Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 9 The Great Tribulation

Chapter 1 The Difficulties and Disasters of the State Arise

Section 7 The Wrath of the Son of Heaven

September of the second year of Chongzhen (the second year of Tiancong of the Manchu Dynasty), the capital, the imperial study.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at a secret report from Dongchang with a pale face, and there seemed to be a burning anger above his head. At this time, the eunuch Wang Chengen was standing cautiously aside, seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was angry, he didn't dare to say a word, just stood with his head bowed, for fear of accidentally touching his head.

"It is reported that Liu Yunwei, the chief of the conquest and suppression, the governor of Jiliao, and the secretary of the army, summoned eight Jin merchants to Taiyuan to meet at the will of His Majesty, and prepared to invite the Jin merchants to raise money and grain for military use; Unexpectedly, none of the eight Jin merchants went to the face of His Majesty's will and the military order of the superintendent, seeing this, Inspector Liu sent people to verify in many ways, and found ironclad evidence that the eight Jin merchants colluded with the Tartars......"

"It is reported that Liu Yunwei, the chief of the conquest and suppression, the governor of Jiliao, and the secretary of the army, has sent more than 10,000 elite iron cavalry to divide the troops into eight routes, arrest the eight Jin merchants, and transport them back to Taiyuan City together with the evidence of the crimes of the Jin merchants, and conduct a public trial of the Jin merchants in the school field in the city. Under the exact ironclad evidence, nearly 1,000 men, women and children of the eight Jin merchants were killed in public by Inspector Liu, and the ironclad evidence of the heads of the eight family heads and the eight Jin merchants colluding with the Tartars is on the way to Beijing......"

After Emperor Chongzhen read it, he threw this secret report to the ground, and roared angrily: "Liu Yunwei can lend money to someone to borrow money, and he killed thousands of people before the imperial court found out what happened, and asked me for a holy decree in advance before leaving, can Liu Yunwei be able to predict the prophet?" Did he take me for a fool? It's too much, it's simply unreasonable! ”

Wang Chengen has served Emperor Chongzhen for many years since he was still a king, and he knows Emperor Chongzhen's temperament very well. At this time, Wang Chengen had already seen that Emperor Chongzhen actually did not blame Liu Yunwei too much for finding out the rebellion, but was a little annoyed that Liu Yunwei cut first and then played and kept himself in the dark.

So, Wang Chengen picked up the secret report on the ground, sorted it out and put it on the bookcase, thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, the old slave has heard of what the eight Jin merchants have done before, but because the power of the eight Jin merchants is too large, the forces in it are intertwined and affect the whole body, so he didn't pay attention to it. This time, these eight Jin merchants committed crimes in the hands of Inspector Liu, and they deserved it. Regardless of whether Inspector Liu knew the inside story in advance or not, it was a scourge for His Majesty. Therefore, the old slave thought that His Majesty did not need to be too angry. ”

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and pondered for a while, then sighed and asked, "Then since Liu Yunwei already knew about the Jin Shang in advance, where did he get the news?" Why didn't the imperial court know? ”

Wang Chengen was slightly embarrassed, and then said: "Your Majesty, when Inspector Liu led the army to Liaodong several times before, the news of the actions of the imperial army was discovered by Jiannu in advance. After the army had to return to Guannei, Inspector Liu was furious and sent people to investigate in many ways before learning that many important news were revealed to Jiannu by the eight Jin merchants, so that the imperial army suffered several defeats and heavy losses, and the situation in Liaodong also deteriorated repeatedly, so that today's situation was formed. ”

Emperor Chongzhen felt extremely shocked after hearing this, and his eyes were full of incredulity when he looked at Wang Chengen. But just a moment later, a monstrous anger surged into Emperor Chongzhen's heart, only to hear Emperor Chongzhen angrily ask: "In other words, someone in the court revealed the news to those traitorous Jin merchants?" Who is so bold! I want to wipe out these traitors and the Nine Clans! ”

Hearing this, Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a cold look in his eyes: "Your Majesty, as far as the old slave knows, among the eight Jin Shang clans, there are many clansmen who are officials in the court, and there are also many officials in the local area. ”

After Emperor Chongzhen listened, he only felt that a cold breath instantly rushed from his back to the top of his head, and cold sweat flowed down instantly, and he said secretly: "These scum who have brought disaster to the country and the people!" If it weren't for Liu Yunwei's timely action this time, these bastards would have sold all the Ming to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the future, and I still wouldn't know how many good men would have been on the battlefield! It's so dangerous! ”

After thinking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "You immediately bring in Han Yuan, the first assistant of the cabinet, and I want to discuss carefully with Han Ge Lao how to eliminate the officials of the Jin Shang family inside and outside the court as soon as possible." I will never allow these black sheep to continue to wreak havoc on the government! ”

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen sat down angrily, preparing to review some of the folds before Han Yuan arrived.

But after a while, Emperor Chongzhen didn't hear Wang Chengen's footsteps going out to deliver the decree, so he looked up curiously, only to see that Wang Chengen was still standing in place and did not go to deliver the decree. At this time, Wang Chengen stood in place, looking like he wanted to say something, as if he had something to say.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help frowning when he saw this, and said with some displeasure: "What? Why don't you preach the message? Just say anything! ”

Wang Chengen paused, and then said: "Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that if you want to purge the officials of the Jin Shang Party inside and outside the imperial court, then don't tell Han Ge Lao in advance about it. ”

"Oh? Why is that? ”

As soon as he finished asking, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly glared at Wang Chengen, as if he remembered something amazing, gritted his teeth and said, "You mean to say that Han Yuan also colluded with Jin Shang?" ”

Seeing this, Wang Chengen hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is atoning for your sins, the old slave doesn't dare to talk nonsense!" It's just that the eight great Jin merchants have extensive connections, and now His Majesty doesn't know who is involved in the court, if you accidentally leak the news, you will inevitably escape some criminal ministers, and then there will be endless troubles. Therefore, Your Majesty might as well hand over this matter to the old slave first, the old slave is in charge of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and he can act secretly, so as not to startle the snake and leak the news in advance. ”

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's fine, then let's do it!" ”

Wang Chengen couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this, and was just about to get up and kneel, but he heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "In this big case, I want to cleanse the government and the opposition with thunder, and kill all those thieves who have brought disaster to the country!" Do you understand? ”

Hearing this, Wang Chengen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the old slave understands that the old slave will definitely handle this matter well!" ”

After coming out of the imperial study, Wang Chengen wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said secretly in his heart: "Liu Yunwei, Liu Yunwei, the 100,000 taels of silver you sent are really not easy to take!" Now, the miscellaneous family is going to fight side by side with you. ”

But after thinking about it again, Wang Chengen remembered the rich family wealth of the eight Jin merchants, and his heart felt like he had been scratched by a cat, and said secretly: "Presumably, the clansmen of these Jin merchants are also big fat fish, and this time the miscellaneous family is going to open meat well!" ”

By the time Wang Chengen returned to the mansion, it was already late at night. However, Wang Chengen was not tired at all, but was full of energy, and did not care about resting, so he sent people to gather all the henchmen and leaders of Dongchang and Jinyiwei overnight, and announced the will of Emperor Chongzhen on the spot.

Looking at everyone's shocked expressions, Wang Chengen sneered and said: "The miscellaneous family knows that many of you have taken the money of the eight Jin merchants, and even some of you have even received girls and concubines sent by the Jin merchants, and most of you have a good relationship with the eight Jin merchants; I won't hide it from you, let alone you, even the miscellaneous family will receive filial piety from Jin merchants every year. ”

Wang Chengen looked at his subordinates who were "showing affection with their eyes", and slammed the table, which really startled everyone, and they bowed down one after another, not daring to make any more movements, and not even daring to raise their heads for half a minute.

"However, the miscellaneous family will put their words here today, this time the arrest of the remnants of the eight Jin merchants is a strict order issued by His Majesty, and the miscellaneous family uses their lives as a guarantee! If any of you leak the slightest bit of information, or if anyone dares not to do their best, then don't blame the miscellaneous family for turning their faces and denying people! ”

Wang Chengen paused when he said this, smiled very coldly, and said: "If this errand is not done beautifully, it will be difficult to guarantee that the miscellaneous family will not be punished by His Majesty, and then I will bother you and your respective families to take the first step and explore the way for our family!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all said that they would cut off all contact with the eight Jin merchants, and they would do their best to arrest the remnants of all the eight Jin merchants.

In the hearts of everyone, it is now time of life and death, in the face of Wang Chengen's bright knife, these people in the lobby will even sell their own mothers, not to mention the eight major Jin merchants who are just taking advantage of each other? At this time, in the hearts of these Dongchang and Jinyiwei bosses, those Eight Great Jin Shang clansmen who are officials everywhere are already a group of living dead, and they don't have a few days to jump!

At this time, a eunuch walked in quickly and whispered something in Wang Chengen's ear. I saw that Wang Chengen's face changed instantly, and he waved his hand angrily, and then said loudly: "It is reported that a member of the Jiexiu Fan family, who served as the imperial historian in the capital, has learned about the situation in Shanxi, and wants to send someone to send a letter to the relatives of the Fan family who are officials outside, but fortunately, he was stopped by the secret agents arranged by the miscellaneous family in advance!" ”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and they all said secretly: "Is this still worth it?" If something really goes wrong, everyone will be finished together, and no one will survive! ”

As a result, these bigwigs in the lobby asked Wang Chengen for his life, asking to attack overnight, starting from the capital and the land of Gyeonggi.

"Now that the matter has come to this, then you should work hard, and now start arresting people overnight! The miscellaneous family is not resting, just waiting for your good news here! ”

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