Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 174 The fire should burn more vigorously

Emperor Chongzhen returned to the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, thought about the investigation of Huangzhuang, and felt that the fire in the inner court should be more vigorous.

Taking advantage of Jianlu's invasion of Ming Dynasty earlier, Emperor Chongzhen reused Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and adjusted the twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus of the inner court.

And during his personal conquest, the eunuchs of the inner court headed by Cao Huachun and the Jinyiwei headed by Luo Yangxing played a big role in balancing the situation in the court.

Now that the sudden foreign troubles of Ming Dynasty are gone, Emperor Chongzhen, who returned triumphantly, has turned his political goals to the interior of Ming Dynasty. In order to check and balance the court, in addition to the outer court, the inner court is also a force.

This time to investigate the matter of Huangzhuang, Emperor Chongzhen used a young eunuch with an innocent family background to set up a big expert factory and a Xijishi factory with Wu Yi, who had made great contributions on the battlefield, just to find out.

However, there is a group of people who need to be treated differently, that is, the eunuch group of the twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus of the inner court. Even if these people are involved, they cannot be simply killed.

Inner Shutang, a place for training senior eunuchs, has not yet cultivated a batch of seedlings that can be reused. On the inner court side, Emperor Chongzhen still needs someone to support him.

"Cao Banban, the Inner Court and the West Factory jointly investigated and prosecuted Huangzhuang, the inner court knows about it." Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Chongzhen lifted up his robe sleeves and looked at Cao Huachun, who was standing respectfully, with an indifferent tone Said: "I want to ask Cao Banban, what do you think in your heart?"

Cao Huachun's heart tightened, he knelt down on the ground, and said: "The emperor's work is wise. The Huangzhuang is originally a source of income for the inner court, but there are always..."

"I don't want to hear these high-sounding words."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said to Cao Huachun: "Cao Banban, were you involved before this? There are also the twelve eunuchs, four divisions and eight bureaus of the inner court. Are those eunuchs involved?
I want to hear the truth, and this is the only chance I will give you. If Cao Banban still deceives me at this time, and if something is really found out by then, don't blame me for being ruthless. "

Cao Huachun, who was kneeling on the ground, was sweating coldly. To be honest, he was indeed involved. It's just that he didn't accept the money, but he had a lot of property under his name.

"My lord, slaves deserve to die! All crimes deserve death!"

Cao Huachun, fearful in his heart, kowtowed frequently and confessed his sins: "Your servant... I was deceived by lard for a while, and collected hundreds of acres of high-quality water to irrigate the land. My lord, what do you think..."

Emperor Chongzhen, who knew the virtues of the late Ming Dynasty, was not surprised by what Cao Huachun said, and it could even be said that there was no disturbance.

However, in order to beat Cao Huachun and make it a knife in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen pretended to be indignant and took the case, and walked towards Cao Huachun quickly.

"boom!"

Emperor Chongzhen kicked Cao Huachun with his foot, pointing at Cao Huachun who was kicked over with his sword eyebrows upside down, and shouted sharply: "It's no use for me to trust you so much!"

"You are also an old man who is by my side. You know that there is a house thief named Shuoshu here in Huangzhuang, and you don't want to share my worries, but you dare to do such a thing behind my back.

Shame!
You are also an old man of Xinwangfu. You have only been working in the inner court for a long time. Before, I trusted you so much and asked you to handle the case. Unexpectedly, you have contracted such problems.

Could it be that this time I didn't set up the Inner Factory and the West Factory, and mobilized a large number of factory fans to attack Huangzhuang under the name of the inner court, you still have to keep it from me. "

Faced with Emperor Chongzhen's reprimand, Cao Huachun, who was kicked over, hurriedly kowtowed on the ground and begged for mercy, his nose burst into tears, and his heart was full of fear.

As Emperor Chongzhen said, if there hadn't been a joint action between the Inner Factory and the Western Factory to slash the knife at Huangzhuang under the name of the inner court, Cao Huachun would definitely not have said this.

No matter where it is, there is a set of rules of the game that it pursues. This is the case in the outer court, and the same is true in the inner court. For example, Huangzhuang bribes the inner court eunuchs. This is the default thing.

"It's only this time, it won't happen next time."

Seeing Cao Huachun who kowtowed frequently to beg for mercy, Emperor Chongzhen stood with his hands down, and said coldly: "If you dare to have such a thing happen again, I will never forgive you lightly.

Spit out all the greedy things to me, write them out in detail, and submit them to me. I will also pay a share of the crime money to the Wang Banban who is in charge of the matter, and receive twenty sticks for myself. "

"My servant thanked the emperor for not killing me."

Cao Huachun, who felt like he was alive after a catastrophe, kowtowed and thanked him with snot and tears. He thought he was going to die this time, but he didn't expect his emperor to spare him.

However, if you want to win the trust of your own emperor again, you must perform well, otherwise your fate will definitely not be good.

"Get up." Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, looked at Cao Huachun and said, "I have two errands for you to do right now. One is to chat with the group of people from the Twelfth Supervision, Fourth Division and Eighth Bureau. For those who use this as a standard, submit a memorial to Zhenmi, receive the punishment, and pay the crime money.

The other, in the name of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, allowed the members of the Twelve Supervisors, the Four Divisions and the Eight Bureaus of the Inner Court to report and expose, and those who were found to be true could enter the inner study hall, and those who dared to make false accusations would be executed with a stick! "

"..."

Cao Huachun's complexion changed drastically. His own emperor's behavior was obviously intended to protect the big and eliminate the small. The inner court used the review of the Huangzhuang matter to launch a comprehensive purge.

Looking at Cao Huachun who left, Emperor Chongzhen stood with his hands down, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. After this incident, the inner court was completely wiped out, and the connection with the outer court was completely severed.

As for those middle and low-level eunuchs who got involved in this matter, they were all executed after being found out, so as to imitate others.

As for Cao Huachun, the guys who are being pulled by their pigtails, there is no other way to choose except to work hard to be loyal to themselves.

Cao Huachun and the others would never do such stupid things as connecting together in private and murdering themselves, and they even tried their best to protect themselves.

He had finally climbed to a high position in the inner court, and he would only do such stupid things unless his head was kicked by a donkey.

'Fortunately, there are loyal eunuchs like Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua by my side. Thinking of the Emperor Chongzhen here, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Otherwise, it would be too clumsy to purge the inner court and tidy up the Huangzhuang in such a simple and rude way, but after this incident, the relationship between the inner court and the outer court can be regarded as Completely cut off. '

Daming, who is in this mess, must be ruthless when he should be ruthless, but sometimes, he can't just kill him blindly. After all, if everyone is killed, who will do things for him?

The inner court is a force to check and balance the imperial court. The weak inner court does not conform to the political purpose of Emperor Chongzhen, so it is enough to kill chickens and monkeys and completely take over the power of the inner court. As for the middle and low-level eunuchs who are useless, they are dead. It will die.

(End of this chapter)