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

Chapter 78: Why is there another rebellion? What happened to this world?

Chapter 78: Why is there another rebellion? What happened to this world?
Suddenly at this moment, a puzzled voice came from the crowd behind him:

"Wait, why are there so few people from the Ministry of War today?"

"Why isn't Minister Li Banghua here? And the Left and Right Vice Ministers of the Ministry of War, as well as the Minister of State, the Minister of State, and the Minister of State, are all gone."

"Where have everyone gone?"

When Zhou Yanru heard this, he looked over and found that there were only a few people in the Ministry of War. Officials in important positions such as the Left and Right Vice Ministers, the Prime Minister, the Councillor, and the Qixinlang were all absent.

There were only two or three doctors standing there alone.

This is clearly not right!

Even if they couldn't come due to something, it's impossible for so many people not to come at once. After all, this is a court meeting!
Zhou Yanru's heart was filled with alarm. He hurried over and asked a doctor from the Ministry of War:

"What's going on? Why haven't the people from the Ministry of War come?"

When the doctor heard this, he shook his head in confusion.

"In reply to Lord Zhou, I don't know what's going on either!"

The doctor from the Ministry of War really had no idea what was going on, because he did not participate in the incident yesterday. He was just doing his job in the Ministry of War and had not even left the door.

But then Zhou Yanru felt more and more that something was wrong!

When the court was in session, all the main officials of the Ministry of War disappeared, even the Minister of War. This is so fucking weird!
Suddenly at this moment, the newly appointed commander of the Five Cities Army appeared not far away.

Zhou Yanru hurried over and asked with a frown:

"Did something happen in the capital last night?"

The Five Cities Military Division is responsible for night patrols in the capital. If anything happened in the capital last night, the commander of the Five Cities Military Division must know!
Sure enough, when the other party heard this, he looked embarrassed, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to.

Zhou Yanru said coldly:

"Say it!"

The commander of the Five Cities Military Department was only a minor official of the sixth rank. How could he dare to disobey the order of the Prime Minister Zhou Yanru? Then he whispered:
"In reply to the elder, Minister Li Banghua was assassinated last night. Fortunately, the Western Factory showed up in time, so there was no major chaos."

"However, it is said that Minister Li was seriously injured. The Emperor suspected that it was the military officials who had gathered and caused trouble at the palace gate during the day, so he arrested them last night."

"Now these people are locked up in the factory jail, and no one knows what's happening to them!"

boom!
When Zhou Yanru heard this, his head felt like it was about to explode. The other officials standing next to him also almost had their heads exploded when they heard the news.

Li Banghua just chopped people with a sword during the day, and was assassinated at night. What is going on?

Li Banghua used a sword to attack people at the palace gate. He was holding the imperial sword, so he had the right to do so. It could almost be said that he was justified!
But what the hell is this assassination at night?

Assassinating an imperial official, and the Minister of War, one of the six ministries, is no different from treason?
As soon as he thought of treason, Zhou Yanru's mind was instantly in chaos again.

The previous Minister of War was killed for being involved in treason, and only one day later, the newly appointed Minister of War was assassinated. What is going on in this world?
Just when Zhou Yanru wanted to find out what was going on, the palace gate suddenly opened slowly, and it was time to go to court.

Seeing this, Zhou Yanru could only suppress the doubts in his heart, returned to the front of the crowd, and then walked in first.

In the main hall, civil and military officials were lined up on both sides, while Zhu Cilang sat in the position of the Crown Prince Regent.

After all the officials paid their respects, Wang Chengen, who was standing beside Zhu Cilang, shouted:

"When there is something going on, we will start, and when there is nothing going on, we will retreat."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Guoguan stood up.

"This old minister has something to report."

Before Zhu Cilang could speak, Zhou Yanru actually jumped out, bowed and said:

"Your Highness, I have an urgent matter to report."

Zhu Cilang looked at Zhou Yanru and said:

"Since both ministers have submitted their own memorials, let Minister Xue speak first. After all, he was the one who spoke first."

Upon hearing this, Xue Guoguan was about to speak but was interrupted by Zhou Yanru.

"Your Highness, my matter is more urgent. Please let me speak first."

Xue Guoguan immediately became unhappy.

What makes your matter more urgent?
Isn’t my business urgent?

But before he could open his mouth to refute, Zhu Cilang spoke first.

"In that case, let Elder Zhou speak first."

Xue Guoguan had no choice but to shut up.

Zhou Yanru bowed again and asked:

"Your Highness, I heard that the newly appointed Minister of War, Lord Li Banghua, was assassinated last night. Is this true?"

Zhu Cilang nodded and said:
"It's true."

Although Zhu Cilang didn't know where Zhou Yanru knew about this matter, it didn't matter anymore. He had been planning to talk about this matter today anyway.

As soon as he said this, the court was in an uproar.

After all, there were only a few people who heard the conversation between the commander of the Five Cities Military Command and Zhou Yanru, and most officials were unaware of it.

But to them, this was simply unbelievable.

The previous Minister of War had just been killed, and the newly appointed Minister of War was assassinated. What was going on?

When did the security in the capital become so bad?
Zhou Yanru ignored everyone's discussion and continued to ask:
"I want to know whether the murderer has been found?" Zhu Cilang shook his head.

"We only arrested the suspects last night. As for the murderer, we haven't found him yet."

In fact, if we follow Zhu Cilang's idea, it would be best to kill all the military officials who caused trouble yesterday.

But he couldn't do that, because there were more than 30 officials from the Ministry of War who caused trouble yesterday, and all of them were major officials of the Ministry of War.

If all these people were killed at once, the Ministry of War would be paralyzed.

And in the final analysis, everything he did was actually to enable Li Banghua to better control the Ministry of War.

As long as this goal can be achieved, it doesn’t matter whether or not to kill, or how many people to kill.

At the same time, when he heard that the murderer had not been caught yet, Zhou Yanru secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because in this way, the arrested officials can still be saved.

He was really scared by what happened before. Chongzhen had killed people at every turn, and he would kill more than a dozen people at a time.

If all the officials of the Ministry of War were killed this time, it would be too exaggerated.

So, Zhou Yanru hurriedly spoke again:

"Your Highness, I believe there must be some misunderstanding. No matter how dissatisfied those officials in the Ministry of War are, they would never dare to assassinate the Minister of War. I can vouch for them."

Upon hearing this, Minister of Revenue Ni Yuanlu also hurriedly stood up.

"Your Highness, I also think there is a misunderstanding. It is impossible for those officials in the Ministry of War to assassinate the Minister of War."

"This has never happened in history, nor should it happen."

In Ni Yuanlu's view, it was almost impossible for an official from the Ministry of War to assassinate the Minister of War.

After all, those officials in the Ministry of War are not fools.

The new boss just came to power and caused a commotion during the day, and then he started an assassination at night. Isn't this just sending the heads of his nine clans to the emperor to chop off?
Unless you are mentally retarded, you won't do such an outrageous thing.

Immediately afterwards, officials from the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Works also expressed their opinions, and without exception, they all pleaded for the officials from the Ministry of War.

Of course, what was more important was that they could no longer bear Chongzhen's endless killing.

After all, they all understand the principle that the lips and teeth are cold.

The officials who died today were from the Ministry of War, but who knows, the officials who will die next time may be from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Justice, or the Ministry of Works.

Zhu Cilang looked at the officials in front of him coldly, sneering in his heart.

Of course he knew what these people were thinking. They just hoped that he would stop killing people as recklessly as before.

After all, once the Ministry of War is thoroughly purged, who can guarantee that their department won’t be next?
At this moment, Xue Guoguan, who had not had time to speak, finally found the opportunity to speak:
"Your Highness, I believe this matter cannot be let go. This case must be thoroughly investigated and the murderer severely punished."

"Otherwise, where will the court's reputation be?"

As soon as Xue Guoguan said this, Zhou Yanru and others glared at him, full of disgust towards the emperor's number one lackey.

cough.
Zhu Cilang pretended to cough lightly, first attracting everyone's attention, and then said:

"My Lords, you all know that Li Banghua, the Minister of War, was appointed by our father yesterday."

"As a result, that day, the officials from the Ministry of War protested this incident and knelt directly at the gate of the Imperial Palace, hoping to resign to force the Emperor to dismiss Li Banghua."

"For this, Li Banghua used the imperial sword bestowed upon them by his father to teach them a lesson."

"Then that night, Li Banghua was assassinated, and according to reports from the Imperial Guard, Li Banghua was seriously injured."

"According to Ming Dynasty law, assassinating an imperial official is considered treason! How could such a serious case be easily resolved?"

"Master Xue is right. If this matter is not thoroughly investigated, where will the imperial court's reputation be?"

Zhu Cilang's words made everyone present feel nervous. What they feared most now was hearing the word "rebellion".

First, the nobles rebelled, then the Minister of War and the cabinet ministers rebelled, and now even the officials of the Ministry of War are rebelling. This is simply absurd!
Just as Zhou Yanru was about to say something, a big general suddenly walked in from the door.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, Lord Li Banghua is outside requesting an audience."

Zhu Cilang was slightly stunned because this was not part of the plan.

According to his plan, Li Banghua should not come to court today, so that things can continue to ferment.

But he didn't expect that Li Banghua would not play by the rules at all.

But now that everyone is here, what can he say?

Zhu Cilang then ordered:

"Announce him to come in!"

The big general looked a little embarrassed, but still said:

"Your Highness, Lord Li appears to be seriously injured and unable to walk. Two Jinyiwei carried him here in a sedan chair."

so serious?

Zhu Cilang was slightly stunned, but quickly reacted.

"Just bring him in on a sedan chair."