After following Chongzhen for so many years, the two have already had a tacit understanding, and now Wang Chengsi sang and shouted, "If there is something to play early, there is nothing to retreat." ”

As soon as Wang Chengen's words fell, someone among the courtiers below stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the ministers have their own music." ”

The first person to stand up was Li Guozhen, the Bo of Xiangcheng.

Speaking of Li Guozhen, he was once very trusted by Chongzhen and was one of the most favored courtiers. It has been recorded in history that when he was in the last dynasty, others knelt down, and he was the only one standing beside Chongzhen, and there was no courtesy in his eyes, but he did this, but Chongzhen never blamed him.

Also in history, Li Guozhen was also one of the first ministers to surrender to Li Zicheng, but the ending was not good, and he was still helped by Liu Zongmin's reckless man to recover stolen goods, and was later angry to death.

has such trust, but this time Chongzhen is in trouble, but Li Guozhen has never shown up from beginning to end. Now that the Ming Dynasty seems to have hope again, he came.

I'm afraid that there is a ghost in his heart, this time he did not go to Chongzhen's side to join in the fun as usual, but bowed down with other ministers. This move is actually his intention to test Chongzhen.

He didn't know if some of his recent actions had caused the other party to be angry, so he didn't dare to make a mistake.

But he still became the first person to play, which shows that he still has confidence in himself, and he also thinks that Chongzhen will not do anything to him, let alone punish his own crimes.

"Li Aiqing, what's going on?" Chongzhen's face was calm, and when he said these words, he couldn't see any clues or any other bad signals from his face.

Seeing that Chongzhen still called himself Aiqing, and his tone was the same as before, Li Guozhen had the courage, so he stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the blessing of the sky, the love of the heavens, the defeat of the thieves, and the stability of the Ming Dynasty for ten thousand years..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, there was a burst of sycophants.

According to Li Guozhen, the Ming army was able to defeat the thieves because God was blessing Chongzhen, and Chongzhen was diligent in governing the country, so he won this great victory.

In the past, Chongzhen was very useful for Li Guozhen to pat his own ass. But this time, he just had a smile on his face, but he was actually extremely annoyed in his heart.

He hated himself, why didn't he see what kind of birdman this was.

I thought he was the courtier who knew him best, but now it seems that what else can he do besides being a sycophant and being obedient?

Loved by God?

Yes, this is not wrong, after all, when he was in danger, God sent Zhu Changwu over.

But if God really helps him, why are there so many natural disasters? If it weren't for the fact that the people really didn't have anything to eat, they wouldn't have rebelled, and the thieves wouldn't have been so powerful.

At this moment, Chongzhen didn't listen to a word of Li Guozhen's words, he looked at the other party like this, wanting to see what else he could say.

Li Guozhen didn't want to do this, he saw Chongzhen listening to his speech very carefully, it was an instant to the spirit, for a while, in his words, Chongzhen was compared to the three emperors and five emperors, compared to the first monarch in the world, compared to the first emperor of the ages, looking at his meaning, it seems that even the merits of the person who started a bowl are greatly inferior to Chongzhen.

These words were said one after another, and he did not feel disgusted, and the other courtiers who heard these words felt ashamed.

Cough.

A cough that was not loud, but enough to attract attention in the quiet Zhongji Hall, also interrupted Li Guozhen's sound of continuing to slap his ass.

When he noticed that it was the current Daming Pavilion elder who made a light cough, Chen Yan, who had served as the first assistant, he remembered what the task was today. At that moment, he quickly ended his flattery, and the topic changed to say: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty can have today because we have been acting according to the ancestral system, so that the society is stable and the people can live and work in peace and contentment." However, now there is a courtier, who casually changes the ancestral teachings, and asks His Majesty to pull out the rebellion and righteousness, and punish the crime. ”

Finally got to the point, Chongzhen knew that he was afraid that this was what Li Guozhen really wanted to say, or it could also be said that it was what these courtiers who appeared today were going to say.

"Oh? There is such a person, who is so bold, and I ask Li Aiqing to speak bluntly, I will definitely not tolerate it. ”

Seeing that Chongzhen seemed to be very angry, Li Guozhen was overjoyed in his heart, and when he spoke, he pointed out his name and said: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Zhu Changwu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, changed the ancestral system without authorization, and dismissed the soldiers. If this is the case, where will the Ming soldiers be recruited in the future, isn't this a violation of the ancestral system? ”

"Your Majesty, Uncle Xiangcheng's words are very true. In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, in order to stabilize the world, Taizu formulated soldiers, farmers, merchants, craftsmen, etc., in order to ensure that there would be no chaos in the world after there was order. But now, Zhu Changwu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, has changed it at will, this is to cholera the world, and ask His Majesty to punish him severely. Ge Lao Chen Yan hugged his fists and expressed his indignation.

No matter how stupid Chongzhen is, he can be regarded as understanding at this moment, these courtiers came to the early dynasty without an edict today, and what they did was one thing, that is, they came to Zhu Changwu.

They even called Zhu Changwu the commander, and did not mention the official positions of the general and the young master, which is to tell Chongzhen that except for a Jinyi guard commander, they do not recognize other official positions.

Indeed, if it was before, such as when it came to the official position of the prince and young master, Chongzhen would never be arbitrary, but would take it to the court meeting and hand it over to everyone for deliberation, and only if the courtiers agreed, this decree would be issued.

As for the position of general, this is not an official title in the first place. It is determined by a special period, just like a chakra, once the errand is completed, its official position must also be handed back.

In this way, the ministers of a fictitious position and a real post are not recognized, but they call Zhu Changwu a commander, just because Jinyiwei is under the control of the emperor, like appointing a new commander, and it has always been the emperor's discretion.

In the final analysis, these courtiers who came today are all against Zhu Changwu and want to impeach Zhu Changwu.

And they also believe that more than sixty courtiers came together, even if Chongzhen likes this person now, but due to their pressure, they must also think about the appointment issue. After all, the Ming Dynasty ruled the country, and in the end, it had to rely on the help of these courtiers, otherwise the emperor would not be able to deal with so many state affairs even if he was exhausted.

It's like this for a while, after the various yamen of the Beijing Division were suspended, there were bandits everywhere, if it weren't for Zhu Changwu's extraordinary means to kill and kill, I am afraid that if the Dashun Army didn't wait for the Dashun Army to fight, the Beijing Division would have been in chaos a long time ago.

The courtiers held all kinds of power, and sometimes the courtiers even had to fight with the imperial power, so that if the emperor was disobedient, the courtiers could discuss whether they could change someone. Something like this has happened in all dynasties, and it is not uncommon.

Today, more than 60 courtiers dare to come to the Zhongji Hall to see Chongzhen, relying on this. They didn't believe that even if the person named Zhu Changwu was capable, he could still be stronger than the more than sixty courtiers of them?

After Li Guozhen and Chen Yan stood up, more than 60 courtiers, including Qiu Yu, a university scholar, and Jiang Deyan, a member of the military department, also stood up and agreed.

These courtiers are all people who have received benefits from Yang Guanguan, or 10,000 taels, or 5,000 taels, 3,000 taels, or even 1,000 taels, they just came to stand on a platform, and in line with the idea that the law does not blame the public, they just came to ask for some benefits.

"Hmm." Looking at the courtiers standing below, with firm expressions, as if they were neither humble nor arrogant, the anger in Chongzhen's heart began to rise.

What's the matter, when the Ming Dynasty is in trouble, I don't see you standing up, one by one you are cowering at home, even if you hear the bell of the court, you can seem to have not heard it. Now that someone has helped Daming win a battle, this is just a little hope, don't you see others better?

And this is a collective impeachment? Want to show your faithfulness?

Not to mention the change of the conscription ancestral system, Zhu Changwu explained to him afterwards. Let's just say, if Zhu Changwu is removed now, with these people, Daming can become stronger?

For this group of villains who are not doing anything, they are as timid as rats, on the contrary, they are not allowed to be stronger than them, Chongzhen can't wait to order them all to be put in prison now, and then check them out after raiding their homes.

Using what Zhu Changwu said to him before, now these important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, one is counted as one, and it is good to catch the family first, and ensure that one of the hundred people can be wronged. Make sure that the amount of silver in their treasury must exceed the amount of money they usually receive.

Thinking about these words, it really makes sense.

Chongzhen pressed his hands on the dragon chair, he couldn't help but feel a little angry, but fortunately, he was forcibly suppressed at the last moment.

Without it, Zhu Changwu said that these courtiers must be handed over to him to deal with, because he can better squeeze out the final value of these people.

In addition, the current capital is actually extremely empty, and there are only about a thousand Jinyi guards available, and with these people, it is not enough to raid the homes of these more than sixty ministers. For the sake of the big picture, he still needs to be patient now.

"Hmm." Forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, Chongzhen nodded, "I know about this matter, and I will send someone to investigate it when I go back, and then give an explanation to the secretaries." ”

Chongzhen agreed, which made Li Guozhen, Chen Yan and others breathe a sigh of relief.

They were worried that the current Daming still needed to rely on that kid named Zhu Changwu, and they were afraid that Chongzhen would not be able to do anything to him now. But now it seems that the emperor is obviously afraid that this kid will be highly meritorious, so he also has the heart to move him.