Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 44
No matter when the rogues entered the capital or the captives entered the customs, Daming always had some soft-boned behaviors of defecting to the enemy.Even some relatives of the royal family licked their faces and begged the enemy to live in order to survive.

Especially when the Qing army entered Nanjing, local officials not only came to show their loyalty with generous gifts, but also expressed their condolences.

He even knelt on both sides of the avenue in the rain to welcome the Qing army into the city, which completely embarrassed Daming.

Of course, there are more loyal people of the Ming Dynasty who fully demonstrated the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to fight against the Eastern captivity, more soldiers and national heroes died heroically.

In order not to succumb to the bandits, those important officials in the capital chose to be loyal to the country after the death of Emperor Chongzhen.

Fan Jingwen, a scholar of Dongge University in Chongzhen, after hearing of the death of the emperor, did not eat for four consecutive days, and his whole family threw themselves into a well to die.

The thirteen members of Ni Yuanlu's family, minister of households and lecturer, all hanged themselves.

Li Banghua, the censor of the left capital, committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.

Shi Bangyao, the deputy censor of Zuodu, committed suicide.

Wang Jiayan, the right servant of the Ministry of War, committed suicide.

Lingyiqu of Dali Temple hanged himself.

Shuji Shi Wei Xuelian committed suicide.

Meng Zhaoxiang, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishments, and his family committed suicide by throwing themselves into a well.

Censor Chen Liangmo's family committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.

The official Xu Zhi committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.

Chengdeok's family hanged themselves,

The family of Wu Ganzhong committed suicide.

Kim Hyun, head of the Ministry of War, and his family committed suicide.

Those who left their names include Wu Zheng, Wang Zhang, and Yu Tengjiao and his wife. There are no less than a hundred people in total, and there are still people who cannot be counted.
There are nearly [-] families of noble officials Xungui who committed suicide, including Ma Shiqi, Liu Lishun, Zhou Fengxiang, Wang Wei, etc.

Thinking of these loyal souls who sacrificed their lives for the country, and looking at Wei Zaode and others, Zhu Youjian's anger reached the limit.

He sat on the dragon chair, looked down at these ministers coldly, and kept silent.

When the emperor didn't speak, the ministers didn't dare to get up, so they had to kneel down and wait for the emperor to call Pingshen.

In the past, there would definitely be ministers who were upset, but now no one dares to think that way.

A few days ago, the morning bell rang, and the army of rogues outside the city besieged the city, but the army of King Qin did not arrive all the way.

They all felt that Daming was about to end, no matter the loyal ministers or those weak bones, they were not in the mood to go to court.

It's completely different now. Emperor Chongzhen personally led the army to defeat the bandits. These ministers didn't know where the emperor moved the army from. Who would dare to disobey him.

The emperor who has always been indecisive and controlled by them has never been so majestic and cold as he is today.

It can be said that today's emperor is like a real son of tomorrow.

Just looking at the ministers will make them feel terrified and feel chills running down their backs.

What does it mean for the emperor to lay down millions of corpses in a fit of anger? They only truly realized the majesty of the emperor today.

About half a stick of incense, Li Banghua, who was 70 years old, began to shake a little, as if he couldn't support it.

Thinking that after Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide, their whole family committed suicide, Zhu Youjian couldn't bear them to continue kneeling below, and said in a deep voice:

"Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Household Department, Fan Jingwen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Li Banghua, the Yushi of the Zuodu, Shi Bangyao, the Deputy Shi of the Zuodu, Ling Yiqu, the Minister of Dali Temple, Wu Linzheng, the Minister of the Taichang Temple...you all died together"

Li Banghua was the oldest, and his legs were numb for a long time. Hearing Zhu Youjian told them to flatten, they were relieved at that time, and everyone hurriedly thanked them:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live long live long live"

After thanking Li Banghua and others for their gratitude, they stood up and looked back at the chief assistant Wei Zaode and others still kneeling there.

The emperor didn't seem to see them, Li Banghua and others didn't dare to speak, they could only stand obediently aside.

But how did these loyalists know that the officials kneeling there now are all those who surrendered and donated a lot of money.

Li Zicheng confiscated more than 7000 million taels of silver from their home, which was equivalent to the tax burden of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.

Just as Li Banghua stood still tremblingly, Zhu Youjian suddenly slapped the Long Shuan and yelled loudly:
"Clap clap..."

"The army of bandits besieged the city, and even the court ladies and eunuchs knew to help defend the city. As my Ming cabinet, where are you, Wei Zaode and Chen Yan?"

Luo Yangxing, my Jin Yiwei commander pointed out, where are you?Also, where are you honorable ministers? Are you worthy to be my subjects of Ming Dynasty?

Talking about slander all day long, framing Zhongliang, being greedy for food and wages, fish and meat of the common people, colluding with bandits, you are all there, and when I am in trouble, no one is missing..."

The more Zhu Youjian spoke, the more angry he became, the loud hall was buzzing, and the Long Shu case was torn apart by him.

When he showed such power, not only Wei Zaode and the others were afraid, but even Li Banghua and others knelt on the ground again and kowtowed again and again.

"I ask the emperor to punish you. The ministers deserve death for their crimes. The ministers are incompetent. The ministers are willing to resign from office and return to the land, so as not to add burden to Daming."

"Disarmed and returned to the fields?"

Hearing what Li Banghua and others said, Wei Zaode, Chen Yan and others rolled their eyes. Their good days are not over yet, and of course they will not be so stupid as to be dismissed and returned to the fields.

Wei Zaode and Chen Yan kowtowed repeatedly with their heads on the ground, their attitude was much more modest than that of Li Banghua and others, and their words were much nicer:

"The emperor calm down, I know my mistake, I am confused, I am willing to give 10 taels of silver to help Ming rebuild the army..."

It was good that Wei Zaode and Chen Yan didn't speak, but Zhu Youjian was so angry that he almost spurted blood after saying these few words.

Emperor Chongzhen called for silver donations for military pay. You all cried poorly. You were the first to donate silver when the rogues entered the city. They were all as much as 10,000+ taels, but you still couldn’t escape your death in the end.

Now that Lao Tzu has wiped out the bandits, it's too late for you to think about taking money just to keep the officials.

Zhu Youjian looked at them coldly:

"Wei Zaode and Chen Yan, now I want to take money. I tell you, it's too late. Is your money yours? It's all people's fat and people's blood and sweat.

"Are you convicted?"

Seeing that Zhu Youjian became more and more angry with his words, and then became furious, these people knew that they had slipped up and revealed their wealth.

However, there are so many officials in Ming Dynasty, which one is not corrupt, they feel that the law does not blame the public, as long as they do not admit the collusion with bandits, they should not be dismissed from office.

By this time, they had lost their wealth and lives, and they were still thinking about keeping Wu Shamao.

Wei Zaode, who has always been the most adaptable to the wind, is also in a mess today. He couldn't see the emperor's mind for a while, so he kowtowed tremblingly:

"Your majesty, ministers and others are loyal and never corrupt. I don't know what the crime is."

Greed for money?Of course not, Zhu Youjian had no intention of arguing with them about money at all, they were not greedy, where would Zhu Youjian find money to help the people.

Not to mention dismissing their officials, he wants the lives of these soft bones.

Turning back to Yuhuatian, he shouted:

"Yuhuatian, hand over the evidence you collected to them and let them take a good look."

"According to the purpose"

Yu Huatian, after bowing to salute, took out some letters from his arms, walked up to Wei Zaode, Chen Yan and others, threw the letter writers on the floor, and said in a cold tone:
"Adults, please appreciate your handwritten letter."

(End of this chapter)