In the afternoon, the commander of Jinyiwei sent Tongzhi and Li Ruolian to Wuying Hall.
"Li Aiqing, how did the investigation I asked you to investigate go?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. As you know, all the Imperial Guards in the capital have free pay.
At most, the salary vacancy exceeds 30%, and the Zuo Qianhu Office directly under the minister also has nearly 50% vacancy."
"What a courage!"
Chongzhen was furious. These guys thought they were loyal ministers before, but they didn't expect corruption to be so powerful.
Li Ruolian said that he only had half a thousand households, but the military register never mentioned that there was a shortage of people.
"You immediately select people to take over the Department of Finance and the Department of Experience, put on this bracelet, and write down the number on the bracelet.
The people you arrange to lead the team, above Xiaoqi, must wear this bracelet, and at the same time, every household in the Jinyiwei and Tongzhi must wear it compulsorily."
"I accept the decree!"
Li Ruolian made a fist with both hands and promised loudly.
Chongzhen's first sword to ensure his sphere of influence was finally ready to be wielded.
Wang Chengen brought a group of young eunuchs to the Qianqing Palace. Chongzhen said nothing, put on a show, and let Wang Chengen take him to a small unused yard in the East Factory.
"From now on, Wang Banban, only they are allowed to live here. They must eat, drink, and have sex here. No one is allowed to touch them, including you. Do you understand?"
"Ah? Then Your Majesty, what do they eat?"
"You put a box here and I will arrange it."
"I understand!"
Wang Chengen came to understand when he thought about Chongzhen's ability to make things appear and disappear out of thin air.
Squeezing the monitor on his wrist, Wang Chengen always felt that this thing should be some kind of treasure, but it was not a good thing. Why did the emperor ask them to wear it?
After Wang Chengen left the courtyard, Chongzhen asked the eunuchs to wait outside the courtyard, then entered the main room and released the monitor radio terminal.
Then according to the system prompts, I activated the generator and started the computer.
Amidst the buzzing sound, the entire system began to operate automatically. When the monitoring software was opened, the entire computer locked up.
Apart from clicking on the corresponding audio number and pulling up the progress bar under the date, nothing can be done to prevent the little eunuch from accidentally closing the software.
He called the little eunuchs outside, told them to work, demonstrated how to pull up the progress bar, clicked on the corresponding numbers, and gave them a solemn warning.
"You are all the closest people to me. I trust you and give you a chance. You should work hard these days.
I wrote down all the bad things you heard and put them in a small box in the corner. You can only sleep in the back room when you sleep. When you eat, I will put them in a box in the yard.
As long as you have merit, I will reward you heavily. If you dare to reveal a word to others in the past few days or collude to conceal anyone's information, I will make you completely disappear from this palace.
Did you hear that?"
"I understand that I will not disappoint the emperor!"
"Your Majesty, what should we do if we feel unwell?"
"After dinner, put the note into the box. I will read it sooner or later, and then come to pick you up. If you go out without permission, you will be severely punished."
Several young eunuchs had never seen a screen that lit up on their own. According to Chongzhen's demonstration, they were even more frightened after hearing the conversations of several monitoring targets.
Seeing that the young eunuchs understood what they should do, Chongzhen walked out of the courtyard and told Wang Chengen.
"I'll come back in the afternoon. If you, or anyone else, has any contact with the little eunuch inside in the past few days.
Even if they take the initiative to contact you, I will chop off your head, do you understand? Don’t think that I don’t know!”
"I don't dare! I don't dare!"
Wang Chengen knelt down in panic and promised that Chongzhen's power of ghosts and gods really made him in awe to the end.
In the afternoon, Fan Fucui was resting at home when there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Sir, someone from the Jinyi Guards has come to tell you something important."
"I know, take it to the backyard and ask someone to wait outside the house."
When Fan Fucui walked to the courtyard, he saw a man wearing a brocade uniform and a metal ring on his arm, drinking tea.
"Hu Qianhu, what do you mean by your late night visit?"
"Master Fan, this afternoon, His Majesty summoned Li Ruolian, and then Li Ruolian suddenly launched a large-scale investigation of the Jinyiwei. The records of the Experience Department and the Town Fu Department were all investigated."
"You are releasing Sun Chuanting and arranging the royal guards. What are you doing, Your Majesty?"
Fan Fucui carefully figured out what Chongzhen meant. All cabinet members were not simple. In order to gain the emperor's trust and to stand in line at critical times, they would cast a wide net to obtain intelligence information.
In this way, if the emperor hates his comrades, they can quickly pull people to stop them. If the emperor is ready to promote his enemies, they can also find a way to block them.
"Thank you Hu Qianhu, it's just a small gesture."
"You're welcome."
After handing over a banknote, Fan Fucui began to grind the ink and quickly wrote a letter, and then continued to write a second letter.
"Mr. Li, please send these two letters."
"Master, I'm going right away."
After Hu Qianhu left, Fan Fucui continued to think deeply. The changes in the royal guards often meant that the emperor had another idea.
Recently, news of the fall of Luoyang came. Is Your Majesty venting his anger on others? Then he has to consider resigning, otherwise another chief minister of the Ming Dynasty may die.
…
In the early morning of the next day, Chongzhen summoned Sun Chuanting in the court hall and appointed him as the Taibao of the Crown Prince and a bachelor of Dongge University before joining the cabinet.
At the same time, Sun Chuanting was appointed temporary governor of the capital camp to reorganize the capital camp.
The cabinet had already discussed it, and Chongzhen approved it. In addition, Yang Sichang was not here, so except for the censor's rhetoric, no officials with real power objected.
For them, changing the governor will not affect anything. The Beijing camp should still be short-changed. Do you want to move the Beijing camp?
Let’s first look at Li Banghua’s fate.
"Your Majesty, I have my heart and I want to report it."
"Your Majesty, the bad news from Luoyang has shaken the world. Now disasters are everywhere. I would like to ask Your Majesty to grant amnesty to the world.
I am worried about the affairs of the state, am old and weak, and have no energy left, so I beg for the remains."
Fan Fucui stepped out of the queue and said. After speaking for a long time, Chongzhen didn't reply. He looked up and found that Chongzhen in front of him was facing him with a sweet smile on his face.
"Chongzhen: Shopkeeper, you got up really early today. As you said, Fan Aiqing really proposed a general amnesty and then wanted to resign. Your prediction was right again."
"Chen Ye: Lao Zhu, I have already said that that is the real history. Fan Fucui was not very capable, so he did not have much official desire.
By the way, how did you come up with the idea of using him in the first place? Didn’t he refuse?"
"Chongzhen: Last year, I recommended the first minister of the cabinet. However, except Yang Sichang, everyone else had their own factions. For the sake of balance, I chose Fan Fucui, who was least willing to take the position.
It makes me angry to say that this group of censors have nothing but opposition all day long and nothing concrete. I gave my direct order and no one of them dared to disobey."
Chongzhen felt proud when he thought about this. Although history has proved that he was the king of subjugation, he still had a certain voice in the appointment and dismissal of ministers.