After Zhu Houzhao said this, Hang Huai did not respond and just continued to remain silent.

Hang Huai thought that it had nothing to do with him whether Xue Fengming and Dai Guan were executed by His Majesty or leniently executed by His Majesty. The only thing he hoped to see now was that His Majesty would be panicked because of the collective resignation of the Censors, so panicked that he, the Left Censor, came to make an idea. Only then would he persuade His Majesty to make concessions and withdraw the East Factory Inspectorate from the Censorate.

However, what Hang Huai was disappointed now was that the emperor in front of him obviously did not show any panic.

Zhu Houzhao took the initiative to look at Hang Huai and asked: "Master Hang Xian, tell me the truth, are you really not daring to make a move, or are you deliberately using the collective resignation of the censors below to threaten me to withdraw the Dongchang Inspectorate from your Censorate?"

"I dare not!"

Hang Huai replied quickly, Zhu Houzhao was not panicked, and he became panicked first, thinking that his mind would not be seen by His Majesty, but even if he saw it, he could not admit it. Even if His Majesty had people from the West Factory secretly spy on the news, he could not know anything wrong from his words in the Censorate.

"Do you dare not approve the resignation of these censors, or do you dare not explicitly oppose my behavior of establishing the East Factory Inspectorate in your Censorate?"

Zhu Houzhao continued to ask.

"I dare not approve these censors to resign. Your Majesty set up the Eastern Factory Inspectorate in the Censorate. I have no complaints. I only know how to obey the will, Your Majesty!"

Hang Huai explained anxiously.

"Since that's the case, it is their right for the censors to resign. What do you dare not approve? Could it be that the world can't find an official who is unwilling to be a censor?"

When Zhu Houzhao saw that Hang Huai was unwilling to tell the truth, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the establishment of the Dongchang Inspection Department in the Censorate. He couldn't help but curse in his heart, "Old fox!" and then he expressed his intention that the censor resigned from his post as an emperor.

Hang Huai felt a little sad, and he stood there for a moment and didn't know what to say: "But Your Majesty, the censors have resigned, what should I do about this case?"

"Aren't you, the chief of the Censorate?"

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly as she said without any seriousness, and asked Hang Huai: "Master Hang, do you want to resign from office too?"

"I, I listen to Your Majesty!"

Hang Huai bowed quickly and his heartbeat accelerated. He was really afraid that he would say he wanted to resign. Then His Majesty the Emperor would let him resign, but he could not say that he did not want to resign, because in this way, his Majesty would consider him to be a person who was in power. So he only replied to His Majesty, if you ask me to resign, I will resign, otherwise I will refuse to resign. Of course, I still hope that you will not let me resign.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and shook her head, without saying anything.

At this time, Hang Huai became more and more panicked, and his breathing was rapid and the wings on both sides of the black gauze hat were shaking up and down. He was really afraid that His Majesty would let him retire.

"Hanghuai, I remember that you were a Jinshi in the 12th year of Hongzhi. This year, you are fifty-four years old and quite literary. Xu Zhenqing of Wu County and Wang Shouren of Shaoxing have a good relationship with you. You are promoted step by step from the head and will be in charge of the Censorate in less than 20 years. You should know what the reason is."

After Zhu Houzhao said this, Hang Huai naturally knew what the emperor meant. It was just that he could have today because the ministers who had the qualifications and prestige in the past wanted to go against His Majesty and were dealt with by His Majesty. And you should not think that you dare to be foolish with the emperor after becoming the Zuodu Censor.

"I understand that I can do what I am today because I am valued by Your Majesty. I obey Your Majesty's order. I will approve the resignation of the censors. I will deal with the case between Xue Fengming and Dai Guan himself," said Hang Huai.

"Very good. You don't have to go to the palace in person for such trivial matters in the future. You are not young anymore. You should pay attention to your own body." Although Zhu Houzhao was concerned about Hang Huai's body, he also told Hang Huai not to come to him to play these tricks.

Hang Huai also understood Zhu Houzhao's meaning and hurriedly asked to thank him for his gratitude and retreat, but at this time, a eunuch suddenly came to report, Wang Hua, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Cai, the Minister of Personnel, and Gu Lin, the Minister of Justice, asked for a visit.

"What day is today? The Cabinet, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Personnel and your Censorate are all here."

Zhu Houzhao said, then stood up and stretched out her waist: "Let them all come in."

After a while, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Wang Hua, the Minister of Justice Gu Lin, and the Minister of Personnel Zhang Cai all came in and saluted Zhu Houzhao together, and each of them held a large stack of memorials in their hands.

When Zhu Houzhao saw so many memorials, he frozen his expression and asked, "What are you doing to see me?"

"Return to Your Majesty, there are five people in the cabinet's Secretariat to resign!

Twenty-six people from the Ministry of Revenue are about to resign!

Nineteen people from the Ministry of War are about to resign!

There are twelve people from the Ministry of Works to resign!

Thirty-five people from the Ministry of Rites are about to resign!

There are twelve people in the Hanlin Academy to resign!

There are seven people in the school department who are about to resign!

This matter is very serious, I will come to ask Your Majesty for instructions!

The actions of the Dongchang Inspectorate caused great dissatisfaction among the court officials!"

The cabinet chief Wang Hua explained the reason directly, and did not pretend to be confused like Hang Huai.

"Your Majesty, there are thirteen officials from the Ministry of Personnel who resign, among which there is Lu Zhaoji, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel!

I also believe that the establishment of the inspector's office in the East Factory has indeed shocked all officials, so I came to report to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to think twice!"

Zhang Cai, Minister of Personnel, also said bluntly.

"Your Majesty, there are eight people in the Ministry of Justice!"

Before Gu Lin finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao interrupted Gu Lin and asked, "Are you going to resign from his post?"

"Your Majesty is indeed going to resign. In addition, I will also resign!"

Gu Lin replied, lowered his head and buried it. He did not dare to look at Zhu Houzhao's eyes, but he knew that doing so might make Zhu Houzhao angry and kill him. However, he was mentally prepared and still hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would not kill him, so that even if he went home to work farming, it would be better than seeing the people in the East Factory above civil servants in the court.

Zhu Houzhao did look at Gu Lin, the Minister of Justice, with a sharp look, but when he thought that he just didn't want to do it, he really had no reason to deal with him, but Zhu Houzhao was unwilling to compromise. He just sat back and ordered:

"Liu Jin, I am sending a message from China and abroad. Tomorrow, I will say that if you want to resign, you can report it to the court!"

"Abide by the order!"

Liu Jin replied, and he could see that the entire civil servant group was putting pressure on his Emperor. Not to mention His Majesty himself, even if he was standing aside to watch the fun, he was a little scared. After all, he was more than a hundred court officials! I’m afraid that more than this number will be spread today. At that time, more officials will resign at the instigation of others. At that time, the entire court will be empty!

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Wang Hua, and the Minister of Personnel Zhang Cai, also looked at Zhu Houzhao with some complex mood. They knew that the emperor is a smart and capable person, and he would not let eunuchs be dictatorial, and naturally he would not let civil servants be dictatorial. The Dongchang Inspectorate may just urge the Censorate, but the civil servants who are used to freedom will definitely not want to be managed by the Dongchang, so they will naturally have such a big reaction.

Wang Hua and Zhang Cai didn't know how His Majesty should deal with it, and they also knew that they couldn't help, so they could only look at the emperor's lonely back.

Hang Huai looked at Gu Lin with some joy. He admired Gu Lin's courage, and at the same time he was grateful to Gu Lin for his resignation in front of His Majesty as the Minister of Justice. He believed that Gu Lin's beheading would definitely increase his intimidation to His Majesty. In addition, more than 100 officials resigned together, and there were even high-ranking officials like the Minister of the Shangshu. He thought that His Majesty would really compromise, otherwise what else could he do.

Gu Lin breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his back was wet, and he also looked at Zhu Houzhao. He knew that his behavior today might have really angered His Majesty, but he was also very happy. He was happy that His Majesty did not kill him because of this, and inexplicably felt grateful to His Majesty.

Wang Hua and Zhang Cai also looked at Gu Lin. They wanted to say that Gu Lin was really irrational and really ignored the overall situation. At this time, he resigned as the Minister of Justice. Doesn’t this increase the possibility of forcing the emperor to break up with civil servants?!

Gu Lin himself also regretted it, but he knew that things had come to this point, and the only thing he could do was to be glad that he did not become the first soul of His Majesty's sword.

The admiral of the East Factory, Ma Yongcheng, looked at Gu Lin angrily. He was even more angry than Zhu Houzhao because he was worried that Zhu Houzhao would be shocked by Gu Lin's fearless behavior, and had to make compromises, causing his East Factory to lose the opportunity to supervise the Censorate and all officials.

The air around was very quiet. Everyone had a different mood at this time, but they didn't say it out loud. They were all waiting for tomorrow's results.

In fact, civil officials such as Wang Hua were afraid that His Majesty the Emperor would use this to start a massacre.

Therefore, after leaving the palace, people were sent to the Guards to investigate the news.

Ma Yongcheng was reluctant to let Emperor Zhu Houzhao use the guards, but he did not dare to disturb Zhu Houzhao at this time. He only went to the East Factory overnight to summon people and said, "Everyone is cheered up. As long as your Majesty gives an order, our East Factory will take people immediately!"

Hang Huai also returned to the Censorate. The left deputy censor Yan Hong couldn't help but ask Hang Huai: "Hang Gong, what does Your Majesty say?"

"I originally wanted to directly agree to your resignation, but," Hang Huai said, and looked at the censors with wide eyes, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, thinking that they were all reluctant to give up their official positions, but they had to pretend to be so straightforward.

"But what? Hang Gong, you can't watch the entire Censorate really become the East Factory!" Yan Hong, the left deputy censor, became excited.

"However, there are many officials in other departments and courts who want to resign, and there are even less than a hundred! Even the Minister of Justice Gu Gong was about to resign. Your Majesty seemed to have some intentions and only ordered those who want to resign from the office tomorrow to report to the main hall tomorrow."

After Hang Huai said this, Yan Hong turned his worries into joy and said with a smile: "This is really great. I hope Your Majesty can realize that the hearts of the subjects in the world are difficult to violate. Yan will definitely resign tomorrow!"

"Yes, so is Xu!"

"Mr. Chen must resign!"

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Chapter completed!