"As soon as he rebels, what qualifications do he have to learn from Hai Gangfeng? Can I make all the scholars and people in the world clean?!"

Zhu Youxiao knew that before Jin Maoji was arrested by Dongchang, he knelt outside Zuoshun's gate and knelt on him to advise the emperor to issue a crime, so he was in the Political Affairs Hall in anger. The other party Congzhe and other auxiliary ministers said.

"If Hai Gangfeng is alive, he knows that he will let a rebel follow his example, and he will be angry to death on the spot!"

Xiong Tingbi also said angrily.

"It is said that officials above the fifth rank in Beijing went to Zhongji Palace to see me, held a temporary court meeting, and took the thief here first. I want to know how many officials are like him, and they also want me to force me to issue a self-criticism because of a fire in the palace! How could I be guilty of the heavens and the people?!"

Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered.

"yes!"

Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor who was on duty in the Zhengshi Hall, responded quickly and immediately left the Zhengshi Hall.

More than half an hour later, in Zhongji Hall behind the Huangji Hall, which was burned about one-third of the area, Zhu Youxiao met the Beijing officials of the fifth rank or above in the capital.

At the same time, Jin Maoji was ordered to kneel in the center of the hall.

Zhu Youxiao first spoke, "Jin Maoji, you colluded with the Eastern Lu and assassinated me, and you were a complete rebel! Who gave you a face and made you feel embarrassed to kneel down at Zuoshunmen to advise me, do you know that you are no longer qualified to be my Ming Dynasty official and my minister! You also learned from Haigangfeng to criticize Dragon Scale. I think you are not criticizing Dragon Scale, but seeking fame and sensationalism!"

Jin Maoji said without blushing and his heart was beating: "Your Majesty! The guilty minister dare not hide it. It is true that the guilty minister colluded with foreign enemies to assassinate you!"

As he said that, Jin Maoji suddenly shouted: "However, the criminals do this for the sake of justice in the world! It is for the country of Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty, you have done your defiance, and you have become angry and resentful, but you don't know it yourself!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled coldly.

"However, the criminals do this in a contrary way to loyalty and filial piety, so God is not allowed to do so. Your Majesty, you escape this disaster. The criminals commit the great crime of killing the monarch, and the criminals admit it! However, the only regret of the criminals is that your Majesty, you still have not recognized your sins and are still deceived by these treacherous ministers in the court!"

Jin Maoji continued, and his voice became louder and louder.

"I'm guilty?"

Zhu Youxiao continued to sneer and asked.

"certainly!"

Jin Maoji replied with certainty and said, "Otherwise, this Huangji Palace will not be affected by the fire of heaven again! Your Majesty, you are not afraid of death, are you not afraid of being punished by heaven, so that the Ming Dynasty will no longer be favored by God?"

Zhu Youxiao pulled his face down and asked, "What evidence do you have to prove that this is a heavenly fire, and what qualifications do you have to explain God's will?"

"It is the emperor who ruled the world on behalf of heaven, and it is me! Only I can explain the will of heaven, because only I can represent the will of heaven, and it is me who holds the will of heaven, not your golden maoji."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Jin Maoji with a serious expression and started talking, then looked at the ministers and shouted loudly: "It's not anyone among you! When will the ministers represent the will of God? Is this world the world of my monarch or your world?!"

Zhu Youxiao said, "In my opinion, the fire in Huangji Palace this time is not my fault, but among you ministers, there are unfaithful people, and there are quite a few! Therefore, God will warn me! God thinks that I am too kind and has long been resentful that you are not good at the ministers, which will not benefit the country. Therefore, the fire in Huangji Palace makes me know its intention!"

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Fang Congzhe stood up first and replied.

He was also worried that an official would force His Majesty to issue a fire in the Huangji Palace to intimidate His Majesty and use it to scare His Majesty. However, he did not expect that His Majesty had his own opinions and directly said that this was due to the disloyalty of these ministers. This made Fang Congzhe suddenly enlightened.

Therefore, after praising the emperor's sage, Fang Congzhe immediately added: "The fire in the Huangji Palace this time was indeed caused by the crimes of me and others, and it has nothing to do with the emperor! Just as Your Majesty said, Your Majesty is the emperor. Those who obtain the destiny of heaven represent the will of heaven. How can you go against the will of heaven? Because Your Majesty is the will of heaven! The will of heaven is Your Majesty! Therefore, at any time, the emperor is not guilty. Do you have any guilty hearing the words of heaven?!"

As he said that, Fang Congzhe bowed and said, "If it is the crime of the minister, then the crime of the minister is the greatest. First, the crime of inadvertent supervision and the rebels are listed in the court. As the chief assistant, I didn't know that the king and father were almost killed by the traitors. I died! Second, I was guilty of not reflecting on time. The Emperor's Palace caught fire. However, I relied on the fact that the emperor was the most benevolent king in the ages and did not care about the punishment of heaven. Therefore, I did not reflect on myself in time. I was foolish and died! "

"I deserve to die! I have been pursuing Liaodong for several years, but I have not completely wiped out the Eastern Captains. The Eastern Captains colluded with the traitors, which almost made Your Majesty worry about his life. I have been guilty of incompetence and misunderstanding, so I have received such a heavenly punishment because of my crime!"

Xiong Tingbi also bowed and directly stated his sins.

Bi Ziyan also bowed and said, "I am also guilty! When Your Majesty ascended the throne, I will submit a memorial to Your Majesty to recruit refugees from the capital, so that tens of thousands of people will starve to death! My crime is that I am not loyal to the emperor and love the people, and I care too much about my personal career, so I will lead to those who die in vain. Your Majesty is afraid that I have been dissatisfied with my faults. It is because Your Majesty has never pursued me, and so the will of God will be the same. Therefore, the envoys will be alert to me!"

Wang Yingjiao also bowed and said, "I am even more guilty! I was the Minister of Revenue and a native of Nanzhi. Although I knew that the south was extremely rich, but the north was in decline, I did not promptly make any suggestions on Your Majesty to impose taxes on the southern gentry to make up for the shortcomings of the court. I obviously have the crime of making poor suggestions for the sake of wise and self-protection!"

For a time, reform officials who supported Zhu Youxiao took this opportunity to take the blame on themselves, saying that the fire in the Huangji Palace was caused by their ministers' loss of virtue and had nothing to do with the emperor, because the emperor represents the will of heaven. How could the will of heaven be dissatisfied because of the emperor?

"I ask Your Majesty to approve me to express my guilt and to reflect on my own crimes and ask Your Majesty to punish me! And in the future, all follow this example. Whenever there are abnormal celestial phenomena, earthquakes, and sudden appearance of fire and electricity, those who are ministers should reflect on themselves. There are greed, unfaithful, and lazy policies!"

Zhou Yongchun, the left deputy censor, even offered advice to the ministers to confess their own crimes after confessing his own crimes.

"I ask Your Majesty to approve me to express my guilt and to reflect on my own crimes and ask Your Majesty to punish you! And we will follow this example in the future!"

Other reformists who supported the emperor also followed suit. For their own interests, these civil servants were willing to take the blame and let the monarch reach a higher peak.

Zhu Youxiao smiled indifferently, glanced at Jin Maoji, and then looked at Zhao Nanxing, the Minister of Personnel who had not yet stood up: "Zhao Aiqing, are you not guilty?"

Seeing so many civil servants constantly confusing the concept that the palace fire was a monarch's loss of virtue, Zhao Nanxing voluntarily admitted that it was the court's loss of virtue, which caused the palace fire. He was depressed and angry, so he didn't have time to be hypocritical and apologize.

But now, Zhu Youxiao asked himself, he came back to his senses, stood up and forced himself to reply: "I am also guilty!"

"You! You! Why are you so shameless!"

When Jin Maoji saw almost all civil servants standing up and saying that the fire in the palace was because his ministers were guilty and took the initiative to reflect on him, he naturally became furious. He did not expect that these civil servants, who were from Jinshi like him, would be so willing to take the blame for the emperor.

Therefore, Jin Maoji cursed Fang Congzhe directly: "Fang Congzhe! You are simply the most treacherous minister of the Ming Dynasty!"

As he said that, Jin Maoji pointed at other civil servants again: "And you, you have formed a party through the new policy. What is the difference between you and the new party that harmed the country in the Northern Song Dynasty? They are all villains!"
Chapter completed!