For the Ming Dynasty, it was freedom of speech, at least not like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which would engage in literary prison, saying a wrong word, or writing a wrong word, or even any word with ambiguity, could lead to death.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about it, because he was going to shout and kill because of an article. Being convicted for words is not Daming's style. And more importantly, the mouth grows on someone else's body, and if it is just blindly blocked, it can't be blocked. But this does not mean that anyone can criticize the government without scrutiny and without scruples!

In fact, for the ancients, whether the government and the opposition were unimpeded or not was one of the important criteria for measuring whether a monarch was enlightened, in other words, it would be well received by the literati, after all, public opinion was controlled by the literati, and history was also written by the literati.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has always attached great importance to freedom of speech, for example, Emperor Taizu gave the imperial historian a sentence for not being convicted of not speaking, which is a good example.

However, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, Taizu's original intention was good, but the rule set was broken by civil officials, and it was used in party disputes and in eliminating dissidents. As a result, he changed the rules since Taizu, where there is an impeachment of the imperial historian, there must be real evidence, for this reason, even reformed the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and increased the subordinate institutions and personnel of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Although this Zhang Pu is famous in Jiangnan Shilin and among the children of official eunuchs, so what, I have even been treated by the imperial historian, can I still treat him? Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen replied to Huang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang: "Since Zhang Pu has written an article that has been widely disseminated, you Dongchang will ask him who Yan Song is referring to in the court. Contact Xuezheng and reform his reputation as a punishment. ”

"Slave obeys!" When Wang Chengen heard this, he hurriedly replied. He naturally knew in his heart that Zhang Pu was just talking, thinking that he would say it casually like before. Hehe, Kai Ge famous, this book has been read in vain!

After making this will, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a while, and then instructed Wang Chengen: "Zhou Yanru, as an opposition official, allowed the scholars to slander the government and government, incorrectly guided the scholars, and became a useful talent of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of behavior is a loss of official way, and it is recorded in the East Factory to see the after-effects. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly moved in his heart, in addition to the assessment of officials by the Ministry of Officials, Dongchang should also investigate officials, and even those quasi-officials, such as lifting people and the like, those who have dirty virtues will give them a question mark on their official career in the future!

This matter, that is, the private investigation of civil and military officials, Dongchang has not done it before. But in the past, it wasn't done systematically. If we had to do it as envisaged, the project would be huge.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it seriously for a while and felt that it was still necessary for Dongchang to do this matter. On the military attaché's side, the Jinyi guard went to build the file. Thinking so, he contacted Wang Chengen and Liu Xingzuo respectively and asked them to handle this matter. Of course, the factory guard has to do it secretly. When the time comes, it will be combined with the assessment of the military department and the official department to evaluate the civil and military officials.

Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, there are still seven days to go before the New Year. It was also at this time that the army of Zhengliao finally arrived in Beijing, and the mighty army of tens of thousands was temporarily stationed outside the city.

Undoubtedly, with the appearance of the Liao army in front of the eyes of the people of Beijing, the topic of the Liao army suddenly became the headline of the discussion in Beijing. In the streets and alleys, restaurants and teahouses, all the chats are about the Liao army.

"You know what? The Liao army is back! ”

"Really? When did you come back? My old man has been nagging for a long time, and he wants to see this mighty army! ”

"But no, my family is the same, my brother-in-law's family is outside the city of Jingshi, and the family was destroyed by the heavenly Jianjiao, my mother-in-law wants to say thank you in person! Thank you for helping her get revenge! ”

"It's the same, in fact, many families here in our Jingshi have this idea, after all, it was not one or two families who were poisoned by Jianshi before!"

“……“

The people of Beijing are obviously grateful to this army of Liao. Even they regarded this army as their own army, not just the army of the imperial court.

"It's a pity, martial law is under martial law over there, and we ordinary people can't get by, otherwise we must thank you in person!"

"It's okay, it's okay, I've heard that in two days, the army of Zhengliao will enter the Beijing division to boast of martial arts, and then there will be an opportunity to pay a good look at this mighty army of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Hehe, you don't understand this, this is a military parade, there have been before!"

“……”

As the people of Beijing spoke, they looked forward to it with great anticipation, and they looked forward to the day of the military parade as soon as possible.

At this time, it was already approaching the end of the year, and Jingshi was located in the north, and the weather was extremely cold under the howling cold wind.

In this kind of cold winter weather, generally speaking, the sun does not go up the hill, and ordinary people are unwilling to get up, and they are all willing to hide in the warm quilt and listen to the howling cold wind outside the house to stay in bed.

However, on this day, that is, the third day of the arrival of the Liao army in Beijing, the situation was very different.

Before dawn, I saw that there was already movement in the street. Under the curfew, under the attention of the patrol soldiers, one official sedan chair after another, one after another, military generals appeared on the streets one after another, and converged on the Forbidden City. It stands to reason that this is the New Year, and there should be nothing to do. And the emperor has never advocated an early dynasty, but these officials in Beijing went to the Forbidden City so early, which is really a rare scene in Beijing!

When the eastern sky had just shown a glimmer of light, the curfew had just ended, and the commotion caused by the early officials had disappeared, more soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses had appeared on the streets. There was movement again in the silent street, and the sound of neat footsteps, the clash of armor, and the shouts of soldiers and generals sounded from time to time.

If the soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division are soldiers, acting under orders, and acting involuntarily like civil and military officials, then this matter is even more abnormal.

In Jingshi City, every household has also gotten up one after another. After only a while, the sleeping Jingshi seemed to wake up, and the voices of each family sounded from time to time: "child, don't make pancakes, just eat some casually, it takes time!" ”

"You bear child, hurry up! I'm clamoring to see it, and now I'm still procrastinating when I get up! If you go late and have no place, Lao Tzu can't beat you! ”

"Dad, you take your time, the child will go and occupy a seat first!"

“……”

In the midst of the uproar, many people walked out of the house, and their first reaction was to shrink their necks, look up at the sky, and say that it was so cold! However, their faces were full of smiles, and looking at the movements of their neighbors, many people would shout: "Old Li Tou, let's go, still lie in bed!" ”

"Lao Wang, aren't you leaving? Today's incident is estimated to be like this, and if you miss it, you won't have to watch it! ”

“……”

In all parts of the capital, the people call friends and friends, and it is much more lively than at noon in the past.

On the streets of Jingshi, there are already many people, walking briskly in twos and threes.

As he was walking, he didn't know who it was, and suddenly shouted, "Wow, it's snowing!" ”

When the people on the side heard this, they looked up one after another, and sure enough. I saw that the sky had been sporadically fluttering snowflakes, one by one, two, three ......, but after a while, the snow fell a little heavier, and fell on the people's bodies, and after a patch of white, it fell to the ground, and it no longer melted.

The older old man couldn't help but be very happy when he saw this situation, and said loudly: "Ruixue Zhaofeng year! It's time for a good harvest! ”

Slowly, the snow fell heavier and heavier, but it could not stop the enthusiasm of the people of Beijing. They continued to pour into the streets, and even some naughty children who took to the streets with their parents even had snowball fights as they walked.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen also got up early, when he heard the lively sound from outside the palace, he couldn't help but feel very good, it seems that the enthusiasm of the people in Beijing can be expected!

When Emperor Chongzhen drove and came to the head of Fengtianmen City, he saw that there were already countless snowmen standing there waiting on Fengtianmen Square.

Looking at all this in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen believed that the Ming army had changed in the hearts of the people. The Ming soldiers are no longer just big-headed soldiers, and they will not be despised as before. This is a change in the status of martial artists, he believes it will be helpful!

Speaking of which, there has actually been a military parade once, just when Emperor Chongzhen was on his own expedition. However, the military parade was relatively simple, but this time the emperor ordered Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, to run it by Wen Tiren, whether it was the experience of the people or the feeling of Emperor Chongzhen, it was more grand.

At this time, on the side of Fengtianmen Square, the Jinyi pro-army is under martial law, and there are many Han generals near the head of Fengtianmen City, all tall and mighty, and even more imposing. At the head of the city, there were hundreds of civil and military officials, all of whom were wearing formal court clothes, and they were surrounded by Emperor Chongzhen.

In Wen Tiren's original plan, he wanted to send orders to the Liao army outside the city through the chat group, but Emperor Chongzhen vetoed this article, and still let people pass it on a fast horse, which is more ceremonial.

The commander-in-chief of the parade, the former Jiliao Governor and Cabinet Auxiliary Minister, and now the second assistant Sun Chengzong, gave an order as soon as the hour arrived, and saw a fast horse galloping away from the Fengtianmen City.

Seeing this, many of the people in the whispering and stomping their feet stopped chatting and stopped moving, although they knew that the army of Zhengliao did not appear in front of them so quickly. But they craned their necks and looked in the direction they came from time to time. Take a look, look at it, and seem to forget about the cold.

I don't know how long it took, but in their anticipation, finally, the army of Zhengliao appeared.

Just like the last military parade, the first thing that appeared in front of everyone was the Ming national flag, which they were already very familiar with, and then the army of Liao.

The main body of this parade is similar to the previous one, but this time there are more people, and there is no end in sight.

At the forefront of the list were the Naturalized Army. This naturalized army was mainly under the command of Li Guo and Wu Sangui, and their armies were all cavalry, and the soldiers were very good at riding, riding high-headed horses, marching in unison, but they were also mighty.

When they appeared in the square, the ceremonial officer began to introduce the achievements of the naturalized army, and the loud soldiers spread the content of the introduction into the distance.

"This cavalry army was sent by the Naturalization Province, as we all know, the Naturalization Province is a new province of my Ming Dynasty, but this naturalized army is extraordinary, giving full play to the advantages of the cavalry army, in the gallop to conquer Liao, thousands of miles of attack, General Li's headquarters, raided Fushun, and ended the old nest of Jianyu......"

"Now what you see is the general army of Wu, a young talent, shouted out the offender of my Ming Dynasty, although it is far away, it will be punished, in this war, it is also a thousand miles of attack, for the Ming Dynasty to take the grain fields in the northeast of Liaodong, greatly reducing the grain pressure in Liaodong......"

Hearing these introductions, these officers and men in the naturalized army held their heads high one by one and tried their best to show their demeanor. But at this time, in their hearts, it was actually very shocking.

They were shocked by the enthusiasm of the people of Beijing, but they really did not expect that there would be so many people in Beijing, standing on both sides of the road in the heavy snow, standing in the square to welcome them. At this time, the officers and soldiers of the naturalized army actually regretted it very much in their hearts, regretting why they did not make greater contributions in this war of conquest of Liao!

Immediately behind them was the Guanning army led by Cao Wenzhao, this time, basically as long as the Guanning army participated in the decisive battle, there were infantry troops and cavalry troops. Most of the soldiers also participated in the parade for the first time, and like the naturalized army, they were also shocked by the enthusiasm of the people in Beijing.

Watching the majestic and high-spirited army walk by, listening to the introduction of the ceremonial officer, the people on the sidelines were also whispering: "See, this is the real army, the real Ming army!" ”

"Look at it, it's different from the previous ones, it's elite at first glance!"

"But no, this murderous aura is coming to the face, isn't it elite?"

“……”

After the Dongjiang Army, when the new army appeared, the people of Jingshi suddenly stopped talking. They looked at the soldiers of the new army, and their faces were even more excited. For them, this new army is the army of the Beijing Division, and it is they who watch the formation and the march, just like they watch their relatives grow up.

They also all understand that the main force of the recovery of Liaodong and the inclusion of North Korea in the territory of the Ming Dynasty is actually the new army. Watching the new army walk by, I don't know who took the lead in shouting "Daming Wansheng!" ”

Suddenly, after only a while, the square sounded with an earth-shattering roar of "Daming Wansheng"! This voice shocked everyone's hearts, including ordinary people, civil and military generals, and royal relatives and nobles!