Emperor Chongzhen's edict made the entire court feel a pang in their hearts.

The murderous intent in Emperor Chongzhen's tone just now, no one in the court could not hear it.

But what can be done now?

There is an old saying that if you have a gun, you are the king of grass.

With the gun in hand, no one should want to jump. If you dare to jump, the grass king will dare to kill them.

This is also the reason why the founding emperors didn't care about what heroes were not heroes at all, and they slaughtered them if they wanted.

But generally speaking, the grass king also wants face.

But this guy with a gun in front of him is shameless - the Beijing camp and the new army, the Mongolian ten thousand cavalry, the factory guard, the three thousand iron cavalry of the Xibe Department, plus this guy has bought the hearts of the army and the people, this is very terrible.

Even if someone has the courage to rebel or play some tricks to force the palace, as long as Emperor Chongzhen has the opportunity to go into any army, or has the opportunity to appear on the streets, this lord can get everything back at any time.

In this case, Emperor Chongzhen wants to be shameless, and no one can do anything about him - unless he is directly killed first and then a new monarch is established.

But this is unlikely to be the case.

After the eunuchs and maids in the palace have been sorted out over and over again, coupled with the routines of Emperor Chongzhen to settle and provide for the elderly, now if they want to buy it, they can't buy it, and this matter is even more difficult to do.

Come hard, can't be scared, come to yin, a group of eagle dogs in the factory guard are definitely not worth anyone.

What else can I do in this situation, except for being honest and obedient and being stabbed - regret not pushing this tyrant to the throne in the first place!

Wang Chengen didn't pay attention to the looks of the ministers below at all, and after opening the holy decree, he read in a sharp voice: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the system says: The Son of Heaven represents the herdsmen of the heavens, and the hundred officials are established to support the Son of Heaven, but the corruption of officials is very serious, and the generation of cruelty and harm to the people emerges in endlessly. I'm really uneasy.

Its order, in the Jingcha, all those who are corrupt and excessive, with the Taizu Gao Emperor's system, and those who are brutal and cruel to the people, will return the way of others to others.

Chin this. ”

After Wang Chengen read an edict that could be said to be bullshit, the corners of the court's ministers twitched.

Emperor Chongzhen's move, although it was expected, came too suddenly.

Excessive corruption?

It's impossible not to be greedy for a little silver, but what exactly is called excess?

In the end, it is not calculated according to the mood of the emperor.

Although it is said that the current factory guards only have the right to investigate, and they can't arrest people at all except for the emperor's instructions, but what if Emperor Chongzhen instructs them to arrest people again?

At least not to mention anything else, just this time Jingcha and those ninety-eight unlucky ones are enough to roll heads.

And the common people in the capital are no longer very interested in the scene of people rolling at the entrance of the vegetable market - there are often some corrupt officials who are caught and beheaded, and there is nothing to see.

Actually, if that's the case, it's not quite true.

At least it's fun to peel the skin.

As Jingcha passed day by day, almost every day some officials were dragged to the entrance of the vegetable market, or beheaded or skinned, in short, it was very exciting.

And Cao Yubian was in prison, watching his colleagues around him continue to decrease every day, and in the end, with himself, there were a total of twenty-nine people left.

Although I also felt a little relieved in my heart - when I was beaten up, none of these guys dared to help him or say a word for himself.

However, under the sadness of the rabbit and the fox, Cao Yubian always felt that there was a knife dangling on his neck, but he didn't know when it would fall.

Just when these twenty-nine people felt like they were about to go crazy, things took a turn for the better.

Cao Yubian was brought out alone, and in the depths of the cell of the Imperial Prison, he saw a person he could never have imagined.

Emperor Chongzhen.

There was a table in front of Emperor Chongzhen, with a few small dishes and a pot of wine.

But Emperor Chongzhen's face did not have any expression.

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting there expressionlessly, Cao Yubian knelt on the ground and didn't dare to speak after paying his respects.

After Emperor Chongzhen drank two more cups, he said lightly: "I recently looked at Mencius and found that there is a sentence in it that says, the health practitioner is not enough to be a big thing, but sending death can be a big thing. What does Cao Aiqing think? ”

Cao Yubian didn't know why Emperor Chongzhen suddenly asked such a sentence, so he had to worship honestly: "Your Majesty, as the so-called serving death is like serving life, Mencius means asking people to treat their dead ancestors as if they were alive." ”

Emperor Chongzhen snorted, but sneered: "I think what Mencius means is that it is not a big deal to worship your parents when they are alive, and it is really a big event in life to bury them after they die." ”

The cold sweat on Cao Yubian's forehead came down at that time.

Is it wrong for Emperor Chongzhen to explain this?

That's right, literally, that's true.

But if you really want to understand it this way, then what do people care about their parents? When they die, isn't it filial piety to bury them?

According to Mencius's true meaning, this sentence should be understood to mean that it is not very difficult for parents to be filial to them when they are alive, but it is difficult that after they die, they can still miss and be filial to them as they were when they were alive.

But Emperor Chongzhen just singled out this sentence, what is this trying to do?

This matter is actually very simple, and Emperor Chongzhen's intention is also obvious - even the Holy Duke of Yan has been removed, and your old man, Yasheng, should not be left alone, just follow the bad luck.

But as a Confucian child, do you really dare to do this?

But Emperor Chongzhen pulled himself out alone, and said this to himself, can he refuse?

I can decline it. But after refusal, you have to die.

If this kind of thing spreads, what will happen to Emperor Chongzhen's reputation?

Something like this that destroys the foundation of the Famous Sect, even if the master in front of him has never cared about reputation, others will not allow him to say a word alive.

Especially the eagle dogs of the factory guards.

In the past few days in the Imperial Prison, I have fully realized how the Jinyi Guards carried out the emperor's orders - for so many days, no one opened or hinted that he was bribing, except for being locked up or locked up.

Those who were pulled out and disposed of needless to mention, the evidence is clear, and no one can say anything.

The remaining 29 people, including themselves, have no evidence to prove that they are corrupt and harm the people.

Even the Jinyi Guard, who has always been famous as dung, has no one to ask for bribes, so Emperor Chongzhen's control over the factory guards can be imagined.

In this case, will these eagle dogs let themselves go out alive to ruin the reputation of Emperor Chongzhen?

The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and the cold sweat on Cao Yubian's forehead flowed faster.

It's just that Emperor Chongzhen didn't care what Cao Yubian was thinking in his heart, and continued: "Junren, don't be benevolent." Righteousness, no injustice.

Is this what Mencius said?

But am I not kind to the people? But is it benevolent? ”

Cao Yubian knows this.

Even if he thinks that Emperor Chongzhen no matter how fucked up, no matter how reckless he is, no matter how much he treats himself as a villain, Emperor Chongzhen is really good to the people.

Whether it was the edict of never giving money at the beginning of his accession to the throne, or the drought in Shaanxi later, or even the retaliation on the grassland because of Lin Dan Khan's knock, it actually shows that Emperor Chongzhen attaches great importance to the people.

No matter what such an emperor says, in the folk comments, a word of benevolence can't run.

But you can't just be kind to those people, but we righteous men and gentlemen?

Yes, I, Cao Yubian, also admit that some people are greedy without knowing what to do, but I am not greedy.

Even if I resign as an official, your old man can implicate the nine clans, and this has something to do with Renneng?

Cao Yubian thought about it, anyway, he no longer had any hope of being an official, and now that the jar was broken, there was nothing to be afraid of, so he simply stiffened his neck and said: "Your Majesty, the grass people think that Your Majesty is naturally very good to the people, and he can be called a benevolent monarch."

However, His Majesty regards the hundred officials as enemies, and they are often arrested by factory guards, and it is not uncommon to peel the skin and grass, and it is not uncommon for them to be benevolent. ”

Emperor Chongzhen snorted, nodded and said, "If that's the case, I am naturally not a benevolent monarch.

But if you let those corrupt people harm the people, am I a benevolent monarch? Is reputation important, or is it the people who are important? ”

Seeing that Cao Yubian showed a thoughtful look, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Killing one is not guilty, it is not benevolent, it is not what it has, and it is not righteous." ”

Cao Yubian's heart was even more messy at this time.

The meaning of this sentence is so simple that as long as you are literate, you can basically understand it thoroughly.

It is unkind to kill an innocent person, and it is unrighteous to take something that is not one's own.

But at the beginning of Emperor Chongzhen's words, it was clear that he was going to scold Confucianism, and even suppressed Mencius after the title of Yan Shenggong.

But now he keeps taking Mencius's words to point out himself.

Your Majesty, do you have anything to say? It's very tiring to guess like this, is it good for your brain?

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Just now Cao Aiqing said that I am unkind to the hundred officials, so is it unrighteous for the hundred officials to take their property other than their own money?"

He is unrighteous first, and then asks me to be benevolent to him?

The son said, Do not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself. Those corrupt people have taken the people's property by force, are the people willing?

I took their lives again, but I only gave them back in the way of others, and repaid them one after another. ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Cao Yubian, who didn't know how to speak, and simply picked out the topic and said: "Didn't Cao Aiqing think that what I said at the beginning was not enough to be a big thing, and it was really to suppress Confucianism?" ”

Cao Yubian said in his heart, it's strange that you don't think so-even the Holy Duke of Yan was removed from your old man's ......

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "I also read Lun, and I can also Mencius, and recently I have made annotations on Lunyu and Mencius to publish the world, how can I really suppress Confucianism?"

It's just because all the officials read Mencius, and they are ashamed of their actions. ”

Cao Yubian wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with confidence.

Since Emperor Chongzhen said so, he doesn't have to worry about whether to die or honestly fight Confucianism for Emperor Chongzhen.

Forget it, I still go back to my hometown to farm, the court is like rivers and lakes, the turmoil is sinister, and it is not a place where a righteous man like himself can mix.

But Emperor Chongzhen did not intend to let Cao Yubian go at all.

Although Cao Yubian can be said to be the master of Qian Qianyi, whose water is too cold and his scalp is itchy, he is still a good official.

The only pity is that this guy is stupid in reading, full of inappropriateness, and it is not pleasing to the eye no matter how you look at the factory guard.

But Emperor Chongzhen can't leave the factory guard - it is a matter of his own net worth and life, and Emperor Chongzhen is not a fool, how can he abolish his martial arts like the original Emperor Chongzhen?

Although Cao Yubian is full of anachronism, he has a literary talent, and he can also see some of it from his past experience as an official.

In addition, Chen Mo told Emperor Chongzhen more than once that he was short of manpower here and should get some more, so Emperor Chongzhen set his sights on Cao Yubian.

This kind of person is not suitable for being an official, but it is better to use it for learning.

As long as this kind of guy can be brainwashed, they will definitely be much more reliable than Chen Mo just a royal history.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Chongzhen specially came to see Cao Yubian once - let the factory guard come, this matter basically has to be cool.

It's really a guy who kills and is reluctant to kill, and it's a pity to let go.

After letting Cao Yubian follow Chen Mo to get the newspaper and cooperate with public opinion propaganda was done, Emperor Chongzhen felt very annoyed again.

Dealing with these bullshit things every day, not a day is free - except for going to see the eldest princess Ningde, Emperor Chongzhen even feels that the entire palace is like a big cage, tying himself up firmly, without the slightest freedom.

There is also Huang Taiji, who is far away in Liaodong, who feels the same way.

Huang Taiji felt that he was also unlucky.

I played the routine of Tianke Shishi, but the guys who came out of the examination didn't have a few fucking suitable!

Not to mention Fan Wencheng, I'd rather finish my general minion, even Bao Chengxian and Dai Lei are better than them.

A bunch of fools, none of them understood what Ben Khan meant!

In addition to singing praises and praising Ben Khan, no one saw the meaning of Ben Khan's desire to ascend the throne and become emperor?

Huang Taiji was disappointed, and finally decided to smoke some Fushou cream to relax.

After thinking about it for a while, Huang Taiji felt that the main reason why he couldn't do whatever he wanted like his dead father Khan was because he sent troops several times, but the results were not good.

The first time I went was the Barbarian Kyoshi, and the result goes without saying.

The second time I went to North Korea and Dongjiang, not to mention the result.

Even if they went to scare the bastards of the Xibe Department after returning to the division, they actually didn't have much success, but let them run a lot.

In this case, it is better to scare the ordinary barbarians again.