Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 36 Killing the Nine Clan
However, before Emperor Chongzhen could do anything, Wang Dehua, the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies and the admiral of the East Factory, rushed over to ask to see him first.

"Long live my lord, this servant has already verified Chen Yan's family wealth!" Wang Dehua immediately flattered Emperor Chongzhen when he saw him.

After finishing speaking, he presented a list with both hands, with a very respectful attitude.

Emperor Chongzhen listened, but his face was expressionless, and he immediately read the list after he had to go through it.

He has Wang Chengen's informant, and he is actually very clear about Wang Dehua's situation.

At the beginning, Wang Dehua checked Chen Yan's family wealth, and he was soft and polite.

Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen knew very well that Chen Yan's official position was still there, and Wang Dehua didn't want to completely offend Chen Yan to death, or in other words, he didn't want to completely offend the civil servants, so the investigation would be slow.

However, Emperor Chongzhen changed the main eunuchs in the palace. After such a big move, Wang Dehua rushed to Chen Yan's mansion to check Chen Yan's family wealth in person!
No, less than half a day later, the result came out.This work efficiency is definitely the highest in his history.

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen went through the list, and saw that Chen Yan only had 5 taels of silver, and there were also many other gold, jade, and precious calligraphy and paintings.There are also land properties outside the city, shops in the city, etc. If all of them are converted, Chen Yan's family wealth in the capital alone is more than 20.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen flipping through the list, Wang Dehua hurriedly said: "Long Live Lord, that Chen Yan is very cunning. Before and after donating money, the Chen family changed a lot, as if they became poor all at once..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen looked up at him, and asked indifferently: "Then how did you find out?"

When Chen Yan donated money, he only donated five taels of silver, and he insisted that he had no money in his sleeves and his family had no money, so he must have hidden the money.

At present, Chen Yan has not lost his official position, he is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and a bachelor of the Wuying Temple. As cowardly as Wang Dehua is, he would never dare to torture Chen Yan.

Wang Dehua heard this, and quickly replied: "Long live, the servants picked some male and female servants of the Chen family, and after a little scare, they confessed one after another! It's just ridiculous that Chen Yan is still acting in front of the servants, saying that he doesn't know at all. These wealth are all made by family members!"

Emperor Chongzhen sneered, then stared at Wang Dehua and asked, "What crime do you think Chen Yan committed?"

Wang Dehua knew Emperor Chongzhen very well, and he had long felt that Emperor Chongzhen was dissatisfied with him. If Emperor Chongzhen was not satisfied, it was very likely that he would be taken down by Xichang.

Therefore, at this time, he can still take care of the foreign court, and he can take care of the civil servants. Of course, he should protect himself first.

So, I heard him answer immediately: "This servant thinks that Chen Yan is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

The family has tens of thousands of wealth, but tells the emperor that the family has no money. As far as this matter is concerned, the consequences are actually not serious.But, no matter what, this is deceiving the emperor, and there is no problem with committing a crime of deceiving the emperor!
Moreover, the crime of deceiving the emperor can be big or small, it all depends on the emperor's will. If you are lucky, the emperor doesn't mind, and the shit is fine;

At this time, after hearing Wang Dehua's answer, Emperor Chongzhen stared at him and asked coldly, "Then how do you think I should punish him?"

"..." When Wang Dehua heard this, he immediately complained in his heart. How to punish him depends entirely on your own will. Why did you come to ask me?

Although he thought so in his heart, when Emperor Chongzhen stared at him, cold sweat dripped down his back. He didn't dare to be negligent. He gritted his teeth and replied immediately: "This servant thinks that Chen Yan is deeply favored by the emperor, but he deliberately committed the crime of deceiving the emperor." Sin, sin is unforgivable, punish...kill the nine clans, and serve as a warning for all the officials!"

In the past, he felt that Emperor Chongzhen was very easy to serve, as long as he followed the character and temper of Emperor Chongzhen, he could lead him by the nose.

But for him now, he felt that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be a stranger, which made him feel unpredictable, like a tiger in the forest, who would eat him if he was not careful.

With such a state of mind, he originally wanted to suggest that Chen Yan be dismissed from office, but under the cold gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, he gritted his teeth and changed his words to say that killing the nine clans is the highest punishment.

There's no way, a dead fellow Daoist won't die a poor daoist, so he can only take care of himself first.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't speak, but just stared at Wang Dehua.

This Wang Dehua was in harmony with the civil servants in the past, and received their filial piety, so he was in harmony.He didn't take the ancestor's precepts seriously at all, nor did he take him as the emperor seriously, and did something about colluding with the foreign court!
As I said to Liu Weichao, in their hearts, I am afraid that I have lost my prestige as an emperor, so they actually don't regard themselves as a father at all!

It's also the same, when danger strikes, they only care about their own glory and wealth, and even open the door to welcome thieves!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneer in his heart!
Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen didn't speak, Wang Dehua couldn't guess what Emperor Chongzhen was thinking, and the cold sweat on his back immediately broke out.

I have said that killing the Nine Clans should be in line with the emperor's wishes, right?The tone and demeanor he showed just now is very dissatisfied with Chen Yan!
He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "Just kill the nine clans, ransack the house, exile Qiongzhou, and serve as a warning for the officials. You can do it!"

"Slave obeys the order!" Wang Dehua was relieved to hear that the emperor didn't speak dissatisfaction with him, and if he wanted to continue to use him, then he should be fine, so he quickly agreed, and quickly stepped back and left.

But what he didn't expect was that the conversation between him and Emperor Chongzhen would soon go out of the palace.

Just when he left the Forbidden City to search Chen Yan's house, rumors had already begun to leave the palace.

Obviously, at the time when Emperor Chongzhen was rectifying the inner palace, it was definitely Emperor Chongzhen's intention that it was spread so quickly!
All civil and military officials were shocked when they saw Dongchang go to Chen Yan's house to search the house. After hearing the rumors, they immediately scolded Wang Dehua.

They all scolded Wang Dehua for being black-hearted, and because of this incident, they even suggested to the emperor to kill Chen Yan's nine clans!

Thanks to the emperor's wisdom and martial arts, he didn't listen to Wang Dehua!

Unknowingly, all civil and military officials directed their anger at Wang Dehua when dealing with Chen Yan, but they felt grateful to Emperor Chongzhen.

The so-called kindness comes from the top, and Emperor Chongzhen finally began to look like a real emperor.Instead of being instigated by his courtiers like before, he would fly into a rage and yell at his courtiers to kill him!

And the reason for this is because in the communication with Liu Weichao, he finally recognized what kind of people his courtiers are!

(End of this chapter)