"Your Majesty, the matter of Yuan Chonghuan must not be confused with the tax resistance case or the collaboration with the enemy case!"

Liu Zongzhou walked out of the court class, facing the cold wind of Shuoshuo, with a sense of justice. Under the gaze of many courtiers, he bowed his hands to Emperor Chongzhen and said:

"And the so-called tax resistance case is just the words of Sun Chuanting and his family. They lumped the officials in the dynasty with a group of businessmen. This has degraded the prestige of the dynasty.

From the minister's point of view, this case is full of weirdness. The case was hurriedly tried and concluded in a hurry. Without a joint trial by the three judicial departments, a memorial was hurriedly submitted to His Majesty to execute the arrested officials.

In my eyes, Sun Chuanting just wants to win His Majesty's trust so that he can advance in his official career..."

Emperor Chongzhen, who was standing in front of the Qianqing Gate, listened to Liu Zongzhou's passionate words with a calm expression, but secretly smiled in his heart. Liu Zongzhou's ability to avoid the important and take the easy is really remarkable.

It seemed that he was criticizing Sun Chuanting, but in fact he wanted to excuse Yuan Chonghuan and not let Jin Yiwei continue to supervise Yuan's case, so that the case could be transferred to the hands of their three judicial divisions.

It has nothing to do with personal friendships or interests. In fact, it is about oneself and one's feet.

During this period, there were many changes in the country and the dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen planned and deployed according to his own will. This was not a good thing for the civil servants in the dynasty.

Starting from the establishment of the military aircraft department, he planned to establish the capital governor's office and nine admirals, indulged the power of the factory guards, established the inner factory and the west factory, and reorganized the imperial village...

In less than two months, one Jianlu invaded the Ming Dynasty, and another returned to the capital to raise the Yuan Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen relied on his own will to bypass the outer court and did too many things.

This gave many people a bad signal.

The emperor wants to truly make his own decisions, how can this be done!?

In the previous Ming Dynasty, they ruled the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats. Even in the early days of Emperor Chongzhen's proclaimed emperor, he had always done this.

Now that everything has changed, who can bear this?

"Finished?"

Looking at the sad and angry Liu Zongzhou and Emperor Chongzhen holding the stove, he said coldly: "I am talking about the Yuan case, what are you talking about?

When did I, the Zuodu Censor of the Ming Dynasty Metropolitan Procuratorate, act so frivolously?!

Liu Zongzhou, I would like to ask you, in front of so many important officials in the court, what is your intention in bringing up the case that has been decided before?

The corrupt officials who were caught all had irrefutable evidence. Shouldn’t they be executed?

Could it be that the laws and disciplines of the Ming Dynasty are only the laws and disciplines of the Ming Dynasty that are set by you, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and those that come from other government agencies are not?"

Emperor Chongzhen's harsh words made Liu Zongzhou look shocked. Han Xu, Wen Tiren, Xu Guangqi and others standing in the court all showed different expressions.

"Also, I would like to ask you, how do you, the Procuratorate, do your job? Is this how you supervise the world?"

Emperor Chongzhen stepped on Danbi and walked slowly towards Liu Zongzhou, saying sternly: "Over there in Xuanfu Town, the sky is breaking, and there is a crazy collaboration with the enemy.

In Zhangjiakou Fort alone, at least eight million taels of silver were confiscated from the eight major Shanxi merchants investigated, as well as numerous grains, salt and iron, and even firearms, bows and crossbows and other contraband items.

Don’t tell me that you don’t know anything about this, and don’t tell me that you just took office not long ago. What is the purpose of setting up the Metropolitan Procuratorate?”

"minister……"

Facing Emperor Chongzhen's rebuke, Liu Zongzhou was a little confused. He did not expect that the emperor would directly blame him for what happened in Xuanfu Town.

The important ministers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, headed by Han Jisi, who participated in the imperial examination, all lowered their heads and did not dare to interfere with the current matter.

Previously, a case of collaborating with the enemy broke out in Xuanfu Town. Emperor Chongzhen ordered Li Banghua, the Minister of Military Aircraft Department, to rush to Xuanfu Town in the name of imperial envoy and with the sword of the emperor. This caused a lot of discussion and dissatisfaction in the country.

But at this moment, the people participating in the imperial examination were all the heads of government agencies of the country. Without the group of officials and censors who dared to speak out and wanted to gain fame, the situation became different.

"Where is the Jin Yiwei!"

Emperor Chongzhen frowned, stared at Liu Zongzhou coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Take Liu Zongzhou down, remove his black gauze hat, strip off his official uniform, and escort him to the Ministry of Punishment for trial!

Don't you all think that I have indulged the factory guards and violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty?

That’s great!

I would like to see if the Ministry of Criminal Justice can enforce the law impartially regarding this matter. If not, then the three judicial divisions will conduct a joint trial!"

"Your Majesty...I am wronged!"

Liu Zongzhou looked at Emperor Chongzhen in astonishment and shouted loudly: "I have no knowledge of the case of collaborating with the enemy in Xuanfu Town. Your Majesty cannot..."

Liu Zongzhou never expected that Emperor Chongzhen would draw fire on himself, and it would be the Xuanfu Town collaboration with the enemy case, such a big thunder.

However, no matter how much Liu Zongzhou complained, the Jinyi Guards led by Wu Mengming stepped forward and controlled Liu Zongzhou, which aroused Liu Zongzhou's resistance.

But these resistances are in vain.

How could Liu Zongzhou, a powerless civil servant, be able to resist the strong Jin Yiwei?

Under the unbelievable gazes of all the courtiers, several guards in royal robes took off Liu Zongzhou's black gauze hat, roughly stripped off the official robes he was wearing, and as they spoke, they were about to pick up Liu Zongzhou and head towards the Meridian Gate.

"Your Majesty, think twice! Mr. Liu is dedicated to serving the public good. You cannot deny Mr. Liu's merits just because of the incident in Xuanfu Town. Besides, the case of collaborating with the enemy in Xuanfu Town has not yet been determined."

"Your Majesty, you can't do this..."

Several important ministers in the court, headed by Qiao Yunsheng, the Minister of Punishment, came forward to admonish him. In their eyes, this Liu Zongzhou was clearly an unreasonable disaster.

However, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, this was a manifestation of the authority of ministers forcing the power of the emperor. The current atmosphere in the court would only become worse in the future if we did not use several major cases to severely kill the spirit of the civil servants.

chaos.

Yuan Chonghuan, who was being escorted by Luo Yangxing, stood with a complicated heart at this time, looking at the old Qiao Yunsheng and several important officials in the court, admonishing him with sorrow, looking at the hesitant Han Xu, looking at the indifferent

Zhou Dao

Deng, how do you favor several cabinet ministers? Looking at Zhou Yanru, Xu Guangqi, Wen Tiren, Wang Zaijin, Huang Liji and other important ministers in the court who were standing there with different expressions, at this moment he completely understood the emperor's emperor.

means.

Recalling what he experienced in Jinyiwei's prison, especially being in a dark room, including what he did in the Liao Dynasty, being read out one by one by Jinyiwei, the suffocating fear made Yuan Chonghuan's heart...

His body shook uncontrollably.

Faced with the complicated situation before Liao Dynasty, the aggressive Eight Banners of Jianlu were guarding Liaodong for the first time or again.

For Yuan Chonghuan, who wanted to raise his hopes, gain greater political advantage, and strive for a prosperous official career, he had to make compromises many times.

Counting from the end of Wanli, a large amount of political resources such as food, salary, military power, etc. were unconditionally allocated to the Liao Qian Dynasty, just to get rid of the Eight Banners of Jianlu.

The situation surrounding Liao Qian quietly changed dramatically.

Gradually, the Liaoqian side became the Ming Dynasty's vanity fair and a mountain of gold and silver, so that the greed that could not be nourished continued to expand.

Whether it was the Wei eunuchs in the inner court in the past, the Gonggun princes in the court, or the successive Liaodong managers, governors, etc., some of them gained political advantages through this, and some ended in misery.

Liaoqian was like the Shura Field of the Ming Dynasty, a dream-like magic. Who got the advantage in the end, I'm afraid it was the local generals in Liaodong who gradually became stronger...

‘Did Yuan Chonghuan see through my plot?’ Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself as he looked at Yuan Chonghuan’s swaying body and the group of courtiers who ignored the rules and advice.

"His Majesty!

The guilty minister Yuan Chonghuan is unworthy of the Holy Grace and unworthy of the Ming Dynasty, and the crimes he has been convicted of by Jin Yiwei are all true!"

After cleaning up all the mess outside the door, Liu Zongzhou was arrested, which became the last straw for Yuan Chonghuan. However, Yuan Chonghuan said with an excited expression: "The guilty minister knows that the mistakes he has committed are irreversible. Please, please Your Majesty shows mercy outside the law, so please don’t involve the family members of the guilty minister!”

Under the surprised gaze of many people, Yuan Chonghuan broke free from Luo Yangxing's control and slammed into the ground in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

"Escort!

"

"Yuan Chonghuan!

"

When Yuan Chonghuan broke away from Luo Yangxing, several exclamations of surprise rang out from the Qianqing Gate. However, when he saw the crazy Yuan Chonghuan, he did not attack and threaten the emperor, but instead hit his head to the ground and died.

The bright red blood flowed out from the broken wound, and it looked so red against the backdrop of the white snow. Everyone had complicated expressions on their faces as they breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Chonghuan, who was famous all over the world in the past, ended up like this. The key point was the words Yuan Chonghuan said before his death, which completely settled Yuan Chonghuan's case.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was protected by dozens of royal guards, as well as Wang Chengen, Zhu Chunchen, Tang Guozuo, etc., looked at Yuan Chonghuan who committed suicide and apologized, with no expression of joy or sorrow.

Yuan Chonghuan ended it on his own, saving himself a lot of trouble.
Chapter completed!