Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 126 Li Wei
Li Erxi approached Chang Ziyu, took the playbook from him and returned it to Chongzhen, who unfolded the playbook and began to watch it.

Zhu Chunchen was extremely angry. Although civil servants had criticized the nobles for many years, few people came forward to impeach them. , How can there be a direct hand-to-hand fight?Today was a happy event for a formality. I didn't expect that Li Banghua would suddenly get in the way first, and this person surnamed Chang was even more troublesome. He wanted to put himself and Li Guozhen in danger.

Although he didn't see the memorial, but his family knew his family affairs, most of what Chang Ziyu said must be true, and most of the important officials knew it well, but now he just didn't know if the emperor knew the inside story.

He took a few steps forward, cupped his hands and saluted, and said, "I am impeaching someone from Chang for the crime of bullying and framing an important official! What he said is purely a frame-up! At the time of the turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, he wanted to separate the monarch and his ministers, which caused the Beijing army to be unstable. His sinister intentions are clearly revealed! The plague of traitors and thieves is still unabated, and the heart of slaves and tigers is still there! The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the capital camp are the cornerstone of the safety of the capital! How are you and the uncle of Xiangcheng dealing with each other? Please also ask your sage to observe clearly!"

The meaning of threat in these words is relatively heavy, which means that there are tens of 10 people in the Beijing camp even if they don't look at it, and they all listen to me and Lao Li.This man surnamed Chang is setting us up. If the emperor believes his words and punishes us, there will be troubles in the Beijing camp, and Lao Li and I will have nothing to do.

Chang Ziyu confronted each other and said, "Your Majesty will send someone to check whether the official is framed or invited to find out! When Chongzhen was in the second year of the revolution, I did not see any meritorious service made by the capital! The safety of the capital! It’s enough to have a brave guard battalion! What qualifications does the Jingying camp, which is like a chicken rib, have to be called the cornerstone? Please don’t talk too much, otherwise it will only increase the laughing stock!”

Li Guozhen said sinisterly: "The safety of the capital may not be in the capital camp, but no one can guarantee the safety of a certain person!"

Chang Ziyu laughed twice, and said: "Uncle Xiangcheng's words are quite market-like! Chang's safety is not worth worrying about, Uncle Xiangcheng!"

Li Banghua was furious, and shouted: "Uncle Xiangcheng respects himself! You are an uncle, how can you speak like a rascal! Could it be that he was hit by what Chang said?!"

Wen Tiren also frowned and said: "Uncle Xiangcheng speaks carefully! This is the court, and you must have a ministerial demeanor in front of the Holy Majesty! The impeachment of Chang Mou is the duty of the censor! As for the result, it depends on the holy judgment!"

Li Guozhen still opened his mouth to fight back. Chongzhen had already read the memorandum, looked at Li Guozhen and said coldly: "How dare you risk your life because of the impeachment? Li Guozhen, you are so majestic!"

Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen's expressions changed at the same time.The emperor has always been polite to noble people, and never reprimanded them by name.Civil servants and Xungui had a dispute, the emperor always ended up with the mud, and today he was uncharacteristically reprimanded in public, something is wrong, the two thought at the same time.

Chongzhen waved his hand, Li Erxi walked over with the playbook in his hand and handed it to Wen Tiren, and then everyone in the hall circulated it one by one, except Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen were not allowed to read it.

Wen Tiren and the others frowned after reading it, and looked at Zhu and Li with unkind eyes, especially Hou Xun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who seemed to be quite angry.

Chongzhen said in a cold voice: "Changqing's performance is shocking. If what he said is true, my heart is both painful and sad! I never imagined that someone would be so ungrateful and ungrateful! It is tolerable and unbearable! "After speaking, he waved his sleeves, and several big Han generals who had been waiting outside rushed into the hall. Before Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen could react, they knocked off the black gauze on their heads from behind, and then turned their arms behind their backs. After the hemp rope was tied up in an instant, they kicked at the bend of their knees with their toes, and the two fell to their knees.

Wen Tiren and the others were secretly startled.This is not a temporary idea, it is clearly planned for a long time!How can the big Han general outside the hall be so agile and professional, it is obviously Jin Yi Tiqi's usual method of arresting people!Your Majesty is already ready!Is this still the emperor we are familiar with?If you say turn your back, turn your face!Be careful in the future!Maybe there will be a handle in the hands of the emperor at any time, and when the time comes, you don't know who will die!

Zhu Chunchen stared at Chongzhen with red eyes, and shouted loudly: "What kind of crime have we two committed? How dare we treat us like this! The emperor sent someone to investigate! How many courtiers are not greedy for ink and accept bribes! Even if the two of us are greedy for a little money At most, it will be refunded! The emperor is doing this! Do you want the lives of the two of us?! Our ancestors are all Taizu Taizong imperial seals, and they are the place where we live together with the country! The emperor must not make mistakes! Beijing Camp Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses can't see the two of us, fearing disaster!"

Chongzhen said as if he had never heard of it: "Immediately, Dongchang will send personnel to seal off the two people's residences and search for relevant evidence! Sun Yingyuan's [-] cavalry and [-] infantry will blockade the Beijing camp! The Ministry of War and Jin Yiwei send personnel into the camp to screen , Anyone who dares to disobey orders will be executed immediately! The two of you should stop making noise!"

Li Erxi went away in response, two big Han generals stretched out their hands to remove the jaws of Zhu and Li, and the two mouths were chattering.Chongzhen immediately closed his eyes and rested his mind, all the ministers were vigilant and stood silently.

Outside Cheng Guogong's mansion, Wang Shiqin, wearing a round hat, wearing soap boots, and dressed in black cedar, was waiting boredly for his order.Everything has been arranged properly, and not long after Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen went to court, hundreds of fans from Dongchang had already surrounded their mansion, rushing in to search the house just waiting for an order.

Following the arrival of the small yellow gate that delivered the decree, Wang Shiqin waved his hand vigorously and shouted: "Let's go", and then he took the lead and walked to the gate of the Duke's Mansion. A dozen of them were wearing pointed hats, white leather boots, and belts tied around their waists. The tail of the small-striped brown cedar followed closely behind.

The gate of Cheng Guogong's mansion was closed, and someone was looking on the wall. Seeing Wang Shiqin and others, someone from the wall shouted, "Guo Gong's mansion, no trespassing!"

When the Dongchang Fanzi surrounded the Duke's Mansion, the people in the mansion felt that something was wrong and wanted to report to their master, but they couldn't get out at all.Zhu Chunchen's wife is Li Guozhen's elder sister, who has always been known for her toughness. She sent dozens of generals to try to force her way out, but they were shot down by bows and arrows, and the rest returned in embarrassment. Then they ordered the gate to be closed.

A stall leader held up a bright yellow scroll and shouted loudly: "The mansion of Duke Cheng was seized by order, open the door quickly! Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished!"

After a flurry of exclamations inside, the gate slowly opened, and with a wave of his hand, more than two hundred people led by their respective stalls poured into the Duke's Mansion. Take it back and stand outside the door to wait.Not long after, a stall leader ran out of the mansion with a wooden box in hand, came to Wang Shiqin to salute and handed the wooden box to him. Wang Shiqin took it and looked to the west impatiently. send over.In the wooden box are the quantities and receipts forged by Dongchang’s Chengguo government that sold the armor and equipment of the Beijing camp’s officers and soldiers and made them slaves, as well as the money and money accounts obtained from the corruption of ink and reselling military rations in the Beijing camp. Zhu Chunchen often checks it, and so does Li Guozhen. The same is true, the numbers on the accounts mean money, which makes people never get tired of it.The forged documents were put into his study by Zhu Gui and Zhu Chunchen today after going to court, and the exact location was clearly explained.Although it can be directly forged and submitted without copying the government office, Wang Shiqin is the first time to handle a case to gain authority, and he feels that he must complete a complete set to be considered perfect and have a sense of accomplishment.

Just as Dongchang ransacked the house, several carriages were slowly moving south on the official road to the south of the capital.Zhu Gui's wife and children sat in one, Liu Xu took Fu'er and Mrs. Pan in the same car, and Zhu Gui sat in the same car with a complicated expression. In the car were his savings for many years and the 1000 taels of silver that Dongchang rewarded him.Surviving against the master is also a helpless choice. It seems that the master will not survive.The government has always kept women but not men in house raids. My wife, concubines, and young ladies should be fine, but I'm afraid they will suffer a lot if they don't have good clothes and food in the future.In the future, when I settle down, I will ask someone to inquire about them, and secretly send some money and food, which can be regarded as repaying the master for his kindness to him.For the sake of Fu'er, she can only obey others' orders.In the future, if I go underground, I will have no face to see the old man's family again, so I can only hide far away, and I will never see the best.Zhu Gui's eyes were filled with tears, and he let the carriage drive slowly all the way south.Dongchang had already completed the household registration and road guides for his family. The destination was a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. Zhu Gui's family had a rich family, which was stable enough to last for several generations.

A quarter of an hour later, a rider came galloping from a distance, and the stallion also held a wooden box in his hand. Without waiting for him to dismount, Wang Shiqin quickly went down the steps, got on his horse, and rode away. The stallion drove the horse. Follow behind him.

"My lord, Dongchang has sent over the physical evidence!"

Following Li Erxi's whispered report, Chongzhen slowly opened his eyes, and ordered: "Submit it!"

After Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen saw the familiar wooden box, they looked at each other, and their expressions turned pale.When Li Erxi showed Zhu Chunchen the evidence of the Duke of Cheng’s mansion’s sale of weapons and slavery, Zhu Chunchen’s face was flushed red, his eyes seemed to be popping out, and his waist and legs were trying to get up, but he was caught by two big Han generals. Holding it tightly, he struggled with all his strength, and let out a low growl like a beast in his throat.

Zhu Chunchen stared at Chongzhen, as if his eyes were about to bleed.He said that he was greedy for the Mexican army's salary and reselling the army rations. He admitted it.There are hundreds of people in the huge Duke's Mansion, if they rely solely on business, how can they get the rich clothes and fine food for the family with a lot of money?He recognized all of these.He always felt that even if the emperor wanted to liquidate this time, he would at most lose his title in the end.As long as it is not treason, there is no problem in saving one's life.Who knew that the dog emperor would concoct the crime of traffic slavery for him, which is equivalent to a serious crime of treason. This time, not only did he finish the game, but the fate of his family can also be imagined.What he never imagined in his dreams was that this emperor came from a later generation, and because he hated him for betraying his master and surrendering, he deliberately dealt with him on trumped-up charges. This result is actually somewhat nonsensical.

A few days later, the imperial decree came down, Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen beheaded and abandoned the market, and all adult males of the two families were beheaded.Zhu and Li were accused of harboring dead soldiers, hiding soldiers, and communicating inside and outside with unruly intentions.The rest of the women's relatives went to Qiongzhou, and the servants and maidservants returned five taels of silver each.

The two various shops and restaurants in the capital were quickly taken over by Sihai Commercial Bank. These shops are located in prime locations, especially the five salt shops and two restaurants, which can bring huge profits to Chongzhen every year.

The reason why Chongzhen didn't punish the two families for the crime of embezzling ink, deducting military pay, treating soldiers harshly, and reselling military rations was because such crimes were too light.These behaviors are common in the North Korean military and are recognized and accepted by most people.If such charges were used to uproot the two wealthy families that had existed for more than two hundred years, it would appear that the emperor was too ruthless, and it would also make many people resentful.

Under the strong suppression of the prestige of the Yongwei Camp, the screening of Zhu and Li's cronies in the Beijing Camp went very smoothly.Although the two of them planted party members in the Beijing camp, many of these people were dudes in Beijing. They usually just ate, drank, prostituted and gambled, oppressed the good, and did no serious evil.Through the clues provided by the relationship between Xue Lian and Wei Shichun in the army, the Ministry of War screened out hundreds of generals who were implicated in the two. The one on the other side was finally waived by the net, and after paying a certain amount of silver, he was dismissed from the army and returned home.

In the end, the imperial decree came down, and Yangwu Hou Xue Lian was the admiral of the Jingying, and Wei Shichun was the deputy. The military system of the Jingying was naturally the one that Chongzhen had discussed with Xue and Wei.The Ministry of War and the Jinyiwei jointly dispatched troops to supervise military discipline and the distribution and use of food and soldiers, and had the right to give the emperor a separate copy.If the chief general in the army violates military discipline, both of them can be reported in the secret book.

Dongchang became famous for raiding the uncle's mansion. Wang Chengen took advantage of the opportunity and sent a seat to every yamen in the capital to monitor the daily government affairs of each yamen. Even the Jinyiwei yamen also sent a seat.Since then, the atmosphere of Dongchang coercing Jinyiwei has formally formed.

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