Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 5 The situation in the DPRK is turbulent and the troops are withdrawn

Section 13 The Fall of the Eunuchs

Since Liu Yunwei, the governor of Jiliao, led the army of Longxiang Iron Cavalry into the capital, the entire court has fallen into a storm, especially the officials of the eunuch party, all of whom are in panic, and they don't know when they will be arrested by the wolf-like iron cavalry soldiers.

In just a few days, under the order of Emperor Chongzhen, Liu Yunwei commanded the Longxiang Iron Cavalry to control all the officials on that list, and all of them were confined in their respective homes, and no one was allowed to enter, let alone contact the outside world, and those who violated the order were killed! As for Wei Zhongxian, Liu Yunwei directly assigned the general Guo Yi to lead the troops to take him into custody and directly confined him in the Wei Mansion.

Compared with the extreme fear of the eunuch officials, Ye Xiang's high-ranking civil officials clapped their hands and celebrated the fall of Wei Zhongxian with a drink, as if the Ming Dynasty had become strong again in their hands; After hearing the news, those Donglin Party members who went home for refuge were even more overjoyed, looking for relationships and going around, all thinking of returning to the court and making a comeback. These civil officials came to the table one after another, and praised Emperor Chongzhen, which made Emperor Chongzhen suddenly have a fluttering feeling, as if he had become a saint of the ages in an instant, very proud.

But it didn't take long for Emperor Chongzhen's good mood to be swept away by Liu Yunwei. Seeing that all the people on the eunuch list had been brought to justice, Liu Yunwei entered the palace again to face the saint, preparing to report to Emperor Chongzhen the specific situation of the action to eradicate the eunuch party.

Emperor Chongzhen still met Liu Yunwei in the imperial study, and said with a smile: "Inspector Liu has worked hard for several days, sit down!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Liu Yunwei sat down, Emperor Chongzhen asked, "Inspector Liu, how is the situation now?" If all the eunuchs on the list have been brought to justice, I will order the three legal divisions to take them into custody and prepare for the three sessions to bring these black sheep to justice. ”

Liu Yunwei secretly sighed when he heard this, and said secretly: "Your Majesty is too anxious, if you act like this, how many innocent people will be framed by Ye Xianggao!" ”

Thinking of this, Liu Yunwei got up and said: "Your Majesty, all the people on the list have been controlled by the soldiers under the minister, and Wei Zhongxian has also been temporarily imprisoned in his own home by the minister, and the minister can transfer all the prisoners to the three law divisions for review at any time." However, the minister still has something to say about the public trial of the eunuchs. ”

Emperor Chongzhen knew that Liu Yunwei was a military general who dared to think and speak, although sometimes he spoke very impulsively, and even made himself feel that he had lost face, but no matter what Liu Yunwei's opinion was, his starting point was to be loyal to the country. Therefore, even if Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to listen to Liu Yunwei's recital, it was not good to reject Liu Yunwei's loyalty in person, so he said helplessly: "Inspector Liu, if you have something to say, just say it." ”

Liu Yunwei saluted again, and then said: "Your Majesty, this list of so-called eunuch party officials, the minister has carefully checked it, and found that some of the officials are not Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, according to the minister's investigation, these officials are just having some holidays with Ye Ge Lao, so ......"

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this, and asked in a deep voice, "So what?" ”

"So the minister thinks that the credibility of this list is not great, and the minister suggests that Your Majesty should not be in a hurry for the time being, and first re-check Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, so as not to damage Your Majesty's reputation by the younger generation!"

"Sure enough!" Emperor Chongzhen secretly said in his heart: "This Liu Yunwei really dares to speak!" In front of me, he said that Ye Ge was always a young man? ”

"Inspector Liu's words are serious, even if there are some errors in the list, it can't show Ye Ge Lao's loyalty! In this way, since this matter was raised by Inspector Liu, then I will entrust Inspector Liu to be responsible for it to the end. I will give Inspector Liu another five days, and if Inspector Liu can't produce relevant evidence after five days, then I can only judge someone according to this list! ”

"Command!"

"In addition, Wei Zhongxian doesn't have to be tried again, I remember that Wei Zhongxian has served the first emperor for many years, so I will open the net and leave him alive. I decided to let Wei Zhongxian go to Zhongdu (Fengyang) to guard the imperial tomb. ”

Liu Yunwei was a little surprised when he heard this, he always felt that things were a little strange, Ye Xianggao couldn't let go of this opportunity to fall into the ground? However, Liu Yunwei couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to say: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

After that, Emperor Chongzhen and Liu Yunwei discussed the specific matters of the investigation of the eunuch party, and after everything had been discussed, Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said: "Inspector Liu, before you and I mentioned that you wanted to raise Wuxun to compete with Wenchen, I also thought about this matter, but I still don't think it's appropriate." ”

Hearing this, Liu Yunwei hurriedly said, "Your Majesty ......"

But then he was stopped by Emperor Chongzhen: "Inspector Liu is a little restless, Shu is not distrusting you, but is worried that after Shu begins to reward a large number of Wuxun ministers, the Chinese courtiers will attack in groups, and then there will be no peace in the court." Inspector Liu can understand my difficulties, this matter should be left at that, I also believe that the vast majority of the court's ministers are still honest and honest ministers, and they can assist me in rejuvenating the Ming Dynasty! ”

Hearing this, Liu Yunwei understood: in the final analysis, Emperor Chongzhen still doesn't believe in martial artists, in Emperor Chongzhen's heart, he always believes that Wenchen is the pillar of the country, and martial artists can only be the sword in the hands of Wenchen, and must not have their own right to speak.

"But Your Majesty! After Wenchen takes control of the government, the court will be dark! These ministers are no longer capable ministers like Zhang Ge Lao (Zhang Juzheng), they are all a group of wolves, a group of vicious wolves who pounced on Daming to eat meat and drink blood! Relying on these ministers, when will we be able to prosper the Ming Dynasty? ”

At this time, Liu Yunwei knew very well in his heart that he could no longer convince Emperor Chongzhen, so he didn't say anything more and retired directly.

After Liu Yunwei left, Emperor Chongzhen began to review the bookcase, and opened a letter on the bookcase, which read: "Exemption from Jiangnan commercial tax and mining tax...... Increase the land endowment in the plentiful land of the provinces, so as to fill the treasury and defend against foreign humiliation......"

After reading it, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be very satisfied with the content of the compromise, so he lifted the imperial pen and wrote "quasi-play" on the compromise!

A month later, the main eunuch officials in the capital had been arrested by Liu Yunwei and handed over to the Three Law Divisions for deliberation, while Wei Zhongxian left the capital under the escort of a team of Jinyi guards. Before leaving, Wei Zhongxian looked at the majestic capital full of sadness, was speechless for a long time, and finally muttered: "Da Ming, just count on breaking the army!" ”

When Liu Yunwei learned that Wei Zhongxian had left the capital, he was waiting for Emperor Chongzhen's summons outside the imperial study, and when he heard the news, Liu Yunwei was also a relative in his heart, sighed heavily in his heart, and said secretly: "Your Majesty just trusts those civil officials, after the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party has revived, and many people have re-entered the court, it seems that the situation I am most worried about has happened!" ”

At this time, a leading eunuch came over with a smile and said to Liu Yunwei: "Wang Chengen, the miscellaneous family, I have seen Jiliao Inspector, and Your Majesty Xuan's Inspector has entered. ”

Liu Yunwei had never seen this Wang Chengen, but he was a newly promoted confidant eunuch of Emperor Chongzhen, so he gave a salute and followed Wang Chengen into the imperial study.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw Liu Yunwei coming in, he said with a smile: "Inspector Liu, now that Wei Gelding has been destroyed, it can be said that there are all the Zhengying Dynasty above the court, I am very happy, Inspector Liu can be said to be the first achievement!" ”

At this time, Liu Yunwei had already figured out how unrealistic his previous planned move of martial arts to enter the court was, and the powerful civil officials and Emperor Chongzhen would not allow it! In view of this, Liu Yunwei had no choice but to retreat and first ensure that the four towns of Jiliao would not be affected by the changes in the DPRK situation in the short term.

So, Liu Yunwei knelt down and said: "The minister just did his duty, and he didn't dare to be proud!" ”

"Yes, that's good!" Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Liu Yunwei's appearance, and said: "Now that the affairs of the court and the central government are over, let Ye Ge do the rest of the things, I want Inspector Liu to return to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible, so that the soldiers can go back to rest and recuperate, I don't know what Inspector Liu wants?" ”

"Command!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "I will keep the credit of Inspector Liu in my heart, and he will reward him again in the future." ”

"The minister just did his duty as a minister, and did not dare to ask for His Majesty's reward. There is only one thing, the minister has been worried, and he hopes that His Majesty will be judged. ”

"What?"

"It's the military spending of the four towns of Jiliao."

Liu Yunwei said in a deep voice: "Now my four towns in Jiliao have a vast territory, and hundreds of thousands of displaced people are in Tuntian, and the money and food needed are very huge; There are 300,000 soldiers in the Hanwei army, and the daily consumption of money and food is also huge. Nowadays, the imperial court is concentrating on eradicating the eunuchs, and there is a lot of money and food allocated by the military department and the household department. Just yesterday, the minister received an urgent report from the Governor's Mansion that the military rations hoarded by the Hanwei army were only half a month's needs, and there was little rations left for the people in Tuntian, so continue to support the imperial court, and ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible! ”

After hearing this, the smile on Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly disappeared, as if he was quite difficult. But Emperor Chongzhen knew in his heart that no matter what, this money would have to be paid, and if the salary of the Han Wei army was broken, the last elite of the imperial court who could fight would be scrapped; Moreover, if those hundreds of thousands of people are cut off, they will become hundreds of thousands of displaced people in a blink of an eye, and the entire four towns of Jiliao will be eroded in an instant, and the defense line in the north of the capital will completely collapse at that time!

"Inspector Liu rest assured, I will find a way to deal with this matter, and let Wang Chengen handle the specific things."

Liu Yunwei was surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect that Wang Chengen to be so important in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen, and such a big thing was handed over to him to do!

"In this way, the minister will retire first, and early tomorrow morning, the minister will gather a large army to go to Tongzhou Town to station, and after a short rest, the minister will lead the army back to Shanhaiguan."

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