The atmosphere in the palace is full of spring, but the atmosphere outside the Forbidden City is a little weird.

Rumors spread everywhere in Zhili, making people panic.

Some of these rumors say that Emperor Tianwu violated his ancestors' teachings, rebelled greatly, and forced his father to seize the throne.

Others say that Emperor Tianwu strangled blood relatives, persecuted clans, killed ministers without permission, insulted scholars, and was mean to meritorious heroes.

Rumors cite many examples, such as in the ninth year of Chongzhen, the crown prince Zhu Cihong privately transferred troops and horses out of the city to attack Jiannu without the permission of the saint.

After being provoked by Tang Shiji, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, he ignored the Son of Heaven to prevent the palace from lifting a sword and slashing the imperial history.

Afterwards, he also surrounded the gate of heaven with powerful soldiers, wanting to seize the throne, but was finally stopped and controlled in the palace by the wise son of heaven.

The insidious and vicious Zhu Cihong finally used a stratagem to force the Son of Heaven to let him go south, and further sit big and strong, forming a trend that the tail will not fall.

In the face of Li Zicheng, who made a comeback, Zhu Cihong raised his own dignity and deliberately allowed the thieves to wreak havoc on the Central Plains, causing the thieves to fall into Shenjing, causing a tragedy through the ages!

In addition, some people have added a large number of brushwork descriptions, such as Emperor Chongzhen's southward journey to Nanjing, the crown prince Zhu Cihong ordered him to be imprisoned in the palace and forced the emperor to abdicate.

In order to gain credibility, the crown prince Zhu Cihong also forced Emperor Chongzhen to issue an edict of guilt, and finally passed on the throne to prove that his name was justified.

When Zhu Cihong was the crown prince, he was known for his high-flying and unscrupulous, and he was ruthless in killing courtiers and gentry, how could such a tyrant inherit the throne? Can Heaven allow it?

Another example is that Emperor Chongzhen repeatedly reprimanded the crown prince Zhu Cihong, saying that he was ruthless and unsuitable for inheriting the imperial business, but praised the third prince Zhu Cijiong, and when he saw the third prince, he was full of smiles and was very happy.

Even on the eve of Li Zicheng's invasion of Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen wrote an edict that intended to pass the throne to the third prince Zhu Cijiong, and sent the three princes out of Beijing as early as possible.

However, due to the treacherous Zhu Cihong's conspiracy, the emperor was coerced, so that the legitimate heir, Zhu Cijiong, did not receive this will, and the emperor himself was taken hostage south and imprisoned in the palace.

King Ding himself was even reprimanded, and the shameless Zhu Cihong knew that he would be deprived of the throne, and this title reform was aimed at King Ding......

The content of these rumors is very vigorous, and the description technique is also very unique, which makes people read it and can't help but hate Zhu Cihong and other treacherous villains for usurping the throne, but also feel great pity for Emperor Chongzhen.

In order to crack down on Zhu Cihong, the rumors also whitewashed Chongzhen invinciblely, redressed it, and highly praised the good sage.

All the Qing troops entered the customs and Li Zicheng's rise was caused by the self-respect of the crown prince Zhu Cihong!

Emperor Chongzhen was benevolent and righteous, and he couldn't bear to deal with his parents and children, but he was counterattacked by the despicable Zhu Cihong!

Finally, the author of the rumor lamented, heaven and earth are unfair, when will justice come? When will good people be rewarded?

These rumors spread in the north and south of the river, and the teahouses and wine shops were boiling and shocking.

In the Qianqing Palace, a brocade-clothed guard read these contents in a trembling and frightened manner, causing the cabinet and military ministers in the palace to be extremely angry.

Li Yan said: "Your Majesty, these rumors, after careful collation, have spread widely, and the speed of spreading is also extremely fast, and someone must be plotting in secret. ”

Zhu Cihong sneered and asked, "Li Tingbiao, is there a source of investigation and punishment of rumors?" ”

Li Tingbiao said respectfully to Zhu Cihong: "Back to Your Majesty, these rumors did not come from one place, they flowed out all over the country, and most of them were mainly recorded in folk history books and wild history, and there were many people involved. ”

"According to the information that Jin Yiwei has, the source of these rumors is not in Zhili, nor in Jiangnan, but from Jiangbei, Jin Yiwei was originally determined to be in Shandong, if you want to determine who it is, it will take some time."

Saying that, Li Tingbiao blamed himself a lot, patronizing the Nanyang side, but he didn't expect such a big incident to happen in the north.

Zhu Cihong's face was like sinking water, he knew very well how much impact these rumors had on an emperor, the Yongzheng Emperor in history had made so many innovations, offended the forces of the people, and was not discredited.

What do you say about killing your father and usurping the throne, killing your brother and forcing your mother, and your reputation has been stinking for hundreds of years.

But anyone with a little common sense knows that Yongzheng is not a usurper, and people's edicts are written in Manchu and Han and other languages, how to change it?

It's this kind of low-level rumor, and many people believe it, but there is no way.

Among these rumors about Zhu Cihong, not all of them are rumors, such as being good at ministers and forcing blood relatives Zhou Kui to death, Zhu Cihong did it.

It is this kind of mixture of truth and falsehood that is the most disgusting.

Zhu Cihong casually picked up a rumor's reverse book on the case, and said in a relaxed tone: "Someone has accused me of ten crimes, and said that I am the first tyrant in history, what do you think?" ”

Cabinet Minister Yang Shicong's face turned red, and he said loudly: "These crazy words of the rabid dog barking day are insulting to intelligence, and the minister disdains to listen to them, please ignore them Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "I don't want to pay attention to it, it's just that some people hate my new policy and spread rumors everywhere, if the people of the world believe it, the new policy will not be implemented, so what?" ”

Yang Shicong said: "The ministers will ask each of the officials of the Hanlin Academy to write an article to reprimand such filthy and shameless people!" ”

Zhu Cihong's eyelids rolled, the group of people in the Hanlin Academy were all crepe, and the articles they wrote could be understood by a few people.

Yang Tinglin, the first assistant of the cabinet, said: "When the emperor gave way, the civil and military officials were there, and the courtiers would not believe it, but outsiders didn't know it, and the people were easily influenced by these remarks......"

After a slight pause, Yang Tinglin said with a calm face: "The minister suggested intensifying the search, burning all the anti-books, and arresting anyone who spread rumors!" ”

Zhu Cihong raised his eyebrows, is there a literary prison? Yongzheng, who was forced to be anxious, did just that.

In this way, this is too much of a move!

At this time, Zhu Cihong was not thinking about these rumors, but who was doing things, and there were too many people he had offended, including vassal kings, nobles, civil officials, scholars, merchants, all classes.

However, Zhu Cihong savored these rumors and focused his attention on the word usurpation, which is the core of these rumors.

The other side should have a big move in the near future.

Zhu Cihong suddenly asked Wu Zhongdao: "Where is the Emperor Taishang now?" ”

Wu Zhong replied: "The Emperor Taishang left by boat, and he should be in Huguang at this time. ”

"Hiding far enough." Zhu Cihong muttered.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Cihong said: "Go and send someone to invite the Emperor Taishang back, please come back with great fanfare, and let everyone along the way see how I imprisoned the Emperor!" ”

Imprisoning Emperor Chongzhen? The old man has been able to run better than anyone else in the past two years, and he hasn't been to any of the several mansions in Zhili? There are several gardens alone!

In the end, Zhu Cihong dismissed the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who was in charge of speech, and ordered the new attendant to thoroughly investigate the matter, and several major newspapers under the control of the Ministry of Rites refuted the rumors at the same time.

The local government burned all the books against the book and arrested those who published such books that spread rumors.

Zhu Cihong ordered Dongchang and Jinyi Wei Shunteng to find melons, and be sure to find the mastermind behind the scenes!