Chapter 80 All sent to prison

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, four Jinyi guards detained Chen Yuanren and Zheng Yushi together and dragged them to the open space aside.

Chen Yuanren panicked on the spot. He did not expect that Emperor Zhu Houzhao would be so merciless, but he still continued to shout: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! I really have not said anything disrespectful towards Ma Gefu, not at all!"

Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to pay attention to Chen Yuanren.

And Zheng Yushi also felt that he had been wronged, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, I am really wronged! I did not insult Ma Gefu! Ma Gefu, please testify, please intercede with your Majesty for us!" ”

Ma Wensheng actually turned around and cupped his hands towards Zhu Houzhao. However, before he could speak, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand to stop Ma Wensheng: "Needless to say, I will never be lenient with today's incident, otherwise all the subjects will not treat him lightly in the future." Are my words a joke? Anyone who dares to plead for them will be punished! Beat me hard!"

Ma Wensheng did not try to persuade him anymore. After all, he was pointed at his nose and scolded as a traitor and even spat on. Anyone who was not a clay statue of the Bodhisattva would be a little angry. Therefore, when Zhu Houzhao ordered Chen Yuanren and other random people to be beaten to death, he had already exhausted his benevolence and righteousness. Now that Zhu Houzhao has made it clear that he has stopped him from interceding and has also given a warning, he will naturally not risk disobeying Zhu Houzhao to intercede for these people who have humiliated him.

Even though Zhu Houzhao's current behavior was rough and cruel, as a civil servant, Ma Wensheng had to show helplessness and pain, but he was still very satisfied and grateful to the emperor for supporting him, so Ma Wensheng didn't care anymore. Chen Yuanren and Zheng Yushi were beaten with a stick.

Jiao Fang and Xu Jin also remained silent. Although on the surface they did not dare to say that His Majesty the Emperor did a good job, in their hearts they were very willing to see His Majesty the Emperor beat the officials who dared to disobey them for their own sake. This would undoubtedly make them look good.

Snap!

Heavy sticks hit Chen Yuanren and Zheng Yushi one after another, causing their flesh and blood to fly everywhere, and they screamed again and again!

Every time a stick hit Chen Yuanren and Zheng Yushi, all the civil servants kneeling in front of Zhu Houzhao could not help but tremble.

At this time, they were extremely scared inside!

At this time, they didn't dare to speak anymore!

At this time, they all just want to leave here quickly, leave this cold and scary place!

At this time, Chen Yuanren and Zheng Yushi were both beaten to death on the spot.

The three corpses just lay in the ice and snow, in front of a group of clean civil servants, in front of Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang, and Xu Jin.

Zhu Houzhao walked up to Ma Wensheng and others: "This kind of people who gather to make trouble outside the palace and humiliate all the loved ones. Why should you be so polite? Just order the guards to beat them. It's not like they were beaten to death outside the palace gate." like He, remember not to be so cowardly next time. I am behind you, and the people of the world are behind you. What are you afraid of! You are my ministers, not theirs. If you want to be a powerful minister, you must be more ruthless!"
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Zhu Houzhao's words were obviously deliberately biased in favor of Ma Wensheng and others. A group of elite civil servants were shocked when they heard this. They all knew that Ma Wensheng and others were indeed the holy ones and Zhenglong could not afford to offend him. Naturally, they felt hatred and jealousy towards Ma Wensheng and others. It is also deeper, but at this time these Qingliu civil servants dare not show it.

Ma Wensheng and others knew that they were being roasted on the fire by His Majesty. His Majesty Zhu Houzhao wanted to force him to completely break with the Qingliu civil servants. However, they were riding a tiger at this time and could only allow Zhu Houzhao to arrange it. After all, they themselves He was already rejected by the Qingliu civil servant group and could only unite around His Majesty the Emperor.

At this time, the attitude expressed by Zhu Houzhao also moved Ma Wensheng and others, and they became more confident to follow Zhu Houzhao. As for the resentment of the Qingliu civil servants, they could not control much. Since ancient times, the strong have always been respected. Is it possible to unite around His Majesty and really be the mouthpiece of all officials?

The Qingliu civil servants knew that pleading for Li Dongyang would be futile. After all, three of them had been beaten to death. How dare they offend Long Yan.

"If your Majesty has no other instructions, I will retire!"

At this time, a Qingliu civil servant saluted Zhu Houzhao first.

"I resign!"

Immediately afterwards, other Qingliu civil servants also bowed and resigned one after another.

Zhu Houzhao immediately shouted: "Stop!"

A group of Qingliu civil servants who had been frightened out of fear hurriedly stopped. One of them was uneasy and thought, wouldn't it be possible for him to leave?

"How can you just leave when people gather to make trouble outside the palace gate!" Zhu Houzhao looked at Jiao Fang as he said this: "Why are they gathering here?"

"Replying to your majesty, they are here to plead for Li Dongyang," Jiao Fang replied truthfully.

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "That is Li Dongyang's comrades. Li Dongyang was involved in treason and regicide. Naturally, his comrades cannot be spared lightly. They even dared to gather people to cause trouble. They were all sent to prison and will be dealt with after being interrogated and charged!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, all the Qingliu civil servants present were greatly surprised. They did not expect that they would be sent to prison, and they almost couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy!

This is incredible for them!

They thought that the matter would be over if they just left without gathering a crowd to make trouble outside the palace gate, but they did not expect that they would not be able to leave now. As long as they gathered a crowd to make trouble and interceded for Li Dongyang, they would be sent to prison and even be imprisoned. Be an accomplice in Li Dongyang’s regicide case!

What is your Majesty doing? Isn't this going to create a big case?

All the civilian officials were completely dumbfounded. They didn't expect that Emperor Zhu Houzhao would play like this, be so ruthless, and be so ruthless!

But at this moment, they can only shout that they are not guilty and can only beg for mercy loudly!

"Your Majesty! I have no intention of offending you. Why is your Majesty locking me down!"

"Your Majesty! Are you going to be infamy for all eternity!"

"Your Majesty! Are you going to be a tyrant!"

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but.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't listen to this at this time. He just wanted to give these civil servants a long memory and let them know that the emperor is not as gentle and bully as you think. The emperor is essentially a butcher! He is the dictator who holds the power of life and death!

On the contrary, Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang, and Xu Jin all looked panicked at this moment.

Ma Wensheng said directly: "Your Majesty, calm down! Such a wanton arrest of officials will definitely shock the government and the public! All officials are dissatisfied! If the world is in chaos because of this, it will be a bad thing for the Ming Dynasty! I risk my life to beg your Majesty to take back my order and let them go back." Go! ”

"Your Majesty, what Ma Gefu said is absolutely true. There is no clear evidence of regicide by Li Dongyang and others. If you start a big case rashly, it may cause a big chaos. After all, this is not the Hongwu period. Please think twice!"

Jiao Fang also hurriedly tried to persuade him. He thought that His Majesty would just kill a few civil servants to scare him, but he did not expect that His Majesty would not only kill several civil servants but also arrest all the troublemakers into Jinyiwei. Although the military power is now in His Majesty's hands, Here, there is no guarantee that these officials will not go to some vassal king or even the Tatars outside the Great Wall to cause trouble if they are forced to do so.

"Your Majesty, these people are certainly hateful, but rushing them all into prison at this moment may indeed lead to chaos. I also implore your Majesty to tolerate it for the time being, and it is not appropriate to completely destroy the friendship between the king and his ministers!"

Xu Jin also started to persuade.

Zhu Houzhao knew that what they said was correct, but Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything. He just wanted to give it a try now and delay time, so he went to Qianqing Palace without looking back.

At this time, Ma Wensheng seemed to be anxious and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, if you don't take back your life, I will have to kneel down for a long time!"

After saying that, Ma Wensheng knelt down as expected.

Jiao Fang and Xu Jin sighed and knelt down.

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