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Chapter 1117 Two sets of light and dark
For the Ming Dynasty, it was freedom of speech, at least not like the Manchu Qing Dynasty who would engage in literary inquisition. A wrong word, or a wrong word, or even ambiguity in any word, could lead to death.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about it either, because an article would call for beating and killing.It is not Daming's style to be convicted for speaking.And the more important point is that the mouth grows on other people's bodies, if you just block it blindly, it will not be blocked.But this does not mean that anyone can unscrupulously criticize the government without any scruples!
In fact, for the ancients, whether the government and the public were able to discuss politics smoothly or not was one of the important criteria to measure whether a monarch was enlightened. In other words, it would be well received by literati. Written by literati.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the freedom of speech has always been attached great importance to. For example, the emperor Taizu gave the censor's speech officer not to be convicted of speech, which is a good example.

However, in Emperor Chongzhen's view, Taizu's original intention was good, but the rules set by the civil servants were broken by civil officials, and they were used in party struggles and to eliminate dissidents.As a result, he changed the rule since the Taizu, that any impeachment by the censor must be based on real evidence. For this reason, he even reformed the Metropolitan Procuratorate and increased the subordinate institutions and manpower of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Although Zhang Pu is well-known among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River and among the children of officials and eunuchs, so what, I even punished the official censor, so why not punish him?Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen replied to Huang Chengen, the admiral of Dongchang, saying: "Since Zhang Pu wrote the article and spread it widely, you Dongchang will ask him who Yan Song is referring to in the court. If the slander has caused bad influence, he must be responsible for his own words. Contact Xuezheng and have his reputation removed as a punishment."

"Slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen replied quickly after hearing this.He naturally knew in his heart that Zhang Pu was just talking nonsense, thinking that he would talk casually like before and it had nothing to do with it.Hehe, I have read this book for nothing!

After making this decree, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and then ordered Wang Cheng'en: "As an official in the opposition, Zhou Yanru allowed scholars to slander the government, incorrectly guide scholars, and become a useful talent in Ming Dynasty. Such behavior is against the way of being an official, and it will be recorded in Dongchang to see the effect."

Speaking of this, he suddenly felt moved. In addition to the evaluation of officials by the Ministry of Officials, the East Factory should also conduct investigations on officials, even those quasi-officials, such as juren. Give them a question mark on the way!

This matter, that is, the private investigation of civil and military officials, Dongchang has not never done it.But in the past, it was not done systematically.If it is really going to be done as envisioned, the project will be huge.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a while, and felt that it was still necessary for Dongchang to do this matter.As for the military officer, Jin Yiwei will build the files.Thinking of this, he contacted Wang Chengen and Liu Xingzuo respectively and asked them to handle the matter.Of course, the factory guards have to do it secretly.At that time, it will be combined with the assessment of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials, and the civil and military officials will be assessed.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, there are still seven days before the Chinese New Year.At this time, the Liao army finally arrived at the capital, and the mighty tens of thousands of troops were temporarily stationed outside the capital.

Undoubtedly, as the Liao conquest army appeared before the eyes of the people in the capital, the topic of the Liao conquest army suddenly became the headline news in the capital's discussions.In the streets and alleys, in restaurants and teahouses, all the chatter was about the Liao army.

"Do you know? The Liao army is back!"

"Really? When did you come back? My old man has been nagging for a long time, wanting to see this mighty team!"

"No, it's the same with my family. My brother-in-law and his family were outside the capital city. They were destroyed by the god-killing Jianlu. My mother-in-law wanted to say thank you personally! Thank you for avenging her!"

"It's the same thing. In fact, many people in our capital have the same idea. After all, it's not just a family or two who were tortured by Jianlu before!"

"..."

The people in the capital are obviously grateful for this army that conquered Liao.They even regarded this army as an army of their own, not just an army of the imperial court.

"Unfortunately, there is martial law in the barracks, and we ordinary people can't get through it, otherwise we must thank you in person!"

"It's okay, I've heard that in two days, the Liao army will enter the capital to show off their martial arts. At that time, there will be opportunities to pay respect to this mighty division of Ming Dynasty!"

"Hehe, you don't understand this, it's a military parade, it happened before!"

"..."

As the people in the capital talked and talked, they began to look forward to it, looking forward to the day of the military parade coming as soon as possible.

At this time, it was approaching the end of the new year, and the capital was located in the north again. Under the howling cold wind, the weather was extremely cold.

In this kind of cold winter weather, generally speaking, the sun does not rise to the hills every day, and most people are unwilling to get up. They are all willing to hide in the warm bed and listen to the howling cold wind outside the house so that they can stay in bed.

But on this day, that is, the third day after the Liao army arrived in the capital, the situation was very different.

Before dawn, there was movement on the street.Under the curfew and under the watchful eyes of patrolling soldiers, official sedan chairs one after another, and generals one after another appeared on the streets one after another, and gathered towards the Forbidden City.It stands to reason that this is the Chinese New Year, so there should be nothing wrong.Moreover, the emperor never advocated an early dynasty, but these officials in Beijing went to the Forbidden City so early, which is really a rare scene for the capital!

When the sky in the east had just revealed a glimmer of light, the curfew had just ended, and the commotion caused by the early risers disappeared, more soldiers from the Wucheng Bingmasi appeared on the street.There was movement again on the silent street, the sound of neat footsteps, the clash of armor, and the shouts of soldiers and generals, sounded from time to time.

If it is said that the soldiers of the Wucheng Bingma Division are soldiers, acting on orders, they can't help themselves like civil and military officials, then this other thing is even more abnormal.

In the capital city, every household also woke up one after another.After only a short while, the sleeping capital seemed to wake up, and the voices of various households rang out from time to time: "My mother, don't want pancakes, just eat whatever you want, it's time-consuming!"

"You brat, hurry up! You've been clamoring to see it, and you're still procrastinating when you get up! If you go late and don't have a seat, I can't beat you to death!"

"Father, take your time, my son is going to occupy a seat first!"

"..."

Amidst the commotion, many people walked out of the house. Their first reaction was to shrink their necks, look up at the sky, and say, "It's so cold!"However, their faces were filled with smiles. Looking at the movements of the neighbors, many people would shout: "Old Li, let's go, and stay in bed!"

"Old Wang, why don't you go? Today's incident is probably just like this. If you miss it, you don't have to watch it!"

"..."

In various places in the capital, the common people called their friends and friends, and it was very lively. Compared with the noon time in the past, it was much more lively.

On the streets of the capital, there are already quite a few common people walking quickly in twos and threes.

As I was walking, I didn't know who it was, and suddenly shouted: "Wow, it's snowing!"

When the people on the side heard it, they looked up one after another, and sure enough.I saw that snowflakes were scattered in the sky, one, two, and three... After just a while, the snow became heavier and fell on the people. After there was a piece of white, it fell on the ground. Melt again.

The older elders couldn't help being very happy seeing this situation, and said loudly: "Auspicious snow heralds a good year! The crops should have a bumper harvest!"

Slowly, the snow fell more and more, but it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the people in the capital.They still ignored them and continued to flood the streets. There were even some urchins who went to the streets with their parents and had snowball fights while walking.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen also got up early. When he heard the lively noise from outside the palace, he couldn't help but feel very good. It seems that the enthusiasm of the people in the capital can be expected!

When Emperor Chongzhen came to the top of Fengtianmen City, he saw that there were already countless snowmen standing there waiting in Fengtianmen Square.

Looking at all this, Emperor Chongzhen believed that the Ming army had changed in the hearts of the people.The generals and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are no longer just big soldiers, and soldiers will not be despised like before.He believed that this would be helpful to change the status of warriors!

Speaking of it, the military parade has actually happened once, when Emperor Chongzhen personally marched.However, the military parade that time was relatively simple, but this time, the emperor ordered Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, to organize it in advance. Whether it was the experience of the people or the feeling of the Emperor Chongzhen, it seemed more grand.

At this time, on the side of Fengtianmen Square, Jinyi pro-army was under martial law, and there were many big Han generals standing near the head of Fengtianmen, each of them was tall and mighty, showing even more momentum.On the top of the city, there were hundreds of civil and military officials, all of them wearing formal court clothes, surrounded by the Emperor Chongzhen who was already in place.

In Wen Tiren's original plan, he wanted to send an order to the Liao army outside the city through the chat group, but Emperor Chongzhen vetoed this, and still let people pass it on a fast horse, which is more ceremonial.

The commander-in-chief of this military parade, the former governor of Ji Liao, the minister of the cabinet, and now the second assistant, Sun Chengzong, gave an order just when the time came, and saw a fast horse galloping away from under the Fengtianmen city.

The people who were whispering and stomping their feet saw this, many people stopped chatting and stopped moving, although they knew that the Liao army did not appear so soon before their eyes.But they still stretched their necks, looking in the direction they came from from time to time.Take a look, look around, seem to forget the cold.

I don't know how long it took, just in their expectation, finally, the Liao army appeared.

Just like the last military parade, the first thing that appeared in front of everyone was the Ming flag, which they were already very familiar with, and then the Liao army.

The main body of this military parade is similar to the previous one, but this time there are more people, and there is no end to the mighty sight.

Walking in the forefront is the naturalized army.This time the Guihua Army was mainly led by Li Guo and Wu Sangui. Their troops were all cavalry.

When they appeared on the square, an etiquette officer began to introduce the achievements of the naturalized army, and the soldiers with loud voices spread the introduction far away.

"This cavalry army was sent by Guihua Province. As we all know, Guihua Province is a new province of our Ming Dynasty, but this Guihua army is extraordinary. It took advantage of the advantages of the cavalry army. During the galloping battle of Liao, Li Participated in the general's headquarters, raided Fushun, and took over the old lair of Jianlu..."

"What you are seeing now is General Wu's troops, young talents, shouting out that those who offend our Ming Dynasty will be punished even though they are far away. In this battle, they also rushed thousands of miles and won the grain fields in the north of Liaodong for Daming. , greatly reducing the food pressure in Liaodong..."

Hearing these introductions, these soldiers in the naturalized army held their heads high and tried to show their demeanor as much as possible.But at this time, in their hearts, they were actually very shocked.

They were shocked by the enthusiasm of the people in the capital. They really didn't expect that so many people in the capital stood on both sides of the road despite the heavy snow, and stood in the square to welcome them.The soldiers of the naturalized army at this time actually regretted it very much in their hearts, regretting why they did not make greater contributions in this battle against Liao!

Immediately behind them was the Guan Ning Army led by Cao Wenzhao. This time, basically all the Guan Ning Army participating in the decisive battle came, including infantry and cavalry.Most of the soldiers participated in the military parade for the first time. Like the naturalized army, they were also shocked by the enthusiasm of the people in the capital. Listening to the etiquette officer introducing their achievements, they all raised their heads and tried to show their spirit god.

Watching the high-spirited troops pass by, and listening to the etiquette officer's introduction, the people on the sidelines were also discussing in low voices: "See, this is the real army, the real Ming army!"

"Look, it's different from the previous ones, it looks like an elite!"

"That's right, all this murderous aura is rushing towards our faces, what is it if it's not an elite?"

"..."

After the Dongjiang army passed, when the new army appeared, the people in the capital suddenly stopped talking about it.They looked at the soldiers of the new army, and more excitement appeared on their faces.For them, this new army is the army of the capital, and they are the ones who watch the formation and march, just like they watch their grown-up relatives.

They also all understood that the main force in the recovery of Liaodong and the inclusion of North Korea into the territory of Ming Dynasty was actually the new army.Watching the new army pass by, I don't know who was the first to shout "Da Ming Wan Sheng!"

Immediately, after only a short while, the earth-shattering roar of "Da Ming Wan Sheng" resounded in the square!This voice shocked everyone's heart, including ordinary people, civil servants and military generals, and royal relatives and dignitaries!
(End of this chapter)