Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Chen Yuting bowed out of the class and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, although the Beijing inspection has started now, the time is still short, and there is not much to gain in a short time.

If His Majesty hadn't ordered the disposal before, I'm afraid the result would be worse. "

Emperor Chongzhen sneered and said, "So what if it gets worse? If it gets worse, can we stop doing business?"

Chen Yuting was choked up by what Emperor Chongzhen said.

However, what Emperor Chongzhen said was not wrong. If there is something wrong with it, if you don't deal with it, then these guys are very likely to make other shitty things if they make an inch of it.

After deliberating for a while, Chen Yuting said: "Your Majesty, just taking the officials in the capital as an example, there are more than a hundred corrupt people who need to be dealt with now.

There are eight people who are sick enough to become officials, and eight people who are greedy. There are more than [-] officials who need to be demoted and transferred abroad. "

After listening to Chen Yuting's report, Emperor Chongzhen sneered and said, "Sure enough, you are very courageous. In the capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, these people dare to be so greedy, but I really don't know what they will be like in the place!"

After a pause, seeing that all the officials lowered their heads, Emperor Chongzhen ordered: "Wang Chengen, declare the decree."

Chapter 3 Nine Is More Annoying Recently

The Emperor Chongzhen's proclamation made everyone in the court shiver.

The murderous intent in Emperor Chongzhen's tone just now, and none of the people in the court hall are fools, how could they not hear it.

But what can I do now?

There is an old saying that goes well, if you have a gun, you are the king of grass.

With the gun in hand, no one can jump.If they dare to jump, the Caotou King dares to crush them to death.

This is also the reason why the founding emperors didn't care about meritorious officials at all, and they slaughtered them as they wanted.

But generally speaking, the grass head king also needs face.

But the guy with the gun in front of him is shameless-the Beijing camp and the new army, the Mongolian ten thousand cavalry, the factory guards, and the three thousand cavalry from the Xibo Department.

Even if someone has the courage to grow hair and wants to rebel or play some tricks to force the palace, as long as Emperor Chongzhen has the opportunity to walk into any army, or to appear on the street, this Lord can reset everything at any time. Take back.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen was shameless, and no one could do anything about him—unless he was killed first and then a new emperor was established.

But this situation is basically impossible.

After combing through the eunuchs and maids in the palace over and over again, coupled with the routines such as resettlement for the elderly played by Emperor Chongzhen, now they want to buy them but have no choice but to buy them. This matter is even more difficult to handle.

If you are tough, you can't be angry, if you are yin, the factory guards and a group of eagle dogs are absolutely worthy of anyone.

What else can be done in this situation, except to be honest and obedient and suffer a knife-repent for pushing this tyrant to the throne in the first place!

However, Wang Cheng'en didn't pay attention to the expressions of the ministers below. After opening the imperial decree, he read in a high voice: "Feng Tian Cheng Yun, the emperor, said: the son of heaven replaces the herdsmen of heaven, and a hundred officials are appointed to assist the son of heaven. However, officials are very corrupt. There are endless generations of people who are cruel and harmful to the people. I am really uneasy.

According to the order, in the Jingchao, all those who are corrupt and excessive will be treated with the grass of Emperor Taizu Gao, and those who are cruel and harmful to the people will be treated in the same way as others.

This is it. "

After Wang Chengen finished reading an edict that could be said to be nonsensical, all the officials in the court hall twitched their mouths.

Although Emperor Chongzhen's move was expected, it came too suddenly.

Corruption?

It is impossible not to be greedy for a little money, but what is it to be called unlimited?

Whether there is more or less is not based on the emperor's mood.

Although it is said that the current factory guards only have the right to investigate, and can't arrest people at all except for the emperor's order, but what if the Emperor Chongzhen orders them to arrest again?

At least not to mention anything else, just this time Jingcha and those 98 unlucky people are already enough to make heads roll.

And the common people in the capital are not very interested in the scene of the head rolling in Caishikou—some corrupt officials are often arrested and beheaded, which is nothing to see.

In fact, if you say so, it is not always true.

At least peeling real grass is quite interesting.

As Jingcha passed day by day, almost every day some officials were dragged to the entrance of the vegetable market, or their heads were beheaded or skinned, which was very exciting.

While Cao Yubian was in the imperial prison, he watched the number of colleagues around him continue to decrease every day. In the end, including himself, there were 29 people left in total.

Although I also felt a little relieved in my heart - when I was beaten, none of these guys dared to help me or say a word for me.

However, under the sorrow of the rabbit and the fox, Cao Yubian always felt that there was a knife dangling around his neck, but he didn't know when it would fall.

Just when these 29 people felt that they were about to be driven crazy, things took a turn for the better.

Cao Yubian was brought out alone, and in the depths of the prison cell, he saw a person he could never have imagined.

Emperor Chongzhen.

There was a table in front of Emperor Chongzhen, with some side dishes and a jug of wine on it. Emperor Chongzhen took a sip from the cup from time to time, looking very comfortable.

But Emperor Chongzhen didn't show any expression on his face.

Looking at the expressionless Emperor Chongzhen sitting there, Cao Yubian knelt on the ground and dared not speak after paying homage.

After the Emperor Chongzhen drank two more cups, he said calmly: "I came to look at Mencius recently, and found that there is a sentence in it that says that health preservation is not enough to be a big deal, but death can be a big deal. What does Cao Aiqing think?"

Cao Yubian didn't know why Emperor Chongzhen would ask such a question all of a sudden, so he had to be honest and respectful: "Your Majesty Qizuo, as the saying goes, serve the dead like a servant, what Mencius meant was to ask people to treat their dead ancestors. Treat it as if you were alive."

Emperor Chongzhen hummed, but said with a sneer: "I think Mencius's words mean that enshrining parents when they are alive is not a big deal, but burying them after they die is really a big deal in life."

The cold sweat on Cao Yubian's forehead came down immediately.

Is there anything wrong with Emperor Chongzhen's explanation?

That's right, it's literally true.

But if you really want to understand it this way, what do people care about their parents?Wouldn't it be filial piety if they were dead and buried?

According to what Mencius really meant, this sentence should be understood as saying that it is not difficult for parents to be filial to them while they are alive, but what is difficult is that after their death, they can still miss and be filial to them as much as they were when they were alive.

But Emperor Chongzhen just picked out this sentence, what is he trying to do?

This matter is actually very simple, and Emperor Chongzhen's intentions are also obvious-even Yan Shenggong has been expelled from the rank, Yasheng, you old man, don't be alone, just follow along with you.

But as a child of Confucianism, do you really dare to do this?

But Emperor Chongzhen pulled himself out alone and said these words to himself, can he refuse?

can refuse.But after refusing, he must die.