"Your Majesty... Li Banghua, pay homage to His Majesty!"

Li Banghua, who walked into Dongnuan Pavilion, looked solemn after seeing Emperor Chongzhen, and bowed his hands.

Seeing that Li Banghua, who had always paid attention to his appearance, looked so embarrassed, Emperor Chongzhen guessed that if he asked him to supervise the case of collaborating with the enemy, he would probably pull out the carrot and bring out the mud.

"Hurry up and get free gifts."

Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand and said: "Come here, give Li Qing a seat and pour some tea."

"Your Majesty, no need!"

Li Banghua raised his head with firm eyes. Under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, he knelt down and said seriously: "Your Majesty... I have something important to report. Please stand aside!"

"Everyone, step back."

Emperor Chongzhen raised his sword eyebrows, looked at Li Banghua, and said coldly. The eunuchs and eunuchs headed by Han Zanzhou hurriedly bowed their heads and retreated outside the palace.

"Tell me, something happened in Taiyuan Prefecture or Shanxi."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, walked slowly towards Li Banghua, and said calmly: "I want to listen to the truth and tell me everything that has been found out."

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen bent down and pulled Li Banghua up.

"Your Majesty! Since I was ordered to supervise the case of collaborating with the enemy, I and Liu Hongxun first went to Xuanfu Town and then to Taiyuan Mansion. During this period, I interrogated a number of people involved in the case."

Li Banghua couldn't hide his excitement, frowning and said: "Over in Xuanfu Town, those who are mainly colluding with the Eight Thieves are the generals who command the troops everywhere.

But when it comes to Taiyuan Prefecture, the problem becomes more complicated, and there are even various signs that it involves the Jin vassal vassal of Taiyuan..."

Li Banghua spoke emotionally while Emperor Chongzhen listened calmly.

What Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that the action he planned to eradicate the Eight Thieves was intended to deal with the traitor lackeys in the Ming Dynasty, cut off an arm of the Eight Banners of the Jianlu, and improve the loopholes in the economic sanctions against the Jianlu, but things turned out to be a big deal.

It has had a strong impact and ripples.

"According to what you said...the reason why the eight thieves headed by the Fan family have been able to do such bold and reckless things in the border areas over the years."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Li Banghua with a stern expression and said: "In fact, behind them, there is a group of thieves hiding in the house, and they even involve the vassal?

In fact, in the past few years, when the money and grain allocated by the imperial court passed through Shanxi, a lot of it was intercepted by the prefectures and counties involved, but no one reported these things to the Ming Dynasty?"

The rogue uprising that ravaged Shanshan and Shaanxi officially broke out in the first year of Chongzhen, and it has been more than three years since then. However, the rogue uprising can be traced back to the Tianqi period at the earliest.

At that time, mountains and Shaanxi were either suffering from snowstorms, droughts, or earthquakes. This series of natural disasters, coupled with the apportioned Liao wages, made the burden on the people under the rule extremely heavy.

This has resulted in class conflicts in Shanxi and Shaanxi that have always been very acute. The people of the Ming Dynasty will never rebel unless they have no choice but to survive completely.

But once there is rebellion, the power that will be unleashed will be unimaginable.

You're damn near starving to death, no matter whether you're damn orthodox or not!

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Banghua looked a little haggard, nodded and said: "Although I am going to Taiyuan Prefecture and have not gone to other prefectures and counties in Shanxi, I have discovered many problems with the situation in Taiyuan Prefecture.

Under the rule of Taiyuan Prefecture, there are evil officials everywhere, evil gentry who oppress the people, and even..."

As he talked, Li Banghua couldn't go on. Every time he thought about what he saw and heard in Taiyuan Mansion, Li Banghua felt extremely sad.

When the country was facing threats, he wanted to put down the rogue bandits so that order could be restored in Shanxi and other places as soon as possible, and he even allocated a large amount of money and grain.

However, in the past few years of suppressing and eradicating all kinds of bandits, not only has the momentum of the bandits' rebellion not been suppressed, but on the contrary, it has intensified.

'Fortunately, I sent Cao Huachun to Shanxi first to supervise the case of collaboration with the enemy this time, and also sent Liu Hongxun to accompany him. Otherwise, based on Li Banghua's temperament, he would not have made such a decision.'

Seeing the change in Li Banghua's demeanor at this moment, Emperor Chongzhen secretly said in his heart that he knew better than anyone else the corruption of officials in the Ming Dynasty.

The formation of this situation was due to years of party strife, especially in the Tianqi Dynasty. Either intentionally or unintentionally, his imperial brother allowed Wei Zhongxian to take power and organize the eunuch party (remnants of the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties) in the outer dynasty.

Defeat the Donglin Party step by step and control the political agenda.

"Now Cao Huachun and Liu Hongxun are still staying in Taiyuan Mansion?"

Emperor Chongzhen, who calmed down, looked at Li Banghua and asked: "Li Qing, before you return to the capital, what do you think of this matter?"

Although Emperor Chongzhen's planning and deployment relied on the Chaotang and Beizhili, if a big thing really happened in areas outside this scope, he would definitely use the explosive thunder to eradicate a group of corrupt officials.

They are dirty officials and domestic thieves.

There should be no name for indiscriminate killing.

But Emperor Chongzhen would not hesitate to kill corrupt officials with great righteousness.

"I and others...all know that this matter is of great importance."

Li Banghua stabilized his mood, bowed in salute and said: "If we don't rectify Shanxi's officialdom and allow the situation to rot, it will inevitably affect the suppression of the rebellion of the rogue bandits in the future.

But if we decide to rectify Shanxi's officialdom, it will inevitably affect the situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi. If the raging bandits take advantage of the loophole, I'm afraid the country will..."

As he talked, Li Banghua couldn't go on. He had never experienced anything like this before. Unless he was ordered to supervise the collaboration with the enemy case, Li Banghua never thought that Shanxi would have such a serious problem.

'It's up to me to make the decision.'

Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Li Banghua, and thought to himself: 'I didn't expect that there would be such a dilemma in Shanxi.

If there had been no rebellion by the rogue bandits, then according to Li Banghua's temperament, they would have continued to investigate. But the key to the problem now is that internal troubles have arisen and external troubles have not yet been resolved.

If it is not handled properly, it will cause even greater chaos in the Shanshan area. This decision is really not a good choice for them.'

The Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen Dynasty was in a period of eruption of various accumulated conflicts. Problems often broke out in series, one after another.

One improper handling will cause a chain reaction.

"I know this."

Emperor Chongzhen looked calm and looked at Li Banghua and said: "I still have some important officials to deal with. Li Qing has been tired of traveling and traveling all the way back to the capital from Shanxi, so he should go back and rest for a while, and write another memorial to explain clearly the purpose of this trip.

After seeing and hearing, he presented it to the emperor.

When I think about it, I will call Li Qing to start the follow-up."

"His Majesty……"
Chapter completed!