A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 592 Falling
Lao Bai Niu: I recommend "Late Tang Dynasty" by my brother 'Muzi Blue'. It is a good book with fresh writing style and attractive plot.Then push "The Great Ming Official", the protagonist who has a dark belly and worldly feelings, and never suffers, is my favorite.

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On the fourth day of the lunar new year, the court rod shook the government and the public, and nearly thirty officials and censors were dragged outside the Huangji Hall for execution. They howled in the cold wind, shouting the names of the two emperors, Taizu and Taizong, with a shrill voice. , like a cuckoo weeping blood...

On the spot, five of them were killed by sticks, more than a dozen were disabled, and the rest of them would all spend a long time on their beds.

Perhaps, after this great change, many people retreated, and more people hated Wang Dou even more, and stood on the opposite side of him. For Emperor Chongzhen, his mood was indignant and desolate. It's what he doesn't want, and it's the opposite of his original intention when he governed the country.

Although he was very angry at the time, he just wanted to teach Zhuo Buwei and the others a lesson, and he didn't want to beat them to death. He just reported after the execution that Zhuo Buwei was too weak to be tortured, and he was killed on the spot after only a few blows. Died suddenly.

Not only was he not happy, but a chill ran down his spine, and he was full of doubts. Who is doing the tricks? Who else can I trust?
However, riding a tiger is hard to get off. This time, the rumors should be put to an end. The frontier army’s clamor cannot be delayed for a long time. In order to strictly carry out, shadows emerged one after another, and more people were punished, demoted or even exiled.

But looking at the list in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen knew that the big fish behind him was far from appearing, and if Wang Dou could grasp the list, he knew that he would not be satisfied with the results in front of him.

It's just that the subsequent investigations have become more and more difficult. The officials of the Ming Dynasty protect each other, and the interests of various alliances have been used to cover the network to the extreme, and the progress of the incident is about to reach a deadlock.

There is no way out, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright again. On the seventh day of the lunar new year, Li Rixuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Wu Changshi, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, made a counterattack. Secret matter.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, the capital was shaken again. The cabinet members, Li Rixuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Li Daiwen, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, resigned. Dozens of officials fell and were blamed, or their salaries were taken away, or they were punished with sticks, or they were resigned, or they were dismissed from their posts and lived idle.

Such a big change can only be compared with the rebellion case in the second year of Chongzhen, and the great change in the structure of the court and China.

Not only in the court, but also in the palace, there is also some cleaning.

For the crimes of accepting bribes, spreading rumors, and killing people, Wang Yumin, the chief eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, was demoted to Fengyang, and the eunuchs Qi Benzheng and Zheng Zhihui of Dongchang were sentenced to death.

Wang Yumin's relegation also involved Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the supervising army. A censor impeached Liu Yuanbin for committing adultery and plundering the army. The emperor was angry and called Jin Yiwei to arrest him and enter Beijing.

The series of turmoil in the court over the past few days dazzled everyone in the capital. When everyone came back to their senses, those who were interested suddenly discovered that the biggest gain from the turmoil in the court was Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Wu Changshi's counterattack caused the Ministers of the Ministry of Officials and Ministers of the Household, as well as a large number of courtiers to resign from their posts, and the positions of the Ministers of the Second Department belonged to Zheng Sanjun and Ni Yuanlu, who were very popular.

These two are both members of the Donglin Party. Long before his comeback, Zhou Yanru had promised the members of the Donglin Party that he would bring Zheng Sanjun, Ni Yuanlu and others into the cabinet. Sure enough, his promise was about to be fulfilled.

In this turmoil, although Zhou Yanru lost Li Banghua and others, but with him in the high position of the first assistant, Li Banghua and others may not have the opportunity to make a comeback, and it will be difficult to have opponents in the cabinet in the future. The cabinet will be dominated by his family ...

The truth of the big rumor came to light, and some dogs behind the scenes were terrified. For several days, there were bursts of angry roars from the Kangjia grain store outside the Zhengyang Gate of the capital, and several of them were shipped out one after another. Due to some trivial matters, The corpse of a maid who was killed with a stick after offending her master.

Although the people inside didn't know why the turmoil didn't affect them, but after thinking about it, some people packed their things quickly and fled to Shanxi.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, at the camp in Datong Town, Wang Pu looked at the several businessmen who were hanging their heads in fear with a livid face. After counting, they were all relatives and relatives, and they were all uncles of their own clan, but they were separated by an unknown number of generations.

"You look for death yourself, don't bring our Wang family with you!"

Looking at the people waiting in front of him, Wang Pujunlang's face was contorted. His eyes seemed to be shooting fire. He suddenly stretched out his hand, swung his arm, and slapped a middle-aged businessman hard on the face. With a sound, the businessman staggered back amidst a scream, and his right face swelled instantly.

He opened his mouth, spat out a mouthful of blood, and still had two teeth.

He clutched his right cheek, frightened and angry, and shouted: "Xiao Zhi'er, you..."

"You ass!"

Wang Pu roared angrily. He took a step forward and slapped him hard again. The businessman let out another miserable scream, his facial expression was distorted, and he fell sideways in a circle. This time, something flew out of his mouth. Yes, up to six or seven teeth.

"The eyes... the eyes have no respect..."

The businessman fell to his death, lying on the ground, holding his cheeks, crying out loudly, "Old man, I don't want to live anymore... Xiao Zhier, you forget your origin, do you remember... ...When I was a child, I loved you so much..."

"And you!"

Wang Pu roared, slapped left and right, and in the sound of slaps, he slapped the merchants of the Wang family standing in front of him one by one, causing their mouths and noses to bleed, and they were in a panic.

The generals of Datong Town in the tent were all silent, watching this scene in amazement.

The commander-in-chief's extreme anger was beyond their expectations. Usually the commander-in-chief is smiling and considerate of his manners. He also maintains respect for those relatives of the clan. It is extremely rare to see such a merciless fight as before. .

Under Wang Pu's fury, they also stood there trembling with fear, no one dared to persuade him, it was he himself who would stand up for Wang Zheng.

At this time, Wang Pu had already drawn a fat businessman, Wang Zheng's uncle. Seeing his family uncle who was usually friendly and very kind to him, his mouth and nose slanted, and he kept silent like a cicada, he also felt that his face was dull.

He persuaded in a low voice: "Commander, calm down, uncle and the others were also deceived by lard for a while, and they didn't intend to bring disaster to the clan."

The businessman who was lying on the ground had already been helped up at this time. He covered his face and cried vaguely: "Everyone has participated in this matter, and the master also agrees..."

Wang Pu was originally angry, but when he heard this, he became angry again and cursed: "Father is old and confused!"

Thinking about Wang Dou, thinking about the strength of the Jingbian army, Wang Pu couldn't help shivering, he also knew Wang Dou's character, how could he be a person who would let it go?

Outsiders are blindsided and don't understand the strength of the Jingbian army. He knows it, especially this time, the capital's great change, isn't it due to Wang Dou?He called Wang Dou his elder brother with a smug face, disregarding the fact that he was three or four years older than Wang Dou, why, why not hug Wang Dou's thigh and make the Wang family more prosperous?

It's just that those who are dragging their feet will waste all their painstaking efforts. If one is not careful, his business family will be completely destroyed.

What should I do?He paced around the tent in distress, and the businessmen of the Wang family next to him also knew that a catastrophe had occurred this time, especially after the news came from the middle of Beijing, they all stood by and did not dare to make a sound.

Thinking about Wang Dou's possible means, his cruelty, Wang Pu's heart kept chilling, and he murmured: "What should I do, what should I do?"

Wang Zheng was also thinking hard. He gritted his teeth and stepped forward to offer advice: "Marshal, there is no other way. Why don't you go to Uncle Zhongyong and tell the whole story?"

Wang Pu's eyes lit up, and he hesitated, "Is this okay?"

Wang Zheng patted his chest and promised: "It will definitely work. With the friendship between the commander-in-chief and Uncle Zhongyong, he will definitely make an exception and not follow suit!"

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Maybe Uncle Zhongyong will wash everyone with blood, and our Wang family can still get a share of the pie."

The old uncle exclaimed from the side, "How could this be possible? The eight great families are united in spirit, that is, they are married to each other...Wang Zheng, your sister-in-law is the daughter of the Kang family. dead?"

Wang Zheng said awe-inspiringly: "For the sake of the family, appropriate sacrifices are okay. Besides, Uncle Zhongyong won't care about a woman, right?"

Wang Pu made up his mind: "If we do this, we can say that dead friends don't die poor people... And if they are all dead, it will be a good thing for our Wang family..."

At this time, Wang Dou was also in the tent listening to Liu Benshen's report, the news of the capital, the development of the East Road and other places, and so on.

There is also some news from the General's Mansion. It seems that Ji Junjiao held several banquets in Yongning City. Among the invited wives, some people were quite rebellious. Xie Xiuniang also relieved her husband's worries, and played an important role in the hearts of the people in Anjing Road.

This time the capital changed, the leader of the rumors, it can be said that almost half of them were wiped out, and the officials who were the pawns suffered heavy casualties. Wang Dou did not sympathize with them. The imperial officials played an important role in the early Ming Dynasty. It is pitiful and hateful to only harm the country and harm the country.

According to the information, although many officials were demoted and reprimanded, it happened by coincidence that the local big families, those Shanxi merchants, were not implicated, and few people confessed to them.

Perhaps, they also understand that various interest families are their foundations, just like an opium field, as long as the soil is not destroyed, there will be a day when the seeds will germinate. For example, Zhou Yanru stepped down a few years ago, and now he will come back again?

As long as the foundation is there, there will always be a day of recovery, and the destruction of the benefit family is the real destruction.

Moreover, those people were not on the list Wang Dou gave to Emperor Chongzhen.

On the other hand, Wang Dou just sneered, and when he returned to the East Road, he swept away everyone, swept away their foundations, and let them understand what despair is!

Just as he told his subordinates, let us go back and kill these fat pigs ourselves.

But the matter was settled, the court gave a step, and they urged Hong Chengchou to come and find out what Wang Dou meant.

Qin Yi, who praised the painting, firmly believes that the incident should be pushed along with the current situation, and even the border generals of the towns headed by Wang Dou should step down the steps of the court and make a gesture of pleading guilty, so as to hide this incident in the wind and snow .

Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu and others have been discussing with Wang Dou for several days, and Wang Dou also thinks that this matter should be over.

However, although the two sides may restore harmony in the future, the follow-up impact will be profound.

(End of this chapter)