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Chapter 54

At this time, Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, began to preside over the comforting ceremony, and all officials gave great gifts to Zhu Houzhao in an orderly manner according to the ritual procedure.

Zhu Houzhao sat in the upper position with a serious smile, putting his hands in front of his knees, and when the gift was finished, he raised his hand and said, "Get up!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shengcai, the Minister of Rites, stood up from the left-class officials and faced the officials side by side: "Get up!"

The officials then stood up, held the elephant scepter in the center, and looked up at Zhu Houzhao above the osmanthus.

Not only the three cabinet masters, but also the six ministers and nine ministers and other promoted officials have discovered that the internal ministers have changed. They are also full of confusion, waiting for Zhu Houzhao to announce what happened.

Many times, the acceptance of the comforting ceremony of all officials by the Imperial Fengtianmen is just a ritual ceremony, but the comfort ceremony of Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao naturally requires something to happen.

Seeing the faces of the civil and military officials in the court, Zhu Houzhao stood up, waved his long sleeves with a serious expression, and still brought up a gust of wind, which made the Luo umbrella sway gently. Seeing this, the civil and military officials below all lowered their heads and wondered why the emperor today had a little more solemn look?

"All my dear friends should have discovered that today is different from the past. Yes, Wang Yue, Lu He, Zhang Zhao and others in the inner court are suspected of treason and are now detained. Logically, this is the matter of the inner court, and the outer court naturally has no right to inquire about it, but matters involving crimes and responsibilities naturally need to be handled by the Ministry of Justice, Minister of Justice Min Gui!"

Zhu Houzhao personally explained the reason and named Min Gui, Minister of Justice.

Min Gui, who was over 70 years old, stood up tremblingly and replied in a subtle voice: "I'm here!"

"Wang Yue and other rebels are suspected of treason. They should be executed by Lingchi, and their families are confiscated and their clans are destroyed. You will never tolerate them. Your Ministry of Justice will draw a memorial for execution from now on. Prepare for the execution of the executioner. After the trial of the Jinyiwei is completed, you will be handed over to your execution!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, she sat back on the dragon throne and waited for Min Gui, the Minister of Justice, to answer.

Min Gui, the Minister of Justice, may be too old, or perhaps the officials present were still immersed in the surprise of the rebellion of the eunuch Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor, and did not come back to his senses and responded to Zhu Houzhao's orders in time.

However, at this time, he gave the Criminal Department a chance to serve Dou Ding. Dou Ding stood up, first glanced at Xie Qian, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and then held the elephant: "Your Majesty! The Prince and the Chief Minister of the Ministry of Rites have always been loyal and honest, and respected the virtuous and the inferior. They can be regarded as a model of the internal minister. How can they do rebellion? There must be injustice in the process, and it is unknown whether they are harmed by traitors. The subordinate officials rejected Your Majesty's argument and asked Your Majesty to surrender the Censorate or the Jinyiwei to investigate it carefully! In order to prevent the virtuous and the treacherous and the profits of the treacherous!"

The censor of the Sixth Corps has always been a small official and has the power to refute. Dou Ding of the Criminal Department rejected Zhu Houzhao's statement that Wang Yue was plotting a rebellion and wanted Zhu Houzhao to send someone to investigate again. The purpose of this is naturally to see if he can make the current situation a little bit back.

Of course, his rejection was not considered criticizing Dragon Scale. At least he thought so, thinking that he was a censor, but he was just using his power legally according to the system.

After Dou Ding finished speaking, he looked at his mentor Xie Qian again. His purpose of doing this today was to show his mentor. He had courage and also to gain fame in front of all officials, showing that he was a minister who dared to speak out.

The Criminal Director Dou Ding was waiting for Zhu Houzhao to be furious, and then he had no choice but to do anything to him, or Liu Jin suggested pulling him out of court, so that even if he could not let Emperor Zhu Houzhao change his decision to execute Wang Yue, he could gain a reputation.

However, what Dou Ding forgot about this criminal department was that the so-called power given to him by the system was actually the power granted by the emperor. Now Zhu Houzhao controls the most powerful violent organs of the empire, and naturally he can overcome the system or even break the constraints of the system.

Although Zhu Houzhao is still a fifteen-year-old young emperor, as a time traveler, he was already mature in his mind and had passed through a strange coup last night. He had long become less happy and his heart became colder. At this time, he was just staring at Xingke like a tiger and was smiling at the corner of his mouth.

"Guo Rong! Take your people with you and take him outside the Meridian Gate and chop him down! After the dispersion, take your people with you and confiscate your house!"

Zhu Houzhao ordered in a very plain tone. The sound seemed to be only heard by Guo Rong in front of the steps, but the shock caused was even more terrifying than a thunderous sound, making all the civil and military officials in the court unable to believe their ears.

Dou Ding, the clerk of the criminal department, looked at Zhu Houzhao in shock, and his thin lips squirmed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am just a advice. If my words are unreasonable, Your Majesty will not listen to it, and you can also deny it. Why do you want to kill me? What crimes are there for me?"

"I talked to Min Gui, the Minister of Justice. Why are you interfering with? It is really a despise of the ruler. One crime! It is a crime that is reversed and pleaded for Wang Yue and other traitors. Two crimes! As an external court official and pleaded for internal and external ministers, it can be seen that there is a suspicion of collusion between inside and outside. The crime that is third! It is not the opinion of the cabinet's rituals and supervisors, but my intention. It is really a pity that he dares to refute it. It can be said that the following is the best and the fourth crime! Just these four articles are enough to kill you, and you will be dragged on!"

Zhu Houzhao's tone was without any hesitation. In the eyes of the promoted officials, the emperor in front of him seemed to be unable to be treated simply as a fifteen-year-old boy.

At this time, Guo Rong, who had been attending the hall, walked in with two soldiers. One of them was Liang Ze, the general bannerman. Liang Ze hooked up one of the arms of the chief officer Dou Ding and dragged it out of the hall. Dou Ding was obviously not as physically as Liang Ze and others, and was dragged out two steps away at once.

"Your Majesty! I have something to say!"

The Criminal Department gave the Criminal Director Dou Ding regretted it at this moment.

He thought that the Ming emperors were the same, and even if they pointed at the nose and cursed, they would spare themselves, and at most they would beat him. Just like when he was the late emperor, he would pretend to be righteous and even scold him, if the late emperor felt that it made sense, he would reward him, and even make a self-examination.

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, he seems to have been ineffective and will not punish the ministers easily, but he did not expect that His Majesty the emperor would kill him with a disagreement today!

Dou Ding, the clerk of the criminal department, wanted to say that you can't do this, Your Majesty, as this is contrary to the old rules, but he knew that the emperor could kill him. After all, if the king wants his ministers to die, his ministers have to die. He wanted to defend himself at this time, but he didn't know how to defend himself.

Moreover, before he could speak, he was dragged out of the hall.

"Oh my God! Why is this sudden? I don't want to die yet! Mentor save me! My colleagues save me! Your Majesty is begging you, just beat the board instead! Don't chop your head! It's better to kill me than kill me. At least let me leave a whole body, wuwu!"
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