Han Xu also knew the purpose of His Majesty asking him this matter. To put it bluntly, he just wanted to express his position.

As a cabinet bachelor, your attitude may be more important than your words. What Your Majesty wants to see is your attitude.

But this attitude is really difficult to express. No matter how you say it, you will make people dissatisfied, but the people who are dissatisfied are different.

Those who agree with His Majesty are dissatisfied with others; those who disagree with His Majesty are dissatisfied with His Majesty.

So it is inappropriate to do anything about this matter.

But now that His Majesty asks, I must have an attitude.

After pondering for a moment, Han Xu said directly: "I believe that this matter should be investigated thoroughly. These people ignore the law, accept bribes, and frame ministers. If they are not investigated, the people will not be angry. Moreover, I believe that these people must be severely punished."

Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction. Let's not talk about anything else. At least Han Xu's attitude was good.

Whether he was forced by himself or he just thought so, it doesn't matter, as long as he has this attitude.

Zhu Youxiao said directly: "In this case, let's wait until the investigation is clear. Don't worry, dear, I will not punish anyone indiscriminately, nor will I do anything that would rather be in vain."

"Aiqing, you can watch from the side. I will never wrong a good person, nor let a bad person go." Zhu Youxiao said this openly and aboveboard, but he didn't believe it in his heart.

Who will distinguish between good and bad ministers?

Everyone in future generations knows that only children can distinguish between good and bad, and adults only look at the pros and cons, let alone the emperor?

As an emperor, don't talk about good guys or bad guys, just see whether they are useful to you.

The reason why he said these words to Han Xu was very simple. Zhu Youxiao didn't want to give up on Han Xu yet, so he just said these words to appease him.

There must be reasons and evidence for punishing those people. Most of these reasons and evidence do not need to be fabricated to frame them. They themselves are not clean.

Zhu Youxiao believed that Han Xu could understand. Even if he didn't understand, he would be able to understand what happened in the future. It was just a question of whether he was willing to accept it or not.

Although Han Xu's reputation is very good, Zhu Youxiao does not have higher expectations for his moral level.

Anyone who can become a cabinet bachelor must have gone through countless ups and downs and cannot be a little white sheep.

This is officialdom, there is no such thing as little white sheep.

If he was really a novice in officialdom, he would have been swallowed up long ago.

What I gave Han Xu was nothing more than a reason to convince him. It was up to him whether he would accept it or not.

If he accepts it, he will pretend to be confused. If he pretends to be confused, we cannot continue to use him; if he does not pretend to be confused, there will be nothing to say.

Although Han Xu is not a cunning person, he is not as good as Shang Congzhe or Ye Xianggao.

It was precisely because he was inferior to Shang Congzhe and the others that he chose Han Xu.

He is just a new emperor with a shallow foundation, and he does not dare to use those old and cunning ministers who can unite the courtiers.

"If there is nothing else, Aiqing, just step back." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, indicating that Han Xu could leave.

The emperor let him go, so naturally he couldn't stay. Han Xu stood up and bowed: "In that case, I will retire."

Looking at Han Xu's back, the smile on Zhu Youxiao's face slowly faded away.

Even if Han Xu is used, the Donglin Party members around him must be eliminated. I think Wei Zhongxian's side should have already achieved results. If it continues so slowly, Zhu Youxiao will really be disappointed with Wei Zhongxian.

After leaving the Forbidden City, Han Xu looked serious.

Although His Majesty did not agree with what I said, nor did I hear what I had to say, I still gained something from meeting His Majesty this time. At least I knew what His Majesty was thinking and why He did what he did.

Han Xu went home directly without returning to the cabinet duty room.

After arriving in his study, Han Xu saw someone sitting in his study, and he was not surprised.

This person was exactly what he had invited, and it was none other than Gao Panlong, the veteran of the Donglin Party.

If anyone is the most panicked this time, it must be Gao Panlong, the veteran of the Donglin Party.

As Zou Yuanbiao and Yang Lian were dismissed pending trial, all Donglin Party members panicked.

This time Han Xu went to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit. On the one hand, he wanted to advise His Majesty, and on the other hand, he wanted to explore His Majesty's tone of voice.

No one knows why His Majesty changed so quickly.

Is Wei Zhongxian falling for the slander? Or are there other reasons?

If we don't understand it, everyone will have no idea.

Seeing Han Xu come in, Gao Panlong quickly stood up.

He had a very good relationship with Han Xu, so he was not polite and asked directly: "How do you say it?"

Looking at Gao Panlong, Han Xu felt a little unhappy.

He knew Gao Panlong very well and wanted to get rid of Xiong Tingbi. Although it was Zou Yuanbiao and Yang Lian who took action, there was also the shadow of Gao Panlong behind them, or this was the consensus of the Donglin Party.

The reason is actually very simple, just for the official hat.

Who doesn’t have a few old disciples?

When people like myself are in power, they naturally want to support their disciples, Gujiu. There are only so many positions in the officialdom. If we don't get rid of the old people, how can our disciples, Gujiu, get to the top?

Gao Panlong didn't think it was wrong to do so. After all, Xiong Tingbi had his own problems and it would be better to replace him with a suitable person.

There is nothing wrong with everyone impeaching Xiong Tingbi.

If it was just because of the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi, His Majesty would not act like this even if he was dissatisfied, and the situation would not collapse so quickly.

It is precisely because the people around you are so mean that your Majesty is angry.

Accepting bribes from border generals and impeaching the ministers at hand is a collusion between the ministers of the DPRK and the central government and the border generals. This is something that the emperor cannot tolerate no matter when and where it is done. What's more, it is false accusations against civil servants sent by the imperial court.

Under such circumstances, His Majesty will of course be angry, and of course he will want to get rid of these people.

Han Xu was worried that too many people would be implicated.

After all, what Feng Sanyuan was talking about was forming a party for personal gain. If it were confirmed that he was forming a party for personal gain, more people would be implicated. This was something Han Xu could not accept.

As for Yao Zongwen and others, they accepted bribes and framed Xiong Tingbi. They can no longer be saved, and there is no need to save them.

Han Xu saw this very clearly. In order to protect a few of them and let the emperor be suspicious of him, the gain outweighed the loss.

Gao Panlong asked himself, Han Xu didn't intend to hide it, because he couldn't hide it at all.

Han Xu knew very well what was going on inside the palace. It was a dilapidated house with ventilation from all sides, and nothing could be hidden. The conversation between him and His Majesty would soon be revealed.

After telling his Majesty how he came to admonish him, Han Xu sat there and looked at Gao Panlong.

Gao Panlong's face also looked very ugly.

After a while, he said angrily: "The castrated dog is cunning."

Han Xu looked at Gao Panlong and said in a deep voice: "Let me ask you, whose idea was it to protect Yao Zongwen and others?"
Chapter completed!