Chapter Seventy-Four: The Dynasty is Shocked
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Jinyi Wei 800 miles to expedite the secret report, Shouyang Wenju conspired to rebel, and killed Shouyang Zhixian, County Cheng, Master Book, Inspection and others."
Chongzhen was reviewing the chapter, and Wang Chengen ran quickly to pray.
"It's the other way around! It's the other way around! ”
Chongzhen angrily threw the pen in his hand to the ground, stood up and walked around with his hands behind his back.
"A small person dares to rebel, and he deceives people too much!"
"Your Majesty, it's time to eat."
A little eunuch bowed down and walked in, bowed his head and whispered.
"I won't eat, so let's step down."
"Your Majesty, you should take care of the dragon's body, and you still have to eat food."
"Get out! Get out! Get out of here! ”
Chongzhen was suddenly furious and drove all the eunuchs and palace maids out.
After everyone went out, Chongzhen squatted down, covered his forehead, and cried with a suppressed voice.
"O ancestors! I'm ashamed of my ancestors!
I want to turn the tide and revitalize the Ming Dynasty, but my people are either collaborating with the enemy or bullying the king, and they want to destroy my country.
O ancestors! Did you see that?
I'm afraid that the ancestors' country will be ruined in the hands of this gang of rebellious ministers and thieves! ”
Chongzhen tried his best to control his voice, crying hoarsely.
He was too difficult, and every time Wang Chengen got bad news from Jinyiwei, his heart was heavy.
First, there were letters from various ministers flattering Wei Biao, and then there were Wenju people plotting to rebel, and there were all kinds of bad natural and man-made disasters in the middle.
Even if Chongzhen is an emperor, his psychological tolerance is limited, you must know that he is only seventeen years old.
Wang Chengen secretly hid outside the door, quietly listening to Chongzhen's hoarse crying, after a while, he felt that Chongzhen was almost crying, sighed, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and walked in.
"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body."
Chongzhen's expression was straight, and there were tears on his face, but it was as if nothing had happened.
"Did you hear what I just said?"
"Yes."
"You dog, you dare to eavesdrop, I lost my temper just now."
Wang Chengen bowed and said, "The minister has been following you for so many years, and at this moment I know that you are so bitter in your heart. ”
"Since I ascended the throne, I have known the hardships of being an emperor, and the tiredness of being an emperor, I will also have times when I can't stand it.
I don't want my courtiers to see my gaffe, because I am the emperor. ”
"The emperor atoned for his sins! Minister, I didn't hear anything. ”
"I really want to cut you, but if I cut you, I will be useless."
"It's good to cut it, as long as the emperor can do it well, it doesn't hurt to cut the ministers."
"How can I be satisfied? Now that both the courtiers and the people are disloyal, how can I be satisfied? ”
"The emperor still has to take care of the dragon's body." Wang Chengen said as he took out a piece of pastry from his sleeve and handed it over.
Chongzhen scratched him fiercely with his hands behind his back, took the pastry, and ate it.
"If the country is not protected, what is the use of me asking for this dragon body?"
Chongzhen sighed helplessly after eating the pastry.
"Blame you for all the dogs, I'm hungry, eat."
When he didn't eat, he wasn't so hungry, but after eating a pastry, Chongzhen became hungry.
"Dinner."
When Wang Chengen heard that Chongzhen was going to eat, he immediately shouted happily.
Chongzhen finished his meal and walked alone in the back garden.
Wang Chengen followed cautiously, at this moment he had two secret letters in his sleeve, he didn't know whether to let Chongzhen see it, he was afraid that Chongzhen wouldn't be able to eat and sleep after reading it.
"Dog, you're following me again." In the moment when Wang Chengen was distracted, Chongzhen found him and came to his side and said angrily.
"Your Majesty, the anti-thief Wenju people in Shouyang have already surrendered to the law." Wang Chengen quietly hid another secret letter and handed over the secret letter in his hand.
"Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi, the chief soldier Zhang Honggong, with 8,000 elite soldiers overnight to exterminate the Shouyang anti-thief Wenju people, and at the same time raided the county and others."
Chongzhen paused for a few breaths after seeing the incident of the magistrate and others bribing and befriending the Wei eunuchs, and suddenly fell to the ground in anger and the secret letter in his hand.
"How can this be justified, eunuch party, eunuch party, die without stiffness."
"Your Majesty, there's more to come." Wang Chengen picked up the secret letter and pointed it.
"Jinyi Wei 100 households, kill one hundred and six thieves, oh, I remember, it's that Shaanxi person, right? Hehe... Meritorious service. ”
"The emperor's eyes are like torches!."
"So he's already used by me."
"The emperor's dragon power is powerful and powerful!"
Wang Chengen slapped a sycophant, and Chongzhen was extremely useful.
"Xuan, the ministers above the second rank enter the palace, and I have important matters to discuss with them."
"Yes!"
Wang Chengen took the order and left.
"What do you think?"
Chongzhen took out the evidence of the conspiracy of the Wenju people in Shouyang County to rebel, as well as the evidence that the magistrate and others colluded with Wei Gelding and his party, and asked for their opinions.
They all know in their hearts that they have done everything to bribe Wei Eunuch, but at that time, Wei Eunuch was in power and opposition, and in order to protect themselves, they had to follow the flames, and they knew that Chongzhen was beating them.
"I have found a resident worm that has been following Wei and his henchmen since the Apocalypse to bring disaster to the country and the people.
This resident insect and Wei Gelding secretly communicated with each other, oscillating between the court and Wei Eunuch, and now that the incident happened, he died at the hands of the thief, which is really a big joke in the world.
I have the heart to pull out all these resident insects and kill them all, but I have the heart to be powerless, all Aiqing, if these resident insects are not removed, the Ming Dynasty will not be a country. ”
"The ministers are guilty!"
The ministers knelt down one after another.
Chongzhen was telling them that he had known about the dirty things they had done in private, but he couldn't move them for the sake of the overall situation.
But this time, he wants to use the topic to make these ministers follow him with all their hearts.
Otherwise, the matter of Shouyang Zhixian is their end, Chongzhen hopes that they can stand on his side, and tomorrow morning is the time to express their position.
"This matter, we will discuss it again tomorrow morning, and Zhong Aiqing will step down."
"Yes."
That night, people came to the back doors of various ministers' houses, and people came and went in frequent contact.
What they didn't know was that Chongzhen, who was standing in front of the window in the palace, was listening to Wang Chengen's report on the whereabouts of various ministers.
"There are ...... of the second-grade and above who go out tonight"
After listening to Wang Chengen's report, Chongzhen was not shocked, he already knew that this group of courtiers had formed a party for personal gain.
"Your Majesty, there is something I don't know if to talk about or not." Wang Chengen clutched the secret letter in his hand and asked worriedly.
"Wife, when will you learn to hide with me?"
Wang Chengen listened to Chongzhen's salutation and knew that it was time to say another secret letter.
"Geng Ruqi, the governor of Shanxi, privately withheld some money and grain, the exact amount is unknown."
Chongzhen took the secret letter, lit it on the candle flame after reading it, and burned it.
"It's much better than those who are full of private naan." It's really much better than those people, at least he sent money and food back to Beijing.
Wang Chengen gently wiped the cold sweat on the side of his cheek with his sleeve robe, he was afraid that Chongzhen would be angry, so he endured it until this time and showed it to him, because if he didn't say the news, the commander of Jinyiwei would say it like Luo Yangxing.
On the second day, the morning pilgrimage.
"The emperor is played, and the minister impeaches the governor of Shanxi, Geng Ruqi."
Chongzhen's eyes were cold, this was the result of the discussion of this group of ministers overnight.
They don't want to be loyal to the king and serve the country, but attack each other.
For this group of ministers, the emperor wants to move them, and they can't afford to provoke the emperor.
However, they can find another way to make the emperor powerful and have nowhere to go, and he can't come out.
"Say."
Chongzhen looked at His Royal Highness's courtiers expressionlessly.
"Geng Ruqi, deceitful and guilty of committing crimes, without going through the cabinet, privately copying officials' family property, overstepping his bounds, almost rebelling, his crime must not be forgiven, and the minister implores the emperor to make a holy judgment."
This is Geng Ruqi's behavior of raiding his home, and he has encountered the sore spot of these people.
After finishing the imperial history, he returned to the original class, and Wang Yongguang stepped forward to play.
"Qi played the emperor, the minister thought that although Geng Ruqi's move was inappropriate, but the county magistrate and others committed the crime of treason and betrayal, and they maintained an unclear relationship with Wei Eunuch, and they were even more prey on weekdays, wantonly looting the people's fat and people's ointment, even if Geng Ruqi did not raid his home, the court would not let them go."
After Wang Yongguang finished speaking, he returned to his original class.
"Qi to play the emperor, the minister thinks, the problem is not that their crime is more serious, but to let the courtiers strictly abide by the monarch and the courtiers etiquette, Geng Ruqi's move, on the surface is to eliminate evil with evil, but in fact, it is for the heavens, violating the emperor's authority, and disrupting the court.
That Yushi stepped forward again.
"If this goes on for a long time, won't you be a monarch and a minister..."
"Yes, yes..."
Under his impassioned words, the ministers of the palace echoed one after another, as if they had been discussed a long time ago.
Chongzhen is calm on the surface, but there are turbulent waves in his heart, it is a wave of anger, it is a wave of helplessness...
Behold, this is my Manchu civil and military.
"Report! Good news! Good news! Good news! ”
"Say." Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair and was about to sit on the wax, suddenly got up and said excitedly.
"Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi, 800 miles to report to the emperor, Geng Ruqi heard that the thieves in Yuxian County were in turmoil, and the general soldier Zhang Honggong ordered troops overnight, with 8,000 elites, rushed to Yuxian County to quell the chaos, after a day and a night of fierce fighting, more than 1,000 people were killed, and the Fubiao battalion was killed.
Eventually, the head of the bandit who opened the mountain knife and the loach was captured, and the people of Yuxian County were indignant, and 10,000 people petitioned to execute the head of the bandit in Yuxian County. ”
"Hahaha... Good, good, good. "As the emperor, Chongzhen has never been so out of shape, but today he is out of shape.
Because, he had been sitting on the dragon chair for a long time, and this depressed breath had been blocked in his chest until this good news came.
"Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi has a meritorious service in suppressing thieves, how do you think Aiqing should reward me?"
"It's... It seems that there are no vacancies. ”
"Isn't there still a shortage of households?"
"Nonsense..."
"What about the military department?"
"Civilian officials come to the military department, that's not nonsense..."
Geng Ruqi is about to rise, which means that someone is going home to farm, and for a while, there are whispers in the hall, and no one dares to stand up and speak.
"The emperor is going to impeach Li Yangchong, the governor of Xuanfu."
Yushi Wu Yu came out of the crowd and said sonorously.
"Say."
"Li Yangchong, the governor of Xuanfu, is old and frail, the corpse is vegetarian, negligent in political affairs, during the Apocalypse, he invaded and robbed 70,000 taels of silver, and after being defeated in the Tatars, he actually killed the good and risked the merits, so as to deceive the court reward, please the emperor to investigate."
"Someone."
"Humble duty."
"Quickly go to Xuanfu to pass the decree and put Li Yangchong, the governor of Xuanfu, into prison."
"Yes."
If this good news gave Chongzhen a vent, then the impeachment of Yushi Wu Yu just gave Chongzhen a target.
Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has never felt so refreshed.
On the same day, Chongzhen Longyan was furious and put Li Yangchong, the governor of Xuanfu, into prison and confiscated his family property, which shocked everyone.