Zuo Yingxuan thought carefully about the circumstances surrounding the Jianlu leader's laughter. Suddenly, he was startled. Could it be a fire attack?
Well, no matter whether Jianlu attacked with fire or not, he had to be prepared for any eventuality. He thought for a while, had an idea, and immediately went to arrange it.
Not surprisingly, after entering the Jinyiwei Prison, almost no one can remain silent, especially those who have no faith.
When Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, handed over the confession to the emperor again, Emperor Chongzhen was shocked to see that this time there were five senior officials, including one from the Ministry of Industry, two from the Ministry of Personnel, one from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and one from the Ministry of Rites.
The amount is huge, reaching more than one million silver taels.[
There are many forms of corruption, including those who give and receive gifts to maintain official positions, those who conspire to embezzle project funds, and those who use their power to demand bribes, to name a few.
Emperor Chongzhen seemed to see many moths gnawing and gnawing in this magnificent building of the Ming Dynasty, and the pillars supporting the building had almost collapsed.
A question suddenly popped up in his mind: How would Emperor Taizu react if he saw these confessions?
If I want to revive the Ming Dynasty, I must get rid of these moths. Otherwise, even if I work hard to maintain the Ming Dynasty, I will not be able to dismantle it as quickly as these moths.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Luo to cultivate his nature and catch all these moths.
Fortunately, Wen Tiren was presiding over the cabinet, otherwise judging from the previous situation, the civil servants would have already made trouble in front of the imperial court.
Emperor Chongzhen thought that it was a good thing that he listened to Master Zhong and promoted Wen Tiren, who was honest and good at dealing with affairs, to the position of chief minister, suppressing the civil servants below him.
In the jail of the Ministry of Punishment, the former censor Yuan Hongxun and Gao Jie, two brothers and sisters, were talking to each other. They sadly recalled their glory when they studied hard for many years and passed the imperial examination, and their majesty when they were censors and supervisors. Now that they are behind bars, the contrast is so great that the two
The half-hundred-year-old man burst into tears and cried loudly.
Suddenly, they heard the cell door banging and being opened. Then the familiar voice from the head of the cell came over: "Quickly go, don't think you are still high and mighty and showing off your official airs."
The two were curious about who had come in again. So they walked to the fence on the side of the corridor to see the new inmates.
After a while, the visitor came closer and discovered that it was Li Renji and Liu Peng who had been implicated by him. At the same time, the two people also discovered Yuan Hongxun and Gao Jie.
Gao Jie lost his voice and said: "Why are you here at the Penal Department Prison?"
Li Renji and Liu Peng originally had resentment towards both of them, but they did not expect that they could not survive the torture of Jinyiwei and recruited others. Therefore, when they put themselves in their shoes, their resentment towards Yuan Hongxun and Gao Jie was not that big.
too much.
At this time, listening to Gao Jie's question, Li Renji said angrily: "The emperor has decreed that he will be detained in the Jinyiwei Prison for a maximum of one day. If guilty, he will be released. If guilty, he will be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Three Law Departments for joint trial. Dongchang will be the observer.
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When Yuan Hongxun and Gao Jie heard this, they looked at each other with regret in their hearts. Suddenly, Yuan Hongxun turned to ask Li Renji: "Is it possible that Brother Li has not survived even a day? It seems that your bones are not the same as ours."
Pretty much."
The light in the prison was dim. At this moment, Li Renji's face turned red and others could not see clearly. He thought, can you blame me? Everyone couldn't hold on. It's not that our bones are not strong enough, but the torture of Jin Yiwei.
It's really awesome.
Behind them were Li Renji and Liu Peng, the prison guards whose patience had been exhausted. He urged impatiently: "We'll have a chance to talk in the future. Let's go quickly."
A jailer walked past the two of them, walked to the door of a cell on the opposite side of Yuan Hongxun and Gao Jie's cell, unlocked it, opened the door, and then turned to look at Li Renji and Liu Peng.
The two of them were helpless and had no choice but to walk towards the cell where they were imprisoned.[
After arriving at the door of the cell, the cell leader suddenly called out to them: "Two adults, please stay."
After Li Renji and Liu Peng heard this, they were a little surprised as to why the prison boss who was so fierce just now suddenly became so polite. They turned to look at the prison boss in confusion.
"Two adults, my cell is very particular. Do you want to stand comfortably, smell good, or be able to move around as you like like the two adults over there?" the cell leader asked with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Neither Li Renji nor Liu Peng understood, so they asked with confusion.
Knowing this question, the cell leader raised his chin to the jailer in front of him, and the jailer took the two men to visit a cell.
They went over to take a look and found that some of the prisoners in the cell were handcuffed standing up. The characteristic was that they had to straighten their backs and stand on tiptoes to prevent their hands from being strangled. After a long time, they would become ecstatic.
Some were handcuffed to the toilet with the toilet lid uncovered. The filthy smell hit the prisoners' noses and it was impossible not to smell them.
The two of them were horrified and then were brought back to the cell leader.
Li Renji asked in fear: "What do you want? We are officials of the Ming Dynasty!"
"I only know that you are the prisoners under my control now." The cell leader sneered disdainfully.
"Aren't you afraid of our revenge after we are released from prison?" Liu Peng shouted in a stern voice.
"The superior officer of Jinyiwei said that you are so corrupt that you need to be skinned." The prison boss knew that he had to destroy their confidence before he started, so he deliberately emphasized the word "skinned."
The two were silent for a while, and Li Renji said unwillingly: "Aren't you afraid that we will sue your superior?"
"You just came out to work, how can you still say such childish words?" the cell leader looked at him curiously and said.
Yuan Hongxun also advised on the side: "The money earned in this prison is all profit-sharing. It's not surprising."
The two of them looked at Yuan Hongxun and suddenly realized that they were all the same. So, their momentum weakened a bit, and they asked in a low voice: "What do you want?"
The jailer replied on behalf of his boss: "If you stand comfortably, you don't have to worry about your feet. It costs one hundred taels of silver. If you smell good, you will cover the toilet seat. It costs eighty taels of silver. Like those two people, you can do whatever you want.
Those who move around need one thousand taels of silver."
When Li Renji heard this, he blurted out: "Are you robbing money? Is it that expensive?"
"What did you say? Don't quote the price randomly," the cell leader said to the jailer.
The jailer was stunned. The price has always been this. What happened to the prison chief?
Li Renji and Liu Peng were overjoyed when they heard this, and thought to themselves, it's just free money, but it's so expensive.
The prison boss smiled at the two of them and said: "Both of you have made a lot of money, and just a little bit can be counted between your fingers. He is ignorant of Taishan, and the price he offered is too low, so he looks down on you two."
, just double it.”
Li Renji and Liu Peng vomited blood on the spot and complained angrily: "Don't be unreasonable. What's the point?" [
When the cell leader heard this, his face instantly turned cold and he said directly: "Three times."
The two were shocked when they heard this and said quickly: "No, no, twice is twice." They didn't dare to fight anymore. In other people's territory, if they fought again, they would get more trouble.
Neither of them had even thought about not giving money directly.
Early the next morning, Huang Taiji led his army straight to Yongping City, leaving only more than 10,000 captives led by Dai Shan to attack Changli City.
Before noon, the lightly-armed Jianlu had arrived at Yongping City.
Before Huang Taiji had time to rest, Bai Yangcui, the governor of Yongping who he had just appointed, signed up to come and see him.
If it had been another Baylor, he might not have received him right away. But Huang Taiji was different. Although he also looked down on Han dogs, he would get things done first and would not worry about it. This also made him get help from traitors.
Next, stabilize the other Baylor end.
"Master, I haven't seen you for a few days. I miss you so much." As soon as Bai Yangcui saw Huang Taiji, he knelt down and kowtowed with his newly shaved bluish forehead while expressing his sexual feelings.
Huang Taiji got goosebumps when he heard this, but he did not punish Bai Yangcui for this, but asked: "Why did you come to see me?"
"Master is wise. Master knew something was wrong before I even said anything." Bai Yangcui said while kneeling. Then seeing Huang Taiji's impatient expression, he quickly added: "Yesterday, I received the master's order and immediately transferred it."
I read the relevant files and checked, and sure enough I found a person who was familiar with the Changli County Magistrate."
When Huang Taiji heard this, he thought that this was the case. He originally wanted to persuade the magistrate of Changli County to surrender, but later he saw that the soldiers in Changli City were using poisonous arrows, so he changed his mind and went back to Yongping directly.
.
Now that I have found a suitable person to persuade him to surrender, I might as well give it a try.
So Huang Taiji asked: "Who is this person and what is his relationship with the magistrate of Changli County?"