Li Zhizheng said: "Shengshang, these 1,161 people should all die, and the Shengshang will understand after reading their letter of fornication with the Jiangbei Army. ”

Zhu Youzhen asked: "Fornication with the Jiangbei Army?" Correspondence? ”

Li Zhi said: "The minister has already transported five large boxes of letters from officials to the Jiangbei Army outside the noon gate, and asked the Holy Lord to send someone to move in and read them. ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Send someone to fetch it quickly!" ”

Dozens of fans ran out, and after a while, five heavy large boxes were moved to the Qianqing Palace.

"Holy Lord, there are 1,837 letters written by officials in the capital to the Jiangbei Army, some are written to Shi Kefa, some are written to Wu Sangui, and some are written to other Jiangbei Army officials. According to the minister's statistics, among them, 317 letter writers can be demoted, 359 can be demoted to concubines, and 1,161 should be beheaded! ”

Zhu Youzhen stood up, walked to the five big boxes, and saw the dense letter paper, and his scalp was a little numb.

Taking a letter out of the box, he opened the letter and looked at it, his brow furrowed. Looking at it, he sighed and said: "No wonder General Xiao Cao was defeated, it turns out that the court is full of spies. ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "Holy Lord, these important members of the DPRK and China took advantage of the decisive battle between the new army of the Beijing camp and the Jiangbei army to leak all the equipment, personnel, tactics, and general arrangements of the Beijing camp to Shi Kefa and Wu Sangui. ”

"The defeat of General Xiao Cao is precisely because of the betrayal of these shameless bureaucrats."

After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "The officials in the court even told the Jiangbei Army all the truths of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beizhili and the capital. That's why Shi Kefa went all the way north so unscrupulously, gathered the rebels, and besieged the capital. ”

In the letter, Shi Kefa made a wish and made various promises to the officials in the capital. And the officials were grateful to Dai De, as if Shi Kefa was not the leader of the rebels, but the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Many officials even promised to open the gates of the capital and welcome the Jiangbei army into the city. ”

"If it weren't for the loyalty and dedication of the soldiers in the Beijing camp trained by General Xiao Cao during his lifetime, if it weren't for the timely arrival of the Tiger Ben Army, I'm afraid the capital would have been sold to the Jiangbei Army by these traitors."

Zhu Youzhen took out another letter and looked at it carefully. The first part of the letter said that the garrisons of the gates of Beijing City were false and real, and the deployment of troops, and the latter was to urge the Jiangbei Army to move north as soon as possible, "to change the chaos of the world, and to eliminate the evil law of households." The world of Kuang Shi people, the emperor of virtue! ”

In the last sentence, it has been nakedly said that Zhu Youzhen will be abolished.

looked at the person who signed the letter, and Zhu Youzhen's face turned white: "It turns out that the Shangshu of the Criminal Department has also betrayed." ”

Putting the letter on the bookcase, Zhu Youzhen's hands trembled slightly, and he opened several other letters, and finally his face became snow-white, and he stood by the box and couldn't speak.

The Manchu Dynasty was almost all traitors. It turned out that he was exhausted every day, and he had been discussing with a group of traitors how to pacify the Jiangbei Army. Every word he said, every arrangement he made, was reported to the Jiangbei Army by the courtiers word for word.

He worked hard to run this court, and for more than 20 years, he repeatedly scrutinized and carefully selected and promoted officials, but he didn't expect that in the end, the whole dynasty was full of traitors.

It turns out that these officials promoted by themselves are all villains. It turns out that everything he has done is in vain. None of the officials promoted by themselves were loyal to themselves.

I give these people a high lordship, and these people are not grateful to themselves. As soon as you change the law, everyone will abolish yourself.

Zhu Youzhen seemed to be smashed in the chest with a heavy hammer, and he felt the frustration overwhelmingly pressing down.

Putting the letter back in the box, Zhu Youzhen suddenly felt a little out of breath and coughed a few times.

Finally straightened out his breath, and the Son of Heaven closed his eyes helplessly.

Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "Holy Lord, these are the great Confucians taught by the sage's articles. He is called a courtier, but he is actually a traitor. The minister thought that if he didn't kill these 1,100 people, the people of the world would not know what the law was and what the country was! ”

Zhu Youzhen heard Li Zhi's words, held the bookcase and did not speak.

Li Zhi looked at the snow-white face of the Son of Heaven, and arched his hand and said: "The evidence is like a mountain, please go to the Holy Judgment!" ”

Zhu Youzhen slowly walked to the back of the throne and sat down.

After thinking for a long time, he spoke: "Killing so many people and killing all the officials in the court, how can this court still operate?" ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the saint, without the imperial court, the world may not necessarily be disrupted." Emperor Wanli Xian did not go to court for decades, and the world is still operating normally. ”

"Instead of hiding in the court and eating rats inside and out, it is better to paralyze the court."

Zhu Youzhen heard Li Zhi's words, thought for a while, and did not speak.

"As for the urgent matters that must be dealt with..."Li Zhi said, "For urgent matters, Tianjin can support a group of officials of the imperial court. Tianjin's officials are strictly controlled, educated tightly, and their quality is guaranteed. After killing these traitors, the officials of Tianjin can be allowed to serve as officials in the imperial court first and deal with important matters. ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Wang Chengen's eyes widened and he looked at the Son of Heaven suddenly.

Li Zhi's suggestion is really ridiculous, to govern the world with Tianjin officials, do these officials promoted and trained by Li Zhi listen to Li Zhi or the emperor? If it really follows Li Zhi's meaning, wouldn't the court become Li Zhi's Yiyan Hall, wouldn't it be more terrible than letting Li Zhi win over civilian officials to control the government?

Wang Chengen was afraid that the Son of Heaven would nod and agree to this ridiculous proposal.

When the Son of Heaven heard Li Zhi's suggestion, he also looked up at Li Zhi.

He seemed to be discerning the intention of Li Zhi's words, and wanted to see what Li Zhi was thinking. Is it really a grand duke who is selfless and dedicated to the country, or does he have other intentions to control the imperial court.

After a long time, Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, as if he believed Li Zhi's original intention.

But he shook his head again.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was hesitant, Li Zhi said, "Holy Lord, this is not the time to hesitate. If these traitors do not kill, the people of the world do not know what loyalty is and what is treachery. If there is any more danger in the imperial court, I am afraid that no righteous man will resist the temptation to stick to his duty. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the five big boxes on the ground, but he let out a long sigh and closed his eyes again.

"This matter is very important, Qi Wang Rongzhen carefully considers it and thinks about it in the long run."

Li Zhi was stunned and looked at the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven could not have made up his mind to kill so many people.

The Son of Heaven seems to have been greatly hit by being betrayed by everyone, and the whole person looks very lonely and helpless.

This year was full of bad news, first the painstaking management of the new army in Beijing was completely annihilated, the capital was surrounded by rebels, and then betrayed by almost all officials, Zhu Youzhen's enterprising mind seemed to have disappeared, and the whole person looked very depressed.

Killing the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and then using Li Zhi's people to reorganize the dynasty, this is too exaggerated for today's Son of Heaven.

Li Zhi didn't want to force the Son of Heaven anymore, so he arched his hand and said: "Holy Mingjian, the minister retires." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

Li Zhi got up from his chair and walked out of the Qianqing Palace with some disappointment.