"Greedy for money and food."

Looking at the evidence presented, His Majesty the Emperor raised his hand lightly and touched his chin.

In front of the bookcase, the officials of the Criminal Department who were ordered to investigate and deal with several ministers and the deputy commander of Jinyiwei lowered their heads and remained silent.

The eunuch in charge of the affairs of the East Factory stood in the corner, like a dark shadow without a sound.

A few days ago, His Majesty met with several ministers who wrote to ask Chen Shouzhang to behead, among these people, like Ning An Bo Xie Wenyuan, they were all from a family and urgently needed to make military achievements, and there were also military generals who already had military merits.

No one expected that His Majesty would send them all down.

Especially Guangwei General Zhang Qi, this person was born in a military household, he didn't know a few big characters, His Majesty knew him in Jinyang when he was just a hundred households, but he was powerful, His Majesty let the warriors in the army compete with a lot of money, he stood out, and later His Majesty conquered the capital Qin Department to let him guard the left and right, and really let him make a lot of achievements, which went all the way up, from a hundred households to the fourth grade Guangwei general.

Such a cronie, because he wrote a letter asking His Majesty to kill Chen Shouzhang, was reprimanded by His Majesty for being "too selfish", and was investigated for his disrespectful words.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had not yet figured out His Majesty's intentions, and were startled by the results of the investigation.

According to the news sent back by Jinyiwei, in the barracks he was in charge of, the soldiers could only wear single clothes in the harsh winter, and the grass roots they ate and the cakes made of coarse grains were "starving, and they had no power to hold the army", and at the same time, Dongchang found dozens of boxes of gold and silver treasures in his home in Yanjing.

"Robbing people's daughters and disregarding people's lives."

Because of her own experience, compared to the "Theory of Sexual Goodness" mentioned by Mencius, Shen Shiqing prefers Xunzi's "Theory of Sexual Evil", believing that people are born with greed and should be educated by law, but even so, she never imagined that someone would become such a ferocious and vicious appearance in just four years.

The room was silent, only the sound of water outside the window, like human blood falling to the ground in the midst of these tragic events.

Shen Shiqing's heart was cold.

Tong Xingjin, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, said softly: "Your Majesty, there is still some evidence on the way to verify, General Guangwei has always wanted to meet His Majesty these days, and occasionally has some disrespectful words......

The chicken standing beside His Majesty did not move, but the second dog looked up at Tong Xingjin.

Since the Dayong Dynasty, the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard has been held by the emperor's cronies, the previous commander Zhu Qi is the confidant of the great eunuch Zhang Wan, and Zhang Wan was beheaded by His Majesty on nine major charges to show the public, Zhu Qi has been the henchmen of the tiger for many years, and since then, the post of the commander of the Jinyi Wei has been vacant.

Tong Xingjin has been a "deputy commander" for so many years by acting cautiously, and what he is most afraid of is that someone has more holy intentions than him, so naturally he sees Zhang Qi and his ilk to the extreme.

Now I can't help but come out and step on it.

"Disrespectful? Everything that cares about people's lives has been done, so what is it to say a few disrespectful words? Anyway, he can't get a second head on his neck for me to cut off. ”

"Emperor Zhaode" slowly stood up.

Today, "he" wore a dragon pattern with a blue background and gold weaving, and a gold and jade leather belt around his waist, making his body more and more long and vigorous, and he was not much worse than Tong Xingjin, who was born in the army.

The light of the sky shone into the palace room, illuminating the sword eyebrows and stars, as if shining on a handful of autumn frost.

The young king even had a coldness in his words: "Zhang Qi's actions, one by one, have been investigated by me. ”

"The minister commands." Tong Xingjin lowered his head, but said again, "There is only one thing, that deed claims that he once made military exploits, and His Majesty allowed him three generations of wealth. ”

Shen Shiqing stood in front of the window, looking at the few branches of golden cinnamon that poked in from outside the courtyard wall in the distance.

"Heh, I've said something like that? This kind of words were used as a talisman by him? ”

After a pause, Shen Shiqing remembered the various crimes of Zhang Qi written on the paper.

Originally, she just couldn't bear to let a minister die just because he said a few words for the suffering of the people, and wanted to find a substitute for Chen Shouzhang, but now, she really wanted Zhang Qi to die.

Sincerely, I hope he dies.

"Three generations of wealth? After Zhang Qi's death......"

Holding his hand on the window lintel, Shen Shiqing's tone was light:

"Ergou, you go and get a tribute silk."

"Yes!"

Ergou hurriedly retreated, and came back with a crimson tribute silk in just a moment.

"Emperor, the tribute silk has been fetched."

Shen Shiqing turned around, pointed to the tribute silk and said, "Zhang Qi's family has been three generations, and after his death, he wrapped his body in this silk. ”

Tribute silk shroud, who can say that it is not rich?

There were no stupid people in Chaohuayuan, and they all understood that His Majesty meant to let Zhang Qi confess his guilt and ambush him, Tong Xingjin knelt on the ground with the tribute silk in both hands, and said loudly:

"Minister, Commander."

In the afternoon, Chaohuayuan quieted down, and His Majesty did not summon the courtiers again, only said that he wanted to be quiet for a while.

Yiji immediately retreated with a group of eunuchs, large and small.

Several big eunuchs also waited for most of the day from standing, and at this time they were able to get a little space and go to rest in an ear room in Chaohuayuan for a while.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Ergou poked his head in front of a chicken:

"I thought that the emperor would definitely kill Chen Shouzhang, why didn't the sour Confucian who was not afraid of death die, but the emperor wanted to kill Zhang Qi?"

A chicken first took a sip of tea, watched the three cats take out a bowl of stewed pheasant and a few side dishes from the basin of warm water, and saw that the three cats were also looking at themselves, so he stared at his toes and said:

"The emperor wants to kill Chen Shouzhang because it is necessary to go west next year. The emperor did not kill Chen Shouzhang but wanted to kill Zhang Qi, also because it was necessary to go west next year. ”

After speaking, he picked up the japonica rice in the fine porcelain bowl, ate a few bites of pickled radish first, and poured the hot tea in the cup into the rice and took a few bites.

Ergou thought for a while and asked Sanmao: "Sanmao, do you understand?" ”

The three cats didn't look at him, the pheasant wings were torn and put on the rice and poured some soy sauce, he said: "The emperor loved Zhang Qi so much before, just because he dared to move the food, the emperor was going to kill him, as soon as this matter came out, you should be more careful everywhere, but it is more useful than killing a sour Confucian." ”

Ergou finally understood.

He also picked up the rice bowl and soaked the stewed pheasant soup directly:

"It's really harder to guess what the emperor is doing than before, I thought the emperor could spare the surname Zhang once."

The emperor they serve is a person who does not hide his likes and dislikes, and he is willing to take care of anyone who coaxes him to be happy, and he is willing to take care of big things, but it is rare to see such a decisive killing.

There was no one to talk to the four rats, and several people hurriedly finished their lunch, and a chicken first wiped his teeth with green salt, and then rinsed his mouth with tea, and made sure that there was no miscellaneous taste in his mouth, and then said slowly:

"The emperor is the emperor, only the emperor wants to do it or not, and we and other slaves and maids only have the share of serving wholeheartedly, what do you think, which famous brand are you a character on?"

Ergou shrunk his neck and didn't dare to say more.

In the Chaohua Palace, Shen Shiqing had been facing a page for a long time.

There is a person, because of her words and a piece of silk, she is doomed to death.

To this day, this matter is still like a long scripture that cannot be read endlessly, and she refuses to leave in her mind.

Zhang Qi should die, she has no doubts, and she has no regrets.

The woman in the body of a king gasped slowly, looking at the hands that were still trembling slightly.

The hands trembled with fear.

As a king, you have such power.

This power seems to be boundless, like the sky that cannot be seen, the deep sea that cannot be probed to the bottom of the secluded bottom, the sky is high, the sea is deep, those who try it will die, and the same is true of imperial power.

Slowly clenching his fists, Shen Shiqing sat back on the chair made of golden silk nanmu.

She knew that while she was frightened, there were countless secret joys and longings slowly welling up from the countless cracks in her heart.

The boundless power belongs to her at this time.

She rejoiced in it.

I am afraid of such joy.

This joy is like a drop of cinnabar falling into the water.

As long as there is a drop of cinnabar, the water is by no means clear water.

In Chaohuayuan, there was a burst of cinnamon incense, imitating handwriting, training courtiers, denouncing Xie Wenyuan, and beheading the emperor's favored ministers...... Shen Shiqing, who has been the "Emperor Zhaode" for several days, is really embarrassed by his situation for the first time.

Because her own heart was in turmoil.

Raising her head and looking out the window, Shen Shiqing has always been used to this in the past seven years, but at this time, she is not just looking at the scenery outside the window.

Compared with the small courtyard of Ning'an Bofu, this Chaohua Garden is very large, and the West Garden is larger, and the West Garden is just a palace of the emperor, there is an imperial city outside the West Garden, there is Yanjing outside the Imperial City, and outside Yanjing is Zhili, outside of Zhili, it is the world.

As far as the eye can see, where the wind goes, where the people are, where the civil and military officials rely on, the northwest wilderness, the southeast ocean, life and death, no one dares to disobey.

This is the power that is in the hands of a woman like her at this time.

Shen Shiqing smiled.

The breeze came slowly, and a little golden petal happened to fall on the hand of "Emperor Zhaode".

"He" picked up the piece of gold, and after a moment suddenly said in a loud voice:

"Someone is coming, summon Li Congyuan, a scholar of Wuyingdian University."

When the chickens, dogs, cats and mice came out of the chamber to eat, they saw the afternoon light slanting down, and the emperor they served stood in front of the window, lowering his eyes and chuckling.

His Majesty made a quick move, and when Li Congyuan Wenyuan Pavilion arrived at Chaohua Garden, it was almost time, and what was waiting for him in front of the palace gate was the four rats.

"Elder Li Ge quickly go in with our family, the emperor has an order, please come in as soon as you come."

Li Congyuan, who was the secretary of the ministry, never flaunted his nobility with his arrogance to the eunuchs, and he nodded to the four rats:

"Please lead the way."

The four rats only looked down at the road, he was not tall, walking on the side of Li Congyuan, who was heroic and martial, only just past his neck, as the end of the four eunuchs, he held the Dongchang but was plain and silent, and he had no dealings with the ministers of the court, and he was like a shadow in the court.

When he walked around the plane tree, the "shadow" suddenly spoke:

"Elder Li Ge, Your Majesty is different from before, if you want to save Chen Shouzhang's life, you should first let go of the plan in your heart."

Li Congyuan put his hands in his sleeves and did not make a sound.