Forbidden City, Taihe Palace, Zhu Youzhen as always with a blue face, since the outbreak of the plague, the entire Gyeonggi people are panicked, even the capital is a large number of people die every day because of the plague infection, and then this situation develops from the south to the north, and then the palace, the palace has successively had palace maids, eunuchs infected with the plague, and even princes and princesses have been recruited, fortunately, Yang Hongzhang's achievements in Tianjin were transmitted back to the Forbidden City in time, and this is the vigorous implementation of epidemic prevention regulations in Beijing, after more than 20 days of efforts, At least the plague in the palace was under control, and most of the northern cities were rich and noble, and the number of deaths was gradually decreasing.

However, outside the capital, except for Tianjin, the other state capitals are full of mourning, and every day there are local officials asking the imperial court to come up for disaster relief, and now Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan are almost out of control. The people who died were all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and as the emperor, Zhu Youzhen was naturally in a bad mood.

Wang Chengen felt very sorry for Zhu Youzhen, and sometimes he retired from the dynasty in the morning, and then returned to his original position, thinking that it would end as soon as possible and let the emperor have a good rest.

It's just that it backfired, and the other ministers were sympathetic to the emperor and kept silent about the epidemic in various places, Wang Chengen was about to say a word of retreat when he saw this, but Yang Sichang stood up.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play, the minister yesterday received a recital from Tianjin Tongzhi Wang Lenian, in which he denounced Yang Hongzhang for being proud of his merits and poisoning the people, and many refugees who fled to Tianjin Wei from Baoding were imprisoned by Yang Hongzhang for no reason, and some were even put in prison on the spot, and it is said that there were as many as 1,000 people who were put in prison, and as many as four or five hundred people were put in prison. These people fled to Tianjin just to escape the plague, and there were no other illegal acts.

Your Majesty, Yang Hongzhang treated those people infected with the plague like this for the sake of his reputation and to ensure the effectiveness of his epidemic prevention regulations. The minister asked the emperor to issue a decree to reprimand Yang Hongzhang and warn him not to act so recklessly in the future! ”

Hearing this, the court, including Zhu Youzhen, fell into silence, this time Yang Sichang can be said to be raised high and gently put down, according to what he said Yang Hongzhang's crime is not small, but he proposed that the emperor decree reprimand. This is also Yang Sichang's retreat, he knows that Yang Hongzhang has not lost the emperor's favor, and the plague prevention and control is also very effective, at this time it is absolutely impossible to ask for the removal of the Tianjin prefect.

But treat the people like this, and when the epidemic ends in the future, the imperial historians will impeach him together, and it is estimated that Yang Hongzhang will get out of the prefect's position. Yang Sichang did this to make Zhu Youzhen embarrassed, judging from Yang Hongzhang's past history, although this son was martial and martial, but the murderous intent was also heavy, and there was a river of blood outside the city between the rivers, and many of the Gaoyang people who refused to flee were killed by Yang Hongzhang's order. Now, in order to control the spread of the epidemic and prevent refugees from Baoding from transmitting the disease to the people in the Tianjin Acropolis, Yang Hongzhang is really likely to do this!

Some of the imperial historians who had been notified in advance by Yang Sichang suddenly came to their senses when they saw that the emperor did not speak. rolled up their arms and sleeves, and accused Yang Hongzhang one by one with righteous indignation.

In this regard, some neutral officials are not easy to speak for Yang Hongzhang, after all, it is really difficult to say whether this kind of thing is right or wrong, and this degree is also very difficult to grasp. In other words, they are the prefect of Tianjin, and it is estimated that they will also kill people first. In the end, it depends on how many people have died, whether it is worth it or not. But no matter whether it is worth it in the end or not, it will definitely be criticized, which may be a stain on Yang Hongzhang's life!

Seeing that none of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty stood up to speak for Yang Hongzhang, Zhu Youzhen sighed and walked away. At this time, it was impossible for him to reprimand Yang Hongzhang, what Yang Hongzhang did in Tianjin was not to save more Ming people. But he couldn't refute Yang Sichang, so he chose to avoid it.

It's just that Yang Sichang has obviously been prepared, and after the next dynasty, officials have written chapters to impeach Yang Hongzhang. The next day, Yang Sichang did not continue to go out in person, but some low-ranking officials and imperial historians below were foaming at the mouth and reprimanding Yang Hongzhang.

Zhu Youzhen still didn't say a word about this, and when everyone was almost vented, he brushed his sleeves away again. It's just that in this way, there are more officials who have written a chapter to impeach Yang Hongzhang. Zhu Youzhen also knew that if he didn't give these people an explanation, there would only be more people who would continue to impeach Yang Hongzhang, and it would be possible for the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military forces to play the chapter together.

Just when Zhu Youzhen was helpless, Gao Keng walked in, and Zhu Youzhen, who was angry, glanced at him angrily and did not speak. Gao Keng barely squeezed out a smile: "Your Majesty, the slave maid heard that the adults in the court have been clamoring for General Yang to impeach General Yang these days. The slave maid inquired about it for a moment of curiosity, the slave maid thought that the emperor did not have to worry, judging from the experience of the slave maid and General Yang, General Yang would never do that thing to directly kill the infected, the emperor, why don't you send someone to Tianjin to ask General Yang like the previous time, or wait a few days for General Yang's recital to arrive, and naturally there will be a report to the emperor about the resettlement of refugees in Baoding. ”

Zhu Youzhen felt that it made sense when he heard it, according to Wang Lenian's statement, Yang Hongzhang killed so many people, then there will be more people who fled to Tianjin Wei, this guy has settled so many refugees, he will definitely ask the court for money for disaster relief, and there will be a concert in a few days.

On the third day of the court, Taihedian was still arguing about the impeachment of Yang Hongzhang, and Zhu Youzhen still didn't say a word!

But when he went down to the court, Yang Hongzhang's recital arrived, but Zhu Youzhen, who finished reading the recital, was even more angry than when he went to court! Because Yang Hongzhang used more direct words than Yang Sichang, those hired people to spread the news among the refugees, gathered a large number of refugees in an attempt to storm the Tianjin Acropolis, and tried to re-infestation the plague to the people of the Tianjin Acropolis, which was murder, and this was a conspiracy to declare war on the Ming Dynasty.

Underneath the recital is a stack of signatures and drawings of witnesses, all pointed at some mysterious chas!

The next day, after the civil and military salutes, they found that the dragon case was full of chapters, and there was no need to think that these should be impeached against Yang Hongzhang. I just don't know what the emperor asked people to move here for?

Yang Sichang half-turned around and glanced at his subordinates, preparing to launch a new round of bombardment.

Zhu Youzhen saw it in his eyes, stood up directly, and threw down a piece of music directly from it: "Yang Sichang, take a good look!" ”

Yang Sichang didn't know why, so he hurriedly bent down to pick it up, but found that this piece seemed to be a little thick, and it turned out that there were a lot of testimonies behind it. Yang Sichang hurriedly glanced at the payment, it turned out to be Yang Hongzhang, and sure enough, Yang Hongzhang's self-defense arrived, he wanted to see what this guy said.

It's just that Yang Sichang broke out in a cold sweat as soon as he read a few lines, where is this self-defense, this is clearly an impeachment and a complaint. What is said in the recital is completely contrary to what Wang Lenian said, those who were beheaded and fled without permission in violation of epidemic prevention regulations. There are also some pickets who are trying to storm the Tianjin Acropolis, luring the refugees into the Tianjin Acropolis.

There are more than 15,000 refugees in the two groups before and after, and if no one is bewitched, the current Baoding Mansion is afraid that there are not so many people in the prefecture and city, let alone the prefectures and counties below.

According to Yang Hongzhang, the Qincha was a mercenary who spread among the refugees that Yang Hongzhang, the general soldier of the Tianjin Guard, was omnipotent and would be able to control the plague despite the risk of the refugees gathering and the possibility of the refugees becoming outrags. This is tantamount to painting cakes for all the refugees, and then training the refugees on the way, and when they arrived in Tianjinwei, they refused to wear masks for the pickets, and tried to snatch the masks of the pickets, and when the pickets retreated to the city, they pursued them behind and attacked the pickets with stones.

Yang Sichang looked at it in a cold sweat, and he didn't need to look at the testimony behind him, naturally those people confessed.

He glanced up at the emperor, and the emperor Zhu Youzhen was also staring at him, and when he saw him looking up, he sneered: "Yang Aiqing, give the music to other adults." ”

Yang Sichang silently handed the chapter to Ni Yuanlu beside him. Ni Yuanlu handed it to Liu Yuliang after reading it.

After reading it, Liu Yuliang handed it to Chen Xinjia and took it himself: "Your Majesty, Yang Hongzhang and Wang Lenian have their own opinions on this matter, and the imperial court should send someone to investigate the two places and then make a decision?" ”

Chen Xinjia, who was watching the recital, pouted: "Your Majesty, it shouldn't be necessary, our Lord Wang, as a fellow acquaintance of Tianjin, did not dare to go to Tianjin to take up his post, seeing that General Yang had made great contributions in Tianjin, and he was afraid that he would be excluded in the future, so he invited himself to Baoding to protect himself."

The minister was very curious, as a Qincha, in Baoding, why did he not see him play the plague control situation in Baoding Mansion, nor did he see an official in Baoding praising Lord Wang's personal efforts, wisdom and wisdom. This Lord Qincha knows everything about Tianjin Wei.

As we all know, Tianjin Wei was locked down when the epidemic first broke out, and it is said that the temporary camps for refugees were more closely guarded than when Jiannu came to invade, and it is really puzzling where the news of Lord Wang came from.

Mo is not the person he hired, none of them came back, from which it can be concluded that it was General Yang who killed him, and the official is also very curious about how an official of the fifth grade has so much silver to hire so many people to take risks, and what is the purpose of such a risk? ”

"Lord Chen, your presumptuous speculation is not the work of the auxiliary ministers." Yang Sichang glared at Chen Xinjia and said.

"Yang Xiang is right, they are all important ministers of the imperial court, and they should pay attention to what they say, but our Lord Wang has a criminal record, and he impeached General Yang in Gaoyang at the beginning, but he abandoned the city and fled, not to mention that he also became a lackey of Jiannu and coerced the people to attack the city for Jiannu, it is said that he should have been arrested last time, how can he continue to harm the people. Now it is even more outrageous, and it has reached the point of madness if you want to use the plague to fight political opponents! ”

"You ......" Yang Sichang was angry.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen is foolish, and the minister does not dare to agree with Wang Lenian's statement, since General Yang has the ability to control the plague in the Tianjin Acropolis, and the refugees who went to Baoding Mansion are isolated in batches outside the city, there is no need for him to kill those infected people, directly focus on isolation, and wait for him to die and be cremated. Others are also invited to the emperor's holy judgment. ”