Domineering Daming

How could Zhang Guoji be deceived by Zhu Xu? He was heartbroken and earnestly persuaded: "His Royal Highness, hurry up and stop, you are going to break the sky, this is not a simple matter of six yamen..."

Zhu Xu naturally knew that the roots of the Ming Dynasty Hall were already rotten and clean, and there were no so-called upright officials. Under the entanglement, even a single yamen could disturb the entire court. hands on.

Zhu Xu nodded again and again and said, "Yeah, good."

When Zhang Guoji saw it, his old faces were all tangled together, and he said: "Your Highness, now is really not the time to mess around. The reason why the emperor didn't dispose of you yesterday was because the emperor didn't want to deal with you. If things continue like this today, even if you don't want to, you can't help the emperor..."

Zhu Xu stretched out his hand, wanting to pat Zhang Guoji's shoulder, but realized that it was not high enough, coughed lowly, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I have a measure." After speaking, he walked outside with his hands behind his back.

Zhang Guoji wanted to persuade him again, but there was no chance, he sighed inwardly, and there was no need to inform the empress, she probably already knew about it.

And at this moment, in the imperial study room, Emperor Tianqi looked at Liu Shimin in front of him with some surprise, and said, "You mean, the six ministries and nine ministers, the ministers of the cabinet, most of them are here?"

"It's the emperor." Liu Shimin bowed and said, "The six ministers, ministers, Shuntian Mansion, Dali Temple and other adults are almost all here, and they are waiting outside the palace."

Zhu Youxiao's expression changed slightly, and he said in a serious tone, "What happened?"

Liu Shimin said: "Reporting to the emperor, His Royal Highness King Hui has confiscated the treasuries of the Six Ministries, Dali Temple, Shuntian Mansion and other yamen."

Zhu Youxiao was really surprised this time, he looked at Liu Shimin and said, "Say it again?"

Liu Shimin bowed more and more, and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Hui has searched most of the yamen in the capital, and is transporting the obtained property to the palace."

Zhu Youxiao's complexion changed, and he tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously, but soon realized that this was Zhu Xu's habitual action, his eyes froze, and he said, "Let's just say that I'm still sick, and I won't see anyone."

Liu Shimin hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's the emperor."

Outside the Jingyang Palace, a group of people walked back and forth anxiously, looking inside from time to time, sighing regretfully while impatient.

His Royal Highness Hui Wang confiscated a lot of [-], tens of millions of taels!

Not to mention the loss of so much silver, they still have to worry about the troubles caused by this matter. After all, they agreed to report 500 million taels.

Of course, the most important thing is that they believe that His Royal Highness Hui Wang's actions are fundamental to influence the court, and they are absolutely impossible. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is a deadly remonstrance, they must dissuade the emperor and punish Hui Wang severely!

Not long after, before the six yamen could stop it, more and more property was transported into the palace by carriages one by one, which naturally spread to Zhu Youxiao's ears.

"How much did you say? 5000 million taels!"

Zhu Youxiao stood up from behind the imperial table, walked up to Liu Shimin, and said loudly.

Liu Shimin's face also moved, but he still bowed and said, "It's the emperor!"

"Hehe, 5000 million taels!" Zhu Youxiao smiled on his face, like before a volcano erupted, with fiery anger, he kept laughing and said, "5000 million taels is equivalent to 20 years of my Ming Dynasty's taxes. How dare you!"

At the end of Zhu Youxiao's speech, he roared hoarsely.

He couldn't help but be angry. Daming had lived extremely hard in the past ten years, with natural disasters and wars, and money was spent everywhere. However, the more taxes and taxes were added to the treasury, the less money was added to the treasury. Now he understands that the big heads have been covered by this Help the loyal courtiers who serve the country and the people swallow it up!

Zhu Youxiao walked back and forth in front of Liu Shimin. He wished he could kill this group of people, but he knew he couldn't. Causing them to backlash will easily shake the country!

"Be careful, be careful!"

Zhu Youxiao muttered to himself, thinking constantly in his mind.

Suddenly, he calmed down. In this matter, he seemed to be standing on the moral high ground!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao felt relaxed, and walked back to the dragon chair, thinking quickly.

After a long time, he suddenly looked at Liu Shimin and asked, "What do you think of His Royal Highness Prince Hui?"

Chapter 79 Rumors

Liu Shimin didn't know Zhu Youxiao's intention in asking this question, but accompanying a king like a tiger, he said cautiously: "His Royal Highness Hui Wang is very smart."

"intelligent?"

Zhu Youxiao looked up at the door, with a faint smile on his face, and said: "Yes, the sixth brother has always been very smart, and this time he has helped me a lot. Tell me, how should I reward him?"

Naturally, this question was not asked to Liu Shimin, and Liu Shimin did not answer.

On the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, Zhu Xu dozed off with his chin resting on his hands.

Zhang Guoji already knew that Zhu Xu was "going around", but he had no choice but to go to the empress to plead guilty afterwards. Now he is really sleepy and doesn't want to care about anything.

On the contrary, Zhang Heming, who was being interrogated, remained calm. The longer the time dragged on, the less evidence His Royal Highness Hui had, and the more room he could manipulate.

On the contrary, the two officials from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. They looked outside from time to time. They had already sent five or six people out, and none of them had returned until now.

The lobby of the Ministry of Justice seems to be the same lobby, but in fact they are all rabbits in a cage. They can hear and talk, but they don't know anything about the outside world.

Another half an hour later, a family of guards in Jinyi ran into the lobby, knelt down to Zhu Xu and said, "His Royal Highness, the Metropolitan Procuratorate did not find anyone who wrote the notes."

Of course I can't find it, Wang Shaohui is already mine, Zhu Xu secretly smiled.

Hearing this, Zhang Heming sneered, and said, "Your Highness, the charge of framing the Central Palace is not established this time. I don't know what crime Your Highness wants to punish the lower officials for?"

Zhu Xu pretended to be stunned for a while, then turned to look at Liao Tianyong and said, "Quickly, tell him!"

The corners of Liao Tianyong's mouth twitched. He was already in a panic. He didn't have the heart to be Zhu Xu's gunner at this moment. He cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness, the criminal is now innocent."

Zhu Xu was stunned, looked at him with some surprise, and said, "That's it, the interrogation is over?"

Liao Tianyong was flustered, and he said bravely, "For the time being."

Zhu Xu looked around and saw no objection, then looked at Liao Tianyong and said, "Then what should we do now?"

Liao Tianyong also reluctantly thought about it, and said: "Your Highness, we can only suppress the prisoner for a later trial."

Zhu Xu nodded, approvingly said: "En, you are not bad, I will ask for credit from Brother Huang."

"Come here, take the prisoner down!"

Zhu Xu slapped the gavel and shouted loudly.

Immediately, two yamen servants stepped forward and wanted to take Zhang Heming away. Zhang Heming sneered and broke away and said, "I can go by myself, but I want to see what crimes you can accuse me of. He is a Japanese official who sees the emperor, and the vassal king interferes in politics , The crime of framing the ministers of the current court will definitely be cleared up with the emperor!"

How could Zhu Xu talk to him about this, walked out of the desk, smiled at Zhang Guoji and said, "Grandpa, shall we go back too?"

Zhang Guoji sighed secretly, stood up and said, "It's Your Highness."

Zhu Xu went out of the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, got into the sedan chair, and walked towards the palace under a group of guards.

The two people in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice and Zhang Heming, who was imprisoned, soon realized what had happened, and their expressions changed drastically. They hated Zhu Xu in their hearts, but everything went "smoothly" during the interrogation, and they couldn't find an excuse to challenge him. There is no reason, and there is no time to deal with it both internally and externally!

And not long after Zhu Xu left the Ministry of Justice, a message was quietly circulated in the capital.

"Have you heard that all the property confiscated by the imperial court was sent to the palace?"