The next morning, Chongzhen summoned Zhang Tongchang, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, to his side.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" Zhang Tongchang knelt down and saluted.
Chongzhen looked at Zhang Juzheng's great-grandson and felt deeply moved.
If Zhang Juzheng had not extended the life of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty might have ended long ago.
"Get up," Chongzhen ordered and then waved his hand towards the hall, driving out all the eunuchs and palace maids, including Wang Chengen.
Zhang Tongchang knew that something big was going to happen and couldn't help swallowing.
"Zhang Tongchang, your great-grandfather did something great in his time, and his name will go down in history!"
Zhang Tongchang bowed and said with a guilty look on his face: "I am ashamed and have brought shame to my great grandfather."
Chongzhen laughed.
The more he laughed, the more nervous Zhang Tongchang became.
Zhang Tongchang almost collapsed from laughing so hard. He coughed and pleaded, "Your Majesty, please make it clear."
"I intend to give you a chance," Chongzhen paused, "This matter is similar to what your great-grandfather did, but it is also different."
"The similarities are that both can increase the revenue for the court. The difference is that your great-grandfather increased revenue with the new policy, while you increase revenue with the knife."
"Your Majesty wants to kill someone?" Zhang Tongchang raised his head with doubt in his eyes.
"I guess so. Investigate first and kill later."
Zhang Tongchang was even more confused. He couldn't understand what Chongzhen was trying to do.
"May I ask what your majesty is looking for?"
"Look up the notorious squires, make a list of their names, and give it to the King's Heart."
"But Wang Zhixin is the governor of the East Factory. If he kills people, people will think that Your Majesty is killing people, which will damage Your Majesty's reputation." Zhang Tongchang reminded.
"Don't worry, I won't let Wang Zhixin kill people directly. We have to use another method to deal with them."
"I...where should I start investigating?"
"Yangzhou Prefecture in the Southern Zhili region, there are many evil gentry there."
"Please give me half a year."
"Okay, let's set off immediately."
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