"Your Majesty, last night, Duke Cheng and I defended Qihua Gate to the death.”
"Chen Yan, are you saying that you and Zhu Chunchen are guarding Qihua Gate?”
Zhu Youjian's tone was filled with ridicule.
Chen Yan's heart tightened when he heard Zhu Youjian's question. There was obviously a hidden meaning behind his words.
However, his many years of experience told him that he must not panic at this time.
"Yes, Your Majesty." His tone was calm and firm.
Zhu Youjian pointed at Wang Chengen and said angrily,""You, go get his board and slap his mouth!”
"Yes!"
Wang Chengen sneered and walked towards Chen Yan.
"Your Majesty, I'm innocent!"
Chen Yan quickly knelt down and cried out in injustice.
Wang Chengen walked towards Chen Yan and sneered as he said,""Grand Secretary Chen, don't blame us for today's beating!”
Wang Daban was an honest man to Chongzhen, but he was ruthless to those ministers.
The two iron pagodas held Chen Yan up. Wang Chengen picked up the ivory board and hit Chen Yan's face.
"Pa! Pa! Pa!"
"Ah! Your Majesty! I'm innocent!"
After dozens of hits, Chen Yan's mouth was full of blood and his teeth fell to the ground.
Wang Chengen was sweating profusely, and Zhu Youjian signaled for him to stop.
"Chen Yan, you said that I wronged you. Alright, take a look at this.”
Zhu Youjian threw a memorial down from the front of Fengtian Gate.
Wang Chengen picked up the memorial and read it loudly,""Shun Tian assisted benevolence, Zhu Ming died, the weapons pointed to no one, the drums surrounded and collapsed.
Half of the mountains and rivers and counties were handed over to the fief. All the soldiers stored in the warehouse were returned to the map.
However, considering that I have more than 200 flesh and blood inside and outside the court, I have relatives in the high hall, and I am not far away from seventy. I will cry blood and help Duke Cheng of Lu. I will hold the coffin and carry the earth. I only ask for the above table to submit to the emperor.”
"Chen Yan, I didn't wrong you, right? As expected of the chief assistant, this literary talent is brilliant!
How did you come up with such shameless words?”
When Chen Yan heard this, he knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head. He kowtowed hard and whimpered as if he was begging for mercy.
"Pull him down! Imprison him!"
"Here!"
The two Brocade Guards grabbed Chen Yan and dragged him back like a dead dog.
All the ministers were terrified. They all knew that if they entered the imperial prison, they would only wait for death, and it would be the kind of death that would rot in prison.
"Where is the Duke of Cheng?" Zhu Youjian continued to make things difficult.
A middle-aged man in a purple dragon robe walked out.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Brother, I'm here!"
"Haha, I don't dare to be your Imperial Brother. I don't know where your Emperor is now. Men! Drag him down and throw him into the imperial prison!"
Zhu Chunchen quickly knelt down and cried,""Your Majesty! For the sake of the same ancestors, spare your brother!”
"If I spare you, will Your Majesty spare me? You still have the cheek to take the commission?
Back then, Chengzu swept across the north of the desert and spread the name of Ming for thousands of miles. You actually did such a thing today!
Alright, on account of the fact that we're both ancestors, one white silk, you know what I mean.”
A young eunuch flashed out from the side and handed a white silk to Wang Chengen.
Wang Chengen took the white silk, and a terrifying smile appeared on his pale face.
Coupled with his red official robe, he looked like a deadly evil spirit.
Zhu Chunchen looked at Wang Chengen and was so scared that his face turned pale. He sat on the ground.
"You, you…Don't come over! Don't come over!" The shout was almost mournful.
Wang Chengen walked lightly to him and said with a smile,""Duke of Cheng, it's fine.
He remembered that this white silk had to be tied tightly at one end. I'm about to fall, it hurts.
He had to suffer a second time. Hehehe, take it well, why aren't you thanking me?”
With that, she placed the white silk in Zhu Chunchen's hand.
Zhu Chunchen was so scared that he fainted.
"Aiya, what are you saying? Hurry, you guys come over and serve the Duke of Cheng home.
After everything is done, come back and report. Hurry up and come back. Don't delay. His Majesty is waiting.”
Wang Chengen greeted the few eunuchs.
"I understand!"
A few men carried Zhu Chunchen out of the palace and headed straight for the Chengguo Mansion, followed by a dozen aggressive Embroidered Uniform Guards.
In front of Fengtian Gate, all the officials stood there with cold sweat dripping down their backs.
At this moment, a voice came from one of the officials.
"Your Majesty, the Minister of War Zhang Jinyan colluded with the intruder and attempted to open Zhengyang Gate to welcome the intruder into the capital.”
Zhu Youjian could recognize this person's voice. It was Wei Zaode, the last chief assistant of Beiming in history.
One was talented but not virtuous, eloquent and eloquent, and specialized in welcoming people.
This Wei Zaode could be said to be the representative of the shameless officials in the late Ming Dynasty.
When Li Zicheng broke into the capital, he wanted to rely on Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng looked down on him and asked him," Why didn't you die for your country?”
This guy actually said shamelessly,""I'm still useful. Why should I die?”
He was so shameless that he was scolded by Liu Zongmin."Chongzhen has treated you well. How can you slander Chongzhen like this?”
In the end, he was beaten to death by Liu Zongmin in prison.
Zhu Youjian had seen all of this in history books.
"Minister Wei, you are indeed a loyal minister.”Zhu Youjian said coldly. All the ministers could hear the sarcasm in his words.
He didn't know if Wei Zaode was pretending or if he really didn't understand.
"I, Wei Zaode, am loyal to the Lord, and my loyalty can be seen by the heavens and earth!”
"Watch? You're a whore and you want to build a memorial archway!”
Zhu Youjian's vulgar words stunned all the officials. However, this sentence was the most appropriate to describe Wei Zaode.
"Wei Zaode, back then, you were the chief assistant. I asked you to help resist the bandits, but you refused.
In the end, I only had to fork out the silver for this matter.
When the bandits arrived at the city gates, your mouth, which could revive the dead, remained silent.
Good! Didn't you say that you're a loyal minister? Didn't you say that your family doesn't have money? Where is Wang Chengen?!"
"This old servant is here."
"Send a few eunuchs and Jinyiwei to visit Minister Wei's house.
I'll let him continue to be the chief assistant. If it exceeds ten thousand taels, you'll directly throw this bastard into the imperial prison!”
"This old servant obeys the decree!"
Today, Zhu Youjian could be said to have counterattacked, and Wang Chengen was also proud.
At first, these ministers showed him respect on the surface, but they did disobey the imperial edict he announced, causing him to be incompetent and receive a lot of reprimand.
"Lord Wei, His Majesty has spoken. We have no choice but to suffer.”
After saying that, he said to the eunuch and Jinyiwei beside him,"Men! Take Wei Zaode into custody, outsiders are not allowed to get close!”
He then pointed to a eunuch next to him and said,"Take a few Jinyiwei with you and raid Wei Zaode's house. Anyone who tries to obstruct you will be punished for colluding with the enemy and committing treason!"”
"Here!"
After dealing with Wei Zaode, Zhu Youjian did not forget about Zhang Jinyan.
This guy was quite talented, and his writing skills were good. However, when Li Zicheng was pressing Beijing, as the Minister of War,
However, he refused to adopt the suggestion of urgently recruiting soldiers to defend the city and calling for reinforcements from all over the world. He also concealed the military situation and did not report it.
Earlier, Wei Zaode had said that he was preparing to open Zhengyang Gate to welcome Li Zicheng. He wasn't framing him.
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