On 1 August, the incident of the Jin merchants collaborating with the enemy, which had been making trouble all day, actually took a turn for the worse.

Some officials began to speak for the Eight Great Jin Merchants in the DPRK and China, demanding severe punishment for the troublemakers, and a group of imperial historians even took the opportunity to impeach Yin Fengying, the secretary of the Criminal Department and the Shuntian Mansion.

The justification for impeachment is to shield rumor-mongers and frame loyal businessmen who have dedicated themselves to the country.

Not long after, an even more shocking rumor spread in the capital, the target of the rumor was directly aimed at the crown prince Zhu Cihong, the rumor said that the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division was secretly instructed by the crown prince to secretly frame the Jin merchants and want to swallow the Jin merchants' property.

The evidence is provided by several green skins captured by the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division some time ago, these green skins claimed to be threatened by the jailers in prison, and the crown prince once summoned several commanders of Wu Cheng's Soldiers and Horses Command Division alone......

For a time, all over the capital was full of rumors that were beneficial to the Eight Great Jin Merchants, and even the green-skinned scoundrels and ordinary people in front of the Eight Great Jin Merchants Mansion slowly withdrew, and the Eight Great Jin Merchants seemed to have become weak and helpless victims.

The cabinet soon took the opportunity to intervene and revoked several commands of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and even Feng Ying was targeted, and some officials asked for a retrial of the "Zheng Zheng case", especially under the fanning of Wen Tiren and other cabinet ministers, Chongzhen suspended Feng Ying, the secretary of the Criminal Department, for investigation.

The case of Zheng Zheng, who was originally convicted by Feng Ying of not dying, was finally retried and tried by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The Zheng Zheng case seems simple, but it is somewhat complicated, and the Zheng Zheng case is actually the result of a party dispute, and Wen Tiren's impeachment of Zheng Zheng last year was triggered by the struggle between the "Wen Party" and the Donglin Party Wen Zhenmeng.

In the previous Zheng Zheng case, the former cabinet minister Wen Zhenmeng was on top, and then there were Feng Ying, the secretary of the criminal department who were loyal to their duties, and Wu Mengming, the Jinyi guard, who acted in accordance with the law.

Now that Wen Zhenmeng has died, some people have brought up the old matter again, obviously wanting to pull Feng Ying into the water, and by the way, remove him from the power of Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Shuntian Mansion Yin, and prevent him from investigating the case of Jin Shang's collaboration with the enemy, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Why did Emperor Chongzhen suspend Feng Ying for investigation, in fact, this is also Wen Tiren's cleverness, he used Zheng Zhen's "cane mother" to deeply anger the anger that has been hidden in Chongzhen's heart for many years.

When Chongzhen was five years old, his biological mother Liu was ordered to be killed by Mingguangzong, so Chongzhen felt a deep hatred for this behavior from the bottom of his heart, plus the previous dynasties ruled the world with filial piety, even if it was a stepmother.

As the emperor of the feudal dynasty, Chongzhen must maintain this general law and discipline, therefore, in history, Zheng Zheng was ordered by Chongzhen to be executed by Ling Chi, and was scraped with 3,600 knives.

In the Fan Mansion of the capital.

The eight traitors and Jin merchants gathered together in the Beijing Division, they ate and drank in the Fan Mansion Hall, and there were beautiful singers by their side, which was very comfortable.

During the banquet, Fan Yongshan laughed and said: "That little prince actually dares to touch the eight of us, it is really unbelievable!" ”

The chief steward of the Huang family answered: "That kid still thinks how smart he is, but he doesn't know that those green skins can even give away their lives in front of the silver of white flowers, and they can still work for him?" ”

The chief housekeeper of the Jin family said: "Money can make ghosts grind, this is good for everyone, are the people very angry?" Didn't you pick up the silver and walk away? Not to mention those who are officials! ”

The chief steward of the Liang family laughed and said: "Hahaha, now the five commanders of the Five Cities Terracotta Division have been removed, and they have been replaced by our people, Feng Ying's old thing is even more unlucky, someone in the court has long wanted to kill him, see if they dare to touch our Shanxi Eight Families!" ”

"Hahaha......"

For a while, there was rampant laughter at the banquet.

After laughing for a long time, Fan Yongshan said again: "Let this gust of wind blow for another half a day, and from tomorrow, continue to throw silver, let those green skins shout everywhere, just say the master of Manchuria...... No, Jiannu, Jiannu's army is already approaching Tongzhou, and the food in the capital is only enough to eat for three days! ”

The chief steward of the Tian family immediately applauded: "Fourth Master Fan, when the time comes, our grain will start to sell again, this time my Tian family will push the price of grain to ten taels and one stone, and see if these little sheep can buy it!" ”

The chief steward of the Wang family said: "Is Second Master Tian too merciful, my Wang family plans to push it to fifteen taels and one stone.....

"Hahaha!"

The entire Fan Mansion was filled with the laughter of Yin Lang.

In the Zhongcui Palace in the Forbidden City.

Zhu Cihong reclined in the reclining chair in the study, eating the fruits that the palace maids Moqin and Mo Qi peeled and brought to their mouths, which was also very comfortable.

After listening to Li Tingbiao's report on the other side, he was a little surprised, and said lightly: "Those green skins are really a thing that wants money and don't want to die, rich traitors are powerful, and even people in the cabinet can get through ........"

Originally, Li Tingbiao suggested that only the peripheral personnel of Jinyiwei should go for a walk about the Jin merchants collaborating with the enemy, but Zhu Cihong insisted on letting those green skins do it, wanting to return the favor with the other way and beat the face of the eight traitors.

He really wanted to see what kind of wonderful expressions the eight traitors would have when they were rectified by their younger brothers, but he was slapped in the face.......

Li Tingbiao said: "Since the people of the Shuntian Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division are restricted, do we want to let people continue to fan the wind, or do we send people to rush into their mansions in the guise of green skins and accidentally kill them?" ”

Zhu Cihong motioned to the palace maid Mo Qi to hand a piece of watermelon to Li Tingbiao, Li Tingbiao did not pretentiously after saying thank you, and directly took the watermelon and ate it in small bites.

Seeing that Li Tingbiao had finished eating, Zhu Cihong smiled slightly and said: "It's easy to kill them secretly, but that's meaningless, what I want is the property in their hands!" ”

Joke! As the last ruthless man of Daming, how can I use such a low method? Lao Tzu has always been a man who does not change his name, sits or changes his surname, and carries the handle in the capital - known as Brother Haonan......

Zhu Cihong continued: "These clowns who have brought disaster to the country and the people think that they are relying on the forces of the DPRK and China behind them to cover the sky in the capital with one hand, but they have made a fatal mistake, that is, they pushed the palace out! ”

Zhu Cihong stood up, his eyes gradually became sharp, and said, "Do they think that pushing me out will make me afraid to touch them because of my own reputation?" It's ridiculous! The more they think about it, the more this palace wants to do it! ”

"Li Tingbiao, you handed over the few Jiannu who were connected with the eight traitors caught by Jinyiwei and some good evidence to Yang Tinglin, the right attendant of the Criminal Department."

Zhu Cihong's body suddenly exuded a momentum, and he said sharply: "After the matter is done, pass on the order of my East Palace, and order the entire battalion of the Yongwei Battalion to go out and seal all the grain depots of the Eight Great Jin Merchants in Beijing!" Jin Yiwei is responsible for raiding homes and shops, and arresting officials who are connected with the eight traitors, limited to four products! ”

"The order of action is conveyed to all departments a quarter of an hour before the operation, and when the drums of the night fasting are sounded at two or three o'clock tonight, it is the time of action, and everything must be finished before tomorrow morning!"

Zhu Cihong said murderously: "When the action raids the house, if there is anyone who resists and obstructs, he will be killed, no matter who he is, what official, even if he is a cabinet person, if he dares to obstruct, he will be killed!" ”