At this time, no one dared to face the emperor's wrath! Everyone, not only those officials who were kneeling, but also those who were standing there and did not participate in the impeachment, all bowed their heads, did not dare to look at the emperor, and knelt down in a large area.

If it were the emperor of Chongzhen eleven years ago, then their reaction would definitely not be like this. If it doesn't work, they will start arguing together, and continue to fool Emperor Chongzhen, there are too many people, and nine times out of ten they can be fooled and lame.

However, the current emperor's performance since the end of the eleventh year of Chongzhen has made these courtiers feel awe.

The emperor is wise and iron-blooded, which has been proved by the heads of Liu Yuliang, the former chief assistant, Tian Weijia and others. Whoever wants to fool the emperor and quibble with the emperor will follow the fate of those courtiers;

Even further, Yang Sichang, Chen Xinjia and others, the former auxiliary ministers who formed a party with the Jin merchants who betrayed the country, were all guilty of rebellion. Today's Changshu people are changing, in case the emperor also makes a rebellion, it is not impossible, if it involves himself, who can afford this anger?

Therefore, at this time, no courtier dared to face the angry emperor, and he could still quibble with a ghost. The emperor couldn't bear the anger when he said such heavy words, so he could only kneel down and plead guilty.

Only if the emperor is mediocre, will there be so many civil officials who dare to fool the emperor, just like Emperor Chongzhen before the crossing.

Emperor Chongzhen shouted angrily for a while, slowed down slightly, and did not continue to speak, but just glanced at the courtiers kneeling below.

After a long while, he retracted his gaze, threw a few pieces from the desk in front of him to the eunuch Cao Huachun, and said in a stern tone: "I always pay attention to the disaster situation in the world, although only three months have passed this year, but in some places, the disaster has already shown signs. If you don't know, I will let Cao Daban read it to you. ”

Cao Huachun heard it and immediately read it. At this time, he was actually very scared in his heart.

At the beginning, he helped Qian Qianyi once, and he was a good friend. However, the emperor suddenly became wise in the past two years, which made him a little panicked. In addition, he carefully pondered the emperor's affairs, so he did not dare to intervene in this matter, and he escaped the catastrophe. Otherwise, his name would definitely be included in the list of emperors' punishments this time.

At this time, he read the chapter attentively, saying that there were already signs of drought in Gyeonggi, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, and this year's harvest would definitely not be good; And last year, the south was flooded, and many dikes were washed down, and they have not yet had time to repair them. This year's rainy season is coming soon, and we don't know how much waterlogging will be there.

These chapters, almost from the north of the Ming Dynasty to the south, are really all monitored. It can be seen from this that the emperor was very attentive, no longer just waiting for the disaster to occur, but from the beginning, he paid attention to the situation in all parts of the country.

After Cao Huachun finished reading those chapters, Emperor Chongzhen said loudly with a serious expression: "The imperial treasury has no money, once a disaster occurs, how many families will be ruined and killed by the people of the Ming Dynasty?" The thieves who were finally extinguished will resurrect again, and then aggravate the suffering of the people. I will put my words here today, for the sake of my people, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, who dares to interfere with the normal tax collection for their own selfishness, I will not spare it! ”

This is very obvious, Emperor Chongzhen said that he would continue to let Zhang Pu do it in this matter. Whoever dares to continue to impeach Zhang Pu will have to bear the wrath of the emperor!

In this matter, Emperor Chongzhen completely occupies the word "reason", and it is natural to let Zhang Pu do things according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty; The arrears collected are clearly said to go into the treasury, for the people of the world, and to prepare for disaster relief. Even if someone wants to detain the emperor for pleasure and expropriation, it is impossible!

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen began to announce the decision on the Changshu rebellion and related decisions:

First, among the officials who falsely accused Zhang Pu of impeachment, Zhang Guowei, the highest-ranking cabinet minister, was demoted to the rank of a member of the Ministry of Industry's Department of Agriculture, and continued to be responsible for the construction of water conservancy in the western region.

Second, all other officials who falsely accused Zhang Pu of impeaching him, depending on the extent of the false accusation and impeachment, as well as his performance in the Jiangnan incident, or dismissed him from his post and removed him, such as those officials who tried to slander Zhang Pu, Lu Jiude, and Wang Chengen without real evidence; or went to prison to interrogate crimes, such as the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture, the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture and others, who not only played impeachment, but also obstructed Zhang Pu in the Jiangnan incident;

Third, all officials who have been demoted will be temporarily replaced by their deputies for a period of one year, and those with good performance can be regularized;

Fourth, Qian Qianyi, Hou Fangyu and others, the culprits of the Changshu riots, were punished according to the conspiracy and beheaded;

Fifth, the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou was transferred to the post of governor of Jiliao and sat in Shanhaiguan; Sun Chuanting, the former governor of Jiliao, was transferred to the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials to evaluate and score local officials in the southern provinces;

Sixth, he was promoted to the governor of Jiangnan, and Zhang Pu was appointed as the imperial history of the right capital, and the governor of Yingtian, Anqing and other ten prefectures, and continued to verify the preferential exemption limit of the official gentry and the collection of arrears.

As soon as the news spread, all of a sudden, the entire Jingshi was in a sensation, and it is estimated that in the near future, the whole world will be a sensation.

"It's really rare in the Ming Dynasty, one hundred and fifty or sixty officials, and most of them are local officials, all of them have been dismissed from their posts and cut their status, or sent to prison for questioning, the emperor is really courageous!"

"Needless to say, they dared to form a party for personal gain, falsely accusing loyal ministers, of course they must be cured! Tsk, I didn't expect it, the truth of the matter turned out to be like this, thanks to those officials, they have their mouths on their mouths all day long for the country and the people, and they think they are all shameless! If you want me to say, the emperor did it really right this time! ”

"But no, if you want me to say, the people in Suzhou should be dealt with like this in the past. If they had been taught a lesson at that time, there would not have been so many officials dismissed this time! But it's a pity that the original Wanli Emperor didn't have the current emperor! ”

"Needless to say, if the emperor is not holy, he will not be fooled by them! To tell the truth, so many officials played impeachment, I originally thought it was impossible, but when it came to the end, I believed them a little and began to doubt Lord Zhang, but the result was that the emperor was wise and unmoved by them! ”

"Isn't that nonsense! Can you still compare with the emperor? The emperor is wise and martial, and everyone in Beijing knows it! ”

"By the way, have you found that the emperor still treats those who are officials differently. Those who have real skills, such as Zhang Gelao, can still make meritorious contributions. And like other people, those who can recite poems and write are all dismissed and investigated! It seems that you can't stop studying these days! ”

"No, the emperor treats it so differently, but it's for the good of our people!"

That's true! This time, Lord Zhang was promoted to Lord Zhongcheng, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise. The emperor also transferred Governor Sun to Jiangnan, which should continue to support Zhang Zhongcheng. Hehe, more than 100 officials were dismissed in one go, and the cold-faced Governor Sun was transferred to assess the magistrates, it seems that the emperor really attaches importance to Zhang Zhongcheng! ”

"The emperor attaches so much importance to it, and it's not for us ordinary people. Haven't you heard? When the court was meeting, the emperor had already made it very clear! ”

"Oh, it's not very clear, tell me?"

"The emperor has long been concerned about the people's livelihood in the world, and has found that many provinces have signs of disasters. It was said at the court meeting that the money collected this time was to prepare for disaster relief. The emperor made it clear that in order for us ordinary people to survive the famine, whoever dares to interfere with the normal taxation of the imperial court will never be spared! Hehe, I want to see who else dares to interfere with Zhang Zhongcheng's errand, and wants to continue to taste the emperor's anger! ”

"That's the case, then who dares to interfere with Zhang Zhongcheng's errand, we won't agree, we want to ask for Zhang Zhongcheng's life!"

"Yes, we all watched with our eyes wide open, and if we found any dog officials who dared to obstruct it, we would go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue them!"

“……”

Similar discussions are in full swing in the streets and alleys of Jingshi, restaurants and teahouses. Then, as the people of Jingshizhong dispersed to the whole country, similar remarks also spread to the whole country at a very fast speed.

After all, if a large-scale disaster occurs, no one will be spared. Whether you can survive or not, there will no longer be the suffering of the previous famine, at this time, it is difficult to rely on yourself, and you have to look at the imperial court to provide disaster relief.

And the emperor has already done it, and he is preparing for this. Of course, no one thought that the imperial court would have no money and no disaster relief.

The most important thing is that as the dust of the Changshu riots settled, the emperor's will was also transmitted to every place, so that everyone understood that there was a bottom line, that is, those whose families had more than 100 acres of grain fields and no shortage of money at home were the objects of this tax collection and supplementary tax payment.

Therefore, after the news spread, firecrackers were set off in many places.

They celebrated that the Ming Dynasty had such a good emperor who thought about the people; At the same time, we also celebrate the severe punishment of those corrupt officials who form parties for personal gain!

After the emperor's punishment decree reached Jiangnan, the commotion in the officialdom immediately became calm.

It can be said that in addition to those Beijing officials, there are more than 100 local magistrates, all of whom have been dismissed from their posts, or questioned for their crimes, and there is no result of not being held accountable by the law.

No one is sure whether these officials who have been dismissed and questioned will be able to become officials in the future. The key is that the preferential exemption limit for the official gentry is still being checked, and without the official position, what will happen to the family's taxes?

The various problems and serious consequences caused by this have made many officials dare not speak out!

Of course, there were so many officials in the Ming officialdom who were dismissed and questioned, but there was no rebound, and there was no local commotion, thanks to another will of Emperor Chongzhen, that is, these officials who were dismissed from their posts and questioned for crimes were all replaced by deputies in turn. That is to say, so many officials went down, and the officials behind them were replaced in turn, and they were all promoted.

It can be said that they benefited from this incident. Although it is only a temporary position, a year is not a long time, be diligent and perform better, this promotion to an official position will not be in hand!

As a result, although many officials were dismissed and questioned on the Jiangnan side, the sun rose as usual, and what should be done did not hinder the normal operation of the yamen. Even in doing things, it is more efficient than before, because the temporary officials have to behave.

Zhang Pu's side, after receiving the emperor's will, was silent for a long time, and finally bowed in the direction of Jingshi, and his expression became extremely firm.

To tell the truth, with the Suzhou civil uprising in front, he was actually still worried, especially after hearing that so many officials impeached him, and he was even more worried that the emperor would be shaken.

Is there any evidence of the original Suzhou civil uprising? Evidence can definitely be found, but there are still dead people in such a big matter, and as a result, even the first offender, Ge Xian, was finally released from prison after only a few years in prison. Relevant officials, including Zhu Xieyuan, who clearly refused to send troops to maintain the majesty of the government, only changed their official positions and continued to be officials.

However, this time in the Changshu civil uprising, the emperor behaved completely differently from the previous Wanli Emperor, and used practical actions to tell the world, first, to show the justice of his Zhang Pu and remove the hat on his head; The second is to use so many official positions, as well as Qian Qianyi, Hou Fangyu and others to warn others as rebellion, to see who dares to hinder him Zhang Pu on an errand!

This time, Zhang Pu really felt that giving the current emperor an errand was a comfort that he couldn't even think of before! All this shows that as long as you do a good job according to your will, then everything is carried by the emperor, and the emperor is a responsible emperor today!

When a courtier encounters such a good emperor, he doesn't cherish it, but he wants to think about it, it's simply asking for his own death!

Zhang Pu had such feelings, and when he went to do things again, he suddenly found that those ordinary people had a different attitude towards him.

Because of Zhang Pu's errand, everyone knows that it is not aimed at ordinary people like them!

If you can't afford to pay your taxes, do you have such people? There must be! Before, they were worried that if Zhang Pu came forcibly, they would only have to sell their sons and daughters to pay taxes, in this way, even if they knew that it was natural for them to repay their debts, they would definitely not have a good attitude towards Zhang Puna.

But now, they all know that Zhang Pu's errand is not only not to harm them, but to prepare them for the famine. If you have toes, you can figure it out, even if there is no coercion from the imperial court, they all welcome Zhang Pu's errand.

Therefore, in the next errand, Zhang Pu felt extremely smooth, with admiring eyes everywhere and an atmosphere of heartfelt support, all of which made him understand the spiritual enjoyment brought by the real people.

It can be said that this time the errand has made Zhang Pu himself have changed a lot!

Emperor Chongzhen also learned about these through eavesdropping seeds, but he didn't continue to care about them, because there were more important things that attracted his attention.