Chapter 733: Everyone was driven out of the capital!

Northern Zhili, capital, and Forbidden City.

On the first day of April, Chongzhen had to go to the temple to burn incense. Since it was burning incense, he had to eat vegetarian food. Therefore, at noon, Chongzhen used the simplest vegetarian food. Although the eunuchs in the imperial kitchen mastered the complete set of experiences passed down from their ancestors, they kept it hidden and used some vegetarian ingredients such as mushrooms, mushrooms, tender bamboo shoots, monkey heads, tofu, gluten, radish and cabbage to use chicken soup, duck soup, high-quality soy sauce, precious seasonings, and cooked with wonderful hands. The taste was delicious and there was meat in the vegetarian food, but because Chongzhen was bored, he ate it until he was chewing the soil.

Chongzhen moved his chopsticks casually and stopped eating them. He only drank half of a bowl of rock sugar and fungus soup. The eunuch carefully removed the vegetarian meal and held a cup of tea on a plate. Because during the fasting period, the teacup used could not be painted, but used Jiankang tribute, which was vegan to the end and moist as white as jade, which was better than Ding Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty. Chongzhen took a bite of tea and stared at the teacup in a daze. The teacup was tender yellow and light green, with light smoke floating like something and nothing. The light smoke slowly spread out.

For some reason, an illusion suddenly appeared in front of Chongzhen, as if he had seen many people. In these vague portraits, there were the cruel Huang Taiji, the cruel Zhang Zhun, the cruel Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong. They all seemed to be trying to reach out and grab the teacup in Chongzhen's hand. Because they couldn't grab the teacup, Zhang Zhun simply stretched out his hand and grabbed Chongzhen's neck.

"ah!"

Chongzhen screamed in shock.

"Dang!"

The tea cup in Chongzhen's hand fell on the marble floor and fell to pieces.

The palace maids, eunuchs, Taoist priests and others around him knelt down quickly, their heads lying on the ground, and their fearlessness were no longer known why Chongzhen's cup suddenly fell to the ground. From any angle, it was unlucky.

"ah!"

Chongzhen screamed again.

The sudden sound of tea cup breaking pulled Chongzhen back from the illusion, and all the figures in front of him disappeared. He felt like there was a burst of cold sweat behind him. He subconsciously looked back and found that behind him, the angrily King Kong was staring at him. It seemed that he had suffered an unexpected nightmare.

Chongzhen himself speculated that this demon nightmare was mostly related to the previous bloody incident at the Meridian Gate. The Jinyiwei said that all the people were driven away, but in fact, most of them were killed. Zhang Yixian reported to him. Zhang Yixian was the eunuch of the East Factory and had never had a good relationship with the Jinyiwei. As long as he had the opportunity to attack the other party, he would definitely not miss it.

"Are they those unjust souls?"

Chongzhen was secretly suspicious and a little frightened in his heart.

No one has seen the affairs of gods, gods, ghosts, and ghosts. No one can be sure. Gods, ghosts, and ghosts really exist, but no one can be sure. Gods, ghosts, really don’t exist. Therefore, most people would rather believe in their existence than invisible. Chongzhen also had the same mentality. If the unjust souls killed outside the Meridian Gate came to him, it would not be a good thing.

"This Luo Yangxing!"

"This Wu Mengming!"

Chongzhen habitually pushed the responsibility to the two commanders of the Jinyiwei, believing that they were vicious and took the initiative to kill the people, completely forgot about their murderous intention that day. After the completion of the province, he would go back to deal with these two guys.

The more he thought about these things, the less he could not sit down in the sacrificial residence. It seemed like a monkey was constantly running around. In the end, Chongzhen decided to change the three-day fasting practice to one day, and he was eager to immediately fall in the red sun and return to the Ganqing Palace to deal with the important matters. Subconsciously, Chongzhen always felt that if he didn't seize the time to deal with government affairs, he would probably have no time in the future.

Because he often lacks enough sleep, he couldn't help but fall asleep in a daze on his chair. He had some strange dreams, all of which were related to the refugees in the capital. Later, he dreamed that thousands of refugees were surrounded outside the Forbidden City, calling out the sky and the earth, and some people tried to grab weapons and attack the Forbidden City. He woke up in shock and broke out in a cold sweat. He looked at the sun through the window, but at the beginning of Shen and the beginning of You, he felt that the day was long and the day was so long!

A close eunuch brought most of the basin of warm water with a silver basin and knelt in front of him. Another eunuch covered a piece of plain tribute satin on his legs and rolled up his sleeves for Chongzhen. This kind of thing was usually served by palace maids, but today, because of fasting and practicing, the palace maids could not follow him, so they had to do it all by eunuchs.

Although these eunuchs were young men of seventeen or eighteen years old, with beautiful faces, gorgeous clothes and light movements, Chongzhen still felt that they were clumsy and could not serve them well. He had no choice but to lean down and wash his face, and sighed softly. No one knew whether he sighed for the eunuchs to serve them unsatisfiedly or for the failure of state affairs.

After the washed silver basin and plain satin covered on the legs were taken away, another eunuch came and knelt down in front of him, holding up a black painted tray made from an orchard factory made in Yongle period with snails and uranium branches and plum blossoms. Chongzhen took off the teacup from the tray, rinsed his mouth, and put it back on the tray, and turned to the other eunuch and asked, "Where is Wang Chengen?"

The little eunuch hurriedly replied: "Qi Zuo, the prince, the prince just came to the duty room in front of Wenhua Palace to wait for a question. Because the prince was very cautious in his cultivation, he did not dare to come rashly, and I did not dare to report."

This mysterious wooden house is only for the emperor to repair and cannot discuss state affairs. Chongzhen thought for a while and decided to make an exception to leave during the renovation and asked Wang Chengen for a while, and then came back to continue repairing the village. He kowtowed three times to the Jade Emperor's Lord, and walked out of the wooden house. As soon as Chongzhen arrived at the Wenhua back hall and sat on the dragon throne, he ordered a little promise to call Wang Chengen to his presence, and asked a little uneasy: "I heard some uneasy rumors in the capital today, what have you heard?"

Wang Chengen said seriously: "I have never heard of it when I go back to the emperor."

Chongzhen frowned and said, "Chongzhen, Chongzhen, wandering without roots. Zhang Zhu and Zhang Zhu, have good weather."

Wang Chengen was immediately frightened and hurriedly knelt on the ground, feeling in fear. He didn't expect that Chongzhen knew this. In fact, he had heard a lot of similar nursery rhymes, all of which were nonsense. He would forget that he had heard it himself, and would never take it to heart. However, he didn't expect that Chongzhen knew it, and even told him.

"It's Zhang Yixian again!"

Wang Chengen quickly inferred in his heart that it was Zhang Yixian who was spreading news that this eunuch, in order to please Emperor Chongzhen, really dared to say anything. Zhang Yixian didn't understand at all. He was digging his own grave. Once Chongzhen was really angry, Zhang Yixian himself would be in trouble first, and he was still counting on wealth.

Because the last time the Jinyiwei was outside the Meridian Gate, he did kill many people, causing a lot of storms in the capital. The people who fled in were in a hurry, which made the capital very nervous at one time. Even some ministers in the court felt very uneasy. Chongzhen actually fought against the people regardless of the emperor's majesty. When he was angry, he would take the ministers to vent his anger.

There was a doctor in the Ministry of War named Shi Kefa who submitted a memorial and expressed some opinions on the matter. Although his words were very tactful, the meaning of encouragement was still very obvious. To put it bluntly, it was to accuse the emperor of something wrong. Subsequently, several other ministers submitted memorials to express their opinions on the matter. Their words and positions were basically the same as Shi Kefa.

It would have been fine if there were only Shi Kefa and other small doctors, but Chongzhen would not have taken it seriously at all. However, the few memorials that came later were all worthy of ministers. Among them, there were at least two cabinet ministers, namely Chen Yin and Fan Fucui, and Wang Qiaonian, the Minister of Justice. These three people submitted memorials together, and Chongzhen could not ignore the strong pressure inside.

Faced with these memorials that accused him, Chongzhen felt uncomfortable and ordered that all the memorials be held and kept at the end. He wanted to see what the situation in the capital would turn out. He was really angry when he heard those nursery rhymes that mocked him. He didn't understand why his people couldn't understand him.

It is natural for the emperor to be so difficult, and it is forbidden to sacrifice some people when necessary. Since the emperor asked you to die, you should die obediently. How could you gather people to cause trouble and even try to attack the Forbidden City? It seems that your heart is too kind!

In fact, Zhang Yixian did not dare to tell Chongzhen about the actual situation in the capital. He said that he had just reported some nursery rhymes. If he reported the real situation to Chongzhen, he would be afraid that Chongzhen would be scared. He deceived his superiors and concealed his subordinates. Zhang Yixian still knew the basic principle of being an official.

Chongzhen said coldly: "Those unruly people..."

Wang Chengen hurriedly followed the emperor's tone and said, "It's just some unruly people..."

Chongzhen said coldly: "You think of a way to see how to deal with these troublemakers."

Wang Chengen suddenly became embarrassed.

How to deal with those troublemakers? The only way is to drive them out of the city. As long as they are not in the capital, they will do whatever they want. However, to drive these refugees out of the capital, they must receive the assistance of the three major battalions of the capital. Without sufficient troops, it is absolutely impossible. If there is a conflict with the refugees, the capital will be stained with blood.

Just then, Cao Huachun came. As the admiral and eunuch of the three camps of the capital, Cao Huachun went to the palace once a day to report the dynamics of the subjects inside and outside the capital to the emperor. Even the family affairs of the subjects were the materials he reported to the palace. Because of this, Zhang Yixian and Cao Huachun had a bad relationship, and believed that Cao Huachun was suspected of overreaching power.

Chongzhen asked casually: "Panpa Cao, have you heard any rumors in the capital recently?"

Cao Huachun was also a smart man. When he came in, he received Wang Chengen's color. He looked motionless and said in a regular manner: "Your Majesty, I have never heard any rumors."

Chongzhen said angrily: "You come and lie to me too!"

Cao Huachun hurriedly said, "The people in the capital are all discerning people. They all know that Your Majesty is a person like Rao Shun, Yu and Tang. There is only a temporary difficulty in front of you. As long as you follow His Majesty, you will soon be better. In fact, those nursery rhymes are all evil people sent by Zhang Zhun and spread among the crowd. As long as these lurking works are captured, all nursery rhymes will naturally disappear without a trace."

Chongzhen stared at Cao Huachun with his eyes slanted and for a long time, as if he was judging whether Cao Huachun's words were true or not. Cao Huachun felt a little scared inside, but at these times, he had to bite the bullet and show a calm expression on his face as much as possible.

Reporting good news but not bad news has always been the basic principle of being a minister. Now, the situation in the capital is very chaotic. If you report it truthfully to Chongzhen, what is that? If you tell the truth, he will be unhappy when he hears it, and he will be beaten immediately. Only fools like Zhang Yixian will tell the emperor about nursery rhymes.

Chongzhen actually felt a little discouraged. Those hateful people did not understand the difficulties of the court. They did not understand the difficulties of the court, and there was no need to understand their difficulties. When the Bodhisattva was heartless, when the Bodhisattva was heartless, when it was time to use the pili method, they should use the pili method. Chongzhen felt that he could not be soft-hearted.

After thinking about it, Chongzhen asked coldly: "Cao Huachun, how many refugees are there in the capital?"

Cao Huachun hurriedly replied: "Thirteen or forty thousand people."

Chongzhen said: "Everyone is driven out of the capital."

Cao Huachun was shocked.

The emperor’s words are really a bit fatal!

Chase?

Where to chase it?

If it doesn't work out properly, there will be another storm.

Cao Huachun was not afraid of killing people, nor was he afraid of killing so-called refugees. However, when the storm was a big deal, if he couldn't hold on and did something bigger, Chongzhen would use his own head to calm the resentment of the people. There were countless precedents in such matters. Chongzhen never took the initiative to take the blame, and all the faults were caused by the people below.

It was like the Li Guorui case. Chongzhen wanted to force Li Guorui to pay out the money and replenish the treasury. However, Li Guorui refused to die and asked someone to plead everywhere. Finally, Empress Yi'an was dispatched. Chongzhen was very annoyed and secretly asked the Jinyiwei to take action and give Li Guorui some color.

As a result, after the Jinyiwei really took action, the matter was leaked. A group of royal relatives criticized Chongzhen. Chongzhen immediately denied that it was his own intention, accusing Jinyiwei of not listening to the imperial edict and taking action without hesitation, hurting the royal relatives. As a result, Luo Yangxing and Wu Mengming were both beaten. Now both of them are still fined.

Fortunately, the officials of the Ming Dynasty never lived on their salary. Otherwise, the two commanders of the Jinyiwei had no place to seek justice. As the old man around Chongzhen, Cao Huachun was really too familiar with Chongzhen's temper. He didn't want to become the next Luo Yangxing and Wu Mengming.

Cao Huachun said reluctantly: "What the emperor means..."

Chongzhen said impatiently: "As long as you are not in the capital, it's fine."

Cao Huachun still said helplessly: "Then... drive them all to Tianjin Guard?"

Chongzhen said casually: "You can do it yourself!"

Cao Huachun was a little relieved.
Chapter completed!