"Ah?" Song Quan was frightened by Chongzhen's tone.
He subconsciously took a half step back, and in panic he subconsciously said, "Why do you say that, Your Majesty?"
"Why do you say that? Haha!" Chongzhen sneered.
Everyone was shocked by Chongzhen's actions.
They all raised their heads and looked at the 34-year-old Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Under candlelight.
The emperor had a cold face and sharp eyes, giving people a feeling of both majesty and cruelty.
"Li Ruolian, bring the person up."
Chongzhen had just finished speaking.
With a creaking sound, the door of Huangji Palace was opened from the inside.
Immediately following.
The cold wind from outside swept in.
Li Ruolian personally came in with a dozen Jinyiwei and escorted two figures.
As the palace door closed, the candles in the Huangji Palace stopped flickering and silence returned.
The hall was quiet and no one spoke.
Li Ruo Lian simply tidied up his appearance and bowed, "Your Majesty, this is the witness of the case of Cheng De, a doctor of the Military Treasury Department, who embezzled pension money."
"They admitted that they framed Chengde at the instigation of the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate."
Song Quan was shocked.
The Jinyiwei are so powerful that they can actually find out the truth.
You have to know that these two witnesses had a life-and-death relationship with him, and it was precisely because of this relationship that they helped him to give false testimony.
Song Quan didn't have time to think about it. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. Then he said, "Perjury? I don't know anything about this!"
There was dead silence in the Huangji Palace.
Ninety-nine percent of officials thought that Chengde’s corruption was a foregone conclusion, but they did not expect it to be overturned in the court.
This sudden change threw many people off balance.
Especially those who planned to secretly support Song Quan and bring down Lee Bang Hwa.
Chongzhen stood up and walked in front of Song Quan.
When Li Ruolian saw the emperor coming down, he came to his side quietly, ready to deal with any emergency.
Song Quan's legs began to tremble.
The mental pressure brought by the emperor's power made his body somewhat out of control.
On weekdays, Chongzhen sat high in the Golden Palace, far away from his ministers.
Even the majesty of an emperor will be weakened by distance.
This time, Chongzhen suddenly came in front of Song Quan, and the powerful imperial majesty directly frightened Song Quan.
"I ask you, have you falsely accused Li Banghua?"
"Minister...Minister...Minister..." Song Quan said the word "minister" three times but couldn't say the rest of the words.
The results are already evident.
Based on Song Quan's performance, everyone guessed the truth.
Chongzhen snorted coldly and ordered Li Ruolian: "Take them all away."
"As you wish."
Li Ruo Lian ordered the Jinyiwei to take the witness and Song Quan out.
Song Quan looked at the approaching Jinyiwei with horror and felt the breath of death.
Since the bandits besieged the city, the Ming emperor has killed many people.
In the worst cases, the whole family may be executed and even nine generations of the clan may be implicated.
No, I can't die!
"Your Majesty!" Song Quan suddenly shouted, "I was also instructed by someone. Your Majesty, please allow me to tell you who is behind this."
Just as Song Quan was about to continue speaking, Li Ruolian, receiving a signal from Chongzhen's eyes, reached out and removed Song Quan's chin.
Song Quan's jaw was dislocated and his voice immediately became unclear.
The entire Huangji Palace was shocked.
No one knew why Chongzhen did this.
Amid the astonished looks of the crowd, Chongzhen walked up the stairs again.
He turned around and showed an appearance of dominance: "I want to ask you, why do people who do practical things encounter so many obstacles?"
The civil and military officials were unable to react for a moment and just stared, not knowing how to answer.
"Since you won't say it, I'll say it for you!"
"Because in the eyes of some people, our Ming Dynasty is not a country, but a pie. After they entered the court as officials, they occupied a corner of the pie and regarded this pie as something in their pockets, wanting to take a bite at any time."
"No matter who it is, as long as they dare to take advantage of this pie, he will try every possible means to stop them, even at the cost of their lives."
Seeing Chongzhen was very emotional, Fang Yuegong, the Minister of Finance, whispered, "Your Majesty, calm down. Things are not as bad as you think."
"No, it's even worse than you can imagine." Chongzhen sneered again: "Local officials make a living by exploiting merchants and squeezing the people; civil officials in the court make a living by relying on the tributes from local officials; not to mention military generals and nobles, they can earn millions a year just by eating empty salaries!"
"It's a miracle that the pie between me and the Ming Dynasty has lasted until now!"
"No, I have to thank you for eating slowly, otherwise my Ming Dynasty would have been eaten up by you and I would have become the king of a fallen country!"
Chongzhen's words exploded in the Huangji Hall like a thunder.
All the civil and military officials in the court lowered their heads in shame, not daring to look up at Chongzhen.
They had no way to refute it because Chongzhen was telling the truth.
The word "cake" mentioned by Chongzhen has two meanings.
One layer is power, the other layer is money.
After they became court officials, they wanted to bring all their dogs to the yamen to be used as guard dogs, for fear that others would take the position.
Money is even more obvious.
The family of the Ministry of Personnel opened a school and sold official positions, the family of the Ministry of Revenue opened a caravan to transport grain, the family of the Ministry of Works sold iron ore, and the family of the Ministry of Justice took advantage of both sides, and after eating up the plaintiffs, they went on to eat the defendants.
How could he not be angry with such a cruel situation?
Looking at the officials who bowed their heads and kept silent, Chongzhen's anger subsided a little.
Not all officials are like this.
There were still good officials in the Ming Dynasty.
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