Emperor Apocalypse was played with.

Although Emperor Tianqi is not as simple as Chongzhen in history, at least he knows that this world is not black and white, and everyone has their own thoughts.

But after witnessing such a trick, Emperor Aoki's heart was overturned.

Wei Shichun said: "Yesterday... I... I was at home, and suddenly the Jinyiwei entered the house, and then... I took my whole family..."

He even spoke intermittently and sometimes he was confused: "After that, I issued an imperial prison and tortured me. Zhou Zhenggang, the commander of the Jinyiwei,..."

Behind Emperor Tianqi, Zhou Zhenggang's eyes were already dark and he was almost fainting.

He fought with both sides, and finally his legs could not support him, so he sat down.

At this time, Wei Shichun continued, "Zhou Zhenggang personally interrogated, I don't know what happened, but they insisted on asking me, saying that I colluded with merchants and Jiannu people, and that I poisoned Your Majesty. How dare I admit such a serious crime? So I gritted my teeth and refused to admit it. I am in the cell... I am not as good as death. In the cell next door... my youngest son's scream came from this child... this child... this child... he is only seven years old, only seven years old... I am really as heartbroken..."

Emperor Aoki heard it, his eyes were already full of fire.

Wei Shichun said: "I thought to myself that Your Majesty will definitely make the decision for me. Therefore, although I was tortured, I still gritted my teeth and endured it. But... Later, I heard that Zhou Zhenggang said that Your Majesty had already determined that I was a traitor, and I was the tyrant of Xuancheng, and I was a magistrate. Since I issued an edict and had no intention of Your Majesty, who would dare to take anyone... At that time... I began to be discouraged, and because the torture became more and more intense, I heard that my son next door had fainted because of torture, and finally... had to confess his guilt..."

Emperor Aoki said: "You are not guilty, how can you admit it?"

"The confession... Zhou Zhenggang had already written it himself, and asked someone to read it in front of me, and answered it yes. If I say something wrong, they would take the iron-red pliers and pinch the meat of the minister..."

Emperor Aoki was already in a terrible way when he heard this.

Wei Shichun said: "In this way, they asked repeatedly for a night, more than thirty times. Sometimes... they would come to confirm to me repeatedly that if I answered wrong, I would be beaten again... I couldn't stand it anymore. I would rather hit me to death, rather jump into the river or hang myself, than to endure such torture. Therefore... I had nothing in my mind at that time, I felt empty, and I only knew that I had committed the sin of unforgivable..."

"Zhou Zhenggang..." Emperor Tianqi could no longer listen and shouted angrily.

But... there was no response.

Emperor Tianqi turned around and saw that Zhou Zhenggang was already in a slump on the ground, like a drunk person. Seeing His Majesty looking at him, he hurriedly lay down and said, "Your Majesty, I will die... This... This... I am also trying to investigate and punish the traitor, and I am loyal to my duties."

"Characterizes a deer as a horse, and turns black and white into black. This is what you call loyalty? You play my signature and frame loyalty. This is what you call loyalty?" Emperor Tianqi was so angry that he picked up the porcelain bottle in the corner of the hall, and then slapped his hand at Zhou Zhenggang's head.

With a clang...

The porcelain bottle hit Zhou Zhenggang's forehead and immediately shattered.

Zhou Zhenggang felt a sharp pain on his forehead. He let out a mom, subconsciously covering his bloody forehead, and then shouted: "It hurts...it hurts..."

"This is also called pain!" Emperor Tianqi suddenly felt ridiculous: "When you play my signature and frame the loyal and kind, have you ever thought about how you teach life is worse than death?"

"Ten Thousand Death..." Zhou Zhenggang didn't care about the pain, and even less could not care about the unstoppable blood on his forehead, and kowtowed hard.

His head hit the ground full of broken porcelain, adding a lot of new injuries to his forehead, and blood dripped down his forehead.

Zhou Zhenggang said, "Your Majesty, I have to do it. Your Majesty is poisoned and I am ordered to investigate. If I do not capture the murderer immediately, how can I explain it? I... I am just eager to make meritorious... As for the Wei family... many of the evidences pointed at them. What I thought at the beginning was that it was not them who was... This treacherous person was taken, which one was not against it? How could I admit it... I am just eager to make meritorious."

"What a desirable person." Emperor Tianqi said angrily: "If it were in the past, it would be fine. I would believe your words, but if you were only desirable for merit. Then what about Zhang Qing? Isn't Zhang Qing eager to make meritorious? Why can he catch the real murderer, but you only know how to frame the loyal and kind?"

Zhou Zhenggang: “…”

Zhou Zhenggang was completely speechless. Subconsciously, he looked at Zhang Jingyi resentfully.

Zhang Jingyi looked at him expressionlessly.

Emperor Tianqi continued: "I almost believed your nonsense. Not only did I wrongly accuse the loyal and kind, but I also almost let Zhu Chunchen get away with it, so that these evil people can continue to do evil without any scruples. You thief, still want to deny it now? Come and take it down for me..."

Several guards had already stepped forward. Zhou Zhenggang subconsciously wanted to get up, but was pressed down tightly and then dragged out.

Zhou Zhenggang shouted: "I'm wronged... I'm wronged..."

Emperor Tianqi ignored this, but looked back at Wei Shichun and sighed: "After all... this is my fault, I have raised a bunch of waste."

When he talked about the waste, he lit Tian Ergeng's hand.

Tian Ergeng was startled and hurriedly bowed: "I am dying, but... when I was investigating and handling the matter, I was worried about the safety of Your Majesty, so I stayed in the palace to serve Your Majesty. Although I left the palace, I was the commander of the Jinyiwei, and I needed to take charge of the overall situation and stay in the North Town Fushi Office to prevent the little dog from jumping over the wall. Therefore... I don't know anything about the imperial prison. It's all this damn Zhou Zhenggang. I almost fooled him. I asked to kill Zhou Zhenggang to serve as a warning to others."

Emperor Tianqi said viciously: "I don't know how many Zhou Zhenggang are among the Jinyiwei!"

Wei Zhongxian stood aside and watched the situation develop silently. At this time, he felt that he should have reacted.

So he immediately stepped forward and whispered to Emperor Tianqi: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because there are many people like Zhou Zhenggang that people like Xinxian Hou need to be purged, so that they can ensure that the personal army will not make any big mistakes. So... I suggest that Xinxian Hou immediately serve as the commander-in-chief. This time... the one who made contributions was Deng Jian, who took Zhu Chunchen, who was the deputy family. This person might as well be promoted to Xinxian Qianhou. By the way, Shang

The supervisor is of great importance and needs someone who can trust his seal. Admiral Zhang Shun can be appointed as supervisor Shang Shang. As for Zhu Chunchen, I think it would be better to hand it over to Qianhu in Xinxian County to deal with it. Zhou Zhenggang... the crime is unforgivable, and it should be a punishment. Tian Ergeng, the commander of the Jinyiwei, although this time it was not his full responsibility, but Zhou Zhenggang broke the law, and he could not refuse to blame him. He could immediately ask him to make up for his merits and sanction the Jinyiwei. If there is another next time, it would not be too late to ask for the crime."

When Tian Ergeng heard this, he knew that his godfather wanted to protect himself.

He couldn't help but take a look at his godfather with gratitude.

Wei Zhongxian didn't even look at him, and just thought in his heart that such a waste would only make him feel troubled and disgusted.

If the Jinyiwei had not had a great relationship and had no suitable and reliable candidate for the time being, he would have wanted to kick the waste to death.

After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi said, "What about the Wei family? What should I do if the Wei family suffered such a serious crime?"

"The Wei family has made contributions this time. Your Majesty can give some rewards..."

Emperor Tianqi snorted coldly before saying, "That's it."

Wei Zhongxian breathed a long sigh of relief.

After Emperor Tianqi said that, he helped Wei Shichun up and sighed: "This time...it is my fault after all. Your family will cure the wound first. When the wound is healed, I will tell you again. I will apologize to you..."

Wei Shichun was already filled with tears at this time and reluctantly saluted Emperor Tianqi: "Thank you... Your Majesty."

What Zhang Jingyi looked down upon most was that even though the dog emperor's minions hit the man, you still have to thank him if you turn your head.

Of course, due to the trend of the times, he had no choice.

Emperor Tianqi really felt guilty and ordered people to carry the chariot, asking the eunuchs to carry the chariot, and send Wei Shichun and others to the Imperial Hospital.

Then he sighed and returned to Qinzheng Hall.

He sat down, but looked depressed, and said to Zhang Jing who followed him: "Zhang Qing, this commander of the Jinyiwei...you do it. Now I only believe in you. If you report to me in the Jinyiwei, you can report to me in secret."

Zhang Jing nodded: "Abide by the order."

Emperor Tianqi sighed and said, "I didn't expect that this matter might be a case. Then Zhu Chunchen, I will leave it to you. You can find the result carefully. No matter who else is involved in this case, I must take it down. I can't keep these people anymore."

Before Zhang Jingyi could agree.

Emperor Tianqi suddenly remembered something and then said, "I heard from Deng Jian that the Zhu family discovered the trough, which was very large and filled with gold and silver... Over the past decade, the Zhu family has made huge profits by smuggling. I am afraid that the gold and silver are all his profits. You say... these silvers are probably 700,000 to 800,000."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't tell the exact amount, but only 700,000 to 800,000. Zhang Jingyi felt a little conservative, so he thought for a while and said, "I think it should be more than that. According to my expectations, there may be one or two million taels."

"So many!" Emperor Aoki couldn't help but be stunned.

You know, the annual income of the national treasury... is only a few million or tens of millions of taels!
Chapter completed!