Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 313
"Students, thank you Holy One for teaching."

After being dazed for a moment, Xia Yunyi and other scholars bowed together to express their thanks.

Although they didn't quite understand what His Majesty said just now, they really felt the meaning of His Majesty's earnest teaching.

The civil servants and generals present were also envious.

I thought to myself that these scholars are the real disciples of the Son of Heaven.

Chongzhen waved his hand, then turned his gaze to Xie Xuelong: "Old Xie Ge."

"The minister is here." Xie Xuelong hurriedly stepped forward, and couldn't help wiping away his tears, "My lord, seeing that your dragon is in good health, I really have mixed feelings in my heart..."

"It was also a fluke, I happened not to be on the boat at the time."

Chongzhen did not say much about the details of the Yangzhou regicide case, let alone tell the truth.

With a perfunctory sentence, Chongzhen said again: "The old Shige dismissed himself at home, Gao Hongtu asked to resign, and Jiang Yueguang is already at home awaiting trial. The cabinet will rely on you to provoke the leader."

When Shi Kefa came out of the palace just now, he had already met Chongzhen.

Chongzhen asked him to stay in the cabinet, but Shi Kefa declined.

It is very shameful for the emperor to return to Shangzhi after only one invitation.

Chongzhen could also understand Shi Kefa's concerns, he just wanted to be a civil servant.

Before hearing the news of Chongzhen's assassination, Shi Kefa didn't care about his personal name for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

But now that he knows that Chongzhen is fine, he can't just invite him once and then return to the cabinet, otherwise he, Shi Kefa, will become a laughingstock in the officialdom.

Chongzhen reckoned that Shi Kefa would not come back to Shangzhi if he did not invite an official document for eight or ten rounds.

However, if the government cannot be suspended, someone needs to support it, and this depends on Xie Xuelong and Lu Zhenfei.

"I'm afraid." Xie Xuelong said hastily, "I will definitely do my best to handle the cabinet affairs for the Holy One and the Ming Dynasty together with Mr. Lu Ge. I will definitely not miss the state affairs."

"Okay." Chongzhen nodded and said, "The first urgent task is to recall Mr. Liu Zongzhou from Shanyin..."

As soon as the words were finished, a young eunuch hurried in and whispered something in the ear of He Zhikong, the eunuch of Bingbi.

"Long live, the Liu family in Shanyin just sent someone to report the funeral."

"Lord Liu Zongzhou drove west two days ago."

Chongzhen couldn't help but heaved a long sigh when he heard the words, unexpectedly Liu Zongzhou still didn't survive this year.

In another time and space, Liu Zongzhou died because he did not want to go on a hunger strike. In this time and space, there is no talk of surrendering the Qing Dynasty, so he was probably killed by Zuo Guangxian and others.

Xia Yunyi, Fang Yizhi and other scholars also looked sad.

But Huang Zongxi, Liu Zongzhou's student, was gnashing his teeth in anger.

"You old man, old man Zuo, I, Huang Zongxi, swear against you!"

If Zuo Guangxian still stayed here, he would definitely be beaten severely by Huang Zongxi. When he was in Beijing, he once beat the imperial court official in public in the hall of the Ministry of Punishment.

It's just that if you can escape the first day of junior high school, you may not be able to escape the fifteenth day.

Judging by Huang Zongxi's reaction at this time, Zuo Guangxian probably couldn't escape this beating.

Chongzhen said to Meng Zhaoxiang again: "Meng Qing, your Ministry of Rites will agree on Mr. Liu's official gift and posthumous title as soon as possible, and I will allocate another one thousand from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Forget it, I will allocate three thousand taels of silver for the funeral, and then send another sixteen." The hall officials are going to Shanyin to represent the imperial court and me to attend the funeral of Elder Liu, this matter needs to be done as soon as possible."

"Lead the edict." Meng Zhaoxiang took the imperial edict and hurried away with the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

Chongzhen said again: "Since Mr. Liu Zongzhou is no longer here, the Yushi Hui of Youdu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and Governor Yingtian will reconvene three joint trials to try the case of Zhan Yangzhi and Ma Minglu Tongkou."

"This?" Chongzhen's move caught all the ministers present by surprise.

Do you want to retry the case of Zhan Yangzhi and Ma Minghuo Tongkou?And there are still three trials?

Chongzhen said: "The law is the law, even if I am, I can't trample on the law for private reasons. The case of gangsters is second only to the big case of murdering the king and treason, so naturally it has to be tried in three courts. "

"Of course, the case of regicide and treason will eventually be tried in three courts."

"However, meals have to be eaten bite by bite, and matters have to be dealt with one by one. For now, let's try the case of the gangsters first. As for the case of regicide and treason, let Jin Yiwei investigate and collect evidence first, but I can assure you here, Jin Yiwei is only limited to investigation and evidence collection, there will be no private torture halls, and there will be no torture to extract confessions."

Hearing this, the ministers present were immediately in awe of Chongzhen.

They originally thought that Chongzhen would release Ma Mingpao unconditionally.

After all, Ma Mingpao is the number one imperial party, the real close minister of the emperor.

However, Chongzhen did not treat Ma Mingpao differently because he was a close minister of the emperor.

Chongzhen's observance of the law and rules so much allowed the ministers to quickly settle down from the panic caused by a large number of Donglin Chang officials returning home to await trial.

It seems that the Holy Majesty is still willing to abide by the political rules.

As long as the Holy Majesty abides by the political rules and is willing to act in accordance with the laws of Ming Dynasty, then it will be fine.

To be honest, the civilian and military generals present were really worried that Chongzhen would do whatever he wanted with his personal prestige and military power in his hands.

In fact, even Gao Hongtu also admitted that Chongzhen already had the capital to do whatever he wanted. However, if Chongzhen really wanted to do something aside from the civil society, it would be very difficult for the Donglin Party to stop him.

It is also useless to incite officials to strike on a large scale.

This is also the main reason why Gao Hongtu is so eager to kill the king.

Chongzhen can't be allowed to grow any longer, otherwise he will really become Emperor Chongzhen.

Once Chongzhen really became Emperor Chongzhen, then starting from Sanyang, the efforts of their civil official group for more than two hundred years would go to waste all at once. This is unacceptable to Gao Hongtu.

But fortunately, it turns out that the worries of civil and military officials are unnecessary.

At present, Zhang Shenyan, the censor of the right capital, Lu Zhenfei who is also the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Jin Xuan who is wearing a mountain armor all came out at the same time, they all clasped their hands together and said: "The minister waits for the order."

Chongzhen asked Jin Xuan again: "Jin Qing, Ma Mingpao is now locked in Yingtian Mansion prison, right?"

"Yes." Jin Xuan said, "I once persuaded Ma Mingpao to go home to await trial, but he refused."

"It's right for him not to go home to wait for trial, otherwise he won't be able to tell." Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said to Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong, and Zhu Cizheng, "Let's go, follow the father to see our old man." The God of Wealth of the Zhu family."

The insistence on re-opening the three joint trials just now is to follow the rules and abide by the laws and regulations of Ming Dynasty.

But at this moment, taking his three sons to visit Ma Mingpao in Yingtianfu's prison in person is the attitude an emperor should have.

Even if he is a close minister of mine, if he commits a crime, he will be tried as he should, but before he is finally convicted, Ma Mingtao is still a close minister of mine, and I still believe in him and respect him.

This is also a calf protector.

……

At this time, in the prison of Yingtian Mansion.

The prison chief walked into Ma Mingpao's single cell with a few hard vegetables and a jug of wine on a wooden tray.

"My lord, it's time for lunch. The villain bought you Liubiju's hard vegetables and Huadiao old wine from Xianheng's old shop." The cell leader placed the wine and vegetables on the small wooden table one by one.

Ma Mingpao put down his book, walked to the small table and sat down.

"Cellmaster, thank you. Remember how much money you spend, and I'll pay you back when I get out."

"No, actually it doesn't cost a lot of money." The jailer waved his hand and said, "We are regular customers of Liubiju and Xianheng's old stores in Yingtianfu Yamen, and the price is very fair."

Ma Mingpao smiled, picked up the wine cup and drank it down in one gulp.

"Good wine!" Ma Mingpao smacked his lips twice and praised, "Ten-year-old Huadiao!"

"My lord, this is what you are when it comes to wine tasting." The cell boss gave a thumbs up and said.

At this time, another voice suddenly sounded: "Ma Qing, your food is pretty good, isn't it?"

"Holy Majesty?" Ma Mingpao was taken aback when he heard the words, then turned around and saw that it was really Chongzhen, so he quickly stood up and paid respects, while the cell boss beside him had already knelt on the ground.

"Prisoner, give me a pair of chopsticks too."

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he sat down across from Ma Mingpao again.

"Leadership." The cell leader got up and flew away.

"Pingshen." Only then did Chongzhen signal Ma Mingpao to stand up, and then asked, "Ma Qing, where are your shackles and shackles?"

"Your Majesty, how can I be such a petty person." Ma Mingpao got up and said, "I can't do such things as deliberately wearing shackles and shackles to betray the Holy Majesty."

"I admire your character, Ma Qing."

Chongzhen said: "Don't be surprised by favor or humiliation. Even though I am in adversity, I will never exile myself. After suffering such a big wrong this time, I actually didn't cry when I saw me, and I didn't complain at all."

He smiled, and said again: "Even in prison, I don't forget to enjoy good food and wine."

Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong standing next to him also laughed out loud, only Zhu Cizheng's face was wrinkled into a ball.

"Your Majesty, stop praising your ministers." Ma Mingpao sighed again, "When I was taken away from the city exchange that day, I saw that the people in the city were throwing rotten vegetables, rotten eggs and stones at you. Chen, Chen really wanted to give up at that time."

"But you didn't give up." Chongzhen said, "You Ma Mingpao survived after all, didn't you?"

Ma Mingpao nodded and said: "The main reason is that I don't want to disappoint the Holy Grace. I have to be worthy of the trust of the Holy Majesty. If the Holy Majesty entrusts the minister with the huge house of internal affairs, I have to shoulder this responsibility for the Holy Majesty."

"However, Your Majesty, you shouldn't come to Yingtian Mansion's prison to visit your ministers."

"You have given the minister enough dignity by doing this, but you have put yourself at a disadvantage."

Speaking of this meal, Ma Mingjue said again: "The people in the south of the Yangtze River are ignorant. They will believe whatever the Donglin Party says. Later, the Donglin Party members will definitely create public opinion and accuse the Holy Majesty of protecting your ministers in vain."

"Donglin Party members?" Zhu Cijiong said, "I'm afraid they can't take care of themselves this time."

"Can't take care of yourself?" Ma Minglu said, "What does His Royal Highness Prince Ding mean by these words?"

Zhu Cijiong said: "Deputy Chief Ma, the Donglin party members are suspected of participating in regicide and treason, and they have been punished collectively at home. Now they should first think about how to cleanse themselves."

(End of this chapter)