Chapter 33: Decay

"Futai wait a while, Your Majesty is summoning Wen Butang in the Jianji Hall (formerly known as the Jinshen Palace, renamed on the same day as the Fengtian Palace) at this time."

"Okay, there's Father-in-law."

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Zhu Youzhen sat high on the top, and under the imperial steps, Wen Tiren knelt humbly like a house slave, and didn't even dare to raise his head.

"Let's go back to Nanjing."

In silence, Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth, and saw Wen Tiren shivering, which was due to the trembling of excitement.

Thankfully, he survived, and when he left Beijing, he was able to get out of the whirlpool of this mortal situation.

"Minister, thank you."

Knock knock knock is three rings of the head down, Wen Tiren almost cried with joy at the moment.

"Don't be too happy." Zhu Youzhen got up and bypassed the imperial case, stepped down step by step in front of Wen Tiren, squatted down and said, "Qing is a smart person, he must be able to understand what I want." ”

Wen Tiren's forehead was close to the ground, and he said in an extremely firm tone: "Zhili Prefecture, Su Shang Hui businessmen colluded with the Donglin Party, porridge officials and lords bullied the good, in recent years, natural disasters have continued, these businessmen have done a lot of injustice, hoarding and raising prices, resulting in homeless people everywhere, the countryside tragedy, after the minister arrives, he will definitely uproot it, and will not tolerate a person." ”

Zhu Youzhen listened quietly, stretched out his hand and put it on Wen Tiren's shoulder, which frightened the latter again.

"Do it well, I believe in you."

"Yes, the minister will definitely handle this matter."

"Go ahead."

Wen Tiren was like being pardoned, and he knocked his head: "The minister retires, Your Majesty takes care of the holy bow." ”

After a few knocks, Wen Tiren left quickly with a red head, and when he walked out of the door, he happened to take a look at Liu Guangsheng who was waiting for the call.

Liu Guangsheng's face was very ugly, and he stopped Wen Tiren with a single step, and his eyes were extremely unkind: "Traitor, you still have the face to live in the world." ”

If it was in the past, Wen Tiren would have had a good argument with Liu Guangsheng, but now he has long lost the heart to fight bravely, he smiled, and took the initiative to dodge his body and leave.

Liu Guangsheng stopped again: "Where is the traitor, you control the government and cause chaos, this time the old man enters the palace, and he will impeach you with death before the saint." ”

I control the government?

Wen Tiren laughed, his smile full of self-deprecation and sadness.

Stopped and looked at Liu Guangsheng: "Guangsheng, you and I are out of Nanjing Hanlin Academy, and we are in the same department, and we have been classmates and colleagues for many years. ”

After speaking, he didn't care whether Liu Guangsheng understood it or not, and strode away.

Now Wen Tiren just wants to escape from this terrible place as soon as possible, go back to Nanjing, and never enter Beijing again.

Once all the ambition and fighting spirit, the wind and spirit that guided the country are now gone.

It's better to be alive than anything.

Liu Guangsheng watched Wen Tiren's back disappear, and the doubts in his eyes were gradually replaced by firmness.

He didn't believe the latter's rhetoric, and after facing the saint, he would definitely participate in one of them.

Wang Chengen personally went out to greet Liu Guangsheng, which made the latter a little flattered.

"The prince is the emperor's companion, and he personally respects him, so how dare the old man accept it."

"Futai is serious." Wang Chengen accompanied Liu Guangsheng to walk in the palace, walked towards the Jianji Hall step by step, and greeted him on the way: "Futai is the first person to enter the palace to face the saint since His Majesty ascended the throne, our family really does not hide it, Your Majesty learned the news of Futai's entry into Beijing today, but Longyan Dayue, our family has not seen Your Majesty so happy for a long time." ”

Liu Guangsheng confessed: "At the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne last year, we and other courtiers should go to Beijing to face the holy pilgrimage, but my father-in-law also knows that the place in Shaanxi has not been peaceful in the past two years, and the flow is serious. ”

"Understand, understand, understand." Wang Chengen nodded again and again: "Futai is dedicated to state affairs and is loyal, these Your Majesty sees it in his eyes, and he has said that if the governors of all provinces in the country are like Futai, then my Ming Dynasty will be able to survive the current difficulties, and survive the past few years, my Ming Dynasty will still be able to flourish." ”

"The emperor is so holy, this is the greatest blessing of my Ming Dynasty." Liu Guangsheng didn't dare to take credit, so he hurriedly arched his hands to the sky and pushed the credit to Zhu Youzhen.

The two of them entered the Jianji Hall in the idle white guest road, and Liu Guangsheng saw Zhu Youzhen at a glance.

This is a stranger that Liu Guangsheng has never seen before, but there is a sense of familiarity.

Lifting the robe and bending his knees, he bowed his head in a throat voice: "Minister, Governor Liu Guangsheng of Shaanxi, knock to see my emperor bow to Wan'an!" ”

"I'm bowing, Liu Qing is exempt, big companion, tea for Liu Qing."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Liu Guangsheng got up, took the opportunity to turn around and sit down, and looked at Zhu Youzhen with the rest of his eyes.

There was no vigor on the young face, but it was deep and majestic, there were some wrinkles at the eyebrows, which were the marks left by long-term locking, and the cheeks were thin and seemed to have a slight sense of sharpness.

The emperor doesn't seem to be as simple as it is rumored.

Liu Guangsheng pondered carefully, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that Zhu Youzhen was not a powerless puppet emperor as rumored in the market.

The first impression that Zhu Youzhen gave Liu Guangsheng was the bearing that only those who have been in power for many years can have.

At the same time that Liu Guangsheng looked at Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen was also looking at Liu Guangsheng.

But Zhu Youzhen doesn't have so many psychological activities, in his eyes, there are only two kinds of people in the world.

One is a dead person and the other is a living person, and the difference between useless and useful is only.

After a little groaning, he opened his mouth: "The Qing family is the first local governor to enter Beijing to see me, and I am very happy. ”

Liu Guangsheng said: "The minister is guilty, and the non-minister is unwilling to enter Beijing, just because Shaanxi is riddled with redundant politics, and he can't get rid of it for a while." ”

"What does Qing mean, now that Shaanxi's troubles have been solved?"

"This ......" Liu Guangsheng didn't want to deceive, and replied truthfully: "The minister is incompetent, and the plague has not been eliminated, which has disappointed Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen then sighed: "Then it seems that Qing entered Beijing this time for Wen Tiren and for the Donglin Party." ”

"Your Majesty, Shengming." Liu Guangsheng hurriedly got up and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Zhu Youzhen.

"If I remember correctly, Liu Qing entered the Nanjing Hanlin Academy in the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, and then worshiped under Gu Yuncheng, a professor in Nanjing and a waiter in the Nanjing Rite Department, and was promoted to the waiter of the Nanjing Rite Department in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, and the governor of Shaanxi in the first year of the Apocalypse, and the governor of Shaanxi in the second year, right?"

"Yes."

"The career is open, it can be seen that Qing's ability is outstanding."

Liu Guangsheng didn't dare to hide it, and told him sincerely: "None of this is the credit of the minister, and the minister is out of the teacher's door." ”

"You're real, I like real people." Zhu Youzhen finally showed a smile on his face: "You are the descendant of the Donglin Party, and your roots are red, but you should be promoted, and now the Donglin Party is crumbling, so you come to see me, do you want to be a defender." ”

"Don't dare!" Liu Guangsheng said loudly: "The minister's face is saintly, there is no selfishness, all are thought by the imperial court, and my Donglin scholar always keeps in mind the teachings of Mr. in the academy back then, loyal to the monarch to serve the country, self-control, and never do anything to protect the party's peace, and I hope that Your Majesty will be aware of it." ”

"Are you lying to me, or are you lying to yourself?"

Zhu Youzhen laughed and handed over a few notebooks to Wang Chengen, who quickly handed them over to Liu Guangsheng, who looked confused.

"Take a look, this is some of the calculations of the Jinyi Wei family during this time, and these are just the tip of the iceberg."

Liu Guangsheng just rolled his eyes twice, and he was dumbfounded.

"A director of the Criminal Department, who has been an official for four years, has copied 570,000 taels of silver from his house, not counting the squandering he has spent in recent years.

I was very shocked, I remember that Yu Shaobao died unjustly, and his furniture was less than fifty taels, and the inner part of his official robe was patched.

Yu Shaobao's life is not at the right time, if he was born in the present dynasty and is under the Donglin Party, with his status as the prince Shaobao and the secretary of the military department, he can at least have a few million taels of wealth, and he can also wear decent clothes. ”

Liu Guangsheng was sweating profusely, and he didn't know how to justify.

In these books, all the confiscations of Jinyiwei's house are recorded in detail.

As small as a seven-grade experience, as big as Qian Qianyi and Cheng Jiming, all of them are listed.

From three or five thousand taels to five or six million taels!

This is the best evidence of guilt, better than any testimony or evidence.

You are not greedy or corrupt, where is there so much money?

Is the Ming Dynasty's Yulu very high!

Since there is a fact of embezzlement, is there any perversion of the law?

What's more, this group of people is not without incriminating evidence, the witness testimony has everything, and the complete chain of evidence is matched with this countless greedy ink and silver two, and no one can find fault with it.

Liu Guangsheng saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.

Donglin Party, when did it rot like this!