Chapter 791: Suspension of Payment

readx; Zhu Youzhen stabbed the traitor Ning Wan at the court meeting, and swore his determination to fight the bloody battle to the end in this very extreme way. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info At this point, the ministers understood that the emperor's so-called solicitation of officials' opinions before was actually all acting, and he must have made up his mind a long time ago, otherwise it would not be possible to be so decisive!

Thinking of this, the main battle faction led by Sun Chengzong and the Donglin Party was certainly in high spirits, and they kept kowtowing to the emperor with tears in their eyes, shouting long live; Those lords and factions were all dumbfounded, especially since the emperor just said that "there are no more advocates of peace who will be killed", is the emperor deliberately luring snakes out of the hole, letting them express their opinions, and then punish all of them?

Therefore, the lords and factions led by Shi Fenglai and Lai Zongdao were all panicked and knelt down one after another to ask for guilt. Only then did Zhu Youzhen return to normal, and he personally helped Shi Fenglai up and said: "What I said is that there will be peacemakers to kill in the future, and I ordered the secretaries to express their opinions before, can I still fish and enforce the law?" The elders and ministers don't need to doubt themselves, in the future, our monarchs and ministers will work together to resist the captivity. ”

Shi Fenglai felt a little relieved at this time, looked down, but screamed in fright and sat on the ground. It turned out that Zhu Youzhen had just finished slaughtering me, and his hands were covered with blood, and under this help, he couldn't help but rub some of Shi Fenglai's hands. Shi Fenglai was almost frightened by the extremely terrifying scene just now, and now this blood stain actually took possession of his hands, and the extremely pungent smell of blood rushed straight to his brain.

Zhu Youzhen sneered in his heart, secretly thinking that such a cowardly person could climb to such a high position, no wonder Daming was weak and defeated repeatedly against Jianyu. He immediately ordered the guard regiment to send Shi Fenglai home, and immediately sent down several orders:

First, the nine gates of the Beijing division were closed and martial law was imposed for three days, temporarily blocking the news of the killing of the "envoys";

Second, three days later, he told the world that the imperial court was determined to destroy Jianyu, and ordered martial law on the nine sides at the same time to strictly prevent foreign enemies from entering the army;

Third, it is necessary to strictly investigate the behavior of mainland merchants who smuggle goods to the Mongols and Jurchens without permission, especially the Jin merchants. Once discovered, they will be judged to be killed regardless of the master and slave, and all property will be confiscated;

Fourth, from now on, the trial of the delivery of official documents in the form of flying pigeons. The appointment was first carried out in Shuntianfu, that is, the area directly under the direct jurisdiction of the Beijing Division, and each county and county government was equipped with special personnel to raise carrier pigeons, and then issued exclusive code books. When it is used, the contents of the official document are first translated into ciphertext, transported by three carrier pigeons, and then deciphered according to the number of the pigeon and the corresponding code book after receipt. At the same time, it is strictly forbidden to hunt and kill carrier pigeons, and the first offender will be punished according to the public court, and the second offender will be sentenced to death; If an injured or dead pigeon is caught by mistake or found, it must be handed over to the government immediately.

As for the person in charge of the implementation of the flying pigeon biography, he was designated as the red lady. Of course, "Red Lady" is just a stage name, and her real name is Li Simei. But because she had killed a magistrate who intended to rape her, the name "Li Simei" was caught in the morning. In order to avoid trouble, Zhu Youzhen renamed her "Li Sihong" and appointed her as the director of the Zhengliupin of the Automobile Driving Department of the Ministry of War.

As for the first three decrees, the ministers found it easier to understand. Since the envoy has been killed, there is nothing to say about Jianyu, and there is only one way to "fight". Temporarily blocking news and ordering the nine sides to be on guard are normal measures.

Only the strict investigation of smugglers is more innovative. Other ministers may not know much, but Sun Chengzong, Wang Zaijin and Yuan Keli are all long-time side affairs, so they naturally know how much these businessmen have helped the Jurchens and Mongols, so they also admire Zhu Youzhen's unique vision. Of course, they didn't know that Zhu Youzhen had personal experience, otherwise they wouldn't have thought of this section.

But the fourth holy decree, even Sun Chengzong and others were puzzled, it seems that this fight against Jianyu has nothing to do with it? And the emperor actually appointed a female streamer to serve as an official of the imperial court, how can this be done?

So immediately some brainless Donglin Party officials opposed it in the court, first, they thought that the flying pigeon transmission was unreliable, and this move was a complete waste of silver; The second is that Li Sihong feels that Li Sihong is a woman and is not suitable for an official.

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and smiled: "All the expenses for the trial of the flying pigeon pass are from the internal funds, and there is no need to spend a penny of money in the treasury." As for women as officials, there is a precedent in our dynasty. Not to mention others, my concubine Qi Meifeng was a third-grade general before she married me, and her official position was higher than Li Sihong's. Moreover, the post of general was approved by the first emperor, was the first emperor wrong? ”

Zhu Youzhen has now figured out the path of these ministers, and you can't reason with him, but as long as you move the ancestral system and the first emperor out, he will immediately have no words. In fact, there are many ancestral systems, and there are not a few people who have made Zhu Youzhen change, but Zhu Youzhen can cleverly find a reason to be flexible every time; Although these ministers are full of wealth, what they lack most is the ability to be flexible, and in this regard, Zhu Youjian can throw them off several streets.

This time it was the same, as soon as Zhu Youzhen mentioned the "first emperor", all the ministers did not dare to object. At this time, another minister played: "There are more than 20 people who came with Ning Wan, and they are all Han Chinese, should they be beheaded in one piece to correct the country's prestige?" ”

Zhu Youzhen sneered and said, "That's too cheap for them." Don't kill them first, hand them over to Jinyi Wei for strict interrogation, and see if you can find out some valuable information. Then let them do hard work every day, until the day when they can't do it, it's not too late to kill! ”

The ministers couldn't help but feel a chill, thinking that this emperor was too ruthless. I thought that if I let these people do hard labor until they get old, they would be spared from dying, but in the end, they still clicked a knife! This approach is really a bit vicious and vicious, which makes many people feel disdainful in their hearts, but they don't dare to say it.

At this time, there was also a left servant of the household department, Bi Ziyan, to submit a note to Yan Mingtai, the governor of Jiliao, saying that the Jizhou border army had been in arrears of silver for three months, and the silver was converted into more than 100,000 taels, and the household department was requested to allocate the expenditure as soon as possible, otherwise it would provoke a mutiny.

Zhu Youjian looked at it and asked, "Why is the household department in arrears?" ”

Bi Ziyan hurriedly said: "The treasury is empty, and there is really no money to be allocated. Not only Jizhou, but all the officers and soldiers all over the country are in arrears except for Liaodong, and some have been in arrears for a year or two, and Jizhou owes three months. Your Majesty has just confiscated the property of Wei Zhongxian and other traitors, and the silver is no less than 20 million taels, can you first allocate it from the internal silver to solve the urgent need? ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly: "Of course, the arrears must be paid, and there is no need to allocate internal funds." But first we have to figure out one thing, who owes whom? I have heard that the border army is very seriously paid, and I have found out the truth about the Jizhou border army, and it is not too late to pay the salary. That's all for the morning today, retreat! ”