"The result of the peace negotiation is not important, it doesn't matter if the Jurchens don't confess, the most important thing is that I need a few years without large-scale foreign invasion, and what Aiqing needs to do now is to stabilize Huang Taiji for a period of time, and when I stabilize the Ming Dynasty, the empire is not afraid of the Jurchens' provocation" For the strength of his empire, Chongzhen, who was standing on the steps at this time, was full of confidence. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Minister, understand what to do" Yuan Chonghuan on the side stepped back after understanding Chongzhen's will.

Chongzhen glanced at Yuan Chonghuan, who was still in the hall, and didn't mean to let him out, now he is the lord of a country with heavy troops, and the next plan, it doesn't hurt to let him know, even if someone is dissatisfied with him now, in the face of this edict of his own. You have to do what you are told.

"Sun Aiqing, you are among the recruits, choose loyal and reliable people, I will be useful on the day of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony" Chongzhen ordered Sun Chuanting in the main hall, since it is a Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, of course it is necessary to sacrifice, but what can compare to the effect of using the corrupt officials of the empire to offer advice.

"The minister obeys the order, I don't know how many soldiers and horses the emperor needs" I know how many soldiers and horses the emperor will use, and I have a number myself, so I can prepare in advance.

"Prepare 50,000 troops to be responsible for the security of the ceremony at the Temple of Heaven, and the city gates of various places on the day of the ceremony must be garrisoned, and no one is allowed to enter or exit without my will" The ceremony was originally held on the winter solstice or summer solstice according to the meaning of the Qin Tianjian, but this time Chongzhen ordered that it be held in February after the year, and in desperation, the Qin Tianjian had to calculate that this February next year is a little extraordinary, and it is a good day to worship the heavens on the second day of February.

"Minister, obey the order" It's just that these 50,000 people Sun Chuanting has a toothache, and now the army stationed in the capital, it is not difficult to mobilize these 50,000 horses, but it is just a few days that the ceremony needs to mobilize so many soldiers and horses to escort it.

"The roster that I asked people to prepare is now ready," Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen, who was standing behind him.

"Back to the emperor, it's ready," the king admitted, signaling a group of little eunuchs to the main hall with a large number of rosters.

"Since the two Aiqing are here today, there are some things that you should know, come with me, you will lead the way, I will go to the Imperial Prison" Under Wang Chengen's guidance, Chongzhen turned around and walked towards an infrequently used side room in the imperial study.

Imperial prison, whether it is Sun Chuanting or Yuan Chonghuan, they are a little creepy when they hear this name, it is not a good place, the criminal law of the imperial prison is extremely cruel, and the officials who have entered the prison have not been able to come out of their minds normally, for that kind of place, the entire Ming officials can stay away from it and avoid it.

A few people walked into the side room, at this time there were two old eunuchs with swords in the dark, after seeing that the person who came was Chongzhen, the two did not salute but silently retreated to the side and disappeared without a trace, Wang Chengen stepped forward, against a dark grid on the side of the wall, gently knocked a few times, and after hearing the knocking sound, someone inside opened the dark grid.

"Open the door," Wang Chengen said to the dark grid. There was a sound of a machine, and a bookshelf in the side room slowly moved away, and a piece of floor behind the bookshelf slowly sank, revealing a secret passage to the underground.

Chongzhen walked down the stairs in the passage, and Sun Chuanting and Yuan Chonghuan in the back glanced at each other and followed. The passage is very clean, and the walls are lit at intervals, so it doesn't look too dark.

At the end of the passage, there is a huge underground space, where Sun Chuanting Yuan Chonghuan saw, Qu Shiyun, Huang Dao, Liu Zongzhou, these old ministers who attacked Cao Huachun in the court and were imprisoned, as well as Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Yang Sichang, these unlucky ghosts who were recalled to the capital by Chongzhen did not offend Cao Huachun, but were angered by Cao Huachun and imprisoned. Many people here are people who know Sun Chuanting and Yuan Chonghuan, and after these people were imprisoned, many people are Sun Chuanting and Yuan Chonghuan, and they have also found relationships and want to get people out.

And now this group of people is sitting in this underground hall, lying on the long table in the center of the hall, and on the table is stacked with a large number of books from all over the country to Chongzhen, this group of people gathered here in twos and threes, discussing how to deal with things in various places, in addition to the original courtiers, there are many students who participated in Enke last time.

In this underground hall, there are many stairs leading to the top, and many students or little eunuchs are holding a book of folds and books, up and down here.

Wang Chengen said to Sun Chuanting and Yuan Chonghuan, who were in a daze, "Here, there are only a small number of people, they are here to help the emperor deal with the twists and turns of various places, outside the palace, in an empty prince's mansion, there are many scholars and other imprisoned ministers who were left behind in this imperial examination, and these people enter and exit the palace with special little eunuchs with tokens and guards escorted out the secret door."

"See the emperor" Seeing Chongzhen's arrival, this group of people put down their work and saluted.

"Everyone, Aiqing is exempt" Chongzhen raised his hand and let everyone who saluted be flat.

"Everyone, Aiqing is in a hurry, come and see these things" Chongzhen clapped his hands, and the two little eunuchs who had just followed behind him with the roster carried a box of rosters to the hall, "Send a copy to each of the adults present" Many people took the roster and looked at it curiously.

In fact, the roster here does not record any major events, but it only records the family property of the ministers of the DPRK and China who were investigated by Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

"Name: Zhou Yanru, 13 houses, 9.68 million taels of silver, 280,000 mu of fertile land,

Name: Qian Qianyi, nine houses, 7,430,000 taels of silver, 320,000 acres of fertile land,

Name: Gong Dingxi, four sets of residences, 3.12 million taels of silver, 120,000 mu of fertile land" (don't say I'm exaggerating, it was normal for a high-ranking official to occupy hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land during that period, so many fields plus a year's harvest of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to eat and take cards, it's not much, being an official for more than ten years, decades of accumulation, this little bit of silver is not much.) "Ask for land and ask for help, but there is no end". The rich and wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River occupy hundreds of acres of land, thousands of acres, or even 10,000 acres. Henan's gentry and wealthy rooms, occupy less than 50,000 or 70,000 mu, and more than 100,000 mu (Zheng Lian's "Yu Chang Ji Luo" volume 2) Someone unconsciously read out the numbers on the roster, and suddenly the whole hall was silent, this number is a little scary.

"These can't be true, right?" thought the student with the roster asked, a little incredulous.

"As for whether it is true or false, there is a detailed record below, you Aiqing can check it for yourself" These data are originally true, and Chongzhen is not afraid of being checked.

"They brought so much money and land," the student asked, a little dazed.

"It's true, that can still come there, in addition to favoritism, corruption and perversion of the law, can also come there" An old man in the court, holding the roster and constantly looking at it, "We are really ashamed of this person to be an official in the same dynasty, such a sven scum, it is really a shame to read the face of the scholar" slammed the roster to the ground. Seeing these data, this very old-fashioned old man almost died of anger.

Chongzhen didn't get angry when he saw these data, because the money and land will be his own soon, these moths in the middle of the court are the pigs that Daming has raised for many years, and now the pigs are fat, it's time to kill them, otherwise let these pigs eat again, and Daming will really be eaten.