Wanli 1592

Chapter 992 Zhao Shiqing is Dead

Zhao Shiqing is dead.

Died on an inner city street.

The one who died in the middle of the night was the body seen by the watchman passing by at night. There were more than a dozen attendants who died together, some were shot to death by arrows, and some were hacked to death by knives. His crossbow arrows sealed his throat with one arrow, and he died very miserable.

The news spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital in the early morning of the next day, saying that a high-ranking official died on the street and was killed, causing panic in the capital.

Afterwards, the capital was under martial law, and all the city gates were closed. The well-equipped army sealed the city gates one by one, and the people were told not to leave their homes, otherwise they would be punished for treason.

At four o'clock in the morning, an order came from the palace to call all officials into the palace.

Officials are more frightening than ordinary people.

They were keenly aware of the sea-like background behind Zhao Shiqing's death, and began to worry about their own fate.

After Xu Hongji heard the news early in the morning, he was in a daze, and his family members did not respond to their calls. They were so frightened that they wanted to call for a doctor.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Hongji came back to his senses, stopped his family from panicking, and told them not to worry, but his face was still very ugly. After the news of the summoning came from the palace, his face became even more ugly. Waiting for news at home, he put on his official uniform and got up to go to the palace.

Zhu Yinghuai was stunned when he heard the news early in the morning, then he gloated, then he was worried, and then he was relieved.

To be honest, Zhu Yinghuai has been unhappy with Zhao Shiqing for a long time, or many former officials of the Ming Dynasty who have not been reused have been unhappy with Zhao Shiqing for a long time.

Because there are rumors that Zhao Shiqing was so highly valued and generously rewarded by the new emperor because he said bad things about many people, so many courtiers who could have been reused were abandoned. It was sold, and for more than four months, countless people secretly cursed Zhao Shiqing to die.

Zhu Yinghuai is naturally one of them, they are all former ministers of the Ming Dynasty. How can you, Zhao Shiqing, and Cai Guozhen be reused and hold real power, while they can only hang on to their names and wait to die?Although the treatment of officials by the Great Qin Dynasty has been improved a lot, how can it be refreshing to have power in hand?

This guy Zhao Shiqing really deserves to die. Now that he is really dead, Zhu Yinghuai is of course a little gloating.

But soon he was worried again.

After all, this is a minister of the household department, a high-ranking official, who was killed in the street like this, and when the new dynasty was first established, isn't this the same as slapping the emperor in the face?
According to Xiao Ruxun's strong character, if you killed his favorite minister in the street, wouldn't you want to force him to take corresponding measures?

Zhu Yinghuai felt that these people acted too impulsively without considering the consequences.

If the emperor is frightened, and the emperor is angry and conducts a big investigation in the Manchu court, everyone's life will be difficult, right?
But it's better than watching Zhao Shiqing and his ilk continue to show off their power.

After the emperor's summoning order was conveyed, Zhu Yinghuai also put away her worries, put on her clothes and hurried to the palace.

When the news of Zhao Shiqing's death came, Wang Xijue was having breakfast under the service of his family. After hearing the news, he who was drinking porridge shook his hand, and the spoon fell into the bowl and splashed the porridge all over the table. The family quickly cleaned up for him.

After a while, Wang Xijue seemed to realize something, took a few deep breaths, picked up the spoon again and continued to eat porridge, and asked his family to eat together. After the order from the emperor was delivered, Wang Xijue had already eaten the porridge, put on his official uniform, etc. Going into the palace.

Li Tingji had the same reaction as Wang Xijue.

But Ye Xianggao was much calmer. After hearing the news, he continued to eat porridge unhurriedly, changed his clothes after eating porridge, and then went to the court unhurriedly.

After Liu Huangshang heard the news, his reaction was different from that of most people. He was a little surprised, and then his face turned pale. Then he wiped his forehead and drank a bowl of tea to calm himself down. , took a few breaths, and seemed to calm down after realizing something.

After the emperor's edict was delivered, he calmly changed his clothes and left his mansion.

The officials were either worried, or gloated, or were desperate, or had no fluctuations in their hearts. Under the emperor's order, they gathered from all directions towards the Emperor's Palace, the center of power in the empire.

Inside the Huangji Hall, the officials stood, and outside the Huangji Hall, heavily armed and solemn warriors guarded the palace meticulously.

The sky was gloomy, a little stuffy, and there was faint thunder, as if a heavy rain was about to fall.

Xiao Ruxun came, not wearing a black dragon robe, but wearing a battle armor.

The appearance of being fully armed seems to be the same as when they entered the capital.

Holding the Tianzi Sword in his hand, he slowly walked forward step by step from the entrance of the Huangji Hall.

Every time you take a step, you have to look at the officials on your left and right.

The officials who were scanned by his sharp gaze lowered their heads one after another, their bodies trembling unnaturally, fine beads of sweat oozed from their foreheads.

For a short distance, Xiao Ruxun usually walks like flying, and can walk in just a few breaths, but this time, he walked extremely slowly.

They all felt the anger in the emperor's heart.

The emperor walked forward step by step, and the hearts of the officials sank little by little.

Some gloating people began to feel bad, because they felt that they seemed to have underestimated the emperor's anger.

Zhu Yinghuai swallowed, and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Ruxun finally stood on the steps of the main hall, facing the officials.

But his sharp gaze did not stop, and he stabbed the officials like a knife, making them feel uncomfortable.

Only then did they understand how uncomfortable it was to be treated as an enemy by Xiao Ruxun.

They are wrong.

Being treated as an enemy by Xiao Ruxun is not just uncomfortable.

There was a suffocating silence for a while.

The emperor in battle armor and holding the Emperor's Sword in his hand spoke.

"Zhao Shiqing is dead."

Five words, one word at a time, the voice is calm, implying anger.

"The Minister of the Household Department of Daqin is dead."

The voice is slightly higher, and the anger is emerging.

"The Minister of the Household Department of the Great Qin Dynasty, who was appointed by my relatives, died in the inner city. There were 15 people in his party, and none of them survived. They died violently on the street."

The tone was high, and the anger seemed to be uncontrollable.

"Shangshu of the Household Department, a second-rank official, one of the six departments of the Great Qin Dynasty, a high-ranking official, and an important minister of mine! But this important minister died on the street, under my nose, very good, very good, very good!
Now that Minister of the Ministry of Hubu is dead, will the Minister of the Ministry of War be next?Or the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice?Or the Minister of Rites?Or the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry?Or the first and second assistants of the cabinet?Or... myself? "

Xiao Ruxun uttered shocking words.

After a short period of suffocating silence.

"If you dare to kill the Minister of the Household Department today, will you dare to kill me tomorrow?!"

A bolt of lightning crashed down, and the deafening Thunder God resounded through the sky and the earth.

(End of this chapter)