"This…"
Zhou Yanru was so scared that his entire body went limp. His hands and feet trembled as he picked up the memorial. His face suddenly turned pale, and thin beads of sweat kept appearing on his forehead.
The records were basically true!
One by one, this was a crime that could kill nine generations!
Why would Chongzhen investigate him at this time!
How did Chongzhen know?
When did he start?
"Zhou Yanru, what else do you have to say!”Chong Zhen roared furiously.
Zhou Yanru was so frightened that his entire body trembled. He hurriedly knelt down and quibbled,"Your Majesty, I…I was wronged. The Embroidered Uniform Guards falsely accused me. Please investigate!”
Yuan Xingshao took a step forward and said," Your Majesty, I have reported that those who have evidence of corruption have embezzled two million taels of silver. Although there is no evidence for the rest, Your Majesty can give me three days. I will definitely investigate everything!"”
"Secondly, I have transferred the relevant documents of the Embroidered Uniform Guards from the Nanzhen Prefecture. As for the promotion of trusted aides, Your Majesty can transfer the documents of the Ministry of Personnel to check the relevant documents!”
Zhou Yanru's heart turned cold when he heard that!
His matter was not investigated at all!
One check was accurate!
"Your Majesty, I was confused!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I'm willing to hand over all my family assets as atonement!”
"Your Majesty, please take into account my many years of loyalty. Even if I don't have any contributions, I have worked hard, Your Majesty!”
Zhou Yanru kowtowed like pounding garlic.
" Haha!"
"How can there be such a shameless person like you in this world?!" Chong Zhen laughed in anger.”
"If you can still be considered loyal like this, then who's still a crafty sycophant!”
"Bastard!"
Chong Zhen's face turned red with anger. He turned to Wen Tiren and said,""And you, your corruption and bribery are even worse than Zhou Yanru's. Just the silver alone exceeds five million taels, and there's also a hundred thousand taels of gold!”
"You're even more greedy than Zhou Yanru!"
"No wonder the Imperial Court is having more and more difficulties. So it's because they've raised you bunch of vermin!”
"Your Majesty, this subject is guilty. Please give me a lighter punishment!”Wen Tiren was so scared that he peed his pants and kept kowtowing.
However, Chong Zhen was unwilling to even look at them. He trusted these two people so much that he did not hesitate to make an exception and promote them into the cabinet. This was how they repaid him!
If it wasn't for Zhu Ci Xin's thoughts that reminded him, he didn't know when he would find out!
To think that he still thought of himself as a wise ruler and wanted to revive the Ming Dynasty!
Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren had given him a tight slap!
"Where are the Embroidered Uniform Guards?" Chong Zhen shouted.
"Yes!" Yuan Xingshao immediately took a step forward.
"From now on, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren will be stripped of all their official positions. Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren's crimes will be investigated by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.”
"Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, and their families, regardless of gender, age, or age, will all be banished to the army!”
"Aren't you embezzling the army's pay?"
"Then zhen wants your entire family to go to the battlefield and pay for the souls of the people who died in battle!”
Chongzhen's angry voice shook the entire court.
All the officials were trembling!
"Your Majesty, please show mercy!"
"Your Majesty…"
Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren were so frightened that they cried and begged for mercy.
All their relatives were banished to the army. This was even more unbearable than killing them!
"Drag him away!"
Chong Zhen didn't even want to look at them anymore.
Yuan Xingshao immediately summoned a few Brocade Guards and dragged Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren out.
Their terrified cries echoed throughout the entire hall.
Chong Zhen swept his cold gaze across the crowd, especially those who had followed Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren to remonstrate!
"Wu Dewang, Censor Wu, you guys were on the same boat as Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren just now!”
"Are you on Zhou Wen's side?”
Chong Zhen glared at everyone.
Censor Wu and the officials panicked.
"Your Majesty, I didn't. I wouldn't dare!”
"Your Majesty, I was just confused. I have nothing to do with Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren!”
“……”
Wu Dewang and the others were so scared that they quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, cutting ties with Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren.
Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren were civil officials. No emperor would be able to tolerate having their hands in the army.
Whoever dared to plead for them was courting death!
If it was just corruption, they might not be like this.
" Hmph!" Chong Zhen snorted coldly and said," From today onwards, Wu Dewang will immediately be removed from his post and investigated. He will be detained in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice will be in charge of whether Wu Dewang has formed a clique with Zhou Wen for personal gain!"”
Wu Dewang's face turned pale and he collapsed. The Embroidered Uniform Guards dragged him out like a dead dog.
"Zhou Wen's case ends here. No one is allowed to plead for mercy. Whoever dares to plead for mercy for these two people will be an accomplice and will be executed!”
Chong Zhen said fiercely.
All the officials in the court, including Zhou Yanru's party, were extremely bitter. How could they still dare to plead for Zhou Yanru?
It was too late for them to cut ties with Zhou Yanru now!
Fortunately, Chongzhen did not intend to pursue the matter to the end. Otherwise, they would all be in trouble!
It wasn't that Chongzhen was unwilling to investigate. He knew very well that these people were related to Zhou Wen and Zhou Yu. Once they were investigated, half of the civil and military officials in the court would probably be removed and cut off!
This was not a good thing for the imperial court and would definitely cause turmoil in the court. Now that the situation in Great Ming was already turbulent, Great Ming could not withstand the storm!
Moreover, if he killed these people, where would he find so many people to be officials in such a short time?
Chongzhen was also difficult!
Chong Zhen slowly let out a breath of turbid air and calmed his emotions."Regarding Yuan Chonghuan's case, I have already made my decision!”
"Yuan Chonghuan used his five-year plan to pacify Liao and lead the Houjin to surround the capital. Although his crime is unforgivable, on the account that he made up for his mistakes and led his soldiers to kill the enemy and resolve the crisis in the capital, he will be stripped of his posts as Minister of War, Deputy Right Governor, and Military Supervisor of Ji and Liao. He will immediately head to Luanzhou and temporarily take over the position of Governor of Hebei.”
"In addition, Sun Chengzong has rendered meritorious service in protecting the capital in this battle. He has been promoted to Minister of War and Censor of the Right Capital. He is in charge of all military affairs in Jiliao and Denglai.”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
This time, none of the officials dared to oppose it. The two who opposed it the most, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, had their houses confiscated.
Who would dare?
Whoever objected would be confiscated!
……
……
When he returned to the royal study, Chongzhen was mentally and physically exhausted.
To be honest, Chongzhen was furious this time. He wasn't pretending. He was really angry!
Those were the two ministers he trusted and thought highly of!
He didn't expect them to be two corrupt officials!
This made Chongzhen start to suspect that the other cabinet ministers were not corrupt!
"Could Cheng Jiming and Wu Zongda be corrupt too?”
"Yes, especially Qian Xiangkun, he is Wen Tiren's student!”
Chongzhen now seemed to see everyone as corrupt officials!
He couldn't be sure, or rather, he didn't dare to imagine. If they were all corrupt officials, would he kill them all?
Then Big Ming isn't finished?
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