"You have lied about military intelligence many times. Are you worthy of my grace? Are you worthy of the people of the capital? Are you worthy of the soldiers fighting on the front lines? Are you worthy of the people of the Ming Dynasty?"
"you say!"
Chongzhen's series of rages made the entire Xisi Pailou extremely quiet.
Although there was only one Zhang Jinyan in the court, seven or eight out of ten people shared the same ideas as Zhang Jinyan.
After Li Zicheng captured Beijing, 70% of the officials surrendered. They didn't care who was the emperor, they only cared about whether they could be officials and whether they could make money!
Looking at the furious emperor, the people were quiet at first, and then burst into enthusiastic shouts.
"Your Majesty, kill him!"
"Zhang Jinyan must die to give justice to the Ming soldiers!"
"Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!"
Countless people were screaming and venting their anger in the distance. The emperor's words touched their hearts. The officials' greed for money was only a superficial appearance. Behind the appearance was their filthy heart: sheltering, framing, intimidation, suppression, coercion, and even murder!
Zhang Jinyan was frightened by the people's reaction. He knelt on the ground and trembled continuously.
Chongzhen stared at him intently and asked, "I ask you, do you plead guilty?"
"I...am...unjustly accused." Zhang Jinyan insisted.
The words were still the same, but the tone was no longer as firm as before.
Chongzhen smiled coldly and ordered: "Zhang Jinyan embezzled military funds, lied about military intelligence, deceived the emperor, surrendered to the enemy and committed treason. He should be executed!"
"Come here, identify Zhang Jinyan, draw his body into pieces, exterminate his entire clan, and take all his property to the Ministry of Revenue as military pay."
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