In the court, if the Emperor said,"Fight with all your heart."”In that case, the victim would not die.
If you say,"You really fight!" This prisoner could forget about going home alive today.
The eunuchs also benefited from it. Seeing that he was about to be beaten up, the official hurriedly stuffed silver notes into the eunuch's hands.
After receiving the money, the eunuch beat him with a hollow board.
When they hit, there was a banging sound. It sounded terrifying, but it would not cause any harm.
Without bribing, the eunuch used a solid board, or even a board filled with lead. One strike would break his bones and tendons, and two strikes would kill him.
When they heard Zhu Youjian cancel the staff and add the words " the person who wrote the letter is not guilty," the ministers also revealed happy expressions.
Ding Qirui said,""Capital Building Temple is truly a perverse act. The world will talk about His Majesty's cruelty.
Burning people's heads was the way of an ambitious person. It was not the way of a benevolent monarch or a holy master!”
"Minister Ding, you're right. The people of the world are my people.
However, there were also filial sons and thieves. Do you think those people outside the city are filial sons or thieves?”
"Your Majesty, of course you are a thief.
However, ever since the bandits rebelled, most of them coerced and drove the people forward.
The corpses outside the city were mostly mixed with commoners and rebels. Please enlighten me.”
All the ministers were worried for Ding Qirui. One had to know that the Emperor, especially the previous Chongzhen, had also said that those who spoke were innocent and those who heard were warned.
However, after saying it, were there still fewer officials who were punished for their words?
Zhu Youjian did not say anything. He sat on the chair and tapped the armrest with one finger. He seemed to be thinking about something.
Zhu Youjian said,""All the adult men who are dead will be treated as thieves.
If they were alive, they would be handed over to the Jinyiwei for strict interrogation. Those who wore armor and knew how to use weapons would be killed.
Women and children, let them all go, how about it?”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The ministers knelt down and started cheering.
Zhu Youjian was a little resentful. He had wanted to kill them all, but Ding Qirui's words were not without reason.
Being ruthless didn't mean being a butcher.
"Right, Minister Ding, set up a pavilion outside the Qihua Gate.
He carved last night's events into an inscription and passed it on to later generations to commemorate Liu Zongmin.”
"Your Majesty, you mean to commend General Guan and your three thousand cavalry for defeating two hundred thousand enemies?”
Ding Qirui couldn't believe what he was hearing. Who would erect a monument for an enemy general as soon as a battle ended?
"No, it's for Liu Zongmin."
"Why?" The ministers looked at Zhu Youjian in shock.
"Because this Liu Zongmin is truly loyal. In times of crisis, he can risk his life for his master. Just based on this point, I want to commend and commemorate him!”
After hearing Zhu Youjian's words, all the ministers lowered their heads a little more so that their Emperor would not see their ashamed expressions.
After the court session ended, he returned to the back hall of the Profound Language Pavilion. Zhu Youjian was still in a state of excitement.
Once upon a time, he was crowned as a great treasure, guiding the country, and leading the army. He was only in a dream.
Now, it was now. Everything had come true, but Zhu Youjian still felt like he was in a dream.
"Pass it to Lu Xuan."
Wang Chengen agreed. In the time for an incense stick to burn, Lu Xuan walked in.
"Minister Lu, have you copied the memorials related to the rebellion? What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, this subject has already recorded the names of the ministers who have secretly colluded with the rebels. This subject will definitely deal with all these traitors.”
"Alright, but there's no hurry. Don't cause chaos in the court.”
"Your Majesty, this might be a little difficult.”
"Why?"
"First, from the letter, almost all the ministers in the court colluded with Chuang Ni.
Secondly, those who were closest to Li Zicheng were the important officials in the court.”
After hearing Lu Xuan's words, Zhu Youjian fell into deep thought.
Although the situation of colluding with the enemy was very serious at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he did not expect it to be so serious. The Ming Dynasty was really rotten.
Although the officials of the court could not all be changed, these important officials of the court had to be changed.
“
"Lu Qing, I know what you said. Back then, Zhang Xianzhong had been surrounded several times, but he had always been able to escape. Why?
It was all because the ministers in the court persuaded me to accept the surrender of the thief Zhang, saying that it was not appropriate to use weapons, saying that the thief Zhang could fight the thief Li.
Later on, I found out that these officials had been bribed by Zhang Xianzhong.”
"Your Majesty, the information we received from the Embroidered Uniform Guards is indeed so.”
"Then why not?"
"Because at that time, the Imperial Secret Service Commander also accepted Zhang Xianzhong's money.”
Zhu Youjian was not surprised by this information. Instead, he felt that if the Commander of the Brocade Guards did not accept the money, there would be a problem.
"With these officials around, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng will definitely not be eliminated.
Go and investigate these people. Check the family background of those who colluded with the enemy, understand?”
Of course, Lu Xuan understood. He was a genius in this aspect.
"Since you came from your hometown, you must know about it. Minister Lu, how is the situation in Yingtian Prefecture now?”
Yingtian Prefecture was Nanjing. Since Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing.
Other than the throne room, Ying Tian had another set of government offices in Beijing.
Thus, Ying Tian became a place for the officials of the imperial court to retire.
"Your Majesty, the officials of Yingtian are still relatively calm.”
Zhu Youjian sneered. The Ming Dynasty was in trouble internally and externally, and the officials in Beijing were busy colluding with the enemy.
The officials in Nanjing were busy enjoying the prosperity of Jinling and the beauty of the Qinhuai River.
"How about Qian Qianyi?" Zhu Youjian asked.
"Your Majesty, this person is currently in seclusion and doesn't interact with anyone.”
"Humph, it's not fun to hide with Liu Ru. Haha, where is Wang Chengen?"
"This old servant is here."
Wang Chengen stood in front of Zhu Youjian.
"Send an edict for Qian Qianyi to come to the capital as soon as possible.”At this point, Zhu Youjian thought of some people.
"Also, Shi Kefa, Yan Yingyuan, Zhu Didian, Jin Sheng, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun, and the others.”
" This..." Wang Chengen seemed to be in a difficult position.
" Why? Is there a problem?"
"Your Majesty, this old servant knows about Shi Kefa and Zhu Dadi, but who are the others? Where are they from?”
Lu Xuan interjected," Eunuch Wang, don't be anxious. We, the Yingtian Brocade Guard, know about these officials from the south. We will assist in this matter."”
"Thank you, Lord Lu." Wang Chengen was relieved.
Lu Xuan looked at Zhu Youjian in confusion and asked,"Your Majesty, I don't even know a few of them. How did Your Majesty know?”
Zhu Youjian laughed in his heart. I can't say that Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, and Feng Houdun are the later Three Anti-Qing Dukes.
"I accidentally saw these people when I was reviewing the official documents.”
Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Lu Xuan did not ask any further.
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