This time, it is really impossible to explain it from any angle.
I remembered that just a few days ago, her father came to cry out about poverty and asked her to collect all the jewelry and give it to her father, but who knew that her father had more than 200,000 in cash alone!
Emperor Chongzhen was also shocked, but he was better than Empress Zhou because he heard Zhang Mingwei say that in the original history, Zhou Kui gave Li Thief a lot of money.
At this time, when he saw Queen Zhou's appearance, he made a conclusion: "Did you hear it? Where did their father and son get so much property? They all used the name of the palace to rob outside. How many people were harmed by this? Do you know how much public outrage there is?"
"Also, the national affairs are so critical, but they can't even spare a penny. Are they my relatives? Drinking the blood of the Ming Dynasty and adding chaos to the situation. This is no different from those corrupt officials. They are all digging at the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. . If I don’t deal with them, how can I deal with others? Do you think it’s more important, the Ming Dynasty, or the father and son?”
Queen Zhou certainly knew how short of money the imperial court was. Even the emperor's inner garment was torn and he was reluctant to change it, so she mended it with her own hands. At this point, we really have no money. However, her father has so much money, yet he still doesn't get a dime, and he still makes another fortune from her...
Thinking of this, Queen Zhou was completely speechless. He showed a sad and bitter smile and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I don't care!"
Seeing that she finally figured it out, Emperor Chongzhen comforted her and said to her: "Although your father has been expelled from Beijing, he will still have enough food and clothing after returning to his hometown. Don't worry about this."
After hearing this, Queen Zhou smiled bitterly again, and then asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Where is the prince? How about I go tell him! I haven't seen anyone else in the past few days."
"He has gone south and is not in the capital." Emperor Chongzhen replied after hearing this.
When Queen Zhou heard this, she was immediately surprised and said, "Ah, when did you go south, and why did you leave so suddenly?"
There wasn't even a farewell, which surprised her.
Emperor Chongzhen heard this and replied to her: "After the assassination of Mr., he suggested that Cixi go south secretly. With him attracting attention in the capital, it would be safer than going south by boat in public."
"This..." Upon hearing this, Queen Zhou couldn't help but become worried, and quickly asked, "Your Majesty, is there anyone who dares to be so bold as to do harm to the prince?"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said: "Now that the world is in chaos and people's hearts are corrupt, we have to prepare for the worst! If nothing else, once there is a conflict of interest, some people will do anything!"
Originally, he wanted to take Zhou Kui as an example. In the face of glory and wealth, he could betray even his own grandchildren, let alone others. But when the words came to my lips, I thought it would not irritate Queen Zhou and it would be difficult to say them, so I didn't say them.
When Queen Zhou heard this, she immediately became worried. For her now, her natal family had disappointed her so much that her whole heart was focused on the prince, so she said eagerly: "Your Majesty, if there is such a crisis outside, isn't Cixi in danger?"
"I have sent several loyal ministers to protect me, not only the imperial guards, but also the army, civil servants, etc. There may be danger, but not much." After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said with a little emotion, "Today's troubled times , as a prince, he always has to face it. As the gentleman said, if you don’t experience the wind and rain, how can you see the rainbow!"
"..." When Queen Zhou heard this, she immediately felt again how important your husband was to the emperor!
However, this thought passed away in a flash. Her mind was still on the prince, so she said worriedly: "Let Cixi stay with the husband and grow up, right? He is so young, he went to the south alone, and he is very capable. What?"
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was already a little impatient after talking so much. He immediately stood up and said, "Only if the prince goes to the south can we control the place! And what he has to do is very important and affects the Ming Dynasty." Life and death, this should be his responsibility, everything has been arranged for him, and it is only right to have the courage to do it. What I discuss most is the vegetarian meal with corpses!"
After saying that, he turned around and left the palace.
Wang Chengen never said a word from beginning to end and acted as a transparent person. Seeing that the emperor was about to leave, he quickly bowed to Queen Zhou and followed her away.
In the palace, only Queen Zhou was left in a daze, or a little scared. Because he heard that although there were very few cases of deposing the crown prince in the Ming Dynasty, it could almost be said that there was no such thing. But the emperor revealed at this time that if the prince was really useless, he might be replaced. Even though he didn't say it directly, it was enough to scare her.
…………
The four people who were killed with sticks outside the Meridian Gate were already dead. All civil and military officials were ordered to walk around the corpses on the ground before returning to their offices.
I have to say that the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, especially killing Zhou Bian, is very great.
Most of these civil and military officials had serious faces and said nothing, silently thinking about their thoughts.
As for the huge commotion outside the Meridian Gate, as they dispersed, the news spread to the capital.
Naturally, the people applauded this.
To them, the few people in the palace may not have much to do with them, but Zhou Bian's rampage in the capital was obvious to them.
"It's so satisfying. I didn't expect that the No. 1 tyrant in the capital would be here today!"
"Your Majesty, your sage, destroy your relatives for the sake of justice. Let's see who dares to bully men and dominate women in the future! Huh, the emperor even dealt with Zhou Bian, who has the courage to come out and try!"
"In troubled times, you should use heavy codes. Well, let's make it clear!"
"..."
But compared to them, when those noble relatives heard it, it was a bolt from the blue.
The reason why some of them encouraged Zhou Kui and his son to put these two idiots in front was because they felt that it was impossible for the emperor to punish the father and son. In this case, it would be difficult for the emperor to punish other people.
However, now the emperor not only punished him, but even killed Zhou Bian, which really shocked them!
"Your Majesty... you are so cruel!"
"The previous emperor didn't seem to be like this. I feel that it has something to do with that new person who came out!"
"Absolutely. Think about it. Ever since this person appeared, the emperor's temperament has changed drastically, right?"
"If this continues, how can we live like this?"
"Yes, if we don't get rid of this person, we won't be able to live like this!"
"..."
It’s definitely not just a few people who have this idea. Anyone with a discerning eye in the court would know what these changes were about the emperor.
Whether they hate Zhang Mingwei or not, of course they do, but it's not like they haven't thought of a way before. They even put aside their party struggles and joined forces to try to bring him down, but to no avail.
Zhang Mingwei, on the other hand, never expected that the emperor did not let him come forward during the whole incident, but in the end he was still hated.
Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care. To revive the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to change the distribution of interests without offending those with vested interests, which is simply impossible. Even if the cake becomes bigger, there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied.
Therefore, this killing thing will not stop. Killing these four with the stick now is just the beginning.
