With a loud bang, an explosion occurred in a restaurant in Chongwenmen, the capital city!

However, Xu Yanqing, the eldest son of Duke Dingguo, happened to be bombed to death on the spot.

Four people who had just rushed into the restaurant were killed by the bombing. Many passers-by saw these four people holding the thunder of the Great Uncle.

A strong smell of gunpowder also makes people more convinced that it was the young master Xu Yanqing who was killed by the person who made firearms and gunpowder in Dawei.

As soon as the five cities soldiers and horses arrived, they immediately rushed over, and the people from Shuntian Prefecture rushed over, so the people from Dongchang were naturally not behind.

I don’t know who was causing trouble, so someone quickly directly called the murderer who killed Xu Yanqing as the craftsmen who had just been free. Because this case was the same as the case where three imperial officials were killed, they were all firearms and gunpowder. In addition, some people were instigating behind their backs, so the officials and citizens in the capital had to believe that it was the craftsmen.

At this time, Ding Guo Duke Xu Guangzuo also knelt directly in front of Zhu Houzhao, crying heartbrokenly: "Your Majesty! I have always been dedicated to serving my superiors for many generations. I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty and never bullied the people by virtue of my power. But now, I don't expect that my son will be so cruel to these craftsmen! Your Majesty, you want to make the decision on your behalf!"

Zhu Houzhao also knew that Xu Yanqing, the eldest son of Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo, was killed by the bombing. He also felt very headache and angry about this. Not to mention that Dingguo Duke was the descendant of Xu Dada, the most noble family among the Ming Dynasty, was Xu Yanqing himself, as the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, had a special identity.

Now that Xu Yanqing has been bombed to death, if it is not handled properly, the entire noble group will be involved in the matter of whether the craftsmanship system should be abolished.

"I have already checked the people from the East Factory strictly and will give you an explanation! Get up first and go home and wait for the news!"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao saw that Duke Ding Guo Xu Guangzuo was covered in tears on his face and could only persuade him kindly.

"Your Majesty! I want to ask, when can the people from the East Factory be found? The last time the troublemakers killed the imperial officials, they also asked the people from the East Factory to investigate. The result has not been achieved yet. The people from the East Factory have killed the person!

Now, these murderers died on the spot, how can I investigate? I am here to ask Your Majesty today, not to ask Your Majesty to seek justice for me. I don’t care about my son’s grudges or grudges with them! I just want to ask Your Majesty to avenge my son’s murder in view of the Xu family’s achievements in the Ming Dynasty for many generations! Woo woo!"

Xu Guangzuo started to cry as he said that, his iron fist was tightly pinching.

Zhu Houzhao was no longer angry, and Leng Yan asked, "Where are you going to do it?"

"I want all the craftsmen to bury my son! They are the ones who killed me!"

Xu Guangzuo said gritting his teeth.

"Absurd! Not sure! They are not the murderers who killed Xu Yanqing, but the people, how can they kill them indiscriminately!"

Zhu Houzhao scolded him.

"Your Majesty! My son can't die in vain! He is the eldest son of our Xu family!"

Xu Yanqing said and kowtowed directly: "No matter what, please punish these troublemakers severely! Don't let them serve the people!"

"You always say that it was Xu Yanqing who was killed by these craftsmen. Now the people from the East Factory have controlled the scene, and according to the people from the East Factory, the people who killed Xu Yanqing are very clear;

In this case, I will now let all the craftsmen identify them first. If these craftsmen can recognize them, they can naturally check their names and names to confirm who these people killed Xu Yanqing are so as to punish their family. If not, it means that there is another conspiracy in this matter. Someone deliberately framed these craftsmen. Otherwise, they would not have such a reason to kill the imperial court and then kill the eldest son of the Dingguo Mansion!"

After Zhu Houzhao said this, Xu Guangzuo, Duke of Ding, also knew that his entanglement would only make His Majesty the Emperor unhappy. Now that Zhu Houzhao said that he would first identify whether the murderer was really these craftsmen, it would be difficult for him to get involved.

At this time, the Chongwenmen area had been blocked, and the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works and the military war situation were also gathered here.

These craftsmen thought the court really wanted to give them freedom, but they did not expect that they were summoned by the court again. Therefore, they were worried that the court would regret it. They wanted to go back on their word and not ban their craftsmanship status and continued to force them to be exploited by officials in the Ministry of Works and the military war.

Zhu Houzhao also came here in person, and asked the people from the East Factory to carry the bodies of several other craftsmen suspected of murdering the imperial officials, so that these craftsmen could identify them. Until now, Zhu Houzhao also did not believe that these craftsmen would be violent murderers from the bottom of his heart! He did not believe that these craftsmen really dared to kill the imperial officials first and then the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion. If these craftsmen really dared to do this, then the officials of the Ministry of Works and the Military War could not control them at the time.

The cabinet ministers, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Works, Shuntian Prefecture, the Governor's Office of the Five Army and 50% of the Military and Masi officials also arrived here. At this time, Zhu Houzhao also asked the craftsmen who were still on the list:

"I let you and others serve the people and let you make your own way to make your own living in order to make you a good person. But now the government has reported two cases to me. Both cases are said to be done by you craftsmen. They killed three officials of the court first, and now they bombed the young master of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion to death!

Therefore, many ministers suggested that I should not ban you and others from the craftsmanship, and even strictly control you and others! I denounce you as unfair people! I am dissatisfied with the court! Duke Ding even asked you to be buried with his son! Tell me! Do you really have the courage to murder court officials and kill the children of nobles? Are you really lawless!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he asked his people to pass on his words loudly again.

At this time, these craftsmen who had just been released as the people realized that they had been misunderstood by the court, and even realized that they would be regarded as unruly people who dared to kill the officials of the court. After knowing that their status as a free citizen might be deprived of them, or even their lives would be lost, these craftsmen were also anxious, and they knelt down one by one, denying them all.

"It's unfair! Your Majesty, how dare we kill the official master!"

"It's really unfair! We are more humble than the people, how dare we have such courage! The emperor will be careful!"

"Your Majesty, the young one is their village chief. Since he was young, he has been obedient since he took them back to the yard. He has never lost anyone. Even if he went out, he made a report. And they are all here now, so there is no killing!"

"Yes! Your Majesty! The young man is also a village chief and can also testify. There are many people in our house!"

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Zhu Houzhao knew that his abolition of the craftsmanship system had now completely angered the interest groups behind him, forcing these interest groups to create incidents to provoke him and the Ming court.

Now even the imperial court's nobles have been used by them. If they want to win this reform war, they can no longer rely on the few reform officials around them. They also have to mobilize these truly affordable craftsmen to fight for their own rights and interests, and let them know that if they do not support themselves as the emperor now, their interests will be damaged.

In this way, Zhu Houzhao will have more supporters and no longer have to worry about the interest groups behind it!

Now, when these craftsmen heard Zhu Houzhao explain the situation, they were really anxious.

Moreover, although they were talking very confusingly and defending each other, some said that they could not have the courage, some said that they had never seen anyone around them kill, and some said that they could not have conflicts with court officials and nobles, even if there was a conflict, they could only endure it. However, this also gave Zhu Houzhao a new solution.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao ordered:

"Since that's the case, now you have grown up in each yard. I'll identify these murderers who killed the imperial officials and the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion to see if they were the craftsmen in your yard. In addition, the Ministry of Works and the Military Affairs Bureau will name them, and call them according to the current craftsmen! Click one and stand here!"

Zhu Houzhao said and pointed to the street on the right.

Therefore, the heads of each yard were taken by the people from the East Factory to identify them. In ancient times, the people lived in a yard with a clan. Therefore, as long as these murderers were craftsmen from craftsmen, the heads of the village could identify them. Of course, it was impossible to deny them, because the Ministry of Works would also name them. Once they were denied, the number of people was different from the number on the list would be incorrect.

"Your Majesty! I have already identified it, and the heads of the village said they are not from their house!"

After a long time, the heads of each village had already identified the book, and the people from the East Factory also came to Zhu Houzhao to report the situation.

"Call it!" Zhu Houzhao said.

So, the Ministry of Works and the Military Affairs Bureau began to name the list according to the list, and the young supervisor Chi Zong, who was standing beside him, could not help but wipe the cold sweat from his head.

"Your Majesty! The number of names is consistent with the craftsmen present!"

When it was almost dark, Ye Heng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, and Chi Zong, young supervisor, reported the situation, and Ma Yongcheng, the admiral of the East Factory, who was supervising from the side, nodded.

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but shout: "Since it's the same, why did your Ministry of Works and the Military Affairs Bureau say that the murderers who killed court officials were all registered craftsmen, and their names were even recorded in the roster!"

"Your Majesty, please spare me! I don't know why this happened. The murderer's name was reported by Shuntian Mansion. I guess something went wrong in Shuntian Mansion."

Ye Heng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, and Chi Zong, the young supervisor, hurriedly turned the blame to Shuntian Mansion. Chi Zong, the young supervisor, was even more beating fast. He didn't expect that His Majesty would ask these craftsmen to identify them, and he didn't expect that His Majesty would keep protecting these craftsmen. He even had to find out the commander behind him and refused to give up. Therefore, he began to be afraid that the conspiracy between him and Zeng Jian, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, would be completely exposed by Zhu Houzhao.

"Go and spread the word about Shuntian Prefecture Chief Dang Haiwu!" Zhu Houzhao ordered coldly.

But at this time, Qin Yu, the inspector of the city censor standing next to Shuntian Prefecture Chief Dang Haiwu, saw Shuntian Prefecture Chief Dang Haiwu suddenly opened his eyes wide and his whole body was twitching and shrill. Qin Yu hurriedly supported Shuntian Prefecture Chief Dang Hai: "Your Majesty! He seems to have committed suicide!"
Chapter completed!