On the Imperial Palace, Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and stared at the full hall of ministers, without saying a word.

Wang Chengen shook off the dust and shouted loudly: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." ”

Qian Qianyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, Cui Chengxiu and others have been detained in the Criminal Department before, and the evidence of their clique and corruption and bribery has been conclusive. ”

At this time, Feng Ying, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, all the evidence was collected a few days ago, and the ministers have investigated clearly, Cui Chengxiu and others are indeed traitors and corrupt and bribery, but after all, these four people are still officials of the imperial court, and the ministers are not not closing the case, but they still need the holy oracle from Your Majesty's side." ”

The statement of these two people is very interesting, Qian Qianyi still wants to take the opportunity to get rid of Wei Laogou, but Feng Ying, who was hinted at by Chongzhen, is not a member of the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, so he avoids talking about the four words of forming a party for personal gain, and only talks about corruption and bribery.

Because when Wei Zhongxian had handed over the scroll to the emperor before, Chongzhen saw that these people were indeed full of bad deeds, and thought that Wei Laogou would block it when he really wanted to make a move, but when he summoned Wei Laogou last night, Wei Laogou still said as before: "Your Majesty don't say that you have killed a few 'slanderous ministers', even if you let the old slave die can help Your Majesty cushion the dragon chair more steadily, the old slave has no words." Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction, so there was today's opening.

"Feng Shangshu, if you don't understand the laws of the Ming Dynasty, I will teach you today, the "Ming Law" stipulates: Officials who embezzle more than 60 taels of money and property will be punished by stripping the skin and grass. The greed of these four people has far exceeded this number! ”

"Your Majesty, this was true at the beginning of Emperor Taizu's founding of the country, but now it ......" Feng Ying did not continue, the meaning is obvious, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang did use a heavy sentence, but later the standards for official corruption and punishment were gradually relaxed, if it was really implemented according to this standard, the officials of the Ming Dynasty would be at least half less.

"Feng Shangshu's words are wrong, since the "Da Ming Law" has already been clearly stipulated, there is no need to ask me, just implement it according to the Da Ming Law tomorrow, and also remind you that this "Da Ming Law" is not a decoration."

"Wechen obeys." Feng Ying replied.

As soon as Chongzhen's words came out, the color of the hundred officials changed, including the Donglin Party, who originally felt that although they did not move to Wei Zhongxian today, it was also a great victory to be able to take Cui Chengxiu directly, but their own ideas were also wrong, and they always thought that the above lord was a generous and benevolent monarch, but they didn't expect that the words just now directly scared the hundred officials, it seems that they will still have to clean themselves in the future, most of the officials thought in their hearts, Qian Qianyi at this time was also expressionless, and there was no joy of victory at all.

"If you don't have anything else to do, I have a story here that I want to tell you, I don't know if you're interested?" Chongzhen said playfully.

"Ministers listen to the hadith."

"Not busy, not busy, before telling the story, I have something to ask, Hubu, how much grain is left in the treasury now?"

Hubu Shangshu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the current surplus grain in the treasury is less than 8,000 stones. ”

"Did you see it? I have a huge Ming Dynasty, the grain in the treasury is less than 8,000 stones, if there is a sudden natural disaster or something, I am afraid that the treasury does not even have food for disaster relief! Chongzhen said self-deprecatingly.

"The ministers are incompetent, please condemn your majesty." At this time, the household officials, including the head of the household department, knelt down collectively, because they knew in their hearts that what Chongzhen said was the truth.

"I'm not busy, I'm not here to offend you, I said I want to tell you a story, and by the way, I'll tell you good news, tomorrow your household grain depot will be opened, and I will send someone to send 10,000 stone of grain."

At this time, the ministers of civil and military affairs were all confused, where did the emperor say? Telling stories for a while, delivering food for a while, but this group of people was completely stunned, only Qian Qianyi listened to it, his face was frightened, and he was already sweating like rain in an instant.

"I don't think I should tell this story, what do you say? Qian Aiqing? ”

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty collectively turned their heads to look at Qian Qianyi, and at this time they also discovered Qian Qianyi's abnormality, and then looked at the emperor on the dragon chair, who seemed to understand.

Qian Qianyi, a person who was known to Chongzhen in later generations, can be summed up in twelve words as having ideals and no morality; There is ambition, no means. At that time, the Qing army was in the city, and his confidante Liu Ru persuaded him to throw himself into the river and martyr the country, Qian Qianyi was afraid of the cold water and did not dare to go down the river, and he was not as good as a woman in the dust, Chongzhen really wanted to break his head and couldn't understand how this misbehaving person taught Zheng Chenggong such a national hero, after this interrogation, it was found that the person who started to resell grain to the enemy was the mastermind, and he was really born traitor!

Qian Qianyi saw that the matter had been revealed, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that he has lost the grace of God by reselling grain, but the minister's money is really not enough to support his family!" When he said that, he couldn't forget to kowtow.

"Qian Qianyi, are you still stubborn when you die? What you did is not only to resell grain for personal gain, you collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and the materials of my Ming Dynasty were the enemy, you let me, how can you be gracious? The last few words were said by Chongzhen through gritted teeth.

The hundred officials finally came back to taste, and the British public Zhang Weixian kicked Qian Qianyi directly, eager to eat him, and with this foot, the officials who were a little patriotic also stepped forward to fight against Qian Qianyi, and there was chaos in the court, Chongzhen actually really wanted to do it, but because of his identity, he couldn't do it himself, so he could only get over it, and he felt that it was almost enough to scream quietly, and the hundred officials immediately lined up and stood up.

At this time, Qian Qianyi no longer has a human appearance, the official hat has fallen to the side, the two eyes are bruised, the body is one by one, and the official robe is also torn out, Chongzhen After reading it, he first smiled slightly, and then immediately adjusted his mood and sat down, Qian Qianyi looked at Chongzhen at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is really just reselling grain to supplement the family, and the minister has no qualifications for the enemy?" Your Majesty, please be aware of it. ”

"It seems that you think you bought the four institutes in Jiangnan, and everything is foolproof, right?"

Qian Qianyi looked at Chongzhen in horror and was speechless.

"In that case, come on! Chuan Tian Ergeng brought people to the temple, and today the widow let you die clearly! ”