Wenhua Hall

Li Banghua, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, and several cabinet ministers were worried to death during this time.

In the entire six ministries and nine ministers of the Ming Dynasty, except for the cabinet ministers who were fully attentive, no yamen could work normally. Most officials were using shutdowns to force Chongzhen and the crown prince to submit.

But a month passed, Emperor Chongzhen hid in Qianqing Palace without saying a word, and the little Shaxing Crown Prince disappeared without a trace.

Li Banghua stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands, looking at the gray sky outside, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh:

"Colleagues, it has been more than a month since His Majesty stopped going to court. Now there is no news from the Crown Prince. All six ministries and nine ministers have been suspended. There are still many victims in the world who are eagerly waiting for the court's relief. What should we do?"

Feng Ying shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"Mr. Ge, there are people in my office who have been throwing filth in the past few days. They should be protesting against me for not collaborating with them..."

Cheng Guoxiang, the Minister of Household Affairs, was heartbroken:

"The Ming Dynasty has reached a time of extreme crisis. The crown prince's reforms have a decisive effect on the continuation of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, it will be destroyed by a group of selfish and greedy worms. I can't wait to drink their blood and eat their flesh..."

Jiang Fengyuan nodded:

"Indeed, land annexation has become a dead end. All the gentry, nobles, and relatives, including us, are affected. Only ordinary people benefit. It is normal for the gentry to object."

These people are all veterans, and of course they know that they and the interest groups behind him will have the greatest impact on the crown prince's reforms.

Now that they have become a princeling, they will definitely support the reform with all their strength. They can sacrifice everything to save the Ming Dynasty. However, the prince has disappeared. The situation now is too difficult.

Everyone turned their attention to the youngest Minister of the Ministry of War, Lu Xiangsheng, who was appointed to the cabinet as an alternate after Yang Sichang left. Another cabinet minister, the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Hou Xun, took the initiative to go home to retire.

Lu Xiangsheng bowed to several elders:

"I don't think it's a dead end for me to be a lower official. Either we can expand the territory or resolutely reform, we can save the Ming Dynasty, but it requires someone with enough courage to implement it. No one except the crown prince can do it!"

Of course, several cabinet ministers understood what Lu Xiangsheng meant, but they really didn't want to shed blood every time they reformed.

It can only be said that a few old men were too idealistic. How could environmental reforms in the late Ming Dynasty be carried out without bloodshed?

Ninety percent of officials only think about themselves and their families. As for the safety of the imperial court, they have nothing to do with it. If they dare to touch their cake, they will die.

"Get out of here, these old immortals..."

While several people were silent, a burst of yelling and cursing suddenly came from outside. They immediately approached Li Banghua who was standing by the window, only to find a group of officials attacking the guards of Wenhua Hall.

Li Banghua was furious:

"This is unreasonable. This is forcing the cabinet to associate with these scumbags. I would rather die than obey!"

Before Li Banghua finished speaking, hundreds of people suddenly shouted in unison outside, demanding that he resign and dissolve the cabinet:

"Li Banghua resigned and the cabinet was dissolved..."

Cheng Guoxiang has no children and only one wife at home. He can take everything lightly, but he is very stubborn. Will they disband if the corrupt officials outside ask them to disband?

Seeing those fourth- and fifth-grade officials outside who were usually as good as grandchildren in front of them, now they were all shouting disbandment slogans and rushing towards the cabinet guards, Lao Cheng had the intention of killing someone.

Looking back, he saw several boxes of memorials for impeaching the crown prince. Cheng Guoxiang didn't know where he got the strength to pull a box to the window in one breath. Jiang Fengyuan and others were puzzled.

"Kill these grandchildren..."

Cheng Guoxiang suddenly grabbed the memorial in the wooden box and threw it at the crowd below. In one breath, he threw the entire box of memorials on the heads of these officials, causing chaos at the scene.

But Cheng Guoxiang collapsed on the ground in exhaustion and gasped for air...

Lu Xiangsheng was worried that Old Cheng would be angry, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help the elderly Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue:

"Mr. Cheng, there's no need to get angry with them. It's not worth it to hurt your body. I believe His Highness has a way to deal with them..."

Lao Cheng took a few deep breaths before he felt his breathing became evener. He shook his head angrily:

"What this cabinet minister has done is really aggrieved. If I hadn't been so grateful for the crown prince's kindness, I would have resigned immediately and gone home to farm. I would never have tolerated this nonsense..."

Although the memorial was not serious, when some officials discovered that someone was beating them with a memorial to impeach the crown prince, their anger was instantly ignited.

They shouted slogans louder and quickly pushed the few Jin Yiwei and Han generals away...

"Disband, disband, the old guy goes home to farm..."

Seeing that the situation was not going well, several Jin Yiwei who reacted quickly got up and rushed into the Wenhua Hall, closed the door, and held it firmly with their desks.

Just kidding, the few bosses inside are powerless. If these people push a little harder, a minister may fall to the ground and die. The Jin Yiwei would rather die than let such a tragedy happen.

"Bang bang..."

The solid wooden door made a banging sound when being photographed, and six or seven guards with pale faces were holding on to the door.

But Li Banghua and the others just glanced at the door briefly, and there was no trace of panic on their faces.

"Tap tap tap..."

Suddenly, there was a sound of neat footsteps on the ground. Gao Wencai arrived with more than fifty imperial guards. Seeing more than a hundred officials storming the cabinet, Gao Wencai immediately shouted:

"Stand back, those who disobey will be killed without mercy!"

These were all civil servants, including several descendants of distinguished nobles. Seeing that there were few guards in royal robes, they immediately picked up the memorial from the ground and threw it at Gao Wencai:

"Kill the bastard to death..."

Where to go on a killing spree, the crown prince had already told him. Gao Wencai smiled coldly:

"It is a capital offense to gather a crowd to attack the cabinet. Open fire!"

"Bang bang bang..."

The scene suddenly splashed with blood mist and the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling...

The farce that occurred in the cabinet was staged in many places in the capital. As long as there were officials handling official duties, it was no surprise that they were all affected, and many people were injured.

Some green men also began to attack the porridge shed used to provide porridge to the refugees. The large pots were overturned and the porridge shed was demolished.

These people originally wanted to incite the refugees to attack the government, but they miscalculated the refugees' determination to protect the porridge shacks.

At first, the refugees thought that the imperial court had canceled the porridge soup, but suddenly they heard someone shouting:

"Corrupt officials refused to give out porridge, so Qingpi and the refugees were robbing them of food, so they were beaten to death..."

When they saw clearly that it was really a group of green skins, the refugees immediately thought of their relatives who had starved to death. As a result, they became furious and tens of thousands of refugees launched an angry attack on hundreds of green skins.

When Qingpi bullied the refugees in the past, the refugees did not dare to resist. However, they were not prepared for the sudden resistance of the refugees today. As a result, many Qingpi did not have time to escape and were beaten to death.

The remaining people hurried away like bereft dogs, but on their way to escape, these people began to smash, loot and burn street shops, but the scale was not large.

Before leaving, Zhu Cihong specially transferred Huang Degong's Tiger Army and Zhang Shize's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry back to the capital. His purpose was to prevent anyone from causing trouble.

Since the crown prince left, the capital has been calm on the surface, and there have been no disturbances.

Huang Degong and Zhang Shize were still worried and sent out many teams to secretly patrol. It can be said that there are almost all national defense troops in the streets and alleys.

When they saw someone causing trouble somewhere, the soldiers of the National Guard Army immediately sent signal flares into the air.

When the nearby soldiers saw the signal, they immediately took action. No matter they were officials or green men, anyone who dared to cause trouble would be killed on the spot. Like the Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age started from the prince supervising the country. Please collect: (https://www.myxls.net) The Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age started from the prince supervising the country.
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