In the Forbidden City of Beijing, hundreds of officials gathered in front of the noon gate.

Hearing that Emperor Yongchang of Dashun continued to use officials from the previous dynasty, officials from Beijing of all sizes flocked to him, scrambling for fear of being one step too late and losing his official position.

In front of the noon gate, headed by Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, there were more than 1,000 officials, including Wei Zaode, a university scholar, and officials of the six ministries.

Zhang Jinyan and Wei Zaode are full of self-confidence, Zhang Jinyan thinks that he has opened the door and dedicated himself to the city, not to mention entering the cabinet, at least he must continue to retain the secretary of the military department.

Wei Zaode relied on his talent, full of economy, and in a group of soil buns, he became a Wenqu star......

Everyone else is also waiting anxiously, there are too many officials who come for interviews, can they be retained?

As for surrender, everyone surrendered anyway, and they were not the only ones, and no one would laugh at anyone, but would only claim to be a handsome person who knew the times.

However, a few hours passed, and Emperor Yongchang did not summon him for a long time, and the officials who were blocking the noon gate became more and more anxious.

Seeing General Quan Liu Zongmin and his party entering the palace, Wei Zaode immediately stepped forward with a smile and asked: "General Quan, the lower official Wei Zaode is the champion of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen in the former Ming Dynasty, and the official is a member of the cabinet, I don't know when Your Majesty will go out of the court to summon me?" ”

"Champion?" Liu Zongmin looked him up and down in some surprise.

Wei Zaode immediately straightened his waist, the champion is synonymous with glory and prominence, and the people regard the champion as a Wenqu star, but they can't lose their identity.

Who knows, Liu Zongmin glanced at him and scolded: "What bullshit champion, wait here, and then talk nonsense Lao Tzu will kill you!" ”

Wei Zaode was stunned for a moment, and immediately shrank his head and lowered his eyebrows after reacting, nodded and said yes, in the face of the strange eyes cast by the surrounding officials, and the ridiculous words of the soldiers guarding the army, this champion Lang did not move, standing like a puppet, and did not dare to make a sound.

After a long time, the gate of the noon gate slowly opened, and Zhang Jinyan immediately stepped forward with a watch, knelt down and shouted Long live Emperor Yongchang of Dashun.

Unexpectedly, it was Wang Dehua, the eunuch who came out of it, and when he came up, he gave Zhang Jinyan a few big slaps, and scolded: "You thief who has misled the country, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Jinyan was beaten by him, and he was immediately annoyed, and scolded: "Didn't you also descend as a pickled eunuch?" What loyalty? ”

Wang Dehua was slapped in the face on the spot, trembling with anger, and went up with another burst of punches and kicks, scolding, just like a girl scolding the street.

When the soldiers of the Shun army guarding the noon gate saw this dog-eat-dog scene, they all laughed, stroked their palms and praised it, and sometimes insulted them with various words.

The ministers waited here in the morning before the gate was opened, and it was not until it was almost dark in the evening that the palace sent someone to call them in.

In the Imperial Palace, Li Zicheng sat on the throne, and when he saw hundreds of officials entering, he felt very happy in his heart, and the civil officials such as Niu Jinxing beside him raised their eyebrows.

A group of them with a high degree of champions and jinshi were overturned by a group of people composed of a few of their own lifters, talents and post guards, blacksmiths, and grooms, how can they not be proud?

Wei Zaode and the others stood up respectfully, knelt down three times and bowed to Li Zicheng, and then knelt on the ground honestly.

Dashun Prime Minister Niu Jinxing walked down, touched the heads of the ministers in the palace with his hands and counted the number of people, claiming to smile and touch the dog's head, and none of the ministers in the palace dared to speak.

Niu Jinxing said: "Who is Honglu Siqing?" Stand up for the roll call! ”

Honglu Siqing crawled out with a roll, and began to take a roll call on the spot tremblingly.

"Bunenkaku University Scholar Wei Zaode ......"

Wei Zaode hurriedly stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Xia Guan is here." ”

Niu Jinxing walked up to him and saluted with a frightened expression: "Student Niu Jinxing, I've seen Wei Ge Lao!" ”

He learned so well that Wei Zaode was stunned, and he didn't know what to do for a while, which made the Dashun officials laugh.

Niu Jinxing arched his hand again, and said with a smile: "Old Wei Ge, please come here!" ”

The direction he pointed in was Li Zicheng's side, so frightened that Wei Zaode immediately retreated again and again, and even said that he didn't dare, and only now did he react, this bull Venus was playing tricks on him.

Niu Jinxing suddenly flicked his sleeves again, and said coldly: "Is there anything you dare not do?" Come on, drag it outside the hall and beat it with thirty military sticks first! ”

Niu Jinxing is a person in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and in the tenth year of Chongzhen, because of the incident with the giant gentry of the same township, he was falsely accused of resisting taxes and forcibly occupying 18 women.

At this time, humiliating Zhuang Yuanlang, a scholar, was purely to vent his anger and unwillingness over the years.

Wei Zaode was beaten and screamed again and again, and the hundred officials looked at each other, and immediately Yushi stood up and fell into the well and said: "Your Majesty, please punish the traitorous minister Wei Zaode, and Zhang Jinyan!" ”

Li Zicheng was on the throne, wearing a pointed white felt hat and a blue cloth riding coat, and he scolded: "What the hell did you do earlier? Why didn't the Chongzhen Dynasty see you impeach them? Get out! ”

Seeing the cowering look of these demoted officials, the more Li Zicheng looked at it, the more disgusting he felt.

At this time, Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the military department who opened the city gate, straightened his clothes, stood up, and sang praises: "My majesty the Emperor Yongchang of Dashun hangs the people and sets things right, which is the luck of my Dashun subjects, and the ministers are fortunate to look up to the sky and worship the saints, and it is the honor of the three lives to ........"

Li Zicheng looked at the licking dog, and suddenly asked: "I heard that Emperor Chongzhen was ordered to reuse you as the secretary of the military department and be responsible for guarding the city, why did you open the door and dedicate the city?" ”

Zhang Jinyan said righteously: "Chongzhen goes against the sky, the ministers disdain, my majesty, you are the lord of the world, and you are worthy of the loyalty of the ministers!" ”

Li Zicheng was not happy and angry, and shouted: "How can there be such a brazen, disloyal, and unrighteous person as you in this world?" Get out! ”

Zhang Jinyan was taken aback, broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly crawled back.

Li Zicheng felt more and more disgusted, and ordered on the spot: "Lock up all these former court criminals and put them in prison!" ”

The officials were so frightened that their bodies couldn't help but tremble, and many even cried on the spot.

Li Zicheng said to Liu Zongmin: "Jiexuan, these people are handed over to you for trial." ”

Liu Zongmin was a little puzzled and said, "What is the trial?" ”

Li Zicheng beckoned to him and whispered in his ear: "Silver!" ”

Liu Zongmin immediately understood, every time the Dashun army passed by, they confiscated and tortured the family property of some local dog officials, and the gold and silver obtained were quite rich.

On the same day, the Dashun Compensation and Compensation Department was formally established, with Liu Zongmin in charge, and Li Guo, Li Mou, and Tian Hu as deputies, and began to recover stolen goods and help the officials, and set the amount of silver according to the rank of the officials.

Stipulation: All the family property of Xun Qi will be confiscated, 100,000 taels will be confiscated by cabinet ministers, 70,000 taels by six ministries and ministries, 50,000 taels by high-ranking officials such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Department of General Administration, 30,000 taels by officials of Jinyi and Wei, 50,000 taels by Kedao, and 30,000 taels by Hanlin.

There are only a few thousand taels of less than six departments, and local officials are also among the stolen goods, if they refuse to pay or cannot pay in full, they will all be punished and beaten to death!

Liu Zongmin knew that the responsibility was heavy, but he was not good at torture, and he heard that the Earthquake Tiger King Zhen knew a little bit about it, and some methods, so he immediately pulled him into the Comparison Punishment Division as a deputy to assist in the roasting and plundering......

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