Borrow the day to change the day

() Emperor Chongzhen had a gloomy face, and shouted to His Highness, "Where is the Minister of Industry?"

The old god Zhang Fengxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was there, thinking that today was none of his business, and he was watching the excitement. Yuan Chonghuan was arrested and sent to prison, and he thought it was just a farce. He didn't expect the Emperor Chongzhen to call him suddenly.

"The minister is here." Zhang Fengxiang came out.

"What happened to the collapse of the capital city wall? To repair the capital city wall, I have allocated more than 15 yuan. Do you know the rules of the city wall?"

When Zhang Fengxiang heard this, he broke into a cold sweat. He was worried for a while when the city wall first collapsed, but he didn't deal with it.

His legs softened, and he knelt down: "Return to Your Majesty, the minister is guilty."

"Do you know the regulations?" Emperor Chongzhen ignored him at all, and asked himself with a heavier tone.

"The wall is rammed with loess and miscellaneous soil in layers; the inner and outer walls are only paved with large bricks. The brick layer on the outer wall is more than three feet thick, and the brick layer on the inner wall is more than two feet thick. The height of the city wall is two feet, and the thickness of the city foundation is two feet. The top is one foot and four feet wide." Zhang Fengxiang could not escape, so he had to answer.

"How is it actually made?"

"Part of the city walls are only rammed with miscellaneous soil, and the inner and outer walls are only covered with one piece of brick. The height of the city is nine feet." Zhang Fengxiang lowered his voice as he spoke, and lowered his head to the ground.

The entire hall was completely silent, as if the temperature in the hall had suddenly dropped by many degrees.

"With such a city wall, I almost became Song Qinzong!" Emperor Chongzhen suddenly roared angrily.

Seeing that none of the courtiers responded, Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and suppressed his anger: "Your Highness is wearing brocade clothes."

The captain in Jinyi who was waiting outside the hall rushed in, took off Zhang Fengxiang's court clothes, and took him to accompany Yuan Chonghuan.

Several people wanted to stand up and intercede, but when they heard that Song Qinzong had moved out, they knew that they were on fire, so they had to look at it before talking.

"Bring in some people outside the hall." Emperor Chongzhen ordered again after seeing Zhang Fengxiang was escorted out.

I saw three people being escorted in outside the hall. Their hats had been taken off, but their official uniforms were still there. It could be seen that they were officials of the first rank of doctors.

"Xu Guanji, the doctor of the camp repair department, Zhou Changying, the doctor of the Dushui department, and Zhu Changshi, the doctor of the Tuntian department."

When the three of them met each other just now, they knew that what they had been worrying about these days had happened, and seeing Zhang Fengxiang being escorted away by Jin Yiwei, they were even more frightened.

"Do you know what you committed?" Emperor Chongzhen asked coldly, looking at the three people kneeling under his highness.

"I'm guilty!" The three dared not deny it.

"I let you repair the city wall of the capital with the money I collected from here and there. I trust you. To be more serious, I hand over my wealth, life, and ancestors to you. But how do you repay me? If it is not full Aiqing tried her best to stop Jianlu, I am not here today."

The three fell to the ground, not daring to speak.

"Wang Chengen." Emperor Chongzhen was too lazy to talk to the corrupt criminals below.

"The slave is here."

"Take it out, the imperial staff is eighty!"

Officials of the Ming Dynasty liked to suffer from the imperial stick, a good thing to admonish the monarch and gain fame.But these three people were sentenced to the court for neglecting their duties, taking bribes and breaking the law. What kind of reputation is this?

Xu Guanji knelt down and kowtowed his head, and hurriedly shouted: "The guilty minister has his own performance."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard that there was still a reason, he suppressed his anger and shouted: "Say!"

"Your Majesty, the 15 taels of silver allocated for repairing the capital's city wall is only less than 12 taels in the hands of the ministers."

"12 taels of silver can only repair such a city wall? Are you fooling me?" Emperor Chongzhen was taken aback when he heard this, and asked again.

"This, this,..." Xu Guanji wanted to say that the remaining 12 taels would also be shared by various gods. Of course, he was also greedy, and the amount really used for the city wall was less than 2 taels.But a lot of gods who share the benefits are standing aside, so they can't say it, and they are counting on them to save their lives.

Emperor Chongzhen misunderstood what Xu Guanji meant, thinking that the person being asked was speechless, so he waved his hand.

The three old guys hurriedly shouted for forgiveness, but it was useless. When the silent cabinet ministers saw the three being dragged down, they came out to intercede. When they came out, there were still five, saying that the three were all of the same age. When I grow up, I am afraid that I will not be able to withstand the beating, so I ask Emperor Chongzhen to show mercy.

Emperor Chongzhen got angry all of a sudden, you told me to show mercy, who will show mercy to me, Daming Jiangshan? !His Huang Taiji artillery fire almost hit the Forbidden City.Is it great to be old? When you are old, you should cultivate your heart and mind, be strict with yourself, and set an example. The crime is inevitable, and I just want to make an example.If anyone begs again, I will learn from Taizu, how about peeling off the real grass if the embezzlement is more than 60 taels of silver?

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was in a state of rage, the five court ministers who interceded knew that it was inevitable. If they continued to speak, they were afraid that it would lead to themselves, so they did not dare to say any more. 60 taels, just kidding, is there anyone standing in the hall.In fact, they were not really worried about the age of the three of them, but the part of the money that was swallowed up by repairing the city wall, and they accounted for a large portion.

Not to mention older people, even young people, generally cannot withstand eighty court sticks. Xu Guanji, the doctor of the camp, Zhou Changying, the doctor of the Dushui department, and Zhu Changshi, the doctor of the Tuntian department, died in the end, and they still thought that their allies would save them. .

Emperor Chongzhen finally let out a bad breath, but there are still people who supervise the repair of the city wall. If the supervision is not in place, it must be dealt with.

The cabinet ministers standing in two shifts couldn't help feeling a little worried when they heard this, and began to communicate with each other with eyes.

The Ministry of Industry gave the capital to the king, and the censor Gao Benming knelt behind his highness. Emperor Chongzhen asked: "I ordered you to inspect the defense and repair of the capital city. How can I issue more than 15 silver and only give 12 taels?"

Wang Du argued: "Repairing the city wall of the capital is a major national event. If you give out one thousand to one thousand, and one hundred to one hundred, all 15 taels will be given. There is no disadvantage of [-] taels of deduction. If your majesty does not believe it, you can confront him on the spot." .”

Emperor Chongzhen was taken aback for a moment, and acted quickly, is there no evidence for death?Fortunately, there are still standing ministers.Immediately signal to all the cabinet ministers present to prove it.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Han Yu, came out of the class first and said: "Xu Guanji, the censor doctor, did say something, but it's okay to say what he said or to evade it."

Ah, at that time all of you stood still and didn't remind me to find out the source of the silver. What do you mean by saying this now that the person is dead?

Li Biao, a minister of the cabinet, also knelt down and said: "There is no bad rule of [-] buckles. I hope the emperor will calm down."

Another cabinet assistant, Qian Longxi, also knelt down to plead for mercy: "I hope the emperor will deal with it leniently."

Emperor Chongzhen cannot be allowed to continue the investigation like this, and if the investigation continues, everyone will be pulled out.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that all these important ministers objected, objected and pleaded for mercy, and the three main criminals were impulsively beaten to death before they could confront each other.I am afraid that the embezzlement of money will not be investigated.

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt very aggrieved, he knew that there must be something wrong with the two people below.

After being silent for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said: "The two of you are ineffective in monitoring, can you be convicted?"

The Ministry of Industry gave the matter to the king's capital, and the censor Gao Benming heard the name, okay, that's okay, the master admitted: "I am guilty."

"Okay, now that I have pleaded guilty, I will be dismissed from office."

The two were dumbfounded when they heard that, and they were dismissed. How can they get rich? !

The elders of the auxiliary ministers also felt that the punishment was severe, and they came out to plead for mercy, saying that the emperor's punishment was too severe, and they hoped that the punishment would be lenient.

Emperor Chongzhen flatly refused: "You don't need to apply for rescue."

Without waiting for these people to speak again, he said directly: "Case!"

Then walk away.

Emperor Chongzhen returned to the imperial study room, sent all the servants away, and left behind a confidant, Wang Chengen, who began to vent a wave of resentment in his heart. It was really a bully, bullying me when I was young and inexperienced, and even united to suppress I.

Seeing on one side of the screen, there was a picture of the virtuous emperors and ministers of the past dynasties drawn by me before, with the words "Proverbs of Honesty and Sincerity", and I couldn't help being a little confused. I want to be a Ming emperor, but where are the virtuous ministers?Why do I use Brother Kong Fang who is corrupt and accepts bribes, and his personal interests are above all else!

Looking at the angry and confused Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Chengen couldn't bear it, so he said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhong is not from later generations. You should know who are the virtuous and virtuous officials."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard Wang Chengen's words, he couldn't help but nodded, and his desire to wake up Zhong Jinwei became even stronger.

Wang Chengen took the opportunity to speak again: "Your Majesty, I remember that Mr. Zhong praised Mr. Wen Tiren and Wen as a clean minister."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded again, saying that he remembered, there were too many things, and he forgot this.In fact, it does not mean that I have really forgotten it, but that there are some things that cannot be believed deeply without a profound lesson.Today's incident made him feel the urgency of being an honest minister.

I want to make good use of Wen Tiren, Emperor Chongzhen secretly said in his heart.

Besides, Zu Dashou, after watching quietly for a whole day, did not find any sign of the imperial court letting Yuan Chonghuan go, that is to be investigated, and I am afraid that he will be held accountable, so he couldn't help feeling up and down, so he secretly hid in the barracks It was rumored that the imperial court suspected that our Guan Ning army had a different intention. Now that the supervisor Yuan Chonghuan has been dealt with, the next step is to prepare to bombard the barracks and kill us all.

When he did this, he never thought of using He Kegang's method at all.Nonsense, if you use He Kegang's method, if the soldiers are gone, how can I still be the chief soldier?

Ordinary soldiers of the Guan Ning Army could tell whether it was a rumor or not, so people became more and more panicked.Moreover, there are more and more King Qin's troops, and some of them are stationed near the Guanning Army. This is also considered by ordinary soldiers to mean that the court will not only bombard them, but also surround them, and they will not let them go. So, they panicked even more. .

When Zu Dashou saw that the time was almost up, he came forward and said, brothers, don't be afraid, since the imperial court wants to attack us, and the two legs grow on us, we won't run away, let's go back to Liaodong.

He Kegang didn't believe much at this level, so he ran over to question Zu Dashou.

Zu Dashou said, don't you want to save your benefactor, now is an opportunity, let's go back first, let the imperial court realize the importance of our Guanning army, so that the imperial court will not dare to embarrass the supervisor.

As soon as He Kegang heard that Yuan Chonghuan could be saved by doing this, he agreed, okay, I will follow you.

That night, Zu Dashou sneaked away with the Guan Ning army, but there was a word saying that if I quit, the risk was too great, if I stayed here, I would be killed by Jian captives or the court, and I could go back to Ningyuan.

When this news was reported to Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen was attacked again. This, is this still my army, and the enemy ran away before it was far away?

The rest of King Qin's army are basically infantry. With such an elite cavalry army, if Jianlu fights back again, wouldn't it be that an important bargaining chip is missing.I save food and use lightly, so why did I raise such a white-eyed wolf.

Emperor Chongzhen was shocked, frightened and angry.This person ran away privately, can he come back?What to do, I can't help but worry a lot!