Chapter 44: The Emperor's authority is strict

Whether it was in the Liukou entering Beijing or the eastern captivity, the Ming Dynasty had some soft bones to defect to the enemy. Even some royal relatives licked their faces and begged the enemy for survival in order to survive.

Especially when the Qing army entered Nanjing, local officials not only came to express their loyalty with generous gifts.

even knelt on both sides of the avenue in the rain to welcome the Qing army into the city, which was a shame on the face of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there are more loyal people of the Ming Dynasty, which show the spirit of the Ming Dynasty to the fullest.

In order to resist the Eastern Invasion, more soldiers and national heroes died bravely.

In order not to succumb to the Liukou, after the death of Emperor Chongzhen, they all chose to be loyal to the country.

Fan Jingwen, a scholar of Chongzhen Dongge University, did not eat for four consecutive days after hearing that the emperor died, and his family fell into a well and died.

Ni Yuanlu, a scholar and waiter, hanged himself in his family of thirteen.

Li Banghua, the imperial history of the left capital, committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.

Zuodu deputy Yu Shi Bangyao committed suicide,

Wang Jiayan, the right attendant of the military department, committed suicide,

Lingyi Canal hanged himself in Dali Temple.

Wei Xuelian committed suicide.

Meng Zhaoxiang, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, committed suicide by throwing his family into a well,

Yushi Chen Liangmo's family committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.

The official Xu Zhi committed suicide by throwing himself into the water,

The whole family of Bingbu Chengde hanged themselves,

The whole family of Tobe Wu Ganzhong committed suicide.

Kim Hyun, the head of the military department, committed suicide with his family,

There are no less than 100 people in Wu Zheng, Wang Zhang, Yu Tengjiao and his wife, and there are still those who cannot be counted.

There are nearly 700 families of scholars and officials who committed suicides, including Ma Shiqi, Liu Lishun, Zhou Fengxiang, Wang Wei and so on.

Thinking of these loyal souls who sacrificed their lives for the country, and then looked at Wei Zaode and others, Zhu Youzhen's anger reached the limit.

He sat on the dragon chair, looked at these ministers condescendingly and coldly, and did not speak.

When the emperor didn't speak, the ministers didn't dare to get up, so they had to kneel down and wait for the emperor to call him flat.

In the past, there would definitely be ministers who were unhappy, but now no one dares to think like that.

A few days ago, the bell rang early, and the army of Liukou outside the city besieged the city, and the army of King Qin did not arrive all the way.

They all felt that the Ming Dynasty was about to finish, and neither the loyal ministers nor those soft bones had the heart to go to court.

Now it's completely different, Emperor Chongzhen personally led a large army to defeat the Liukou, these ministers don't know where the emperor moved the army from, and who dares to be disobedient to him.

The emperor, who has always been indecisive and controlled by them, has never been so majestic and cold as today.

It can be said that today's emperor is like a real tomorrow.

As long as they look at the ministers, they will feel frightened, and their backs will be cold.

What is the Son of Heaven who is angry and ambushes millions of corpses, they only truly appreciate the majesty of the Son of Heaven today.

About half a pillar of incense, Li Banghua, who was sixty or seventy years old, began to shake a little, as if he couldn't support it.

Thinking that after Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide, they all committed suicide with their families, Zhu Youzhen couldn't bear to let them continue to kneel below, and said in a deep voice:

"Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Li Banghua, the imperial history of the left capital, Shi Bangyao, the deputy history of the left capital, Ling Yiqu of Dali Temple, and Wu Linzheng of Taichang Temple...... You're flat."

Li Banghua was the oldest, and his legs were already numb, and when he heard Zhu Youzhen tell them to be flattened, he was relieved, and everyone hurriedly thanked him:

"Emperor Xie, long live long live, long live, long live"

Li Banghua and the others got up after thanking them, and looked back to see that Shoufu Wei Zaode and the others were still kneeling there.

The emperor didn't seem to see them, and Li Banghua and the others didn't dare to speak, so they could only stand aside obediently.

But how did these loyal martyrs know that the officials kneeling there now are all surrenderers and a large number of silver offerings.

Li Zicheng scavenged more than 70 million taels of silver from their home, which is equivalent to the tax burden of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.

As soon as Li Banghua stood trembling, Zhu Youzhen suddenly slapped the dragon book case and scolded loudly:

"Bang Bang ......"

"The Liukou army is besieging the city, and even the palace maids and eunuchs know to help defend the city, as my Ming cabinet, where are you Wei Zaode Chen?"

Luo Yang, my Jinyi Guard's commander pointed out, where are you? And where are all of you, noble ministers, and are you worthy to be my subjects?

Talking about slander all day long, framing loyalty, greedy for food, fish and flesh, and colluding with the rogues, there are all you, and when I am in a dilemma, there is no one to see......"

The more Zhu Youzhen spoke, the more angry he became, and the hall with a sound was buzzing, and the dragon book case was torn apart by him.

When he was so powerful, not only Wei Zaode and them were afraid, but even Li Banghua and the others knelt on the ground again and kowtowed.

"Please ask the emperor to surrender, the ministers deserve death, the ministers are incompetent, the ministers are willing to resign and return to the field, and no longer increase the burden on the Ming Dynasty."

"Disarming and returning to the field?"

Hearing the words of Li Banghua and others, Wei Zaode, Chen Yan and others rolled their eyes, their good days are not over yet, of course they will not be stupid enough to disarm and return to the field.

Wei Zaode Chen Yan touched his head to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, his attitude was much more modest than Li Banghua and others, and his speech was much better:

"The emperor is angry, Weichen knows his mistakes, Weichen is confused, Weichen is willing to take out 100,000 taels of silver to help Daming rebuild the army......"

It's good that Wei Zaode and Chen Yan didn't speak, but as soon as they said these few words, Zhu Youzhen was so angry that he almost spurted blood.

Emperor Chongzhen called for donations of silver for military salaries, you all cried poor, and you took the lead in donating silver when you entered the city, all of which were as much as 100,000 taels, but in the end it was difficult to escape death.

Now that Lao Tzu has wiped out the rogues, you have begun to think of taking silver for the sake of protecting the officials, but it is too late.

Zhu Youzhen looked at them coldly:

"Wei Zaode Chen, now I think of taking the silver, I tell you, it's too late, is your silver yours? That's all the people's fat and people's ointment, it's all the blood and sweat of the people, Wei Zaode Chen Yanluo nourishes ......"

"Are you guilty?"

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen became more and more angry the more he talked, and then he began to be angry, these people knew that they had leaked their mouths and revealed their wealth.

However, there are so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, who is not greedy, they feel that the law does not blame the public, as long as they do not admit to colluding with the gangsters, they should not be dismissed.

By this time, their lives were not guaranteed, and they were still thinking about keeping the black yarn hat.

Wei Zaode, who has always seen the wind and the rudder, is also in a mess today, he can't see the emperor's thoughts for a while, and he trembles and kowtows upward:

"Your Majesty, the ministers are loyal, never corrupt, and don't know what the crime is."

Greedy for silver taels? Of course not, Zhu Youzhen didn't plan to worry about silver with them at all, they weren't greedy, where did Zhu Youzhen find silver to help the people.

He didn't even think about dismissing their officials, he wanted the lives of these soft bones.

Turning back to Yuhuatian, he shouted:

"Yuhuatian, give them the evidence you have gathered, and let them take a good look."

"Obey"

Yuhuatian, after bowing down, took out some letters from his arms, walked in front of Wei Zaode, Chen Yan and others, threw the letter man on the floor, and said in a cold tone:

"My lords, take a good look at your handwritten letters."