Chongzhen was furious at the court meeting, which did not surprise the officials.

Such a big thing happened in the palace, and the emperor himself was assassinated. Chongzhen would definitely vent his anger, but the only ones who were unlucky were the officials involved.

Many people knew what was going on in the emperor's palace, and this was no secret.

Except for Hongwu and Yongle, no emperor of the Ming Dynasty could fully control the government.

Accidental falling into the water does not count. Accidents in the palace are also normal. For example, Jiajing was almost strangled to death by a palace maid, Zhu Changluo was almost injured when a thief broke in, and the subsequent Hongwan case.

All the ministers bowed their heads to bear the wrath of Chongzhen's thunder, and no one dared to stand up for the officials involved.

They know very well that no matter they speak for civil officials or nobles, they will be punished.

After Chongzhen scolded him, he took a breath and continued:

"The prisoner has been transferred to the Ministry of Punishment. Dali Temple and the Supervisory Office are assisting the Ministry of Punishment. If the evidence is conclusive, you must convict all those involved within two days.

If anyone dares to intercede for the offender and commits the same crime, and if it is discovered that the Censor, an official of the Dali Temple Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ministry of Punishment, is bending the law for personal gain and covering up the offender for the same crime, they will all be executed in the Ancestral Temple on the third day, the Yi tribe!"

Feng Ying, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Shi Bangzhao of the Inspectorate, and Lin Yiqu, Minister of Dali Temple, hurriedly left their duties and bowed to salute:

"My lord, I obey the order!"

Zhu Cixiang sat on the small bench without saying a word, knowing that the emperor was protecting him by handing over the prisoner to the three divisions of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial, and did not want the prince to be labeled as killing innocent people again.

After Chongzhen finished handling his own affairs, the officials began to look forward to the emperor's next move. Under normal circumstances, he should announce that the crown prince would no longer supervise the country.

His body has recovered, and coupled with the pressure put on him by the civil servants and nobles, Emperor Chongzhen usually made concessions after venting his anger. This was his usual practice.

Emperor Chongzhen stood up slowly and looked at the nobles. The nobles were the group he trusted more, but now they completely chilled him.

First, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, Xue Lian, the Marquis of Yangwu, and others, and now Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, and Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, plotted to assassinate the emperor.

There were more than twenty nobles present, but in Chongzhen's heart, except for the Prince Consort Gong Yonggu and the new Lebo Liu Wenbin, he disliked everyone.

In fact, these two nobles whom Chongzhen liked did perform well in the late Ming Dynasty. At least they were able to stay with the Ming Dynasty, unlike other nobles who first surrendered to the bandits and then became slaves.

The Prince-in-law Gong Yonggu has already mentioned it before, but Liu Wenbin is also a concubine, his aunt is the biological mother of Emperor Chongzhen, and the two of them are cousins.

But historically, brothers Gong Yonggu and Liu Wenbing were not reused.

The rogue bandits besieged the capital, and most of the other nobles stayed behind closed doors. However, Liu Wenbing and his brothers spontaneously went to defend the capital.

Liu Jizu guarded the Dong'an Gate of the Imperial City, Liu Wenyao guarded the Yongding Gate, and Gong Yonggu guarded the Chongwen Gate.

When the city of Beijing was destroyed, Chongzhen asked Liu Wenbing, "Can your servants fight in the streets?"

He replied:

"We are outnumbered, but our house is full of firewood and we are ready to burn ourselves behind closed doors."

So there is a plot where the king and his ministers meet and commit suicide.

When the city of Beijing was destroyed, some members of Liu Wenbing's family hanged themselves, some set themselves on fire, and Liu Wenbing himself committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.

The emperor's kindness was so great that he committed suicide to show his loyalty and that he would never surrender to the bandits.

Chongzhen looked away from the nobles and then looked at the civil servants.

Those humble gentlemen who used to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, now Chongzhen felt like vomiting when he looked at them. They were all traitors and traitors who harmed the country with empty talk.

Holding back the grief and anger in his heart, Chongzhen said slowly:

"My dear friends, the country is in dire straits and the people are lacking. Refugees are everywhere. Slaves and bandits are building borders. Part of Liaodong has been lost..."

The ministers' eyes suddenly lit up and they became energetic, thinking to themselves:

"Look, as expected, Emperor Chongzhen is going to take back the crown prince's power to supervise the country..."

Chongzhen looked at the ministers again. Although he did not understand psychology, he could see that the expressions of some ministers had changed.

He snorted coldly in his heart, but said:

"It's all my fault..."

Chongzhen's words suddenly confused the officials. Why did the emperor suddenly admit his mistake and did not mention the abolition of the prince's supervision of the country?

Chongzhen came today to take revenge on the ministers. Seeing the confusion of the ministers, he sneered secretly. He wanted to make these selfish and rebellious ministers completely despair, so he continued:

"Since I came to the throne, the slaves have repeatedly invaded the customs, invaded the rivers and mountains, and caused trouble to the people. It has become more and more serious. Disasters have occurred in various provinces, causing countless hungry people to leave their homes."

"Every time I think about this, my liver and gallbladder are about to break, and the pain is unbearable. The dynasty is declining, bandits are rising, they are rebelling against the sky, and they are occupying thousands of miles. It is all my fault!"

Now the officials were even more confused:

"What kind of operation is this emperor doing... an edict to punish oneself?"

Chongzhen deliberately paused to look at the expressions of the ministers, then paused briefly and continued:

"My virtue is not enough to invite heaven's favor, and kindness is not enough to calm the people's hearts!"

"I, I will examine myself three times every day, learn from the pain, bear in mind the shame and anger, and feel ashamed of my ancestors!"

"I dare not forgive myself, I feel shameful and angry, and I am ashamed of my ancestors. However, the sycophant serves as a guide for the chaos of the dynasty. I am more concerned about self-protection than the defense of the border. I have lamented many times that the country has no ministers like Wei Zheng and Chen Tang..."

Those ministers in history were dumbfounded when they heard this. The emperor blamed himself well, but why did he suddenly point the finger at us? Could it be that the emperor had a mental problem...

But compared with these selfish ministers in history, some courtiers who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty were all heartbroken.

For example, Li Banghua, Yang Tinglin, Meng Zhaoxiang, Liu Wenbing, Gong Yonggu, Cheng Guoxiang, Ni Yuanlu, etc. Tears already fell from their eyes, and their knees softened and they slowly knelt down...

Wang Chengen stood next to Emperor Chongzhen, his official robe on his chest already wet with tears.

Zhu Cixiang felt sorry for the emperor, his eyes were red and he was holding back the tears that were about to flow out...

In history, Chongzhen put down the dignity of an emperor many times, issued edicts to inform his subjects of his crimes.

He even did not hesitate to smear his own face, and was not afraid that hostile forces would use it to attack the Ming Emperor.

When he issued the edict to sin against himself, he spoke unabashedly, and a huge corruption scandal in the officialdom came to light.

However, after the problem was exposed, he was still unable to change the corrupt officialdom, let alone reverse the situation.

Since the first Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in history to issue an edict to punish oneself.

There were hundreds of emperors in Chinese history, but only a handful of them dared to issue edicts against themselves.

No matter how bad some emperors were, they would avoid talking about their mistakes in order to save their own face.

There were several emperors in history who issued edicts to sin against oneself. One kind was praised, the other criticized, and the ones who praised seemed to be more numerous.

But such fatal self-criticism as that of Emperor Chongzhen is rare.

What's more, Chongzhen's self-esteem is extremely strong and fragile.

The fact that he was able to issue edicts against himself many times shows that he really wanted to revive the Ming Dynasty in his heart.

In fact, he has been working hard to revive the Ming Dynasty, but the harder he works, the worse he gets.

Some people even say that if he had done nothing at all, the Ming Dynasty would not have died so quickly...

Emperor Chongzhen looked lovingly at the sad Prince Zhu Cixiang, slowly walked down the imperial steps and faced the civil and military officials of the court, and suddenly turned up the volume:

"My son, the Crown Prince Zhu Cixiang, has great military skills and the appearance of a saint. He is the reincarnation of the Ziwei Emperor Star. He assists me in supervising the country. I respect the Zen artifact and confer the title of emperor on him!"

"What? What did the emperor say? Is there something wrong with my ears?"

These few words of Emperor Chongzhen were like a bolt from the blue, and the Emperor's Palace suddenly exploded. All civil and military officials looked at each other with incredible expressions on their faces.

Those ministers who expected that the crown prince would no longer supervise the country wanted to buy a piece of tofu and kill him, and they were crazy in their hearts to refuse the emperor's concession.

"No, no, no, this is absolutely impossible. Today the emperor clearly announced the abolition of the prince's supervision of the country. How could it suddenly turn into abdication of the throne?"

"No, no, that's definitely not how the script was written. Emperor Chongzhen didn't play by the rules again. There are so many civil servants, censors, and nobles who defended the throne of Chongzhen with their entire family's lives. How could the emperor do the opposite..."

Suddenly some ministers who thought they were smart suddenly realized that it was the crown prince who was threatening Chongzhen's throne, otherwise Chongzhen would never have the throne given his character.

But they looked at the little killer sitting stupidly on the small bench.

I found that the little killer who had gone on a killing spree in the past was looking at the emperor with a confused look on his face. This expression was absolutely impossible to fake...

Zhu Cixiang himself once suspected that there was something wrong with his ears. The emperor was less than thirty years old, how could he achieve the Zen throne? This is absolutely impossible!

Zhu Cixiang suddenly stood up and ran to Chongzhen, knelt down and cried bitterly. He really felt sorry for the emperor, and he was really moved by the emperor:

"No, no, my father cannot give in. You are still very young. The emperor is too young to shoulder the burden of reviving the Ming Dynasty. Please take your life back..."

In fact, Chongzhen really abdicated. He really didn't want to be the emperor. It was too difficult.

He couldn't eat or sleep well, and the beauties in the harem were left out to dry. He tolerated being scolded and criticized, but for that little selfish gain, he actually assassinated and poisoned her, in order to force him to abolish the crown prince's supervision of the country.

Okay, aren't you awesome? Don't you want to threaten me? Then I will let the prince take over and let my son take care of you. Let's see whether it is you who are more bad or my son who is better at playing...

Seeing the crown prince kneeling and declining, the ministers immediately knelt down and cried:

"Your Majesty, no, your Majesty is still in his prime years, and the Ming Dynasty still needs you to revive it, woo woo..."

This time is different from the past. Under normal circumstances, the Zen position requires three words and three pushes, and the normal operation follows a process.

But this time at least most of the courtiers were really reluctant to give in. They were unwilling to face the little killer. Some ministers even hugged Chongzhen's thigh and burst into tears.

Those who didn’t know thought they were very loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, but in fact they were just sad because they could no longer deceive Chongzhen...

Chongzhen had clearly seen the faces of these people. Seeing that each of them was as sad as if their own father had died, Chongzhen suddenly felt a sense of joy.
To be continued...