Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 157 Great Harvest

Hearing the movement and looking up to see the situation, Zhu Chunchen and his generals were stunned.

They never imagined that one day they would encounter such a situation.

Zhu Chunchen was a little better, because when he saw the captain of Jinyiwei swarming towards them, he immediately thought that the things he planned were exposed.Immediately, his face turned pale, and he was a little unable to face the consequences of being exposed.

And his generals were wronged a lot.They didn't understand what they had done to encounter such a plot of ambushing swordsmen in front of the imperial court.Some of them even thought that they might just disrespect the emperor behind their backs and have a dirty mouth. How could they get such treatment?
Before they had time to say something, they were attacked by the captain of Jin Yiwei who rushed up, several people dealt with each other, cut their hands behind them, and grabbed them.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged, I am wronged!" Zhu Chunchen subconsciously shouted with luck, "What crime did I commit to treat me like this? Your Majesty..."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen sneered, and looked at Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

As soon as Liu Zhifeng heard it, he unfolded the things he had prepared and started reading on the spot.

This thing is naturally the confession letter of Li Zushu and others.

Zhu Chunchen knew that everything had been revealed just after listening to the beginning.Even if he is Zhu Neng's descendant, hereditary Duke, it is useless.Because this is a crime of treason.At this moment, he suddenly regretted it very much.If I had known this before, I would have treated it as a waste of money to eliminate disasters. Why would I lose my life and the title passed down by my ancestors.

After the reading was over, Zhu Chunchen didn't need to judge, he was taken away by the captain of Jinyiwei and sent to Jinyiwei Prison.

Then, a series of actions began.

First of all, the Jinyiwei pro-army was dispatched to the Beijing camp to control the army.

The Jinyiwei pro-army here does not refer to Beizhen Fusi, but the Jinyiwei army.After being rectified by Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyiwei, although the Jinyiwei's pro-army could not go to the battlefield to fight Jianlu, but under the premise that all the generals in command of the Beijing camp were arrested, there is no problem in controlling the Beijing camp. .

In the palace, Cao Huachun led the Dongchang Fanzi, sealed off the palace gate, and began to arrest those who had private contact with the outside world.Of course, there are still controls here, and not all adulterers outside the palace are caught.Because in that case, the attack surface will be larger, and it is likely to cause everyone in the capital to feel insecure, resulting in some unexpected situations.

Therefore, after arresting a few people designated in advance, Cao Huachun announced that the arrests were complete and withdrew his troops.

But he didn't have to rest, and immediately led a large number of Dongchang fans to Cheng Guogong's house to search the house and arrest people. Of course, Li Zushu, Marquis of Linhuai, was also indispensable.

All of a sudden, on the street, the sound of hurried horseshoes sounded from time to time, and the sound of groups of soldiers running also appeared from time to time.

Martial law, which was originally relatively relaxed, suddenly became very strict, and the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became tense.

In the original Marquis of Wuqing Mansion, those imperial relatives and dignitaries turned this place into a teahouse, and while eating and drinking the things they brought, they were still "filled with righteous indignation" about what happened to Li Guorui.While they were talking about working hard, someone came to report the situation on the street outside.

Hearing such a big battle, these nobles who only know how to talk, suddenly became a little timid. Under the premise of not knowing what the situation was, they all restrained themselves a lot with their loud voices.

Soon, specific news came back.

"Marquis Wuqing's sale of pots and pans was instigated by Marquis Linhuai!"

"Marquis Wuqing hanged himself. In fact, Marquis Linhuai lied to him, and Marquis Linhuai killed him!"

"The Marquis of Linhuai colluded with Pan Yanliang, the supervisor of Shangshan in the palace, trying to poison the fifth son of the emperor, killing the fifth son of the emperor, and then using the name of the Empress Dowager Xiaoding to punish the emperor."

"Behind the Marquis of Linhuai is actually the envoy of Princess Cheng!"

"..."

Each of these news is more appalling than the last.At the beginning, most of the nobles didn't believe it. This is a serious crime of treason, a shocking case, and you have the courage to do it?

However, it is true that Jin Yiwei and Dongchang fanzi from the brigade are already arresting people and ransacking their homes outside.

What finally gave them a fatal blow was that Mrs. Li Guorui suddenly realized after hearing the news, and immediately confirmed to the nobles present that the queen had called her into the palace to persuade her, so her master was going to pay the money and settle the matter.However, it was Li Zushu who instigated her lord, this is what her lord said by himself, there is absolutely no mistake.

Also, there are many doubts about her master hanging himself.

Under the watchful eyes of Xungui, Mrs. Li Guorui, who was more and more likely to think about it, was crying and talking about the original situation.Anyone who is not a fool can tell that Li Guorui's death is definitely related to Li Zushu.

So, these things are connected.These nobles suddenly realized that they seemed to have been tricked by those two people and were being used as gunmen.

If the major treason case behind this hadn't come out, maybe these nobles would be willing to be the gunmen.After all, if everyone makes a fuss, maybe they will avoid bankruptcy in the future.

However, it's different now, who might be involved in a major treason case, who has the guts to do so!
So, they immediately dispersed like birds and beasts, and the original Wuqinghou Mansion, which was still extremely lively just now, suddenly became deserted.After these nobles went back, they tried every means to prove that they were not in the same group as Li Zushu and Zhu Chunchen, and they all distanced themselves from each other.

In such a big momentum, there is another matter that has also attracted the attention of many people.

It was Fanji Bank, which was suddenly sealed up by Dongchang Fanzi.The reason is that Dongchang found out in this incident that not only Li Zushu and Zhu Chunchen colluded with the palace, but also Fan Yongzheng, the treasurer of Fanji Bank, was also guilty of serious crimes. Support, conspiracy to play tricks.

Originally, this kind of spying on the inner palace was a very serious crime on the bright side.However, Dongchang also made an announcement at the same time, citing Fan Yongzheng's use of eunuchs in the palace to stir up trouble or spy on news.For example, Fan Yongzheng asked his people in the palace to fan the flames everywhere, saying that Lu Xiangsheng had committed the crime of being a vassal, and he deserved to die.

Peeping and colluding with the inner palace may not be considered by everyone in private, but on the surface, it is a felony, not to mention stirring up trouble.

Those who have shares in Fanji Bank all scold their mothers.Doing things so carelessly made them miserable too.Not only did they lose their shares, but they also tried their best to explain that this matter had nothing to do with them.

But most of them felt that Fanji Bank was really unlucky, why it was accidentally found out in the big treason case.Apart from that, I never thought that Emperor Chongzhen would have already set his sights on Fanji Bank because of other things.

In the original Jiading Bo Mansion, Zhou Kui was originally hiding in the mansion while reading the sage books and dealing with inspections from the palace, while feeling pain in his heart about the 30 taels of silver he finally got.Sometimes, he was even thinking, what should he do to avoid spending so much money if he starts over again?

In his ears, he can often hear his son's nagging.Blaming him for why he was cowardly?Look, now that Li Guorui is dead, and the other nobles are in trouble, if you persist, maybe you won't have to pay this money!

Zhou Kui also regretted this a bit.However, this regret did not last long.

With such a big commotion in the capital, even if he was confined inside the mansion, he still heard about what happened outside.

When he heard the news, cold sweat ran down his spine.Fortunately, I listened to my daughter, otherwise, I don't know how it would end!

He thought, Li Guorui was tricked to death by Li Zushu, but his death didn't really matter much.If Li Zushu stared at him and killed him, then the pressure on the emperor would be great!If he was still obsessed with ghosts, he might be targeted.

Even if it wasn't the case, if he didn't listen to his daughter, then once this incident broke out, he would be suspicious.In this way, what my daughter said at the time, the emperor is for the country of Sheji, not to mention him, even the queen and prince, it is impossible to be as important as the country of Sheji, what will happen, it is really dangerous!
Thinking about these things, when Zhou Kui saw his son again, he became confident, and said bluntly that if he hadn't been wise, quick to see the opportunity, and listened to his daughter, how would the consequences be expected?Anyway, just talking in a blah blah blah blah, so that his son also followed suit a lot.

In the palace, after Concubine Tian Gui knew about this, she almost died of fright.Immediately, she personally checked everything about her son's diet.Moreover, he also specifically asked to see Emperor Chongzhen, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but he was very excited anyway.

Even Queen Zhou was frightened to death after hearing this.This time the outsiders murdered Concubine Tian Guifei's son; if there was a next time, would they target her son?
Thinking of it this way, she was afraid, she didn't dare to think about it, she was really not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

Therefore, under this background, all the palaces felt unsafe, and began to sort out the people in their own palaces one after another.The strength of this combing is much stricter than the previous requirements of the emperor.All of a sudden, many people were so shocked that they voluntarily joined the disbanded army.

Generally speaking, inside and outside the palace, everything is tense and orderly.Even the house raids and arrests outside the palace can be said to be carried out within a certain range, and there is no tendency to expand. It can also be regarded as an intense and orderly process.

Although the results have not yet come out, the Emperor Chongzhen will gain a lot from what he has learned so far.At least 70 taels of silver are already on hand, and the seizures of the other two will only be more than this.

There is also a very large amount of silver in the treasury in Fanji Bank.Although some people may report to the court that his family deposits silver, no matter what, as a bank, capital is absolutely indispensable, and people with gray income dare not tell the court. Why pay three rates come quickly.Looking back, there is the fat sheep of the Shanxi merchants, which is even more incredible.

Although these incomes are not sustainable, at least they can survive the immediate shortage of money and put many things on a benign track.

For example, the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty has so much principal deposited in it, so the promotion of this banknote will have a lot of confidence.It's okay to let them return all the silver with banknotes.

This time, all the 100 million taels of silver were exchanged by them, but it's okay, let them exchange it.

Next time, if there is another 100 million, or even 200 million taels, will they all exchange it?It's okay, continue to exchange and go.

As long as the silver in hand is passed, all banknotes will be issued, and they will be exchanged.When this kind of thing continues, after a lot of times, confidence in the banknotes issued by Daming Royal Bank will come back, right?
After all, the convenience and benefits of using banknotes are incomparable to physical currencies.Of course, at the beginning, don't talk about big Ming treasures, but bank notes!The mere bank notes issued by the Fanji Bank are universal and popular. Could it be that the strength of the Daming Royal Bank cannot even build up such confidence?Emperor Chongzhen did not believe this.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen was going to wait for the results of the search to come out, and after the reorganization of the army under the Yumajian was completed, he would continue to use this opportunity to beat the group of Xungui again.But at this time, his center of gravity began to shift outside the capital again.

Soon, several orders were issued.

Qin Bing, including Lu Xiangsheng's troops, had retreated outside Jinzhou city at this time, and camped against the city wall of Jinzhou to rest.

As stated in the victory report, although this time was a big victory, the casualties were not small, which affected morale somewhat.

The Ming army at this time is like a person who has been holding his breath. At this time, he has already lost his breath.

Emperor Chongzhen's inspection outside the capital city was like giving Qin soldiers blood. After the siege, blocking, and encirclement battles, the effect was almost gone.

Most of the Qin soldiers thought that they had done their best. After all, in the war against captives, there was no victory like theirs!He should be able to enter the capital and become the Emperor's Forbidden Army.In this way, why bother to work hard?

In addition, they also have doubts.How will the court respond to this big victory?If you are alive, if you can join the Emperor's Forbidden Army, it will be worth it.But what about the disabled?And what about those who died?They have lost the chance to join the emperor's imperial army. If the imperial court's reward this time is still as pitiful as before, who will want to fight to the death in the future?

This kind of thinking is not only shared by the soldiers at the bottom, even Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting also have it in the commander-in-chief.They are also concerned about what is the imperial court's attitude towards their victory documents?They basically knew the various thoughts of the civil servants in the imperial court, so they were a little pessimistic.

Among them, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting had another worry, that is, how did the court and the emperor view the previous siege battle?This is related to their personal future.

Based on previous experience, neither the low-level soldiers nor the generals of the army reported any optimism, but guessed in their hearts, how much discount would the court discount for this big victory?Will it make them feel cold?

For this matter, even Lu Xiangsheng can't guarantee it.After all, he had already received 30 taels of silver before.This is still the money that the emperor tried his best to obtain with great difficulty.This sum of money has not come easily, where can the current emperor gather the money?
At least for Lu Xiangsheng, he couldn't think of it.Therefore, he is pessimistic.

As time passed, there was a delay in seeing the court's response, which made the whole army more and more pessimistic.After all, it is well known that the imperial court has no money.That is to say, take care of yourself, don't become disabled or die, then you will really lose a lot!

That is to say, the Ming army has worries about their future, how can they fight the enemy desperately?And this is also an important reason why there has been no war recently and has been resting.

Lu Xiangsheng has the intention to continue killing the enemy, but he doesn't have strong soldiers in his hands, and it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, so he can't help it!Command Qin Bing?They had just won a big battle, and they were resting, waiting for the court to respond, and he couldn't urge them to continue fighting!

Under such circumstances, Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to wait for news from the capital, and at the same time, the only thing he could do was to continue sending Ye Bufuu to inquire about Jianlu's news.Not only Yuetuo and Du Du's subordinates, but also Dorgon and Haoge's subordinates in the south.

So, while they were waiting with all kinds of thoughts, on the fourth day, the angel from the capital finally arrived.

　Tomorrow Chapter 1 will be around ten o'clock in the morning.

　　
　
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