"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

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After three calls of kneeling and saluting, the court meeting officially began.

Zhu Yunfei, who was standing at the back of the crowd, glanced at Emperor Chongzhen sitting on the dragon chair on the golden stage from a distance, but secretly shook his head.

Today is already December 28th, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, and the day after tomorrow is New Year’s Eve.

If history had not changed, the Ming Emperor would have reigned for at most 400 days, which is a little more than a year.

After the court meeting begins, the memorial system will be followed.

The department official who was the first to report was not a bachelor from the Cabinet Office or an official from the Sixth Ministry, but an official from Honglu Temple.

The things they reported were mainly the number of officials who came to Beijing to express gratitude and those who left Beijing to resign.

During this period, there were officials that the emperor wanted to summon, and they would go to the palace to wait for orders after going to court.

After the report from Honglu Temple, the next step is the report from the border. If there is an urgent military situation, it can be submitted first.

After this, the most important part of the morning dynasty begins, which is the performance part that everyone is familiar with.

Because there were so many civil and military officials in the hall, in order to prevent the scene from being noisy, several people came out to play at the same time, which would cause embarrassment.

Every official will cough before doing something.

This cough means that you have something to do, commonly known as "cleaning".

Because Zhu Yunfei didn't care about the previous things, so he had been secretly looking at the officials in the hall.

Until Jiang Gongchen, the supervisory censor, stood up with a fluorene board in his hand.

At this time, Zhu Yunfei specifically glanced at Zhou Yanru who was in the front. Although he couldn't see the other person's face from behind.

But looking at his tall and straight posture, it can be guessed that Zhou Yanru at this moment probably didn't know that he was about to be in disaster.

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach the first assistant Zhou Yanru for deceiving the emperor, refusing to advance because of fear of the enemy, killing good people and taking merit, and losing the city and territory. This man is as loyal as a traitor, and he is actually the number one traitor in this dynasty..."

Jiang Gongchen held the fluorene board in his hand, bowed slightly, lowered his head and looked directly at the fluorene board in his hand to show his respect for the emperor.

As soon as Jiang Gongchen's words came out, the court suddenly went into an uproar.

The uninformed civil and military officials had different expressions, some were gloating about the misfortune, and some were just watching the fun.

There was also support from the platform. As Wu Changshi, a pawn of Zhou Yanru's faction, before Jiang Gongchen finished speaking, he took the lead to stand up and directly interrupted the other party's words.

"Your Majesty, this is hearsay by Chiang Yushi and is purely slander..."

However, to everyone's expectation, when facing the thin and short Wu Chang, the tall and upright Jiang Gongchen rushed in.

"You traitor, you still dare to speak so eloquently, I will knock out your yellow teeth today."

Jiang Gongchen, who was yelling and scolding, raised the fluorene board in his hand and hit Wu Changshi on the forehead.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Ge, save me." The thin Wu Changshi was facing the tall and powerful Jiang Gongchen.

In addition, he never thought that Jiang Gongchen would be so aggressive that he would take action openly in the court.

Immediately, the officer's hat fell off after being beaten, his long hair was scattered all over his head, there was a cut on his forehead, and blood was flowing out.

"Jiang Gongchen, how dare you, above the court." Zhou Zhonglian, one of Zhou Yanru's two generals, shouted and rushed up.

When he tried to hold Jiang Gongchen back, he was kicked out by Zhu Yunfei, who was rushing forward with swift steps.

"Bang!" Zhou Zhonglian's body, which weighed more than 100 kilograms, was kicked out by Zhu Yunfei and fell heavily to the ground.

"No, no, your majesty, this is the Fengtian Palace, not a vegetable market." Zhou Yanru, who was frightened and anxious, forced himself to calm down and quickly stepped forward and said.

Chen Yan, the second assistant, also echoed: "Your Majesty, the use of torture by your Majesty is something that has not happened in our dynasty for three hundred years."

"Please also ask Your Majesty to order severe punishment without mercy in order to revitalize the government."

Chongzhen, wearing a nine-dragon crown and a five-clawed golden dragon robe, quickly calmed down after experiencing the initial shock.

"How could we have such a bunch of treacherous and sycophant villains like Wu Changshi in the three hundred years of Ming Dynasty?"

Emperor Chongzhen said these words with a sneer on his face.

Zhou Yanru's expression suddenly changed. He knelt down on the ground with a bang, kowtowed and shouted: "The humble minister is guilty and has not been strictly controlled. Please punish him."

"Zhou Yanru, when death is imminent, do you still want to dodge the important and take the easy?" Seeing that the chief minister of the dynasty was already in this position, but still trying to excuse himself, Zhu Yunfei couldn't help but sarcastically said.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Yanru deceived the emperor and was guilty of an unpardonable crime. On behalf of the 200,000 people who died in Shandong and the millions of people affected by the war, Zhu Yunfei, a humble minister, sued Zhou Yanru for fearing the enemy and neglecting the lives of the people.

Regardless."

"How dare you, a little martial artist, dare to roar at the court without retreating?" Feng Yuanbiao, the Minister of War, was furious, pointed at Zhu Yunfei and shouted.

Although Feng Yuanbiao did not collude with Zhou Yanru, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, he established the slave invasion, killed and plundered Hebei and Shandong.

He cannot escape the blame, not to mention that he came to power on the recommendation of Zhou Yanru.

Even if he says now that he is not from Zhou Yanru's faction, no one will believe him.

Wei Zaode, the imperial censor of Zuo Qiandu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also stood up immediately.

"Your Majesty, impeachment and memorial against courtiers in the court is a matter for our Metropolitan Procuratorate. When will it be the turn of a warrior to intervene?"

"Wei Chen requests that this person be driven out of the palace to set the record straight."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the discussion in the court hall, and immediately frowned and said: "Where is the Han general? Drive this person out of the hall."

"Your Majesty, Zhou Yanru has deceived the emperor and brought disaster to the country and the people..." At this moment, Zhu Yunfei was like a vulgar warrior, dancing and shouting, and was dragged out by the soldiers in golden armor outside the palace.

Facing those big Han generals, Zhu Yunfei was not afraid.

But at this time, he would not be stupid enough to resist with force.

General of the Han Dynasty is not an official position, but the emperor's imperial guard. It belongs to the honor guard of the imperial city and is subordinate to the governor's office of the five armies of the Ming Dynasty.

"Drag him down and beat him with twenty army sticks." Chongzhen frowned, expressing his dissatisfaction with Zhu Yunfei's boldness.

Although Zhu Yunfei was dragged out, the impeachment of Zhou Zhonglian against Zhou Yanru and his party member Wu Chang in the court was not over.

Wei Zaode was the number one scholar in the new science field in the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640 AD). He was a man of great literary talent, good at flattering people and understanding people's hearts.

In just three years after he became an official in the imperial court, he went from being a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, a seventh-ranked official, to being a fourth-ranked censor of Youqiandu, which shows how well he was able to serve as an official.

"Your Majesty, the evidence is conclusive that Zhou Yanru deceived the emperor and ignored his superiors, refused to advance in fear of the enemy, formed a clique for personal gain, and ignored the life and death of the people."

At this time, Wei Zaode also knew that Zhou Yanru was doomed today.

Before Zuo Maodi, the censor of Zuo Qiandu, could stand up, he started to play first.

"Zhou Yanru, do you know your crime?" In full view of everyone, when Chongzhen spoke, all the civil and military officials in the court suddenly woke up.

It turns out that all of this was actually true.

"The incompetence of the humble minister has led to the corruption of the government. Please plead guilty to your Majesty." Zhou Yanru bowed his head and knelt on the ground. Although he was terrified in his heart, he pretended to be calm on the outside.

"Zhou Yanru, it's already come to this, and you still want to quibble?" Zuo Maodi shouted coldly, holding a fluorene board in his hand.

Above the court, the left and right officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate serve as the censors of the capital, supervising the censor's verbal attacks.

Zhu Yunfei, who was dragged out of Fengtian Palace at this time, could no longer hear it.

"Generals, please be gentle, you are really going to hurt me. When His Majesty summons me later to inquire about the situation in Shandong, don't blame me for complaining."

Facing a tall and serious Han general, Zhu Yunfei warned with some guilt.

"General Zhu, please take off your robe. There will be blood splattered later, but you may not be able to wash it clean." The leading general chuckled and motioned to take off Zhu Yunfei's flying fish and python suit.

"Oh, you are so damn cruel."

As the stick fell, Zhu Yunfei's butt went numb, and his face changed slightly in pain.

"Hit, hit hard, don't be gentle. Your Majesty will ask later. That will be our dereliction of duty." Hearing Zhu Yunfei's cry, he said with a proud smile.

"General Zhu, I forgot to tell you that I, General Deng Shigui, am my father, Marquis Dingyuan (Deng Wenming)."

"General, I am currently serving as General Dingyuan. Do you remember it?"

General Dingyuan was a military attache of the third rank. The reason why Deng Shigui dared to despise Zhu Yunfei was because he was a Han general.

Secondly, his father, Deng Wenming, Marquis of Dingyuan, was a prominent figure in the court, and his sister was also the emperor's concubine.

"Let's go, hahaha..." Deng Shigui, who looked proud, looked at Zhu Yunfei, who remained silent after being beaten with a military stick, and walked away with a big smile.

Zhu Yunfei touched his burning butt, picked up the flying fish and python suit on the ground, stuffed it into his arms and stood up.

"What a domineering and honorable son, I will remember you." Zhu Yunfei was not angry when he saw Deng Shigui and his party leaving.

He took a deep breath, but a proud smile appeared on his lips.

When he hit someone in the hall just now, it was not impulsive, but he did it deliberately.

The reason is very simple. He wants the civil and military officials of the dynasty, as well as the emperor, to think that he, Zhu Yunfei, is a warrior with well-developed limbs and a simple mind.
Chapter completed!