Chapter 239: The End of the Capital City
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"I don't know what you mean?" Zhang Jiude smiled and kicked the ball back.
"Although whether the King of Chu ordered the robbery and killing of the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities, judging from other cases, it has already insulted the majesty of the royal family, and this evidence is conclusive, and it should also be punished!" Cao Yubian said.
"So be it! We each wrote down our opinions in the song, put them together, and then presented them to Your Majesty, who will make a wise decision! Su Maoxiang said directly.
Zhang Jiude, Cao Yubian, and Su Maoxiang looked at each other, and then drafted their own.
"Your Majesty! This is the result of the triage presented by the three divisions! Your Majesty, please! Wang Chengen said respectfully.
"Oh! Already have results? Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and then Cao Huachun took the song and handed it to Chongzhen.
Chongzhen took it and opened it and looked at it, and after a while, he put it down and said, "Princess! Did Wu Mofeng catch that? β
"Back to Your Majesty! It's been caught! We followed him as soon as he came out of the business house that day, and then he arrived at a place, and was caught by us just as he wanted to enter, and then we went into the place and searched by the way, and the harvest was not small! Here are some letters, Your Majesty should be interested! Please take a look at it, Your Majesty! Wang Chengen smiled and took out a stack of letters from his arms.
Then Chongzhen took the letters from Cao Huachun's hand, opened several of them and browsed them, and soon his face became gloomy, "For these letters! What did Wu Biaotian say? Chongzhen said coldly.
"Your Majesty! He won't say anything! In the end, we had to torture! This old guy has quite hard bones, but in the end, he can't resist it! These were indeed replies written to him by the other party, and according to his dictation, we also found the ledger he used to make dots! The number is staggering, Your Majesty! Wang Chengen said.
"Look at the two of you, although I am rich all over the world, this tomorrow is all mine, so what, I am very poor!" Chongzhen smiled bitterly, and then said: "It seems that this salt policy reform should be implemented!" Then he added, "That's right! Have the father and son met? What's the reaction? β
"Back to Your Majesty! This is interesting, then Wu Biaotian insisted on not recognizing Wu Mofeng's son, saying that he didn't have this son! Wang Chenen said with a smile: "After that, Wu Biaotian was furious after hearing this, if we hadn't pulled it in time, it is estimated that this Wu Biaotian would have stabbed his father like stabbing that Wang boy!" β
"Oh?! Interesting! I seem to have missed a good show! By the way, Wang Fu's son almost lost his life, so he didn't do anything? Chongzhen continued to ask.
"Back to Your Majesty! That Wang Fu took the initiative to cooperate with Zhongxingwei to investigate, and provided a lot of evidence to prove that Wu Biaotian was secretly doing something! However, after our secret investigation, this Wang Fu is secretly not clean! He was also involved in that! But he took the initiative to confess his guilt! Wang Chengen replied.
"What? Is this hoping to atone for his crimes? Chongzhen said with a smile.
"Back to Your Majesty! That's what he meant by that! Wang Chengen said.
"Rewards and punishments must be clear! How can it be so easy! Chongzhen smiled, and then said: "Cao Huachun intends to kill the father and son of the Wu family, and confiscate all the property!" As for this Wang Fu, his son had concealed this case before, and should have been executed together, but when he woke up in time, Wang Fu made some contributions to the imperial court and offset the credit, but Wang Fu participated in another case, and the responsibility was heavy, and he also repented in time, took the initiative to surrender, exempted from the capital crime, and confiscated ninety percent of the property! These two people can wait until after the imperial examination before they are executed! As for this Luo Ying, he abused his power, mobilized the army privately, and had all kinds of other evil deeds, insulting the majesty of the imperial court, cutting off the title, confiscating all property, and beheading it! Finally, Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, did mischief in the fiefdom, insulted the royal majesty, and privately made dragon robes, expanded the government soldiers, planned a rebellion, and now confiscated all the property and cut off the prince! Kill it! But if he is a royal bloodline, he will not be connected to the nine clans, and his family members will all be reduced to commoners! β
"The old slave commands!" Cao Huachun said respectfully.
"That's right! Words can be embellished! Chongzhen said with a smile.
Cao Huachun suddenly broke down in a cold sweat and said, "The old slave obeys the order!" β
"That's the end of the Suncheonfu case! This pile of sparse music makes me have a headache! Chongzhen stretched and said.
The next day, the announcement of the trial of this case naturally caused an uproar in the court, and many officials shouted for them, hoping that Chongzhen could retake the finished product and let the three divisions re-intervene, but Chongzhen directly refused, the reason is very simple: "What the emperor said is a holy decree, how can there be a reason to take it back?" β
"Your Majesty! But now there are five vacancies in the Five Cities Terracotta Division! Wechen recommended that the British Duke Zhang Weixian come back to manage the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and secondly, Wechen heard that the performance of the four people in the Army Academy was particularly outstanding, and Wechen boldly suggested that the four of them should be the commanders of the four cities! "The secretary of the ministry Shangshu Wang Yongguang said.
"Oh? Which four? Chongzhen asked.
"Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu! Several governors have a high opinion of these four sons! Wang Yongguang said.
"Your Majesty! This is not a must! All four of them are children! There are no qualifications, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is responsible for the security of the capital! How can you make a child manage? How can you come up with such a ridiculous idea? Does this regard the security of the Imperial City as child's play? Do you regard Your Majesty's safety as child's play? Some officials retorted angrily.
"Isn't there a British duke?" Someone immediately retorted and went back.
"The Five Cities Terracotta Division has always been in charge of five people, how can it be handed over to one person?" Again, there is opposition.
"What do you mean by that? Do you think that Grandpa Guo will rebel? Someone shouted angrily.
"Your Majesty! Weichen thought that the four sons were outstanding! Yes, you can give them a chance to cultivate! Moreover, the British Duke is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty, and there is no obstacle to having him in the capital! In addition, Gu and Ganluo's twelve-year-old worship also made contributions to the country, as long as they have talent and are loyal to Your Majesty, Your Majesty can give them a chance in the future! Sun Chengzong said with a smile.
"Wechen seconded! Your Majesty, this is the recommendation letter of the five commanders of the previous one, and it is these five people who are also recommended! They want to do their part for the court in the end! "It is Su Maoxiang, the secretary of the Criminal Department.
"Your Majesty! It is overkill to let the grandfather of the country take care of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, Your Majesty! Someone else shouted.
"I've decided! Message! Appointed the British Duke Zhang Weixian, the fourth son Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu as the commanders of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, respectively in charge of the five cities in the middle, southeast and northwest! Chongzhen made the final decision.
Then those people still wanted to struggle, but Chongzhen distracted their attention from another attack, that is, the salt government reform, and then, after getting Chongzhen's permission, Bi Ziyan came out and said: "The new salt policy abolishes the current implementation of the program law, and reactivates the grain opening law!" As for the specifics, please listen to me! Before Bi Ziyan's words were finished, an official jumped out and said, "Your Majesty! The law on grain development has been proven to be ineffective, and the salt administration has finally come up with the current program law after so many years of reform, which is the excellent experience summed up by the capable ministers of the previous dynasties. I don't know who is so ridiculous, so ignorant of the Ming Society, and reiterating the law that has been eliminated, this is to miss the important affairs of the imperial court. Your Majesty! Wechen suggested that this person should be punished severely! β
Chongzhen squinted at this official, it was Shen Yan, the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry, and then some officials jumped out to oppose the salt policy, but Chongzhen did not bird them. Instead, he said: "Bi Aiqing! Go ahead! β
The emperor's attitude is obviously to insist on the implementation, and then look at the cabinet, no one has come out to oppose it, even the six Shangshu are no one, and naturally there are many officials who are standing aside to watch the show, because they have no direct stake in whether to reform or not, naturally they will not show their faces to let the emperor remember themselves, which is not a good thing.
"Your Majesty! This is a must-have! This move will only ruin the Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty! An abrupt voice remembered, Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and then looked at it, and the result was Zhou Yanru, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Zhou Yanru knelt on the ground, begging with a crying voice, and Chongzhen would mistakenly think that Zhou Yanru was really a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, a good minister.
Chongzhen showed a chuckle, and then said, "Then according to Aiqing's opinion, what should I think?" β
Zhou Yanru saw that there was a play, and hurriedly said: "Go back to Your Majesty!" Wechen thought that the current outline law should still be used, and the proportion of salt tax could be increased! β
"How much? Can it be used for the imperial court's expenses? Is this military salary, food salary, disaster relief, etc., enough? Chongzhen said with a smile.
"This γγγγγγ" Zhou Yanru was speechless for a while, this can be strange! How can it be!
"You Aiqing don't need to say it! I have made up my mind to finish Aiqing, you continue! Chongzhen waved his hand.
"Weichen Command!" Bi Ziyan responded, and then said the salt reform plan proposed by the cabinet, listening to the reform plan, the officials below couldn't help but talk about it.
"Silence!" Cao Huachun saw some noisy noise, so he shouted.
Bi Ziyan looked at Cao Huachun gratefully, and then continued to read, and finally finished reading the details for nearly half an hour, "Do you still have questions?" β
"Your Majesty! If the production of salt has increased, and now this has lowered the price, coupled with the opening of grain, the salt tax collected by the imperial court has been greatly reduced! At that time, the income of the imperial court was worrying, Your Majesty! This law is not advisable, Your Majesty! Please think again, Your Majesty! Shen Yan, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, said again.
"The ministers seconded it!" It was the previous officials who came out again, and they seemed to have found the Achilles' heel of the new salt policy and began to attack one after another.
Chongzhen looked at these people with a look of contempt, and said in his heart: "MDZZ! How did these people become officials? I actually have such a pig teammate! Then he said impatiently: "Bi Aiqing! You explain! β
Bi Ziyan heard that His Majesty the Emperor had handed over such a drudgery to himself, and smiled bitterly and said, "Weichen obeys the order!" Then he began to explain in detail, I have to say that the officials who can be above the court are not fools, and soon understood the Tao, many people nodded one after another, and some officials have come out to express their support for the new salt policy.
"Do you still have any questions?" Chongzhen asked.
There was a sudden silence below, Chongzhen saw that it was so quiet, and he didn't want to hear any more objections, so he said: "Since that's the case!" So be it! The Ministry of Officials sent personnel to various places to explain to the personnel of the Salt Envoy Department and the Salt Section Promotion Department in various places, and then the Criminal Department and Zhongxingwei sent people to various places to supervise the implementation of the new salt policy! If it is found that there is no active implementation of the new salt policy, all will be dismissed and beheaded, and if it is found that there are those who interfere with the implementation of the new salt policy, the nine clans will be punished! β
The officials couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat after hearing this, it seems that His Majesty has made up his mind this time! If you make trouble again, don't say that the official is gone, and the little life is gone! Then play Dafabet! After Chongzhen finished speaking, several members of the cabinet came out and said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming! β
This was followed by the various ministries, and finally more and more officials knelt down one after another to express their support for the new salt policyγγγγγγ