Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 43 Forcing the Palace
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help sneering, and if he didn't do business all day, he knew he would play tricks and use the truth to suppress him!

It's just a pity that the current him will no longer be fooled by them!
Now the military power has not been reorganized, and the palace is still being rectified, and the conditions of Taizu's time have not been met, otherwise, these officials will be cleaned up together!

Thinking of this, he ordered: "No, let them do what they should do!"

After Fang Zhenghua heard this, he hurried out to deliver the decree.

However, what I didn't expect was that not long after, Fang Zhenghua hurried back again, with a worried look on his face, and told Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live, those civil servants are not leaving, and they gathered at the Zuoshun gate to kneel down." Lord Long Live, please release the arrested civil servants, cancel the West Factory, severely punish the East Factory, and give up fighting for profit with the people."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately sneered and said, "Is this threatening me? Since you want to kneel so much, then just kneel!"

Afterwards, he continued to review the memorials and was busy with his own affairs.

However, not long after, there was a faint movement outside, and it became louder and louder. If you listen carefully, it seems that someone is crying.

No, not someone is crying, but a large group of people are crying!
Just as he was puzzled, Fang Zhenghua hurried over again, saying that the officials were crying at the Zuoshun gate, crying that they were incompetent and could not let the emperor be a holy king, begging the emperor to punish him!

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly remembered, wasn't this a scene of the Great Etiquette Dispute during Emperor Jiajing's period?

At that time, Emperor Jiajing finally ordered Jin Yiwei to arrest the eight leaders and send them to jail.

As a result, other people began to go too far, causing Emperor Jiajing to order 130 officials below the fifth rank to be imprisoned and tortured, and 86 officials above the fourth rank to be suspended pending punishment.

With so many officials arrested, Jin Yiwei didn't dare to do anything to them.However, Emperor Jiajing directly decreed that officials above the fourth rank should stop their salaries, and officials below the fifth rank should be held accountable.

In the end, a total of 16 people died because of the imperial staff.

Then everything was quiet.

It's really a pity that the imperial army has just been completely annihilated, and the bandits are rampant in the pass. The north's trespassers are attacking Kaifeng and other places, and the south's eight kings are attacking Chu. There is chaos everywhere, not like Emperor Jiajing. situation.

Did they decide that they would not dare to deal with so many officials in such an environment?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen sneered and said, "How is the grade of the participants?"

"Return to Your Majesty, they are all officials above the fifth rank, and most of them are the assistants of the heads of various yamen!" Fang Zhenghua replied cautiously after hearing this.

"Hehe!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help sneering again when he heard it, and he guessed right. When he learned about the Great Etiquette Controversy, he wanted to coerce himself to change his mind, and then he was afraid of death. official!
While he was thinking about it, Wang Dehua, the eunuch and the admiral of the East Factory, also rushed over. His forehead was sweating and his expression was anxious. He told Emperor Chongzhen: "The chief minister of the cabinet went to ask questions after hearing the news, and then joined them. I implore the emperor to summon you, and don’t do anything to disappoint the people of the world, otherwise you will despair of the emperor and the situation of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will be in danger!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen with his eyes, and after a little hesitation, he knelt down and played again: "Long Live Lord, it's the slaves' fault, which caused them to attack in groups, or if you punished the slaves, give them a Can you tell me?"

Wang Dehua ransacked Chen Yan's family, arrested Wu Chang, and expelled and arrested some scholars headed by the Imperial College students. All these things annoyed the civil officials.Therefore, a large part of the trouble this time was directed at Wang Dehua.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen ignored the request. After thinking for a while, he ordered: "Let them go to the Wenhua Palace, and then call the remaining officials in Beijing who are above the fifth rank, and I will be there soon!"

Hearing this, Wang Dehua was struck on the forehead like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and he was immediately stunned.

Just now, he was actually advancing by retreating and took Emperor Chongzhen into his army.

One is to show loyalty, and the other is to get a clear message from Emperor Chongzhen that he will not be punished.In this way, even if Emperor Chongzhen wanted to repent, he would consider the consequences of not counting what he said.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen did not do what he expected, but instead wanted to summon those officials.

Now, do you really have to be thrown out as a scapegoat?
Wang Dehua felt that he was shooting himself in the foot, and he regretted it very much, why did he say such a thing!

However, the words have already been spoken, and the deal is done, what else can be done?
Thinking of this, he was naturally not reconciled. With a flash of inspiration in his mind, he immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Long Live Lord, when the servants interrogated Wu Chang, he had some clues. He colluded with Dong Tingxian, the chief assistant Zhou Yanru's aide, and accepted bribes. The amount is huge."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he snorted coldly and stared at Wang Dehua, obviously asking him to elaborate.

"Whoever asks for a governor or general soldier, first bribe the court, and then get it."

"Nanchang is one of the top rankings, and anyone who is not a relative will be bribed."

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To put it simply, if you want to release powerful governors and general soldiers, you will send money to Dong Tingxian. In fact, it is to Zhou Yanru, and then Zhou Yanru will induce Emperor Chongzhen to make a decision.

The scientific examinations in the south are again favoritism and fraud, instructing the examiners to either admit their relatives, or send money to their candidates.

No matter what it was, Emperor Chongzhen was furious when he heard it.Sure enough, as Liu Weichao said, deception, manipulation of power, lawlessness!
It seems that I have lived on dogs before, let them do whatever they want without knowing it, and being led by the nose by them, I thought it was wise and powerful!

Now that I think about it, the reason why Shoufu changed his diligence one after another was because he listened to them.And the most important thing is not their own wishes, but directly following their wishes.

There is a difference, but whichever party is easier to persuade me, I will listen to whose words!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen blushed a little, and was also annoyed at the same time.

But at this moment, he didn't lose his temper. Instead, he took a deep breath and even closed his eyes.

After a while, his demeanor returned to normal.Let Wang Dehua do as he ordered.

Not long after, hundreds of people gathered in Wenhua Hall, and some even stood outside the gate.

These civil servants above the fifth rank were all very excited. The emperor promised to meet them. This is the feeling of winning!

While waiting for the emperor, they whispered to each other, thinking about trying to get the emperor to agree to their request.

"The Emperor is here!"

With a long cry, Emperor Chongzhen arrived.The civil servants in the Wenhua Palace were all high-spirited, ready to challenge Emperor Chongzhen.

(End of this chapter)