Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Blood-soaked Cao Zhengchun knelt in front of Zhu Houzhao on one knee, not even daring to lift his head.

"Cao Zhengchun, I made you a hawk dog, and I made you my eyes and ears! I gave you high officials and great wealth, and gave you power and power. Is this the final answer you gave me?"

"This is the result of my trust in you!"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Cao Zhengchun fell to his knees in fright: "Your Majesty is frightened, the minister deserves death!"

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"The director of the East Factory, Cao Zhengchun, is not doing well. The remnants of the White Lotus Sect have hidden evil intentions, and he didn't even notice it. He revokes the title of the director of the East Factory and will be put on death row from now on."

The inner guard immediately stepped forward and put an iron chain around Cao Zhengchun's neck to lock him.

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"Drag it!"

The inner guard is Zhu Houzhao's forbidden army, and in the entire Forbidden City, only Zhu Houzhao is under the control of one person.

Cao Zhengchun did not dare to resist in front of Zhu Houzhao, and let the inner guards lock him up to seal his eight extraordinary meridians.

Zhu Houzhao was furious!

In recent years, Cao Zhengchun had embezzled 500,000 taels of silver and handed it over to the Empress Dowager Zhou, but Zhu Houzhao did not pursue the matter afterwards.

In his opinion, Cao Zhengchun still has something to use.

In particular, Dongchang, which he led, was the emperor's ears, eyes, and minions.

But judging from what happened today, what he did was not good enough, and even made Zhu Houzhao very angry and disappointed.

The White Lotus Sect rioted in the capital, poisoned his food, and had a large-scale uprising and rebellion, all of which he did not do enough.

Of course, the target of the remnants of the White Lotus Sect was the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao. When they came, they were less than ten feet away from Zhu Houzhao.

The palace maid Lingling was standing beside him, not even ten feet away. For this matter, Cao Zhengchun should bear all the responsibilities from the beginning to the end.

Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others, standing in front of Zhu Houzhao, did not dare to let out the air. When they arrived, they heard that His Majesty had put Cao Zhengchun on death row.

"Qi Jingtong!"

"The minister is here!"

"You immediately lead the eight thousand Jinyiwei guards to monitor all the officials of the imperial censor, but if you enter or leave the city privately, you will be executed first and then filed. No matter what official position he holds, if he is involved in the White Lotus Sect in the slightest, he will be held like a prison!"

"According to the order!"

Qi Jingtong ordered to leave.

"Yuhuatian."

"The minister is here."

"What were you doing when the White Lotus Sect rebelled?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am responsible for the safety of other facilities in the capital, especially inside and outside the Forbidden City. I am afraid of a fire, so I have people dressed up as ordinary people and mingled in the crowd..."

Zhu Houzhao listened to Yu Huatian's explanation and did not delve further. He turned to look at Xie Qian, Minister of War, and Liu Jian, the first assistant to the cabinet.

The two were not with him at the time.

"What are you two doing?"

"Your Majesty, I am on vacation." Xie Qian replied hurriedly.

"The minister handles the memorial in the cabinet..."

After a long time, Zhu Houzhao said slowly: "I finally understand, sometimes I am too kind. Kindness to some people is weakness in the eyes of some people."

This group of **** from the White Lotus Sect is now causing a catastrophic disaster.

This time, Zhu Houzhao was really angry, even more angry than the previous Tartar violations.

"You two go back, tomorrow morning, I have something to explain to the civil and military officials!"

Zhu Houzhao waved his sleeves, and under the protection of the Imperial Forest Army and Jin Yiwei, walked down the front of the city, ignoring everyone present, and walked straight to the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City.

After Zhu Houzhao left, the inner guard interrogated all the people in the city to see if there were people who should cooperate with each other.

The female waitress, Ouyang Jing, did not escape the fate of being interrogated.

The emperor was assassinated again. This was a major case that occurred continuously within two months of Zhengde's ascension to the throne, as if the Ming Dynasty had collapsed.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

The lights are bright, and there are as many as three floors inside and outside the guards of the Imperial Forest Army and the big inner guards outside the hall.

The first thing he did when he returned to the Qianqing Palace was to send someone to wait for the Cining Palace. The safety of his mother, the Empress Dowager Zhang, was also very important. It was necessary to prevent people from entering in advance.

The entire capital suddenly fell into a battle of arms, and the 150,000 defenders were like iron barrels, and the water surrounding the capital was blocked, and no one could enter the capital for half a step.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao took off the Emperor Sword hanging on the dragon column, and wiped the blade of the Emperor Sword with a piece of yellow brocade.

He finally understood how difficult it was to be an emperor, especially to be an excellent and good emperor, it was even more difficult.

He reduces taxes for the world and wants to solve the contradiction from the root, but some people just don't want to make you feel better.

He felt that more than 10,000 people from the White Lotus Sect were sorry for him, at least in conscience, they should pay a heavy price for this.

Keeping such people will be a disaster sooner or later.

He wants the world to understand what the consequences of joining the White Lotus Sect are...

Early the next morning.

Under the service of the palace maid, Zhu Houzhao dressed up early and came to the court.

He brought the Son of Heaven Sword, and this time, he wanted to rule the world.

Civil and military officials all know what happened yesterday. They know that His Majesty is angry and the consequences are unimaginable...

When they saw that Emperor Zhengde raised the emperor's sword to court, some timid officials were so frightened that their legs were shattered.

When Zhu Houzhao came to the government, he sat majestically on the dragon chair, leaning on the sword of the Son of Heaven in both hands, and stared at the ministers.

The ministers in the court knelt down and said: "See your majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

They knelt down and worshipped there, and they didn't hear Zhu Houzhao call them to be flat for a long time. This was a phenomenon that Emperor Zhengde had never encountered since he ascended the throne two months ago.

He looked at these kneeling courtiers, leaning on the sword of the Son of Heaven in both hands, and after a long time, he shouted loudly, "I know that among you, some of you must have participated in the plan to assassinate me yesterday!"

Keng!

The Emperor's Sword is unsheathed!

"I also know that some of you want me to die immediately! If a new emperor is established, UU reading www.uukanshu.com will suit some people's appetite."

As soon as Zhu Houzhao's voice fell, the civil and military officials of the Man Dynasty said in unison: "Your Majesty, calm down, I dare not wait!"

Zhu Houzhao had a serious face, stood up and asked, "You dare not? I ask you, what were you doing when I was assassinated yesterday?"

There was silence in the court.

"Your Majesty, I heard that your Majesty was assassinated yesterday. We were in a panic and stayed up all night..."

Manchu Wenwu listened to Zhu Houzhao's scolding, and a bold minister replied.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao heard it, he knew that they were perfunctory, and he scoffed at the answer.

"It's all a bunch of trash, people with wine bags and rice bags!"

Inside the Xuanzheng Hall.

Zhu Houzhao reprimanded the civil and military officials, and almost some of them stuck their noses to the ground.

The cabinet's first assistant Liu Jian, the second assistant Li Dongyang, the Minister of War Xie Qian and others were even more trembling. They were afraid that they would be caught by Zhu Houzhao as soon as they opened their mouths, and they would be thrown into prison.

His Majesty's most trusted director of the East Factory, Cao Zhengchun, was taken down, saying that he was not doing well, so he asked for the execution on another day!

It can be seen from this that Emperor Zhengde is very angry about this matter.

The entire capital was roaring, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.

Overnight, the Imperial Guard and the Dongxichang Fanzi scrambled to hunt down the remnants of the White Lotus Sect. In just one night, more than 30,000 people were arrested.

All gates of the capital were blocked by Jin Yiwei, and no one was allowed to enter, whether officials or ordinary people.

People in the capital also heard about this, and they were excited and reported to the government that there were people who believed in the teachings of the White Lotus Sect.

In the minds of the common people, the teaching of the white lotus is deeply rooted.

What can't you do? Why do you have to assassinate the emperor?