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Liu Laosan, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, saw that the sun was rising and wanted to go out to find out when the court would start trying those Shanxi merchants who had collaborated with the captives.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw groups of people running towards the main street calling for friends. In this situation, you can tell that something is wrong at a glance.

Liu Laosan quickly stopped someone and asked, "What's the matter with this brother?"

"Don't you know? Chengmen Street is under martial law again. It is said that the families of the great Shanxi businessmen Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others are being escorted to Beijing!"

When Liu Laosan heard this, he immediately turned around and rushed into the door. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Mother, there are those mud lumps that I picked up yesterday. Get them quickly, we need to use them again!"

While shouting, he felt a lot of regret in his heart. Why did the court strictly prohibit the use of stones? Just kill those spies!

In the late Ming Dynasty, it was not normal to carry out executions, especially those who committed serious crimes. Just like Fan Yongdou, he betrayed the country by collaborating with the captives and his family did not support him. How could he do it alone? His family also enjoyed the benefits of his betrayal of the country. Therefore, if Fan Yongdou is caught, his family will also be punished. If his crimes are serious, just like the Fan family, they will be uprooted.

Today, the eight famous Shanxi merchants in the late Ming Dynasty enjoy the highest level of treatment, and the entire family is uprooted. After the main criminal was escorted to the capital as soon as possible, in the past few days, members of his family were also escorted to the capital.

As a result, the capital was as lively as a festival. As soon as they heard that Chengmen Street was under martial law, they would know that another family member of an adulterer was being escorted to the capital. The people of the capital would support the old and the young and go to entertain them enthusiastically. In this war where Jianru invaded the capital, the greater the losses and the more relatives died, the more enthusiastic the hospitality was.

In fact, at this time, there was no need for court interrogation, and the people in the capital had already determined that these people were Tonglu. Their grief at the end of last year needed a channel to vent. Sometimes, even people who are labeled as kind will follow blindly.

However, Hu Guang did not delay for long. On the second day after Fan Yongdou and others were escorted to Beijing, he issued a decree that the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty would be the presiding judge, and that the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jinyiwei and Dongchang would be the jurors, and the trial would be open. The crime of being a prisoner.

This standard is probably the highest in history. Not only is the chief judge the chief assistant, but the people being tried include high-ranking officials such as the governor of Xuanfu, generals above the garrison level, deputy generals below, and even local squires, that is, those from the Jin Dynasty business. The scale and number of people, if you include the family members, are as big as those major cases in the early Ming Dynasty. For this reason, this Tonglu case was rated as the most serious case in the Chongzhen Dynasty by later generations.

It's funny to say that if You Shiwei, the former commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, had not been deceived during the reign of King Qin, and the soldiers he led had not been disbanded, and he had continued to serve as the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, he would have been with these people.

Because it was a public trial, people were allowed to observe. As soon as the news came out, people lined up at the yamen gate. But before long, the queue was so long that the end of the line was no longer visible. Those who came late tried to jump in line, which caused riots and eventually forced the government to send out yamen to maintain order.

So, in order to see Fan Yongdou and others being tried, those wealthy people in the capital began to spend money on those in front of the queue. According to later rumors, several people suddenly jumped from poverty to poverty by selling their positions. Well-off.

Hu Guang wanted to take a look at such a lively event, but he had no choice but to forget about it due to his status. However, he soon became busy, because Min Hongxue, the candidate for assistant minister who came from Jiangnan and recommended by Wen Tiren, finally arrived in the capital.

In the Wenhua Hall, Hu Guang looked at Min Hongxue who was receiving the ceremony. Among the ministers recommended by Wen Tiren, the one he expected the most from was the one in front of him. The implementation of policies in both military and political aspects, such as road construction, currency reform, school promotion, counterinsurgency and other measures, are all in line with Hu Guang's views.

Judging from his appearance, this old man should have been a handsome guy when he was young, with a bookish air, but he also looked capable, had a loud voice, and was very energetic!

While Min Hongxue was receiving the gift, he was also sizing up the young emperor. To be honest, at the beginning, he was disappointed when he heard that Emperor Chongzhen almost completely believed in the Donglin Party, attacked the Eunuch Party without reservation, filled all the vacancies, or directly promoted Donglin Party members to serve. For this reason, he reported illness and returned to his hometown in the early years of Chongzhen.

What he didn't expect was that after the Jianlu invaded the capital, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have changed. He no longer only trusted the Donglin Party members, reactivated the factory guards, especially Wen Tiren, and took risks with his own life. Just to be able to kill the prisoners under the capital city. All this gave him hope for the government.

However, Min Hongxue believed that the nature of a country is easy to change but hard to change. He was a little worried that Emperor Chongzhen only changed slightly under the pressure of crisis. Therefore, after Hu Zhengyan conveyed the order, although he wanted to come to the capital for a visit, he still took his time just to have more time for observation.

What he didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be a completely different person, and his subsequent behavior always surprised him. He even bought new banknotes at a high price while on the road and studied them carefully.

As someone who had led troops to quell rebellion, he also knew that Emperor Chongzhen's trick of Zhonglietang would be very rewarding with little effort. This matter, in the current situation of Ming Dynasty, is simply a stroke of genius, which can solve many problems at once.

As a fellow countryman, Min Hongxue also knew Wen Tiren and knew that it would definitely not be the strategy proposed by the first assistant. He couldn't think of anyone in the court who could have such vision and offer such a move. But these are not important. What is important is that the emperor adopted it and attached great importance to it.

When he arrived in the capital, he happened to encounter the Shanxi merchant incident. After a little inquiry, he understood the cause and effect of the incident, and he immediately looked at Emperor Chongzhen with admiration. In this way, it not only cut off Jianlu's ears, eyes, hands and feet, but also filled the national treasury. It was really killing two birds with one stone. At this time, he saw the hope of pacifying Liaodong!

At this time, Min Hongxue looked at the young Emperor Chongzhen with more and more surprise. The emperor had a confident and calm temperament that he had never seen in Emperor Tianqi. Such an emperor is probably really the master of Ming Dynasty and ZTE!

While he was thinking about it, Hu Guang already smiled and said, "I heard that Min Qing is a great talent in our Ming Dynasty. What do you think of these recent measures of the imperial court?"

He said this. Firstly, he felt that he had done well recently and was a little proud of himself. Secondly, he also started the interview and wanted to hear Min Hongxue's opinion and see how he went.

To Hu Guang's surprise, after hearing this, Min Hongxue said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, some of the measures taken by the imperial court are a bit of a joke. They are taken for granted!"

My daughter watched Peppa Pig, but ended up paying for both the TV and the Internet at Grandpa Grandpa’s house. Now she uses a mobile phone hotspot to connect to the Internet for updates. I'm going back to my hometown in the afternoon, so I probably won't be able to update a chapter until very late.