I have a cornucopia

Chapter 78 Your Majesty, do you dare to face Emperor Taizu Gao?

"This is a good lesson!"

Yang Feng held a royal decree in one hand and a report in the other, looking somewhat deeply at Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was obviously not yet awake.

It was actually almost dawn at this time.

He had been struggling all night since he was attacked yesterday evening.

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor followed him all night, exhausted both physically and mentally. The nobles in the city also spent the whole night in panic and fear, and the military households also caroused all night long.

However, after returning to the palace, Her Royal Highness the Princess slept contentedly all night because she didn't know what was going on outside. Then before she woke up naturally, she was like a high school student who was forcibly woken up to go to morning self-study. She was drowsily dragged away by her father. Come and hold on...

It’s really a battle!

Looking at the scene outside, His Majesty the Emperor felt guilty without his own daughter.

Even his Gonggun princes rarely expressed understanding of this.

"Mr. Yang, what are you making a fuss about?"

Zhang Guowei shouted to the outside with an angry look, relying on the fact that there was a princess behind him.

After Zhou Yanru's death, Zheng Sanjun, the most senior official minister, was dismissed at the same time. The new chief assistant Fan Fucui had not yet arrived. In fact, the only remaining cabinet minister was Chen Yan. But this old guy is very ghostly and he still doesn't know where he is hiding. where. After all, he was from Sichuan, so there was no need to get involved in the conflict caused by the Shandong gentry trying to separate themselves for self-protection. No matter which side won, it had nothing to do with Sichuan, so it was reasonable to hide. So those who are in the imperial city at the moment are Zhang Guowei, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the assistant manager of the capital camp, and Xu Shiqi, the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, who is also the theoretical supervisor of the Yang Feng case. The civil servants are led by them, but in fact many of them are hiding. To a large extent, they are also Because there is still some loyalty.

"Yang Sheng, Wu Sanfu has been arrested. His Majesty has ordered that he be brought to the three departments for trial. He will definitely give you justice. Don't continue to mess around."

Xu Shiqi followed and shouted.

"Ah, long live the sage, long live my emperor!"

Yang Feng suddenly shouted excitedly.

His reaction made both Zhang Guowei and Xu Shiqi confused.

Next to him, the muscles on Chongzhen's face twitched involuntarily. He remembered clearly that the last time this bastard said this was at Yuntai Gate, and he started to commit murder immediately after he said it.

He instinctively looked at his daughter.

Wang Chengen quickly told him to calm down. The princess was here, so there was no need to worry.

Lao Wang's life has been very abstract these two days.

Chongzhen, who was already moody, was frightened three times a day by Yang Feng's torment. As the one who had the most contact with Yang Feng, he naturally became the target of his venting. Then he was forced to go out and negotiate. After all, the other eunuchs It's hard to get Yang Feng's good looks when going out, so Lao Wang is often scolded, beaten, or even thrown into jail in the past two days, and then in the blink of an eye he puts on the steel fork hat again with bruises on his face... …

He lives like an old-fashioned dog who guards his mad master and never leaves him.

He is indeed faithful.

But Chongzhen does not necessarily doubt him!

In fact, Chongzhen also doubted him. Chongzhen's character was like this. He didn't trust those who should be trusted, and he often trusted those who shouldn't be trusted. Lao Wang was kicked out of the palace by Chongzhen before and was thrown into Yunnan. He was just recalled to the capital last year.

On the other hand, Cao Huachun and Wang Dehua have always been trusted by Chongzhen.

Cao Huachun is seriously retired.

Not many officials of the Ming Dynasty could die a good death.

Needless to say, Nine Thousand Years Old's predecessor, Wang An when he was with his father in the early years of Tianqi, was thrown into Nanyuan by Nine Thousand Years Old and was about to starve to death. However, he did not expect to find a radish patch and managed to survive by chewing radishes. The eunuch of Nanyuan had no choice but to strangle him to death, and then Lu Shou, the palm seal of Wanli, was sent to Fengyang for nine thousand years.

But Cao Huachun was able to retire safely.

Chongzhen was so kind to him.

Chongzhen, who felt much calmer, looked at Yang Feng with imperial dignity.

"Mr. Yang Sheng, all the culprits in your attack have been arrested. I have decreed that the three divisions will hold a trial tomorrow. Regardless of their identities, they will be punished in accordance with the law. As for the indignation of the soldiers and civilians in the city, although they are a bit reckless, they are still a common one. Fan Zhongxin, even if there were some accidents during the search, it was an unintentional act. Yesterday, I heard Kun Xing return to the palace and talk about the sufferings of the people. I felt deeply ashamed, and I will issue an imperial edict to reform the people. Everything before has passed, no matter what Let bygones be bygones, the distribution of food will continue today, and everyone will return to their homes and wait."

He said.

The edict of sinner must definitely be issued.

This is not the first time that he has issued an edict to sin against himself.

As for the losses caused by the chaos in the capital, that has nothing to do with him. They are all the unlucky nobles. These guys have enjoyed more than two hundred years of glory and wealth, and now it is their duty to sacrifice for the Zhu family.

No need to care.

The key is to restore normal order.

"Your Majesty, the students here have a report, written by the British government.

There are still 200,000 shi of grain in the British Duke’s mansion, and I would like to donate them to His Majesty to help the hungry people. In addition, there are 300,000 shi of grain in the Chengguo Duke’s mansion, and 200,000 shi in the Dingguo Duke’s mansion. In addition, there are still grains in other Hou Bo’s families. 1.3 million stones. Now that the people are starving, please Your Majesty to order them to be handed over for relief. "

Yang Feng held up the report and said.

“Your Majesty, I have been wronged.

The old minister only had more than 10,000 dan in his home, and all of them were donated yesterday. There were only a few hundred dan left for food. In the evening, Yang Sheng led the people to kill the six men of the minister through torture, and broke into the house. Not only did they rob the remaining few hundred dan, After leaving, all the other livestock were robbed, and even the few guard dogs kept by the minister were not spared.

Hundreds of members of Chen's family are currently breaking ice in the pond to catch fish for food.

How come I have three hundred thousand stones?

As long as I still have food, how can I just sit back and watch my flesh and blood being tortured to death?

The body of the minister is not yet cold! "

Zhu Chunchen cried and lay on the ground, speaking with an aggrieved expression.

I have to say that his son's corpse, which looks like a horror movie, is indeed his best evidence.

"Yang Sheng, since you have already searched the Chengguo Duke's mansion and found no food in stock, let's forget about it. The British Duke is old and comatose and has been ill for many years. How can he know what's going on outside?"

Chongzhen sighed and said.

In his opinion, Zhu Chunchen would not lie to him.

If he really had food reserves, he wouldn't have to watch his own son die tragically. He was his own son. The food reserves of other noble families must also be fake. After all, even his household department only had about 100,000 shi of food reserves. How could these noble families be possible.

As for the British public’s accusation...

Zhang Zhiji has fallen into the hands of Yang Feng. Under the torture of this bastard, of course he can say whatever he asks, not to mention more than one million stones to store food. It is he who asked Zhang Zhiji to say that these noble families have a thousand The same goes for tens of thousands of taels of silver. Now even Duke Cheng's mansion has been ransacked by you, and you haven't even spared his watchdog. You know very well how much food there is, so it's too much to continue to say that he has three hundred thousand dan. He is such a loyal old minister. A man with white hair gives a man with black hair. You even frame such a person. Do you have any shame? After killing someone's son and taking away their property, do you still want to force them to death?

When he said this, other nobles also knelt down and cried out for injustice. Even Zhang Zhiji's son knelt down and said that his own father had long been suffering from Alzheimer's disease and was talking nonsense.

They dare not admit it.

With Chongzhen's temper, once he knew that they really had more than one million stones to store food, he would go on a rampage.

After all, the current situation in the capital was caused by famine. If a lot of people hadn't starved to death every day, those military households wouldn't have followed Yang Feng. Even the current chaos in the Ming Dynasty was also caused by famine. As a result, this revealed At first glance, it turns out that Tamar even hoards the nobles of his own capital?

Do you still support these nobles?

Rampage is inevitable. Chongzhen is not a good-tempered person, especially since he has been on the verge of going berserk almost every day recently.

Yang Feng looked at this scene and smiled.

"Your Majesty, I regret to tell you that they do."

He said.

Then he picked up the box.

“Your Majesty, here is all the evidence collected by the students.

Of course they couldn't leave food in the capital.

They have a large number of warehouses in various villages outside the city, and grain is stored in these warehouses. Here are all the grain stores I investigated. As for the British government, the British public steward has made it clear. Now I ask your Majesty to issue an order to seal all the city gates, and then the prince and his father-in-law will take the people selected by the students to go out of the city to check each Xunzhuang to see if there is such food in stock. Even if the students wanted to frame them, they would not be able to pile up hundreds of thousands of stones of food for their Xunzhuang. If it is found that there is no such food, the students will apologize to them one by one. If there is such food, please use it all to provide relief to the capital and other places in the capital. Military household.

Of course, it is none of the student's business how they are punished.

But food must be used to feed the hungry. "

Yang Feng said.

Chongzhen...

"Your Majesty, Duke Cheng and others are not housekeepers. They usually don't worry about money and food. Maybe they really don't know how much food is stored in the mansion.

Mr. Cheng Guo, in our opinion, it is better to call the stewards of the palace and ask questions in front of Your Majesty. You all have retired from the country and are loyal to Your Majesty. However, with your status, you really do not worry about money and food. It would be bad if Mr. Yang is telling the truth and you misunderstand because you are not clear about these common matters. "

Wang Chengen said suddenly.

Chongzhen was stunned and looked at Wang Chengen sternly.

Lao Wang nodded slightly to him.

His Majesty the Emperor was completely stunned. Their eyes widened instantly, and they looked at Zhu Chunchen, who was still lying on the ground crying, and the nobles behind him with disbelief.

"Mr. Cheng Guo, then ask your family manager to come over."

He almost gritted his teeth and said in a voice that could already be said to be cold.

Even His Majesty the Emperor was visibly trembling.

Lao Wang quickly signaled to the princess, who stepped forward blankly.

"Mr. Cheng Guo, are we going to ask someone to call you?"

He said.

Zhu Chunchen was trembling as he lay there.

He knew that Lao Wang was kind-hearted, and Yang Feng must have conclusive evidence. In fact, he was also an old fool. He just thought that his food was very secret, but he did not think about it. What he did was not a secret at all in the capital.

Chongzhen really didn't know.

But if you want to check it, it's really simple.

Lao Wang just reminded him that he could still save some face by admitting now. If he was really found out, he would lose even the last bit of face. Admitting now would give Chongzhen a step down. After all, with their status, it would be okay if they didn't know these things. Very reasonable. Even if Chongzhen no longer trusts him in the future, he will not really convict him. But when it is finally found out, with Chongzhen's mania at this time, it is very likely that someone who is disloyal will be punished with death. The current emperor is a powder keg. It can explode, so don’t play with fire.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I really don't care about these money and food matters. I don't know exactly how much food is stored. It's just the housekeeper's care."

he said shakily.

He also knew that as soon as he said these words, his image in Chongzhen's heart would be completely destroyed.

But I can't care about this now. It's better than being killed in a rage by Chongzhen.

"Call everyone here and make it clear!"

Chongzhen said through gritted teeth.

This is almost equivalent to Zhu Chunchen admitting that his family really has 300,000 dan in food storage.

Therefore, there are a total of more than 100,000 shi of grain stored in his household warehouse. Countless people starve to death every day in his capital due to famine. When his soldiers cannot fight because they don't have enough to eat, his nobles and nobles are all there. Hoarding, sitting on huge reserves, and then happily making a fortune in the country?

What a pity he still has these dogs!

He also pays these dogs a monthly salary!

Zhu Chunchen earns hundreds of taels a month!

He not only has the title of Duke, he is also a Tutor.

So these bullies are all trying to fool themselves and treat themselves like fools?

At this moment, he was ready to draw his sword and chop these dogs to death.

There was an eerie silence on Dong'an Gate.

No one dared to speak for fear of arousing His Majesty's anger.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Yang Feng's laughter suddenly sounded outside the city.

Everyone quickly looked at this devil-like man with complicated eyes.

"Your Majesty, are you surprised or not? Are you surprised?"

Yang Feng said.

Lao Wang was so frightened that he quickly asked the princess to get closer to her father.

"Yang Sheng, please stop it!"

He said unbearably.

But Chongzhen stood there, supporting the parapet with both hands, lowering his head and trembling.

"Actually, your Majesty knows very well that what I said is true, and Duke Cheng Guo actually admitted it. Look, these are your Majesty's Gonggun princes, and these are your Majesty's pillar ministers. How ridiculous it is to live with the country. , Your Majesty saw the glory and wealth given to them to retire with the country, then Your Majesty saw the despair of the military households who were oppressed by them? There is still time for amnesty for the prisoners in prison, but the military households not only have to be oppressed by them, but also Future generations will continue to be oppressed by them for more than two hundred years. In good years, they will be enslaved by them, given free work, extorted money for various reasons, and even beaten to death by military law. Famine At times, they manipulated food prices to drain their family wealth, and even sold their children and daughters to enrich themselves.

Until starvation.

If I hadn't taken them with me, Your Majesty, do you think hundreds more people would have died of hunger in the capital tonight?

Look, this is His Majesty's military household. "

Yang Feng said and pulled over a skinny child.

"His ancestors followed Emperor Taizu Gao to conquer the world, and followed Emperor Chengzu to sweep away Mobei. But two hundred years later, his whole family died of starvation, and he was the only one left. Emperor Taizu Gao is here to give the imperial edict. Student, may I ask your Majesty, Your Majesty Dare to face it?

Your Majesty, do you dare to face Emperor Taizu Gao? "

He held up the imperial edict in his other hand and said.

(End of this chapter)