Dongchang is very efficient. In just two days, it took care of Chen Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Grand Scholar of Wuyingdian.
When Wang Chengen from the West Factory met him, how could he be willing to be compared to the East Factory?
Under the expedited interrogation, all the trivial matters related to Wang Zhixin and other eunuchs in the palace were brought out and compiled into a book for the imperial review.
The property of these eunuchs in the palace was five hundred thousand taels of silver alone, and their previous donations totaled only thirty thousand taels. If you add in their shops, fields, and gold outside the palace,
Silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc. are worth more than one million.
Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen was both happy and angry.
Happily, after doing this, a large amount of money was made, which provided financial support for the subsequent reorganization of the imperial army.
What makes him angry is that he has to patch up his own underwear and is reluctant to spend money on himself. As a result, his group of eunuchs are so rich and live a luxurious life!
It's no wonder that in the end, none of them wanted to serve the country, and they just wanted to change their masters and continue to keep their glory and wealth!
At the same time, the interrogation of Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was also submitted together.
Luo Yangxing's silver was as much as 150,000 taels, and his other family wealth totaled about 350,000 taels, which means his net worth was about 500,000 taels.
After letting Xichang reorganize the inner court system, Emperor Chongzhen received 650,000 taels of silver. If Chen Yan's 50,000 taels were added, it would be 700,000 taels of silver.
This gave Emperor Chongzhen more confidence that he would expand the scale according to the Yongwei Camp model and establish a strong army directly under him.
Jingying was already in ruins, and he actually knew this.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen established a new Yongwei camp in the past. Zhou Yuji, Sun Yingyuan and Huang Degong recommended by Liu Weichao were all generals in the Yongwei camp.
However, the scale of the Yongwei camp was too small, and the Ming Dynasty was full of wars. Emperor Chongzhen had to split up the Yongwei camp and send it to various parts of the country to fight the fire. In the end, the troops were scattered and were overwhelmed by the increasingly large scale bandits.
Now that he has so much money, Liu Weichao emphasizes the truth in the barrel of a gun. Emperor Chongzhen actually understands it himself. Therefore, at this time, he has the feeling of making a difference. There is no longer a penny that can kill a hero like before.
Han’s feelings.
However, this rectification also brought an unexpected result to Emperor Chongzhen.
Those who were arrested, such as Chen Yan and Wang Zhixin, probably thought, "If I die, everyone will feel uncomfortable" and confessed to illegal things with other officials. Of course, most of them were related to money.
The list is placed in front of the emperor. The number of people is shocking. Should we arrest him or not?
If caught, the imperial court would probably be paralyzed, and given the difficult situation of the country, if the imperial court was paralyzed, the impact would be huge.
But if he didn't catch him, Emperor Chongzhen would be angry.
Looking at this list, Emperor Chongzhen touched his mobile phone several times, wanting to consult Liu Weichao's opinion.
But I remembered that Liu Weichao was going to take an exam, and if it affected his job search, it would definitely be very bad, so I forcibly held back.
He doesn't even know that if it were him before, and it wasn't Liu Weichao, he wouldn't care what the other person was doing, he would just do whatever he wanted!
However, Liu Weichao's important status made him consciously consider what impact his actions would have on Liu Weichao!
Unable to discuss with Liu Weichao, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and then asked Wang Chengen about the secret investigation.
"Back to Lord Long Live, more than half a year has passed since this matter, and the slaves have carried out it secretly. At present, they are just using this arrest to make a preliminary analysis of the situation and have already targeted some people." Of course Wang Chengen knew that the matter was of great importance.
He quickly replied, "If you give me some more time, I'll definitely find some clues!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he solemnly ordered with a bit of venom: "I don't need to hurry, but I must find out this matter for me. I want to see who dares to plot against me and murder me."
Prince!"
After a pause, he continued: "Your focus is to investigate this matter. If you need anything, just ask me!"
"My slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen heard this and responded quickly.
Later, Emperor Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen to go and do some business, and invited Wang Dehua to appear in court.
"I learned from Xichang that Wu Changshi, the official doctor, had done many illegal things!" Emperor Chongzhen stared at Wang Dehua who was kneeling there, and said coldly, "Your performance in Chen Yan's matter is quite satisfactory to me. What about Wuchang Shizhi?"
I’ve left the matter to you, let’s see how you do it?”
When Wang Dehua heard this, he secretly complained in his heart.
He guessed in his heart that Emperor Chongzhen was very dissatisfied with him and was trying to trick him into biting those civil servants.
However, there was nothing he could do about it.
Because although he is the eunuch in charge of the ceremony and the admiral of the East Factory, in the final analysis he is just a slave of the emperor. If he does not obey the emperor and does not satisfy the emperor, there is no need for any trouble at all. Just one word can make him alive.
, you can also kill him!
With no choice, Wang Dehua could only agree immediately and behaved very submissively.
Because he understood that in this situation, he could only hug the emperor's thigh tightly, and he could not care about the civil servants.
Later, Dongchang Fanzi, led by Wang Dehua himself, broke into the official office and took away Wuchang in full view of the civil servants, which immediately caused a sensation in the capital.
If Xichang is arresting eunuchs in power in the palace, the civil servants in the outer court can still have the leisure to take advantage of them. Then Dongchang first arrested Chen Yan and now Wu Changshi, and there is a strong tendency to continue to attack the civil servants.
It caused panic among foreign court officials.
As a result, the memorials to impeach Wang Dehua and Dongchang immediately flew to Emperor Chongzhen's desk like snowflakes. Of course, there were also those to impeach West Factory, but relatively speaking, there were much fewer.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't even bother to read these memorials.
Now, with Liu Weichao here, he no longer trusts his ministers, and the so-called three people become tigers is useless.
In the blink of an eye, the day passed and it was almost evening.
Emperor Chongzhen was busy reviewing the mountains of memorials he had accumulated before. Suddenly, he felt the cell phone vibrating on his chest, so he quickly put down his pen and went to get the cell phone.
He has never dared to contact Liu Weichao, but he has been thinking about Liu Weichao in his heart. If he could contact him, of course he would pick him up as soon as possible.
According to the usual practice, the palace maids and chamberlains would be kicked out by him when he was talking to Liu Weichao on the phone.
As soon as the call was connected, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't wait to ask: "Is it okay to take the exam?"