Early the next morning, Jiao Linghui and members of the Loyalty Association intercepted and killed Tianlao, causing the news of the death of Master Tianfo and the eminent monks from the Western Regions to spread throughout the government.
Zhu Youde had not yet come to court, and all the ministers were discussing the matter.
However, it was only a few words. After all, everyone knew that the Loyalty Society was a Jianghu organization founded by King Yan, and they did not dare to delve too deeply into it.
"If you have something to do, go to court, if nothing happens, leave the court." Wang Zhonghou sang loudly.
Situ Mingrong was the first to stand up.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Punishment has been sorting out the Tianlao assassination case overnight and has now concluded that Jiao Linghui, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, wanted to provoke a war between the Western Regions and Daliang. He united with members of the Loyalty Association to intercept Tianlao and stabbed Master Tianfo and Master Tianfo to death.
Eminent monks from the Western Regions.
King Yan discovered the chaos within the Zhongyi Society in time and took action to kill the disciples of the Zhongyi Society and Master Jiao involved."
After a pause, he continued: "In addition, according to the examination of the dagger carried by the assassin captured by Tianlao, it was found that the assassination case of the Buddhist and Taoist disciples and the assassination case of Tianlao belonged to the same group of people, and they have all been brought to justice..."
When the ministers listened to Situ Mingrong's words, they were shocked. The mastermind behind the scenes turned out to be Jiao Linghui, but why did he assassinate Master Tianfo?
In addition, the ministers also heard other information.
1. Jiao Linghui was the mastermind behind the assassination case of Buddhist and Taoist disciples. His purpose was to frame He Qingfeng so that he could be promoted to the Minister of Rites.
2. He Qingfeng was acquitted.
Third, King Yan and his Loyalty Society were involved.
Zhu Youde glanced at the ministers and said with a cold face: "Xuan He Qingfeng comes to see you!"
He Qingfeng, dressed in the official uniform of a chamberlain, walked into the main hall with the support of a young eunuch.
"Your Majesty, He Qingfeng, comes to see you!"
Zhu Youde stepped down from the dragon chair step by step, held He Qingfeng's hand and said: "Aiqing is suffering because I didn't find out clearly. Seeing Aiqing suffering makes me extremely painful..."
At this time, Zhu Youde did not have the airs of an emperor at all. He comforted He Qingfeng in front of the ministers, and the ministers were greatly moved.
At this time, Feng Bogong and other cabinet academicians stood up and said: "Your Majesty, now that Jiao Linghui has been brought to justice, Lord He Qingfeng has been acquitted, and the internal affairs of the Ministry of Rites are piling up, this position of minister..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Youde waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. He. I will leave this internal affairs of the Ministry of Rites to you."
The meaning of this sentence is very obvious - He Qingfeng is the Minister of Rites!
Even though King Yan was deeply unhappy, he didn't dare to say anything, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.
The assassination failed and the Loyalty Society was implicated, making him walk on thin ice.
Not only did they lose a chess piece, Jiao Linghui, but also the Minister of Rites, Situ Ming, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, also secured his position as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments because of the consecutive detection of two major cases.
One wrong move and the whole game is lost.
After Zhu Youde comforted He Qingfeng and personally announced that Situ Mingrong had passed the examination, he turned his attention to King Yan.
"King Yan, do you know your sin?"
The tone was cold and mixed with anger.
Judy frowned, and as soon as her mind turned around, she got out of the queue and knelt on the hand with a plop, two tears forced out of her eyes.
"Your Majesty, I know that I am guilty! I have mismanaged you, so please punish me!"
Seeing King Yan's sincere appearance, many ministers in the court could not sit still.
King Yan usually cared about the country and the people, and he founded the Loyalty Society to help the people, and it had an excellent reputation among the people.
"Your Majesty, although King Yan made mistakes, the original intention of establishing the Loyalty Society was to serve the people. Please be patient."
"Your Majesty, you care about the world, and the people are the foundation of the country..."
Zhu Youde's face was expressionless, but he was sneering in his heart. These guys only knew about government affairs and did not know the true purpose of the Loyalty Association, so they could easily be used as guns.
"King Yan, do you know your mistake?"
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong! I purged the Loyalty Association overnight last night and punished many people with evil intentions. I hope your Majesty will forgive me!"
forgive?
Zhu Youde snorted coldly: "I can forgive you, but can the Western Region forgive Daliang? The Master Tianfo who was stabbed to death was highly respected in the Western Region, and he represents the face of the Western Region!
Now that the news of Master Tianfo's death in Tianlao has spread to the Western Regions, and the army has gathered and pointed their swords at the beams, can you resolve this by asking for forgiveness?"
He was so angry that the minister who had just offended King Yan did not dare to speak again.
King Yan knelt on the hand and pretended to be scared without saying a word.
"Wang Po, use the General Soldier Talisman to recruit troops and assemble towards the border! Prepare to deal with the invasion of the Western Regions!"
"I accept the order!" Wang Po stepped out of the queue to receive the order.
King Yan suddenly trembled when he heard the word "Soldier Talisman", his eyes flashed sinisterly, and then he said: "Your Majesty, I will return the Soldier Talisman as soon as possible after I report my duty. In addition, I am willing to pay tribute of three million taels of gold to be used as military pay."
To resist the invasion from the Western Regions..."
Now that things have come to this, Zhu Di has no choice but to lose money to avoid disaster. As for the military talisman, it can only be delayed for a while.
"In addition, submit a copy of the information of all members of the Loyalty Association to the Ministry of Punishment for investigation." Zhu Youde said: "Let this matter go and we will not do it next time!"
Judy nodded quickly and agreed, but felt ridiculed at Zhu Youde in her heart.
It only cost three million gold to deal with the serious crime of disbanding the Loyalty Society. The little emperor is still too young!
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhu Youde continued: "In view of the fact that the Western Region has begun to mobilize large armies, I have decided to form a new army equipped with new weapons. Do you have any opinions?"
No one among the ministers dared to object, and Zhu Youde's eyes fell on Judy.
King Yan was shocked and hurriedly said: "I will spend an additional one million taels of gold from the north for the construction of the new army..."
My flesh hurts now. I spent a million more and asked the little emperor to form a new army. I lost all my blood!
Zhu Youde nodded and did not mention the matter. Xu Xiu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it's time to decide on the examiner of civil and military affairs..."
"The martial arts examinations are conducted by Luo Yunshan, the Minister of War, Wang Po, the general, and Zhou Heng, the commander of the Royal Forest Army. The winners are selected through competitions in the ring to participate in the palace examination."
Luo Yunshan, Wang Po and Zhou Heng came out to take orders.
Zhu Youde added: "We must ensure that Enke is fair. I plan to appoint the top candidate in the military examination as the commander-in-chief of the new army. I hope that the three candidates will be selected fairly!"
After hearing this, the ministers' eyes lit up. The top candidate in the imperial examination would be the commander-in-chief of the new army. This was a huge temptation.
"As for the liberal arts, leave it to the cabinet bachelor, and I will personally review the answers!"
Feng Bogong and other bachelors stood up and were about to take orders, but Xu Xiu beat them to it.
"Your Majesty, the civil service department has always been responsible for the humanities. Compared with the cabinet, I think the civil service department is more qualified..."
Feng Bogong and others were not happy, and immediately reported: "Your Majesty, the civil examination of civil servants is a major matter of the country. The Ministry of Personnel has other internal affairs. I think the cabinet is more suitable."
Zhu Youde looked at Xu Xiu expressionlessly, and fortunately said: "Xu Aiqing, I asked the cabinet to be responsible for the Enke make-up examination because the Ministry of Civil Affairs needs to be responsible for the imperial examination."
Xu Xiu nodded, refused to play, and took the order to retreat.
After confirming the examiner Enke, Zhu Youde went straight back to the inner room and sat down on the dragon chair.
I spent the first half of last night having fun with the beauty, and the second half of the night was busy intercepting and killing people in the prison. I didn't sleep all night. Even after practicing, I was exhausted.
"Wang Zhonghou, ask Cao Wang to keep an eye on Enke's examiner and report him immediately if there is any malpractice for personal gain! Also, pay special attention to Xu Xiu!"
Xu Xiu repeatedly asked the officials to take charge of Enke, and Zhu Youde suspected that he had selfish motives...
Wang Zhonghou ordered a young eunuch to do it, while he held the wooden box and said: "Your Majesty, I see that you are tired, why don't you turn over the signs and take a rest?"