Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 174 make a lot of money

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

His voice was loud and his attitude was meticulous, making it impossible to fault him.

However, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the civil and military ministers kneeling there with a cold face, and did not say the word "flat body".

As a result, all the civil and military officials in Nanjing leaned over and remained motionless.

There was no human voice in Wuying Hall, only the sound of the howling north wind outside the hall.

After a while, these civil and military officials lying on the ground heard the emperor's cold voice, which rang in the hall: "You are all my good officials. Guarding one side for me is really governance." There’s a way!”

Everyone could tell that what the emperor said was ironic and that he was angry, so everyone waiting there lay there and did not dare to move.

The emperor's voice was still ringing in the hall: "Come on, who can tell me which state or county has no bandits? He can stand up and speak. I will verify it and give him a three-level promotion. Do you have any? Stand up and let me have a look?"

After Emperor Chongzhen said these words, no one in Wuying Hall stood up at all. Everyone was lying here. I don’t know if it was an illusion. Emperor Chongzhen also felt that after he said these words, some people seemed to lie down even lower!
After waiting for a while, his voice suddenly became stern, and he shouted: "There are bandits everywhere. Tell yourselves, what do you do for food? Huh?"

Angry voices, somewhat loud, echoed in Wuying Hall, but other than that, there was no movement at all.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and continued to shout sternly: "I had to lead the troops to fight in person, but who could have expected that the warship that took me across the river would sink quickly in the middle of the river! Is this a lack of military equipment or is someone deliberately plotting to kill me? Who would have thought? Can you analyze it for me?"

When all the civil and military officials heard this, they knew that the emperor's anger had burst out.

Who dares to answer this matter?Something that almost killed the emperor, whoever touches it will suffer!

In the Wuying Hall, after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he only heard the howling of the cold wind outside the hall. Everyone felt very cold!

The candles in Wuying Hall were blown by the wind, and the light flickered on and off, making them feel the depressing atmosphere in the hall.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them coldly and said in a cold voice: "Both Lu Jiude and Han Zanzhou feel that this matter is very problematic, and have already sent orders to investigate the doubtful points. I will wait and see what happens to this matter?"

Upon hearing this, the civil and military officials in the palace immediately cursed in their hearts.

Those two eggless people will definitely cause trouble to excuse themselves. Is it possible that a bloody storm is inevitable?

This is true. Who is so bold as to murder the emperor?

How could a good warship sink so quickly in the middle of the river, and it happened to be the emperor's ship!Anyone else would be suspicious!

People's hearts are separated from each other, so if you want to murder, just murder, at least don't implicate others!
While they were thinking about it, they heard Emperor Chongzhen's very cold voice: "If you find out who is going to harm me, no matter who it is, I will kill him from all nine tribes!"

The Ming Dynasty's death-free gold medal was ineffective against those who conspired to rebel.This attempt to kill the emperor is of course treason!

This was the right thing to do, but the emperor said it murderously, making the atmosphere in Wuying Hall even more frighteningly cold.

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly stood up, walked around the imperial desk, walked down, and then walked among the civil and military officials until he reached the entrance of the palace.

In the middle, none of the ministers dared to move. They all felt that the emperor came over like this because he wanted to see who looked more like the rebellious minister, right?

Actually no. After Emperor Chongzhen walked to the entrance of the palace, he looked outside the palace for a while.

It was already dark, but the white snow could still be seen. The heavy snow only stopped for a while and then started falling again.It is estimated that many people in Nanjing will freeze to death in such a night!
Under natural and man-made disasters, people without money and power have the worst ability to resist disasters!If people are going to die, they die first!

In this world, human life is really worthless!
After sighing in his heart for a while, Emperor Chongzhen turned to look into the palace and shouted in a cold voice: "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. It's time to reunite and celebrate the festival, pray for a good harvest next year, and live a good life. But I summoned you here to let you live a good life. Isn’t it uncomfortable for you to have a court meeting on an empty stomach?”

Isn't this nonsense?

However, which official dared to speak out, so he could only continue to lie there, hoping that the emperor would not notice him!
Emperor Chongzhen walked back slowly, and said as he walked: "I want you to remember, what is it like to be hungry? I came all the way south, thinking that Jiangnan was the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty, and the people should live a good life. Okay? But what do I see? People are still digging wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. Now under the snow disaster, they can’t even dig wild vegetables. Just tonight, I don’t know how many people will starve to death. As a Parents and officials, who have read the books of sages and sages, will your conscience feel pain if the common people suffer like this?"

Although they were still reprimanded by the emperor, most of the officials were relieved when they heard that the emperor no longer talked about treason.When the emperor asked whether he was hungry, many people's stomachs reacted. Although they didn't want to, they couldn't control it, and their stomachs began to growl.

However, no one dared to answer the emperor's words and remained lying there motionless.

Emperor Chongzhen listened to the sounds of "gurgling" coming and going in the palace, and immediately spoke again: "I feel sad when I think about the people in Nanjing who are starving and freezing, and when I think about the fact that some people may freeze to death or starve to death tonight, do you understand? I’m very sad!”

After saying this, he had already walked back to the throne, sat down, looked at the ministers below, and shouted coldly: "Don't tell me, you don't have anything to eat. Now the people are suffering, you can tell it for yourselves. , how much should we donate to help the people? Come one by one, starting with Duke Wei."

The greatest honorable person in the Ming Dynasty was the Duke of Wei.Because of his noble status, he naturally knelt at the front.

The Duke of Wei at this time was Xu Wenjue, who had just ascended the throne.When he heard the emperor's words, he couldn't help but groan secretly.

The scene that happened in the capital at the beginning of the year has naturally spread to the capital already a year later.

That time, the emperor also asked people to donate money, but everyone just said that they had no money, and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.

The emperor was unreasonable and wanted to search the house for inspection. As a result, the three disciples and disciples of the hereditary prince rose up and made a noise, trying to stop this and avoid punishing the public.Unexpectedly, the emperor directly labeled it as a rebellion and personally suppressed it, causing a river of blood to flow in front of the Meridian Gate Tower.

Now, at the end of the day, the emperor actually did the same thing in Nanjing.

How much will it cost?

If you give too little, you are afraid that the emperor will be angry and get angry; if you give too much, your body will hurt!

Xu Wenjue was in a dilemma. He didn't know how much to donate.

Then, he heard Emperor Chongzhen speak: "Why don't you speak? Is it because you don't have money or food? Then the next one!"

When Xu Wenjue heard this, he was immediately frightened. He quickly raised his head and said back: "Yes, yes, your Majesty, you will eventually have money and food..."

When he said this, he saw that the emperor's face was cold under the light, so he quickly gritted his teeth and said: "The general will donate 2 taels of silver and [-] shi of grain!"

In the capital, Taikang Bo donated 2 taels of silver, and finally gained the attention of the emperor, who also appointed him to manage the Ming Dynasty Royal Bank.In other words, a donation of 2 taels should be enough, not to mention an additional donation of 5 shi of grain. Based on today's market price, that is probably more than [-] taels of silver.

Although it hurt a little, Xu Wenjue still breathed a sigh of relief.No matter what, just treat it as a waste of money to eliminate disaster!
But who would have thought that Emperor Chongzhen looked at him without saying a word.

When Xu Wenjue saw this, he suddenly felt relieved again. What does the emperor mean by saying that the donation of money and food is not enough?
He couldn't stand the emperor's gaze, and he didn't dare to remain silent any longer, so he quickly added: "I will donate another 5000 taels..."

When Xu Wenjue said this, he saw that the emperor's eyes were still staring at him so coldly, and he knew that the emperor was still dissatisfied, so he quickly changed his words: "6000 taels... 7000 taels... 8000 taels..."

He added 1000 taels to 1000 taels, which made his body hurt. However, the emperor still stared at him with cold eyes, staring at him so that he did not dare to stop.

The civil and military officials kneeling behind him couldn't help but cursed in their hearts when they heard him adding the words: Is there such a thing?

In the end, Xu Wenjue himself knew that this could not go on any longer. He suddenly raised his voice and said, "One hundred thousand. At the end of the day, I will donate 10 taels of silver and [-] shi of food!"

From donating 2 taels to 10 taels of silver, it is equivalent to five Taikangbos. You should be satisfied with this, right?

But who would have thought that Emperor Chongzhen looked at it with a cold face, and just said lightly: "At the beginning of the year, I inspected the Yuan Chengguo Duke's Mansion and found a total of more than 120 taels of silver and more than 20 taels of gold. The Duke's government obtained more than 7000 taels of silver and 95 taels of gold; the former British government obtained more than 19 million taels of silver and 110 taels of gold. Compared with them, your Duke of Wei is really poor. It seems that we are still the royal family. I have treated you so badly, Duke Wei!"

When Xu Wenjue heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.

The other courtiers were also dumbfounded after hearing this.

They really knew now that the emperor wanted them to bleed profusely, not just cutting their flesh, but cutting their thighs!

This... this... no matter who it is, it will feel bad, right?

Xu Wenjue didn't know what to do?The emperor's words were full of irony, how could he not hear it?

According to the emperor's wishes, donating 10 taels of silver and [-] shi of food is far from enough, but, but...

Just when Xu Wenjue was struggling, he heard Emperor Chongzhen sneer again: "Perhaps I shouldn't risk my life to come to the rescue. I should just wait for the bandits to break through Nanjing City, collect the stolen goods and pay them, and then I will come over to destroy the bandits. With so much money." I believe there is a lot of property, I don’t need to say so much, I can’t see the situation clearly!”

At this point, he suddenly slapped the imperial case, making a loud "snap" sound, which frightened the officials below, especially Xu Wenjue.

Hear Emperor Chongzhen say angrily: "Now, in the autumn when the world is in danger of survival, you all have failed to govern well, which has led to the rise of bandits and bandits. The people are struggling for life and death. People freeze to death every day, starve to death, and die from military disasters. You Do you have any reflections? Your salary and salary are the people's blessing! Instead of thinking about repaying the people and sharing the difficulties, they took the opportunity to increase the price, and one stone of grain reached as much as [-] yuan."

He glanced at the ministers below, his eyes were very cold, and shouted: "I have given you a chance to see if you have the intention to serve the country and protect the people? Now I know where Huang Degong, Ma Ke, and Tang Tong are?"

The general soldiers of the Beijing camp, except for those who were on duty, naturally led the troops in the main hall and watched.Upon hearing the emperor's words, the three people immediately stepped out of the queue, clasped their fists and chanted in unison: "The general is here!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and said sternly: "Search all the grain stores and rice shops in Nanjing overnight. Anyone who hoards strange things, takes advantage of the disaster to raise the price of rice, or eats steamed buns with human blood will be sealed. No matter who the shopkeeper or owner is, they will be arrested." catch!"

"The general obeys the order!" Huang Degong and others only had eyes for the emperor. How could they hesitate? They immediately responded loudly, and then strode out vigorously and resolutely, with the sound of armor clanking.

When the officials in Wuying Hall heard this, most of them were immediately shocked.

This is especially true for those nobles from Nanjing Prefecture.These nobles are hereditary, how can there be no shops in Nanjing city, and food is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, it is a necessity, there is no reason not to have a few grain stores and rice shops.

Once the emperor investigates, they will be in trouble.

Those officials were slightly better off. They came to Nanjing to serve as officials and it was not so easy to purchase these assets.If the emperor wants to check this, he won't be able to check them.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was obviously more than that, and shouted sternly: "Where is Fang Zhenghua?"

Fang Zhenghua was waiting beside Emperor Chongzhen. When he heard the roll call, he immediately took two steps forward, stood in front of Emperor Chongzhen, bowed in anticipation and said: "My servant is here!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at it and said in a loud voice: "According to the Ming Dynasty Laws, officials who take bribes and bend the law will be sentenced to fifty rods for less than one guan of money. Every five guan of money will be increased by one degree, and eighty guan of money will be punished by hanging. Those who steal from prison will be punished by hanging. Regardless of the subordinates, those who are consistent or below will be punished by eighty sticks and forty sticks. You come to check and act according to the law. If there are any officials who are honest and upright in the Tianfu, I will use them!"

"Your servant accepts the order!" Upon hearing this, Fang Zhenghua immediately received the order loudly.

Hearing this, even the officials who had just breathed a sigh of relief were shocked.

There is a saying that goes well, being an official for thousands of miles is just for the sake of wealth, or in other words, being an official makes a fortune!Not to mention, who is stupid in today’s officialdom?

But at this moment, they were really dumbfounded!
They couldn't refute the emperor's words yet.Because this is a stipulation in the "Da Ming Law", the emperor is acting according to the law, what can he say?
No one expected that the emperor would come up with this trick!If this really happens, most of the officials in the Wuying Palace will be corrupt and pervert the law for more than [-] times, and a lot of people will be killed.

At this moment, they suddenly hated Xu Wenjue to death.

If he hadn't donated more money, the emperor wouldn't have been furious and would have acted according to law!

Even if other emperors said this, they would probably think that the thunder was louder than the raindrops.However, the emperor in front of him went on a killing spree in the capital at the beginning of the year. He was the hereditary prince and the chief minister, and he was relentless in pursuing the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

It's all over now, the emperor has been pissed off!
Originally, the emperor almost died on the Yangtze River because he was so angry that he didn't do things according to the emperor's wishes. Is this okay?The emperor has [-] elites in his hands. Does he care whether the city of Nanjing will be in chaos?Can it cause chaos?

At this moment, it seemed like the sky was falling.

When they came to their senses, they found that the emperor was gone.The eunuch had a creepy smile on his face, looking at them as if he was looking at a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered!

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The city of Nanjing shrouded in darkness is naturally under martial law.

In fact, even if there was no martial law, no one would wander out at night in such cold weather and snow.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the Chinese New Year is about to begin. However, there is rarely a New Year atmosphere in the entire city of Nanjing. Only the entrances of the mansions and compounds have been hung with red lanterns, perhaps giving a hint of the festive atmosphere.

If nothing unexpected happens, Nanjing will spend this night quietly again, and then after daybreak, people will appear, and there will be all kinds of joys and sorrows.

However, this night really surprised a lot of people.

It was already night, and suddenly there was the sound of armor clashing on the street, as well as the sound of neat footsteps. Once you heard it, you knew that a large number of soldiers were taking to the streets.

Most of the people were hiding under the covers. Although they heard the noise coming from outside, they had no intention of paying attention.

I haven't fallen asleep, worrying about how to spend the New Year tomorrow? How to eat tomorrow?These ordinary things weighed heavily on their hearts like huge rocks!
Those who were asleep could feel the cold in their sleep, and all of them huddled under the covers, wishing they could hide their faces and heads under the covers.

Of course, there are also some people who are concerned about things outside because their master has not come back yet.

The emperor suddenly arrived in Nanjing and held a court meeting overnight. He didn't know when he would be able to return home.
In short, the situation is not good, I hope everything is safe!

On the street, it was indeed the Beijing camp that took to the streets.

Because the Beijing camp was from outside and arrived today, it was impossible for Na and anywhere to know about it. Therefore, the original defenders of Nanjing City led the way and directly searched various grain stores and rice shops, and arrested the shopkeepers and owners of these shops. .

Originally a member of Tang Tong's bodyguard, he was fortunate enough to have many conversations with the emperor. The first harpooneer to enter the newly-organized Beijing Camp was named Zhang Deqiang. After many battles, he had accumulated merit and was promoted to the rank of Thousand Households.This time, he was also ordered to lead his thousands of men to inspect grain stores and rice shops.

He was riding a horse. He saw that the Nanjing soldiers who were leading the way were walking slowly and stumbling. Then he looked back at his men. Even in Nanjing city, they were all in uniform formation. He was very satisfied, so he He shouted to the Nanjing soldiers: "Have you not eaten? You don't look like soldiers at all!"

Hearing this, a strong-looking Nanjing soldier turned back to Zhang Deqiang and replied: "Your Excellency is really wise. We only eat one thin meal a day. It's okay to lie in the camp. But when we come out, we are so hungry." Panic!"

In fact, these soldiers had some resentment in their hearts. It was already night, and they were called to lead the way, saying they were looking for a grain store in the city. To be honest, they were really not happy.

My stomach is growling with hunger and it's freezing outside. It's really hard to live this kind of life!
As soon as he said this, he was pulled by a tall and thin companion next to him, and then the man said: "Sir, please don't blame me, he is telling the truth, let's go faster!"

Obviously, this person knew that the emperor's imperial guards were not to be offended, and he was afraid that he would offend the imperial guards and cause trouble.

But he didn't know that after hearing his words, Zhang Deqiang immediately remembered his previous experiences.When I was a soldier in the North, I didn't have any military pay, and I was so hungry that I didn't even have a meal.Fortunately, he was later selected as the personal guard of General Tang Bing, so he could have enough to eat and drink, but his military pay was also in arrears.

Life really gets better when you go to Beijing and become a member of the Beijing camp!
Recalling these past events, Zhang Deqiang did not feel angry at all. Instead, he said to the Nanjing soldiers who were leading the way: "Don't worry, your Majesty is here, you will have a good life." After hearing his words, the few in front The Nanjing soldiers were a little surprised and looked back at him.However, under the bright light of the torch, Zhang Deqiang could see a little surprise on their faces, but most of them looked like disbelief.

Seeing them turning back, Zhang Deqiang said to them: "In the past, we were all unpaid, and some brothers who did not get along well had to sell their sons and daughters to survive. Thanks to His Majesty, he started to rectify the imperial court. Not only did the military pay begin to be paid out, but all the previous pay arrears were settled. We followed His Majesty, marching south and north, and wherever we went, the local military brothers were able to pay off the pay arrears and pay the military pay!"

"Really?" Upon hearing this, the sturdy Nanjing soldier who spoke first turned around and even forgot to walk. He stood there and said in great surprise, "You can get military pay everywhere you go. I'm not a talent from your Beijing camp." Is there any military pay?"

Zhang Deqiang understood his surprise very well, because they had experienced it before, so he turned to look at his men behind him and said loudly: "Tell these brothers in Nanjing, where are you from? Military salary how?"

In this cold dark night, there was no movement except them on the street. The soldiers from the Beijing camp behind them naturally heard their conversation. Now that they heard the words of Qianhu, they all started talking excitedly. .

"I am from the Xuanfu. I also owed pay in the past. Your Majesty settled the arrears when he arrived and paid military pay every month."

"I'm from Datong..."

"I'm from Shandong..."

"..."

Hearing what they said, the Nanjing soldiers who led the way were stunned. They stood still and looked at the people behind them with disbelief on their faces.

Zhang Deqiang saw this and pointed with his hand and said: "Military orders cannot be violated. Lead the way. We can talk while walking!"

When these Nanjing soldiers heard this, they quickly started again. At the same time, it was obvious that they were a little more excited and walked a little faster.

Zhang Deqiang looked at their backs and said to them: "I can tell you directly that we are going to seal up the grain stores and implement grain control. This is what the capital did. After His Majesty arrived in Yangzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture That’s what they did over there too.”

After hearing this, the sturdy Nanjing soldier asked curiously: "What is food control?"

After hearing this, Zhang Deqiang didn't mind being verbose and explained patiently: "All food is controlled by the government. Every household can buy food at a fair price every day, ensuring that every household can eat food."

"What if we run out of money?"

Zhang Deqiang watched the sturdy Nanjing soldiers look back at him as they walked, and then replied: "If you don't have money, just keep accounts, and pay them back when you have money later. In short, it will ensure that every family can survive."

After hearing this, the tall and thin Nanjing soldier couldn't help but ask: "But these grains are from powerful people, can they agree to do this?"

When Zhang Deqiang heard this, he immediately laughed, and even the brothers from the Beijing camp behind him also laughed.

Later, Zhang Deqiang replied: "Of course they will not agree. Killing a group of these profiteers and the masters behind them will naturally make them honest. We will seal up the grain stores and arrest their shopkeepers." My boss, now you know why you were arrested, right?"

When the sturdy Nanjing soldier heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "Oh, let them sell it so expensively!"

However, the tall and thin Nanjing soldier didn't seem so happy. He reminded him as he walked: "But there are many industries in Nanjing city that belong to the Duke of Wei. Are they going to be arrested?"

To them, Wei Guogong is the king of Nanjing and has always been hanging over Nanjing. Who dares to touch him?

However, after Zhang Deqiang heard this, he sneered and said: "What about the original Duke Cheng of the capital, Duke Ying and others? If they dare to go against the imperial court, it doesn't matter whether they are Wei or Wei. We only listen to the emperor!"

After hearing this, the sturdy Nanjing soldiers immediately echoed: "Yes, we listen to the emperor!"

As he was talking, he stopped in front of a closed shop. The tall and thin Nanjing soldier pointed at the shop and said, "Sir, this is a grain shop!"

Having said this, he hesitated for a while and then reminded: "I heard it's a shop in the Duke of Wei's mansion!"

Zhang Deqiang didn't care about Wei or Wei Guogong. After knowing that this was a grain store, he immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Smash the door!"

His soldiers from the Beijing camp immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door, making a lot of noise.

Just a moment later, I heard a voice coming from the backyard of the shop. It seemed to be a very dissatisfied tone. After hurriedly coming over, I shouted loudly through the door: "Knock, knock, knock, don't you think your life is too long?"

As he spoke, he opened the door and shouted sternly: "If you dare to harass Xu Ji's shop, I will ask you to go to the Yamen tomorrow to file a lawsuit!"

As a result, when he just said this, he looked closely and saw a group of soldiers, and he was immediately stunned.

The soldiers from the Beijing camp didn't care about this guy, and immediately swarmed in. Soon, the front and back yards of the store were full of soldiers, and the torches illuminated the grain store brightly.

Zhang Deqiang got off his horse and immediately checked the price after seeing that it was indeed a grain store.

In fact, this is equivalent to taking off your pants and farting, which is unnecessary.At this time, which grain store will not increase prices?

Therefore, Zhang Deqiang immediately ordered the sealing of the shop and asked where the granary was. He also immediately sent a small flag to lead about ten soldiers, led by a Nanjing soldier to seal the store.

The waiter was stunned. Zhang Deqiang had already said it without asking: "Do you know whose shop this is? Our boss is Manager Xu, the manager of Wei Guogong's house. You..."

Generally speaking, this kind of shop cannot be directly taken care of by nobles, but is run by their servants.

Strictly speaking, the owner is Xungui.But nominally, the person responsible for managing the shop is the owner.

Zhang Deqiang heard what he said and immediately ordered the waiter to lead the way.

From beginning to end, several Nanjing soldiers were watching with shock on their faces.Even though they had heard about it on the road, it was still shocking to see it.

In their eyes, the people in the high-ranking Duke of Wei's palace seemed to be no different from ordinary people in the eyes of these imperial guards!

Really awesome!
After seeing it, the sturdy Nanjing soldier had a very envious look in his eyes.On the other hand, the tall and thin Nanjing soldier was not as glum as he was.

When they saw Zhang Deqiang leading the army to the Duke of Wei's mansion, they followed him and even had some expectations.

If it is true that what this Qianhu of the Beijing Camp said, going to the Wei Guogong Mansion can really get people, then it can be proved that what the Qianhu of the Beijing Camp said before is all true!
In other words, their best days are coming!

Thinking of this, they even forgot about hunger and walked much faster.

Wei Guogong was the first nobleman of the Ming Dynasty. The two stone lions at the door were as tall as a person. Anyone who came over and saw this very impressive door would feel a sense of respect.

However, when the soldiers from the Beijing camp came over, they regarded them as nothing.

After confirming that this was the palace of the Duke of Wei, soldiers from the Beijing camp came forward and knocked on the door. Just like the previous knock on Mipu's door, there was a "pop" sound.

Large mansions usually have a concierge waiting at the door.

Upon hearing such a banging on the door, the concierge was shocked and opened the door angrily.

Ever since I became the concierge of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, I have received many red envelopes, but I have never seen the door of the Duke of Wei's Mansion knocked on like this!

After opening the side door, he shouted towards the main door: "Who are you? Do you know that this is the Duke of Wei's mansion? How dare you be so rude?"

When a soldier from the Beijing camp saw the side door open, he came over to the side door and shouted: "What's wrong with the Duke of Wei's mansion? We are the emperor's guards, and we have been ordered to take people!"

Can Duke Wei go to heaven and ride on the emperor's head?
The porter never expected that someone from the emperor had arrived, and while he was still in a daze, he was pushed away by the soldiers from the Beijing camp, entered the side door, and then opened the door of the Duke of Wei's mansion.

If you come to take someone under orders, how can you go through the side door?
Duke Wei, who had gone to court for a meeting, had not returned yet, and there were many people waiting for him. Those who were waiting for Duke Wei to return home were immediately alarmed when they heard the news, and they rushed out to see what was going on.

The army entered and lined up in two rows in the large courtyard on this side of the gate, surrounded by their thousands of adults.

Zhang Deqiang looked at the large group of people in front of him and asked directly: "Who is Xu Sijing?"

According to the clerk's confession, Manager Xu was called Xu Sijing, so he asked directly.

A middle-aged man walked out of the crowd and immediately replied: "I am, what do you want to do?"

At the same time, someone in the crowd was saying: "Master is not here, go and fetch the madam, the madam also has a mission!"

When Zhang Deqiang heard this, he sneered in his heart and immediately shouted: "The rice shop under your name is hoarding strange things and selling grain at high prices. I was ordered to take people away and take them away!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several of his men rushed over to arrest him.

Immediately, these people from the Duke of Wei's mansion exploded. They dared to come to the Duke of Wei's mansion to arrest people. This has never happened since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!
So, they wanted to resist.

When Zhang Deqiang saw it, he immediately sneered and said: "Anyone who dares to resist arrest is disobeying the order and is conspiring to commit rebellion. I am going to the Yuan Chengguo Duke's Mansion!"

As soon as these four words "Cheng Guogong's Mansion" were spoken, all the people in Wei Guogong's Mansion were dumbfounded.

None of them dared to move, and they just watched Xu Sijing being taken away by these soldiers.

Afterwards, the Duke of Wei's mansion was in chaos, and everyone had never been so frightened.

On the street outside, the tall and thin Nanjing soldier couldn't help but sigh: "I believe it, I really believe it, the emperor is here, we should have a good life!"

After hearing this, Zhang Deqiang immediately smiled and said: "Lead the way to the next grain store and rice shop!"

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In the Wuying Hall, all the civil and military officials who participated in the court meeting were locked inside. Then Fang Zhenghua led the Jin Yiwei to work all night. They were in the side hall and asked people to go in one by one for questioning.

To be honest, if you really want to check, you can't find it out like this, it will take time.

The reason for doing this is nothing more than a matter of attitude.

Fang Zhenghua knew that what the emperor really wanted was not to kill all these people, but to get money and food, and then wait until the New Year.

These people are all senior officials from various yamen in Nanjing. If all these people are cut off, not only will these people be missing, but the people under them will also run away out of fear. After all, in this era, who is not greedy!When it comes to beheading people for corruption, if they are all beheaded, they will definitely not be killed by mistake.

If we do this, the city of Nanjing will be paralyzed.

Therefore, Fang Zhenghua was in the side hall. He looked at Xu Wenjue, who was the first to be called in, and said with a smile: "Wei Guogong is the most noble nobleman in our Ming Dynasty. Why? The first Wei Guogong has made many meritorious deeds, so he has Emperor Taizu bestowed this hereditary title. Do you think this is the right reason?"

Xu Wenjue looked at his smile and felt it was very charming, but he didn't dare to show it, so he just replied: "Yes, yes, yes!"

While answering, he looked at the imperial guards on both sides. Seeing them all staring at him, he felt uncomfortable all over.

When Fang Zhenghua heard Xu Wenjue's answer, he still said with a smile: "Then if you say that you have done a lot of meritorious service, you can get this title. On the other hand, if there are too many violations of law and discipline, will it disappear? Where’s the title?”

Xu Wenjue was frightened when he heard this, and quickly reminded him: "Father-in-law, there is someone in my house who has been granted a gold medal for immunity from death!"

When Fang Zhenghua heard this, he really couldn't help but laugh. He looked at the loser in front of him and said, "Oh, when you say that, our family will think of it. How can we avoid death? Why don't we go back and castrate you?" If you enter the palace to serve me, does this count as avoiding death?"

When Xu Wenjue heard this, he sat down on the ground and said with a sad face: "Please save me, father-in-law!"

Historically, when the Qing Dynasty moved south, when this guy still had the strength to resist, he did not resist at all, and was not afraid of shaving his hair to change his clothes, and directly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.This shows that this guy is really afraid of death.

Needless to say, he was naturally afraid of cutting that part of his body.

After hearing this, Fang Zhenghua stopped smiling and said calmly: "Then if you pay for the atonement, we will go to Lord Long Live and put in a nice word for you."

At this point, he suddenly added in a sinister tone: "We don't have the patience, don't let us waste our time, or else we will leave it to the brothers of Jinyiwei to serve you!"

When Xu Wenjue heard this, regardless of the sweat that had appeared on his forehead, he lay on the ground and looked at Fang Zhenghua, and said quickly: "I'll give it, I'll give it, 50 taels, I'll give 50 taels..."

He reported an extremely scary amount in one breath, but when he saw that Fang Zhenghua was still dissatisfied, he had no choice but to continue to change his words: "60 taels...70 taels...80...[-] taels" …”

When Fang Zhenghua saw that the price of this product was increasing step by step, he thought that he could save a little bit. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He wondered if Xu Da's spirit in heaven would jump out of the coffin if he knew that his descendants were like this. ?
He was very impatient and immediately interrupted: "One million taels!"

After hearing this, Xu Wenjue said with a mournful face: "Eunuch, the mansion... I'm afraid the mansion really doesn't have that much money."

When Fang Zhenghua heard this, he replied impatiently: "Gold is fine, and the discounted silver is 100 million taels in total. Do you want to give it or not? It's just a matter of one sentence. We don't have time to talk to you. There are many people behind you!"

Seeing him like this, Xu Wenjue was afraid that he would be thrown to the Jinyi Guards, which would really be worse than death, so he had to nod his head and said: "One million taels, I will pay 100 million taels!"

After hearing this, Fang Zhenghua immediately smiled again and said to him: "Is this right? Think about it, you are much luckier than Zhu Chunchen. Not only can you continue to enjoy wealth and wealth, but you can also own land and mansions. If you keep it, you’ll make a lot of money!”

When Xu Wenjue heard this, he really wanted to slap Fang Zhenghua in the face. He bled 100 million taels. How many generations would it take to accumulate the money, and it was just gone? How dare you say that he made a lot of money!Why not say that the emperor came over and made a million taels by saying a few words?It’s faster than grabbing money!

However, he could only think about this in his mind. On the surface, he could only say against his will: "Yes, yes, my father-in-law is right, I have made a lot of money!"

Fang Zhenghua didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he immediately ordered the troops and went back to the house with Xu Wenjue to get the money.

Then, he asked people to pass in Zhu Guobi, the protector of the country.

When Emperor Chongzhen woke up at dawn the next day, Fang Zhenghua, with bloodshot eyes, was already waiting for him.When he saw the emperor waking up, he reported to the emperor: "Long live my lord, I asked them all to take silver to atone for their sins last night. They got a total of 8503 silver. This is a list for each of them!"

After finishing speaking, he presented a folded piece of rice paper to the emperor.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen took it and browsed it for a while, then handed it back to Fang Zhenghua and said: "Thank you for your hard work, my dear friend. Go and rest first. With this money, I can reorganize the army in Nanjing."

It is not easy for Nanjing to issue new money. After all, his authority is not as strong as that in the north, and he has not yet gained the trust of the Nanjing army.Therefore, it is better to send out the original money first.

No matter what, the first thing must be to reorganize the army and calm the people's hearts. This is the most important thing.As for those people, after the situation in the south is stabilized, they can still settle their accounts in the future!
　Thanks to Running Beef Bun for the 500 starting coin reward, and thanks to the biggest bookworm for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)