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I don’t know whether Emperor Chongzhen’s attitude has been a bit soft these days. The impeachment memorials are basically kept in the system without being released. Among them, the ones about the impeachment of Xue Guoguan were not forwarded to Shanxi as usual, which made more officials pay attention to the developments. Everyone thought they understood something.

So, at the end of the day, there were a lot more impeachment memorials. Anyway, they all seized this opportunity to express themselves, fish in troubled waters, or gain reputation, etc.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard that Cao Huachun came to report the situation again, he stopped paying attention and immediately issued an order to set an early morning meeting tomorrow.

Speaking of this morning court, it seems that it has become less and less rare, especially since the Jianlu invaded the capital last year, the morning court is basically rare to hold once a month. But also because of this, when I heard that the emperor was going to court early tomorrow, it suddenly inexplicably touched the excitement of many people.

"It seems that the Emperor cannot withstand the pressure and is finally going to punish those traitors!"

"How many days have passed, and it is rare that the emperor will decide to punish them until tomorrow!"

"I don't know whether the emperor wants to push someone out to make an explanation, or punish all those people?"

"Haha, of course it's that thief Xue Guoguan! If we don't punish him, according to his methods, there are so many tax arrears in the world. Wouldn't he make the Ming Dynasty a mess, and the world can still be peaceful?"

"Actually, you don't have to worry. Even if only Xue Guoguan is killed this time, can the others escape? Let's keep up our efforts and use this east wind to pull out every vine gourd and bring a bright future!"

"Yes, I agree. Liu Yushi is truly worthy of being the Qiancheng of the country and the pillar of the Ming Dynasty!"

"..."

This matter, driven by thoughtful people, quickly spread throughout the capital.

Early the next morning, many people got up early. Those who were qualified to go to court tidied up their appearance and headed to the Forbidden City with high spirits. Those who were not qualified to go to court gathered in various teahouses and restaurants to drink. Pay attention to the dynamics of North Korea and China. It seems that this is the only thing left in the capital at this time.

Different from those officials in the previous dynasty, when ordinary people in the capital really felt that the court wanted to deal with people, some people had different opinions.

"Actually, let me tell you, our Ming army is not that incompetent. At least Lu Zhongcheng killed a lot of Jianlu people, and even killed two members of the Aixinjueluo family. This is real credit!"

"Yes, at least the revenge of my brother-in-law and his family in Yongping City can be regarded as avenged. If civil servants just rely on their words, how can there be any chance of revenge!"

"..."

However, these different voices were quickly drowned out. After all, the mainstream public opinion believed that the Dongjiang Army and the Guan Ning Army were all useless, exaggerating, falsely claiming military exploits, and deceiving the emperor.

At the same time, in the Forbidden City, thousands of civil and military officials lined up according to their official positions. The assistant ministers of the cabinet and the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of etiquette, also arrived.

The emperor hasn't come yet, and there is a lot of whispering here. Of course, most of them are civil servants making impassioned speeches and communicating with their colleagues to express their positions.

"Did you see how gloomy the first assistant's face was?"

"Also, look at Zhang Zhifa, he was recommended by the chief minister, and even a grasshopper on a rope has a sad face!"

"Comrades, today we should work together to get rid of that treacherous Xue Guoguan first!"

"..."

The coming storm will be attacked by military force, and then attack the cabinet ministers and feudal officials. Logically speaking, the military attache should refute it to safeguard his own rights.

But few of the generals standing in the row had this intention. If you really want to say it, the only one is Zu Dashou. However, he looked at the still empty throne, and then at the excited civil servants opposite him, and finally sighed without any argument.

Originally Zu Dashou thought that he saw that the general was finally going to show off. At least after Emperor Chongzhen promised himself that day, he did set up the Capital Primary Military Academy, the Zhonglie Hall, etc., and was still training new troops and personally checking the situation to cut off the possibility of civilian intervention.

Unexpectedly, he was caught off guard by the sudden change in the atmosphere of the capital during the recent period. From the beginning of the Liaodong War, in his opinion, as an expert, it was indeed a great victory. There was no doubt about it!

In his opinion, the kind of remarks made on the streets are just layman's discussions and are not worth refuting at all. But I didn't expect that it would eventually turn into this. What is even worse is that all officials who support military affairs, even the chief assistant who is the first among the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, have been attacked, and the emperor has also been silent in this overwhelming public opinion.

It has been hundreds of years since the great Ming Dynasty was noble in culture and military in power. How could it be so easy to change! Zu Dashou thought in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, he seemed to be naive!

While he was thinking, he heard "The Emperor has arrived." The Emperor finally arrived.

Immediately, the scene became silent and everyone became serious. However, what Zu Dashou saw was that many officials looked quite excited, and they seemed to be holding back their energy!

Emperor Chongzhen took his seat on the throne, Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, and Liu Xingzuo, the commander of the Jinyiwei, lined up in front of the emperor. The atmosphere was quite different. However, how could this scare those civil servants? Now is the best opportunity, how can you miss it!

When the eunuch on duty, Gao Shiyue, saw that it was time for him to appear, he took a step forward and shouted loudly: "As soon as I come, I will leave the court without incident!"

As soon as these words were spoken, no one expected that it was the assistant minister Cheng Jiming standing in front who coughed first, stepped out of the queue and said: "I have this report!"

In the previous impeachment memorials, there was no news about Cheng Jiming. This morning, he was the first to stand up. What does this mean?

For a while, many officials, including Emperor Chongzhen, were a little puzzled. They didn't know why he was rushing to report something?

"Precisely!" Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and ordered calmly.

Cheng Jiming seemed to have a determined look on his face. He raised his head and shouted loudly to Emperor Chongzhen: "I want to impeach Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, Xue Guoguan, the assistant minister of the cabinet, and Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet..."

"..." All the civil and military officials who heard what he said couldn't help but be shocked. They didn't expect that Cheng Ji's order would be fine if he didn't make an announcement, but his announcement would be so shocking, impeaching so many important ministers of the country in one go!

Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly after hearing this, which surprised him a little, but then his brows relaxed again and he just asked lightly: "Why?"

Cheng Ji ordered at this time, just like asking an ancient righteous man to die generously, he echoed loudly: "I impeach Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai, for falsely claiming military exploits, exaggerating, and deceiving the Holy One..."

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