Chapter 286 Chen Yan’s repentance, acting skills +2, Ming Dynasty Imperial Master

With this strong support, several governors can at least ensure that the military households are fed, thereby suppressing the refugees and rebels, and temporarily stabilizing the chaos in the world.

Just hold it steady for a short period of time. Only when Chongzhen has developed the clean strength at the bottom of his hand can he start the real flat push.

Sun Chuanting and several ministers who knew the inside story reacted after hearing what Chongzhen said about the imperial master. These governors were probably going to be intimidated, and some of the disobedient people might die.

"Sun Chuanting."

"I'm here."

"Send a report to Hong Chengchou of Liaodong, and the Royal Army Liaodong Military Region will draw two regiments back and station them in Shanxi and Henan provinces.

Cooperate with the governors of the two provinces and the general soldiers of various regions to establish a grain transportation support base for two provinces and one Beijing.

Henan, Shanxi, and Zhili will then form China Unicom to support follow-up disaster relief arrangements for Shaanxi, Shandong, and Huguang provinces."

But when this arrangement reached the ears of the ministers in the palace, it turned into a naked tightening of power without any concealment.

Zhili is now starting to reform. With the capabilities of the Royal Army, if it is really stationed in Henan and Shanxi, it will instantly affect the two provinces.

Chongzhen's current power is terrifying when you think about it. Without the border troubles, more than 100,000 Liaodong Guard soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Zhili Guard soldiers can all kill to the south at any time.

The key thing is that these guard soldiers are now all controlled by the Royal Army. The general is drinking tea alone, and a broadcast system is installed below to quickly gather the morale of the army.

The era of domination over the world is really coming.

"I will discuss the corresponding details in each province with the National Preceptor and the Cabinet Committee, and the Ministry of Revenue will organize the payment of food and wages as soon as possible.

In addition, since I have won this great victory, I should bring my relatives and family members to worship my ancestors. The Ministry of Rites will go to the clan mansion and summon the princes from all over the world to come to Beijing to meet with me, worship my ancestors with me, and pray that our Ming Dynasty will be peaceful and peaceful, and that there will be no more wars."

"I have received the edict, Your Majesty, when should the term be due? What should I do if it is a long way and it is inconvenient to come to the capital?"

"Well, let's decide that the period will be after one month, and I will send a helicopter to pick them up."

Chongzhen thought for a moment. Chen Ye has been learning to fly a helicopter recently. Anyway, he is not afraid of the helicopter falling. He learns it very casually. When the time comes, he can just use the helicopter to pull it.

After continuing to improve the details of the disaster relief arrangements, Chongzhen looked at Wang Fan Fucui. When their eyes met, Fan Fucui nodded and walked out.

"Your Majesty, Chen Yan has a secret memorial to present."

"Chen Yan? I remember, he is not in good health, so I ordered him to rest at home? Why is there a report suddenly? Hand it over, I will take a look."

Several cabinet members knew more or less that what was about to happen was a case that would shock the Ming Dynasty.

But the imperial censors didn't know about the lower-level ministers, lieutenants, and generals on duty, so these officials from the fourth to sixth grades looked at Chongzhen curiously, wanting to see Chongzhen's reaction.

Regarding Chen Yan's retirement, everyone actually knows what happened. Because he was disobedient, he was persuaded to go home, half-retire and half-temporary.

But it's one thing to know, and it's another thing not to tell the truth.

I saw Fan Fucui passing a bamboo tube sealed with lacquer and wax to Chongzhen through Wang Chengen.

Chongzhen on the desk opened the bamboo tube and took out a folded piece of paper. After looking at it for a few times, he slapped the table hard.

"Fan Aiqing, Sun Aiqing."

"I'm here."

"Does your family also receive donations? Do you pay taxes and grains according to the fixed amount of the household for your family's land?

Do the servants in your house pay their taxes themselves, or do you pay them for them, or is it shared by the common people?

How much land does your family have?"

Chongzhen's sudden words and the anger on his face caused the ministers below to burst into an uproar.

They could not have imagined that with such a powerful secret letter, the current Grand Master would report on two other powerful Grand Masters at the same time. Was he not afraid of death? He was so brave!

Sun Chuanting and Fan Fucui took a step forward, joined hands and bowed to explain, and followed the procedures for self-defense and self-evidence.

Chongzhen also showed some doubts and looked at Li Daiwen.

"Li Aiqing, the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of money and taxation. Do you know about this? Do you two have any bad conduct?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know. The Ministry of Household Affairs collects taxes according to the system. I think there will be no problem."

"That's strange. Chen Yan reported in his memorial that over the years, his whole family had secretly donated more than 9,000 acres of land. Over the past ten years, he had paid a total of nearly 40,000 taels of silver in underpaid taxes.

So he felt guilty and wanted to return the tax money to the Ministry of Revenue. No taxes were paid on 9,000 acres of land, and there were hundreds of handymen. How could the Ministry of Revenue not have any news? "

"This...this...Your Majesty, I don't know, but I think he is an official from the local Ministry of Household Affairs. You are afraid of his power, so you took the initiative to remove him?"

I will investigate this matter after I leave the court, and the relevant officials will be severely punished."

Li Daiwen's answer aroused the praise of the courtiers below, how impeccable it was, this is professionalism.

"Really? But he also said that he wanted to impeach the court officials for their misconduct, corruption and bribery, misappropriation of civilian and military land and official land, malicious tax evasion, false reporting of natural disasters, and forced collection of miscellaneous taxes.

Among those impeached are Fan Fucui, Sun Chuanting, you, Liu Zeshen... the censor of Zuodu, the doctor of the censor..."

When the ministers and censors first heard about the impeachment of Fan Fucui, Sun Chuanting still watched the show, but when the list of names was read to them, they instantly became furious.

"Your Majesty! I have been wronged! I am impeaching Chen Yan, an old thief who formed a clique for personal gain!"

"I am impeaching Chen Yan, who is so old that he still has a new concubine at home!"

"Chen shows that a villain's heart is in the heart of a gentleman. I ask you to reduce his fame."

"I second the proposal!"

The court had not been so lively for a long time, and the ministers who were furious began to impeach Chongzhen.

Evading taxes, occupying government land, and offering shelter are the foundation of everyone's family and a tacit plan to make money.

Officials of the Manchu Dynasty all contributed more or less and were tax-free. They were truly completely clean and incorruptible. They only relied on their dead wages. At least none of you here had rich families. What could they do with just the royal court's dead wages? It was just enough for a family.

Have a full meal.

Chen Yan brought this matter up and blamed everyone. You are not only brave, you are not afraid of death.

Isn't this turning the table? Isn't it just that I've been neglecting you recently? Isn't it that I got some benefits from your family?

Isn't it a rule from ancient times that people take tea to cool off? Isn't this how you used to benefit out-of-power officials when you were in power?

"Stop!!! Hahaha, it's really funny."

After Chongzhen stopped the ministers, he laughed loudly. The officials below looked at Chongzhen's smile, but they couldn't guess what Chongzhen was laughing about.

"I heard that Chen Yan has an extremely twisted personality, takes bribes seriously, and has a rich family fortune.

Nowadays, a corrupt official who accepts bribes impeaches the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty. What is he doing? Is he saying that Sun Aiqing is corrupt or Fan Aiqing is corrupt?

Someone, tell him to get over here! Tell everyone clearly what is going on in person."

"Your Majesty, I think this is nonsense while it is being performed and should not be adopted. I will send you to prison for strict investigation."

"I second the proposal!"

Seeing that Li Daiwen, the Minister of Finance, did not express his position, the Minister of Hubu stepped forward to make suggestions, and the remaining censors also stepped forward to respond.

But we can't let Chen Yan come over and give Chongzhen more opportunities to ask. As long as Chen Yan is in jail, there will be more room for maneuver.

Later, I guarantee that his death will be natural, his death will be satisfying, and his death will be known to everyone by his stench.

"Do you think my words are useless? I said, call him to confront him, call him in!"

Chongzhen suddenly raised his voice, and several of the ministers and censors who responded immediately stopped speaking. They did not dare to say more, for fear that Chongzhen would pick up the microphone and use 360-degree sound surround again.

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Yan, dressed in rags and with disheveled hair, walked into Fengtian Hall with a solemn expression. The ministers on both sides were staring at him under the green light, but suddenly everyone was stunned.

They never imagined that Chen Yan would have such a dignified appearance, as if he was...

Thinking of this, everyone's hearts trembled. Looking at Chongzhen, who was angry but very calm on the high plane, they felt a sudden realization in their hearts.

Yes, Chongzhen is now in power. He has stabilized nearly half of the world's military power, and even has a nearly invincible royal army.

The nine thousand Royal Army killed 20,000 slaves and captured 60,000 in one month. Only 180 of them died. Who in the world can resist this achievement?

There are currently tens of thousands of people directly under the Royal Army, and tens of thousands more in Liaodong. They don't know the exact number, but it is certain that the total number will not be less than 100,000.

More importantly, the Royal Army was directly under the jurisdiction of Chongzhen. The rice they ate, the meat they ate, and the military coupons and silver coins they issued were all paid for by Chongzhen himself.

There is also that little black box and that radio station. Chongzhen cannot hide the troubles anywhere in Zhili. With an order from Chongzhen, even if all the commanders of the Royal Army rebel, they can still bring order to the chaos.

So at this time Chongzhen wanted to take action on the world's taxation and reform, would they have the ability to resist?

This is still an excuse. If the emperor is not particular about it, he will say it directly.

"Chen Yan! I just heard from Fan Qing that you had a plan to report, but the result was to impeach the court officials and slander all ministers.

What are your intentions? Who instructed you?

Also, why are you so impressive that you don’t even know how to clean up when I see you? Wang Chengen, what do you do for food?"

"Your Majesty! Please do not blame others. This image I have is caused by my severing ties with my family and dispersing my family wealth.

I am so ashamed, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I have been deeply favored by the Emperor, but yet I have done all kinds of bad things. As an official, I have not benefited the people, but I have exploited them as much as possible. I am so ashamed!"

Chen Yan knelt on the ground, bursting into tears, and began to describe what he had done over the years, including accepting bribes, getting acquainted with the society, fighting against dissenters, asking for benefits, occupying official land, and forcibly paying the labor tax.

All the officials present could hear their hearts beating. Although a few people in the Cabinet Committee knew the plot, they didn't know such a detailed speech.

Looking at Chongzhen, even Sun Chuanting wanted to know how Chongzhen did it and made Chen Yan obedient to come out as the scapegoat.
To be continued...