Shi Fenglai took out a notebook from his body and said to the hundred officials: "The Internal Investigation Institute has been carefully deployed, probed in many ways, and borrowed the power of Jinyiwei, and the spies in various places have been reported one after another recently. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the official has summarized all the information, please ask the emperor to take a look. ”

Wang Chengen took the fold and handed it to Chongzhen, who doubled it slightly, and continued to Shi Fenglai: "Master Shi, you continue to talk about the results of the investigation these days. ”

Shi Fenglai nodded and continued: "There are two points in this investigation: first, the Jingshi is secretly visiting the property and personal interactions of the important ministers of the Jingshi; Second, the main purpose of the place was to secretly visit the reputation of the feudal lords and the fields they owned. ”

As soon as Shi Fenglai's words were finished, King Fu was the first to attack, stood up, pointed at Shi Fenglai with his right hand, and scolded loudly: "You are so bold, who gave you so much power to investigate this king." ”

The kings also reprimanded one after another, completely ignoring the brocade guards behind them. But the ministers don't have the courage to do so, the embroidered spring knife just now is still vivid, but as the scolding of the vassal kings is getting louder and louder, Chongzhen has no intention of stopping it, and some important ministers of the court have also become emboldened and joined the ranks of accusing Shi Fenglai.

Shi Fenglai was sweating profusely, anxiously coping with the scolding of the full hall of civil and military, like an angry little daughter-in-law, his eyes were aimed at Chongzhen from time to time, hoping that Chongzhen could solve his current predicament.

Chongzhen didn't seem to see Shi Feng's gaze for help at all, he was waiting, he wanted to see who would be on his side, and even more so, Wei Zhongxian's attitude. For such a noisy court, Chongzhen didn't seem to have any worries, Jinyiwei didn't leave, and they couldn't make any big waves. Chongzhen also has to try Wei Zhongxian again, if Wei Zhongxian can stand on his side this time, then Chongzhen will leave the rest to him.

Just when the ministers were so noisy that they felt that Shi Fenglai should not have been born from his mother's womb, Wei Zhongxian did not participate, he just quietly ate the food on the table on the side, and did not stop until Chongzhen's eyes focused on himself.

Wei Zhongxian's gaze towards Chongzhen was complicated, a little tenacious and resolute, as if he could probe Chongzhen's inner world. At this moment, Chongzhen felt that Wei Zhongxian seemed to be able to see through his heart from this appearance, and sighed lightly in his heart, maybe he was a little reckless this time.

Wei Zhongxian stood up and bowed his hand to the vassal kings: "Princes, please be calm and don't be impatient, listen to the old slave." ”

Although Wei Zhongxian's voice was not loud, his simple words made the originally noisy hall quiet down in an instant, as if it had been rehearsed.

Shi Fenglai cast a grateful glance at Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian nodded, looked at Chongzhen again, and said: "Your Majesty, princes, ministers, the old slave should not intervene in this court matter, but the old slave understands that the emperor has just ascended the throne, and the psychology of governing the country is too eager, so the old slave understands very well than Lord Shi's internal inspection court."

Nowadays, the corruption of officials in the Ming Dynasty is indeed serious, and the disaster relief materials allocated by the imperial court to the local areas and the military expenses at the border gates have been exploited by officials layer by layer, and now the tax revenue of the imperial court cannot solve the increasingly empty treasury by relying only on agricultural taxes.

Since Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, what has been achieved is to hide the wealth from the people, that is, to not compete with the people for profit, but now the corruption is rampant in the Ming Dynasty, to be honest, even the old slaves have not been spared. ”

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he looked at Chongzhen, and continued to say firmly: "The old slave understands the emperor's good intentions, and he also understands the determination to reform. The old slave was born in a humble manner and deeply felt the hardships of ordinary people's lives, but later, he gradually lost himself. Your Majesty, for the sake of my Ming people, investigate and punish corrupt officials, this is the move of Zhongxing Ming, even if there are any improper measures, we as courtiers should also understand. Old slave, I would like to thank all the princes and ministers here. ”

Wei Zhongxian bowed deeply to everyone without pausing, and continued: "Old slave, I am willing to hand over all the money obtained from various bribes over the years, a total of 300,000 taels of silver, to the emperor, as long as the old slave can continue to do errands for the emperor, the old slave will be satisfied." ”