Ji Qingwen did not hesitate, and immediately shook his head and said, "No, there is no such thing." The emperor also asked to make it clear that although Yuan Chonghuan is arrogant and domineering, he may not be impeccable in his work, but to say that he fornicated with Manchuria, it would be a bit of a reversal of black and white! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, the muscles on his cheeks couldn't help but shrug and said, "Ji Qingwen, you blindly excuse Yuan Chonghuan, do you also have something to do with those Manchurians?" ”

Ji Qingwen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and thought: How can you say it well, Emperor Chongzhen's spearhead is inexplicably pointed at himself? However, the crime of fornicating with Manchuria is too great, and the crime of killing the head if one is not careful, and it is impossible not to excuse oneself with a few words.

So Ji Qingwen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's wrong to blame me, the Chenjing Division fought and killed many Manchurian Tartars." Today, there is a man named Ao Bai on the side of Shaanxi Lane, who is a defeated general under the minister. In addition to this fight, the enemy chieftain Taiji and Dabeile Daishan were all defeated by the minister's men, and Daishan was almost killed by the minister's Ming Wu army. It's too late for these people to take the lives of their ministers, so how can they have fornication with their ministers? ”

As soon as Ji Qingwen's voice fell, he saw Xu Guangqi, a cabinet scholar, take a half step forward and said: "Saint, Ji Qingwen has been running errands for the emperor in Jiangnan except for the first battle of Beijing last year, and he is far away from the Manchurian enemy chieftains. ”

Even the other two ministers of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, also came out of the class to play and patted their chests to guarantee that it was absolutely impossible for Ji Qingwen to collude with the Manchurians.

Luo Yangxing was originally going to use the topic to play on this topic and give Ji Qingwen a dose of fierce medicine, but he didn't expect Ji Qingwen's popularity to be so good, and the three ministers in the cabinet all interceded with him as a guarantee. Under such circumstances, if Luo Yangxing continues to hold Ji Qingwen accountable, it will be equivalent to going against the entire civil official group of the imperial court.

Luo Yangxing commanded the entire Jinyiwei, but he was also a member of the bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty, and he was absolutely unable to confront the entire system, so he could only admit it and stop talking.

Seeing everyone's attitude, Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't mean anything else, I just tell you to be more cautious and cautious in what you usually do." If I don't ask a word about this matter now, tomorrow the Imperial Historians will write a piece of music like snowflakes to impeach you. ”

The cold sweat that broke out on Ji Qingwen's back made him feel excited, and he hurriedly said: "The emperor can trust Weichen, that is the emperor's sage." With the emperor's sage, he should also believe in Yuan Chonghuan! Yuan Chonghuan once killed Nurhachi in Jinzhou, and he had a grudge against the current Manchurian Han Emperor Taiji for killing his father. With such a deep hatred, even if Yuan Chonghuan wants to collude with Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji may not be willing! ”

"Humph!" Chongzhen sneered and said: "The Manchurian Tartars are all uncivilized barbarians, and they don't pay attention to etiquette, righteousness and shame. It is said that according to their custom, if the father dies, the son will marry his mother. What is the difference between a person who can do such a thing and a beast? In my opinion, the revenge of killing their father is not a big deal in their eyes. met Yuan Chonghuan, who had no king and no father, and I saw that they hit it off and smelled the same! ”

"No monarch and no father", this sentence is extremely important, which is equivalent to defining Yuan Chonghuan's character from the most fundamental moral standard.

When the officials and ministers in the Qianqing Palace heard this, they all felt a pang in their hearts, thinking: Okay, it seems that Yuan Chonghuan can't survive......

Whether Yuan Chonghuan should die or not is actually not a matter of importance in Ji Qingwen's heart, but why Yuan Chonghuan should die, this truth really has to be made clear.

I only heard Ji Qingwen say: "Your Majesty, if you want to condemn Yuan Chonghuan to death, it is actually just a matter of one sentence." Moreover, Yuan Chonghuan's temper is hard, but his neck is even harder, if he can't kill him with a 'click' knife at the entrance of the vegetable market, it will be difficult to do......"

"What kind of knife can't kill Yuan Chonghuan, a traitorous villain? Tell me what you mean. Chongzhen said.

As soon as Ji Qingwen heard Emperor Chongzhen's tone, which sounded harder than Yuan Chonghuan's life, he could only bite the bullet and say, "What does the minister mean...... There must be a reason to kill Yuan Chonghuan, and if this reason is not hard, I am afraid that the knife that killed Yuan Chonghuan will not be hard. Your Majesty, it's a bit far-fetched to convict Yuan Chonghuan of the death penalty based on this note alone, right? ”

"Far-fetched? Where is the far-fetched? This note is written in black and white, written clearly, just enough to clear Yuan Chonghuan's sin, no matter how hard it is. Chongzhen said.

Ji Qingwen replied: "Your Majesty, the only person who found this note was Luo Yangxing of Jinyiwei, and there was no witness or circumstantial evidence, which is really unconvincing." The minister said without a word, last year's battle in Beijing, the originally impregnable city wall of Beijing was inexplicably opened Zuo'an Gate, allowing Huang Taiji to take advantage of it. If the minister intends to frame Commander Luo, he can take out another note tomorrow, saying that it was the door opened by Commander Luo, so can Commander Luo be killed by this note? ”

Luo Yangxing was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Lord Ji, don't scare me." I have never had anything to do with the Manchurian Tartars, so how can I be convicted casually? ”

Ji Qingwen said with a smile: "Presumably Yuan Chonghuan is also in this mood - Lao Tzu beat the Manchurian Tartars for half his life, but he didn't expect to be said to be an adulterous Tartar, this crime, I'm afraid Yuan Chonghuan will not be convinced even if he is really dead." ”

Ji Qingwenman thought that he had said this ten times

The points were sleek, but Chongzhen was unceremonious, and asked coldly: "Ji Qingwen, what do you mean by this?" It was none other than Yuan Chonghuan who said that he had fornicated with the Tartars, it was Zhen Gong. Do you mean that I am wronging Yuan Chonghuan? ”

Ji Qingwen hurriedly said: "Don't dare." The minister just thought that this note appeared too strangely, just as weird as the important and important figures of the Manchurian Tartars suddenly appeared in the capital city and made a big commotion. The so-called 'lonely evidence does not stand', to kill Yuan Chonghuan based on this note alone, it seems to be a little difficult to convince the public......"

Ji Qingwen's statement is obviously very reasonable, so that Emperor Chongzhen, who is bent on killing Yuan Chonghuan, cannot refute it for a while.

But the reason why the emperor is called the emperor is because of the supreme authority he holds in his hands, and this authority allows him to make his own decisions in defiance of all reasons, all authority, and all controversies.

So I only heard Emperor Chongzhen say unceremoniously: "Ji Qingwen, I sent you into the palace today, not to ask for your opinion on Yuan Chonghuan's case, but to let you defend your relationship with the Manchurian Tartars." Since you claim to have nothing to do with the Manchurians, you can shut up. On the side, you are just a weaving admiral, and it is not your turn to speak. Stand down! ”

This is equivalent to an eviction order.

Ji Qingwen entered the palace several times ago, and his impression of the Forbidden City was still good. After all, in the 21st century, if you want to visit the Palace Museum, you have to spend hundreds of yuan on tickets, and being able to enter the palace for free is equivalent to saving such a large amount of money.

But when Ji Qingwen entered the palace tonight, not only did he not even see the emperor's good face, but now he was almost driven out of the palace by Emperor Chongzhen, which gave him a serious blow to his self-esteem that he had built up after the crossing.

So Ji Qingwen secretly scolded in his heart: "What's great! You're shouting five and six now. If you don't have my Ji Qingwen's help, if you can't get it in a few years, you will have to go to the coal mountain to find the crooked neck tree! ”

However, in this case, Ji Qingwen couldn't say it in front of Chongzhen - at least not now, he could only pretend to be frightened and timid, bowed and withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, and returned to the palace gate under the guidance of the little eunuch waiting outside the palace gate.

Outside the palace gate, Li Yan, Li Yuanyin, Huang Degong and others were waiting for Ji Qingwen.

Li Yan saw that Ji Qingwen's face was not good, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Brother Ji, what's wrong?" Look at your face is so ugly, could it be something big? ”

Ji Qingwen sighed heavily and said, "Alas! I'm afraid that Yuan Chonghuan won't live long......"

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