Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 42
The confessions of Wang Zhixin and others were read out before, and the illegal activities of Zhu Chunchen and others were exposed. One of the purposes was to delay time and wait for the results of the house raid.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen saw that the results had been sent back, so without saying a word, he immediately solemnly requested: "Come here!"

At this time, Zhu Chunchen and others finally remembered that Wang Chengen and Li Ruolian, the two factory guard leaders, were definitely going to do something when they went out.When they heard this, they thought of what Emperor Chongzhen said before the two factory guard leaders left, and they immediately understood what they were going to do.

This time, they were dumbfounded!

When did the emperor do things like this?Even if you, the emperor, are indeed Heaven, you can send people to search the houses of your ministers before they are convicted. Is there such an unreasonable emperor as you?

No matter what they were thinking, after the eunuch who came in heard the emperor's words, he immediately echoed loudly: "According to the investigation, Jiading Bo Mansion has more than 53 taels of cash and countless other properties. Further verification is needed!"

As soon as he said this, Zhu Cixiang couldn't help but kicked him over. He looked down at Zhou Kui and shouted sternly: "Old dog, it's not easy to live in love. Where are you suffering? How dare you covet my mother's hard work?" Private money saved for 20 years? I..."

It flashed through his mind that his mother was so worried about her father and was thinking about her father, but he didn't expect that this old guy actually had such a huge sum of money, yet he still took his mother's money, and cried in front of his father, with blood rushing to his forehead. After a while, he immediately turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen, knelt down and said: "Father, this old guy really doesn't deserve to live in this world. Only by killing him can we serve as a warning to the world!"

The young man, even though he was born into the royal family, still has a youthful spirit and impulsiveness.Zhou Kui deceived his family so much, and would sell him in the future, which made him unable to stand this kind of person at all. The words came out of his mouth with anger, without even thinking about it.

Others were also very shocked. Most of them knew that Jiadingbo must be rich, but they did not expect to be so rich!
The cash amount alone was 53 taels, but at the beginning, I only wanted to donate 100 taels, which is really amazing!

Zhou Kui was so frightened that Zhu Cixiang scolded him and heard that he was going to kill him. He knelt down again and explained with tears and runny nose: "I... this money, old minister... is all earned from my hard work in business. It is from doing business." I am willing to donate what I earn from business, 1 taels... No, no, no, 2 taels, I will donate 2 taels!"

Emperor Chongzhen stared at him coldly, truly speechless.

At this time, he still only wants to donate 2 taels. I don’t know what he is thinking?

Among the charges just read out, there are many records of Jiading Bo cheating and robbing others to make money in business. Is this money earned through hard work?Is it because you have worked so hard to get something clever?
With this thought in his mind, Emperor Chongzhen shouted coldly: "Zhou Kui, as a relative of the emperor, you should have taken care of yourself, kept yourself clean, and set an example for the world. As a result, you stole other people's property and oppressed the good among the people; in the court, you What's more, you have deceived the emperor and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. People like you should have been executed without delay to clean up the filth in the world, but for the sake of the queen's virtue, I will spare you the death penalty, but you will not escape the crime of living. Seize the title and confiscate the house. , the Zhou family father and son are exiled to Qiongzhou and are never allowed to leave Qiongzhou!"

When the two captains of the imperial guards heard this, they immediately stepped forward, dragged Zhou Kui up and left.

Zhou Kui never dreamed that he would end up like this. Thinking of losing all the money he had worked so hard to earn, and thinking of being exiled to a desolate borderland like Qiongzhou, he suddenly became incontinent and cried loudly: "Your Majesty, I was wrong. Yes, I was wrong. It was Duke Cheng Guo who instigated me to do it. Your Majesty, it was Duke Cheng Guo who instigated me to do it..."

Emperor Chongzhen did not change his words, so Zhou Kui was still dragged out, and his figure finally disappeared from the Jinluan Palace.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen turned to stare at Zhu Chunchen, and Zhu Cixiang also turned to look at Zhu Chunchen, staring at him with eyes full of hatred.

Zhu Chunchen was a little panicked. He knelt there and defended: "Your Majesty, it's Uncle Jiading... It was Zhou Kui's dog that bit someone in a hurry. I never instigated him. It's true!" Emperor Chongzhen stared at him. When Zhu Chunchen was about to defend himself, A chamberlain entered the Jinluan Palace and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live my lord, Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, led eight thousand troops to the outside of the capital city and asked for an audience!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately turned his head and ordered: "It is said that Tang Tong will come to see you immediately!"

The previous decree was sent to Tang Tong, asking him to lead the cavalry to the capital, but in the end he led [-] troops, which should be both infantry and cavalry.

After this interruption, Emperor Chongzhen returned to the Dragon Throne with Zhu Cixiang. Then he looked at the kneeling civil and military officials below and shouted in a cold voice: "Don't think you can always deceive the emperor! I remind you, Emperor Taizu, that you have done it. I now know everything about what happened and what plans I had in mind!"

"How do you think Wang Zhixin, Luo Yangxing and others were discovered by me? I can tell you, and it is also Emperor Taizu's pointer! Whether you are loyal or traitorous, whether you are dedicated to the country or seeking your own selfish interests, I am also the same It’s clear!”

"..."

We can't keep punishing people, otherwise people will panic and there will be no way to deal with it.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen's approach was to reward some after punishing and then punish again. At least the ministers who were rewarded would feel at ease.

No, just listen to Emperor Chongzhen say: "In the cabinet, although Fan Jingwen, Jiang Dejing and Fang Yuegong made some mistakes, Emperor Taizu affirmed them, so Fan Qing, Jiang Qing, Fang Qing!"

The cabinet ministers who were called by three names, although they thought it was ridiculous that Emperor Taizu appeared, but since they were affirmed, they naturally would not be stupid enough to question the matter of Emperor Taizu's appearance, and immediately came out. Lie, echoed: "Wei Chen is here!"

After the emperor became furious, others couldn't help but feel a little envious when they saw these three people being affirmed by the emperor.

Want to attack them?But the emperor has said that they made a small mistake, but they still got the approval of Emperor Taizu, so why attack?
Relatively speaking, they are indeed less corrupt than others!Because most of these three people just arrived in the capital from the local area and joined the cabinet, what could happen?

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and thought about their performance in history.

Fan Jingwen, when the city was destroyed, wrote in his memorial "As a minister, I cannot kill the thieves and avenge my shame, I will die with lingering regrets!", and then he threw himself into the ancient well next to the Shuangta Temple and died.

Jiang Dejing resigned before the city was defeated. King Fu invited him, but he refused. Later, when he served the king of Tang, when Zhu Yujian was defeated, Jiang Dejing refused to eat with tears in his eyes to show his loyalty and integrity. He died at home that month and died by swallowing gold. .

As for Fang Yuegong, he actually surrendered to Li Zicheng, but when Li Zicheng killed Chen Yan, he also killed him.

(End of this chapter)