Zhang Ke's army surrounded the capital, and instead of rushing to make a move, he sent an envoy into the city and sent a letter from Zhang Ke in his own handwriting.

In the letter, Zhang Ke first told the story of the battle with the thieves and the capture of the secret envoy of Dongchang, and then attached a confession. Then Zhang Ke complained almost like blood and tears.

The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die. Zhang Ke is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he has nothing to say, but he just spreads the plague and aids the abuse, and does not hesitate to let hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians accompany the funeral, and does not hesitate to let the Ming Dynasty be buried. Heavenly heart is merciful, and the Holy Monarch is above, how can he do such a beastly act.

Presumably, there must have been a traitor in the court, blinding the Holy Hearing, framing the loyal and good, and ruining the souls. Zhang Ke raised troops, just to hoe the traitors, after eradicating the traitors in the court, he petitioned to disarm and return to the field, and then asked the government, if the saint is not at ease, Zhang Ke can be exiled overseas, and he will never set foot in the land of the Ming Dynasty in this life......

Clear-eyed people know that Zhang Ke's later vows and vows are all nonsense, and children will not believe it. But what's ahead is just too terrifying.

He got involved with the thieves and spread the plague on a large scale. You must know which plague is not ten rooms and nine emptiness, not countless deaths and injuries, even if you hate Zhang Ke again, you will not use such cruel means, it is simply incredible!

Many courtiers actually felt a trace of pity for Zhang Ke, who could bear such an encounter. Your Majesty is looking for death!

For a time, many ministers wrote to the imperial court, asking for a thorough investigation of what Zhang Ke said.

Chongzhen scolded these scripts, and even commented: Zhang Ke rebelled against the thief, drummed his lips and tongue, and fell into injustice, Qing and others, as important ministers of the court, should distinguish between right and wrong, how can they be ridiculed by mere words, which makes me extremely disappointed!

Although the minister said so, Chongzhen was also furious in his heart. hurriedly gave an order and called several heads of the inner court.

"What's going on? What the hell is going on? ”

Chongzhen slapped the table hard, and the cracks between his fingers cracked.

"The traitor Zhang Ke actually said that Dongchang sent people to collude with the rogues and spread the plague. did not hesitate to kill the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng, whether there is such a thing or not, you all make it clear to me! ”

In front of Chongzhen's dragon book case, there were several inner court bells in red robes kneeling, including Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, and Lu Jiude. All three of them trembled. Trembling all over, I wanted to bury my head in the gold bricks, which was obviously impossible.

Chongzhen suddenly stood up from the dragon chair, jumped in front of them, and pointed at Wang Chengen and the others and scolded.

"You are originally Xing Yu's people, but look at the clothes on your body, you are better dressed than anyone else, and you eat fragrant and drink spicy food one by one. A large group of people outside respectfully call you Ancestors! But what about you? How did you treat me, my country has been messed up by you! ”

The more Chongzhen spoke, the more angry he became, and he flew up. kicked in Wang Chengen's chest, and the old eunuch rolled out so far at once, he almost couldn't get on in one breath, and the little eunuch on the side didn't dare to help. I could only kneel on the ground, trembling all over.

Chongzhen was still angry, and punched and kicked Cao Huachun again. Cao Huachun's face was covered with blood.

On the side, Lu Jiude couldn't stand it anymore, and cried and said: "Emperor, killing the slaves and maids is nothing, but you must not hurt the dragon body!" ”

Chongzhen laughed angrily when he heard this, and sneered: "I know that I care about my dragon body, but what about my country?" How can you do this? ”

Lu Jiude knelt down and climbed half a step, and said with a strong body: "Emperor Qi, as far as the slave maid knows, Dongchang did send someone to contact Li Zicheng, in order to recruit Li Chuang. Although the thieves are rebellious, after all, they have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, which is enough to balance Zhang Ke. ”

"Finally someone is telling the truth." Chongzhen sneered: "I also remember this, but I only let you recruit Li Zicheng, but I didn't let you spread the plague, so misinterpreting my intentions is unbearable!" ”

At this time, Wang Chengen seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, knelt on the ground, and cried bitterly: "Emperor, the old slave thinks that what Zhang Ke said may not be credible, what he said to spread the plague, the old slave thought it should be made up by him." ”

"Yes, what the prince said is right, he just made it up, in order to frame the slave and the maid and others, and frame His Majesty!" Cao Huachun wiped the blood from his nose and said that he didn't know when the blood would run dry.

Listening to the words of the three people, Chongzhen barely suppressed his anger and said, "Go, call Shousuke over." ”

The little eunuch hurriedly ran out, and without much time, a tall, upright, and personable official walked in, who was none other than the first assistant Zhou Tingru.

There is a joke among the people, saying that Zhang Ke promised the people everywhere he went, so that everyone would be fed, and Chongzhen promised to let everyone be a head assistant!

Since Chongzhen came to power, the cabinet has been like a marquee, basically in less than a year or two, a group of cabinet elders will be replaced, and some will be appointed in a few months.

One reason for such frequent cabinet changes is that the party struggle is fierce, and after the resurgence of Donglin, there is continuous internal turmoil. In addition, the government is not in progress, Chongzhen needs a scapegoat, and the cabinet scholars continue to step down.

After he became the elder of the cabinet, while maintaining the overall situation of the Central Plains to suppress thieves, he was cautious, and he fell out with Zhang Ke.

Just as Wen Tiren broke the record and was about to continue working, Zhang Ke suddenly announced that he would send troops to Qingjun's side.

As Wen Tiren, who recommended Zhang Ke to go to the Central Plains to suppress bandits, he immediately became the target of public criticism. Chongzhen even called him into the palace, scolded him for two hours, dismissed all official positions, and locked himself at home to think about it behind closed doors.

After returning home, Wen Tiren's water and rice did not touch his lips, and in less than ten days, he died.

Zhou Tingru, who was once driven out of the cabinet by Wen Tiren, rose again and became the first assistant. It's just that there is no more scenery in this position under one person, he is just a firefighter, and maybe even a gold-plated toilet.

"The old minister pays a visit to the saint."

"Hurry up, Elder Zhou Ge, what are the actions of the traitors outside the city?"

"Your Majesty, Zhang Wei is just besieging the city, and there is no restriction on the exchange of military and civilian materials, and ordinary business travelers can also transport materials to the capital. Just an hour ago, Zhang Ke sent a person into the city. ”

"Who?" Chongzhen's eyes widened angrily and asked.

"Yes, Hong Chengchou!"

"Does he still have the face to come back? How can you not die outside? Chongzhen scolded, Zhou Tingru is a sweat, ants are still greedy for life, who wants to die!

"Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou brought the confessions of the people of Kaifeng, a total of thousands, all of which said that there had indeed been a plague in Kaifeng, if it weren't for Zhang, Zhang Cheng had controlled it properly, it would have been popular a long time ago, and ten rooms would have been empty. They pleaded with the court to punish the traitors. ”

Suck!

Chongzhen's little face was pale, like a hanged ghost, he glanced at the three great eunuchs of the inner court, and the heads of the three were lower.

"Elder Zhou Ge, you said that if I punish the culprit, will Zhang Ke be able to withdraw from the army?"

"This ...... The old minister didn't dare to say it, but Zhang Wei was under the banner of public opinion this time, if he could explain something, he would not be able to be justified. (To be continued......)