Zheng Sanjun is also an important official in the court, after all, he is the Minister of Personnel.

Although the prefix of the Minister of Personnel is Nanjing, such a person... has never had such a principle of killing just by saying that he can kill him directly since the Ming Dynasty.

Even Emperor Taizu Gao had to take it first and then let the officials interrogate it!

Therefore, everyone felt cold when they saw Emperor Tianqi like this.

If it were before, I was afraid that everyone would be indignant and make a fuss together.

But now... everyone is only afraid in their hearts, and they can't even say a word.

Emperor Tianqi still grabbed the musket with smoke and said sternly: "Do you think Zheng Sanjun should be killed?"

“…”

"say!"

Qian Qianyi and others immediately said: "It should be killed. Zheng Sanjun is suspected of treason... the crime is unforgivable. Your Majesty killed this person, which is very satisfying."

Emperor Aoki sneered: "It's so satisfying?"

"Yes, it's so satisfying. Zheng Sanjun... is the mastermind of this rebellion..." One person said.

Emperor Aoki looked at him: "He died, so he became the mastermind? Anyway, the sins of the living are all pushed to the dead, right?"

This man was already scared and lost his soul: "My...I am also guilty."

"What's your sin?"

With Zheng Sanjun's previous lessons, the man stumbled and said, "The criminal is also suspected of treason, and he will die!"

Emperor Tianqi sneered: "You can tell me what should I do if you commit a crime of corruption?"

"minister……"

The man had to kowtow, so scared that he couldn't speak.

Emperor Tianqi then looked at Zhang Jingyi: "Zhang Qing, come and give me an idea."

Zhang Jingyi smiled beside him and said, "Your Majesty, can you speak with a step?"

When everyone saw that it was Zhang Jingyi, they knew that they would definitely be finished.

So... they all looked tragic, and they knew that... they were dead and had no place to bury them.

Emperor Aoki nodded, so the two of them went to the ear chamber next to them.

Emperor Aoki stared at Zhang Jingyi: "You said that."

Zhang Jingyi said: "How does Your Majesty plan to solve the problem in Jiangnan."

Emperor Tianqi said without thinking: "Of course, we will kill all these rebel parties and implement the new policy."

"The implementation of the new policy... I do need to punish the rebels first." Zhang Jingyi said seriously: "That is the reason that we need to eliminate all evil. The biggest problem in the world today is actually just like doing business. Your Majesty and the military and civilians of the world... are related to the business. However... When Emperor Taizu Gao was the Emperor, in order to facilitate this business, he used gentry and nobles... middlemen. At the beginning, these middlemen were honest. They were profitable and naturally, willing to do their best. However, in the future, their wealth became more and more and more, and their power became more and more, so they deceived their superiors and concealed their subordinates and made huge profits."

"In this way...the taxes of the people were consumed by these middlemen. Even these middlemen started their own efforts to make personal gain and tried to kick His Majesty away. If this continues... it would be strange if the Ming Dynasty did not collapse. Therefore, the essence of the new policy is to completely kick out these middlemen and prevent these middlemen from making the difference."

After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi subconsciously said, "Let's do it yourself?"

"nature."

Emperor Tianqi said again: "So...it's just taking this opportunity to completely eliminate these unrest parties?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "The key to the problem is how to cut it off. What's the use of Your Majesty simply killing all these people? Behind them are countless gentry..."

Emperor Tianqi's eyes showed fierce light and said, "Then I will kill them all, and then kill all the gentry behind them."

Zhang Jingyi shook his head and said, "This is not enough staff and the efficiency is very low. After all, there are too many people in them. If we want to do it one by one, we are afraid that we will not be able to finish it in ten years."

Emperor Tianqi said: "Is it not enough to have Zhang Qing and Deng Qing here?"

Zhang Jingyi smiled bitterly and said, "It's far from enough. The situation in Jiangnan is the most complicated. It's very different from other places. There are gentry, big and small, and countless scholars. They formed a huge net through the same year, classmates, in-laws, so-called family friends, party members, and fellow villagers. It's far from enough to eliminate the evil. Moreover, these people... are often one, and they move their whole body. If only dozens or hundreds of households are killed, they will soon be revived. But if they want to clean up everything, they will need a lot of manpower and material resources. With the help of His Majesty, can they be cleaned up?"

"Your Majesty... During the process of elimination, they will definitely not sit still and wait for death. They may secretly contact each other and try their best to corrupt the personnel we investigate, so... the longer the time is, the more unfavorable it is for us."

After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi thought about it and then said, "What you said...is not unreasonable. In this way, we don't care about Jiangnan anymore?"

"Who said he didn't care?" Zhang Jing smiled and said, "I... there is a way."

"The first thing we have to do is to break the tightly organized network of relationships first." Zhang Jing's eyes shone brightly, and then said, "Just break these... things will be easy to do. What we fear most is that they have a heart."

…………

Qian Qianyi and others knelt here silently, waiting in fear.

In fact, they have made plans for the worst.

But...the worst plan is something they can't bear.

When things have come to this point, death is inevitable. The problem now is, how to die?

How could the tyrant lord be moody? What room can he leave for everyone?

What arises in the hearts of many people is endless despair.

Immediately afterwards, I saw students from the Donglin Army being ordered to enter the side hall where Emperor Tianqi was located, as if they were receiving some orders.

then……

These people came out one by one.

One of them came out with a knife, looked cold and shouted: "Come, take them all down. Your Majesty has an order. All of these are rebellious parties, and they are rebellious crimes for raiding the family and extermination of the clan."

When I heard the four words "Collection of the House and Extermination", some people felt dizzy and fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

So everyone stepped forward and took them all out without hesitation.

Some people shouted, "I'm wronged, I'm wronged, I'm just here to have a meal... I'm wronged..."

But no one paid attention to him.

Qian Qianyi felt that his legs were weak and could not stand up at all, but he had been picked up and pulled away.

He felt dizzy. Thinking of the fate of himself and his family, he immediately felt sad and an unprecedented fear filled his whole body.

He opened his mouth to say something...but it was already like a thorn in his throat, so... he had to cry and murmur, "They misled me, I misled me..."

Immediately, Qian Qianyi was thrown into a prison cell, which should be the prison in Nanjing. For the first time, he was in such a dark and humid environment. He stayed in fear all night and did not dare to sleep for a night. Then, he was taken out again.

At this time, Nanjing City seemed to be as good as before.

Except for the owners of the big households in the city who disappeared and never came back after drinking, for ordinary people, although many strangers appeared in the city, these people seemed to have no signs of invading the door and trespassing the house.

Therefore, after a little worry, everyone was just like before, and they were still doing what they should do.

And work has been carried out among the various guards in Nanjing.

All the soldiers in the guard gathered together, but did not give a lecture, but let everyone sit on the ground.

For example, in the Left Guard in Nanjing, Li Dingguo stood up first and said, "Everyone is a soldier who eats food, and has wives, children, and you are all military households for generations. When Emperor Taizu Gao was the Emperor, he ordered your ancestors to farm and guard here. I have checked the land of the Left Guard. The total is 370,000 mu. However, for various reasons, only 240,000 are left. I will ask you, do you still reclaim military fields on weekdays?"

Everyone looked timid and did not dare to say anything.

"Don't be afraid when speaking."

Finally someone whispered: "Tian is gone long ago."

"Where has the field gone?" Li Dingguo said loudly.

"The people above... took them away, they would rather rent them to the tenant..."

Li Dingguodao: "The court sent the field to everyone, why should they take it away?"

Everyone was silent again, and they dared not answer.

Li Dingguo took out the account and then said, "This is the food and salary paid by the court to the Zuowei in recent years. Let's say this year. This year, ordinary soldiers should get three taels and seven cents of silver, and two hundred and thirty-two kilograms of grain per person. In addition, there are seven feet of cloth... Are these in your hands?"

“…”

After a long silence, someone said, "No!"

“Where did these go again?”

In the crowd, someone suddenly said, "I was deducted by that bitch..."

Everyone burst into laughter, but quickly put away their laughter.

"Yes, it was deducted by those bastards." Li Dingguo cursed: "Those bastards were at the banquet yesterday. Their tables were full of wine and meat. I also know that the commander and Tongzhi, the bastards, had more than a dozen concubines in their family, and there were seventy or eighty servants in their house. Where did they come from? How many of you can ask for a wife, and how many... can keep the whole family from hungry?"

"There is a man named Liu Jiu. Liu Jiu wanted to escape from his hometown a few days ago, but was caught and beaten to death! Why did he run away? I have checked... It was because his mother was starved to death, why did he starve to death? He ate food and served in the army and worked for the court. Why did he even sell his life and his mother starved to death?"

Liu Jiu... Obviously, many of the people in the guard knew each other. When he was caught as a deserter, he was beaten to death when he came back, and everyone was sad.
Chapter completed!