15 There is a way
Under the night, Emperor Chongzhen looked down on the imperial throne, watching Lan Tianbao and three eunuchs "accompanying" the old fried dough sticks who had finished writing the confession and sentenced the decree from the hall. Only then did he lower his head and look at the eight anonymous confession and sentenced them.
The cold wind whistled outside the hall, and there was a "crackling" sound in the hall, and occasionally there was a sound of wick burning. Apart from that, there was basically no sound.
Chen Baoting and four other eunuchs stood with their hands down, serving in the hall, quietly waiting for the emperor's orders.
Today they have gained some knowledge!
Usually, the eunuchs in charge of the seals were frozen outside for an hour, and then the emperor continued to do whatever they did, at least on the surface, they were obediently like sheep.
At this moment, they deeply realized that there was only one real tiger in this palace, and the others were just paper tigers!
Being appreciated by the emperor, you can just follow the emperor from the Nei Shutang. This is your great opportunity. No matter what, you must firmly seize this opportunity given by God!
While they were thinking, they suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen sneer and whisper to themselves: "Haha, it's really a bunch of old fried dough sticks!"
After hearing this vaguely, Chen Baoting and others immediately held their breath and did not dare to make a sound that would affect the emperor's attention.
After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen threw away the confession in his hand and shook his head. He could be regarded as suddenly isolated them and did not give them a chance to discuss, but the paper they confessed was all about avoiding the important things.
Speaking of which, I was just fooling myself. A very simple thing is enough to show that these eunuchs at the hands of seals did not write down all the illegal things they knew in the palace.
For example, Emperor Chongzhen did not believe it. Xue Guoguan, the assistant minister of the cabinet, knew that there was something wrong with the East Factory, and these eunuchs in the palace would not know about it? However, none of the eight eunuchs in the eight eunuchs mentioned this. Obviously, if this matter is revealed, it is likely that serious matters that will involve them!
The officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty was ruined! At the same time, the officialdom in the palace was ruined. They could protect each other and even look at each other, so they could join forces to deceive the emperor without even having to do anything.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneer.
If this situation is not possible for the original Emperor Chongzhen, the current Emperor Chongzhen has some way to break the situation.
For example, today's anonymous report method is used to expand it to eunuchs at the lower level, even eunuchs and eunuchs at the lower level. There are so many people in the palace, and someone will definitely lead to the emperor's incident while anonymously.
However, in this way, Emperor Chongzhen's experience in his previous life told him that if he really wanted to do this, people would be in panic in the palace, and the scope of the problem was too wide. Maybe he would have unexpected things and an uncontrollable situation would occur.
The so-called law does not blame the masses, which makes sense. The attack surface must be narrowed within a controllable range and will not cause a comprehensive rebound.
Well, this time, I will take advantage of this matter to deal with Cao Huachun’s affairs first.
When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Come on, throw these fire plates and burn them!"
The sound was a little loud, and you could hear a little outside the hall. When the eight eunuchs waiting at the gate of the hall heard it, they looked at each other and seemed a little surprised. They were surprised that the emperor made such a big move to ask them to write confessions and burn them easily? Could it be that they would not deal with these confessions?
In my heart, four eunuchs who had just come out of the Nei Shutang were watching from the side and they were not easy to ask about the situation, so they could only wait quietly.
After a while, the emperor left the hall gate and obviously wanted to have a ride.
Seeing the eight eunuchs holding seals at the door, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "I am worthy of being my confidant. I can report such an important situation. As long as the situation is indeed the case, I don't know who reported it, I will pardon all the things that happened in the past for you eight people. Don't worry that I will pursue it."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
When the eight eunuchs with seals heard this, they were also smart people, but they didn’t know if they should thank them at this time. Or should they admit it?
Wouldn't you tell others what the emperor said that he had reported himself? Then the emperor asked to write anonymously, burned the confession and found that the unrecognizable thing could be found in an instant?
If someone is punished in the future, as long as he does not die, he will have a chance to turn over or get the favor, and just verbally punish him. The revenge that follows must be very powerful, and this is not what any of them want to see.
But if you deny what you wrote without thanking me, wouldn’t it be like telling the emperor that something important was not reported by you? If you look back, if it is related to me and hide it from me, it would be like losing the holy favor!
In a dilemma, these eight of them were worthy of being old men in the palace, and they bowed together to thank them. In this way, everything was still anonymous.
Emperor Chongzhen, who had already left, heard a neat thank-you voice coming from behind, and his lips curled slightly, revealing a hint of disdain. Even if you are all monkey spirits, then I am the Tathagata Buddha. Let's see how you can find my Five Finger Mountain!
Putting this matter behind his head and looking up at the half moon in the sky, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but think of Lu Xiangsheng again. In the past half a day, he sorted out his memories of Lu Xiangsheng and found that some of the suggestions Lu Xiangsheng had put forward before were very good suggestions. Unfortunately, it violated the interests of the vested interests and was finally left unresolved. It was not promoted and insisted on by the original Emperor Chongzhen. Otherwise, at least Emperor Chongzhen would not have hanged himself!
Thinking of this, he was even more desperate to hope that Lu Xiangsheng would be fine. Looking up at the moon, he thought to himself: I don’t know if I had saved him with my previous efforts? I hope God will bless you and don’t let yourself lose a truly useful talent!
Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't know that at this time, some people were working hard to save Lu Xiangsheng!
The sound of horse hooves was so rapid that even when they arrived in Jize City, there was no slowdown at all. In the former county government, the current chief supervisor, the rotating lieutenant frowned when he saw that the three cavalry speed was not reduced, and waved to someone to stop him.
However, the speed of these three riders was so fast that they arrived in an instant.
The neighing sound of the "光光" sounded, the war horse stopped in pain, and its front hooves stood up.
The knight on the horse's back rolled off the saddle almost at the same time and fell to the ground. When the other two knights behind him saw it, they quickly turned over and dismounted, trying to snatch it over and help it.
But the man had already climbed up from the ground and had not stood firm. He stumbled towards the gate, and at the same time he was spraying white air and said loudly: "The lower-ranking official is Yang Tinglin, the head of the Ministry of War. If you have urgent military information, please see the director!"
Hearing this, seeing the embarrassing appearance of the civil servant, the captain at the door was stunned. Then he came to his senses, without any hesitation, and stepped forward and stopped him, "The director has rested, and he will not see any guests!"
When Yang Tinglin heard this, he stood up and looked at it carefully, and found that it was not the captain of the day. However, at this time, he ignored these things and shouted loudly: "Emergency military information, the subordinates must meet with the director, please communicate with each other!"
Thinking of the rotation of the comrade in the daytime being scolded by the director, the captain immediately shook his head and replied: "The night is already deep at this time, and no one will be able to meet guests! Otherwise, it will affect the director's handling of military and national affairs tomorrow, and no one can bear this responsibility!"
In fact, Gao Qiqian had already explained that all the things about Lu Xiangsheng were blocked. Yang Tinglin had come during the day, so they naturally knew what he came for, so they naturally blocked him from seeing him.
Yang Tinglin had already made up his mind to come. When he heard this, he was willing to rest, and he was angry and went out. Starting today, the two updates every day are 7:00 am and 5:00 pm, which is the same as the basic updates of the old book. In addition, thanks to Zhang Shi for the reward of 1,000 starting coins, thanks to the reward of 500 starting coins by rejecting the dead liar, and thanks to Xiaoxiong Mianjiang for the reward of 500 starting coins!
Chapter completed!