So, outside the noon gate, every time the "pop" floor fell, it was accompanied by a miserable scream.

"Smack...... Yes...... Syllable...... Ah......h

Every movement made the civil and military officials hear it very harshly.

In the past, corruption was not called corruption and perversion of the law, it was selling at a price.

For example, Yang Zhiqi, the imperial historian, openly sells his concerto, and whoever gives money will help him speak; Whoever gives more money will help more. This kind of thing is not done by Yang Zhiqi alone.

Also, spent a lot of money to give gifts to the officials, to those high-ranking officials in the court, got an official position, and devoted himself to the people?

How can it be! After taking office, they all think about how to get it back.

There is one word that describes this situation very well: fat shortage! There is oil and water, and what can make money is the lack of fertilizer. Those who are dedicated to the people will have the word fat shortage?

This kind of thing has happened in all dynasties. However, at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, it was already an undisguised and commonplace social phenomenon.

Suddenly, they suddenly found that doing this kind of thing was actually to be reckoned. The four people in front of you are it: cane kill!

No matter what your identity is, even if you are a eunuch with the seal of the celebrant who is known as the prime minister, or the eunuch who holds the power of the imperial horse and the seal of the eunuch, or the closest relative to the emperor, they are now being held accountable.

Every time the scream of "ah" is like a heavy hammer hitting their hearts, frightening their little hearts and pounding hard! Even many of them turned pale as if they were being tortured.

They don't want to look at it at all, they just can't cover their ears, otherwise, some people will definitely cover their ears.

This execution was a kind of torment for the vast majority of civil and military officials who watched the execution.

Of course, this torment is not only them, including Queen Zhou in the palace, in fact.

Emperor Chongzhen was here, the way of cutting first and then playing, the will was issued, Wang Chengen had already gone to carry it out, and he personally came to tell Empress Zhou.

The reason why he acted so decisively was that he was afraid that Queen Zhou would intercede.

It is said that there is no family affection in the heavenly family, and it is natural that when you become an emperor, it is basically impossible to have love.

Of course, there are very few exceptions, for example, there was one in the Ming Dynasty.

Generally speaking, if this kind of thing happens, the queen's position will definitely be unstable. Crucially, however, there is still a prince there. In this way, it is definitely not an easy thing to abolish the queen.

And having said that, Empress Zhou's performance on weekdays, Emperor Chongzhen is also satisfied. Because of this, he didn't think about it at all.

If it weren't for Zhou Kui's father and son being too much, maybe they wouldn't be so ruthless in the face of the queen. Even if it was in the Chengping era, especially if he didn't know that Daming would actually die in two years, maybe he wouldn't be so ruthless.

However, all assumptions are just assumptions. Now he already knows that Daming will die in two years, and he knows that these two goods will even be betrayed to his grandson, so after repeatedly violating his bottom line, he no longer hesitates.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen comforted Empress Zhou and said: "I punish their father and son, and it has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with the crown prince." ”

When Queen Zhou heard this, she was silent, just lowered her head and wept silently.

Obviously, although she was very annoyed and disappointed, it was her father and brother after all. If it was just to take the title and expel it from Beijing, then she could accept it.

But now, her own brother Zhou Bi'an is going to be killed by a rod. The emperor has issued an order to carry it out, which means that the matter is irreparable, what can she do except be sad!

Seeing her like this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, so he comforted her and said, "This is their own sin, and it has nothing to do with you." I also looked at your face, so I only disposed of Zhou Bi'an alone! Think about it, if it were someone else, how could I be so tolerant and severely punished according to the law! ”

Hearing this, Queen Zhou glanced up at him, her eyes blurred with tears, and then lowered her head and said, "Maybe, there are some things that may not be misunderstood by them?" ”

The emperor was in such a hurry to kill her brother, no matter who it was, it was a little difficult to accept.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, his voice became a little colder and said: "The things that Jiading Bofu has done are all human and material evidence. Not to mention this, what if the father and son have repeatedly opposed me? I want to dispose of Wu Qinghou, but he stood up to help raise money and sell pots and pans, is this a slap in the face, or a slap in the face? ”

"Also, just two days ago, I borrowed money from him, but he actually came to you and asked for five thousand taels, and then he turned his head to give me a lot of money, and he got a lot of money for nothing. What does this say? ”

"After I rewarded Mr. Reward, the two of them were shameless and dared to come to the palace to make trouble? Sometimes, I can't believe that you are his daughter. Isn't it going to be a ......?"

When Emperor Chongzhen sprayed here in one breath, he felt as if he had said something about it, so he didn't continue to speak. However, although he didn't say it, the meaning was obvious, that is, he suspected that Queen Zhou was picked up by Zhou Kui.

At this time, Empress Zhou bowed her head and wept, seeing that Emperor Chongzhen no longer said that it was about his brother's life, she still wanted to justify a few words: "When I was a child, my family was poor, and my father was used to living a hard life, so he developed a thrifty ...... The problem of stinginess. It's also possible that the family really doesn't have a lot of money, so they can't come up with much! ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately became angry, and his voice was much louder: "Although the imperial court is in dire need of money, have I treated him badly?" Glory and wealth, can be missing from them......"

As he was talking about this, there was a notice from outside, it was Wang Chengen who had returned.

So, Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything about it first, looked at Wang Chengen who came in and asked, "How much wealth must be in Jiading Bofu?" ”

When Wang Chengen came in, he had already seen Queen Zhou weeping, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The work that offended the queen was done by himself. The initiator has nothing to do, ah, he is the life of a coolie!

He was thinking about it here, when Queen Zhou heard this, she immediately raised her head in surprise and stared at Wang Chengen, her eyes were a little cold.

She didn't expect that the emperor would go to raid the house?

Feeling this gaze, Wang Chengen didn't dare to slack off, thinking about finishing the prayer quickly, he immediately played: "The slave didn't dare to make a big move, but after a little search, he found as much as 210,000 taels of silver and 3,550 taels of gold. If it is converted into other gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, it will be at least more than 500,000 taels......"

Before he could finish speaking, Queen Zhou froze. Even if she was killed, she couldn't imagine that there would be so much silver!