Chapter 530: Overturning the verdict (3)

Although it was already the time for the lights to come on, the current emperor Chongzhen was still reviewing memorials. Since he ascended the throne, he had never relaxed his review of memorials and his attention to the morning court. Every day he had to read all the memorials sent from outside before he was willing to rest. If he encountered any urgent report, he would even give the guards in front of the palace to send them to the palace overnight. Fortunately, he was young and strong at this time, so all this could not be defeated, which also led to no one in the palace being dared to cheat in front of the emperor.

Looking at the memorial sent by Yuan Chonghuan, Chongzhen frowned slightly. It was not the war report that the Jin people came to invade Liaodong again. Since a big defeat last year, some competition has occurred within the Jin people. Although Huang Taiji suppressed the restless people with an iron fist, the Jin people also damaged their vitality for a while. With the *** people in the north, the Jin Kingdom was temporarily unable to take action to pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

This memorial mentioned two things. One is that the Jin people had the possibility of moving the capital recently, because the cities in the northeast of Liaodong had fallen back to the Ming army. The cities and land near the Ming Dynasty had been reduced a lot. The last time they were attacked by Yuan Chonghuan, they almost got under the capital, which gave them a lesson, which made the Jin people suddenly move the capital. According to the spy sent to the Jin Kingdom, this time the Jin people were moving to was Shenyang, which was more northeastern. Chongzhen only knew this information. He did not feel any impact on his Ming Dynasty, but another news made it difficult for him to make a decision.

That is, the Korqin and other tribes found Liaodong, hoping that the Ming Dynasty could help them with some supplies. In the war with the Jin people last year, the Ming Dynasty gained great benefits, while the Jin people lost land and cities, but obtained a large number of supplies, and the tribes on the *** grassland that suffered the greatest losses were the tribes on the *** grassland. Not only did they die many warriors, but they also had many essential foods for life, such as food, cattle and sheep, and were robbed by the Jin people, which can be said to be severely damaged by the vitality.

Although the hard work of the people of various tribes recovered a little when spring came later, how could they make up for it in half a year after the Jin people took away so many supplies? Moreover, the *** people lost a lot of strength in this war, and their productivity naturally declined greatly. Now that autumn has arrived, the cold winter will not be too far away. If there is no external assistance, I am afraid that more than half of the *** people will spend the whole winter in hunger and cold, and then there will be more people who will die.

In this case, the *** people had to bow to the Ming Dynasty, which had always had friction with them, hoping to get some help through surrender. Yuan Chonghuan, the Liaodong governor, was unable to make a decision, so they told the emperor to report the matter to the emperor and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty made a decision.

The grudge between *** and the Ming Dynasty has been more than two hundred years. Since Zhu Yuanzhang defeated them from the Central Plains before the founding of the country, the Ming and *** have started a protracted war. After one battle after another, both sides have their own winning or losing. Due to geographical conditions, the Ming Dynasty was always passive, which made the Ming Dynasty and *** a feud. From this point of view, no matter from the perspective of the emperor or the perspective of a Ming person, they should not help each other, so as not to repay their kindness to their grudges after they become strong.

But things became complicated by the existence of the Jin people. The real enemy of the Ming Dynasty has changed from the Jin people to the Jin people, and the *** people have already made enemies with the Jin people. If they can really buy the *** people at this time and form an alliance with them to fight against the Jin people, the possibility of the Ming Dynasty protecting itself and even further defeating the Jin Kingdom is much higher. If the Ming Dynasty refused to help at this time, and the Jin Kingdom suddenly changed its policy and joined forces with the *** people, the Ming Dynasty would be in a little trouble. As the emperor, Chongzhen understood all this, and the ministers of the dynasty also understood, but because of different views, the ministers in the court were divided into two factions and argued endlessly in the court.

Chongzhen sighed and put down the memorial in his hand. In fact, he had already remembered this memorial in his heart. It was just because he was difficult to make a decision in his heart that he opened it and took a look. "How good would it be if someone could point me out which one of the two is pros and cons? Yizhi has been back home for almost half a year, and I don't know when he will be able to come back." When he had a problem in hand, Chongzhen naturally thought of Tang Feng, who he always valued and trusted the most. Although he was still very naive in his ability to govern the country, sometimes he often gave himself a good reminder.

Just when Chongzhen missed Tang Feng who was far away in the south, the news about him was brought over by an eunuch. Because Chongzhen issued an order, as long as he had not yet gone to bed, he would have to read the memorials from the palace. So although it was dark now, the eunuch still presented the memorials recently sent from Nanjing to the emperor.

Chongzhen opened it casually and found that his frowns were even deeper. The memorial was sent by the Ministry of War in Nanjing. There was only one thing written on it, that is, someone transferred thousands of people from Nanjing City to Zhejiang in the name of an imperial edict. The mobilization of these troops was a major event, and there was an imperial edict. The officials in Nanjing naturally dared not not to report it. On the day when Tang Feng mobilized his troops, their memorial was sent to the capital.

"What is Tang Feng trying to do? I asked him to secretly investigate the administration situation in Zhejiang and other places, why did he even start a military force?" Chongzhen looked at the report in front of him suspiciously. He was suspicious, and even if he was the most capable minister, he refused to give power completely. The order to Tang Feng was just a form, but he didn't expect that Tang Feng would use it, and it was still so fierce that he couldn't help but be suspicious.

"The Jiangnan has been very calm over the years, and there has been no trouble with the Japanese pirates in previous years. He suddenly dispatched thousands of people to Zhejiang to deal with whom? Could it be that something happened to the local officials in Zhejiang? Even so, he doesn't have to do anything like a big fight. Can't I let those officials obey the orders after I gave him an imperial edict?" After walking back and forth for a long time, Chongzhen made a decision. Before returning to the Dragon Case, he wrote a decree bit by bit, and then said to the eunuch beside him: "You can leave the palace quickly and order people to send it to Zhejiang and hand it over to Tang Feng."

"I received the order." The eunuch was just a small person serving the emperor and had never taken on such a big event. He was excited and turned around and was about to walk out. Suddenly the emperor said, "Slowly, don't pass the Tongzheng Department, and don't alarm the cabinet..."

The eunuch was stunned, not knowing how to convey the imperial edict without passing through these two yamen, so he had to look at the emperor blankly. Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "Let's do this, go out of the palace to the Beizhen Fushi, and ask them to send someone to send this decree to Zhejiang, tell them that this matter cannot be delayed, and you must deliver it to Tang Feng as quickly as possible."

"Yes, I have recorded it." The eunuch agreed, and when he saw that the emperor had no other orders, he hurriedly went out. Chongzhen watched him leave and sighed: "This Zhejiang is the important tax area of ​​my Ming Dynasty. It cannot be allowed to cause any major trouble in Tang Feng." In fact, he asked the Jinyiwei to bring a letter to Tang Feng, which had already given him a lot of face.

But what Chongzhen could not have imagined was that his imperial edict was still too late. Perhaps it should be that the memorial sent from Nanjing was itself lagging behind. When the decree was sent to Zhejiang by the Jinyiwei quickly, Tang Feng had a showdown with the officials in Zhejiang.

One person was taken up in the Zhejiang Governor's Office. It was Ding Bancheng. At this time, he no longer had the temperament of being a wealthy businessman in the past, and he knelt in a mess in the hall. When his eyes swept over Zhang Siyuan and others, he was full of hatred. Obviously, he knew very clearly what happened last night.

Yan Boda asked suang, "Is the kneeling person in the hall Ding Bancheng? Do you have anything to say to me?"

"Yes, Caomin is Ding Bancheng, a businessman in Hangzhou. Caomin knew that he had committed a big mistake, but after being arrested by Lord Tang, he knew that he had made a mistake. However, Caomin was not the real master of the Jiande flood. The culprit who had harmed the entire Jiande County with Caomin was in this hall." Ding Bancheng did not hide it. He first admitted his sins, and then said everything Tang Feng asked him to say: "All this is the governor Zhang, the censor Feng, the governor of Hangzhou, and the prefect of Hangzhou, which was the way they came up with Caomin to cover up some things..."

"You are squirting with blood!" Meng Haigang immediately shouted with a red face: "Governor, Lord Tang, this person is unbearable to bite the imperial court officials in this court..."

"Mr. Meng, don't rush to defend yourself, just listen to him continue to say it." Tang Feng said leisurely.

"Mr. Tang, we all know what this man has done. I believe he was brought in randomly when he was taken down by you and was afraid of the strict law. How could such a humble businessman do the same? There is nothing to say!" Zhang Siyuan sneered: "No matter how much he says, he can't make any evidence."

Ding Bancheng on the other side hurriedly said, "Caomin is either empty talk, but because Caomin has some evidence that is very unfavorable to the adults, the adults will send assassins to kill me." As he said that, he took out a booklet from his arms: "This is the amount of some silver that Caomin gave to you, and the trust they promised to help me control the right to sell grain and rice in Jiande after the matter was completed. Please check the Governor!"

ps: 2 chapters in a row, and then I will go to have the New Year’s Eve dinner. I wish all the old and young men a good meal and drink, a happy New Year’s Eve, and a happy New Year. In the new year, I wish you all your wishes come true, good health, and harmonious family

I wish everything goes well in your work, a lot of money, a successful academic career in school, a pair of love, and a single person who finds what he loves

Finally, let’s talk about the black skin on New Year’s Eve……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter completed!