That night, he didn't sleep well, and he had nightmares.

He dreamed that Zhu Youzhen was hanging his neck and asked, "Why are you doing this to me?" He didn't send an explanation, and no matter how he explained, he couldn't change the fact that he killed Zhu Youzhen.

Later, he dreamed of the last dynasty, and it was not Li Fugui sitting on the dragon chair, but Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Youzhen said proudly: "The one who went to Hefu and was killed by you was just a stand-in for me." The guards took him down, and I will cut him with a thousand swords. ”

He wanted to resist, but his husband didn't come out in his dream until he woke up.

The unlucky phoenix was hit several times by him in his sleep, but fortunately he didn't hit him in the face. After Ao Bai woke up for the third time, the phoenix lit the lamp and said uneasily: "Husband, why don't you continue to call yourself sick today and don't go to the court." I think you're under too much pressure. ”

Ao Bai sighed, simply put on his clothes, stopped sleeping, and said lightly: "It's not okay if I don't go today, it's all planned, it's going to be fine, don't worry." ”

He could be sure that the one who died was Zhu Youzhen. Because Zhu Youzhen's personality is suspicious, when he sees someone who looks like him, he will not use the other party as a stand-in, but will only want to kill him immediately. Today he must go to the court, not for himself, but to cheer up the "Chongzhen" who went to the court for the first time.

At the end of the day, Ao Bai and He Rupet went out together and waited outside the noon gate. After a while, Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi walked over together. Sun Chengzong frowned and said: "Kanghou (what a pet character), Dapeng has such a big thing in Shanxi, why don't you notify me?" ”

Sun Chengzong looked tired and should have rushed back overnight. Ao Bai looked moved, it is also the Donglin Party, and the gap is really big. "Grandpa Sun, the emperor came to my house yesterday and has already negotiated with me, and I will be fine today."

Xu Guangqi said lightly: "You still say it's okay?" Yesterday I heard that a group of civil servants were gathering again, and they must be studying how to impeach you and make you lose your position. If you come to the court today, it will definitely be very lively. ”

Ao Bai smiled: "Grandpa Xu, thank you for helping me speak in the court." ”

Xu Guangqi sighed: "If you say that, you will see the outside." The two boys of the Sun family have great respect for you, saying that you can be their teacher. It's rare to have a young man who attaches so much importance to science and is open-minded, and the old man has to protect you even if he loses himself. ”

Ao Bai smiled: "Don't say that, our good days are still to come, Shanxi is a big place, empty, I chartered a farm there, and found some craftsmen to study something very interesting." It won't be long before I'll bring that one to the city for everyone to see. The Portuguese admired my invention. When the emperor found out, he was also very happy. ”

"Does the emperor know about you in Shanxi?" Xu Guangqi was stunned.

Ao Bai said lightly: "I know." That's why I'm not worried. Those who impeach me will only shoot themselves in the foot. Although I am a bit nonsense, most of them are instructed by the emperor. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Now those Tartars at the border pass can no longer hold their breath, Huang Taiji still wants to ask for peace, he said that as long as we are willing to recognize the status of the Jin State and open the market for trading, they are willing to become the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute every year." I'm coming back to report on it. Your strategy has completely worked, and now Man Gui is leading people to harass them from time to time, and the Tartars do not dare to send troops to surround Ning Yuanyuan in a big way. This is also your labor. ”

My family has been in the country of Jin all my life, and my strategy has made them miserable. Ao Bai sighed: "The Jurchens want to ask for peace because of economic problems. Once they have relieved the pressure, they will certainly make other demands that are beneficial to them. I don't recommend taking it easy to start trading unless there are special conditions. We can discuss this. Sun Chengzong nodded, he now believed in Aobai.

Li Biao, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, saw Sun Chengzong and Ao Bai talking, he was ruthless, walked over, and said with a wry smile: "Lord Huang, you can hurt the old man." Now a group of people see me as your accomplice, and they are also studying how to impeach me. "You'll have the benefit soon, you're not on the wrong side. Dedication. Ao Bai smiled and said: "Master Li is not afraid of shadows, loyal to the monarch and loves the country, who can impeach you?" You speak for me, you are on the side of justice, the emperor is not an unreasonable person, there is nothing to worry about. Have you noticed that several of us here are doing practical things, are we not as good as those who play tricks for the court? Seeing that Ao Bai was laughing as usual, several adults felt a little more confident in their hearts.

Today, in the court, the details have changed a lot, because some eunuchs have been killed, and the newly appointed people are not familiar with the work, so they almost made jokes, and everyone entered the palace one after another. A young eunuch sang: "The emperor has arrived." ”

The military generals knelt on the ground. "Chongzhen" saw Aobai, and quietly made a ready gesture to him, here they made an appointment, Aobai took a look, his heart was settled, and he didn't care about it anymore. Next, we have to wait for the show to play out.

"Zhongqing is flat."

"Chongzhen" sat on the dragon chair, looked at the courtiers below, and suddenly felt very funny. Some of these people are generals, some are civil ministers, and there are bachelors of various titles...... A small person like himself used to lie on the ground and beg, and he may not be able to let them take a look, a small county official in Shaanxi can crush his family to death. The people of Shaanxi are starving to death, and the small county officials do not open warehouses to put rice when they have grain. Isn't it very interesting that the officials, who are now many levels older than them, are actually standing honestly at their feet one by one?

In the past, he felt that the emperor was high and unattainable, but now he found that the emperor was just an ordinary person, but he was born in a good family and became noble. Ao Bai said to him, the emperor is nothing remarkable. Especially those who have taken the throne by inheritance. The king should have been chosen by the surname Baiku, and should be the most talented person. Thinking of this, he felt that there was nothing to be afraid of. To be able to have such an experience, even if you die, there are no regrets.

"Chongzhen" smiled slightly: "Do you have anything to start playing?" ”

Li Guo was the first to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, since Lord Huang has come to the court today, I hope he can explain what happened before." "Chongzhen" said: "Where is Huang Qing?" ”

Ao Bai slowly stood up and said, "Weichen is here." ”

"Chongzhen" said: "Huang Qing, you can explain the matter of the ministers impeaching you." ”

Ao Bai smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has recovered from a serious illness, and he has just returned to Beijing, so he has no time to understand the situation, and I don't know what the ministers impeached me?" He said this without taking the courtiers into account. He Ruzhong, Sun Chengzong and the others all frowned. He is such a favored son-in-law, can you not know the content of the impeachment? Isn't this talking nonsense with wide eyes and blatantly bullying the king? Only "Chongzhen" understands the meaning of worship. He, the fake emperor, didn't know the content of the minister's impeachment of Aobai, and Aobai wanted him to listen to it and see the faces of these people. "Since Huang Qing doesn't know yet. Tell me more about it in his presence. ”

Li Guo immediately took out a group of Donglin Party members. accused Ao Bai of abusing his power and making a big fuss about the Tuntian incident in Shanxi Province and the Heishizhai incident. They demanded an immediate waiver and a full payment of taxes to the peasants of Shanxi, including the fields they had cultivated. The saliva of several leading ministers splashed, as if they had a common enmity with Aobai.

Ao Bai smiled secretly in his heart, there is actually a joint name on the sparse, God really helps me. How much work has been saved, just clean up one by one according to the list. "Chongzhen" sitting on the dragon chair is on the side of the toiling masses. Without Heishi Village, he would have starved to death. Thinking back to the scene of a group of simple people eating meat and chatting together in Heishi Village, looking at these people again, he was so angry that he couldn't wait to rush down the platform now to beat these ministers who demanded tax increases.

"Chongzhen" slapped the dragon chair and said angrily: "Huang Qing, what explanation do you have for me about these things?" ”

A group of Donglin Party members waited to see the excitement. Ao Bai was not in a hurry, turned to Li Guo, and said with a smile: "Lord Li, you keep saying that you want to increase taxes on the surname of Shanxi Baiyuan." Can you know the situation in Shanxi? Li Guo said coldly: "Lord Huang, don't think that Shanxi's truth is well hidden. We have sent people to collect evidence, and there is a lot of evidence. ”

Ao Bai pretended to be surprised, shrunk his neck and said, "Won't it?" Can you bring the evidence and look at it first? ”

The witness was Song Zhong, the prefect of Yangquan City, Shanxi. After he entered the palace, after giving a salute to the emperor, he took an account book and said word by word: "Weichen has always served as the prefect of Yangquan, and Lord Huang let Baiyuan surname Tuntian without authorization, and did not raise taxes, the evidence is conclusive, and the emperor and the adults can see it." ”

The sound of a group of Donglin Party members begging for war suddenly rang out. Ao Bai was still calm as usual, Li Guo felt very puzzled, and asked, "Lord Huang, what else do you have to say?" ”

Ao Bai put his hands behind his back and said loudly: "Yes, I want to ask you adults who impeached me, what do you think of the drought disaster in Shaanxi Province for many years?" It is said that it is known that a large number of incidents of military families fleeing from Shaanxi have appeared. The surname Baiyuan couldn't survive, and they fell to the grass one after another, and tens of thousands of people fled to the neighboring province of Shanxi. You don't seem to have ever thought about taking precautions before the drought hits, do you? ”

He set up another set for the Donglin Party. These people knew that Zhu Youzhen had never left Jingyuan City, and they didn't know that the surname Baiyuan was suffering. Therefore, the affairs of Shaanxi can be dragged on as long as they can, as long as they do not block their financial path and do not launch a serious popular uprising, they should not take it seriously.

Li Guo said with a smile: "Lord Huang wants to say that you are in Tuntian, Shanxi, to help Shaanxi when the disaster breaks out. What right do you have to do this? Now that the court has no money, is the three sides of Shaanxi more important than the war in Liaodong? ”

Ao Bai looked at the face of "Chongzhen", countless people in Shaanxi starved to death, and his family members also starved to death. When he arrived at the court, the official said that it was not important, how would he feel? In order to collect taxes, many officials are still pressuring the surname of Shaanxi Baiyuan at this time, but the people in the court are not even as good as those local officials. Ao Bai felt that if "Chongzhen" had a knife in his hand at this time, he might directly cut off Li Guotou with hatred.

The Donglin Party members came out again to accuse.

Sun Chengzong was angry, when he was the Six Gentlemen of Donglin, he was working against Wei Zhongxian, and he was one of the leaders of the Donglin Party.

Now he found that the Donglin Party had really changed. They are not a clear stream, but a group of corrupt officials who only know how to compete for profit. He is old and has been in the official scene for many years, how can he not figure out the reason why these people are targeting Aobai?

He stood up and said loudly, "Weichen looks different. Although Lord Huang's career has only been more than a year, he has made more contributions to the court than many people present have done in their lifetimes. I know him very well, and if I want to say that he has two hearts for Daming, I will never believe it. If it weren't for his sanctions plan, we wouldn't have had the upper hand on the Liaodong front. Now Huang Taiji has sent people to sue for peace many times, but he can't stand it anymore, and I think this work should also be counted on him. Ningxia Town took the initiative to attack, wasn't it our Daming who profited? Shanxi Tuntian, isn't it the surname Baiyuan that benefits? He is young and vigorous, and he may be in a bit of a hurry, but what is wrong with him? ”

Li Biao analyzed the situation, also stood up, and said: "What Master Sun said is right, a capable young man like Lord Huang is dismissed, and some people who do not do things are allowed to control the government, and the Ming Dynasty will be over." ”

His spearhead was directed at Li Guo. There was a sudden uproar in the hall. "Chongzhen" went to court for the first time and felt incredible. This is the court? This is what the world-famous bachelors are? Why is it that the quarrel is no different from the street hooligans?

After being quiet a little, Ao Bai looked at Li Guo and said with a smile: "Lord Li." Is it true that the court has no money for disaster relief? Is there no money in the treasury, or is it being withheld by someone? Before, I found out that the Jianghuai salt merchants evaded taxes, colluded with officials and businessmen, sold illicit salt, and asked the Jinyi guards to raid the homes of some salt merchants. All this money is handed over to the national treasury, right? The most bullish person is named Li Fali. This person is a relative of a high-ranking official in the court, and he does all kinds of business. He actually has 10,000 taels of gold in his house, 10,000 taels! Do you know how much I earn a month? Tian Ergeng's property is all black money from corruption, and I am not rare, so I donated it all as military salaries. So I'm still living in Hefu now, and there are more people, and it's a little more crowded. However, I never thought about moving, because the house in Beijing City is too expensive for me to afford, let alone ask my family to serve me. At home, my wife often washes the clothes. That's my financial situation. Impeachment of me, you must have more money in your family than me, and you live in a bigger place than me, I let Baiyuan surnamed Tuntian in Shanxi reduce their taxes, have I benefited? The tax is low, how can I be greedy for ink? But ladies and gentlemen, you are lower than me, and you have done less work than I do. Where does your money come from? Are your family members all in business? ”

Yang Chenjing, a scholar of Dongge University, stood up and said: "Now you are talking about the crime of overstepping your authority and bullying the king, what is your intention here to change the topic and pour dirty water on us?" Don't think that a few words can deceive the emperor. Shaanxi is a poor and remote area out of the people, I think they are just staring at the benefits of Shanxi people's tuntian, and do not want to pay taxes, so they deliberately exaggerate the disaster. ”

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