This major event in Jiangnan has caused such a big fuss, and of course it has become a hot topic in Beijing.

For the people of Jingshi, they may not have much land at home, but the discussion of current affairs is incomparable to other places, and even compared to Jiangnan, it is even better.

In this way, they look at what happened in Jiangnan more objectively.

Especially in the past two years, their impression of Dongchang has changed greatly, and they are not very convinced that after the Dongchang army goes to the south, they will do evil and cause a civil uprising. If this is the case, the emperor who can hide it from the wise and martial arts, the matter is big, how can they explain to the emperor?

And the leader is Zhang Xun according to Zhang Pu, who used to have a reputation in Beijing, which is also quite loud, so to speak, the talent is soaring, like thunder. Of course, some of these were created by the resumption of society, but this is the result. The people of Jingshi don't believe that such a talented university student could force a civil uprising!

Of course, the wealthy families in Beijing, the official eunuchs in Donglin and Fushe, their positions are different, and of course they don't want Zhang Pu to continue, so they take this opportunity to make a coax in Beijing. There are some officials, even like Guanglu Shaoqing Lu Zhenfei, who wrote a book, bluntly saying that it was Zhang Pu's responsibility. Qian Qianyi is a literary master, an outstanding representative of a saint, how could he incite a popular uprising!

Disputes between belief and unbelief can be seen everywhere in the court, in the yamen, and in the streets and alleys.

However, with the letter of impeachment sent to the Beijing Division, after the number increased, Emperor Chongzhen thought that the three of them would become tigers, although they could not affect him, but they would affect the people of the Beijing Division, making them all a little suspicious.

But even so, the Jingshi side, compared to the Jiangnan side, seems to be pediatric.

On the south side of the Yangtze River, from the feudal officials to the landlords and heroes, they were all talking about Zhang Pu's cruelty, forcing the people to revolt, and the eunuchs also sent troops to suppress and kill ordinary people. It can be seen that Zhang Pu is the lackey of the eunuchs, and the eunuch rebellion in the Apocalypse reappeared.

On the first day of April in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly convened a great court meeting, which is rare to see in ordinary times. Everyone immediately knew that the emperor was definitely going to make a royal decision on the Changshu civil uprising.

As a result, the day's great court meeting has become very concerning. Not only the officials in the court are concerned, but even the people of Beijing are paying attention.

Indeed, as they expected, after Emperor Chongzhen arrived, he instructed Cao Huachun, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, to come out first and announced: "As of yesterday, the eunuch has received a total of 156 copies of the impeachment of Zhang Pu of the Jiangnan Patrol and 123 copies of the impeachment of Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing; 27 impeachments of Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang; ”

"There are so many concerts, and the impeachment of Zhang Pu, Lu Jiude, and Wang Chengen is almost the same. In short, impeachment of Zhang Pu for his lawlessness and severe torture ......"

Emperor Chongzhen listened to Cao Huachun summarizing the content of the recital, but his eyes scanned all the courtiers below, although these courtiers all lowered their heads, but he could feel that many people were reacting. It can be seen from their small actions that many people are a little excited when they hear those charges.

In this regard, he just sneered in his heart, but his face was expressionless.

After Cao Huachun finished reading it, Emperor Chongzhen said in a cold tone: "I sent Zhang Pu and Wu Changshi to Jiangnan to verify the preferential exemption quota of the gentry and the collection of arrears, why did it trigger so many impeachment proceedings? If I'm not mistaken, so many impeachment concerts, I'm afraid it's rare in the Ming Dynasty, right? ”

Hearing this, many people were suddenly happy in their hearts, the emperor was furious, knowing that it was Zhang Pu who caused the anger of the public and caused such a rare wave of impeachment in the Ming Dynasty, so it should be dealt with strictly, in order to set an example?

After all, if something like this happens, it should be something that no emperor wants to see, right?

Thinking like this, I saw Guanglu Shaoqing Lu Zhenfei coughing, and strode out of the column and said: "Your Majesty is wise, with just a seven-grade patrol, but it has caused so many impeachments, it is really unprecedented for my Ming Dynasty!" And Zhang Pu slandered the former waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Mr. Yushan, who is known as a well-known man, is really a big joke in the world......"

Before he finished his words, he saw Emperor Chongzhen staring at him coldly, and suddenly shouted: "Enough!" ”

The sudden anger of Long Yan was still directed at Lu Zhenfei, which made all the courtiers stunned.

Lu Zhenfei is a five-year jinshi of the Apocalypse, and now he is fifty years old, and he also belongs to the clear stream, so he and Qian Qianyi have a good relationship. At this time, he was suddenly interrupted by the emperor's rude shouting, and suddenly, his neck immediately turned red. He immediately held his head high, and wanted to argue with reason, even if it was the emperor, he could not humiliate his courtiers like this.

However, before he could speak, he heard Emperor Chongzhen shouting angrily: "Do you think I don't know about your relationship with Qian Qianyi? In the past, Changshu Zhang Hanru impeached Qian Qianyi for being greedy and lawless, but you avenged him? Now, the people of Changshu have changed, and you are upset about it, and you also impeached Zhang Pu for lawlessness? Then I ask you, how do you know about the things in Changshu, Suzhou Prefecture? Could it be that you also have a secret agent, and you have a faster way to communicate than me, otherwise, why would you swear so much and dare to ensure that Qian Qianyi is not guilty, and Zhang Pu is guilty? ”

This is a very serious statement. If you contact it again, it can be linked to rebellion, which is not something that Lu Zhenfei can bear.

As soon as he heard this, his neck, which had just turned red, immediately turned white, and he immediately knelt down and said, "Weichen is inferred from character!" ”

Some other officials in Beijing, who followed the impeachment of Zhang Pu and others, were also panicked, because they couldn't explain why they could know about Jiangnan so quickly. The emperor questioned Lu Zhenfei, and it was also okay to question them.

Therefore, after hearing Lu Zhenfei's defense, they all agreed in their hearts, and they were ready to talk about this reason.

However, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "Character? Hehe, Qian Qianyi's character, do you dare to vouch? How to explain the fraud case in Zhejiang? How to explain the lawlessness of greed? How to explain that you have a married wife, but you want to marry a famous prostitute in a green house? dismissed from his post and cut his nationality, but his family has more than half of the grain fields in Changshu County, and hundreds of families, but he has obeyed the law and paid taxes, how can this be explained......

Every time Emperor Chongzhen asked how to explain, Lu Zhenfei was dumbfounded, and in the end, he was speechless and couldn't help but bow his head.

In the original history, although Lu Zhenfei was one of the officials with integrity in the late Ming Dynasty, this did not prevent him from having a relationship with Qian Qianyi and not speaking for Qian Qianyi. Party strife at the end of the Ming Dynasty has never been divided by integrity.

Seeing Lu Zhenfei's appearance, Emperor Chongzhen's anger was suppressed slightly, and he turned his head to look at Cao Huachun and shouted: "There are also officials impeached in Beijing, all of them will be listed!" ”

Hearing this will, Cao Huachun had already sorted out the list, and immediately began to roll call in a frustrated manner: "Wang Dekun in the Ministry of Rites, out of the list; Liu Yongbo, a member of the Ministry of Labor, is listed; Officials ......"

These officials who were named could not escape, so they could only go out of the ranks and kneel. Because they knew that if the emperor asked them the same question as Lu Zhenfei, they would not have anything to explain.

A total of twenty-three people knelt down, and their official positions varied.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and shouted coldly, "Aren't you guaranteeing Qian Qianyi? I have also received three copies of the cantata, which I can read to you. ”

When Cao Huachun heard the will, he took out two copies of the recital and read it out one by one.

The first piece is a joint concert by Zhang Pu, Lu Jiude and Pan Xiuwen, the commander of Changshu County, which writes the Qian family's forces in the local area and the bad things with Pan Xiuwen.

If this recital is only Zhang Pu and Lu Jiude, a large number of people may jump out to refute it. However, the addition of Pan Xiuwen, and the fact that the details were clearly stated, made many people hide their thoughts of refutation.

Although they could still refute that Pan Xiuwen must have been coerced by Zhang Pu and Lu Jiude, the emperor had just been furious, and he continued to question, leaving them speechless. If you want to be tough and quibble, who knows how much anger the emperor will incur!

Therefore, when Cao Huachun finished reading this first recital, no one spoke, but it could be seen that many people did not think so.

Then, Cao Huachun began to recite the third cantata.

This piece of music is not trivial, it was when Jiang Dong, the head of the Dongchang stall, interrogated the Qian family, he accidentally got an unexpected gain. said that Qian Qianyi instructed him to contact the Jiang thief, and wanted to murder Yang Tinglin, the imperial history of the left capital, at least to prevent Yang Tinglin from going to Changshu.

On this recital, there is also an appendix to Yang Tinglin's description of the original distress on the river, although the thief who crashed the ship is still being traced, but as soon as the two are combined, most people have a number in their hearts.

Even Lu Zhenfei's eyes widened when he heard this news, and he looked up at Cao Huachun who was reciting the chapter with an incredible look. Obviously, he didn't expect such a thing either.

Or maybe you know that some people will find it incredible and will have objections, so there is a specific analysis in this movement.

Starting from Yangzhou Mansion, the conflict between Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu, including the matter of Qiuyue Pavilion, etc., as well as the connection between the Qian family's property, Jiang Dong made an inference, saying that Qian Qianyi had a grudge with Zhang Pu in order to keep his family wealth, and Yang Tinglin obviously helped Zhang Pu, which eventually led Qian Qianyi to do this, which is theoretically valid.

After listening to this recital, the atmosphere in the court meeting was very serious and a little heavy.

No one could have imagined that so many things would happen behind the Changshu civil upheaval!

The emperor's attitude is also obvious, and he has a lot of real evidence in his hands, at least more than they shout that there must be real evidence! In this way, many people regret it, knowing that they shouldn't have come to this muddy water for their own little advantage.

While they were thinking, Cao Huachun began to read the third cantata. This piece was sent by the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture urgently, and the content was relatively simple, but it was reported that Wu Xun had died according to his condition in Wuchang.

Hearing this news, these courtiers couldn't help but be very surprised. It's easy to think of such a thing at such a time!

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen shouted coldly after Cao Huachun finished reading: "Verify the preferential exemption limit of the gentry, as well as the reminder of the arrears, I have appointed two inspectors to handle this matter." The result was good, one was assassinated in Beijing, if it wasn't for the arrival of the Dongchang Campaign, the consequences would be unpredictable; When one first arrived in Jiangnan, he fell into the water, and one was seriously ill and couldn't do a job! And then what? One suffered a civil uprising in Changshu, and the other fell seriously ill and died; Hehe, the two patrols I sent are really calamitous and difficult! ”

The emperor's sneer made many people tremble secretly in their hearts, a little creepy, because they knew that the emperor was on the verge of an outburst!

"By the way, I forgot to tell you something!" Emperor Chongzhen did not immediately get angry, but said in a cold voice, "When Zhang Xunji was in Yangzhou Mansion, a strange thing happened, the yamen of the seven counties of Sanzhou under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Mansion actually caught fire in the treasury on the same night, burning the local grain field account books, although the culprit has surrendered under Yang Qing's investigation, but, do you think, do you belong to the kind of people who are easy to fool and deceive?" ”

If it's just one thing, maybe it's nothing, and there are reasons to find out and explain it.

However, now that everything has been exposed, and when they are said together, even the most stupid person will feel that there is a problem!

The scene became very quiet and no one dared to speak.

Although there are some things that may never know the truth. However, at least Emperor Chongzhen knew more than they did. For example, Zhang Pu was assassinated in Beijing, which was a trick he wrote and directed himself because he didn't want to run an errand. Wu Changshi fell into the water, there is a great possibility that he took advantage of the situation himself, and he didn't want to go on an errand; However, now, Emperor Chongzhen will not say these things.

At this time, only Emperor Chongzhen's angry shouts remained: "My Ming Dynasty treats the gentry preferentially, although the preferential treatment is lower, but the preferential treatment for you is increased many times." It's a loss that they are all scholars, but how many people are like scholars who have read the books of sages? How many of you have exceeded the preferential and exemption limit, how much have you exceeded, and how much money you owe in your family, don't think I don't know! I'll tell you, I know it all right! ”

In the end, he almost roared out.

"The imperial treasury has no money, what's the matter?" Emperor Chongzhen suppressed his anger a little, and continued to say sharply, "You just can't collect taxes, you can't pay them, you don't pay them, and those who have money don't pay them, and then what?" Transferring all the taxes to ordinary people who can't afford to pay them, forcing their families to ruin! The court has no money, and there is no disaster relief! and forced their family to ruin! Hehe, on the one hand, there are scholars in the land of wind and moon, but on the other hand, there are many hungry people on the side of the road! Are you blind? How many of you are worried about this, and have come up with a solution for me, for the king, for the country, and for the people? ”