Chapter 57: The-Stirring Stick

In the Qianqing Palace of the Forbidden City, this is the place where Emperor Chongzhen mainly reviews the chapters, and sometimes it is also in the Yangxin Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen is still the same as usual, has been leaning over to review the chapters, this has been a whole morning, from the end of the early dynasty to now a full three hours, so diligent Emperor Chongzhen, still can not change the natural and man-made disasters and decadent situation of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen's recent review of these recitals, basically nothing makes Chongzhen happy, not that there is a disaster here, where there is a rebellion, and the recitals asking for money and food are continuous, but Emperor Chongzhen has no money in his hands, even the household department is the same.

"Hooray...... Let's have lunch first! …… Long live the dragon body! Wang Chengen reminded on the side.

Chongzhen rubbed his dry eyes, slowly stood up, and walked back and forth in the hall, because his legs were already a little numb.

"Otomo, if you look at these pieces of music reporting the disaster, there are dozens of them! Then there are even more people who ask for money and food, you tell me, is it because I have lost my morality, this God deliberately sent disasters to punish me......"

When Wang Chengen heard Chongzhen's words, he was so frightened that his face turned pale, Chongzhen was brought up by Wang Chengen, it can be said that he regarded Chongzhen as his own relatives, once the ancient emperor lost his morality, it was a big thing, and it was likely to be the end of the king of the country.

"Hooray!! …… Long live has never been immoral...... This natural and man-made disaster is not Banzai's fault......"

"It's not my fault? …… Whose fault is that? ”

Oh, yes! In this great tomorrow, the rebellion is everywhere, the Tartars enter the customs and loot frequently, and natural and man-made disasters come one after another, so whose fault is it? Wang Chengen asked how a eunuch could know such a profound truth, so he could only keep kowtowing:

"Hooray...... It's all the old slave's fault...... It's the old slave who didn't assist the good Long Live Lord...... Hooray, let's eat something first! The dragon body matters. ”

"Hey...... Otomo, how could it be your fault! It's me who despises virtue and blames God. ”

(Bo De bowed, and God blamed me: I was weak in virtue and weakened, which angered God, and God punished me.) )

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he was also teary-eyed, and he himself couldn't understand why since he ascended the throne, there have been natural and man-made disasters, is it God's fault, but no one dares to be disrespectful to God, the imperial power is not a joke, but a shake in the foundation of the rule.

Suddenly, a little eunuch hurried to the door of the Qianqing Palace, and said in a small voice:

"Qi Qi Sheng, Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to ask to see ...... outside the store"

Although Chongzhen limited the power of Jinyiwei, he never refused Luo's request to see:

"Announce him in!"

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he quietly tried the tears in the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, he has been at the helm of the broken ship of Daming for three years, but the situation is getting worse and worse, can this not make Chongzhen, who blindly wants to thrive Daming, sad?

After a little while, Luo Yangxing received the command to enter the Qianqing Palace, and Luo Yangxing hurriedly tidied up his clothes and immediately entered the palace.

Luo Yangxing lowered his head, ran quickly to Chongzhen's imperial case, knelt down and shouted:

"The commander of the Jinyi guard made Luo Yangxing knock on my emperor long live, long live, long live."

At this time, Chongzhen had already regained his calm state of mind, and began to ask questions expressionlessly, this is the majesty of the emperor, this is the unpredictable mentality of the emperor:

"Luo Aiqing, do you have something important to report?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Wechen just got the news that the new Nanzhen Fusi Zhenfu Yang Tingjian took hundreds of sons to raid Wang Hui's home, this Wang Hui is the brother-in-law of the current Chengguo Gong, so Wang Hui also fled to the Chengguo Mansion, Wechen is worried that the Chengguo Gong will come forward for Wang Hui, so as to mobilize the Beijing camp, and then cause the instability of the Beijing Division......"

Luo Yangxing said that he won't say it here, he is waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to make a statement, in fact, Chongzhen now just wants Yang Tingjian to go and exterminate the eight traitorous profiteers in Shanxi as soon as possible, so as to confiscate their heavenly wealth, and silver is what Chongzhen needs most at present. As long as Yang Tingjian does not rebel, Chongzhen can endure it for the time being.

"Luo Aiqing, who is Wang Hui, why did Yang Tingjian arrest him, and tell him the truth."

"It's Your Majesty, Wang Hui is the director in charge of the Jingshi Craftsman Household Division, and he is on the throne by virtue of Chengguo Gong, this Wang Hui not only deducts the food and salary of the craftsman households, but also makes all the craftsmen pay the service fee, in this natural and man-made disaster, the already extremely poor craftsmen are forced to flee, or sell their sons and daughters, so Yang Tingjian wants to arrest Wang Hui."

After listening to this, Chongzhen originally thought that Yang Tingjian was doing nonsense, but now it seems that this Yang Tingjian is also a very upright person.

In addition, Luo Yangxing's words just now were not to excuse Yang Tingjian, but Luo Yangxing has been deeply favored by the emperor for generations, and he is still very loyal to Daming, so he just told the truth.

"Got it."

After Chongzhen finished speaking, there was no follow-up, Luo Yangxing is also a person who often enters the palace to report the situation, Chongzhen's sentence "I know" is actually a reply to him, which means that I know about this matter, you don't have to meddle.

"Wechen retired ......"

Chongzhen waved his hand, signaling that Luo Yangxing could leave, and after Luo Yangxing respectfully withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen said to himself:

"I can't imagine that Yang Tingjian, a mad boy, still has a sense of justice, but this crazy newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, where is Cheng Guogong easy to provoke, even I have to give three points, not to mention him, a hairy boy...... It's really fearless for the unknown. ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for getting another loyal and upright minister."

"I think Yang Tingjian's crazy life is a-stirring stick, I want to see what this kid can do to Chengguogong."

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Yang Tingjian loaded all the silver confiscated into a cart in Wang Hui's house, 180,000 taels of silver and more than 10,000 taels of gold into seven carriages, each carriage contained 30,000 taels, about more than 1,000 catties, and a cart of jewelry and jade. There are countless other things, temporarily sealed in Wang Hui's front yard.

"Report to Lord Yang, all the belongings have been counted and sorted out, this time we have made a fortune, and I am afraid that the property accumulated by Wang Huigouguan for several generations will be served by us."

Chang Yanxiao came to Yang Tingjian with the account book and said complacently, this kid is still dreaming of making a fortune, can this money go into Jinyiwei's pocket? Do they think that their lives are long, before the fall of Chengguo Gong, only one person can collect these goods, and that is the current saint.

"Chang Qianhu, you are familiar with the people in Jingshi, immediately go to those merchants, even a pawnshop, let's sell this batch of goods and jewels at a discount, and we will cash in silver this afternoon, this can't wait, otherwise there may be changes!"

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