Chapter 418, Treasure Hunt (9)
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"The old thing surnamed Chen will hide the prince?" A diner shook his head and said, "If he hadn't mobilized the army in front of the emperor, there wouldn't be now, I heard ......" The man showed a mysterious look and lowered his voice, "I heard that as soon as this old guy saw the current emperor, he bowed three times and bowed nine times, and said long live." The emperor asked him: 'The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was martyred, why didn't you follow the martyrdom?' 'That shameless man actually said, 'Weichen is about to serve the Holy Monarch, how dare he die?' 'Do you think this man is shameless!' β
"Are you mistaken? It seems that this was not said by Chen Shoufu, but by Wei Shoufu. Yes, it's the one surnamed Wei. Second Master Li said.
"Really? How did I hear it was...... But anyway, I don't think the old thing with the surname Chen is a good thing either. The diner said.
At this time, someone suddenly ran in from outside, and as soon as he came in, he shouted to Zhang Daniu: "Brother Da Niu, if there is any water, pour me a bowl!" Then he looked around at the people around him and said, "Do you know what happened today?" β
"What's the matter?" Someone immediately asked. It's just that this person didn't answer, but looked at Zhang Daniu, until Zhang Daniu brought him a bowl of tea, he took the tea, drank it in two sips, and then said: "Today, the heavenly soldiers came out and arrested all the big officials of the previous dynasty!" β
"All arrested?" Second Master Li asked.
"That is, as long as it is an official, there is no one left, and they are all arrested." The man replied.
"Brother Sun, tell us what's going on?" Wang Qiye also came to be interested.
"That's it, is the emperor suspicious that they are hiding the crown prince?" Another person also hurriedly asked.
"What's the matter?" Brother Sun shook his head, "Today's saint is said to have obtained the edict of the Son of Chongzhen. Chongzhen Tianzi said in his edict that the world was in turmoil because of the corrupt officials under him who were corrupt and perverted the law. So he asked the current emperor to help him avenge him. Now the emperor has arrested them all, and I heard that he wants to recover the stolen goods. β
"How do you know?" Second Master Li asked.
"My brother is bringing water to General Liu's house, and I listened to him. said that the current emperor found out that Wei Shoufu had more than 200,000 taels of stolen silver, so he arrested him and asked him to hand over the silver. If you want me to say, now that I have been the first assistant, where can there be only such a little bit of stolen silver? I heard that the Holy Lord said that all this silver is the fat of the people and the anointment of the people, and it is all the taxes and grain that the people of the world paid in those years. So now the Holy God has asked him to hand over the silver, so that everyone can be exempt from tax and not pay food. I heard that the Holy One said that if he was willing to hand over the stolen money, he would be forgiven of his sins. If you want to say that the Holy One is really merciful, if you want me to say, such a corrupt official should use a dog's head and cut his waist into two sections to relieve his anger! Brother Sun took another sip of water, and then said.
"If you want me to say, such a bad guy should be punished by the Nine Clans!" Everyone else nodded and said.
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Soon, new news kept coming, and these news confirmed Brother Sun's statement, and the senior officials in the former Ming court were all arrested and sent to the mansion of Liu Zongmin, the general of Quan, and were personally tortured by Liu Zongmin, the first hero of Dashun. Despite such a large manhunt, the order on the streets is better. The business in Zhang Daniu's small shop was much better than before the Dashun army entered the city. Every day when it's time to eat, there are always some diners here who drink a little wine and talk about the things of the corrupt officials today.
"It is said that these gang of dog officials are all bastards who ask for money and don't want to die, don't die until they don't see the Yellow River, and don't cry when they don't see the coffin. When they were just arrested, the emperor and General Liu were polite to them, and only said that they asked them to donate some silver to help them pay, and they didn't want these unknown iron roosters to pull out a dime one by one, so they were forced to take out a hundred and ten taels of silver to try to get over. Everyone thinks, these 100 taels of silver are not enough for them to have a drink with the red card bitches on weekdays, isn't this the emperor and General Liu called Huazi? Our emperor is a benevolent person, self-contained, and persuades them bitterly. But think about it, what kind of temper is General Liu, his eyes can be rubbed with sand? I heard that General Liu exploded at that time. General Liu said to the emperor: 'Your Majesty, these dog officials are the eight kings who eat scales and have an iron heart. They want money and don't want their lives, and we will fulfill them! Your Majesty, you hand them all over to the last general, and the last general wants to see if their teeth are hard or the last general's leather whip and stick are hard! 6Then the gang of corrupt officials was severely punished, and when did they suffer such a crime, they handed over the money one by one. There are hundreds of thousands, and there are millions! Brother Sun said.
"Ah, there are so many? If this was placed in Emperor Taizu's time, Emperor Taizu would not have to pick their skin! A white-bearded diner sighed. If Emperor Taizu was still there, how could they dare to do this? Eh, Brother Sun, I heard that Zhou Guozhang was also arrested and chased for stolen goods, I don't know ......"
"If you want to talk about our Zhou Guozhang, it is really an iron rooster who wants money and doesn't want to die." Hearing the mention of Zhou Guozhang, Brother Sun became more and more interested.
"That's it, I don't know if the emperor and General Liu plucked the hair from this iron rooster?" The people around him also asked. Emperor Chongzhen's father-in-law, Zhou Kuitie, had a reputation for the rooster that everyone in Beijing knew. When Emperor Chongzhen was still there, when everyone was asked to donate money, Zhou Kui's various performances, such as selling houses, wearing torn clothes, and walking to the court, also led the trend in Beijing. As for the legend of the silver that bleached her daughter Empress Zhou, no one in Beijing did not know it. So I heard that he was also recovered, but everyone was interested.
"Did you pluck your hair? Hehe. Brother Sun smiled, "Have you ever heard that people's hearts are like iron, and kings are like furnaces?" No matter what kind of iron rooster he is, how can he withstand the king's law? But to say that Zhou Guozhang is really different, different......"
Speaking of which, Brother Sun has whetted everyone's appetite.
"Shopkeeper, give Brother Sun a glass of wine, count it as mine. Brother Sun, don't sell it! "There is humanity.
"I heard that General Liu got on the clamp stick, first clamped Zhou Guozhang's youngest son to death, and then asked Zhou Guozhang where the money was. Zhou Guozhang only said that there was no money. So General Liu was annoyed, so he clamped Zhou Guozhang's eldest son with a clamp stick, and said, If you don't hand over the silver, you won't have a son! Who knows that Zhou Guozhang still insists that he has no silver. So General Liu was angry, so he killed Zhou Guozhang's eldest son again. β
"Huh? This son is dead, what do you need the money for? Zhang Daniu couldn't help but interject.
"Then I don't know." Brother Sun said, "Anyway, General Liu asked Zhou Guozhang again if he had any silver." Zhou Guozhang is still determined, but there is no silver. So General Liu also put a clamp stick on Zhou Guozhang, and then only half of it was clamped, and Zhou Guozhang couldn't bear the punishment and told the place where the silver was hidden. Then General Liu sent people to search for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from his house. β
"What happened to Zhou Guozhang?" Someone asked.
"Oh, I was badly injured with a stick, and when I got home, I felt a little more distressed, and then I died the next day."