Chongzhen's expression was a little awkward. He had just settled Yuan Chonghuan's case, and the three divisions 'joint hearing had come to a conclusion so quickly?
How should he delay?
It would probably be useless to play the white face again. It would only damage his holiness!
Chongzhen gave Wang Chengen a look and whispered,""Immediately get Yuan Xingshao to see you. No matter what he finds, he has to come. If he doesn't find anything, make him die as an apology!”
Wang Chengen's mind was alert, and he did not dare to delay. He quickly walked down the steps and jogged away from the side door.
Chong Zhen then looked at the civil and military officials and said indifferently,""Announce!"
Soon, Qiao Yunsheng, who was over seventy years old, strode into the court. After paying his respects to Chongzhen, he presented the memorial and said,""Your Majesty, I was ordered to interrogate Yuan Chonghuan.”
"Yuan Chonghuan's case has been investigated by the Supreme Court and the Imperial Censorate.”
"Yuan Chonghuan privately negotiated peace with the Houjin. His crime is true!”
"But whether Yuan Chonghuan and the Houjin discussed rebellion against the Imperial Court, there is no evidence!”
"Secondly, Yuan Chonghuan, the Island Commander Mao Wenlong is true.”
"There is no evidence for the rest of the crimes!"
"Your Majesty, please make a decision!"
Chongzhen heaved a sigh of relief. It was good that the court officials 'impeachment of Yuan Chonghuan was not true. There was still room for discussion!
Meanwhile, Zhou Yanru and the others were already prepared.
As soon as Qiao Yunsheng finished reporting, a censor immediately reported,""Your Majesty, although Yuan Chonghuan has no evidence of colluding with the enemy country, it is true that he negotiated peace privately, disregarded the court, looked down on Your Majesty, and killed Mao Wenlong!”
"He has no respect for the court and is lawless. Your Majesty, please punish him severely!”
"I agree!"
"I also agree!"
“……”
One by one, the officials of the imperial court stepped forward.
Chongzhen saw it clearly from above. It was the group of people in front again!
However, Chongzhen couldn't say anything more because Yuan Chonghuan was really guilty!
In fact, if not for Zhu Ciyao's influence, Chongzhen would also hate Yuan Chonghuan!
The promised five years of peace!
He even brought Hou Jinping to the capital!
This was Yuan Chonghuan's plan to pacify Liao?
Chongzhen hated it too!
However, Chongzhen still wanted to delay it for now. He said,"Beloved Minister, your words are reasonable. Although Yuan Chonghuan is guilty, he has supervised Ji Liao for many years and has never made any great contributions, but he has also worked hard. In addition, the capital is in danger. If Yuan Chonghuan hadn't led his troops here, the capital would have fallen into the hands of the Houjin bandits!”
"Yuan Chonghuan will be the first to receive the credit!"
"As for what Yuan Chonghuan should do in the end, it should be discussed by the cabinet and then reported up!”
Chongzhen only had one word: drag!
However, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren couldn't drag this out!
"Your Majesty, Yuan Chonghuan has committed a heinous crime and almost caused the capital to fall. This has damaged Your Majesty's prestige and violated the court's dignity. If Your Majesty does not punish him, this subject can only die today!”
Zhou Yanru said firmly.
"Your Majesty, if Yuan Chonghuan, such a crafty sycophantic, is not punished, then this subject is incompetent. This subject would rather die in the court!”
Wen Tiren spoke righteously, as if he was ready to face death!
"I'll die to remonstrate!"
More than half of the court officials came forward and remonstrated in unison as if they had discussed it beforehand.
Even Cheng Ji Ming, who was beside him, felt his heart turn cold when he saw this scene.
Zhou Yanru they all wanted Yuan Chonghuan's life. There was no room for discussion at all!
Cheng Ji Ming didn't dare to act rashly. If they really wanted to die today, the consequences would be huge if one or two people died!
Chong Zhen's face darkened when he saw Zhou Yanru and the others 'aggressiveness.
These guys!
This was forcing him to execute Yuan Chonghuan in front of all the civil and military officials!
Zhou Yanru saw that Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon throne, did not speak. He gave a look to an imperial censor.
The censor immediately understood.
"Your Majesty, can you really tolerate such a crafty minister?”
"If that's the case, then the country will not be a country, and the Great Ming will definitely perish!”
"Rather than being a subject of a subjugated country, it's better to die now!”
"Your Majesty, this old minister is leaving!"
After the censor finished speaking, he slammed his head into the dragon pillar.
The entire court was shocked!
This guy was really stubborn!
Chong Zhen's expression changed drastically. He stood up abruptly and shouted,""Quick, stop him!"
If the censor were to die in Yangxin Palace Hall, Chongzhen would inevitably bear the name of a fatuous ruler who did not listen to the advice of loyal officials and forced them to die!
This was a fatal blow to Chongzhen's reputation!
"Censor Wu, don't be rash!"
"Quickly capture Censor Wu!"
“……”
All the civil and military officials in the court panicked and hugged Censor Wu tightly before stopping him!
Chongzhen's expression finally became better. He knew that he could not delay it any longer!
He had to make a decision!
However, at this moment, another hurried voice sounded.
"Emperor, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Tongzhi Yuan Xingshao, requests an audience!”
Wang Chengen's voice that was like a male duck finally appeared!
Although Wang Chengen shouted a little anxiously and his voice changed a little, it sounded like the sound of nature in Chongzhen's ears at this moment!
Chong Zhen took a deep breath and said slowly,""Summon Yuan Xingshao in!"
Zhou Yanru and the others looked at each other. Why did the Jinyiwei come?
Ever since Wei Zhongxian took control of the court and Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, the Brocade Guard had been suppressed to the extreme, becoming a small transparent existence in the court.
Even the Commander of the Brocade Guards, Luo Yangxing, rarely went to court.
Many big shots had almost forgotten about the Embroidered Uniform Guards!
Now that the Jinyiwei had come, Zhou Yanru did not know why, but he felt a little uneasy.
It couldn't be that Chongzhen wanted to cause trouble, right?
At this moment, Yuan Xingshao had already strode into the hall and presented a memorial with both hands."Your Majesty, there's an important discovery in the case you asked me to investigate the day before yesterday.”
His Majesty asked the Brocade Guard to investigate?
Could it be related to Yuan Chonghuan?
All the officials exchanged glances.
"Hand it over!"
Chong Zhen's mood was a little complicated.
Yuan Chonghuan's crisis might have been averted, but if the important officials he relied on, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, were found out, he would not feel good either.
After all, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren were both promoted by him.
If both of them had problems, wouldn't he be a fatuous ruler?
Chongzhen took the memorial from Wang Chengen's hands with a perturbed mood. When he opened it, Chongzhen's expression immediately became solemn.
The more Chong Zhen read, the uglier his expression became.
The memorial was filled with the crimes of Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren.
The first was Zhou Yanru. It was fine if he was corrupt and bribed, but he actually stretched his hand into the army to eat empty pay!
It was no wonder that the military pay allocated by the Imperial Court was always insufficient!
So it was taken away by these corrupt officials!
Chongzhen himself was on a tight diet. Even his dragon robe was patched and he did not change it!
Well, Zhou Yanru did not stop at all. He embezzled military pay, embezzled disaster relief funds, and accepted bribes.
According to the investigation of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, a rough calculation was two million taels, and this was only the approximate amount of Zhou Yanru's income for the past two years!
Zhou Yanru's previous investigation had yet to find any evidence!
This made Chongzhen angry!
The national treasury only had two million taels!
The officials under him were richer than the imperial court!
There were also some rough figures that had yet to be found with actual evidence. They were as high as two million!
A total of more than four million taels of silver, including antiques, paintings, real estate, and house deeds!
This was only one of them. What made people even more furious was that Zhou Yanru actually promoted his brother from his hometown, a person who had never even been a soldier, to the deputy commander of Jiangsu and Zhejiang!
How could such a person be the commander!
No wonder the Imperial Court was always defeated!
It would be strange if they could win!
Not only that, Zhou Yanru could really be said to have ascended to heaven!
Not only did he take bribes and form cliques for personal gain, but he also arbitrarily placed his relatives into the royal court.
He arranged for all his family members to enter the Embroidered Uniform Guards and take up positions to eat imperial food!
Chongzhen was so angry that his face turned red. If it wasn't for Zhu Ciyao's idea to remind him, he would still be in the dark!
What a disgrace!
It was simply a great humiliation!
He was a self-proclaimed minister of the imperial court, but he was actually two blood-sucking vermin!
"Good, really good!"
"I didn't expect such a treacherous official to appear in this dynasty. This is really good!”
Chongzhen was extremely angry. Like an angry lion, he threw the memorial at Zhou Yanru and scolded,"Zhou Yanru, explain it to zhen!”
"What's going on?"
"You really are Zhen's good scholar. When one person attains the Dao, chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven. If you become the chief assistant, won't even the wild dogs in your village have to eat a portion of imperial food?”
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