At this moment, there were many important officials gathering in the Fanghua Hall of the previous dynasty, all of whom were sincerely rejoicing to the emperor, while Chongzhen responded with a smile, feeling a lot of emotion.

Victory brings power.

For Chongzhen, it is not too much to overestimate the significance of this victory.

He was the seventeen-year-old boy who had just succeeded to the throne. After 17 years of ups and downs, he finally left Beijing and walked on the verge of life and death several times, and gained a deeper understanding of the word power.

He gradually understood the source of his power, how he almost lost this power, and how he slowly recovered it now.

The power of an emperor can be roughly divided into two levels, one is nominal power and the other is actual power.

Nominal power, either contained in the classics system, or relied on the self-evident etiquette and rules formed over thousands of years, is the so-called natural monarchy. As long as you ascend to this position, you will have these powers nominally.

In fact, power is much more complicated, and it is ups and downs with people's judgment of the monarch and the court. When subjects no longer respect, trust, and fear this monarch, those nominal powers will be greatly reduced and will eventually become power on paper.

This is what is called "political orders do not leave the capital", or even "political orders do not leave the palace".

Chongzhen had experienced both of these things, so now when he looked at the excited, obedient and awe-inspiring look of the ministers in the hall, he felt more aware of the difficulty of losing power.

No wonder the ministers performed like this. The significance of this victory is indeed extraordinary. The 30,000 defeated Liu Zeqing and captured Liu Zeqing himself alive will bring much more shock than defeating the 30,000 soldiers of a certain trespass general.

The official army did not lack victory in the battle against the bandits. Even in the later stages, there were still examples of defeating tens of thousands of bandits. However, these victories have relied heavily on the wishes of the generals. They fought if they wanted to fight and ran away if they didn't want to fight. Long live myself and the court had no choice but to do anything to them, and their majesty was gone.

Now, everyone realizes that Long Live holds the whip again.

The purpose of Liu Zeqing was cut off in the form of a hand edict, which was a secret order. In addition to Zhou Shixian and Li Banghua who received the order, only Shi Kefa and Ni Yuanlu knew in advance that in these days, in addition to keeping their mouths as tight as a bottle, they were also worried every day, and they were not satisfied until now.

The others, when they were summoned into the palace, had already known the news of victory, but they could not find out the details yet, and were eagerly waiting for the declaration of long live.

"Shi Kefa, please recite the memorial to everyone."

Today, when I was ten, I didn’t have to go to court, but the ministers were summoned by eunuchs who were eunuchs who were eunuchs at home.

According to Chongzhen's will, all six ministries and nine ministers were summoned, and nine ministers of all sizes were divided into them.

The six ministers of the Ministry of Justice plus the Left Censor, the Tongzhengsi, and the Dali Temple Minister were called Dajiu.

The positions of Taichang Temple Minister, Taipu Temple Minister, Guanglu Temple Minister, Hanlin Scholar, and Imperial College Priest are considered as the Little Nine Ministers.

Among these people, Chongzhen named Shi Kefa, the Minister of War, and regarded this as an honor.

"Yes." Shi Kefa bowed and agreed.

Li Zushu, the Marquis of Linhuai who was temporarily in charge of the palace, respectfully took the memorial from Chongzhen's imperial case, turned around and walked to the ministers' train, and handed it to Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa himself had not read this memorial yet. He took it from Li Zushu, browsed it quickly, and then started reading it.

His official words were very good, and they were very clear to everyone.

This memorial was written by Li Banghua's aide Gao Xiping, but it was written in the tone and name of the son-in-law Zhou Shixian. If this is the case, the entire battle process cannot be explained clearly.

The memorial was very detailed, starting with the ceremony of the Daying in the schoolyard. How to cross the river, how to station in Pukou Daying, Baoying County for two nights, how to take advantage of the heavy fog to break Yao Wenchang's camp, how to join forces with the Changshan soldiers the next day to defeat Li Huajing, Zheng Hualong and Liu Zeqing, how the Cao Governor Li Banghua and Chen Mingxi seized Huai Security City, and how Liu Zeqing was desperate and captured Yu Bai Tianfu's camp.

Gao Xiping's writing style is good and he explains the whole process very clearly. When the ministers heard that Liu Zeqing was captured in the end, they didn't care about losing their manners in front of him, and couldn't help but cheer him up again, and the voice of joy to Chongzhen was heard.

Civil officials detested the infamous vassal states like Liu Zeqing, but were helpless, so when it comes to expel Liu Zeqing, they firmly stood on the emperor's side.

The memorial has not been completed yet, and the next part is the result of the search for Liu Zeqing's property. When the ministers heard that there was still this, they were surprised to see each other.

According to the Ming Dynasty system, the state has a treasury, and the emperor also has his own private warehouse. In addition to the internal transportation warehouse, there is also a dirty penalty warehouse, which is used to store various stolen goods and fines.

According to the rules, the income from the officials' house search is not included in the treasury, but belongs to the emperor. It is first placed in the dirty punishment treasury, and then how to deal with it is the emperor's power, and officials do not care about it.

For example, taking Wei Zhongxian's example, only Chongzhen himself knew how much the goods were copied out when he was searching his property. Everything outside was just speculation.

However, now Long Live has changed his nature and wants to read this part to everyone. No wonder the ministers are all surprised.

When Shi Kefa started reading, the ministers widened their eyes and opened their mouths - Liu Zeqing, the traitor, actually plundered so much private money?

According to the memorial, the total silver of the three items of gold, silver and money is estimated to exceed 4 million taels, while the remaining rare treasures, ginseng, marten, silk, satin, etc., have a silver of more than 2 million taels.

There is actually an agate arhat inside, which is as tall as one foot and six inches, which is actually a rare treasure.

Everyone was amazed and was filled with exclamation. Chongzhen sat upright on the imperial throne without saying a word, with a reserved smile on his face.

Only Ni Yuanlu quickly guessed Chongzhen's thoughts.

Long live without intending to take over the money, but instead intends to share it with the treasury.

But Long live to make the list public here, in order to boast about the prince-consort before everyone else.

The soldiers of the Central Army Governor's Office had generous military salaries, and some people in the court had complained in private.

The soldiers of the Central Army Governor's Office practiced formations and firearms in the camp. Due to the rumbling sound of cannons, a group of ministers still had a dispute in the court.

Now the prince-in-law leads his troops to rush to 300 miles, defeating Liu Zeqing in one day and one night. Are you convinced?

In the Ming Dynasty, when wars were always spent, they spent countless money. I have never seen anyone bring back millions of money. Is there such a son-in-law in your home?
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