As a royal prison, the Imperial Prison has brick walls and stone pillars, all of which are thick and strong.

It doesn't look gloomy, but it has a bit of a grandiose taste.

However, when I entered it, I still couldn't stop smelling a smell of filth and blood.

At this time, it was not Wang Chengen who accompanied Chongzhen, but Jinyi Weidu, who commanded Luo Yangxing.

Before coming to Yuan Chonghuan's cell, Chongzhen took a rough look, and in front of him was a black-faced scribe with thick eyebrow bones and a protruding jaw, with a standard Lingnan figure.

At this time, although Yuan Chonghuan's robe was messy and dirty, he still pretended to be calm and bowed deeply, but he didn't say a word.

Although it was the first time they met, Chongzhen also had points in his heart, and now Yuan Chonghuan was obviously dissatisfied with his sudden imprisonment.

Obedient on the outside, but on the inside he actually holds himself without him, and no one can use him, otherwise the situation will inevitably be corrupted.

If you want to convince this kid, it will take some effort.

Chongzhen didn't talk to him, but turned his head and asked Luo Yangxing.

"Luo Yangxing, what are you going to do on an errand? In such a cold weather, you gave Inspector Yuan half a bed of broken quilts and a thin layer of straw? ”

Luo Yangxing hurriedly bowed down, confessed, and only said that he was not thoughtful.

Chongzhen was unrelenting, pointing to all corners of the cell, and all of them demanded rectification.

Luo Yangxing secretly complained, only regretting that he did not foresee Yuan Chonghuan's resurrection, and he was favored by the saints, and kowtowed like pounding garlic.

After tossing half a pillar of incense, Luo Yangxing and his subordinates were driven away by Chongzhen and went to rearrange the cell.

Now in addition to the personal guards in the edict prison, there are only Chongzhen and Yuan Chonghuan.

Chongzhen saw that Yuan Chonghuan was a little overwhelmed, and his attitude towards himself softened significantly, so he sat slowly on the dragon chair moved by Jinyiwei through the iron bar.

"Yuan Chonghuan, do you know why I put you in prison?"

Yuan Chonghuan knelt on the ground and muttered in his heart.

If it was before, he would definitely make a direct admonition, stiffen his neck, and said proudly, "I don't know!" ”

Anyway, you have to use yourself to defend the city, and it is impossible to kill yourself while Jiannu is still under the city gate.

But just now, the emperor scolded Luo Yang on the surface, but in fact, he was angry with himself, which was equivalent to giving himself a step down.

In this case, even a muddy person like Yuan Chonghuan would not dare to make a mistake.

So he said in a deep voice, "The minister is guilty! ”

"Oh, what are you guilty of?" Chongzhen couldn't see the depth on his face.

Yuan Chonghuan thought about it, gritted his teeth and said, "The minister's investigation is unfavorable, causing the slave chief to sneak over the mountain pass, go straight to the capital, and offend Long Yan, which is really a big crime!" ”

Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said, "Although there is Qi Shaobao in the Jimen area, it has been nearly a hundred years. Now that the border fort is empty and the troops are weak, the thieves and slaves see the reality in it, and it is naturally not difficult to break through its camp. How can you be called guilty if you have saved the car? ”

Yuan Chonghuan was a little surprised, he didn't expect Chongzhen to be so reasonable today.

After thinking about it, he said, "When Weichen was sitting in Liaodong, the slave chief Huang Taiji repeatedly sent people to negotiate peace. ”

"It is said that as long as the two sides cease fighting and resume the border market, Huang Taiji is willing to cut the emperor."

"In order to restore the key city defenses of the Great and Small Ling River, the minister is false and wrong, but he does not really intend to make peace with him, and he hopes that the emperor will forgive his sins!"

Chongzhen said with a smile, "When I gave you the Jiliao Governor that day, I agreed to let you act cheaply." What's more, every time Huang Taiji delivers a letter, you have also reported back to the imperial court. Now that the court knows about it, what are you guilty of? ”

When Yuan Chonghuan heard this, he muttered even more.

simply shook his heart and said, "In this case, my subordinates really don't know what their crimes are." I hope Your Majesty will make it clear. ”

Chongzhen didn't say a word, shook out a few notebooks from the sleeves of the dragon robe, and landed on the ground in front of Yuan Chonghuan. "You don't know what your guilt is, these civil officials have already condemned you. Let's take a look! ”

Yuan Chonghuan knew that something was wrong, grabbed the notebook, and looked nervously through the faint candlelight in the cell, and the more he looked at it, the more he sweated, and his throat tightened.

Looking up at Chongzhen again, Yuan Chonghuan was no longer as calm as he was at the beginning, and said in a dumb voice, "Your Majesty, the crime in this is really a frame-up." Just like the minister killed Mao Wenlong, originally relying on the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor, he had the right to cut the generals first and then play, and it was definitely not as the eunuch Wang Yongguang said, from the instigation of the cabinet..."

The several crimes that the Ming court convicted Yuan Chonghuan were actually not lethal, because most of them were basically clear to Chongzhen.

Only before Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, he once visited Qian Longxi, the lord and Donglin boss, which was unclear to Yuan Chonghuan, and it was also a thorn in Chongzhen's heart in history.

In history, Chongzhen, after experiencing the secret game with Wei Zhongxian before ascending the throne, was the most taboo for someone to form a party, which led to the loss of his own power, and even more taboo for eunuchs to collude with officials in the outer court.

As for the conspiracy between the leading general and the important members of the cabinet, it was something he absolutely could not tolerate.

After Chongzhen put Yuan Chonghuan in prison, because of the tense situation of the war, he said "It is still necessary to be a (Guangdong) barbarian", which shows his hesitation.

But in the end, Chongzhen, who was understood by the officials, still ordered Yuan Qianqian to be cut with a thousand knives, and Qian Longxi, who was originally very trusting and repeatedly obeyed advice, was never appointed.

However, the Chongzhen who is sitting now is not so easy to handle. He raised his hand slightly, interrupting Yuan Chonghuan's confession.

"Don't worry. You said that this Wang Yongguang was a eunuch, but he was demoted for offending the Donglin party, and the eunuch has not yet gained momentum. waited until the eunuch poisoned the government and the opposition, but only gave this person an idle position in Nanjing. Where did you come from to conclude that he was a eunuch? ”

Yuan Chonghuan was stunned when he heard this, Chongzhen flicked the other sleeve again, and dropped out a few other books.

"What's more, it's not just the eunuchs you say want you to die."

Yuan Chonghuan was in a state of confusion at this time, and looked through these books.

Yuan Ben is the magistrate of the county, and he can stand out in the military department because of the recommendation of the Donglin party leader and the imperial history Hou Sui, and the comeback of Dongshan is also recommended by the Donglin boss Qian Longxi. It can be said that it is not Donglin, it is better than Donglin.

I was expecting a few good words in it, but I didn't expect it to be all righteous and strict, condemning it for its delusional attempt to make peace with Jianzhou in order to recover.

The conclusion is more righteous and strict, and the world should be thanked!

The more he looked at it, the more disgraced Yuan Chonghuan's face became. I thought that although I couldn't stop the cavalry of Jianzhou from entering the fortress from the mountains around Zunhua.

But he did everything he could to return to his teacher to save him, so that he could make up for some mistakes, but he didn't expect that the civil officials in the court would have to kill him.

was so smeared by these big Ming officials, Yuan Chonghuan is not enough to cut off even if he has nine heads!

"Your Majesty, the minister is wronged! The minister is just a scholar, he has been working for the country for decades, just to protect the territory and the people, and live up to what he has learned in his life..."Yuan Chonghuan burst into tears and played the emotional card.

Chongzhen raised his hand again and interrupted it.

"You are wronged, is Mao Wenlong wronged?"

"On that day, you set up twelve major sins for Mao Wenlong, and the last one said, 'Eight years after the town was opened, you can't regain an inch of land, wait and see to raise the enemy, and twelve should be beheaded'. Today, the official returned this sentence as it was, how do you feel? ”

Yuan Chonghuan naturally had a thousand words surging in his throat at this time, but he couldn't say a word, so he had to kowtow again and again.

Without him, killing Mao Wenlong that day was indeed unjustly killed.

Chongzhen further said, "You remind me that for decades of fighting for the country, there is no merit and hard work. But on that day, you yourself sneered at Mao Wenlong's merits, 'Wenlong is a cloth Yier, the official is the best, full of shade, full of reward, how rebellious!' ’”

Chongzhen stood up and reprimanded, "Today I will ask you, you are only the head of the military department, and today you are the master of Liaodong with Shangshu, and the remuneration is also sufficient, why do you do such a rebellious act?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan's eyes were already full of remorse, but when he heard this, he turned puzzled, "Your Majesty, the foolish ministers are loyal to the country, and the heavens and the earth can learn from it, I really don't know where to start with this 'rebellious act'?" ”

Chongzhen said even more angrily, "Jiannu invaded, you could have fought against it in Jizhou, but you secretly connived at it to sneak into the capital, in a vain attempt to use the capital of the first good, to do the plan of the son to sacrifice his head, is this not rebellion?" ”

"The ancients used soldiers, but they used treasures and cities as bait, but you used the capital and the mausoleum as bait, and the monarch's father as bait, isn't this rebellion?"

"Isn't it a rebellion to have a ghost in his heart, but he never mentions such a trick?"