Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 354 We are loyal to Your Majesty, and we struggle hard!

Fengcheng Hou Li Min and other military heroes all widened their eyes when they saw the broken neck suddenly spurting blood in front of them.

then.

They all fell to the ground like a puddle of mud.

Naturally, I became even more frightened.

They knew why Suianbo was beheaded.

It was nothing more than that during the court trial, Earl Suian echoed those civil servants like Dang Chengzhi who said things that were not in line with the emperor's will!
The emperor would therefore immediately regard him as a disloyal person and want to kill him as soon as possible, and at the same time, he would warn these military heroes again.

But apart from being terrified, what they didn't understand was why the emperor dared to overturn the table like this when the wealthy families in the south had already flexed their muscles, and was not afraid of the outcome of the trial.

Could it be that the wealthy families in the south can no longer threaten the emperor?
Is it completely impossible for Japanese invasion to occur in the southeast?

The patrol to the East was not successfully stopped?
But no matter what, Li Min and others have already made it clear that the emperor does not intend to accept the results of the court trial and wants to continue to confront the civil and military bureaucrats in the court who do not support him.

Shoot the first bird.

However, Chen Hui, the Earl of Suian, was very unfortunate, because he was the first and only military hero who spoke out and supported the fight against the civil officials of the emperor's party, so he was naturally killed first.

Li Min and others asked themselves if they dared to confront the emperor head-on.

Therefore, even though they did not understand, they could only be more honest at this time and not learn from Chen Hui, the Earl of Suian.

"Good kill!"

Li Min therefore praised him after a while.

Even though his legs were weak, he still managed to say this.

The main reason was that he was afraid that if he didn't speak up, the emperor would think that his silence was also a sign of disloyalty.

Therefore, Li Min took the initiative to speak up and continued:

"I have long felt that what Chen Hui said during the court trial was disloyal and unjust. He was not only unfaithful to His Majesty, but also unfaithful to the people of the world, and even more so to you, my brother, Lao Guo!"

"What Elder Lin said was actually right. The reason why the outer court targeted you, Old Guo, was because they wanted His Majesty to become the true Holy Lord of the Restoration!"

“And the issue is whether or not to continue to strictly ban the sea.”

"Either we strictly ban sea fishing, or we should open the sea directly to facilitate the people as Elder Lin said."

"Old Chen has been blinded by greed and has forgotten his duty as a human being. He even followed those treacherous villains in confusing right and wrong during the trial."

"If I hadn't suddenly had a backache, I would have stood up and scolded him."

Li Min saluted Guo Xun and said, "Old Guo, I hope you don't hate me for not standing up and speaking for you! But I actually voted for Red Beans at that time!"

Guo Xun wiped the knife with a cloth and said, "It's okay. Since we are brothers, I won't be so petty! But you should understand that although I, Guo Xun, don't care about personal grudges, if you do something that is unfair to Your Majesty and goes against loyalty, I will not show mercy."

"That's it! That's it!"

Li Min replied with a smile.

Zhang Wei, the Marquis of Hui'an, echoed the sentiment: "Of course it should be so! Chen Hui has failed the emperor's grace and the kindness of his ancestors. He deserves to die!"

then.

Zhang Wei also said with a look of regret: "I am also stupid and I can't argue in court, so I didn't stand up when you, Lao Guo, argued with those traitors, and I didn't jump out to scold Chen Hui when he was disloyal and unjust, even though I was also very angry at the time, especially when those traitors used the Japanese pirates' invasion of Nandu to make fun of our military honors!"

"But now that I think about it, I still feel sorry for His Majesty and you, Old Guo, for not saying anything at the time! But I also voted for Red Bean at the time, and I already hated Dang Chengxue and Chen Hui to the core in my heart!"

"Yes! Although we may not be eloquent, our hearts are still loyal to Your Majesty."

"That's right, we are not as smart as you, Old Guo, but we dare not even think of betraying His Majesty!"...

The other Honor of Arms also followed suit.

Guo Xun had put away his knife by this time: "In that case, then you all should stay here and don't be dissatisfied."

"Of course! How dare we be dissatisfied!"

"If the king wants his subjects to die, they have to die. Let alone keeping us under house arrest for a while, even if they want to take our heads, we don't feel wronged. It's because we didn't dare to argue during the trial. That's undoubtedly an injustice to Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Guo Xun just smiled faintly.

at the same time.

A large number of Jinyiwei also came to Shanxi under the leadership of the commander-in-chief Wu Ji.

When Wu Ji arrived in Shanxi and announced the arrest of Ma Lu and other Shanxi officials, Ma Lu was also shocked.

"Why haven't we been able to bring down Guo Xun yet?"

Ma Lu even muttered something about it.

When Tang Sheng, the prefect of Taiyuan, was arrested, he shouted at Ma Lu:

"Ma Fu'an, didn't you say that Your Majesty is not a reckless monarch and would not protect Guo Xun and the two uncles because of the things in the south? How come we are being taken to the capital now?"

"Inspector Ma, say something!"

Seeing that Ma Lu ignored him, Tang Sheng shouted at him.

But Ma Lu still ignored Tang Sheng.

Because he is also puzzled now.

Zhu Houcong's sudden outburst of rage was so sudden that it really caught the bureaucrats who opposed him off guard.

Ma Lu was not the only one who was puzzled.

At this time, Ma Lu and his accomplices, who were lucky enough not to be officials of the Three Judicial Departments and did not get the chance to speak during the trial, were also puzzled.

What they couldn't understand was that the Ministry of Personnel didn't resist and actually knelt down.

They could understand that the cabinet obeyed the emperor.

After all, the current cabinet ministers only obey the orders of the emperor.

But they couldn't understand why the Minister of Personnel Zhao Huang actually knelt down and agreed to the imperial edict, appointing Zhang Cong, Gui E and Fang Xianfu as the three judicial officials to re-examine the case of Li Fuda.

Because as long as the Ministry of Personnel tried its best to prevent the emperor from dismissing ministers without reason, and even tried its best to decide the appointment of the three judicial officials by court recommendation, Zhang Cong, Gui E, Fang Xianfu and others would not be able to serve as the three judicial officials and re-examine the case, and the emperor would be able to successfully deny the mainstream opinion of the entire bureaucratic group.

And since it was the mainstream opinion of the bureaucracy to use the Li Fuda case to get rid of Guo Xun, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling in order to weaken the power of Emperor Jiajing, there would naturally be opposition bureaucrats with equally strong temperaments among the bureaucracy, who would be unwilling to watch Jiajing suppress all officials and forcefully overturn the mainstream opinion of the bureaucracy.

Therefore, Yang Yan, Wang Ke, and Zhao Tingrui, the Imperial Censor, knelt down and made a petition at the court the day after Zhu Houcong issued an order to replace the three judicial officials:

"Your Majesty! Zhang Cong is a slanderer, impatient and sinister; Gui E is cruel and heartless, and loves to fabricate charges and bully all officials; Fang Xianfu is cunning and flattering; they should not be promoted suddenly, let alone be in charge of the three judicial departments! Zhao Huang is the Minister of Personnel, but he has failed to live up to the expectations of the time, flattering the emperor's will, and recruiting evil people to seek a job. He is disloyal! I request that he be dismissed from his post and another upright and virtuous minister be selected by the court to be in charge of the selection!"

"Also, please appoint people impartially and do not demote them arbitrarily based on personal likes and dislikes. The three officials, Tong, Wang, and Dang, were recommended by the court and have great hopes in the world. The three judicial officials are in charge of the country's judicial system, so please revoke the previous order and let them continue to be in charge of the three judicial departments! Even if you want to replace them, please recommend them from the court and do not appoint them arbitrarily, which will make those who are lucky enough to be promoted suddenly become prominent and disappoint the world!"

After hearing this, Zhu Houcong said in a deep voice: "Your request is not granted!"

"I ask Your Majesty to correct people's hearts and follow public opinion. If your will is not adopted, we can only kneel down and not get up!"

Wang Ke and others responded to Zhu Houcong in a loud voice.

(End of this chapter)