On the morning of the second day after returning to Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen sent someone to invite Zhang Weixian, a British public who had been on duty at the military aircraft office the night before, to have breakfast with him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

While bowing his head to eat, the British Duke Zhang Weixian listened to the emperor tell his thoughts on the reform of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and from time to time echoed a few sentences to praise the emperor Shengming.

Zhang Weixian only felt that the emperor in front of him was really beyond his expectations, and he was only eighteen or nineteen years old now, but his familiarity with the military and political affairs of the Ming Dynasty was much more thorough than that of other old guys who had been immersed in it for more than 30 years.

Zhang Weixian, a figure from a noble family, of course, values the interests of his family more than anything else, and it is precisely because of this that as long as the emperor takes care of the interests of the British government, he will consciously occupy the emperor's side.

Especially in the face of the current powerful emperor who copied the family, as long as the emperor's change of the governor's office of the five armies did not seriously damage the interests of the British government, he would not raise any objections.

Always standing on the side of the victor is a wise saying that he has summed up in his nearly 60 years of life experience.

In his opinion, the emperor in front of him can give the death of King De and King Fu, and confiscate the palaces of these two families, and exile them to Yungui, so there is still that noble house that he dare not touch?

In the final analysis, you only depend on whether you know the current affairs and whether you are on the emperor's side.

It is precisely because the British Duke Zhang Weixian has figured out the truth that he has been able to work in the position of Minister of Military Aircraft, and he has not been fading.

Zhang Weixian accompanied the emperor to finish a simple breakfast, and then accompanied the emperor for a walk in the Qianqing Palace.

It was when the two were walking that Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, came to report that Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, was kneeling outside the palace gate and begging to be seen.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked Zhang Weixian: "British duke, now that Zhu Chunchen has asked for an audience, in your opinion, should I see it or not?" ”

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen ask, Zhang Weixian quickly replied: "If Your Majesty has thought about how to punish the crime, then see you." If Your Majesty hasn't thought about it yet, then it is better not to see it. ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhang Weixian, nodded, and then said to Wang Chengen: "You go and tell Cheng Guogong, just say that I don't want to see him, let him go back to the house and think about it behind closed doors." ”

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen also lost interest in walking, and sent Zhang Weixian to continue to be on duty at the military aircraft department, and pondered the restructuring of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and he went back to the study of the East Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace to deal with the backlog of twists and turns during his absence from Beijing a few days ago.

Soon after arriving at the imperial study, I saw Cao Huachun hurriedly coming in, presenting a fold with both hands.

This should be the first excerpt of today, but I didn't expect to complete the road of submission to the Secretary for Administration, the Cabinet and the Secretary of Ceremonies so early.

The emperor took the excerpt and looked at it, and his heart was happy, he really wanted to come to something.

This is a bullet seal, which is the impeachment of Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, by Jia Jichun, the deputy capital of the Inspectorate.

The bullet chapter has counted all kinds of illegal things since Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, became the lord, including the affairs of the governor's office of the left army for more than ten years, falsely reporting and risking the army's salary, annexing and occupying more tuntian, driving the military households of the guard to be like slaves, etc., and other illegal things such as disregarding people's lives.

Of course, the most serious thing is the private criticism of the Holy Lord, especially in it: "The Duke of Chengguo has received the emperor's favor for many years and does not know how to repay it, and now he criticizes the monarch's father with his courtiers, which is a great disrespect to the king." The minister looks at his people on the surface, but in fact he is rebellious, called a pure minister, but he is actually a rebel minister. Please cure him for the sin of disrespect! ”

After reading this excerpt, and seeing the opinion of Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, on it, Emperor Chongzhen picked up a red pen and wrote the word "read" on it, and then said to Cao Huachun: "Cao Huachun, you bring this bullet seal, and Gong Yonggu and Fang Zhenghua will go to the Chengguo Mansion again, show him this excerpt, and then tell him that there is such a great crime of disrespect, what face will he see in the future?" ”

After speaking, he just looked at Cao Huachun expressionlessly, and no longer spoke, Cao Huachun quickly understood what the emperor meant, bowed down and said, "Slave and maid understand, Your Majesty rest assured!" ”

Cao Huachun informed Gong Yonggu and Fangzhenghua, and then the three groups of people met and headed towards the Chengguo Mansion.

On the morning of the same day, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, committed suicide in his study.

After seeing Li Guowei, Zhu Chunchen, who hadn't closed his eyes much all night, got up in the morning and hurried to the Forbidden City, wanting to ask to see the emperor, both confessing his guilt and interceding in person, but unfortunately the emperor did not give him this opportunity.

On the way back, Zhu Chunchen's heart was extremely lost and terrified, he knew that the emperor didn't even want to see him, which showed that the emperor was very angry in his heart.

At this moment, Zhu Chunchen regretted both his gaffes and his greed, but he still didn't expect that the emperor would really kill him.

He thought that at most, it would be to demote his title, and it might even take away his title and let him end his career early.

But the second visit of Cao Huachun and others, as well as the bullet seal approved by the emperor's imperial pen brought by Cao Huachun, made him completely desperate.

What made him even more discouraged was that Cao Huachun relayed what the emperor said, and the emperor did not want to see him again in the future. Isn't this just about letting him die? Of course, he understood the meaning behind this sentence.

Even if he wants to pretend to be confused, Cao Huachun and Fang Zhenghua repeatedly hinted at him and reminded him, hoping that he would not harm the entire Chengguo Mansion because he was greedy for life and afraid of death.

The most hateful thing is that after these people saw him, although they withdrew from the study, they did not leave the Chengguo Mansion, but kept waiting outside his study.

What these people were waiting for, of course he understood.

In the end, under some psychological struggle, between the two options of the whole family and himself, he still chose to commit suicide.

It can really be said that one stone stirs up a thousand waves! The news that Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, committed suicide in the palace because of the attack on Li Guozhen, the prince of Xiangcheng, and the accusation of false claims and false military salaries, occupation and annexation of military tuns, quickly spread throughout the noble circle of the Beijing Division, and at the same time shocked the noble circle of the Beijing Division.

Cheng Guogong, who seemed to be valued by the emperor before, committed suicide when he said that he committed suicide, and it was because of some things that the noble families of the north and south of Beijing had long been accustomed to for more than 100 years, which shows that in the eyes of Cheng Guogong, there are more terrible things than suicide.

Jia Jichun's bullet was deliberately left by the emperor, so except for a few core figures, no one knew the real reason for Zhu Chunchen's suicide.

As for how Jia Jichun knew, of course, it was the emperor who hinted that Fang Zhenghua had leaked the news to him.

And this situation is exactly what the emperor is happy to see. The emperor just wanted these noble and military families to know that in the past, it may not be a big problem to falsely claim and merge and occupy the service, but from now on it will be a big problem.

Therefore, all of a sudden, other nobles who were attacked by Li Guozhen for the same crime, such as Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, Zhu Guobi, the Marquis of Funing, Xue Lian, the Marquis of Yangwu, and Li Zushu, the Marquis of Linhuai, all trembled and wrote to impeach themselves.

At the same time, the British Mansion was soon overflowing with guests, and Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, Zhu Guobi, the Marquis of Funing, Xue Lian, the Marquis of Yangwu, and Li Zushu, the Marquis of Linhuai, went to the British Mansion to inquire about the news.

One is to learn from the experience, after all, the number one person in Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen is the British Duke Zhang Weixian, the red man in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and Zhang Weixian is guilty of the crime, and after entering the palace to see the emperor, there is nothing to do, and he is still the minister of military aircraft.

The second is to ask for help, and now after Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, is gone, there are only two dukes left, Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, and Zhang Weixian, the Duke of the British Kingdom. Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, has just been a few years old, and his qualifications and seniority cannot be compared with Zhang Weixian.

However, in the circle of Jingshi Xungui, these princes and uncles jumped up and down, and did not play a role.

The British Duke Zhang Weixian met with them, but he only told them face to face about the emperor's determination to rectify the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Gyeonggi Guard, and reminded them not to misestimate the situation, and in addition, let them have problems among them and plead guilty as soon as possible.