Zhang Chu's activities in Tianjin naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the Tianjin officials, who reported the evidence they had collected about Zhang Chu's smuggling in Tianjin to the imperial court, which of course was mixed with many accusations that they had fabricated that Zhang Chu was committing misdeeds in Tianjin to rob men and women. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Chinese officialdom is very interesting, and sometimes it is the dirty gossip that circulates privately that makes a person even more stinky. The officials of the Ming Dynasty are well versed in this.

All kinds of gossip about Zhang Chu began to fly all over the sky, and Zhang Chu's image gradually changed to a blue-faced fang, eating people and drinking blood, and a shameless appearance. The people of Jingshi have more to talk about after dinner, and the people are more willing to spread these than positive propaganda, and they don't even bother to think about the truth or falsehood of things, they only feel that spreading these can show that they know more and have a wide range of knowledge, and then the people who hear it add what they think the wicked should do to it, and continue to spread it.

Surrounded by the high walls of the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen, who considered himself the ruler of the country and was actually ignorant of the real situation in the world, certainly did not hear the absurd legends about Zhang Chu. What he saw was a book of impeachment notes for Zhang Chu sent by the ministers. Zhang Chu's various crimes were enumerated, the most serious of which was Zhang Chu's destruction of the entire imperial court power system. In fact, there is no need for the ministers to add fuel and vinegar, Zhang Chu's actions have greatly touched the authority of the emperor, and Emperor Chongzhen, who is still looking forward to becoming the first emperor of the ages like Emperor Qin and Han Wu, naturally cannot tolerate some courtiers who do not take him in their eyes.

Emperor Chongzhen solemnly took out the impeachment of Zhang Chu in the early dynasty and discussed it.

This time the ministers were surprisingly unanimous.

"This Chu anti-thief has not changed his habits, has not been educated, has seriously violated the laws of the imperial court, used troops without authorization, and caused trouble to the people, so he must be arrested and punished." Some of the little minions in the court began to attack Zhang Chu at the behest of the bigwigs.

"Zhang Chu has failed the grace of the saint, is lawless, and must be severely punished." Not to be outdone, others are not to be outdone.

The ministers in the court all thought that Zhang Chu's behavior was deviant and unforgivable, and Zhang Chu must be arrested and brought to Beijing, and then cut with a thousand knives like Yuan Chonghuan.

"Which minister asked for an order to go to Liaodong to arrest Zhang Chu and hand him over to the department for trial." After everyone finished scolding Zhang Chu, Emperor Chongzhen thought that scolding would not kill Zhang Chu. Only holding Zhang Chu is the best way to let him die.

The ministers, who had just made an impassioned speech in the court, closed their mouths in time and took a small step back cautiously. All of us are responsible for making ideas, and let others do the inferior work of arresting people.

Emperor Chongzhen sat on a high throne, condescendingly watching his ministers become shrinking chickens one by one, and he was annoyed in his heart, and no one answered even after asking a few times.

In the end, the emperor had no choice but to get angry at Shoufu Wen Tiren.

"Wen Shoufu, you don't seem to need to do it yourself, right? You see who is more appropriate. ”

Wen Tiren secretly complained in his heart, such a trivial matter really shouldn't let him go, but who to send is a tricky problem, of course his own party can't be sent out to die, and the person who recommends the opponent will definitely be opposed by the other party, everyone knows that this is not a good errand. Wen Tiren is worthy of being an old fritter who has been in the court for many years, and he thought of a clever way in a hurry.

"Now we shouldn't send someone to arrest Zhang Chu, but we should give Zhang Chu an official and a big reward." Wen Tiren's words surprised both the ministers and the emperor present.

"Wen Shoufu, what do you mean, what benefits did Zhang Chu give you." Emperor Chongzhen asked loudly.

"Shengshang is angry, listen to what I said, everyone is reluctant to go to Liaodong just because they are afraid of the fatigue of the boat, if Zhang Chu is transferred to Beijing in the name of promotion and debriefing, how to treat his crime if you don't want to treat him." Wen Tiren was embarrassed to say that everyone was reluctant to go to Liaodong because he was afraid of death, but his method was very ruthless, and it was a legitimate thing to promote Zhang Chu to report to Beijing, and no matter how great Zhang Chu's ability was, he couldn't escape from the emperor's palm.

"Shousuke-sama is right!" The ministers of the court and the central government seconded the motion.

"In addition, Zhang Chu's troops in Shandong and Tianjin should also be prepared as early as possible. Please ask Your Majesty to issue a secret decree to Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, and ask him to gather good men and horses to prepare for the mutiny of Zhang Chu's men and horses once he ambushes him. At the same time, he ordered the Tianjin Weidu to command Xu Zhong to prepare to capture Zhang Chu's military transfer station in Tianjin, there must be not many Zhang Chu's men and horses there, and there should be no problem in dealing with it with the strength of the guard. ”

"Okay, it's still Wen Shoufu who is old and thoughtful. That's it. Let's discuss it and see what kind of official position Zhang Chu will be rewarded? Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Wen Tiren's words, and finally someone found a way to solve the problem for him.

Next, the courtiers had a heated discussion about what official position to arrange for Zhang Chu, and there was no result for a long time.

Looking at the emperor whose face was getting worse and worse, Wen Tiren could only stand up again and said: "You don't have to fight, the position given to Zhang Chu this time is not really given to him, he will be removed from his post and investigated in a few days, it doesn't matter what official position he is given." “

Wen Tiren's words calmed down the ministers, just now when they heard that someone wanted to be promoted, they all reached out to grab it, completely forgetting what the purpose of this promotion was, since this was just an empty promise, then the emperor was willing to give whatever it was. Everyone also saves effort and effort.

In the end, the emperor decided to give Zhang Chu the title of Governor of the Left Capital and the Secretary of the Military Department in the name of Zhang Chu's defeat of Houjin in Korea, and ordered Zhang Chu to go to Beijing immediately after receiving the decree to report on his work.

The official position to be rewarded has been decided, but it can't just be promoted to Zhang Chu alone, otherwise it doesn't look like it's true, so he agreed on a few positions for Zhang Chu's subordinates, and the official position has to give the soldiers a little property as a reward to make sense, which made the emperor's heart ache for a while, and the household department didn't want to pay a penny.

"Your Majesty, there is no surplus silver in the treasury, all the silver has been arranged, and if you want to use the money, you have to wait until the tax revenue in the autumn to make plans." Tobe Shangshu said expressionlessly.

When it comes to autumn, Zhang Chu may not be able to create a new situation, and the emperor knows that this matter cannot wait.

Why don't any of these ministers be able to fill the treasury?

In the end, it was the emperor who bleed, and took 10,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury to say that he would forget it.

The emperor paid the money, and the official position was temporarily occupied by Zhang Chu, and the ministers had nothing to lose, and they were all happy. The court meeting ended in a wave of praise for Wen Tiren.

The emperor sent Jinyi Wei and the little eunuch to Liaodong with the holy decree.

The emperor and the ministers all felt that Zhang Chu would be very happy to give such a big official this time, what had he seen as a thief. Unhappily, he ran to Beijing to meet the emperor to report on his work. Once in the capital, it would be difficult for him to leave. (To be continued.) )