Lao Zhu took the evidence handed over by Wang Chengen, and did not care about the account book, but picked up the evidence and confessions, checked them one by one, and looked at them very seriously.

And just where the rest of the people couldn't see, Chongzhen, who had turned into a ghost, also floated behind Lao Zhu, watching these things with Lao Zhu.

Just looking at this incomparably detailed evidence, Chongzhen's face slowly became a little distorted, "They...... How can they do that? ”

After reading all the evidence, Lao Zhu's eyes were full of coldness, he raised his eyes and glanced at Chongzhen, who was about to collapse, and then withdrew his gaze, and asked in a low tone: "This time to investigate the Zhou family, did they detect anything?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, our Jinyi Guard is extremely careful, and the Zhou family will definitely not notice anything abnormal."

Wang Guoxing's answer is very confident, they are Jinyi Guard, not only can arrest people, disguise, lurk, assassinate, but also unparalleled in the world.

Although the current Jinyiwei is a little down, as the saying goes, there are still three catties of nails in the rotten ship, and although most of the people he selected are newcomers, they are all the best in Jinyiwei in terms of strength.

If the investigation of the Zhou family can be discovered, then he, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, should not be ashamed, and just find a rope to hang himself.

"It's good that I didn't find out."

Lao Zhu's face was a little gloomy, he really didn't expect that the Zhou family could be so unscrupulous and so frustrated.

He suppressed the killing intent in his heart for a moment, and then said: "Let your people stare at the Zhou family to death, if you let one go, I will ask you." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Guoxing heard what Lao Zhu meant, and his mood was instantly a little excited, but after hesitating for a moment, he cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, what if someone in the Zhou family wants to escape in the past two days?" ”

Although Wang Guoxing could guarantee that the Zhou family did not find any abnormality, he did not dare to guarantee that the Zhou family would not get any news.

After all, the backstage of the Zhou family is the queen, and although Wang Guoxing dares to guarantee that his subordinates will not leak secrets, he does not dare to guarantee that the emperor will not tell the queen anything.

Lao Zhu heard the meaning of Wang Guoxing's words, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, and after a pause, he said: "If the Zhou family has the intention of escaping, just arrest it." ”

"By the way, when you do it, try to keep them alive, and then send them to prison."

Lao Zhu didn't want to keep Zhou Kui's life, the main thing was that he hadn't gotten the Zhou family's silver yet, and he didn't want Jinyiwei to dig three feet into the ground to find the silver that the miser had hidden, so he still let the people from Dongchang interrogate him to hide the silver.

"I understand."

Wang Guoxing understood what Lao Zhu meant, and after making a salute, he withdrew directly.

After waiting for the people to go out, Lao Zhu glanced at Chongzhen, and then said, "Do you still want to intercede for your old father-in-law now?" ”

Chongzhen sat on the ground a little weakly, and some didn't know how to answer.

He thought that he had done his best to the Zhou family, and even knew that the Zhou family was collecting money everywhere in the name of the emperor's relatives, and he did not pursue it too much.

But he never thought that the Zhou family would go so far.

What they fancie, as long as there is no backstage, they will force them to buy and sell, and if they don't agree, they will directly force the whole family to die.

Is this still the capital? Is this still his Ming Dynasty?

"No wonder Li Zicheng wants to rebel, it is still the case at the foot of the capital, in those places where the emperor is far away, those officials will act excessively, it can be imagined."

To be honest, Chongzhen had always felt that it was unreasonable for the people to follow Li Zicheng against him.

Obviously, everything he did was for the people of the Ming Dynasty, even if it was to levy more money on the people, it was to resist Jiannu, and he didn't mean to exploit the people.

And over the years, the emperor has been conscientious, and he didn't dare to slack off, and even because the treasury was empty, he took the lead in saving money and even wore patched dragon robes.

There are few emperors like him in history, and there are few who count on their fingers.

However, he was so exhausted, and the people actually followed Li Zicheng to rebel against him, the emperor, which made Chongzhen unable to figure it out, and even filled his heart with resentment towards the people for a while.

But now, when he saw that the prince under his nose had done so many evil things, the faith in his heart finally collapsed.

Just a national abbot has committed so many bloody crimes and exploited so many people, and there are so many officials in the imperial court, how many people have they exploited, and how many bloody cases have they had?

Also, this is in the capital, under their noses, they will be more or less restrained.

But if they are outside the capital, those places that they can't reach at all, how unscrupulous will they be? How many evil things will be done? How many people will be killed?

Chongzhen felt a little frightened for a while, and even didn't dare to think about it.

"Alas......"

Looking at Chongzhen's appearance, Lao Zhu Nan didn't beat him, but sighed and said: "Today's Daming, the biggest problem is not natural disasters, not Li Zicheng, not Jiannu. ”

"It's that this has been completely corrupted, and our Ming Dynasty has rotted from the roots."

"Grandpa ......"

A trace of sadness flashed in Chongzhen's eyes, "Could it be that I'm really hopeless?" ”

"Of course there is."

Lao Zhu suddenly sneered, and then said: "We were able to establish Daming empty-handed, and now Daming is still there, can we still say that we can't save it?" ”

"Since the roots are rotten, then plane the roots and replant them."

"Our Daming, since the founding of the country, has never relied on officials, but on the people."

"Since they're rotten, let's wait until the situation is settled, kill them all, and clean them all over."

Speaking of this, Lao Zhu said with some murderous anger: "If we can kill 30,000 during the Hongwu period, then we can kill 300,000, 3 million here, until no one dares to be greedy!" ”

"Now we just can't spare our hands, so let's put up with him first, and after Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are leveled, we can guarantee that none of them, the dog officials in the fish and meat township, want to run away."

Listening to Lao Zhu's murderous declaration, Chongzhen, who was originally a little confused, was instantly awakened, "Grandpa, no." ”

"The current situation is different from the Hongwu period, which has been peaceful for a long time, and those big families have no chance at all, so they can only be killed."

"But now, the Ming Dynasty has been fighting for many years, and natural disasters are everywhere, if the great grandfather kills too much, I am afraid that those desperate officials will incite the people to rebel."

"Now there is no difference with Hongwu, after we destroy Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, no matter who rebels, there will be no chance."

Lao Zhu glanced at Chongzhen silently, although he didn't say anything, but this look made Chongzhen feel greatly insulted.

Because of the disdain in Lao Zhu's eyes, he was clearly saying, you are a waste, I am not.

They can grow if they rebel under you, but if they rebel under me, it will be a dead end.