564 Afraid of Pig-like Teammates
Cheng Jiming has finished knowing that as soon as the imperial seal was released, the emperor's reputation would be unreal. This jade seal alone could make those foolish people crazy!
He saw the ministers, led by the prime minister, congratulations to the emperor, and he could only pray that the emperor would be given a lighter punishment if he was happy to obtain the imperial seal.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers below, and did not ask them to be flattered. He just glanced at them. After quieting down, he asked coldly: "There is any objection to the great victory in the grassland?"
No one responded, and they kept their heads down and didn't say anything. This is actually the default.
Emperor Chongzhen did not let it go and continued to ask loudly: "You must occupy the city before you can count it. Okay, Guihua City is now under the control of my Ming Dynasty. Is it counting? Hetao is now in the hands of my Ming Dynasty, is it counting?"
No one else made a sound, but the chief assistant Wen Tiren spoke. He loudly said: "Your Majesty, you can pay homage to the Taimiao for such a contribution to expanding territory! The imperial jade seal returned to the Ming Dynasty, and you can pay homage to the Taimiao! The people in the border areas of Qin and Jin live and work in peace and contentment, and do not suffer the pain of Mongolia's grassland. The Ming Dynasty has shown its might and can pay homage to the Taimiao..."
If the previous Liaodong war could make excuses for those with ulterior motives, the current great victory in the grassland, which was criticized by Wen Tiren, was a real victory. It was not an exaggeration to pay the Taimiao victory, and no one could make any excuses.
"I'm going to discuss it!" After the assistant minister Zhang Zhifa finished speaking, he said loudly with a hint of singularity, "This great victory is a great victory since the founding of the country. It should be paid tribute to the Taimiao and revealed to the world!"
"I will discuss it last!" Zu Dashou couldn't help but play loudly with joy.
Although the generals basically had no say in the court, Zu Dashou knew that the emperor wanted the generals to have the say. Although he did not fight such a great victory, he was also very happy as a general!
With their lead, some other civil servants and generals who did not participate in the impeachment also discussed it first. In the end, those civil servants who participated in the impeachment had to bow their heads and discuss it, which was the general trend!
However, after hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen did not smile and still shouted with a cold face: "How many people have been jumping up and down in the past few days, do you think I don't know?"
Hearing this, the scene suddenly became quiet again. The officials involved in the impeachment knew what to face, lowered their heads and sweat kept coming out. However, those civil servants who did not participate in the impeachment had thoughts in their hearts, secretly wiped their cold sweat, glad that they did not participate.
"Malice slandering the merits of the frontline soldiers, ignoring their sacrifices, and protecting their country with blood! I hate such people!" Emperor Chongzhen's voice echoed over the Forbidden City, making the generals stand up their chests, "Without those brave soldiers, can you speak with peace of mind here?"
He almost didn't give his minister a chance to react and continued to vent his anger. "He opened and closed his mouth and wiped out the merits of the soldiers. I once said that even if you are a censor, you must have a good word and not be able to hear the news again! You said, how many people remember what I said this time? Just based on your own imagination, ignoring the merits that the soldiers fought for with their lives, are you ashamed? Do you deserve the heroic spirits in the Hall of Zhonglie?"
Speaking of this, he immediately clicked and said, "Where is the commander of the Jinyiwei?"
"The last general is here!" Liu Xingzuo immediately turned around and stood by his fists in front of Emperor Chongzhen.
"Anyone who impeached and slandered the war in Liaodong will be supervised by the Jinyiwei to go to Zhonglie Hall to pay tribute and repent after retreating from the court! Those who dare not follow will be punished as the crime of Tonglu!"
"I will obey the order!" Liu Xingzuo answered the order loudly.
When many people heard this conversation, they were scared. Before, the Shanxi merchants and soldiers were in prison, and many Shanxi merchant families were wiped out.
Of course, if Emperor Chongzhen’s argument is unreasonable, then the civil servants will definitely object. But if they admit the merits of the soldiers, what they said before is slander. Since it is slander, it is to attack the soldiers of the border army and impeach the leaders such as Governor Denglai, which is equivalent to helping the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. A charge of a Tongluo was detained, and it is impossible to argue.
They were thinking, but Emperor Chongzhen was not finished yet, and he was still shouting: "In the future, if the Ming officials, including the censors, dare to slander others, and those who hear the news will be punished for slander! I want them to know that no matter who they are, they must be responsible for their words!"
In fact, generally speaking, although censors have the right to hear the news, few people really attack whatever they hear. Generally speaking, they will verify first, and only then do so after there is evidence. However, in a certain period of time, when the party is in a strong battle, they will not be able to verify it. Anyway, if you have the right to hear the news, you will do whatever you want, and there will be no big problems!
After Emperor Chongzhen said this, he shouted again: "Old Xue Ge, according to the law, recovered the owed taxes, and no family was destroyed. However, in the memorials of some people, they became evil! Such people are punished!"
Speaking of this, he stopped, glanced at the ministers and said, "If Master Xue did his best, he would not be able to settle the victims of Jin and would not be able to provide food and grass for the battle of the grassland. If he followed you all, a battle that could be won would be dragged down by you!"
"I am not afraid of enemies like gods, but I am afraid of teammates like pigs!" Emperor Chongzhen angrily quoted famous quotes from later generations, "I give you this sentence. If you want to be teammates of pigs, I will kill him! If you want to try it, when the court's major policies are implemented in the future, let's try whether I will kill people!"
If he had changed his previous words, his words would inevitably cause uproar among the ministers, and many would have cited classics from all aspects to refute them. After all, in the past, some ministers refuted the emperor's name and made a good talk. Now Emperor Chongzhen's words are more embarrassing than rude behaviors such as calling him a name directly.
But at this moment, Emperor Chongzhen, supported by a great victory of expanding territory, under the influence of the halo of the imperial seal, no civil servant dared to refute it.
After refusing this harsh remark, Emperor Chongzhen stood up and left. He neither said that he would just let go of this matter, nor said that he would deal with anyone. It was like hanging the knife on their heads, and I wonder if it would fall down, which made many civil officials worried.
As soon as the emperor retreated, he retreated. Liu Xingzuo took the list counted in advance and began to escort them to Zhonglietang.
Soon, a large group of civil servants, under the supervision of the majestic Jinyiwei, walked out of the Forbidden City and headed towards the Daming Zhonglie Hall, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in Fengtianmen Square.
This is an additional recommendation vote.ps: I don’t know if the recent book has been influenced by many books that are not in line with each other. I saw comments that I could do it directly. I want to say that the settings of the book are different, so I can’t do this in this book.
Chapter completed!