At the end of October in the third year of Chongzhen (the third year of Tiancong in the Manchu Dynasty), twenty miles east of the capital, the Hanwei Army Pacesetter Battalion was barracks.

After more than a month of hard fighting, Liu Yunwei had already arrested more than 800 officials of the Donglin Party from the capital, Beizhili, and surrounding provinces, including tens of thousands of prisoners' families, and the imperial prison in Beijing was already overcrowded in just one month.

At the same time, some Donglin Party officials were beheaded by angry soldiers for violently resisting the Hanwei army, and about 1,000 people were killed in January.

Many ministers in the DPRK and China were quite vocal about the iron-blooded skills of Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, and believed that even if the Donglin Party officials were guilty, they should be handed over to the three law divisions for trial before making a decision, rather than directly arresting and beheading them.

Regarding the various criticisms of the ministers of the court, although Emperor Chongzhen had the intention to speak, he was stopped by Wang Chengen, and let the ministers of the court and the ministers be noisy, but also always remained silent, and even in the early dynasty, he was concerned about the courtiers.

However, Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, responded to the criticism of the courtiers, and when Emperor Chongzhen summoned him to the court, Liu Yunwei loudly questioned the courtiers who dissented: "Submit all the Donglin rebels to the Three Law Divisions for deliberation?" Do you know that how many officials in the Three Law Divisions are Donglin Party members? Now, since most of the Donglin rebels have been arrested, the Three Law Divisions can no longer operate normally, and the imperial court is recruiting officials from all over the country to supplement them, when will the trial be conducted? ”

In the face of Liu Yunwei's questioning, some ministers in the DPRK and China are still refuting, although these ministers are not members of the Donglin Party, but they are also civilian officials, and they do not have any good impression of Liu Yunwei's martial arts that started with military exploits, even if Liu Yunwei has made great military achievements for the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of those civilian officials, he is still just a martial artist who can be driven by others. It's just that now Liu Yunwei is the prince of Zhenguo, with hundreds of thousands of elite troops in his hands, and Emperor Chongzhen behind him, so the civil official group in the court does not dare to fight against Liu Yunwei at this time.

Liu Yunwei looked at those righteous and awe-inspiring civil officials, and secretly said in his heart: "Today's Ming Dynasty, if you blindly govern with martial arts, it will definitely bring disaster to the country; However, if the civilian government is allowed to continue to govern as before, it will inevitably be chaotic! Only like the Han and Tang dynasties, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are all generals and ministers, both civil and military, can the Ming Dynasty truly achieve long-term stability and realize the rule of Zhongxing! ”

Thinking of this, Liu Yunwei sighed heavily, how easy it is to reproduce the Han and Tang dynasties in the imperial court, this requires a complete change in the system and atmosphere of the entire Ming Dynasty! If Liu Yunwei really does this, it will be tantamount to fighting face-to-face with a behemoth, and the slightest carelessness will end up being shattered!

"Alas!"

Liu Yunwei sighed heavily, cheered up again, and said to those stubborn civil officials: "Donglin rebels against the party and harms the country and the people, and the crime is unforgivable!" As you have seen, in just one month, my father has seized more than 3.7 million taels of gold, more than 29 million taels of silver, more than 44,000 real estates, 250,000 hectares of land, more than 8 million stones of grain, and countless other treasures and goods from those homes of the Donglin rebels! These stolen money are the sum of the 20 years of treasury income of my Ming court! This is not counting the Donglin rebel party who is hiding in the provinces south of the Yangtze River and has not yet been arrested! Ladies and gentlemen, even if you don't mention these major crimes such as Donglin's rebellion against the party and trouble, it's just

The article of corruption and perversion of the law is enough to behead these Donglin rebels! ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the court who refuted Liu Yunwei stopped talking, and they were all speechless.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the full hall of civil and military ministers, and said coldly: "Now that the position of the first assistant of the cabinet has been vacant, I have decided to make Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, the first assistant of the cabinet, the first assistant of the cabinet, do you have any opinions?" ”

Zhou Yanru, the former cabinet assistant, was originally the leader of the Donglin Party, and this time he was arrested and imprisoned by Emperor Chongzhen, it can be said that this life has been ruined, and there is no chance of a comeback. And according to rumors, Zhou Yanru couldn't bear the torture in the edict, and the whole person had become crazy and completely abolished.

Zhou Yanru, who used to be the first assistant of the cabinet, is still like this, and the rest of the Donglin Party officials who were arrested and imprisoned must not be much better.

In this regard, the entire court was silent, and in the face of Emperor Chongzhen's frosty gaze, no one could muster up the courage to speak out. In this way, Chen Xinjia became the new cabinet chief assistant very smoothly, fulfilling his dream of being the first assistant for many years.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen said coldly: "Most of the Donglin rebels in the northern provinces have fallen into the legal net, and the arrest and raiding of the remaining sporadic criminals will be taken over by the Beizhen Fusi. Wang Chengen! You're solely responsible for this! ”

Wang Chengen stepped forward to receive the order, and at the same time glanced at Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, slightly sideways, and saw that he was still standing very respectfully in the court, without the slightest look of resistance, nor half of dissatisfaction, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

All the courtiers were a little surprised by Liu Yunwei's reaction, but Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied, and continued: "Now the affairs of the northern provinces are only the finishing touches, and the matter of arresting Jiangnan Donglin against the party must start as soon as possible. I don't allow any rebels to continue to go unpunished! ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen pointed at Liu Yunwei and said loudly: "Zhenguo Gong! Lead your troops south as soon as possible to capture the Donglin rebels in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, and you will be fully responsible for this matter! I will also issue an order to the governors and commanders of the provinces, and order the civil and military officials of the provinces to fully cooperate with the actions of the Zhenguo Gong! ”

Hearing this, Liu Yunwei stepped forward and said, "The minister's order! ”

At this moment, the civil and military ministers in the entire court were all shocked, and everyone never expected that Emperor Chongzhen would not only completely eliminate the Donglin Party officials in the northern provinces, but also mobilize the army to the south of the Yangtze River to completely eradicate the Donglin Party officials from the Ming Dynasty!

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that it was that time to eradicate the Donglin Rebel Party, but some of the real Zhongzheng and virtuous ministers in the Donglin Party should also be protected, such as the former Liaodong Economic Strategy Sun Chengzong."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Zhenguo Gong's words are reasonable, quasi-play!" Eradicate the proportions of Donglin's opposition to the party, Zhen Guogong and Wang Chengen, the two of you must master it well, and you must not let go of a contrarian element, but you must not wronged any loyal and virtuous minister! ”

Liu Yunwei and Wang Chengen saluted together and said: "The minister (minion) receives the order!" ”

After retiring from the dynasty, after Emperor Chongzhen left, the ministers of civil and military affairs also left one after another, just as Liu Yunwei was about to leave the palace and return to the camp, a little eunuch walked quickly and said to Liu Yunwei: "Qiyu Zhenguogong, Your Majesty is invited!" ”

Liu Yunwei secretly said in his heart: "I expected it to be about the same!" ”

So, Liu Yunwei followed the little eunuch to the imperial study, where Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen were already waiting.

"Minister, Zhenguo Gong Liu Yunwei see Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

"Zhen Guogong doesn't have to be polite!"

After speaking, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen to take the seat for Liu Yunwei, and then retreated left and right, leaving only Wang Chengen to serve in the entire imperial study.

"Zhen Guogong, now that the Donglin rebel party in the northern provinces has almost been ambushed, I will bring these criminals to justice as soon as possible, but ......"

Emperor Chongzhen paused when he said this, just stared at Liu Yunwei, and stopped talking.

Of course, Liu Yunwei knew what Emperor Chongzhen meant, so he got up directly and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has ordered the lieutenant soldiers in the camp to load the seized stolen money into the car, a total of 3 million taels of gold, more than 23 million taels of silver, 6.4 million stones of grain, as well as all the house deeds and land deeds, and the rest of the treasures and goods are also sorted and loaded in accordance with His Majesty's previous will. Early tomorrow morning, the minister personally led the soldiers to escort this batch of money and grain into Beijing and handed it over to the imperial court. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's face showed an extremely excited smile, and his whole body trembled with excitement.

You must know that since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, the imperial court has always been extremely poor, not to mention the expenses such as relief for disaster victims and the construction of water conservancy facilities in various places, and even the military expenses of the border army are often in arrears. If it weren't for Liu Yunwei's ability to make money and raise a large amount of money and food for the Hanwei army and the soldiers of the Dangkou battalion, relying only on the military money and food allocated by the imperial court, it is estimated that the hundreds of thousands of troops in Liu Yunwei's hands would have been disbanded on the spot.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was a little overwhelmed when he heard that the imperial court would soon have such a huge amount of income, as if he had been poor for a long time, and suddenly became rich.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were slightly red and said: "Now it's okay, I can finally do what I want to do, and I can finally help the victims of disasters in various places, and I can reduce taxes in various places." Daming, you can finally take a breath! ”

Wang Chengen on the side also secretly wiped his tears and said secretly: "Your Majesty can finally breathe a sigh of relief!" ”

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei also sighed gloomily in his heart: "Although the Donglin Party is finished, if you don't take this opportunity to completely rectify the rule of officials, the Ming Dynasty will still not be able to go far, even if it is guarded by me and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, it is impossible to go far!" ”

However, Liu Yunwei thought for a while, and still said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this stolen money is only seized by the northern provinces, you must know that the wealth of the south of the Yangtze River is far stronger than that of the northern provinces!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly flushed abnormally, his eyes stared at Liu Yunwei for a long time, and he gasped and asked, "When can Zhenguo Gong lead his army south?" ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, after the minister has handed over the stolen money, it is necessary to make a unified deployment of the hundreds of thousands of troops that have been mobilized, which will take some time. However, the minister assured His Majesty that within ten days, the minister would definitely lead his army south! ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and said with relief: "In this way, I will entrust the affairs of Jiangnan to the Duke of Zhenguo!" ”

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