No, he must grit his teeth and hold on. He wants to see who can't stand it first and who gives in first.
As long as he can get out alive this time, he will guarantee with his life that he will definitely kill Zhu Changwu and use today's punishment a hundred times a thousand times on him.
The torture continued, and the people of Jinyiwei were still very efficient in their work. After a while, Wang Dehua's screams continued to be heard in the interrogation room.
"Sir, Eunuch Wang Chengen is here." While Zhu Changwu was sitting on a chair watching the show, Sun Chuang came to the interrogation room and whispered as he came closer.
"What is he here for? Is he so impatient?" Zhu Changwu thought Wang Chengen was here to ask about the results, so he was a little upset.
You have clearly said that you will give all the power to yourself, but you still have to interfere in everything. Isn't this just talking without keeping it?
No, if this is the case, he still has to talk to Chongzhen. By the way, he also had to talk to the empress. At that time, she promised herself that she wanted to persuade Chongzhen, so she couldn't ignore it. Zhu Changwu stood up and then started walking outside. Then he saw Wang Chengen who had entered the dungeon.
"Xiao Enzi, why are you so impatient?" As soon as they met, Zhu Changwu couldn't help but start complaining.
Wang Chengen was stunned by these words, and then he realized that Zhu Changwu had misunderstood him, so he turned his head and said: "Master Zhu, this time our family is following His Majesty's order to give you a gift."
"Giving it away?" Zhu Changwu looked suspicious.
"This, Lord Zhang Jinyan, Minister of War, has just gone to see His Majesty and said that the new weapons in the Ming Dynasty's army should be placed under the unified management of the Ministry of War. Your Majesty thought about it and asked your opinion on this matter, so let me Our family has sent someone here.”
Wang Chengen quickly explained the cause of the matter clearly, and then said without looking back: "Our mission has been completed, let's leave now."
He really didn't want to stay here, and those small favors on the left and small favors on the right made him really upset.
But he didn't have the slightest idea. Even Long Live Master seemed to have acquiesced in this title, so what else could he say.
Of course, Wang Chengen is also a person who has an overall view of the situation. He knows very well that the current Ming Dynasty cannot do without Zhu Changwu, so he can only accept what the other party says now. Then all he can do is stay away, out of sight.
Wang Chengen came and left even faster, and immediately exposed Zhang Jinyan here.
After Wang Chengen was gone, the two of them looked at each other, and then Zhu Changwu spoke, "Zhang Shangshu, right? If you want new weapons, come over and take a look first."
"Oh, okay." Zhang Jinyan did not doubt that he had it, so he followed Zhu Changwu toward the interrogation room with square steps.
Originally, Zhang Jinyan thought that all the new weapons were hidden here. He was still thinking, no wonder he didn't know about this batch of weapons before. It was no wonder that they were kept in a place like this. But as he walked further and further into the interrogation room, he felt something was wrong.
He was even more confused when he entered and saw someone being tied to a stake and being tortured.
Looking carefully, when he found out that the man being tortured was Wang Dehua, the factory owner of Dongchang, he almost turned to stone.
What a situation this is, what a situation it is.
The factory boss, the factory minister in Chongzhen's eyes, was a person of absolute trust, but now he was being tortured. The terrible thing is, he also came in. What is he going to do?
When Zhang Jinyan was still thinking about what was going on, Zhu Changwu was looking at him with a smile, and then said to Sun Chuang beside him: "Go and wait, isn't there an empty stake there? Tie it up."
At this moment, Zhu Changwu had already recalled Zhang Jinyan.
In history, this man is also a rebellious minister. It was yesterday, March 19 of the Jiashen year. It was probably him who opened the Zhengyang Gate after the thieves broke into the inner city of the capital, causing the imperial city to fall.
In history, the evaluation of Zhang Jinyan is that corrupt Confucianism harmed the country. Zhu Changwu deeply believed in this point.
That is to say, to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, you need to know the military affairs, and you even need to have been on the battlefield, fought in battles, and led troops. You need to know what the soldiers need. Now it is wrong to let a scholar hold this position.
Isn’t it enough to talk about Zhao Kuo’s example on paper?
What if you add a Ma Su?
But even with this history, future emperors would still make such mistakes in hiring people. It would be strange if he did not fail.
Thinking of who Zhang Jinyan was, Zhu Changwu was naturally not polite and began to prepare to torture him.
Zhang Jinyan had never seen this formation before. He just thought he was going to receive new weapons. But now, he was going to be tortured. This was completely different. Even the result that the eight poles could not be hit made him pale and at the same time, his eyes were fast. He stared, "No, what are you doing? I am Zhang Jinyan, I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, and I am the second-rank minister of the current dynasty. What do you want to do?"
"I'm still in the first grade. Stop talking nonsense and tie me up." Zhu Changwu said with no face at all at this moment.
The Crown Prince and Young Master are indeed from the first rank, but that is just a title and has no real power. In real comparison, its influence and power are far inferior to that of a minister.
But more than half level is more than half level. Seriously speaking, Zhu Changwu is not wrong in saying this.
Zhang Jinyan still wanted to struggle, but he didn't have the strength to restrain a chicken. How could he be the opponent of a tall man like Sun Chuang? Soon, he was tied up, and laughter came from around him.
"Zhang Shangshu, how do you feel? Haha, you must have some backbone and don't let the eunuchs you usually look down on compete with you?"
These words came exactly from Wang Dehua's mouth.
Originally, he was the only one who was tied up here and tortured, so he was still a little lonely.
He even thought that no matter how good he performed, no one could see it, and it would be somewhat meaningless.
Now, he has a companion, and he is also a minister, which immediately made Wang Dehua happy.
Someone was laughing at him. Normally, Zhang Jinyan would have retaliate, but now, he couldn't care less. At this moment, he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul. Especially when he saw a guard in Jinyi walking towards him with a bamboo stick as long as a small arm and as thick as a chopstick, he shouted in horror, "No, don't come over, or I will report it to the emperor. You will be punished for your sins and serious crimes.”
"Yeah, another one who can't tell the difference."
Zhu Changwu found that he was already immune to such words, so he simply closed his eyes slowly and hummed a tune to relax his tense nerves.
"ah!"
A cry of pain came from Zhang Jinyan's mouth.
It is said that ten fingers are connected to the heart. When the bamboo stick pierces the skin from under the nail, the pain cannot be described in words.
Think about it, we usually pierce a small thorn in our hands, and we still sweat from the pain. When something as long as a bamboo stick penetrates into the skin, you can imagine how much more painful it is.
"Ah! Don't use torture, I say, I say, I say everything."
A rotten scholar will always be a rotten scholar. This has just begun, but he couldn't stand it anymore and surrendered directly.
Zhang Jinyan was convinced so quickly, which was beyond Zhu Changwu's expectation. He originally thought that he would be a tough guy, but now it seems that he is really far worse than even a castrated guy.
"Okay, since you want to say it, I'll give you a chance to say it." Zhu Changwu opened his eyes again, looked at Zhang Jinyan and asked with vigour.
"I said, it's just what you asked me to say." Zhang Jinyan was really scared, but he didn't know what the young man in front of him wanted.
"Tell me all the things you have committed since you were a child. Remember, if you pull one off, and you are found out later, you will know that regret is easy to write but hard to do." Zhu Changwu's voice was serious. The meaning of warning.
"Oh, yes." Zhang Jinyan nodded, very cooperative.
He really didn't expect that just trying to hand over the ownership of the new weapons to the Ministry of War would lead to such a big disaster. Now he hates Wang Zhi in his heart. Of course, he is also afraid to death of the young man in front of him.
Who the fuck is this?
He said he would use torture. He didn't know that he was the Minister of the Ministry of War and the minister of the country.
Just thinking about it on the other hand, Wang Dehua's status on the side was not lower than his own, and even higher, but he was also tied up here and tortured. He knew that it was impossible to muddle through. He couldn't stand these instruments of torture, so he simply confessed honestly.
Even if you say you will die, at least you won't have to suffer these tortures, right?
Zhang Jinyan began to explain, just as Zhu Changwu asked, he started talking about the bad things he did when he was a child. For example, when he was seven years old, he secretly watched his aunt take a bath, until in the afternoon, the eunuch Wang Zhixin came to the house to find out about him.
Zhang Jinyan didn't dare to hide anything. He was really afraid. Didn't he see that next to him, Wang Dehua, who was tied up, had already begun to suffer from Ling Chi?
Every time the knife went down, a piece of flesh would be cut off. The sight of it made his liver tremble. How could he dare not tell the truth?
Zhang Jinyan did it so quickly and even revealed Wang Zhixin, which shocked Wang Dehua, who was being cut off at the side. He didn't expect that Zhang Jinyan was so cowardly and incompetent that he would actually tell everything.
"Wang Zhixin, the richest eunuch?" At this moment, Zhu Changwu also thought of this person.
"Yes, sir." Sun Chuang quickly came up and said.
"Very good, go find this person immediately and bring him over." Zhu Changwu said with a happy face.
Since he is called the richest eunuch, it goes without saying that he must be very rich, and money is exactly what he needs now. Of course, Han Xin orders troops, the more the better.
