East Factory Governor

Chapter 278 On the edge of the cliff
Chen Qisheng trembled all over his body, his face was as white as paper, and his brain was running fast, trying to use reason to resist the sense of fear that hit his whole body.

He doesn't want to die, he wants to survive from desperation.And the last bargaining chip for him to survive is that he has the big tree of Donglin, he has the teacher and godfather Zhou Yanru, the leader of the Donglin Party!
After all, he was still delusional.No one will accept death easily.

The hall was eerily silent.

Qin Shuhuai followed Li Jingting and others to copy Chen Qisheng's house excitedly.Li Jingting and his subordinates are worthy of Jin Yiwei, and their methods of raiding the house are extremely professional.In addition to rummaging through every cabinet and under every bed in the Daotai Mansion, they also lightly tapped every floor tile and every wall with a special small hammer—everything that sounded strange was smashed open.Not only that, they didn’t even spare the gardens. Dozens of people lit torches and inspected the soil inch by inch. Pairs of eagle-like sharp eyes could distinguish the most subtle soil differences. If not, excavate immediately.

Sure enough, after searching for a full two hours, they found two secret rooms and a dark pavilion, and seized a large amount of silver notes and gold, silver and jewelry inside. More than [-] taels, plus two boxes of various jewelry, more than [-] pieces of calligraphy and painting antiques.

According to Chen Qisheng's salary, this money would not be able to be saved even if he saved it for ten lifetimes.

However, there is still a big gap between these stolen silver and Chongzhen's estimates.Because according to Cheng Huaishan, he gave Chen Qisheng a rebate of 100 taels for the introduction of salt, and Cheng Huaishan could produce [-] taels of salt a year, so Chen Qisheng could collect [-] million taels a year for this alone.And Chen Qisheng, as a member of the Tianjin Road, does not only have this means of making money?
If Chen Qisheng's family really only has this little property, there is only one reason - that is, a large part of the bribes he collected were given to officials higher than him!

If Chen Qisheng wants to go up, it will at least involve the household department in charge of salt transportation, and the official department in charge of official assessment. In addition, he is still in Tianjin Bingbei Road, so he will definitely involve the military department.And judging from the fact that Chen Qisheng's son recognized Zhou Yanru as a godfather, Zhou Yanru must have participated in this case, he is a member of the cabinet!And Zhou Yanru is greedy, will the other cabinet ministers not benefit equally?In other words, as long as this case is investigated, a large number of heads can be cut off from Tianjin to the cabinet, involving at least three of the six ministries and many important cabinet ministers.And that's just a conservative estimate.

The scope of the case involved far exceeded Chongzhen's expectations!
Chongzhen's hands were clenched tightly, and deep scars were pierced by his nails.

The mature and prudent Chongzhen is not a reckless and impulsive emperor. At this moment, he has calmed down from the anger just now.

He knew that if he wanted to thoroughly investigate the case, it would trigger a bloody battle between monarch and minister!

It is not difficult to cut off the heads of these people, but such a big move will put everyone in the local officials, from the governor to the county magistrate, at risk. You must know that most of them are members of the Donglin Party.These officials don't need to check Chongzhen to know that at least [-]% of them will be punished for their crimes. It is hard to predict what they will do under this pressure!
Nowadays, there are frequent civil upheavals in the world, and alien races outside the pass are staring at each other. Needless to say, as long as those governors who hold heavy troops and dominate one side rush to jump the wall and do something unpredictable, then Daming will really fall into a situation of eternal doom!
He found that he had thought simply before.The root of the big tree of the Donglin Party has penetrated into every soil of Daming, and penetrated into every blood of Daming.If you want to uproot it, you not only have to endure the pain of the skin, but you also have to bear the risk of the abscess bursting and bleeding to death!
But if it is allowed to continue to grow wildly, it will definitely crush the Forbidden City one day!
I, where should I go?
Chongzhen's eyes were red, and he remained silent for a long time.

The current Tianjin Yanyunwo case is not just a corruption case, but a fuse that concerns the life and death of Ming Dynasty.

Zhen, do you want to ignite it and start a war against the Donglin Party members all over the world?Do I have this ability?

Seeing Chongzhen's hesitant expression, Qin Shuhuai also guessed what he was thinking.

This struggle against Donglin is indeed extremely dangerous.Its cruelty is definitely not comparable to bringing down Wei Zhongxian.Because Wei Zhongxian was still loyal to Daming in the final analysis, he also knew how to appreciate the emperor's kindness, and he also knew that the emperor's important ministers had to die, so it didn't take much energy for Chongzhen to overthrow him.

But the Donglin Party members are different!Everyone in Donglin has seniors and juniors, and they represent the interests of many wealthy businessmen and gentry behind their backs. It is absolutely impossible for them to be caught without a fight.What's more dangerous is that the Donglin Party controls the world's scholars, which is equivalent to controlling public opinion. If they unite to criticize and incite wantonly, Chongzhen will easily fall into a lonely situation!
This is also the reason why Chongzhen in history knew that Donglin was harming the country and hated Donglin, but was unable to bring down Donglin and could only let them manipulate.Historically, Chongzhen had changed nearly [-] chief assistants during his ten-year reign, and now it seems more like a silent protest.But this kind of protest is irrelevant at all, because no matter how he changes, it is the Donglin Party that ultimately controls the court!

Now Chongzhen has two choices, one is to stop when he finds Tianjin Dao, so that he will be fine even if he kills Chen Qisheng all over his family.But the problem is that this sent a signal to the top of the Donglin Party, that is, Chongzhen did not dare to move them, so these people would become more rampant, and Chongzhen would not even try to restrain them.The second is to decisively fight to the end and start a complete war with the Donglin Party, but no one can predict what will happen afterwards. It is very likely that after a bloody storm, the history of Daming will be completely rewritten.

Anti-corruption and anti-Donglin is by no means as simple as imagined.

If not, the country will perish!On the contrary, the country can also be subjugated!

Chongzhen came to the edge of the historical cliff, with the mountain of knives on the left and the sea of ​​fire on the right.

But Qin Shuhuai knew better than anyone else that if he didn't clean up the Donglin Party Daming, there would be a dead end.Because in his previous life, he had already seen this result!
He was going to make a decision for Chongzhen.

The hall continued to be silent, deathly silent.On the table, the flames of the candles danced and made slight noises, clearly showing the different expressions on everyone's faces.

Qin Shuhuai broke the silence first, and said to Chen Qisheng, "Chen Daotai, we know that you have been able to collect at least 100 million taels of salt kickbacks since the year you became Huaishan, so there must be more than this in the family. If you want to survive, you'd better be honest Confession, where did the rest of the money go?"

A light interrogation caused Chongzhen's heart to set off a storm.

Brother Qin, do you want me to investigate to the end?Do you want me to start a full-scale war with the Donglin Party?

Brother Qin, are we really ready?

　If not, the country will perish.On the contrary, the country can also be subjugated. How annoying!Ask for monthly tickets and recommended tickets to ease your mood~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)