Emperor Chongzhen returned to the East Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace and thought carefully about the investigation of the Imperial Village. He felt that the fire in the inner court should be burned brighter.

Taking advantage of the Jianlu invasion of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen reused Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and took advantage of the situation to adjust the twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus in the inner court.

Moreover, during his personal expedition, the inner court eunuchs headed by Cao Huachun and the Jin Yiwei headed by Luo Yangxing played a great role in checking and balancing the situation in the court.

Now that the sudden external troubles of the Ming Dynasty have disappeared, Emperor Chongzhen has returned to the court in triumph, and his political goals have also turned to the interior of the Ming Dynasty. He wants to check and balance the court. In addition to the outer court, the inner court is also a force.

This time to investigate the matter of Huangzhuang, Emperor Chongzhen used young eunuchs with clean family backgrounds and military eunuchs who had made meritorious deeds on the battlefield to build the Da Neixing Factory and Xiji Shi Factory, just to get to the bottom of it.

However, there is a group of people who need to be treated differently, and that is the group of eunuchs from the Twelve Supervisors, Four Divisions and Eight Bureaus of the Inner Court. Even if these people are involved, they cannot be simply killed.

In the inner study hall, the place where senior eunuchs are trained, before a group of young people who can be reused have been cultivated, Emperor Chongzhen still needs someone to support him in the inner court.

"Cao Banban, everyone in the inner court knows about the joint investigation of Huangzhuang by Neichang and Xichang." Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon throne, lifted his robe sleeves and looked at Cao Huachun, who was standing respectfully, with an indifferent tone. Said: "I want to ask Cao Banban, what are you thinking?"

Cao Huachun, whose heart was tense, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty did a wise thing. The Imperial Manor is originally the source of wealth for the inner court, but there are always..."

"I don't want to hear these high-sounding words."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said to Cao Huachun: "Cao Banban, were you involved before this? There are also the twelve eunuchs, four divisions and eight bureaus of the inner court. Are those eunuchs involved?

I want to hear the truth, and this is the only chance I give you. If Cao Banban still bullies me now, and if he really finds out something by then, don’t blame me for being ruthless."

Cao Huachun was kneeling on the ground, sweating on his body. To be honest, he was indeed involved, but he did not receive any money, but he had a lot more land in his name.

"Your Majesty, this slave deserves death! His crime deserves death!"

Cao Huachun, who was frightened, kowtowed frequently and confessed: "This slave... was blinded by lard for a while, and collected hundreds of acres of high-quality water to irrigate the land. Your Majesty, I am thinking..."

Emperor Chongzhen, who knew the character of the late Ming Dynasty, was not surprised by what Cao Huachun said. It could even be said that he was not disturbed at all.

However, in order to hit Cao Huachun and make it become a knife in his own hand, Emperor Chongzhen stood up, pretending to be indignant, and walked quickly towards Cao Huachun.

"Bang!"

Emperor Chongzhen raised his foot and kicked Cao Huachun, pointed his sword eyebrows at the kicked Cao Huachun, and shouted sternly: "I trust you so much in vain!"

"You are also an old man who follows me. You know clearly that there is a thief here in Huangzhuang, and you don't want to share my worries, but you dare to do such a thing behind my back.

Shame on you!

You are also an old man who trusts the palace. You have only been working in the inner court for a long time. I trusted you so much before and asked you to handle cases. I didn't expect that you would contract such a problem.

Is it because I didn’t create the inner factory and the west factory this time, mobilize a large number of factory personnel to dispatch, and take action against the imperial village under the name of the inner court, and you still keep hiding it from me?"

Facing Emperor Chongzhen's rebuke, Cao Huachun, who was kicked down, hurriedly lay on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy, with runny nose and tears, and his heart was filled with fear.

Just as Emperor Chongzhen said, if there had not been a joint action between Neichang and Xichang this time to attack the imperial village under the name of the inner court, Cao Huachun would definitely not have said this.

No matter where you are, there is a set of rules of the game that it adheres to. This is true for the outer court, and the same is true for the inner court. For example, the imperial palace bribes the eunuchs of the inner court, this is the default thing.

"Just this once, never happen again."

Seeing Cao Huachun who was kowtowing frequently to beg for mercy, Emperor Chongzhen stood with his hands hanging down and said coldly: "If you dare to do something like this happen again, I will never spare you lightly.

Spit out all the greedy things to me, write them down in detail, and submit them to me. In addition, pay a crime silver to Wang Banban, who is responsible for this matter, and get twenty sticks for yourself."

"My servant thanks you for not killing me."

Cao Huachun, who felt a sense of survival after a disaster, kowtowed with tears and tears to thank him. He thought he was going to die this time, but he didn't expect that his own prince would spare him.

However, if you want to win the trust of your own emperor again, you must perform well, otherwise your end will definitely not be better.

"Get up." Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, looked at Cao Huachun and said: "There are two errands for you to do right now. One is to talk to the people from the 12th Supervisor, 4th Division and 8th Bureau, and everyone involved will be involved.

If so, take this as a standard and submit a memorial to me secretly, receive the penalty, and pay the crime settlement silver.

Another person, in the name of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, allows people from the Twelve Supervisors, Four Departments and Eight Bureaus of the Inner Court to report and expose, and if it is found to be true, the whistleblower can enter the inner study hall. Anyone who dares to make false accusations will be beaten to death!"

"..."

Cao Huachun's face changed drastically. His royal prince acted like this, obviously because he wanted to protect the elders and eliminate the younger ones. On the inner court, he used the review of the imperial village to launch a comprehensive purge.

Looking at Cao Huachun leaving and Emperor Chongzhen standing with his hands hanging down, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. After this incident, the inner court was completely purged and the connection with the outer court was completely severed.

As for those middle and low-level eunuchs who were involved in this matter, those who were not mentioned will be executed after being found out as a warning to others.

As for those guys like Cao Huachun who were being pulled by their pigtails, they had no other choice but to serve themselves with all their lives.

Cao Huachun and the others would never do such stupid things as joining together in secret to plot against themselves, and they even risked their lives to protect themselves.

It's not easy to climb to a high position in the inner court. Only if your head is kicked, you will do such a stupid thing.

"Fortunately, I have loyal eunuchs like Wang Cheng'en and Fang Zhenghua by my side." Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Otherwise, it would be a bit too simple and crude to purge the inner court and tidy up the imperial palace like this."

It was clumsy, but after this incident, the connection between the inner court and the outer court was completely severed.'

Daming, who is in such a bad situation, must be cruel enough when he should be ruthless, but sometimes, he cannot kill blindly. After all, if everyone is killed, who will do things for him?

The inner court is a force that checks and balances the court. A weak inner court does not meet the political goals of Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, it is enough to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys and completely take over the power of the inner court. As for the middle and low-level eunuchs who have no use value, they are dead.
Chapter completed!