Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

At the last count, even with the addition of a few high-ranking Donglin bosses, they only got more than one hundred thousand taels, which is not even the fraction donated by the eunuchs.

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, watched the farce below, and then laughed loudly: "Haha, good! All you loves are really dedicated to the country!"

Looking at the courtiers who were stunned by his sudden laughter, Chongzhen said again: "My dear friends, do you have a performance today?"

At present, a censor came out of the class to play and said: "Your Majesty Qi Zou, I have this performance."

Chongzhen was very curious, knowing why these censors went crazy, the city was on fire, and the emperor inside the city was urging him to borrow money, yet they were still in the mood to impeach them?He opened his mouth and said, "Speak!"

The censor immediately said: "The minister heard that there are evildoers in the country, and the people are uneasy. Qian Jiazheng, a tribute student in Beijing, wrote a letter to impeach the eunuch Wei Zhongxian for ten crimes! All the evidence is conclusive, and his crimes should be punished!

Chongzhen was displeased when he heard the words, and thought to himself: "These mad dogs are useless except for biting people! When the national crisis is at stake, they still want to fight more than ever, and they don't even want to retreat from the enemy!"

Immediately frowned and said: "We will discuss this matter later. Ai Qing can pass the folder into the palace."

Without waiting for the censor to reply, Chongzhen continued: "Qing is fine, but I have something to say.

Yesterday, I sent Jin Yiwei and Dongchang to collect donations on the streets of the capital.The factory guard returned more than [-] taels of income.

The Mobai girl who leans against the red building donated 3000 taels of silver.

This turned out to be the ransom money she had prepared for herself.Because I heard that the court was short of money, I donated it directly.

Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi advised her to donate less, so as not to have no money to redeem herself.The Mobai girl was unwilling, she only said that there were eggs in the nest, and she insisted on donating them all.

There were also beggars who donated the more than ten Wen they had begged for.

I heard that the factory guard reported back, and I was so relieved! "

While speaking, Chongzhen stood up from the dragon chair, walked up to the imperial steps, and continued: "A woman, still has a patriotic heart. Even the money related to the redemption of oneself can be donated.

Today, all the princes in the court are worth more than [-] taels!

My audience is an Ai Qing, but she is not even as good as a **! "

Chapter 26 What I give you is yours!

Chongzhen's words made all the officials in the court cover their faces with their sleeves, all of them blushed.

Immediately, there was a censor who came out to play and said: "Qi Zuo Your Majesty. Mencius said: "The king treats his ministers like brothers and feet, and the ministers regard the emperor as his heart; If it is like soil mustard, then the ministers regard the king as a bandit. What His Majesty said today is not what the Ming King did."

Chongzhen laughed and said, "So, it's my fault?"

The censor said: "I dare not."

Chongzhen said with a smile: "Just now, Qing heard that the family has no money left, so did you sell the house to help the country?

Then Aiqing came to tell me, what about Qing's newly installed outer room in Dongsi Hutong?Where did the 2000 taels of silver used to redeem your outer room come from?

It is true that there is not much family property under the name of Aiqing, but where did the more than [-] acres of fertile land under the name of Aiqing's younger brother come from? "

The censor hurriedly knelt down and said, "I'm terrified! I'm... guilty!"

Chongzhen didn't even look at the censor, and continued: "Why are you afraid? How dare you dare to do it?

Chen Mo, without saying a word, was originally a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi, and became a censor in the sixth year of Tianqi.

In just two years, Qing took in three concubines and had two concubines outside.The government needs more than three thousand taels of silver every month.Chen Aiqing came to tell me, where did the money come from? "

The censor knew that he was unlucky, so he didn't speak any more words to justify, but just knelt down on the ground and remained silent.

Chongzhen ignored it, and continued: "Aiqing is also a member of the Yongchang Bank, right? How does it feel to have money without doing anything every day? Doesn't Qing feel hot when holding this money?"

After Chongzhen said this, he simply walked down from the imperial steps, passed the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and came to Zhou Guozhang's position again, saying: "Uncle Jiading was originally a fortune-teller on the street. Once ascended to the sky, now he is even more expensive as the head of the state. Just ask Jiadingbo to teach me, where did the more than two hundred thousand taels of silver come from in the family? As the head of the country, you can be lawless?"

Ignoring the sweating profuse Zhou Guozhang, Chongzhen returned to the imperial steps, glanced at the officials below, and said: "The imperial court has been supporting servants for 300 years, and Qing and others read the ancestral instructions every day, but forgot the ancestral instructions! If you follow the ancestral precepts, don’t teach me the common people! If you forget about corruption, you will be skinned!

Guochao treated Qing and others favorably before, but in return I treat you as my confidantes and you as enemies! "

Seeing the court officials kneeling on the ground below, Chongzhen suddenly burst into a wave of evil fire, and said angrily, "Where are Tian Ergeng and Cao Huachun?"

Tian Ergeng hurried out of the shift and said, "The minister is here!"

Cao Huachun also said: "The servant is here!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers and said angrily: "Censor Chen Mo, bully the emperor, corrupt beyond measure! Guards in Jinyi ransacked the house! Chen Mo himself peeled the real grass! Hanging at the Meridian Gate, accompanied by Huang Liji! Wait for Jiannu to retreat , the three clans were exiled to the miasma land in the south of the Lingnan, and they will not be pardoned if they are met! Check the property of the family, and all of them should be confiscated into Huangzhuang!"

Hearing that Emperor Chongzhen had dealt with such a severe punishment, Wen Tiren, the chief assistant, had no choice but to come out to play: "Your Majesty, Chen Mo deserves to die for corruption, and here is the law of his own country and dynasty. How can the three clans be blamed? I think your majesty's punishment is too much. , I hope His Majesty will see clearly."

Chongzhen stared at Wen Tiren and said: "What is wrong with the three clans? Mr. Wen told me, what is wrong with the people whose fields were taken away by his family?! Who in his family has not benefited from him? The younger brother in the family, Obtained more than [-] mu of fertile land, and the people in the clan were shaded by him, and never paid a single cent of tax for the country! This is really a person who has attained the Tao, and chickens and dogs have ascended to heaven! Now that we have gained benefits, we must also suffer hardships together!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Wen Tiren, and said to all the ministers: "The law of the Ming Dynasty, the military and the people are all beneficial to the disease, and the students are not allowed to give advice. If there are any things that the military and the civilian benefit from the disease, there should be a secretary, a sage in the field, a strong man with ambition, and a simple farmer. , Merchant skills, all can be said. Everyone should not be hindered. Only students are not allowed.

Today, Qian, a Gongsheng in Beijing, made false comments on the government and slandered the palace.According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the student will be deprived of his fame and honor, and he will be repatriated with Jin Yiwei.

Ignoring those ministers who were stunned by his sudden and ruthless treatment of the students, Chongzhen said to Cao Huachun again: "The queen has no way to discipline her relatives, she has to study behind closed doors for three months, and she is not allowed to enter the harem for half a step without an edict. The head of the state, Zhou Kui, received filial piety and occupied the people's land. He used the Daming law to discuss relatives, and he was not prosecuted. However, since the Ming Dynasty has laws, there are laws that must be followed, and violations must be prosecuted. The order was passed by Jiadingbo's eldest son on behalf of his father. Suicide! Dongchang tracked down the land occupied by the Jiadingbo mansion, and once it was confiscated into Huangzhuang, the slaves will be disposed of after returning."

After hearing Chongzhen's disposition, Zhou Guozhang was frightened to death, only then did he realize that what his daughter summoned him to say last night was not a joke!

Zhou Guozhang, who came back to his senses, hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty! I am guilty! I am willing to donate 20 taels of silver! I am willing to donate all the family property! Your Majesty, please forgive me this time!"

Chongzhen looked at Zhou Guozhang and said with a sneer: "Isn't Jiading Bo a heir of poetry and books, who earns his living by farming and studying? How come he has a net worth of 20 taels again?!

I already gave you a chance yesterday, if you don't grasp it, who is to blame? "

After finishing speaking, he ignored Zhou Guozhang, who was crying bitterly, and Chongzhen said to the officials again: "Please remember, what I give you is yours. If I don't give it to you, whoever dares to stretch out his hand will steal the family and destroy the family!"

"Retreat!"

Once again, Emperor Chongzhen, who was murdered in the court hall, let his brother-in-law commit suicide. He felt ashamed to face the queen. The door goes.

Only this time, Chongzhen took Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin with him, and the three of them went together, intending to discuss with Man Gui how to ruthlessly cheat Jiannu.

Emperor Chongzhen ran away, and it was very bad for the princes who were scattered in the court.It was only then that Zhou Guozhang discovered that none of the court officials who had been close to him in the past stood up to speak for him, and only then did he completely understand what his daughter said, angering the emperor, the consequences were not his own What the family can afford.

However, several bigwigs of the Donglin Party exchanged winks with each other, and then dispersed. After returning home, everyone had different thoughts.

When the curfew was approaching at night, all the bigwigs of the Donglin Party gathered at the home of Zhou Yanru, a minister of the cabinet.

After dismissing all the subordinates, Zhou Yanru said firstly: "Today's world is cruel, and I'm afraid that the king of Jie Zhou is not enough to enshrine the ancestral temple!" This set the tone for this conversation.

Hou Xun, the servant of the Ministry of War, said: "That's right, today's emperor uses eunuchs and factory guards, so fearful that the country will lose the country! I wait for the gentleman of Donglin, and I will be the side of the Qing emperor, the authentic temple!"

Another person scolded: "Speak carefully! Do you want to rebel? We are waiting for the country, how can we clear the king's side!"

Another censor doctor said: "Our censor should directly admonish the king for his faults. If there is a way, the law does not blame the public. Tomorrow, I will wait for the censor to go outside the palace gate to cry and admonish, so that His Majesty the Emperor will kill the eunuchs, so as to Zheng Chao Gang! If the emperor does not want to repent, something unbearable may happen."

Chapter 27 Come on, hurt each other!