On the throne, Emperor Chongzhen also watched coldly, just watching these courtiers shouting against it. In fact, this matter was predicted in advance when we discussed it last night. Therefore, he already has a countermeasure, and he is not in a hurry, just waiting for them to be "filled with righteous indignation", and after a while, how to squirt out the, how to eat it back, and praise it again!

Finally, someone began to notice that the emperor's expression seemed to be wrong, and he seemed to be a little dissatisfied with them. Thinking about it, when the court was in urgent need of money, it happened to be dozing and sent a pillow, but before the pillow was pillowed, it was sprayed by his own people first, seeing that the pillow was gone, it was strange that he was in a good mood.

Thinking like this, these people knew that the emperor would definitely be dissatisfied with them, so they were a little timid in their hearts, and their voices were a lot weaker, and many people stopped talking about it.

Of course, they said they were scared in their hearts, and they weren't too afraid. Because in their eyes, it is a matter for them to take it for granted. Even if it's an emperor, it has to be reasonable!

Seeing that the hall was finally slowly quiet, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at the lonely man.

As soon as Li Guochen saw it, he knew how to speak, so he immediately played loudly: "Your Majesty, my ancestor did tell the grass people about dividing the family wealth equally!" The grass people are willing to vouch for their lives! ”

As soon as he heard this, several civil officials immediately jumped out and accused him on the spot, asking who could testify and whether there was any black and white words...... Anyway, it's just a sentence, they asked Li Guochen to come up with real evidence.

"Your Majesty, when my mother begged my father, my father agreed on the spot in front of my mother. My brother was also there. Li Guochen immediately defended, "But I didn't expect that my younger brother not only did not obey his father's orders, but after his father passed away unexpectedly, he treated the grass people harshly and wanted to drive them away." All of the above is true, please see it clearly! ”

Obviously, this kind of thing, even if Li Guorui is called, it will definitely be useless, and Li Guorui will definitely deny it. In the end, who is real and who is fake, only the dead Wu Qinghou himself can tell.

In this way, these civil officials have more confidence, and many people looked at the people who spoke before who didn't seem to provoke the emperor's anger, so they followed up one after another, accusing Li Guochen, and shouting that they wanted to cure Li Guochen for the crime of bullying the king!

Seeing this situation, this time, Emperor Chongzhen did not let them continue to attack Li Guochen, but suddenly slapped the imperial case, making a "pop" sound, which shocked the palace to respond, and at the same time, he also shouted angrily: "Noisy, noisy, if you can make a noise about the silver urgently needed by the imperial court, I will let you quarrel enough!" ”

Such an anger immediately startled everyone. provoked the monarch to this point, and the only way to kneel down and ask for guilt was to plead.

In fact, they did not dare to face the emperor's words. Let them quarrel for money? No matter how you quarrel, you will definitely not be able to make money, so you can only be a turtle with a shrunken head.

Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be very angry, stood up, and said sharply: "Before, it was Dongchang who found out the big case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, as well as the corruption of some officials of Jinyiwei, and obtained a batch of silver, which finally solved the shortage of money at the front line. At that time, did you share your worries? ”

"Now that the front line is in dire need of money, how do you do it? Can you worry about me? The more Emperor Chongzhen spoke, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but shoot the imperial case again, and at the same time continued to shout angrily, "Without silver, how can the soldiers fight and win?" Without silver, the Tartars continue to wreak havoc, and how many people and belongings will they rob me? If there is no silver, it is helping the Tartars, and they want the Tartars to continue to be arrogant and continue to do whatever they want in the pass! Without silver, how many people will be displaced, their wives and families will be destroyed? ”

"Where's the silver? Where does the money come from, you should solve it for me? Why, when you don't speak, why don't you speak when you want to share your worries about me? ”

“……”

Emperor Chongzhen was furious in the thunder, and all the courtiers below lowered their heads, and no one responded.

They don't worry too much, after all, there are so many courtiers, anyway, the law doesn't blame the public, or if they really want to find a scapegoat, then they will definitely give priority to finding Shoufu or Hubu Shangshu!

However, they thought wrongly, so they heard Emperor Chongzhen shouting angrily: "Now Li Guochen has voluntarily donated 200,000 taels to solve the urgent needs of the imperial court, do you think there is a problem in this, no!" Well, I will satisfy you. I'll figure out how to solve this problem of money myself! ”

Hearing this, almost all the courtiers couldn't help but be a little surprised, what can the emperor do, and can he solve the problem of silver by himself?

If this is the case, you, who are the emperor, should have solved it as soon as possible, so why bother to make it difficult for us!

While they were thinking about it, they suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen shouting, "Where is Cao Daban?" ”

"The slave is here!" As soon as Cao Huachun heard this, he knew that it was time for him to appear, and hurriedly came out of the queue and echoed loudly.

"You did a good job in the case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor!" Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and said loudly, "Not only did I find out the moths in the court, but also solved the urgent need for silver for me......"

As soon as they heard this, most of the people in the main hall immediately guessed how the emperor wanted to get the money quickly. Suddenly, one by one, they cried out in their hearts.

Sure enough, I heard that Emperor Chongzhen was already instructing Cao Huachun to say: "Cao Daban must make persistent efforts to investigate me fiercely, no matter who it is, what is the background, as long as the problem is found, I will not tolerate it, and punish the crime strictly, I don't believe it, I am the moth of the Ming Dynasty today, there are only a few of them in the heart of the king!" ”

Obviously, the emperor was forced to be in a hurry, and the consequences were also serious.

Hearing this, Cao Huachun was about to lead the decree loudly, when he suddenly heard someone below preemptively play loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play!" “

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he turned his head to look and found that it was Liu Meicai, the imperial history, so he had a cold face, and still asked angrily: "If there is something, say it quickly, and let it go if there is a fart!" ”

This is all rude, it is obvious that the emperor was really angry just now.

Liu Meicai thought in her heart, so she didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly played: "Your Majesty, the minister thought about it for a while just now, and felt that Li Guochen was loyal and honest, and he would definitely not lie. In the opinion of the minister, the court should administer justice for him. ”

The subtext of his words, as long as you are not a fool, can hear it, which means, isn't there 200,000 taels of silver here? It's just enough to save the emergency, your majesty, you can extinguish the fire, there is already silver!

The reason why he was the first to jump out and say this was really in this Ming officialdom, if he wanted to talk about silver, he never lacked it, because there were Jin merchants for him. In order to speak for Jin Shang, he even often gave money to his colleagues so that they could help him speak.

If Dongchang really wants to go crazy and bite people indiscriminately, he will not be able to make a fool of himself, and he will be the first to be killed. Once caught by the East Factory, if there is anything to do, there will be something. He's scared!

In fact, not only was he afraid, but most of the officials in the temple were afraid. Seeing that Liu Meicai had just started, for a while, the others also echoed him, all agreeing with his proposal, completely forgetting that they were still condemning and opposing Li Guochen just now.

If Dongchang hadn't been mad before, and Wang Zhixin, Fang Fengnian and others hadn't been investigated and punished, maybe these officials wouldn't have been particularly afraid. But at this time, they already knew that the knife in Dongchang was sharp again, and if they were not careful, they would hurt people. Those who have ghosts in their hearts are even more afraid of being hurt.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneer and said: "This is Li Guochen's one-sided words, and there is no real evidence, I'm afraid it won't work, right?" ”

......Hearing this, the courtiers couldn't help but be speechless, knowing that the emperor was still angry and pinching them.

There's no way, the situation is stronger than people, no matter what, it's better than letting Dongchang bite people crazy, right?

Thinking so, Liu Meicai replied to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, that Marquis Wuqing's treatment of Li Guochen is also heard of by Weichen. It can be seen from this that the matter of Marquis Wu Qing's embezzlement of his brother's property is afraid that there will be no fake! ”

When the other courtiers heard this, they also echoed it, saying that they had also heard that Li Guorui, the Marquis of Wuqing, treated Li Guochen poorly, and even drove him out of the Marquis of Wuqing's mansion.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't seem to be so angry anymore, but he still asked a little angrily: "There is a difference between the concubines, isn't it that the family wealth should belong to the concubines?" ”

There is no way to do it, since the emperor has mentioned it, then these have to refute the points he put forward before. No matter what, the emperor had to be discouraged and accept the knife of Dongchang.

"Back to Your Majesty, since the last words of the old Wu Qinghou, you should follow the will of the old Wu Qinghou!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he seemed to think for a moment, and still said with a little hesitation: "Is this really appropriate?" ”

At this time, how could these people in the Ming officialdom not know that Emperor Chongzhen was angry that they had stopped them before and were still pinch them. But in order not to mess around with Dongchang, they had to nod their heads and respond: "Appropriate, appropriate, appropriate!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at these people, and finally breathed a bad breath in his heart, and immediately said to Li Guochen: "Okay, since all the secretaries support you, then I will let Dongchang and Hubu send someone to accompany you to deliver the inheritance, and the court is anxious to use this money, okay?" ”

"The grass people obey!" Of course, Li Guochen had no problem, and hurriedly replied.

"Good!" Emperor Chongzhen immediately praised, "When this matter is over, I will not treat you badly!" ”

After finishing speaking, he immediately named Cao Huachun and Li Beiwen, and asked the two of them to immediately send someone to accompany Li Guochen to the mansion of the Marquis of Wuqing.

Seeing that the dust had settled on this matter, and the emperor no longer mentioned the matter of the strict investigation of Dongchang, these civil officials in the palace breathed a sigh of relief. However, Yang Sichang is an exception, but he secretly complains in his heart.

He didn't believe it, the emperor could really let Dongchang mess around at this moment? If the law does not blame the public, and if all the officials unite to resist it, unless the table is really lifted, the emperor can only compromise. And once the table is really lifted, the Ming Dynasty will be even more chaotic, and something big will happen if it is not done.

It's a pity that these people are timid and afraid of things, and they are afraid that Dongchang will find out their heads first, and they will be unlucky first! Now that they saw that Wu Qinghou was unlucky, they were fine, so they couldn't wait to sell Wu Qinghou one by one.

When Yang Sichang thought of this, he couldn't help but scold in his heart: Do you know that once the emperor moves the Marquis of Wuqing, the next step is definitely to use Xue Manzi's bad idea! Looking back, I still have to force you to pay money one by one!

No, absolutely not, I must not be affected by Xue Manzi!

Yang Sichang has been thinking about it in his heart, so that the emperor has not come back to his senses yet.

But at this time, he also had an idea in his heart to avoid him being dragged down by Xue Manzi.

The method is very simple, that is, to let the civil and military officials, the imperial relatives and nobles know that he is not an accomplice of Xue Manzi, but was forced.

In this way, once the civil and military officials and the royal family and nobles rebound, their target will only be Xue Manzi, a-stirring stick! Maybe he can still be blessed by misfortune, Xue Manzi is eliminated, and he can go one step further and sit on the position of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, without being opposed by the ministers like Xue Manzi.

Thinking so, he had a plan.

But after thinking about it, he remembered that Emperor Chongzhen had warned him not to leak Xue Manzi's proposal. Remembering that the emperor had become powerful recently, he hesitated again.

However, Yang Sichang is worthy of being a talented and agile person, and after thinking about it for a while, he still thought of an idea.

Besides, after Li Guochen got the will, he was overjoyed. 200,000 taels of silver, he couldn't get the land anyway, and now that he donated it to the imperial court, he didn't care. Thinking that when the will arrived at the mansion of the Marquis of Wuqing, seeing the face of his younger brother that would appear, and remembering that he treated his brother harshly as a sister-in-law, he couldn't help but want to go back as soon as possible to get back the previous shame.

Thinking about it like this, he was a little impatient. Then he said to Cao Huachun and Li Beiwen, who were preparing to return to the government to arrange manpower: "Factory Gong, Lord Li, the emperor is in a hurry, why don't the grass people go first and meet at the Wuqing Marquis' Mansion?" ”

His thoughts, Cao Huachun and Li Zhiwen can be seen at a glance, but no one cares, you can go if you want, what does it have to do with them?

So, Li Guochen said goodbye to the two of them, walked like a fly, and rushed back to the Marquis Wuqing Mansion as fast as he could.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

As soon as Li Guochen arrived at the door of his house, looking at this place, he remembered that after his father was gone, he and his mother had so many shameful pasts, he couldn't help but reach out and slap on the door, and he slapped hard, as if he wanted to vent all his anger on this door.

"Who, who is making trouble at the gate of the Hou Mansion?" When the porter heard the voice, he shouted in fright and hurriedly opened the door.

However, as soon as he opened the door and found that it was Li Guochen, his attitude suddenly became bad: "Yo, you still dare to come, be careful that the master is angry, this time it is not simply to drive out!" ”

"Dog, see who dares to chase me this time?" When Li Guochen heard this, he shouted loudly, and then prepared to go to the house.

When the porter saw it, he hurriedly stopped him and shouted loudly: "The master has something to say, this Hou Mansion has nothing to do with you in the future, you dare to trespass into the Hou Mansion privately, this is begging for a beating!" ”

"Bold, who dares to hit me?" Li Guochen's face was angry, and the faces of these subordinates were still the same as before, "You go and tell my rebellious brother that I am here to take half of the inheritance left by my father, this time, he has to take it, and if he doesn't take it, he has to take it!" ”

Seeing that he was so confident, the porter and the other subordinates who rushed over after hearing the sound were a little hesitant. They also heard about it, saying that the eldest man who was kicked out had taken refuge in Xue Guoguan, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and came back to say this this time, shouldn't it be something to rely on?

At this moment, Li Guorui, Marquis of Wuqing, was about to go out, came to the door, and heard his words, and suddenly, he drank away, walked to Li Guochen with his hands behind his back, and shouted with a cold face: "It is said that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, are you worthy of the ancestors of the Li family?" Don't think that with Xue Manzi to rely on, I, Marquis Wu Qing, will be afraid! Hehe, Ben Hou wants to see today, how do you take it? Just because you were born of a cheap maid, Xue Manzi can't help you! ”

As soon as Li Guochen heard that he was sarcastic about his mother's background again, and in front of so many people, he suddenly turned red with anger, pointed at Li Guorui's nose with his finger, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, good, good, I can't take away the 200,000 taels of silver left by my father, from now on, I will not be surnamed Li, and I will have nothing to do with the Marquis of Wuqing's mansion!" “

"Hehe, this time, Ben Hou will not spare you! From now on, you won't even have the surname Li! Li Guorui sneered even more when he heard this, "Those who have been driven out by Ben Hou, if you have any ability, you can use it, Ben Hou put his words here, if you can take away a copper plate, Ben Hou will be born of a cheap maid!" “