Zhu Cixi directly killed Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Imperial Guards, and three court officials in the harem, and soon word spread among the top civil and military officials in the capital.
For a time, the top civil and military officials in the capital were shocked.
However, after the shock, there was collective silence.
Because at this time, the civil servants and nobles had already found out what happened in the palace last night.
Last night, the prince led a group of eunuchs and maids to directly force the palace, and even almost committed regicide and father murder.
In addition, on the day he ascended the throne, he went on a killing spree.
Killed all the senior officials of Jinyiwei.
Therefore, officials are more likely to choose wisely to protect themselves.
Even if the Dongjishi Factory sign was put up again, no imperial censor dared to write a letter to dissuade him.
On the contrary, some Gongsheng students of the Imperial College privately accused the prince of being treasonous, unworthy of being a human son, and cruel and tyrannical.
But he didn't dare to go outside the palace gate and force the palace to cause trouble like his predecessors did in the past.
Obviously no one is stupid. An emperor who can even kill his king and his father will not care about anything at all.
Even some scholars who were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty just lamented in their hearts, and then chose to leave the capital with a look of sadness and despair.
The situation was already serious, but now there is a rebellious, cruel and ruthless emperor, which has made it worse. How can the Ming Dynasty be saved?
But Jin Yiwei didn't think so internally. Instead, they were quite excited, gearing up, and became very motivated.
In the past, Luo Yang was greedy for life and fearful of death, which caused Chongzhen to lose trust in Jinyiwei and rely entirely on the eunuchs.
Coupled with Chongzhen's paranoia, Jin Yiwei was walking on thin ice internally, fearing impeachment.
They only dare to bully some ordinary people, and the civil servants and nobles do not dare to offend them at all, not to mention they will be aggrieved.
But looking at the current situation, His Majesty obviously wants to reuse the Jin Yiwei.
Because Li Ruolian, who had just taken over as the commander of the Jinyiwei, had the greatest power and the most favor among all the commanders of the Jinyiwei.
Not only was he granted the title of Zuo Dudu and Crown Prince Shaobao, but he was also given Shang Fang the sword, and his power reached Dongchang.
Therefore, Li Ruolian easily took over the Jinyiwei and won the support of all the Jinyiwei. He raided all four houses the next day.
The male relatives of the four families were killed on the spot, while the female relatives were all transferred to the Jiaofang Department as usual.
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"Your Majesty, this is the property confiscated from the homes of the rebellious minister Luo Yangxing and his gang members!"
Li Ruolian handed the booklet over respectfully.
Zhu Cihong took the booklet from the young eunuch and couldn't wait to read it. What he lacked now was money and food.
The four families obtained more than 400,000 taels of cash alone. Other gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, houses and shops, and land deeds for manors were also listed in a dazzling array.
Even though he knew that there must be serious moisture in it, Zhu Cixiang was still very satisfied.
There is no way. In the late Ming Dynasty, if you want to make the people who ransack homes not to be greedy and report truthfully, it will definitely be more difficult than the sun rising from the west.
Even if Li Ruolian does not want to be greedy, his subordinates will not agree. This is not something that one person can change.
He didn't want to worry about it for the time being, as long as Jin Yiwei could carry out his orders without compromise.
This is exactly why he wants to get rid of Luo Yangxing, that guy is too greedy.
In fact, it doesn't matter if you are greedy, the key is to carry out the emperor's orders without compromise.
But Luo Yangxing is an old man who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is hesitant to look forward and backward. He is obviously not a good knife.
"Li Aiqing is indeed loyal and prudent in her work. I am very pleased!"
"Ai Qing, you can take out 50,000 taels from it and give it to the people who work this time. The rest can be escorted to the inside for money."
Zhu Cixi nodded, put down the booklet and said.
Corruption is corruption, but the reward cannot be less, and the two cannot be confused.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
When Li Ruolian saw that His Majesty actually gave out fifty thousand taels of silver as a reward, he felt extremely guilty, but he didn't say anything more.
Although he concealed more than 300,000 taels of silver this time, he actually only took 30,000 taels.
So I plan to reward the fifty thousand taels truthfully.
"Well, now that we are facing a powerful enemy, the Jinyi Guards are the emperor's own army. After Aiqing returns, you can recruit more people. You can appoint and remove people with a household size of less than 1,000, and rewards and punishments can be executed first and then reported!"
Zhu Cixi knew that at this time, not only did he have to centralize power, but his capable subordinates also had to delegate power to them.
If he were a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, he would have some scruples about the emperor's favor. But at this moment, Li Ruolian was so moved that he wanted to dig out his heart and lungs, and all he thought about was how to repay the emperor's favor.
The monarch and his ministers staged a bitter drama, and Zhu Cixiang gave him a gold medal that could be brought to the palace at any time. Only then did Li Ruolian retire with tears in his eyes.
Kunning Palace.
After two days of rest, Chongzhen was able to get out of bed and walk around, and his face looked much better.
At this moment, I am listening to Wang Chengen’s report.
When I learned that only Ni Yuanlu stood up to question the enthronement ceremony yesterday, I felt extremely sad.
He originally waited for the noble civil servants to object, so that he could instead let the prince supervise the country.
Who would have thought that those civil servants who had always kept the etiquette and laws in their mouths in the past would pretend to be deaf and dumb this time.
It’s so infuriating!
When I heard that the prince had Luo Yangxing and four other people executed directly outside Qianqing Palace that afternoon, I was also shocked.
"What did you say? That traitor actually gave me another fifty thousand taels of silver as a reward?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Originally, he heard that the prince had obtained 400,000 taels of silver. Emperor Chongzhen was shocked and overjoyed at the same time.
But when he learned that Zhu Cihong had rewarded him with another fifty thousand taels, he couldn't help but cursed: "How can this treacherous son spend so much money?"
"Your Majesty, I think Xun'er has clear rewards and punishments." Queen Zhou couldn't help but retorted.
Obviously now that his son has become emperor, his waist has become much straighter.
"What do you, a woman, know? Nowadays, the country is in dire straits. I wish I could break a penny into two parts and use it on the tip of a knife. How can I reward you indiscriminately?"
Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly, then looked at Wang Cheng'en and said, "Big companion, go and call that traitor here."
"It's your Majesty."
Wang Cheng'en was so loyal that he left the palace in response and returned a quarter of an hour later.
When Chongzhen saw his appearance, his face darkened.
"Then the traitor won't come?"
"Back to your Majesty, Your Majesty said that the two dragons will not meet each other... Tell Your Majesty to rest in peace, don't... don't... again..."
"Stop what? Say, don't leave a word behind!"
"Don't... don't worry about it anymore!" Wang Chengen said and fell to his knees.
"The traitor..."
Chongzhen was so angry that his face instantly turned from black to red, he stumbled and fell backwards.
Fortunately, Queen Zhou quickly held her in her hand and begged: "Your Majesty, I am begging you for mercy. Please don't get angry again and take good care of me!"
"Queen... you go and tell the traitor, and ask him to immediately send people to escort the silver to Xuanda. First, give some reissues to the soldiers in the two towns, and then order Jiang Yu, the general of Datong, and Wang Chengyin, the general of Xuanfu, to lead their troops. Rush to the aid of Ningwuguan!"
After Chongzhen panted for a while, he said to her.
"Go quickly!"
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious, I'll just leave you!"
Queen Zhou had no choice but to agree and turned around and left the palace.
