically not long ago.Seeing Li Huan now, he couldn't help but think of what Li Huan had done in Fujian, and his eyes turned red.

For example, Qiao Ping, the right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, looked at Li Huan as if he saw some sworn enemy, and stood up directly, yelling at Li Huan: "You treacherous villain, you just came back just in time. Today, I will ask Your Majesty to take you down, cut you into pieces, and use the law of the king."

Li Huan was a little dazed, looking at Qiao Ping like a fool.

He wondered in his heart, could this person have lost his mind, or did he just keep his ears to the outside world, so many things happened in Beijing in the past two days, if he knew a little bit, he wouldn't jump out and target him at this time, right? .

In fact, it's normal to think about it. In just one day, what happened in the imperial city was already blocked, and Feng Hai's rebellion happened in the middle of the night. By the time the rebellion was put down, it was already dawn.

Before sending someone out to find out what happened, he was summoned to Qianqing Palace to participate in the Great Court Meeting.

Not only Qiao Ping, but many officials still don't know what happened.

Why did the emperor suddenly wake up, why did a rebellion break out in the capital in the middle of the night?

Speaking of Qiao Ping walking out from the ranks of officials, he didn't care about other things, anyway, first impeach Li Huan, the traitor, and then talk about it.

It's fine if Li Huan doesn't come back, since he dared to come back, if he didn't take Li Huan down, wouldn't he be called the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"His Majesty……"

Before Qiao Ping could speak, Li Huan bowed his hands to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, I have just arrested the rebels Song Jing, Xue Yi, Peng Guang, Geng Li and other officials, and sent them to the Jinyiwei prison. It's late, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

As soon as Li Huan said this, many officials showed surprise expressions.

Song Jing, Geng Li, Peng Guang, and Xue Yi, aren't these people the people from the Sansi Yamen, who are in charge of trying Liu Jin's treason case? No matter what Li Huan said, Song Jing and the others were also involved in the treason case The big case, even this meeting has already been taken down by Jin Yiwei.

But such a big news, why didn't they hear any news in advance.

Qiao Ping was taken aback for a moment, then he realized that he looked at Li Huan in disbelief, and suddenly said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, have you seen that Jin Yiwei framed Zhongliang..."

Li Huan glanced at Qiao Ping indifferently, and said with a sneer: "Your Majesty, I suspect that Qiao Ping, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has a close relationship with Song Jing, and is suspected of being a party member. I ask your majesty to allow me to take Qiao Ping down." , Strictly investigate and interrogate."

Qiao Ping couldn't help widening his eyes when he heard that, pointed at Li Huan and said in a trembling voice, "You...you spout blood!"

In fact, when Qiao Ping jumped out to impeach Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help feeling disgusted with him. This man was the inspector censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his duty was to impeach others, and it was true to supervise all officials.

However, Qiao Ping refused to impeach those officials who obviously had ulterior motives, but just stared at Li Huan and Liu Jin like a mad dog. It is better not to have such an inspector and censor.

Hearing Li Huan's words, Zhu Houzhao waved his hands and said, "I said before, regarding the big treason case that murdered me, I will leave it to you, Jin Yiwei, to handle anyone involved. You don't need to ask me for instructions. Li Qing can kill first and play later."

Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The officials in the surrounding area just now realized that they all looked at Li Huan in a flying fish robe with terrified eyes. Hearing what the emperor said, it seemed that the case of the assassination of the emperor had been handed over to Li Huan for strict investigation. People are afraid.

In particular, the emperor even gave Li Huan the right to behead first and then play. Li Huan, who was as lawless as a lunatic, had such power, how could they live.

One of the seniors stood up almost instinctively and said loudly: "Your Majesty, no..."

Li Huan glanced at the other party indifferently, and said with a smile: "This lord is also Song Jing's accomplice!"

Seeing Li Huan so blatantly charged himself with treason, he almost went crazy, and said loudly to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, have you seen that Li Huan framed Zhongliang..."

Seeing Li Huan bowing to Zhu Houzhao, he suddenly shouted: "Come on!"

The next moment, a group of Jinyiwei appeared around. Chen Yao, who was dressed in the robes of a hundred families of Jinyiwei, strode up, first bowed to the emperor, and then said to Li Huan: "Commander, my subordinates are here!"

Li Huan pointed at Qiao Ping and the man and said, "These two are Song Jing's accomplices. Take them back to the imperial prison and interrogate them strictly."

As soon as Chen Yao heard the words, he waved his hand, and saw a few captains of Jinyiwei approached excitedly, picked up Qiao Ping and the other person, and dragged them outside.

Qiao Ping couldn't help shouting loudly: "Your Majesty, I was wronged, I was wronged..."

As for the man in the matter, he was so frightened that he didn't realize it until he was dragged several feet away, but the other party didn't beg for mercy, but yelled at Li Huan.

"Li Huan traitor, you have to die..."

The civil and military officials were dumbfounded as they watched such an absurd scene unfold in front of their faces.

They couldn't guarantee whether Qiao Ping and Song Jing's accomplice were involved in the matter, but Li Huan's attitude at the court meeting made many officials sink their hearts.

In particular, the emperor allowed Li Huan to act recklessly in such a way. Could it be said that the emperor was not afraid of arousing the resistance of all officials?
Mr. Shoufu, what about Mr. Yang Ge, why didn't Shoufu and Mr. Yang Ge speak?
All of a sudden, many officials thought of Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang, and couldn't help looking at Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang.

But the two of them seemed to turn a blind eye to Li Huan's actions, and they didn't react at all.

Zhu Houzhao watched with cold eyes, seeing the reactions of the officials, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

When his eyes fell on Li Huan, he couldn't help showing a little smile in his eyes, and said slowly: "Since Li Qing is here, let's join the ranks."

Li Huan nodded, and immediately stood in front of the military officials, standing with that group of nobles.

Seeing Li Huan, Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu, Chen Jizu, Xu Guangzuo and others all nodded at Li Huan and smiled kindly.

They had personally experienced that rebellion last night, and they knew Li Huan's position in the eyes of the emperor better than anyone else.

Anyone who is not a fool knows that what they have to do at this time is to do everything possible to build a good relationship with Li Huan, instead of trying to impeach Li Huan like Qiao Ping, the censor of the right capital just now, but they ended up putting themselves in it.

If you get involved in a treason case, you will die if you don't die. What's more, this kind of big treason case is better to kill the wrong than to let it go, even if Qiao Ping really didn't participate in it, but if Li Huan wants to, he can do whatever he wants. He could be charged with a crime.

Not to mention a right capital censor, at this time Li Huan charged a prince with treason, and the other party had no choice but to ransack his family and exterminate his family.

After Li Huan made such a fuss, many officials were apprehensive, looking at the emperor above the imperial steps in shock and fear, and Li Huan who was standing among the nobles and talking in a low voice with several nobles.

They knew that the emperor valued Li Huan, but when Li Huan became the commander of Jinyiwei, the emperor's trust and attitude towards Li Huan was too abnormal.

And those nobles, didn't they always have nothing to do with themselves in the court, and they were always like decorations? Why were they so close to Li Huan, and there was even a hint of flattery in their closeness.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, these nobles and powers are gone, and there is only a bit of arrogance left. They usually hug each other to keep warm, even if they meet a few elders, they don't have a good face.Even if Li Huan became the commander of Jinyiwei, these nobles would not put down their airs to curry favor with Li Huan.

Zhu Houzhao looked around the group of officials and said, "Your family, don't you have anything to play?"

No one dared to stand up before, but as a result, Li Huan made such a fuss, making people even more confused about the emperor's attitude. Who would dare to come out at this time.

It was at this time that Li Huan, who had just entered the courtiers' queue, suddenly stood up, bowed to Zhu Houzhao with a serious face, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "What's the matter with Li Qing?"

Li Huan strode forward, walked to the imperial steps, then turned around, his eyes fell on the courtiers.

Seeing Li Huan's actions, many officials thumped in their hearts, feeling bad.

Especially some officials who knew what happened, couldn't help showing a bit of bitterness on their faces.

Li Huan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have interrogated Feng Hai, Mao Ji, Geng Li, Peng Guang, Chen Jiu and others overnight. According to these people's confessions, dozens of officials have been confirmed to be involved in the murder of Your Majesty."

With a bang, all the civil and military officials present felt their heads almost exploded.

Dozens of officials were involved in a major treason case.

For a while, even an open-minded person felt chills all over his body. Even if the bright sun was shining on his body, he still felt like falling into an ice cave.

That was a big case of treason, although Li Huan said that there were dozens of officials for sure, but many officials knew that this was just the beginning, and it might be an unprecedented big case.

Think about it when Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, the Hu Weiyong case and the Lanyu case were all handled as major treason cases. Each case involved tens of thousands of people. The important minister Xungui fell into a major treason case.

Other cases are fine, but any major case involving treason, especially the assassination of the emperor, if it doesn't kill people's heads and blood flows into rivers, it will be a strange thing.

Zhu Houzhao heard that Li Huan said that there were dozens of officials who came out of the interrogation alone, and his eyes were red immediately. He took a deep breath and forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart so that he would not lose his composure. Even so, his voice was still a little hysterical. He said: "Who, who is there!"

Li Huan glanced over the crowd, and almost everyone shrank their necks in fright, for fear of being called by Li Huan's name.

If you want to know whose name is spit out from Li Huan's mouth at this moment, it is tantamount to being on the list of Lord Yan, and it is the kind that all the nine clans of the family are on.

Then Li Huan said slowly: "Minister of the Ministry of War, Kang Ren, Li, let me ask you, who approved and stamped the Ministry of War's seal that Fei Hong brought to Feng Hai?"

Kang Ren fell limply to the ground with a thud, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, he kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I really don't know how the traitor Fei Hong got the military transfer document."

Just looking at Kang Ren's reaction, even if the military dispatch document was not written by him, Kang Ren is the Minister of the Military Department, and Kang Ren is obviously guilty of such a major treasonous case.

Seeing Kang Ren's appearance, Zhu Houzhao's heart became inexplicably angry, he flicked his sleeves and shouted at the guards around him, "Take Kang Ren down."

Immediately, Kang Ren was dragged out by two Jin Yiwei, all the officials were trembling, and Kang Ren's mournful pleading voice was still echoing in his ears.

Li Huan's eyes were patrolling among the officials, and suddenly Li Huan's eyes fell on one of them and said: "Wu Dingbo Hou Sheng..."

As soon as Li Huan finished speaking, he saw a figure suddenly rushed towards Li Huan among the nobles. To be precise, it should be towards the emperor Zhu Houzhao.

Naturally, many officials were taken aback by this sudden change. Obviously, the person who made the uproar was none other than Wu Dingbo Hou Sheng who was named by Li Huan.

Seeing this, Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and the nobles couldn't help but change their expressions, and almost instinctively shouted for escort.

It's just that Zhu Houzhao stood on the imperial steps and looked at Hou Sheng who was rushing towards him. There was no worry or fear in his eyes, only deep disdain and pity.

Among the nobles, Hou Sheng's reputation is quite high, especially his cultivation is not bad. Among the nobles who have almost forgotten the family education passed down from their ancestors, he can definitely be regarded as one of them. The best.

It's a pity that although his physical strength doesn't look bad, it also depends on who he is compared with.

Li Huan was standing under the imperial steps in front of Zhu Houzhao. If he wanted to get close to the emperor, he had to pass Li Huan first.

Seeing Hou Sheng rushing towards the emperor, Li Huan punched out directly.

Hou Sheng had never seen Li Huan make a move, so naturally he didn't know Li Huan's details, and it could even be said that he didn't take Li Huan to heart at all.

His attention was almost all on the Son of Heaven, seeing that the Son of Heaven didn't even intend to dodge, Hou Sheng's eyes flashed with joy.

If it is said that the emperor can be captured, he may not be able to kidnap the emperor and escape from the capital.

But the next moment, a gust of wind hit, and Hou Sheng subconsciously waved his fist to meet Li Huan.

With a click, there was a bone shattering sound, and then I saw Hou Sheng was thrown flying by Li Huan's punch, and fell heavily to the ground with a scream.

The two Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward and locked Hou Sheng up with shackles.

From Li Huan naming Hou Sheng's name, to Hou Sheng violently trying to attack the emperor, and then to being severely injured and captured by Li Huan, all this was just a dozen or so breaths away.

When Baiguan reacted, Hou Sheng was even dragged away by Jin Yiwei cleanly.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, okay, you are really a good subject of my Daming, the dignified uncle, who actually participated in the conspiracy of rebellion, his deeds were exposed, he didn't want to repent, and even wanted to attack me, his heart is so vicious. "

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao coldly swept across the civil and military officials and said to Gu Dayong, "Gu Dayong, you have written it down for me. Wu Dingbo Hou Sheng has a very vicious heart, and he specially ordered his ten clans to be punished. Use it as an example to others!"

Like Wu Dingbo Hou Sheng, who dared to attack the emperor in front of all the officials, there was no need for trial, and he could be convicted directly.

At this time, Li Huan waved his hand, and saw dozens of Jinyi guards pounced on an official like tigers and wolves.

Apparently, Li Huan didn't plan to call names one by one, and asked Jin Yiwei to arrest them.

Even if there are a few more lunatic Li Huan who are like Hou Sheng who are desperate to fight, they are not afraid, but in that case, it will appear that he, the commander of Jinyiwei, is too incompetent.

"Forgive me, Your Majesty, the minister was wronged!"

Some people didn't know whether they were wronged really or falsely, and they shouted for being wronged.

After someone was arrested, he obviously knew that he would die, so he laughed and yelled at the emperor.

"Fun Lord, Hun Jun, God has no eyes, but he failed to accept you, you Hun Jun will die a good death, you will die a bad death..."

Seeing this, Jin Yiwei, who was arrested, quickly took off the opponent's official boots, took off the opponent's socks, and gagged his mouth.

Of course, some officials directly yelled at Li Huan.

Some passed out directly on the spot.

It can be said that for a while, all kinds of life are staged.

It wasn't until dozens of officials were taken away by Jin Yiwei that the chaotic scene gradually calmed down.

At this time, some officials still looked terrified, thinking that just now they watched their colleagues around them being taken away by Jin Yiwei, and it would be a lie to say that they were not afraid.

Only now did Li Huan bow to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, the criminals have been taken down, and I will strictly examine them, so that there will be no fish that slip through the net."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "Although Li Qing is free to do anything, I will grant any request."

Li Huan thanked the emperor, and slowly retreated into the ranks of courtiers.

Seeing Li Huan retreating, all the civil and military officials were able to let go of their hearts. Of course, whether some of these officials slipped through the net, only these people know for sure.

With a soft sigh, Li Dongyang, who had been quiet all this time, came out slowly, then bowed to Zhu Houzhao, took off the official hat with both hands, put it in front of him respectfully, and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, my minister Li Dongyang is responsible for your Majesty!" Emperor En, during the period when he was in charge of the cabinet, such a heinous calamity happened, and the crime cannot be pardoned, please forgive me."

Yang Tinghe also stood up with Li Dongyang, also took off his official hat, and then bowed in front of Zhu Houzhao and begged the emperor to forgive him.

The cabinet originally consisted of Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Jiao Fang, and Liu Yu, but they were attacked by the civil official group. Jiao Fang and Liu Yu were sent to prison, leaving only Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe in the cabinet to maintain the situation. .

At this moment, the two court elders took the initiative to plead guilty. If the emperor dismissed the two and punished them, the Ming Dynasty would lose even one elder.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the two of them, his expression was extremely calm, and he seemed not surprised or surprised by their actions.

Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang knelt there, kowtowed to the ground, waiting for the emperor's decision.

Zhu Houzhao walked down the imperial steps slowly, stretched out his hand to help Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe up, and his eyes fell on them, as if he wanted to see through them.

Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao said: "The two elders want to retire, and we will wait until this big treason case is completely settled."

Li Dongyang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "I am not worthy to lead the ministers to assist Your Majesty in governing the country. Please allow me to resign from the post of cabinet minister. The old minister is willing to stay in the mansion and wait for His Majesty's orders."

Zhu Hou looked at Li Dongyang and said slowly: "I don't suspect that the first assistant is involved in the treason case, but I hope that the first assistant can stabilize the situation for me before he takes office. When the situation is stable, if the first assistant wants to take office, I will never stop."

Seeing Li Dongyang's hesitant look, Zhu Houzhao sighed: "Could it be that the first assistant forgot my father's last instructions and intended to abandon me?"

Hearing the emperor mentioning the late emperor, Li Dongyang couldn't hold back his tears, prostrated himself on the ground, and said in a sobbing voice: "The old minister is stupid, and he didn't find out that there were people with ulterior motives among the courtiers, which almost harmed your majesty. The old minister is responsible for the late emperor. Your Majesty deserves it!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang and sighed softly, his eyes fell on Yang Tinghe who was beside him.

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