"His Royal Highness the Prince," Li Banghua, the imperial historian of Zuodu, heard this, and immediately got up and said, "According to the imperial court system, Kedao officials have the responsibility of correcting impeachment, justifying wrongs, and rumors, and it is also the duty of Kedao officials to rectify the discipline of the court. What the prince just said, is it asking the officials of the province not to do things? ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "The purpose of holding a court meeting is to let people talk and discuss politics. It is inevitable that there will be mistakes in speech, and there will inevitably be mistakes in discussing politics. If you want to punish for this, then most of the officials in the court today are guilty! And there is a great sin! Zuodu Yushi, are you going to impeach them? ”

Guilty?

Are we all guilty?

The officials who stayed behind to participate in the small court meeting all raised their hearts to their throats - most of them were traitors! Not only treacherous, but also greedy, it is sinful to check it carefully!

"Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this?" Li Banghua Old Man Li also had a little numb scalp, of course he knew that the prince was not easy to deal with. But as the imperial history of Zuodu, it is his responsibility to maintain the discipline of the imperial court, and he has to come out to speak.

"Do you still remember Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department who was killed because of the lord in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen?" Zhu Cihong said leisurely, "What is Chen Xinjia's crime?" Private money humiliates the country, when the law of the walled city is lost, beheaded!

If Xinjia had succeeded in negotiating peace on the same day, the imperial court would have concentrated its forces to exterminate the Liukou, how could Jingshi fall? How could the two younger brothers of the palace and the emperor's Yuan Guifei fall into the hands of thieves? The courtiers who impeached Chen Xinjia in fifteen years, as well as the courtiers who opposed peace and moved the capital before, were they misguided the country? Should it be punished? Li Banghua, you say! ”

What do you say? No one can you say....... Li Banghua has fulfilled his responsibilities, and now, of course, he is speechless and pretending to be a fool.

Zhu Cihong sighed: "Chen Xinjia is wronged!" Although he is not a competent secretary of the military department, it is also a strange injustice to humiliate the country with private funds! And he didn't negotiate peace privately, but acted on the emperor's secret edict. Don't those officials who impeached him know the emperor's intentions? Don't you know that the country is no longer able to wage war on both the eastern and western fronts? Knowing the will of the monarch and father, and knowing that peace is a good policy to save the country, but he blocked it in groups, isn't it a person with ill intentions? Shouldn't they be punished? ”

Zhu Cihong's tone became more and more gloomy, and many of the courtiers below were already trembling.

This prince is a ruthless man who imprisoned his father and killed his brother, and he is also the master of the Ming Dynasty, so it will not end well if he is angry!

"Li Qing," Zhu Cihong looked at Li Banghua with a smile, "This palace has set the rule that those who say that they are not guilty, just to exonerate those ministers who have misled the country...... If you don't agree, do you want to impeach them? ”

The resentful gazes all shot at the mouthy Li Banghua, which suddenly gave the old man a feeling of being on his back.

"Old minister, old minister is confused...... "How dare Li Banghua!" had no choice but to bow to Prince Zhu.

Zhu Cihong smiled: "It's not that you are confused, but that the ancestors overestimated the ability of you, a science and technology official.

All ministers are treacherous, villains form factions, ministers are chaotic, despicable and corrupt, corrupt official discipline, academic misconduct, and nonsense in books, your procuratorate will impeach! Whether the officials are virtuous or not, you should be promoted or demoted. In the trial of major cases and serious prisoners, your procuratorate should also participate. In addition, they also had to inspect the Kyoto barracks, supervise the capital township, the examination and the martial arts, inspect Guanglu, inspect the warehouse, inspect the inner library, the imperial city, and the five cities, take turns to board the drums, clean up the army, supervise the school, inspect the salt administration, tea and horses, inspect the Cao Yun, and inspect the customs ...... There are many, many other things that Hongu can't remember. I only know the affairs of the world, as if there is no one you who can't control the imperial history! But can you manage it? Mr. Li, you say, do you all have so many things in charge of the procuratorate? ”

The prince was going to move the Imperial Procuratorate! The officials present had all counted in their hearts.

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate can't manage so many things......" Li Banghua has no way to stare and talk nonsense, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has to manage so many things, why does the imperial court let people go to Dagukou?

"Then let's take care of a little less of it!" Zhu Cihong said, "From today onwards, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will only be in charge of one thing..... It's an official who violates discipline and lawlessness!

Now the country has just had a little sign of ZTE, but if the previous shortcomings are not eliminated one by one, this hope of ZTE will be quickly buried. In order to get rid of the shortcomings of the imperial court, we should start with the rectification of discipline. Discipline is sluggish, officials are corrupt, and there is no hope for the imperial court. And Zhengang discipline, anti-corruption is the important task that the palace will hand over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. As for the country's major policies, the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not need to ask. ”

In Zhu Cihong's view, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is also a yamen such as the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Anti-corruption and strict law and discipline are the only things that matter. It is not their turn to take care of the country's major policies...... Moreover, when the leaders of the country discuss the major policies of the country, whether they are right or wrong, they cannot ask for the guilt, let alone kill the head.

If it's not right, if you want to kill your head, then who can stand it? I can't stand it, so I have to say some politically correct every day to save my life, save my life so that I can take bribes, and when the thieves call and the Tartars call, I will go to the enemy to be the second minister and the third minister...... The Ming Dynasty used so many officials, just for this?

Therefore, if Zhu Cihong wants to reform the government and make the imperial court really able to do things, he must first turn the Metropolitan Procuratorate into a "discipline inspection commission" and a yamen that specializes in purging officials from corruption and discipline -- only by being professional can we really do things well.

He previously tightened the power of Jinyiwei and let Jinyiwei only be a spy for the sake of professionalism. Jinyiwei is equivalent to the national security department, and the national security will do the affairs of national security, and the anti-corruption and anti-corruption should be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. And national affairs, as well as all kinds of miscellaneous things, do not need to be interfered in by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

There are so many yamen in the Ming Dynasty, each performing its own duties and managing its own stall. Everyone is mixed together, and when there is a benefit, they rush to the top, and when they take responsibility, no one comes forward.

To put it mildly, there are fewer people in charge, and there are fewer people who are corrupt and take bribes!

In addition, once the Metropolitan Procuratorate becomes a truly useful anti-corruption department, Zhu Cihong will have a sharp enough officialdom butcher knife in his hands!

As long as the butcher's knife can be truly held in the hand, it is enough. As for the name of the knife, it is no different to call it Duchayuan, call it Jinyiwei, and call it Dongchang.

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Great Qing Kingdom, Shengjing.

At dawn on April 2, Dolgon received reports that Beijing had been captured by Li Zicheng. He received reports that Beijing had been breached by Li Zicheng on 22 March, that Emperor Chongzhen had been captured, and that the crown prince had fled to Wu Sangui's army in Yongping before the city fell.

After receiving this report, the regent of the Qing Dynasty had a preliminary judgment - the Ming Dynasty has died!

In the future, the world will be Li Zicheng's Dashun and the Qing Dynasty will compete! And what happened to Dashun, the newly rising opponent, also made Dolgon a little worried.

The Ming army is an old opponent, and it has long been afraid of the Eight Banners, even if it is their most powerful Guanning army, now it is defending the castle, and basically has no courage to fight a decisive battle in the field - not to mention whether it can win or not, even the courage to fight a battle is gone!

Such an army is no match for the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. And Dashun, the enemy, not to mention whether they can fight, just say that their courage must be stronger than that of the Ming army, at least they dare to fight.

Dolgon, who is only 32 years old this year, can be said to be extremely proficient in fighting with soldiers, so he also knows that there is no absolute certainty on the battlefield. If you encounter an enemy who dares to fight to the death, you must be cautious.

Therefore, Dolgon did not immediately issue an order to march into Beijing, but ordered the military headquarters yamen to inquire about various news after Li Zicheng entered Beijing at any cost, and on the other hand, he ordered the soldiers of the Eight Banners to begin to assemble and prepare for war.

At this time, the Great Qing Dynasty was in a period of prosperity and vigor, and there was no shortage of vigor and vitality, and all yamen could also do things. The matter of spying on the military intelligence of the Ming Dynasty is even more important, and in the city of Beijing and its suburbs, there has always been a large number of Manchurian meticulous works, and as soon as there is important news, it will be sent to the territory of the Great Qing Dynasty as soon as possible.

And the Ming Dynasty is a leaky sieve, and everything is dried in the newspaper, which greatly facilitates the activities of the meticulous workers.

However, after these Manchurian works, which have always been very bright, were broken by Li Zicheng in Beijing, they began to make mistakes.

First of all, he came up with a contradictory report on the whereabouts of Emperor Chongzhen and the crown prince Zhu Cihong.

On April 2, Dolgon received a report that Chongzhen had been captured, and the prince fled to Yongping.

And on April 3, the news changed to Chongzhen and the prince breaking through and fleeing to Tianjin and Yongping respectively.

By April 6, the news had changed again, and Emperor Chongzhen and the crown prince had gone to Tianjin, and they had been surrounded by Li Zicheng's pursuers, and they were soon over.

But today, April 11, the news has changed again! Emperor Chongzhen and the crown prince were not finished, but held on to the Tianjin Guard and were supported by an army led by Wu Sangui himself, defeating Li Zicheng's pursuers...... In other words, Wu Sangui's army has already gone to Tianjin.

It seems that the Ming Dynasty will not be able to die for a while.

However, just yesterday, that is, on April 10, Wu Sangui's envoy Zu Zepu clearly told Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou that Wu Sangui did not go to Tianjin, and the main force of the Guanning army was also not moved in Shanhaiguan......