My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 26 A lot of people died yesterday, and more will die today!

Chapter 26 A lot of people died yesterday, and more will die today!
Thinking of this, Zhu Cilang said somewhat embarrassedly:
"Don't worry, mother. I didn't do anything to Grandpa, but he was also involved in this matter, so I can't just sit there and do nothing."

After a pause, Zhu Cilang continued:
"I raided Grandpa's house and found three million and two hundred thousand taels of silver!"

"But his title is still there!"

This matter could not be concealed, so Zhu Cilang simply told the truth.

Before Empress Zhou could say anything, Chongzhen's gloating voice suddenly rang out.

"Good job! I've been wanting to take action against Zhou Kui for a long time! This guy relied on his status as the emperor's father-in-law to oppress innocent people and commit crimes. It's not unfair for him to have his property confiscated!"

"Three million and two hundred thousand taels of silver, I wonder how much blood he sucked from the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Not killing him is the greatest gift to him!"

Chongzhen felt quite relieved at this moment, because that old guy Zhou Kui always cried poor in front of him!
It has to be said that Chongzhen and Zhu Cilang still stood together in dealing with the matter of Zhou Kui.

Queen Zhou suddenly felt a little depressed.

Her own son raided his father's house, and her husband has this attitude. She is really tired!
But as the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family, she couldn't say anything.

After all, he knew what kind of person his father was. Compared with the fate of other nobles, this was already good.

Finally, Queen Zhou slowly said:

"The Queen Mother also knows your grandfather's character. You did nothing wrong in this matter!"

"It's time to teach him a lesson, otherwise I don't know what kind of trouble he will cause in the future."

Sure enough, no matter how corrupt the Ming Dynasty was, the empress of the Ming Dynasty was always the most wise.

Um.
Except for a certain demon queen named Sun!
After briefly comforting Empress Zhou, Zhu Cilang left Kunning Palace.

This time, Zhu Cilang returned directly to the Eastern Palace.

He had been staying in the palace because of the rebellion.

But now the palace is completely under his control, so there is no need for him to stay any longer.

After all, strictly speaking, he is still the crown prince, so it is indeed not appropriate for him to live in the palace.

In this way, Zhu Cilang finally had a good night's sleep.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the next morning.

As the bell for court rang, the Crown Prince was about to take over the country again!

As usual, the ministers filed in, then stood on both sides and saluted Zhu Cilang who was sitting next to the dragon throne.

Interestingly, ministers did not need to kneel when attending court in the Ming Dynasty. The practice of kneeling before the emperor during court only began during the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, there are occasional exceptions.

For example, when a criminal meets the emperor, he must kneel.

Zhu Cilang looked down at the ministers in the hall and found that these guys seemed a little listless today.

This made him sneer in his heart.

It was obvious that these people already knew what happened yesterday, so they were afraid.

After all, a lot of people died yesterday, and more people will die at noon today!
At this moment, Wang Chengen said loudly:
"If you have something to report, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"

The ministers remained silent.

Zhu Cilang didn't say anything, just nodded at Wang Chengen.

"Proclaim the decree!"

Wang Chengen carefully took the imperial edict that had been written long ago from the imperial desk, and then read it aloud:
"By the Providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: The bandits are wreaking havoc, having successively attacked and broken through several cities in Shaanxi and Henan, and their forces are growing stronger. Therefore, I hereby decree the reinstatement of Sun Chuanting, the former Governor of Baoding."

"Appoint Sun Chuanting as the Governor-General of the Three Borders, controlling all military affairs in the Three Borders. He also holds the title of Minister of War, bestows upon him the Imperial Sword, and grants him the titles of Grand Tutor and Grand Protector of the Crown Prince!"

"So ordered!" As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged man in a red robe walked in from the palace gate. It was Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting's position as Governor-General of the Three Borders means that from today on, he will be responsible for military affairs in Shaanxi, Huguang, Henan and other places, and will be in charge of the three borders.

And has the power to deploy troops to these areas.

Some ministers in the court were inevitably surprised when faced with this minister who had been imprisoned for two years and was suddenly entrusted with an important task.

Only the cabinet and six ministries officials remained calm, as if they had already known it in advance.

This is indeed the case. Under the instruction of Zhu Cilang, Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of writing, took the imperial edict to discuss with the cabinet and the six ministries yesterday.

The cabinet basically had no objections, because they all knew that Shaanxi and Henan had been devastated by the bandits, and someone was really needed to take charge of the situation.

Sun Chuanjun is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate!
The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War had some objections at first. After all, one of them could not provide the money, and the other could not provide the soldiers.

But when they heard that all expenses were paid from the treasury, they shut up.

Therefore, it became natural to confer the title of Governor-General of the Three Borders on Sun Chuanting.

"Your Majesty, I, Sun Chuanting, thank you for your grace. I will live up to your trust!"

Sun Chuanting bowed respectfully and then stood among the ranks of civil officials.

There is nothing wrong with this, because Sun Chuanting was originally a civil official, but he was just given the position of a military general.

After conferring the title on Sun Chuanting, Zhu Cilang looked at the court officials and said:
"You all should know what happened yesterday. It's okay if you don't know. I will explain it to you again."

"According to a secret report from the Imperial Guards, a total of 1,300 sets of armor were confiscated yesterday while searching the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion, the Marquis of Dingxi's Mansion, and the Marquis of Funing's Mansion!"

"Everyone should know that, regardless of the time of birth, the private possession of armor is a serious crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the clan! Let alone a total of 1,300 sets?"

"After the emperor learned about this, he was so angry that he fainted again. After waking up, he ordered the extermination of the entire clans of Duke Chengguo, Marquis Dingxi, and Marquis Funing!"

"All of these people were arrested by the Imperial Guards last night and imprisoned in the Imperial Prison. They will be executed at noon today!"

"I am also deeply helpless about this!"

"But what I want to say is that it's not that my Zhu family has wronged Duke Cheng and his men and wants to exterminate them, but rather that they are truly ungrateful and defy the imperial power!"

"If I don't kill them, I'm afraid that one day in the future, when you all come to court again, the people sitting here will no longer be from my Zhu family!"

After Zhu Cilang finished speaking, none of the ministers in the court spoke.

They didn't dare to speak either.

Are you kidding? What's there to say about hoarding armor?

Let alone exterminating three clans, even exterminating nine clans is nothing.

Zhu Cilang didn't care about the ministers' silence.

He just briefly explained this kind of thing and didn't need them to express any opinions.

"Since you have nothing to report, please adjourn the court!"

Zhu Cilang spoke again.

But just as he finished speaking, a man in his fifties from the civil officials' side stood up.

"I, the Minister of Revenue, Ni Yuanlu, have something to report!"

Sure enough, what was supposed to come came!

Zhu Cilang sighed inwardly.