Dou Ding, the clerk of the criminal department, was dragged out of the Meridian Gate, and was then pressed to the ground by Liang Ze and another sergeant.

Dou Ding looked unwilling and struggled desperately: "I don't want to die! Woo woo! Your Majesty, I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong!"

Click!

Guo Rong did not hesitate at all. After raising the long sword in his hand, he immediately cut through the void like a meteor, accurately cutting a blood mark on the neck of the penis that was fat in two circles, and cut it off in an instant. Only blood sprayed out and rushed straight into the blue sky!

The lower half of the body of the Zhongke Dou Ding was still squirming on the ground, rubbing the white Meridian Gate with blood red, while his head was only opened and closed twice, and there seemed to be a look of surprise in his mute eyes.

...

At Fengtian Gate, when Zhu Houzhao issued an order to drag the criminal department to the officer Dou Ding out and chop him to death, all the officials present showed horror.

Because since Hongzhi, no civil servant has been punished in the court for eighteen years! Even during the Chenghua period, it was just a slaughter!

For a moment, the civil servants present were still a little uncomfortable with this atmosphere.

Just like in front of Cining Palace that day, Emperor Zhu Houzhao suddenly issued an order to kill Li Ke and give him Sun Meiling the officer.

However, the three cabinet masters did not speak at this time.

Although Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, also hoped that Zhu Houzhao would respond to what Dou Ding said, he also knew that the hope was slim, because His Majesty the New Emperor now controls the inner court and naturally wants to re-establish his authority in the outer court.

Li Dongyang, the second assistant to the cabinet, narrowed his eyes and seemed to be asleep, but in fact, he has begun to pay attention to Zhu Houzhao again, hoping to understand Zhu Houzhao's true personality.

Xie Qian, the third assistant to the cabinet, wanted to help his students, but he noticed Zhu Houzhao's eyes and knew that Zhu Houzhao was going to establish his authority now, so he became timid and hung his head down.

The Minister of Personnel, Ma Wensheng, Minister of War Xu Jin, and Jiao Fang, the Left Minister of Personnel, guessed that the court today was bound to be bloody. After all, His Majesty the Emperor had already controlled the inner court. As a young emperor, he could not make these officials afraid of the ruling power without taking a few foreign court officials.

But it is obvious that Zhu Houzhao's behavior did threaten the civil servant group and felt very uncomfortable.

Therefore, many civil officials are very resistant and even angry about Zhu Houzhao's behavior.

When Dou Ding was just dragged out of the Meridian Gate by Zhu Houzhao, the censor He Tianqu, who was not afraid of death, stood up again and directly said: "Your Majesty! Dou Ding is a censor! If a censor is punished for his words, he may block the way of speech! Please spare his life and reward his loyalty and integrity!"

"So, do you think he is guilty, but I am guilty?"

Zhu Houzhao asked, he was very familiar with He Tianqu and knew that he was the censor who advised him to return to the palace that day.

"I dare not tell the faults of the king and father, but the king and father have made mistakes. As the censor, I should naturally advise you. Your Majesty will undoubtedly be a tyrant!"

He Tianqu smiled coldly as he said, as if he was very strong. In his opinion, censors could not be killed, otherwise they would not be able to accuse the emperor and high-ranking officials, and would not be able to protect their own interests, so he was fearless.

At the same time, He Tianqu naively thought that a few words of harsh advice would also make the young emperor Zhu Houzhao change his mind.

It is obvious that He Tianqu misunderstood Zhu Houzhao's intentions, and perhaps a large number of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty still do not know how to figure out Zhu Houzhao's thoughts.

So, what He Tianqu didn't expect was that Zhu Houzhao ignored him and just sat back on the dragon throne after he spoke.

At this time, Guo Rong had returned to Fengtian Gate: "Your Majesty, the criminal Dou Ding has been killed!"

The civil and military officials present were surprised when they heard this, and they were also afraid of Zhu Houzhao. They thought that the emperor now doesn't know whether he is young and fearless or not caring about his reputation. He really dares to kill him! He has killed two censors in a row.

The censor He Tianqu was also surprised. He did not expect that Zhu Houzhao did not take back the decision to kill the Zhongshen Dou Ding because of his advice. At the same time, he became a little scared and fell to the ground unconsciously as soon as his legs were weak.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao also happened to raise his hand and point at He Tianqu: "Drag him down, cut him down! He confiscate his house!"

The scene was very quiet!

The three ministers of the cabinet and the nine ministers of the six ministries looked at Zhu Houzhao in surprise, and at the same time they shrank back their heads in fear. They did not expect that the new emperor would start killing him at the moment of disagreement. He had killed two censors, but now he would kill another one.

Zhu Houzhao did not intend to be polite to the civil servants today, because his purpose today was to establish his own majesty. He had to let these civil and military officials, especially those present, understand that the emperor was not just a Bodhisattva, nor did he say that you could give you a blessing by asking for a few words of praise. The emperor was sometimes a butcher, so don’t forget the saying that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger.

The censor He Tianqu heard Zhu Houzhao ask Guo Rong to push himself out of the Meridian Gate and behead him so scared that he immediately stood up and knelt in front of Zhu Houzhao:

"Your Majesty, please spare your life! I have no other intentions. I just think that the censor cannot be killed casually. Of course, if your Majesty really wants to kill him, it is okay. If the Majesty wants to die, the minister has to die. I am just worried that it will hinder Your Majesty's reputation in the future. I really have no other intentions. I know the crime, please forgive me!"

Zhu Houzhao rolled her eyes helplessly, thinking that the censor's emotional intelligence is really low, and she still doesn't understand why she killed him. Don't you know that he killed him because his views are not consistent with him? Don't you know that at this time, he said that His Majesty the Emperor had a wrong understanding at the beginning, Dou Ding deserves it?

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Drag it down!"

The censor He Tianqu didn't expect that he would mess it up, of course he didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao would be so cruel, but now he only knows that he might be dead, so He Tianqu hurriedly took advantage of Guo Rong and other soldiers to climb directly to the cabinet chief Liu Jian:

"Teacher, save the students! Save the students!"

Zhu Houzhao also looked at the cabinet chief Liu Jian at this time. He actually wanted to see what the cabinet chief Liu Jian showed when he saw this scene.

Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was in a bad mood at this time, but he also knew that Emperor Zhu Houzhao had controlled the inner court now, which also meant that the army was also controlled by the emperor. Even if he was the chief assistant of the cabinet, he could not compete with the emperor without the help of the inner court. Instead, his current old chief assistant has become an obstacle to the new emperor's power.

Therefore, Liu Jian knew that Zhu Houzhao wanted to disobey him at this time and use excuses to deal with him. Even Liu Jian felt that Zhu Houzhao deliberately killed two censors today to force him to submit.
Chapter completed!