Chapter 160: Want to blow me up? opinionated!
Zeng Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was so violently drank by Zhu Houzhao that he realized that he was sick and was in severe pain. People should be weak and weak. However, he jumped from the chariot because he was afraid of being blown up. Come down.
For a moment, Zeng Jian was extremely embarrassed, and cold sweat broke out from his back: "I, I, your illness is cured! It's cured!"
Zhu Houzhao snorted and waved his sleeves: "Now that I have recovered from my illness, I have to go to the Ordnance Bureau to lead the way for me. You go in first, Xia Yan, what do you want to report?"
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao wanted to let him into the Ordnance Bureau, Zeng Jian felt even more embarrassed. He knelt down reluctantly, holding his mouth shut, as if he was about to cry and beg for mercy, but he seemed to be very excited, waving his hands and hitting his head. Ground: "Your Majesty! I beg your Majesty, can you please not let me in? I know my sin, I really know my sin!"
"I don't understand what crime you have. Zeng Aiqing, you just pretended to be sick and refused to show up. This is not a crime. Who doesn't get sick three hundred and sixty-five days a year? Besides, you are still an old minister, but you are also right. Because you are a veteran, I have to rely on you even more! So, now that you have recovered, you can continue to manage the Ministry of Industry for me. You go in first, and I will come back later!”
Zhu Houzhao thought to himself that he wanted to see how long Zeng Jian would play. He didn't want to join the Ordnance Bureau, so he let you enter the Ordnance Bureau. He wanted to see what conspiracy you had set up in the Ordnance Bureau.
After Zhu Houzhao said that, he continued to ask Xia Yan: "Tell me, what do you want to report?"
Then, when Zhu Houzhao saw Zeng Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, still kneeling on the ground and refused to move his buttocks, he couldn't help but start drinking:
"Why, you still don't want to go in! Are you turning a deaf ear to what I say?! You are also a veteran of three dynasties. You are an official of my Ming Dynasty, not my domestic slave. Why are you kneeling on the ground when you have nothing to do? Did I ask you to kneel down? Can officials of the Ming Dynasty do whatever they want? Kneel down, I just want you to go to the Ordnance Bureau, don’t you hear me?”
Zeng Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, started to tremble all over and pointed at the Ordnance Bureau: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this, this..."
At this time, there was no need for Zeng Jian to say it himself, and no need for Zhu Houzhao to ask again. Xia Yan also guessed the situation, and directly handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty! I am impeaching Zeng Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, for plotting to commit regicide!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
Zeng Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, instinctively denied it and pointed at Xia Yan: "You are just a small scholar who watches politics. What qualifications do you have to slander me!"
"Your Majesty! I am impeaching Xia Yan for slandering an important minister!" Zeng Jianse said in a serious tone.
"Your Majesty! I am not slandering you. There is a large amount of gunpowder now stored in Guangji Treasury, not sulfur and saltpeter. I have proof here. I took these gunpowder from Guangji Treasury and there is a registration certificate!"
Xia Yan said as he took out the voucher, a pack of gunpowder and the voucher.
Zhu Houzhao heard what Xia Yan said and guessed the secret behind it, and thought to himself: "No wonder Zeng Jian refuses to enter the Ordnance Bureau. It turns out he wants to blow himself up. How cruel!"
"Xia Yan! Can you estimate how much gunpowder there is in the Ordnance Bureau's Guangji warehouse and how powerful the explosion can be?" Zhu Houzhao asked with a solemn expression.
"Your Majesty, it's okay to blow up the entire Guangjiku and Ordnance Bureau," Xia Yan replied.
"Guo Rong! Pass the order. The Jin Yiwei will retreat a hundred steps and surround the Ordnance Bureau a hundred steps away! No one inside is allowed to come out! In addition, Xia Yan, take a team to Wang Gong Factory to check the quantity of gunpowder and see. Reduce the number! Does it match the gunpowder inventory in Guangjiku? ”
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao rode away from the Ordnance Bureau, but he did not go far. After confirming that even if there was an explosion in the Ordnance Bureau, it would be safe, he asked Zeng Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry who was escorted here: "Zeng Jian, are you now?" What can you say?" "Your Majesty, I really don't know that there is gunpowder in Guangjiku. I have been recuperating at home these days. I really don't know!" Zeng Jian still denied it, because he also knew that once he confessed to the crime of regicide, But the ten clans are implicated!
"Then why don't you dare to enter the Ordnance Bureau? You're such a tough talker! Don't think that I can't pry your mouth open!" Zhu Houzhao scolded, and then asked: "Do you really want to blow me up to death and smash me to pieces?"
"I, I don't dare, I really don't dare! Your Majesty!" Zeng Jian knelt down again.
"You still say you don't dare, but you have already done this! Fortunately, Ma Wensheng also said that you are mature and loyal, and I almost believed it." Zhu Houzhao said and asked again:
"Do you civil servants really want me to die? You are so eager to let me die. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen as you wish! Also, do you think you are very smart and think that you can get rid of yourself by calling yourself sick? You are not Smart, you are stupid. You really think I am a three-year-old child. The spate of major murder cases directly points to the new policy of abolishing the craftsman system. Everyone can suspect that this is related to people from the Ministry of Industry and the War Bureau, but you, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, cannot do it because you are recuperating at home, but you are wrong. , which means you are the most likely!
Also, even if you are pretending to be sick, can you have some common sense? Don't just memorize the Four Books and Five Classics all day long, read more medical books. Stone gonorrhea is caused by stones in the kidneys. Why are you touching the front of your right abdomen? He also touched the upper part of his right abdomen, which is the stomach! Are you ignorant or do you think I am ignorant? ”
After Zhu Houzhao scolded him loudly, he smiled lightly and said nothing more. He only took the copper single-lens glass telescope from the accompanying official and continued to observe the direction of the Ordnance Bureau:
"If I guess correctly, your people are waiting for me to enter the Ordnance Bureau, and then let the Ordnance Bureau explode."
At this time, Zeng Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, did not say a word. He was already trembling all over. He did not expect that he would make such a big mistake! He also didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao, an emperor who had been in the palace for a long time, also knew medical science. He acted so much like himself that he couldn't escape the dazzle? ! He didn't even expect that this imperial city could be so deep!
Zeng Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, felt frightened. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead for a while, and he didn't know what to do.
At this time, Guo Rong came to report: "Your Majesty, the Ordnance Bureau has been surrounded, and the crossbowmen are all ready. The people inside are now unable to fly!"
Then, Xia Yan also came to report: "Your Majesty, there is indeed a batch of gunpowder missing from Wang Gong's factory. According to the records, it was transferred to Guangjiku by the order of Zhong Jian, the minister of industry, Zhong Guanglu, the minister of industry! The reason is Your Majesty wants to see the fireworks.”
After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but sneer and pointed at Zeng Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry: "Can you think of a better reason? Do you want to blow me up to death and also frame me for being cynical and wanting to watch fireworks?" It caused an explosion in the Ordnance Bureau, what a vicious idea!”
Zeng Jian, minister of the Ministry of Industry, did not refute.
"Xia Yan, do you think there are still many officials who wish for my death?" Zhu Houzhao suddenly asked Xia Yan at this time.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there must be some selfish ministers with hidden dissatisfaction. After all, Your Majesty's new policy is for the common people, but not for the gentry and Confucian scholars." Xia Yan spent two years at the Capital University and was also influenced by Zhu Houzhao. The new ideas are deeply "poisoned", so they are not polite when speaking.
After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao just smiled and looked at Zeng Jian: "Zeng Jian, are you willing to atone for your sins and reduce your punishment?"
As soon as he heard that he could atone for his sins, Zeng Jian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly kowtowed and said: "I am willing, I am willing, Your Majesty!"
(End of chapter)