In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

Jiang Xiasheng lay limp on the ground, hugging his elderly parents and crying.The neighbors stood aside and said with relief: "When the sky fell, there was a tall man to support it. We all survived the rebel attack. Why bother to come?"

Jiang Xiasheng was speechless.Last night, he was reminded by his brother Xiao Tan, and only then did he know who he had offended.After tossing and turning all night without falling asleep, he is not afraid of death, but if he dies, who will take care of his elderly and sick parents?

The more Jiang Xiasheng thought about it, the more painful he felt, so he woke up early in the morning and told his parents everything.Jiang's father and Jiang's mother had only one son like him. If the son died, the two elders would not be able to survive, so the whole family simply went to Huangquan together.

Jiang Xiasheng wanted to find a happier way to die, tried several methods, but couldn't do it.It was Jiang's father who said that there are still some pills used to poison mice at home, so take them and give them to eat.

Jiang Xiasheng couldn't bear to see his parents being poisoned to death. He went to the well outside the alley by himself and was stopped by someone. Only then did he resolve the misunderstanding with Kang Fuyin.

He rushed back home, only to find that the neighbors had rescued his parents.It turned out that the two pills were very big. The two old people were old and their throats were narrow.The neighbors came in time, slapped the two on the back, and took the poison pill out.

Kangfu Yin finally didn't see the tragedy happen with his own eyes, and saw that Jiang's family was so dilapidated and dilapidated that he felt guilty for a while.He has been the Governor of Shuntian Mansion for several years, but he didn't even know the family circumstances of his subordinates, so he quietly left two taels of silver and left quietly.

Gu Li didn't know that there were three people in the capital who went around the ghost gate because of him.As soon as Kang Qizong left, Cheng Mu and others came to see him.Gu Li asked the little eunuch to lead them to the Dezheng Hall, drank some tea, walked around, so as not to get hemorrhoids after sitting for a long time.

Not long after, the prime minister Mu Hualing, six ministers and six subjects of advice entered the palace.As usual, Gu Li asked someone to show a seat for Prime Minister Mu, while the others stood.

Prime Minister Mu first talked about Wang Zheng's case. Yesterday, the three judiciaries held a joint trial and ruled that Wang Zhengbi Zhou formed a party, shut his eyes and ears, plundered by force, harmed the people, stole internal money, and caused harm to the court.Hong Zhenqiu submitted the charge, Gu Li looked through it, and there was Prime Minister Mu to supervise the case, the charge was fairly fair, with several pages of eloquence, and a list of eunuchs was attached at the back.

Gu Li kept the crime in the court first, and he will give a reply after he has read it carefully.Gu Li couldn't wait to ask the question he was most concerned about: "What about the stolen money from the inner court treasury? Have you ever tracked down the whereabouts?"

Prime Minister Mu replied: "Wang Zheng has already confessed, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice has arrested Wang Zheng's nephew, Sun Xingfeng, and a group of people who helped Sun Xingfeng sell the stolen goods. There must be results soon."

Gu Li compared Wang Zheng's confession with the list of stolen funds, and the amount of silver almost matched. In addition, there were antiques, treasures, calligraphy and painting, gold and silver jewelry, silk, high-grade woolen goods, jade, ivory, etc. .

Gu Li glanced at the list, and his eyes suddenly turned eighth, and his pupils trembled.On the list are written in black and white "Picture of Women's Admonitions", "Picture of Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains", "Golden and Green Landscape Painting", "Zhi Zhizhi Tie", "Taoyuan Picture", "Riverside Picture at Qingming Festival", "Orchid Pavilion Volume", "Jiangshan Wanli Picture" ", etc., are all masterpieces of famous masters in the previous dynasty.As a modern person, he has only seen these famous paintings in history books.

These are just calligraphy and paintings. In addition, there are antiques such as: Sun Deng's Tianlaiqin, Yusi Town of Han Dynasty, Yiding of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Zhongding of Qin Dynasty, Siyang Fangzun, Song and Yuan porcelains and other treasures.

Wang Zheng almost emptied his internal funds, and his nephew Sun Xingfeng transported them to the south of the Yangtze River, and sold them to collectors all over the place by art dealers, framers, brokers, brokers, and dentists.

This Wang Zheng is truly daring.Gu Li said to Hong Zhenqiu: "The Ministry of Punishment needs to hurry up and recover the internal funds. Don't delay the opportunity."

Hong Zhenqiu replied listlessly.

Prime Minister Mu said: "The case of Wang Cheng's impeachment of Yang Shangshu was given by the Ministry of War. After investigation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it was instigated by Xia Xingcheng, the censor of the supervisory capital. Wang Cheng claimed that Xia Xingcheng was an eunuch. Because Wang was going to prison, Xia Xingcheng Cheng ordered him to attack Yang Shangshu, with the intention of dragging Zuo Shangshu, who was the same year as Yang Shangshu, into the water."

Gu Li looked at Prime Minister Mu. If he hadn't heard the conversation in the dungeon of Shuntian Mansion last night, he might have thought that what Prime Minister Mu said was true.But now, not only did he know another possibility of this case, but he also understood Prime Minister Mu's contradiction at this time.

What Xia Xingcheng said may be true, he did not instruct Wang Gejian to impeach Yang Hongjian, this was just a drama directed and acted by Zuo Shijue himself, in order to completely pull Xia Xingcheng down.But this is only Xia Xingcheng's one-sided statement. They don't have any evidence. The best thing to do right now is to stop entangled in the truth and let the matter be settled according to the results of the case drawn by Prime Minister Mu.

Gu Li asked Prime Minister Mu to submit the case file of Wang Jijian's impeachment case, looked through it, and kept it for now.

Prime Minister Mu continued: "Your Majesty told me a few days ago that he wanted to condolences to the guards of the Beijing camp. After discussing with the Ministry of Rites, the date was set in seven days. What do you think?"

Gu Li glanced at the weather, frowned and said, "It will rain heavily in a few days, it's best to set it within four days."

Prime Minister Mu and Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites looked at each other. They had all heard about Gu Li's calculation of the weather on the day when the rebels attacked the city. Although they still had doubts about Gu Li's words, they did not dare to speak too much, so they could only respond. Next, just step up the schedule in the past few days.

Now that he mentioned condolences to the guards of the Beijing camp, Gu Li asked: "Have the pensions of the fallen soldiers and officials been distributed?"

The Minister of the Household Department had a painful expression on his face: "It's over, more than 6000 people died in the battle, and more than [-] taels have been issued. Your Majesty, there is really not much Zheshi silver in the Taicang treasury..."

Gu Lidao: "I know, when the stolen money is recovered, I will order someone to take the money to fill the Taicang."

All the ministers breathed a sigh of relief and looked happy. Mu Hualing praised: "Your Majesty is pure, kind and benevolent, just like Yao and Shun Shang Tang! This is the blessing of all people!"

Gu Li smiled, and heard Prime Minister Mu say: "Your Majesty, Zhang Ci'er and other rebels are being imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. They have confessed to a list, which may be helpful for our army to clear up the remnants of the bandits."

Prime Minister Mu presented a dossier, Gu Li opened it, and the first one was Chen Feng's name.

Chen Feng, a native of Silingzhou, Guangxi, was nineteen years old, his parents died, and he was brought up by a master who ran a boat on the sea. After the death of his master, Chen Feng joined the rebel army. .He has a handsome appearance, a pair of green eyes, and a dazzling appearance.According to Zhang Ci'er, Chen Feng seems to be afraid of fire.

Gu Lixin said that it turned out that Chen Fengcai was only 19 years old, so if you count it according to the age of the original owner, it would be one year younger.

When Chen Feng bowed his head, it was Luo Guangwen's name.

This man was dead, so Gu Li ignored him and continued to read. It was a man named Geng Chongming, who served as the deputy commander of the rebel army. This man was originally a farmer in Shaanxi, his life was saved by Zhang Cier, and he was brought under his command Afterwards, he repeatedly made military exploits and was suspicious of Luo Guangwen.

After reading it, Gu Li didn't see Zhang Ci'er and other rebels' confessions about the treasure.Where is this treasure, other people may not know the treasure, but Zhang Ci'er must know.

Gu Li said: "The traitors robbed houses and searched everywhere. Where are the things hidden? Can anyone confess?"

Prime Minister Mu was reminded by this, and quickly said: "I will order the Criminal Department to step up the interrogation. In addition, the minister has also arranged for people to go south to search for these people. The remnants of the rebel army are nothing more than a mob. If these leaders can be captured, the remnants of the party will surely disperse like birds and beasts." , break without attacking."

Before Gu Li could speak, Zuo Shijue mentioned: "I think that the capital should also send more people to catch the rebels. After all, the most dangerous place is the safest place. I don't know if these rebels will sneak into the city." Fishing in troubled waters?"

Yang Hongjian nodded and said, "That's right, Thief Zhang is still locked up in prison, and he needs to prevent his subordinates from shooting back."

Gu Lixin said, hey, this Zuo Shijue is really old-fashioned, but Yang Shangshu guessed wrong, Chen Feng didn't want to save Zhang Ci'er at all, Luo Guangwen only wanted the treasure, and now he was killed.

Gu Li nodded, and said: "Speaking of this matter, I have an idea. I said that I will discuss it with the prime minister. The refugees who took refuge in the rebel army were originally farmers who had lost their land and were desperate. Instead of making great efforts to pursue the remnants of the army, it is better to issue an imperial edict to pardon the crimes of the rebels and remnants of the rebels, and encourage the refugees to return to their hometowns, just in time for the spring plowing, what does the prime minister think?"

Prime Minister Mu was overjoyed and stood up to salute: "I am a refugee in the world, thank you for your majesty's kindness!"

Gu Li also said: "After the promulgation of this order, if there are still rebels who persist in their obsession, they will be pursued by the Ministry of War."

Seeing that he had received the order, Yang Hong reported back: "There is a report from Liaodong that the Jian captive wants to negotiate a peace truce with our court, but..."

With hesitation on his face, Gu Li thought for a while and asked, "It's just that I need compensation from Hou Chu, isn't it?"

Yang Hongjian lowered his head: "Jianlu asked us to pay 200 million taels of silver in compensation. In addition, the Daling River and Sancha River must be used as the border between the two sides. Jianlu said in the letter: 'If you don't allow it, there will be movement in Xiaqiu. '(Note)"

As soon as Yang Hong saw the words, the officials started to stir and protested: "Your Majesty, I will succeed to the Kingdom of Chu, how can I do this appeasement, tolerate and raise traitors, there will be endless troubles!"

Gu Li looked at them and asked: "Then, according to everyone's opinions, the treasury is empty and the teachers and teachers are short of money. How should we fight this battle?"