Borrow the day to change the day

() Emperor Chongzhen is discussing the matter of the Spring Festival with the cabinet and the six ministers in the Wenhua Palace. He means that Xiumu will be cancelled, but some cabinet ministers are not happy, saying that it is fine to cancel the rewards. It's so inhumane.It is reasonable to know that the emperor is worried about his people, but it is unreasonable to think that the emperor is mean and ungrateful.

In fact, these cabinet ministers did not have such thoughts, but what they said was that they were thinking about Emperor Chongzhen.Emperor Chongzhen was a little hesitant to be fooled by several people, considering whether his decision was too unkind. < section.

Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also thought that the army gathered outside the city, and the King Qin's army continued to come, so Hugh Mu could be taken care of. The < festival is the most important festival of the year, and the ancestors have to pay homage, not even the ancestors are lost.

When the hall was full of noise, Wang Cheng'en, the eunuch of Dongchang's palm seal, rushed in and asked to see him urgently.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he told the ministers below to shut up first, and urgent matters should be dealt with first.

Wang Chengen knew that Emperor Chongzhen meant to let these ministers know the severity of the matter and distinguish the current situation.At that moment, he reported loudly in a shrill voice: "Your Majesty, Uncle Zhongxing was attacked by horse thieves on his way back to the capital in Tongzhou."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was taken aback. He stood up from his throne and asked anxiously, "How is Master Zhong?"

"Uncle Zhongxing took an arrow in his chest, but thanks to His Majesty's blessing, he was not injured."

Wen Tiren was also very concerned about Zhong Jinwei's safety. When Wang Chengen said that he was fine with an arrow in his chest, he didn't believe it. He knew that Zhong Jinwei couldn't go out in a suit of armor.So, he asked Wang Cheng'en, "I got an arrow in my chest, is it all right, is there any mistake?"

Wang Chengen looked at him, did not speak, then looked back at Emperor Chongzhen, and seeing that the emperor also showed doubts, he said: "Your Majesty, the servants are not very clear about the details of Uncle Zhongxing's assassination. One of the staff is outside the hall now, you can pass him in and ask to understand."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Quick transmission."

The ministers in Wenhua Palace, you look at me, I look at you, I wonder who is so bold to assassinate the celebrity in front of the emperor at the foot of the emperor.

After a while, there was a sound of hurried footsteps, and as soon as he entered the hall, he knelt down and said: "Wang Peng, the Dongchang fan, kowtowed to the emperor, long live, long live, long live."

As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen said, "Go forward and tell the story of Master Zhong's assassination in detail."

"Yes." Wang Peng got up as ordered, and stood at the closest distance to the ministers in the hall, so he dared not go any further, and reported to the emperor in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, with the chief of staff Gu Baichuan, guarding Bo Zhongxing on the way back to the capital, about Half way there is a ruin, and the people built a new shed for travelers to rest their feet. Unexpectedly, horse thieves killed the people and pretended to be a bus nearby Zhongxing Bo. Zhongxing Bo was shot in the chest. Fortunately, he was blocked by a book, and the guard woke up again, and Yan Yingyuan escorted Zhongxing Uncle escaped from the shed, and the horse thieves were ambushing soldiers at both ends of the road, most of them were on the side of the capital, so they had no choice but to flee to Tongzhou. The horse thieves disregarded their subordinates dismounting to intercept him, and all but four of them chased Zhong Xingbo, a total of 23 or [-] people. More than ten people were killed and wounded by Yan Yingyuan, and the rear commander and Yan Yingyuan were injured one after another. At the critical moment, the Guan Ning army did not return to the camp at night, so they were rescued. Five or six horse thieves escaped."

Although Wang Peng didn't dare to learn storytelling in the hall, and his cadence and cadence were more thrilling than the details, everyone in the hall could hear that when encountering an ambush carefully prepared by a large group of horse thieves in advance, there was such a huge difference in the number of horse thieves, and it was dangerous to escape. Needless to say, you can guess.

Emperor Chongzhen was relieved when he heard that Zhong Jinwei was fine.

The assistant minister Cheng Jiming had doubts on the side, he asked Wang Pengdao: "Who is that Yan Yingyuan, with such courage, why is he with you?"

"Yan Yingyuan is Tongzhou Wuju, one of the leaders of the Minzhuang, and the future brother-in-law of Uncle Zhongxing. Uncle Zhongxing is going to recommend him to serve in King Qin's army in the capital, so we go together." Zhong Jinwei mentioned to them that his brother-in-law wanted to take the martial arts examination in the capital, Therefore, his current identity should be martial arts. In order to explain Yan Yingyuan's martial arts bravery, he conjectured that Yan Yingyuan was martial arts.

Zhou Yanru, who had just joined the cabinet, also asked Wang Pengdao: "How do you know that these horse thieves are here to assassinate Uncle Zhongxing instead of ordinary robbery?"

"These horse thieves came here to kill Uncle Zhongxing, and their subordinates intercepted them, but instead of killing me first, they went after Uncle Zhongxing with all their strength, and even spared the captain who was wounded and unable to fight back to chase Uncle Zhongxing. It must be the head of Uncle Zhongxing."

The ministers below still wanted to ask, but Emperor Chongzhen got angry from above: "In the outskirts of the capital, at the foot of the emperor, there are actually hordes of horse thieves, and they dare to assassinate the earl of the court. It's lawless!"

He then said to Wang Cheng'en: "Everyone who has meritorious service in escorting Master Zhong this time will be rewarded, and you should send someone to meet Master Zhong."

"Yes." Wang Chengen was secretly happy that his own person had shown his face.Seeing that the emperor had no other orders, Wang Peng was ordered to go to Dongchang to transfer people to meet Uncle Zhongxing.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Wang Chengen had made arrangements, and began to liquidate those responsible for this time. He said angrily, "What is Shuntian Mansion, which is in charge of public security in Gyeonggi, doing? Is it dissatisfied with me and indulged horse thieves to slap me in the face of the emperor?" Come on."

A few Jinyi guards on duty outside the hall immediately entered and bowed their hands to Emperor Chongzhen: "Here."

"Go to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion quickly, remove the magistrate of Shuntian Mansion, and arrest those who are not effective in criminal arrest." Emperor Chongzhen ordered.

When Jin Yiwei was about to agree, the assistant minister Li Biao said: "Wait a minute."

Then he turned to Emperor Chongzhen, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to find out the whereabouts of the escaped horse thief and arrest him as soon as possible. You can make the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture take the crime and make meritorious service."

Wen Tiren also added on the side: "Your Majesty, we still need to find out who paid for Uncle Zhongxing's head."

In the outskirts of the capital, horse thieves are so rampant, how can the law and order be reassuring?Emperor Chongzhen really didn't want to let Shuntian Mansion go, but what several ministers said made sense.After thinking for a while, he said: "Go ahead and notify the Shuntian Mansion and give him three days to find out the matter, otherwise he will be dismissed and questioned!"

Several Jinyi guards on duty saw that the ministers did not object again, so they took orders to leave.

Such a big thing happened at the feet of the emperor, whether it was from the perspective of public security or out of face, it was not something that Emperor Chongzhen could bear.He remembered what Zhong Jinwei said before, binding the hands and feet of the factory guard was like blocking his own eyes and ears.

So, he said: "All the ministers and workers, in the suburbs of the capital, King Qin's army gathered, but the horse thief dared to run amok and assassinate the earl of the court. Such illegal things happened, which shows that the law and order in the capital is bad."

These horse thieves are a bit too much, so unscrupulous, they are also a threat to the ministers, who knows if they will fall on themselves in the future.

Based on this idea, the ministers below echoed Emperor Chongzhen's statement one after another, but they had a slightly different opinion that the law and order in the capital city was not that bad.

Regardless of their objections, Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "After I ascended the throne, I withdrew all the factory guards because I trusted the abilities of the localities and could help me manage the localities well. As a result, I was greatly disappointed."

Upon hearing Emperor Chongzhen's tone, the ministers at the bottom felt a little ominous, and were about to explain, Emperor Chongzhen spoke first: "I am determined to return Jinyi to various places, and all departments of the capital are stationed in the East Factory to detect thieves and understand the people's sentiments."

Before that, Emperor Chongzhen just released Dongchang to investigate some specific matters.Now he decided to restore the old system according to the previous practice.Of course, he knew that these civil servants would definitely be unwilling, so he was also prepared.

Sure enough, the civil servants below objected one after another, and Cheng Jiming changed his words: "Your Majesty, the law and order in the capital has always been good. What the horse bandits did this time is just an occasional incident, so there is no need to go to war like this."

Zhou Yanru also said: "Your Majesty, the calamity of factory guards is worse than tigers, and even worse than horse thieves."

Li Biao, the assistant minister, said: "Your Majesty, don't waste your sagely deeds after you ascended the throne!"

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Basically, there are no objections. If you really want to say that you don’t object, there are some, but there are a few who don’t speak, such as Wen Tiren, Bi Ziyan and others. They have a clear conscience. It doesn’t matter if you let the factory guard go or not. .

"Okay, today I will tell you about the disaster of the factory guards in detail." Emperor Chongzhen said when he saw how they were talking about the factory guards.

Wang Cheng'en, who was at the side, gritted his teeth in hatred for those civil servants. I didn't provoke you, so why should I annoy you so much?