"Your Majesty, I have made a big mistake, please punish me!"
As soon as Li Ruolian entered Dongnuan Pavilion, she immediately knelt down and put her forehead on the ground.
"Blunder?"
Chongzhen raised his hand and asked curiously: "Get up and talk. What happened?"
"Your Majesty, Kong Shangda is dead. During the execution, Kong Shangda fainted in the middle of the execution. He poured cold water on him to wake him up and continued the execution.
After all, he is a member of the Kong family, so I decided to send him to Tai Hospital without permission.
As a result, news just came from over there that Kong Shangda was too seriously injured. In addition, he heard about the abolition of the Qufu County Magistrate and the smashing of the plaque of the Confucius Palace. He couldn't even breathe, he was so angry! "
"If you die, just die. What a big deal!"
Chongzhen didn't care: "Zhou Yuji and the others haven't set off yet. Let them take Kong Shangda's body back and tell Zhou Yuji that he died of anger, not you who beat him to death."
"But, after all, that is the master of the Kong family who controls the Wenshang Confucian Temple. The Kong family..."
"Didn't you dare to speak out in Huangji Palace today? Why are you so timid now?"
Chongzhen smiled: "Kong Shangda is so angry that he is so young. What does it have to do with you? Let's just deal with this matter."
"Also, we have to find a way to solidify the issue of the impure blood of the Kong family. By the way, we will send someone to Quzhou to secretly contact the people in Nankong."
"I understand!"
After responding, Li Ruolian hesitated for a moment and said softly: "Your Majesty, it is... Zhu Chunchen's family members, a total of 238 people, have all been imprisoned.
A total of more than three million taels of cash were copied, nearly one million taels of various antiques, calligraphy and painting manors, and 861 hectares of farmland. All of these and so on have been handed over to the internal funds.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, anyone who collaborates with the enemy will have the entire clan punished, but..."
Chongzhen waved his hand and fell into deep thought. He knew what Li Ruolian wanted to say next.
First, Zhu Chunchen’s wife is the daughter of Emperor Wanli, and is still his aunt based on seniority.
Killing or not killing, at this juncture of dealing with the Kong Mansion, it is easy to be caught and cause trouble.
Secondly, before his death, Zhu Chunchen made evidence that only he and Li Ruolian knew about, and contributed to Chongzhen's suppression of the Confucian government. This feeling cannot but be acknowledged!
PS: According to the data, Zhu Chunchen was the consort, but after checking the information, Zhu Chunchen was not among the forty-five consorts in the Ming Dynasty. Let’s call her Princess An Ning!
After thinking for a while, Chongzhen stared at Li Ruolian: "Let's take the baggage instead of Tao Zhanzhi. Princess An Ning and her son will be secretly escorted to the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum.
Tell King Dai to keep an eye on them. If something goes wrong, he will stay in Fengyang for the rest of his life!
Warn Princess An Ning that if the news is leaked, I will execute her son Ling Chi!
If you perform well, you might not be able to be an ordinary person in the future! "
"I will make arrangements now!"
After receiving the clear instructions, Li Ruolian breathed a sigh of relief, saluted and turned to leave.
Looking at Li Ruolian leaving, Chongzhen sighed. This was not a compromise, but a return of Zhu Chunchen's favor.
Without Zhu Chunchen's last words, it would have taken at least three to five years for him to suppress the Kong family.
"Pass on Li Banghua and Liu Zongzhou!"
After a while, the two entered Dongnuan Pavilion.
"It's so late, what do you two ladies want?"
Li Banghua looked at Liu Zongzhou: "Master Liu, speak first!"
Liu Zongzhou did not refuse and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the award ceremony has been prepared.
The Qintian Supervisor has chosen three days: the eighth, the fifteenth and the eighteenth of August. I sincerely request your Majesty to designate the time for the ceremony! "
After hearing this, Chongzhen tapped the dragon case gently with his fingers. The reward was a big deal, something that all the soldiers in this battle were looking forward to.
But Chongzhen wanted to see if he could come up with a new military merit system before the award ceremony, and he also took this opportunity to put the Ming Dynasty Martial Arts Lecture Hall on the agenda.
Secondly, the white pole soldiers, warrior camp, Beijing camp, etc. are still in the grassland. It is estimated that it will take ten days and a half to return to Beijing.
After thinking for a while, Chongzhen said: "Today is the second day of August, so let's make it the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The rewards are over, I will enjoy the moon together with the soldiers! Inform Guanglu Temple to negotiate with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War to prepare a banquet! "
"I obey the decree!"
Liu Zongzhou saluted and left.
Chongzhen came out from behind the Long Case: "What did Li Aiqing do?"
"Your Majesty, since the Ming Dynasty Daily published the battle report of the Longjingguan battle yesterday, the entire city of Beijing has been in discussion, with arguments and fights happening from time to time.
The people petitioned the court one after another to lift the city gates and allow entry and exit to resume.
The minister thought that the city gate had been closed for more than half a month. Although there was turnover of imperial reserves in the city, the burden was quite heavy.
The war is over, I beg your Majesty to order the city gates to be opened and normal order restored! "
"Give Dongchang and the Inspectorate some buffer time to go to Qufu, and open the city gate at noon the day after tomorrow!"
"I obey the decree!"
"Li Aiqing, be prepared when you return and start reorganizing the capital camp after the award ceremony!"
Li Banghua was shocked, and a stern look flashed in his eyes, but then he whispered: "Your Majesty, there are many nobles in the capital, and the interests are complicated. Are you mature now?"
"Don't worry, I won't fight an unprepared battle, just prepare yourself!"
"I obey the decree!"
After a few more instructions, Li Banghua left.
After Chongzhen returned to Long'an, he began to review the edicts abolishing the Qufu County Magistrate and amnesty to the world. After reviewing these, the sky had darkened.
Less than half an hour later, Zhou Yuji took the edict and rushed out from the Tengxiang Youwei camp with more than a hundred cavalry. After leaving the city, he took advantage of the moonlight and headed south.
A quarter of an hour after the cavalry left, a convoy of seven or eight carriages, escorted by twenty or thirty sergeants, also pursued the cavalry along the route.
Early the next morning, the people of Beijing were waiting early on the road to sell the Ming Dynasty Daily. Yesterday, the news of Kong Shangda's thirty-thirty stick in front of the Meridian Gate had spread throughout the capital.
Who is Kong Shangda? That was the controller of the Wenshang Confucian Temple of the Confucius family, second only to Yan Shenggong in the entire Confucius family.
What happened? Your Majesty would punish such a famous master in public?
Amid everyone's expectations, the child holding the Ming Dynasty Daily came out.
After a lot of crowding, the newspapers were quickly sold out, but the entire capital was also engulfed in an uproar.
"Damn it, what do you mean? Daming Daily is always making headlines, doesn't it claim to be able to get any news?
What about old master Kong Shangda? Why were the family members of Duke Chengguo taken away? "
"Haha, do they dare to take care of the Kong family's affairs? They must be slapped in the face this time!"
"You've been waiting for a long time, and now these trivial things come out?"
"If you want to make money, this is not the way to make money. Sure enough, businessmen are all evil-hearted!"
"It's time to go, let's do what we have to do!"
…
The common people could only complain a few times, but they would not dare to take any more actions.
They didn't know that at this moment, the founder of Daming Daily was gathering his ministers to prepare for something big enough to overturn the literary world.
