When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Why did Your Majesty promote him again and again, and finally he reached such a high position as a lifter?" ”

"Of course, he is talented!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he replied as a matter of course.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong knew that there must be a problem here, so he looked at his father and Zhang Mingwei, and listened to the conversation between the two of them with great interest, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.

Zhang Mingwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen, who was a little puzzled, and reminded again: "Then what talent does he have?" According to the information I checked, he rose through the ranks quickly, but he didn't have any famous credit. Dalinghe City fell, and he was able to be promoted, but he was promoted; talked eloquently about the way to use soldiers, but as a result, his soldiers mutinied, but nothing ......"

Listening to these words, Emperor Chongzhen also wanted to defend Chen Xinjia and said: "However, he rectified the border defense, achieved great results, was proficient in military affairs, and was far superior to other courtiers, whether it was a foreign official or a supervising army, or a minister of the court and the central government, he was praised by him......"

Although Chen Xinjia was the cadre of his country at this time, it can be justified that later, with Zhang Mingwei's previous statements, slowly, he couldn't go on anymore.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen's face was getting more and more ugly, Zhang Mingwei was not afraid of hitting him, so he reminded him again: "At the beginning of the third year of Chongzhen, Zuo Yingxuan, the commander of Changli County, blocked the siege of the Jianyu army for seven consecutive days, and was one of the few county orders that held the city at that time. Although Lun Gong was promoted afterwards, he was not killed in the Fenzhou Prefecture in the end? This is a real achievement, not a blow. Both are from the same background, but the circumstances of the two are very different, why? ”

Before Emperor Chongzhen could answer, Zhu Cihong on the side responded first: "Sir, is it because those Jin merchants gave him money?" ”

Zhang Mingwei listened, turned his head to look at him, and had to praise in his heart, Zhu Cihong can be taught!

Turning around, Zhang Mingwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen, whose face was very ugly and had already brought some anger, and said again: "Also, the defeat of Songshan, I learned from the historical materials that Zu Dashou sent the dead soldiers to break through and say that the reinforcements should advance steadily and slowly in the car camp, and not rush to war. Hong Chengchou and His Majesty also meant to fight steadily and steadily, but Chen Xinjia advocated a quick victory, insisted on attacking in four directions, sent Zhang Ruoqi to lobby, and personally wrote a letter to urge Hong Chengchou to send troops. As a result, it was defeated, and the last main army of the imperial court was surrounded and annihilated, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen's face was already extremely ugly. From Zhang Mingwei's questioning, he already understood that he mistook garbage for a treasure and saw the wrong person again.

Zhang Mingwei already knew the answer by looking at his face, so he concluded: "It can be seen that Chen Xinjia is not proficient in military affairs at all, but he is praised by internal and external officials; did not take the credit for it, but he was promoted quickly; In this way, there is no other reason, as the prince said, to open the way with money, and this is also in line with the practice of Ming officialdom! ”

Following the customs, he and Emperor Chongzhen talked a lot, and they all spoke with a bit of the tone of the ancients.

Emperor Chongzhen lowered his head and clenched the quilt with both hands, holding it very tightly, so that the green tendons on the back of his hands appeared, obviously hateful.

At this time, he not only felt that he was fooled by Chen Xinjia, but also that the officials were corrupt like this, one by one, they only recognized money, and no longer had him as a monarch.

Thinking of this, he suddenly raised his head again, with deep expectation in his eyes, looking at Zhang Mingwei and thinking in his heart: Thanks to God's mercy on Daming, he actually descended Mr., and from then on, I have a real backbone!

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen said sincerely to Zhang Mingwei: "Thanks to Mr. Come, I will not be fooled by them." This Chen Xinjia, I am determined to cut him with a thousand knives! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei persuaded him instead: "Your Majesty, this is the result I speculated on my own based on historical materials, what is the real situation, it is best to let the factory guard check it again!" The cancer of Jin Shang is also deep-rooted and intertwined, and it must be investigated clearly before it can be uprooted. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to say that there was no need to investigate again, and this Chen Xinjia deserved to die, but when he heard it, when Zhang Mingwei said that it was related to the uprooting of the tumor of Jin Shang, he didn't say it.

After thinking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen was about to speak, when suddenly there was movement at the door of the hall: "The slave Wang Chengen interrogated Wang Dehua and came to reply to the decree." ”

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, why was it so fast?

Although he thought so, he still let Wang Chengen enter the palace.

Zhang Mingwei was also a little curious, the result of the interrogation was found so quickly?

Wang Chengen entered the hall and was taken aback when he saw the situation in the hall. How have you ever heard in the world that there are outsiders who sleep in the same bed with the emperor, the prince sleeps on one side, and even the eldest princess is also in the side hall!

At this moment, he had a deeper understanding of the importance of Zhang Mingwei. But at this time, he didn't have time to think about it, and immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the slave maid has seized the account book of Wang Dehua's collection details of the money collected since the beginning of this year, involving a lot of shocking things, please take a look at it." ”

After finishing speaking, he stepped forward again, and presented the account book to Emperor Chongzhen with both hands.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately took the account book and looked through it. And Wang Chengen also immediately took the candle and approached it so that the emperor could see it clearly.

I saw that Emperor Chongzhen had only turned a few pages, and his face was already blue, and then, the faster he turned the page, his face became more and more ugly.

Suddenly, he slammed the account book shut and shouted, "Damn, damn, all damn......"

If he didn't have a clear impression of the corruption of the court and the corruption of the government that Zhang Mingwei said before, at this moment, after he saw this account book, he definitely had a deep understanding.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was a little angry, handed the account book to Zhang Mingwei, and said hatefully: "Sir, please look, this is really shocking, civil officials and courtiers, everyone should be killed!" ”

After finishing speaking, he seemed to remember that Wang Chengen was actually similar to these people, and he was greedy for a lot of money, which made him look at Wang Chengen a little wrong.

When Wang Chengen saw this look, his forehead immediately sweated. He knew that although his matter was exonerated by Zhang Mingwei, the emperor absolutely understood what was going on, but for the sake of himself hanging himself, he didn't get angry when he got down the stairs.

Now because of this booklet, the emperor remembers that he also has a share, and this impression is afraid that it will be difficult to change it in the future!

At this time, Wang Chengen didn't know why, remembered Wang Dehua's warning, and couldn't help but regret a little in his heart: Can it really be foolproof just by hanging his friendship?

Besides, after Zhang Mingwei took the account book, he looked through it, and it was not strange at all about the contents inside.

I saw that in this account book, up to Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, as well as those princes and nobles, and officials with a little position in the Beijing Division, all gave gifts to Wang Dehua. In addition, many people in the East Factory also have filial piety to Wang Dehua.

He was watching here, and Wang Chengen on the side, in order to save a little impression in Emperor Chongzhen's heart, had to work hard to show himself, so he asked: "Your Majesty, these are only this year, and the slave and maid will continue to interrogate, but ...... I just don't know what to do with these people? ”

Although he just shouted "civil officials and courtiers, everyone should be killed", it is absolutely unrealistic to kill them all. Faced with this kind of bribery case that almost the entire court went up and down, to be honest, Emperor Chongzhen himself didn't know what to do.

If it was in the past, he would definitely be nerve-wracking, but now, he can save some snacks, so he immediately asked Zhang Mingwei: "According to Mr. Will, how to deal with it?" ”