Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 41 Pigs and dogs are more conscientious than you
At the same time, the great court discussion in the Jinluan Palace continued.

The chamberlain was also reading out the confessions of Wang Zhixin, the former eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department and the admiral of the East Factory, Luo Yangxing, the former commander of the Jinyi Guards, and Wang Dehua, the former eunuch in charge of the imperial horse eunuch.

Of course, these confessions were focused and targeted at those whom Emperor Chongzhen wanted to punish.Not only were they charged with colluding to bribe the inner court, but they were also found guilty of illegal activities by factory guards.

In the Jinluan Palace, the eunuch was chanting in a mellow voice. The nobles below, such as Duke Chengguo and Duke Dingguo, as well as the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Yan, and others, were named one by one, and the focus was on their illegal activities.

Reading them out one by one made Zhu Chunchen and others forget what Wang Chengen and Li Ruolian were going out to do just now.

These things should not be too normal for powerful people like them.

For example, when Cheng Guogong and others were in charge of the army such as the Beijing Camp, they took empty pay and enslaved the soldiers to do private work for them. Who in this position has not done this kind of thing?
For example, Chen Yan, when officials from all over the country came to the capital to serve as officials, of course they had to give him gifts and bribes. Local generals also paid filial piety to the chief minister in exchange for support in the court. After all this, which chief minister was innocent? of?

For them, bullying men and dominating women is no matter how small a matter. Land annexation and swallowing people to make money are the big things they value, and they will definitely do these things no less.

As long as they have power, how many people will not use their power to make money?

Not even talking about them, it’s all the officials and servants in various yamen!
But the problem is, everyone does this, it is a tacit understanding, and it will not be shown openly!

However, these things about Duke Guo and others have now been exposed by Wang Zhixin, Luo Yangxing and others, and they have been brought to light. It is a big occasion like a court meeting, so the nature is different.

If it were someone else, they might not know so many of their bad things. However, Wang Zhixin and Luo Yangxing were in charge of Dongchang and Jinyiwei before, so they had the most dirty information about the officials in the capital.It was also for this reason that they fawned over Wang Zhixin and Luo Yangxing and did not dare to offend them.

In the Jinluan Palace, in front of the emperor, the confession had not been finished. Zhu Chunchen and others could only wipe their sweat while waiting to defend themselves.

I don’t know how much time has passed and how many times I have wiped off the sweat, but it feels like time is passing too slowly!
After finally waiting for the eunuch to finish reading out their charges, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Emperor Chongzhen shout in a cold voice: "Using power for personal gain, enriching one's own pockets, and causing harm to the country and the people. Now that the situation is extremely urgent, you are still unwilling to give up a trace of the stolen money for the benefit of the country? What are you doing? Intentionally, do you want to change the ship after the disaster is over for the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Cunchen and others naturally denied it after hearing this.But before they had time to say anything, Emperor Chongzhen had already stood up, walked down, walked to Jiadingbo, and said angrily: "They don't care, don't you know who you are? If you act like this, Pigs and dogs have more conscience than you!"

Zhou Kuina had seen the emperor swearing like this. He fell to the ground and stammered for a long time, "My lord... my lord... my lord..." and was speechless.

Zhu Chunchen, who was standing next to him, quickly denied it and said: "Slander, this is slander. Your Majesty, there is absolutely no such thing, there is absolutely no such thing..." Abusing power for personal gain, enriching one's own pockets, harming the country and the people, and deceiving the emperor, regardless of the crime. , can't bear it, so no matter what, we have to deny it first.

When Zhou Kui and others heard this, they seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and immediately denied it.

In the Jinluan Palace, other officials who had not been bitten by Wang Zhixin and others looked at them, all of them were very shocked.

They were not shocked that those kneeling on the ground had done these things, but they were shocked that Wang Zhixin didn't know what he was thinking, and the emperor didn't know what he was thinking, but they actually raised it so solemnly on such a formal occasion. How to deal with the aftermath?Is it possible that a big prison will be built?It's time like this. If you mess around like this, if the two fall apart, who else will follow you, an emperor who doesn't follow the rules?

There are some things that you just know in your heart. Do you really have to lift the fig leaf?Do you, the court of the Chongzhen Dynasty, want to finish it off?

Of course, some ministers were excited when they saw this scene.They have long been disgusted with it, but faced with this situation where almost all officials are corrupt, there is nothing they can do.Because the emperor is surrounded by such people, if you ask a question, they will kill you directly!What can I do?
But now, the emperor seems to have suddenly become wiser. He suddenly realizes that the princes and ministers surrounding him and the princes and ministers he originally trusted are all lawless people. He actually has the courage to punish corruption. This is lightning in the darkness. It shined into their chests!
"Your Majesty, I am the biological father of the current queen and the biological grandfather of His Highness the Crown Prince. How could he do such a thing? Slander, absolutely slander!" Zhou Kui cried with tears and runny nose, "I am willing to confront this thief Wang Zhixin , I don’t know where I offended him, but I fabricated evidence to slander the old minister..."

Hearing his words, Zhu Cixiang couldn't stand on top anymore and rushed down to his father's side. Looking at Zhu Kui in front of him, he really wanted to kick that hateful face!
However, in the end, he held back, but pointed at Zhou Kui's nose and shouted loudly: "My mother secretly gave you 5000 taels yesterday and asked you to donate it today. You are a thief, and you still want to steal my mother's 2000 taels." Two pieces of silver!"

Hearing this, most people didn't know this situation and were very surprised. Even some stingy people couldn't stand it. This Zhou Kui was so unrestrained as a person, even asking for his daughter's money. Greedy for 2000 taels?This level of surpassing hair plucking is really unmatched!

Zhou Kui never expected that the prince hated him so much. Looking at his expression, he almost wanted to eat him. He was so frightened that he was speechless.

Zhu Chunchen, who was standing next to him, wanted Zhou Kui to take the lead in attracting the emperor's wrath. He immediately defended Zhou Kui and said: "Your Highness, doesn't this just mean that Jiadingbo is not rich and needs money to move the queen?" Your Highness’s 2000 taels!”

When Zhou Kui heard this, he immediately came to his senses and quickly cried and defended: "It's not easy for me, old minister. I haven't received much salary, and there are many people in the family to support. If the queen hadn't moved 2000 taels, it would have been really difficult." I'm going to drink from the northwest wind, woo woo woo, I'm suffering..."

When he said this, it seemed logical.

However, Zhu Cixiang believed in him, and he believed in his father even more!

Just when he was about to curse again, he saw a eunuch hurriedly entered and loudly reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live my Lord, the results of the property inspection of the Jiading Mansion have been returned!"

(End of this chapter)