Time passed by, and a month was about to pass. In the beginning of November, the impeachment storm directed and acted by the eunuch party gradually ended, and all the impeachment memorials were beaten back by Sun Chengzong on the grounds that there was no evidence.

Doing this has indeed made the eunuch party gradually relax their vigilance. They believed that Sun Chengzong wanted to maintain the status quo and was unwilling to start a party dispute. So the eunuch party bosses began to take it lightly. There is no need to be a war on him all day long, just like a thief, right? He was nervous all day long and scared himself. Is it interesting?

Does Sun Chengzong really want to maintain the status quo? Of course not. He had dug the tomb silently and waited for the eunuchs to jump in.

At the end of the third day of November, in a side hall in the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Cijiong sat high on the main seat, with Zhu Youjian, Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and other civil officials standing in the lower left, and Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, Qin Liangyu, Luo Yangxing and other military generals standing in the lower right. It was dark and windy at night, and it was a good time to purge the eunuch party.

Zhu Cijiong took out the action strategy that Sun Chengzong and others had already planned, and slowly recited:

"Order Yuan Keli to lead 30,000 elite troops from the five military camps to enter the city at midnight to surround the Dongjishi Factory Office. From Wei Zhongxian, the squad, the head of the squad, the head of the department, the chief officer and other managers were arrested and brought to justice. The rest of the men were guarded on the spot, but those who resisted were killed without mercy."

Yuan Keli heard the order and kowtowed, "I obey the order."

Zhu Cijing said again: "Let Luo Yangxing lead the Jinyiwei's personal army to 20,000 tonight to scatter the Jinyiwei North and South Town and Fu Office. After the department and various garrisons and thousand households, the Jinyiwei commander, the magistrate, assistant rank, and thousand households will be arrested and arrested, and the other ordinary strong men and lieutenants will be guarded on the spot, but those who resist will be killed without mercy."

Luo Yangxing quickly stepped forward and kowtowed, "I obey the order."

Zhu Cijing continued to recite: "I ordered Qin Liangyu to lead 5,000 elite troops from Shenji Camp to scattered around Tian Ergeng, Cui Chengxiu, Zhou Yingqiu and other key eunuchs. All the main culprits and disciples involved in the eunuchs' activities were arrested and brought to justice. The rest of the family members were placed under house arrest, but those who resisted were killed without mercy."

Qin Liangyu quickly stepped forward and kowtowed, "I obey the order."

Zhu Cijing ordered again: "Qin Liangyu, Qin Gongming, Qin Yiming stayed, everyone else will be dispersed."

The others kowtowed together and said, "I'm going to leave."

Then, they bowed and retreated one by one, leaving only Qin Liangyu and Qin Gongming brothers standing there unknown.

Seeing that everyone else had withdrawn, Zhu Cijing said slowly: "General Qin, you know that I am short of money and the national treasury is empty, and I can't even raise the food and salary of the Beijing camp. So, I want to ask you for help."

Qin Liangyu replied firmly: "Your Majesty, please give me instructions."

Zhu Cijing gritted his teeth and said, "I want you to search the house, and collect it from the private houses of Wei Zhongxian and Keshi, then their relatives, then the five tigers, five bleaches, ten dogs, ten children, and forty grandsons. Don't let go of any of the eunuch party backbones. They will be copied. I don't know how much money and ointment these people have plundered. It's time to take it out and fill the treasury for me."

It turned out that he was just scouting a house. Qin Liangyu thought he was going to go through fire and water. She replied relaxedly: "I will definitely live up to the emperor's entrustedness."

Zhu Cijing reminded again: "You ask Gongming and Yiming to take people to copy them, and you can mail them the gold and silver you copied them out to the palace in person, so don't let anyone do anything."

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It was midnight, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and everything was silent. The whole capital was sleeping. There were only dozens of teams of Jinyiwei holding torches and slowly parading the streets and alleys.

Everything seems to be as usual, of course, these are all illusions.

Yuan Keli had led the elite troops of 35,000 military camp quietly through Dong'anmen and entered the imperial city, and then scattered into countless teams, surrounding the Dongjishi Factory yamen outside Donghuamen. The Jinyiwei parade team along the way seemed to have not seen them, and did whatever they should do, without stopping at all.

In the capital, various garrisons and Qianhu Offices controlled by Luo Yangxing also quietly poured out teams of Jinyiwei, quickly heading towards the north and south peace offices, and rushing to the yamen and other places.

The East Chang'an Gate of the Forbidden City actually made an exception and opened at night. Teams of elite soldiers from the Shenji Camp rushed out of the Forbidden City and scattered towards the eunuch's mansion.

This night was destined to be a sleepless night. Various gunshots, swords and swords crashing, shouts of killing, and begging for mercy sounded everywhere in the capital, especially the Dongjishichang Yamen and the Jinyiwei North and North Fufu Department. The eunuch party resisted particularly fiercely. After all, it was the main force of the eunuch party, so it was unlikely that they would surrender and die.

On the Dongjishi Factory Office, Yuan Keli led the elite soldiers who were selected from one out of ten, and he had an absolute advantage in number. It was naturally no problem to deal with those Dongjian's players, and he controlled the scene in just a few seconds.

The Jinyiwei North and South Town Fushiyamen are different. Everyone is the Jinyiwei, and the other party has gained the advantage of the territory. If Luo Yangxing had not had twice the number of people than the eunuch party, and there were many elderly people from the Jinyiwei as their internal supporters, it would have been a bit unlucky to conquer several Jinyiweiyamen.

The most relaxing thing is the Shenji Camp. They may suffer some losses when facing the Iron Cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty, but it is simply too easy to face a group of servants and guards. After a round of guns, they immediately became honest. The courtyard gate and the wall in front of the earth cannon are like paper, and they can hit each other with one shot.

After more than an hour of noisy battle, the entire capital slowly calmed down, and the eunuch party in Beijing was basically captured in one fell swoop, and Wei Zhongxian and a group of core members of the eunuch party even ran away.

The next morning court, the Huangji Hall, which was supposed to be full of the third-rank ministers above the rank, was almost half empty, and the remaining officials stood there with horror on their faces. I don’t know if they were afraid of being implicated or were scared. The square outside the Huangji Hall, which should have been densely packed in Beijing, was also half empty, and the surviving officials stood in the cold wind and shivered. They knew that this was the emperor attacking the eunuch party.

Sure enough, there was no such thing as a court discussion in today's morning court. The opening remarks of the eunuch of Sili Cao Huachun were not: "If you have something to say, you will leave the court without anything to do."

He took out a piece of paper and began to read out Wei Zhongxian’s ten major crimes.

The young emperor Zhu Cijing inherited the iron-blooded style of Emperor Taizu and directly asked King Xin Zhu Youjian to read out the punishment measures for the eunuch party:

The culprit Wei Zhongxian confiscated his property and was executed by Lingchi.

The main culprits, the five tigers, the five dogs, the ten children, the forty grandsons, Wei Zhongxian and Keshi's relatives were all confiscated and their property was beheaded and displayed on the Meridian Gate.

If the other accomplices perform well, they can be relieved at the discretion of their slightest attack.

Those who can actively expose the crimes of accomplices and pay all the proceeds of corruption will only be demoted to common people and will no longer be investigated for the crimes.

He only handed over the proceeds of corruption and refused to expose all the crimes of accomplices and exiled thousands of miles.

All those who refused to hand over the proceeds of corruption and refused to expose the crimes of accomplices were imprisoned in heaven and executed after the autumn.

Finally, Sun Chengzong shouted with murderous aura on his face: "Come on, push all the main culprits of the eunuch party out of the Meridian Gate and behead them for public display."

Immediately, the Jinyiwei left after his order. After a while, countless begging for mercy and howlings came from outside the Meridian Gate.

Not to mention the officials present, even Zhu Cijiong on the dragon throne felt frightened.

That was more than a hundred lives, and with a crack, it was gone!

The capital was very lively in the next few days. First, Wei Zhongxian was executed by Lingchi, and the entire Beijing city, from the court officials to the people, celebrated each other.

Then, a group of eunuchsmen began to "make meritorious service with crimes" and actively exposed the crimes of their accomplices. From time to time, some people were bitten out. The entire capital was full of Jinyiwei arresting people. Those corrupt officials with ghosts were all frightened, fearing that they would be exposed at any time.

The idea of ​​exposing the crimes of accomplices and the transfer of corruption to reduce crimes was proposed by Zhu Cijiu. Sun Chengzong and others had originally firmly opposed it at first, but when Zhu Cijiu talked about the financial difficulties, everyone immediately shut up. After all, there is no killing of corrupt officials, and killing the main culprit is enough to deter the situation. Killing all the accomplices is just a relief and has no practical effect. The transfer of corruption can also supplement the deficit of the national treasury. With money, you can recruit more troops, and Liaodong will not be so nervous.

In the end, the corruption gains of these eunuchs really scared Sun Chengzong and the others. Wei Zhongxian and the main culprits alone found nearly 20 million taels of silver, including jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, land, mansions, and slaves. In order to save their lives, ordinary eunuchs and corrupt officials who were bitten directly paid more than 20 million taels of silver.

The silver alone is more than 40 million taels, and the annual expense of a 100,000 army is only about 3 million taels. The more than 40 million taels of silver can summon a million troops to fight for a year! Of course, no one will foolishly propose to use all of this silver as military expenses. After all, other places have to use money. This time, all of them are used as military expenses, and others will not be able to live their lives.

In fact, Zhu Cijing knew very well that this was not all. There were records in later history books that when Li Zicheng attacked the capital, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to borrow money from his ministers for military expenses, but no minister was willing to lend him, and they all said they had no money. As a result, when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, he found more than 70 million taels of silver from the homes of these ministers!

That's not all. Many officials defected to Li Zicheng and saved their property. It was when the country was about to fall, with peasant uprisings everywhere. Most of the farmland in the country was deserted, taxes were sharply reduced, and the money they could make was not as much as they are now. In other words, if all corrupt officials were confiscated now, at least 200 million taels of silver could be collected!

You know, the total annual tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was less than 30 million taels!
Chapter completed!