Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 911: Confrontation at the Court

Chapter 911: Confrontation at the Court

The cockerel in the crimson cap announces the dawn, and the Shangyi presents the green cloud fur coat. The gates of the palace are opened in the sky, and people from all over the world pay homage to the emperor.

The sun is only coming to the fairy palm, and the cigarette wants to be next to the dragon and the dragon.After the court strikes, the five-color edict must be cut, and the Peisheng will return to Fengchitou.

Fengtian Hall, with its high eaves and tiles, stood on the high steps, and looked solemn and majestic in the dim morning light. Outside Fengtian Gate, civil and military officials were standing at both ends, clearly separated. Most of the military honors were ready to fight, and showed their hostility to the civil officials next to them without hesitation. Although they had not yet entered the hall, the air was already filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Feng Sheng stared at the movements of the civil servants. What he saw and heard in Fuleyuan yesterday made him suspect that these cunning scholars must have some conspiracy. But the civil servants such as Ru Rong and Ru Taisu were watching their noses and their hearts, like old monks in meditation. They neither competed with the military heroes nor whispered to each other, which made it even more difficult to see through their depth.

"This shouldn't be the case... This group of literati were so anxious a few days ago that they were organizing themselves everywhere in an attempt to influence the emperor's will... Why are they so calm today?" Feng Sheng felt even more uneasy.

However, no matter how uneasy he was, it was useless. In front of the Fengtian Gate, the whips were already blasting, and a eunuch sang in a sharp voice: "The time has come, all officials enter the palace!"

The morning court session began. Feng Sheng had no choice but to temporarily suppress his doubts and lead the military officers' team toward the majestic Fengtian Hall.

"If you have something to do, start the show, if nothing happens, leave the court!"

After all the formalities were completed, the eunuch beside the emperor sang this sentence, and the chief official of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites immediately stepped out of the crowd and said, "Your Majesty, here is the wife of the chieftain of Shuidong in Guizhou, Liu, who reported that Ma Ye, the commander of Guizhou Guards, killed the chieftain of Shuixi, Ai Cui, and falsely accused Shuixi of treason."

"This matter is of great importance, and we, the ministers, dare not take the initiative to take charge, so we specially present this to Your Majesty and humbly ask for Your Majesty's wise judgment."

This was a procedure that had been arranged long ago. The Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the throne and simply waved his hand, saying, "Since this is the case, please invite Liu to the palace."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials knew that the highlight of the day was finally coming, and they all perked up their spirits at the same time.

After a while, Madam Liu Shuzhen was led into the palace. She was exhausted from the journey and had to force herself to walk. She was also anxious these days and could only wait in vain, so her complexion was very bad. But she knew that today's court meeting might decide the fate of the Shuixi and Shuidong tribes, and even the entire Guizhou region, so she still forced herself to explain the whole story one by one.

"What do you think of what Mrs. Liu said?" Old Zhu asked after Mrs. Liu Shuzhen finished speaking.

"Your Majesty!" As soon as Zhu finished speaking, Geng Bingwen, the Marquis of Changxing, stepped out from the crowd and said, "I think what Liu said is nonsense!"

Liu Shuzhen frowned, but the censor had already told her about the laws and regulations in the court, so she still forced herself not to say a word.

"Ma Ye is the co-governor of Guizhou Wei and a general of the imperial court. He has a bright future and has always been loyal to Your Majesty. How could he do such a deceitful act to deceive Your Majesty?"

"I believe that this statement is a delaying tactic used by the Shuixi and Shuidong tribes to deceive our court! They intend to delay the troops sent by our court to aid Guizhou, so as to buy time and expand their own power!"

"If we are deceived by them and allow them to grow stronger, and miss the opportunity to defeat them, Guizhou will no longer belong to the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, please do not listen to the words of this Guifang woman. I am willing to lead the troops to pacify the southwest for Your Majesty and make our Ming Dynasty last forever!"

He lifted his shirt skirt and knelt on one knee. After all, he was a veteran of the battlefield. His last words were sonorous, powerful, heroic and extremely inspiring.

"Your Majesty, I am also willing to go out to fight and clear the world for Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, if I can let you go, I will make sure that all the barbarians will die!"

"Your Majesty, I am here..." A group of military heroes, seeing Geng Bingwen mixing in private goods and asking for war privately, could not help but get anxious and came out one after another to ask for war merits. It was not easy to get war merits in the past two years. Why should you, Geng Bingwen, take all the good things that fell from the sky?

There was chaos in the Fengtian Hall for a while.

It should have been a good thing that the Ming soldiers dared to fight. But on the first and fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, a group of military officials ignored the rules of the court meeting in order to grab the credit. Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly became visibly ugly. Feng Sheng, as the head of the military honor, was suspicious and always paid attention to Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude. When he saw that he looked unfriendly, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart and quickly turned around and scolded: "Silence! How can you behave in front of His Majesty!"

The generals, whose minds were full of military achievements, suddenly became silent. When they saw Lao Zhu's expression, they hurried back to their classes, hung their heads and lowered their hands to apologize.

Seeing that these nobles were indeed unruly, Old Zhu thought to himself, "What Biaoer said is indeed true. Although our Ming Dynasty is not afraid of the rise of military generals, these military generals, one by one, only care about competing for merit and territory, and have reached a state of lawlessness."

Now that he is still alive, these generals dare to treat him as nothing in this golden palace, and compete for the military merit of suppressing the rebellion; before, there were people who colluded with Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng and others to secretly buy and sell the people of the Ming Dynasty...

If he died, would these people become even more lawless, digging up the Ming Dynasty's assets to achieve their military exploits and their own fiefdoms?

"They are lawless and have no bottom line... If I am alive, I can still suppress this group of arrogant and fierce generals. But if I die and Biaoer succeeds to the throne, can I really suppress them? And there is also my eldest grandson..."

Old Zhu's expression became even more unfriendly.

The military heroes clearly felt the might of the Hongwu Emperor, and for a moment, they all turned pale and did not dare to act rashly. Old Zhu glared at them fiercely, then looked at the still silent team of civil servants: "Where are you civil servants?"

"The military officers feel that Liu's words must be a false accusation... What do you think?"

Feng Sheng narrowed his eyes and glanced at the civil servant.

"Your Majesty, I have something to ask Marquis Changxing in person." There was silence for a moment in the queue of civil servants, and then an official in his thirties stepped out and said.

"Well. Ask," said Old Zhu. He had recognized that this young official was Xia Yuanji, a proud student of the fifth master of the Imperial College.

"Yes." Xia Yuanji walked forward a few steps, came to Geng Bingwen's side, turned to face the veteran general, and said, "My Lord, there is one thing I don't understand. Your first sentence was to accuse Madam Liu of talking nonsense... I wonder what real evidence you have to be sure that Madam Liu is lying to the emperor?"

"Humph, Ma Ye already had a document saying that Shuixi wanted to rebel. He sent the document in front, and this Guifang woman hurriedly came to Your Majesty's back... If she is not worried that Your Majesty will send a large army, so she hurriedly came to confuse the public and intend to delay, what else could it be?"

(End of this chapter)