Chapter 320: Those who are loyal to Confucius but do not know Confucius and the Confucius family will be punished for their heinous crimes and will be killed by the officials.

"Well, Ruyu, do you think that if I take action against the Kong family, scholars all over the world will think that I don't respect Kong Sheng, and they will rebel and disown me as the emperor?"

"Your Majesty, I have no such intention. I am just afraid that your Majesty's move may hurt the loyalty of the scholars."

"The loyalty of scholars, haha...

Cheng Pu, what do you think?"

Chongzhen suddenly looked at Li Ruolian, who had been counting his toes, and wanted to hear what his sword was thinking.

"Those who are loyal to His Majesty will live; those who are loyal to Confucius will live.

Those who are loyal to the Confucian family and cannot distinguish between the Confucian family and the Confucian saints will be killed without pardon.

The Ming Dynasty is in no shortage of scholars, and there is no shortage of scholars who are only loyal to Your Majesty and not to the Confucius family."

"Okay! Cheng Pu, what you said is very accurate. Let's act according to the list in two days.

I don't care how you do publicity. You can ask the shopkeepers what tricks you can use to make them look bad.

In short, I want my name to be true, and I want everyone to know that I killed the Kong family in Shanxi because they were collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and they were working against me."

When Chongzhen heard Li Ruolian's murderous words, he laughed out loud. This is only right. Jin Yiwei should have such a consciousness.

It's a pity that he has only conquered this pro-army now. If the Jinyiwei had been so loyal ten years earlier, why would he have needed to cheat, why would he have been imprisoned four times by Huang Taiji.

"Ruyu, what do you think now?"

"Your Majesty, I agree with Commander Li's statement, but please think again."

Ni Yuanlu looked at Li Ruolian, whose hands were slowly groping around his neck, and instantly changed his mind. What about the Kong family, is life important?

It's just a Confucius family in Shandong. When the news reaches the Confucius family in Qufu, he is sure that the Confucius family in Qufu will not only dare not mourn, but will even go to the capital to apologize.

Just kidding, how dare the Confucius family offend Chongzhen, who was invincible in Liaodong and had money, food, and an army? The Confucius family can be passed down for thousands of years because of the word "gou".

Even if foreigners snatch their wives and concubines, they will still give them away with a smile. As long as the Kong family can inherit it, they will not offend the ruler. This is the long-lasting secret recipe of the Kong family for thousands of years.

"Okay, that's settled the matter. Ruyu, you can ask the Ministry of Rites to write more denunciatory articles and then send them to the newspaper.

Also, send a letter to the Kong family in Qufu, saying that I have dealt with a traitorous Kong family in Shanxi and let them decide what to do.

What should I do? How should I read this book of sages? How should the Confucius set an example? Give me an explanation."

"I obey the decree."

Ni Yuanlu nodded and said, although she was a little worried, after she really thought about it, she no longer worried about the Kong family.

After continuing the discussion for a while, the news came over the intercom that E Zhe asked for an audience, and Chongzhen asked E Zhe to enter the palace.

But as soon as Ezhe came in, he was dressed in a Royal Army uniform, and Chongzhen felt his eyes light up. Behind him were three Royal Army soldiers, holding password safes in their hands.

"Three army soldiers, please give the safe to Commander Li."

"Long live your Majesty! I obey your decree!"

The three of them saluted Chongzhen with excited expressions, and then walked towards Li Ruolian with stiff postures. Chongzhen laughed at this performance.

He didn't blame the three soldiers for their rude behavior, but he felt at ease because the three men looked at him with such joy and excitement.

This kind of joy and excitement from the bottom of their hearts was cultivated through the accumulation of speeches, several disaster relief arrangements, war arrangements, and good treatment. They have recognized themselves in their hearts.

"Prince Chahar, why have you changed into the uniform of the Royal Army? Do you want to become a member of the Royal Army and protect the Ming Dynasty for me?"

"Hehe, Your Majesty is right, but the origin of this dress...

Besides, didn't His Majesty ask me to prepare to be the Director of National Defense in Liaodong? I thought about it for a moment, since I am a general under His Majesty, I can no longer wear my Mongolian clothes.

How many lives are there? I am His Majesty’s subject, so naturally I have to wear His Majesty’s military uniform and be His Majesty’s sharp sword.”

"You do know the importance. I really like people like you who are knowledgeable. Those who know current affairs are heroes.

Very good, now give me a summary of your investigation report."

"I obey the decree."

Ezhe has memorized the overall data, so he can tell it directly without looking for the information.

"Back to Your Majesty, after three consecutive days of visits by my ministers, as well as inquiries by brothers from the Royal Army to many Jin people, Mongolian nobles, and Han officials, the detailed process of all Shanxi merchants and border generals betraying the Ming Dynasty was completed.

After Chen Abu went to the grassland, the Qiao family, the Fan family, and the Chang family were the leading ones, supplemented by the Kang family, the Kong family, and the Cao family, and there were a total of 12 Shanxi merchants participating in the remaining six large and small families.

There was direct trade with Huang Taiji.

They sold a total of more than 20,000 iron weapons, firearms blueprints, firearms manufacturing tools, and gunpowder tools.

They also sold a total of more than 8,000 firearms, as well as 120 ten-stone cannons and thousands of stones of gunpowder.

A total of more than 100 sales of information were conducted, including the number of people in the military fort, the delivery time of food and grass to the military fort, and the total transaction volume, including 8,140 war horses, more than 50,000 cattle and sheep, and more than 6.4 million taels of silver.

The list of direct participants was 324, of which 60% were Shanxi merchants, 10% were court officials, and 30% were generals from the Guard.

as well as……"

E Zhe looked at Li Ruolian and Ni Yuanlu, especially Ni Yuanlu, who seemed a bit unspeakable.

"And what? Don't worry, everyone present is my humerus minister, my right-hand man, don't worry."

"There are also vassal clans, two princes from the Datong dynasty, one prince from the Jin dynasty in Taiyuan, and forty-seven clan generals from Shanxi."

After E Zhe finished his report, Chongzhen nodded. He was not surprised at all that the clan was involved.

But Ni Yuanlu on the side pricked up his ears. He wanted to see what Chongzhen would do if this clan had collaborated with the enemy.

"The clans, princes, princes, and generals involved will be treated equally and will be arrested and sentenced to the highest penalty. The crime will be increased by one level. If there is any disobedience, they will be shot directly.

At the same time, I will convey the decree to the king, and the King of Jin will return to the capital and give me a good speech."

"I obey the decree."

Ni Yuanlu has given in now, or has nothing to say. She doesn't care about Chongzhen's relatives. You still want him to consider the Kong family?

"Ezhe, where did Huang Taiji and the others get the money to buy intelligence and weapons? More than ten years ago, how could they pay bribes when they had enough to eat?"

"Your Majesty, all the cattle, sheep and horses were forced to be handed over by various tribes.

As for the silver, a small part was mined in Shengjing, and most of the rest is probably..."

E Zhe didn't say any more. Needless to say, Chongzhen also understood the rest. Most of them were robbed several times, and then returned to the hands of Shanxi merchants. This is why Shanxi merchants enjoyed it, and they could get a lot of money without any effort.

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"Is there any evidence?"

"Yes, all the letters, the number of people plundered each time they entered the customs, the amount of gold and silver in the county's account book corresponding to the plunder, and the person in charge of the plunder, all have their signatures and signatures."

E Zhe's thoughts really satisfied Chongzhen. It would be a pity for this guy not to preside over the Integrity Bureau.

"I have decided to start taking action against all collaborators related to Shanxi merchants in two days.

At that time, the shop owner will fly a helicopter that can take off and land vertically, appoint you as the official Minister of Defense of the Ming Dynasty, and take you to Datong, Taiyuan, and Xuanfu together with Commander Li, Minister of National Defense."

"I am determined to fulfill your Majesty's entrustment conscientiously and never let a traitor go."

E Zhe saluted seriously and said that he was very happy about the official position that was finally decided.

But E Zhe didn't notice that Chongzhen's eyes looked at him, filled with a confused smile. This smile was because Chongzhen had already arranged the next good place for him.

America.

The moment Chongzhen saw E Zhe coming in, he had already decided that among the first batch of the Royal Army, the Mongols would be led by E Zhe.

Ezhe's light-speed surrender and cooperative attitude of being aware of current affairs satisfied Chongzhen. As long as he was in a strong position, Ezhe would not betray.

Anyway, the Mongolian army has only two swords and is not equipped with advanced firearms. It cannot defeat the Royal Army with mainstream modern firearms. It is safe to let Ezhe lead him.

After Ezhe retreated, the sky gradually darkened. After Chongzhen ordered Ni Yuanlu to handle the affairs, he turned and left Wenyuan Pavilion.

Ni Yuanlu looked at Chongzhen's leaving figure, murmuring something in her mouth, and finally shook her head helplessly and continued to look at the pile of waste memorials.

Earlier in the day, Hu Erniu, the Royal Army Regiment Headquarters who was hundreds of miles away from Datong Guard Station, had arrived in Datong for support. He was squatting on the ground with the instructor, holding a big bowl in his hands and eating rice.

"Lao Hu, you said we took over their duties, so what are they doing? Isn't the epidemic prevention in Datong over?"

"I don't know about this, but it seems that His Majesty transferred us to Datong not simply to support epidemic prevention and disaster relief."

"It's better to obey the command. Your Majesty has your own considerations. Maybe you want us to go out and fight the Mongols?"

"Who knows."

Beep beep beep!

[Call the commanders of each battalion and company, call the commanders of each battalion and company, this is the regiment communications company, please all officers, come to the big tent for a meeting! Over.]

Upon hearing the message from the intercom, the two immediately dropped the dishes and ran quickly towards the camp.

With such an urgent call, it was obvious that a new combat order had been sent from above.

Sure enough, after arriving at the regiment headquarters, a battalion stationed in Datong and a logistics company directly under the regiment, as well as the two battalions they supported, and more than thirty officers, large and small, all lined up and stood in line.

The first batch of royal students with a somewhat gloomy face, who was also their chief instructor, was holding a big loudspeaker and began to speak.

"Everyone has it! Before accepting the military order, salute our Majesty!"
To be continued...