Jiaxu Jingcha is still continuing, the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate Tang Shiji and the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Yingxiong bite everywhere as if they are crazy, it is simply to catch who bites whom, many officials who do not deal with the Zhejiang Party have been examined by them to find out all kinds of problems, the dismissal and investigation is already considered light, and there are many people who are directly imprisoned.

Among them, naturally some of them are corrupt officials and corrupt officials, as long as they catch a really problematic one, they will brag in front of Chongzhen, as if they are really rectifying the rule of officials and strictly investigating corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Chongzhen looked at the results of the Beijing inspection of several corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and couldn't help but be happy with his sacred heart, he really thought that Tang Shiji and Wang Yingxiong were strictly investigating corrupt officials and corrupt officials, for this reason, he not only praised the two of them in the early court, but also summoned them separately many times and encouraged them to increase their efforts and investigate!

Now they really used all their strength to eat, checking, checking, they finally found out a "shocking case"!

In history, the Wanli Dynasty, the Tianqi Dynasty and the Chongzhen Dynasty have emerged in an endless stream, such as the Wanli Dynasty's attack case, the Red Pill case, the palace transfer case, the Xiong Tingbi case of the Tianqi Dynasty, the Chongzhen Dynasty's eunuch reverse case and Yuan Chonghuan case, these major cases are not as simple as they appear on the surface, and they all contain bloody power struggles.

At the end of the morning of this day, Chongzhen was reviewing the recital in the imperial study, and Cao Huachun suddenly screamed outside: "Your Majesty, the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Tang Shiji, and the king of the Ministry of Shangshu Yingxiong asked to see him." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he hurriedly put down the brush in his hand and said loudly: "Xuan." ”

These three people came to ask for a meeting, it must be about Jingcha, this Jingcha is the beginning of his Zhongxing Daming plan, so he attaches great importance to it, not only gives these three people enough power and trust, but also often summons them to discuss how to deal with those corrupt officials and corpse vegetarians.

During this time, the three of them were relatively busy, and generally he didn't summon them, and these three people wouldn't come, but I didn't expect that this time the three of them came together, and they must have found out something big!

He is not afraid of big problems, he has confidence in himself, as long as the problem can be found out, there is always a solution, he is afraid that he will not find out.

The three of them came in, and after a salute, Chongzhen asked with anticipation: "Did you find out anything big?" ”

Tang Shiji and Wang Yingxiong were full of panic and didn't dare to speak out, and in the end, Wen Tiren "hardened" and said: "Back to the emperor, Lord Tang and Lord Wang did find out a shocking case, but they didn't dare to say it, for fear of making the emperor angry, so they forced Weichen to come over." ”

Who is not the point, the point is what shocking case has been found, Chongzhen couldn't wait to say: "How can I be angry, I asked you to rectify the rule of officials and strictly investigate corruption, just say what you find out." ”

Wen Tiren pretended to hesitate and said, "The emperor is really not angry? ”

Chongzhen nodded affirmatively and said, "I'm really not angry." ”

Wen Tiren still hesitated: "No matter what you say?" ”

Chongzhen said firmly: "Yes, no matter what you say, I will not be angry." ”

Wen Tiren This is obviously a prelude to fooling Chongzhen, if other people are watching from the side, they can see it at a glance, but unfortunately, there is no one else in the imperial study at this time, only Wen Tiren and his two sworn friends.

Seeing that Chongzhen's appetite was about to get up from the dragon chair, he finally "mustered up the courage" and said: "Your Majesty, after a strict investigation, they found that Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, formed a party for personal gain, cronyism, bullying superiors and subordinates, mutilating dissidents, oppressing the people, forcibly taking and plundering, and lawlessness!" ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he stood up from the dragon chair and said in a lost voice: "What did you say?" ”

He wasn't angry, but he was thundered by what Wen Tiren said, if he was surprised is to describe a person who was extremely surprised, he was at least 10,000 surprised at this time!

Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, formed a party for personal gain, cronyism, deceived superiors and subordinates, harmed dissidents, oppressed the people, forcibly seized and plundered, and was lawless!

How can it be?

All he felt was a buzzing in his head, like thunder rolling in the sky.

Zhang Bin is one of his most important people, and the degree of weight even exceeds that of Wen Tiren in front of him, because Zhang Bin is too capable, no matter what Zhang Bin does, he can definitely get a satisfactory result.

The pirates that ravaged the southeast coast were exterminated by Zhang Bin;

The red-haired fan entrenched in the east was driven away by Zhang Bin;

The Jiannu army, which attacked the capital, was repelled by Zhang Bin;

The strong feudal clan of Dongying, who bullied the subject state of Ryukyu, was defeated by Zhang Bin;

The anti-thieves who entered the capital were killed by Zhang Bin!

The most important thing is that after a series of wars, Zhang Bin did not ask him for a penny of food, and even, Zhang Bin kept sending him money, and sent him millions of taels of silver before and after, and Fuguang's taxes increased year by year under his rule, and the mutual markets of Yuegang and Zhuhai were also run by Zhang Bin, and the taxes there could top most of the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty.

Such a capable official, who is rare for a hundred years or even a thousand years, will he be a big traitor? He is also counting on Zhang Bin to assist him in Zhongxing Daming!

The reason why Wen Tiren dared to move Zhang Bin was naturally relied on, Zhang Bin, the big celebrity in front of Chongzhen, he had long wanted to clean up, this guy couldn't stay, Chongzhen's trust in this guy even exceeded himself, if he didn't get rid of it as soon as possible, when this guy entered Beijing, let alone control the power of the court, it was unknown whether he could save his life.

Last time, he let his two capable men Min Hongxue and Min Mengde, and both sent Zhang Bin back to the capital, but unfortunately, because the ugly things that Min Hongxue and Min Mengde did in Yungui during the Apocalypse were exposed, and finally failed, not only did not clean up Zhang Bin, but also got into two important henchmen.

This time, he has been carefully planned, and this is the opportunity of Jingcha, Tang Shiji and Wang Yingxiong are winning the emperor's favor, if they don't make a move at this time, when will they wait!

Chongzhen would be taken aback by his expectations, he pretended to be sad, and said bitterly: "Weichen didn't expect that Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, would be such a person, but the ironclad evidence is like a mountain, so I can't believe it!" ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he still said in disbelief: "Ironclad evidence? What ironclad evidence? ”

Hearing this, Wen Tiren glanced at Tang Shiji and Wang Yingxiong, and the two hurriedly took out a thick stack of confessions from their arms, raised their hands above their heads, and respectfully handed them to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen's face finally changed when he saw these two thick confessions, he believed that no one dared to make up nonsense in front of him, since he dared to show him, it must be true, otherwise it would be the crime of bullying the king.

He really didn't want to believe that Zhang Bin was a traitor, but with so many confessions in front of him, how could he not believe it?

He hesitated for a long time, and finally took the confession in Tang Shiji's hand with trembling hands.

Tang Shiji hurriedly introduced: "Your Majesty, this is Zhang Bin's evidence of oppressing the people and forcibly taking and plundering in Guangdong, according to these testimonies, Zhang Bin has scavenged at least tens of millions of taels of silver in the people's fat and ointment in Guangdong!" ”

Chongzhen didn't say anything, and even, he forgot to sit down, just stood, opened the confession, and looked carefully.

These are indeed testimonies submitted by the "common people" of Guangdong, but these so-called ordinary people are all local tyrants and squires who colluded with corrupt officials and pirates and bandits to run rampant in the township.

When Zhang Bin cleaned them up, he thought that these people might accuse him of being black, so when he was arrested, he was very careful, and he didn't even let go of the family nursing home and the maid's mother.

It's a pity that these people all have relatives and friends, and it is impossible for Zhang Bin to punish their nine clans, in the end, this matter was stabbed to the capital by their relatives and friends, and this matter happened to be known by Wen Tiren.

After Wen Tiren learned about the situation, he did not immediately ask people to impeach Zhang Bin, but asked people to secretly collect confessions to prepare for the overthrow of Zhang Bin.

The stack of confessions in Chongzhen's hand was actually not collected during Jingcha, but he secretly collected it for more than a year, and he just took the opportunity of Jingcha to let Tang Shiji stab him!

These people's relatives and friends were all arrested by Zhang Bin, and all the property of relatives and friends was confiscated by Zhang Bin, they naturally resented Zhang Bin, and it is conceivable what their confessions would look like.

Chongzhen looked at it for a while, put the confession in his hand on the table with a gloomy face, and then cautiously took the confession in Wang Yingxiong's hand.

Wang Yingxiong hurriedly introduced: "Your Majesty, this is Zhang Bin's confession of deceiving his superiors and subordinates and mutilating dissidents, judging from these testimonies, there are no less than ten people above the third grade who were mutilated by Zhang Bin alone!" ”

Chongzhen still didn't say anything, still stood there, opened the confession, and looked carefully.

These are indeed the confessions of local officials in Fuguang and Guangzhou, they were all masturbated by Zhang Bin because of serious corruption, and their family property was also confiscated by Zhang Bin, and the depth of resentment against Zhang Bin even exceeded that of those local tyrants and squires who were cleaned up by Zhang Bin, plus most of them were born as Jinshi, there must be literary talents, and the confessions they said were even more exaggerated.

Chongzhen looked at it for a while, threw the confession on the desk, sat down, and said dejectedly: "Are these all true?" ”

He obviously believed what the confession was saying.

Wen Tiren swore and said: "Back to the emperor, these confessions have been verified by Weichen, and the person who confessed the confession, Weichen, has almost asked in person, and what they confessed is basically true." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he fell into deep thought.

He was convinced of the content of the confession, because Zhang Bin never asked him for food, but he raised so many troops and won so many battles, where did the money come from?

He didn't understand it before, but now he finally "understands" that it was all robbed!

Is Zhang Bin wrong?

Chongzhen is thinking about this problem, he really can't judge whether Zhang Bin is right or wrong to do this, he doesn't give people a penny of food and food, let people go to war, what can people do if they don't "rob" it?

He thought about it for a long time, but he really couldn't think of the right and wrong in this, he simply didn't want to!

I'll talk about these later, let's find out whether Zhang Bin has formed a party for personal gain, which is the key, because forming a party for personal gain is the most terrible.

He rubbed his temples and asked tiredly, "What else is there to form a party for personal gain, cronyism, what evidence do you have?" ”

Wen Tiren said honestly: "We don't have conclusive evidence for this. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he sighed, it's good that he didn't form a party for personal gain, as for forcible seizure, he believed that Zhang Bin was forced to do it as a last resort, although the means were a little too drastic, it was not an unforgivable crime.

He couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense without evidence, I'm shocked." ”

Wen Tiren was keenly aware that Chongzhen didn't seem to have much to blame Zhang Bin, because Chongzhen was only surprised and not angry from beginning to end.

How can this work, this time, he must definitely kill Zhang Bin, he was not too sure of some words, but at this time he couldn't care so much.

He pretended to be jealous and hateful, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, do you still need evidence for these things, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are not all his cronies, and now he has tried every means to put him in the position of governor, as well as Bi Maokang, Zou Weilian, Cai Shanji, Chen Zizhuang, Ni Yuanlu, Qian Shijin, etc., and even the general soldiers Cao Wenzhao, Yu Chenglong, Qi Yuangong, Zheng Zhilong, etc. are all his cronies who have been pulled up by one hand. Isn't this a clique? ”

When Chongzhen heard this, his face became solemn again, Wen Tiren was right, these people were all cultivated by Zhang Bin, although there is no evidence of forming a party, but he has two governors under him, more than ten members of the third grade or more, even if he doesn't form a party, it is also a huge force, if it goes on like this, it will be okay!

He nodded and said solemnly: "Zhang Bin's forces are indeed too huge, Changqing, you say, how to deal with it?" ”

If a minister is too powerful, it must be suppressed, which has nothing to do with right or wrong, this is the way of the king, if it is not suppressed, let it develop, one day it will threaten the imperial power, this is a lesson that many dynasties have verified, blood.

For example, in the Sui Dynasty, the founding monarch was Yang Jian, the prince of Suiguo in the Northern Zhou Dynasty;

Another example is the Tang Dynasty, the founding monarch was Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang of the Sui Dynasty;

Another example is the Song Dynasty, the founding monarch was Zhao Kuangyin, the general of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

These are ministers who have a certain degree of power, overthrowing the original dynasty and becoming a model of the emperor themselves, which cannot be guarded against.

Fortunately, Wen Tiren and the others have not yet figured out the situation of the Dusi Guard, because those are under the control of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and it will be difficult for the British Duke to find out if they don't want them to know.

Chongzhen only knew that the commander of the Fujian capital was Zhang Bin's father-in-law, Hong Xianchun, if he knew that Daniel Zhang, the commander of the Fujian capital division, was Zhang Bin's eldest brother, he might think about more than weakening Zhang Bin!

Wen Tiren saw that Chongzhen had finally entered the set, and hurriedly said righteously: "Weichen suggested that Zhang Bin be removed from his post for investigation and escorted back to the capital for questioning, and his henchmen, including Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Bi Maokang, Zou Weilian, Cai Shanji, Chen Zizhuang, Ni Yuanlu, Qian Shijin, etc., Cao Wenzhao, Yu Chenglong, Qi Yuangong, Zheng Zhilong, etc., were all removed from their posts and investigated, and escorted back to the capital for questioning!" ”

This is too ruthless, after all, Zhang Bin is a meritorious man, and there are many things that Zhang Bin has no way to do, at most it is a merit and demerit, and it is a bit too much to be removed from his post and investigated.

Chongzhen shook his head and said: "No, Zhang Bin has a credit to Daming after all, and he can't be removed from his post so hastily and investigated." ”

Wen Tiren pretended to have a regretful expression, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Zhang Bin has made Fuguangtian angry and resentful, and the people are bored, so he can't be allowed to continue to behave nonsense!" ”