Several nobles knelt on the cold ground below the lobby, but they felt sweaty, sweating on their foreheads, and they didn't even dare to take a breath.

Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian also tried to defend himself, but Chongzhen was obviously not interested in his explanation, and he asked the only soldier who had just been on duty at the gate to be called in.

Li Zhongqi walked into the lobby with the cloak that Chongzhen put on him in both hands, and then knelt down in the hall and raised the cloak above his head, and said excitedly: "Villain Li Zhongqi, thank you for Your Majesty's undressing, now that the villain is on duty, I have come to return His Majesty's cloak." ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the soldier and found that the soldier had been replaced with a half-new cotton jacket at this time.

He waved his hand, stopping one of the eunuchs from stepping forward to take the cloak. Zhu Youzhen, who originally had a straight face, changed into a pleasant expression and said to Li Zhongqi.

"Li, Sergeant Li, right? Keep the cloak, it's not just a reward for your devotion to your duty, I want you to remember the cold and freezing feeling you've been subjected to today.

I thought that if you had ever felt this way, you would be better able to understand the pain of those fellow guards and soldiers. Are you willing to assist Wang Shide, a thousand households in Jinyi, to check the distribution of food and winter clothes for the guards in Beijing? ”

"Your Majesty's generous gift, the villain does not dare to accept it arrogantly, and the villain is willing to accept His Majesty's orders and assist the Lord of Qianhu in doing things." Li Zhongqi felt as if a fire was burning in his heart, and the freezing feeling of being outside the door before was like an ice cave was now gone.

Listening to Li Zhongqi's loud answer, Zhu Youzhen finally became more cheerful, and he smiled and ordered.

"The avant-garde sergeant Li Zhongqige has fulfilled his duties, and is now transferred to Jinyi Wei to serve as a small banner, assisting Wang Shide of Jinyi Thousand Households in handling affairs, and checking the food and winter clothes distribution of various guards in Beijing."

Checking the distribution of food and winter clothes for the guards in Beijing is definitely not a good thing for these nobles who do not care about things on weekdays, but rely on deducting military salaries to fill their families.

Therefore, after the nobles present made eye contact for a while, Xue Lian, the Marquis of Yangwu, had to step forward and admonish Chongzhen stubbornly: "Your Majesty, the governor's mansion of these five armies is in accordance with the ancestral system, and it is not possible to unify the powers. Your Majesty wants to thoroughly investigate the distribution of food and winter clothes for each guard, and it is better to ask the experience department of each governor's office to inspect it by itself, so that there is no need to mobilize the people so much, and there is no need to violate the ancestral system. ”

"Ancestry? According to the ancestral system, isn't the governor's office of the five armies practicing military law? According to the military law of 17 prohibitions and 54 beheadings, how many heads will the governor's mansion of these five armies lose today? Since you think that the ancestral system is great, and I don't mind using the ancestral system, then Yang Wuhou will enforce military law for me. Where is Wang Shide? Zhu Youzhen suddenly became furious.

Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng and other nobles suddenly fell to their knees in fright again, and did not dare to continue to speak.

Wang Shide hurriedly walked to the front of the hall, and after saluting Zhu Youzhen, he promised loudly: "Minister Wang Shide is here, please give an order to Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen was sitting on the seat, holding the public case in front of him with both hands, and said expressionlessly: "I now order you to seal the entrance and exit of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and then check the officials of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and name those who fail to do so three times, punish the crime of slowing down the army, and let the Marquis of Yangwu go to execution." ”

Wang Shide's family is the hereditary commander of the Jinyi Guard, but his father is still alive, so he has not inherited the position of commander now.

In the eyes of the Jinyi Wei family, who are the hereditary emperor's pro-army, there is no sense of awe for the noble ministers, and the only one they are loyal to and afraid is the Ming Emperor.

As soon as Chongzhen's order was reached, Wang Shide immediately walked to the courtyard in front of the hall and instructed the servants of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to take the roster and begin to check the names.

Listening to the roll call from outside, several nobles suddenly lost the last bit of courage. After being beaten by civilian officials for more than 100 years, these nobles have long lost the courage of their ancestors to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

These nobles have lived in fine clothes and food since they were children, and they don't know what is called civil suffering, and they can't ask about the unspoken rules of political affairs and military affairs, and they don't know anything about the reality of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why they can justifiably ask the emperor for rewards and show off their might in front of the people is because they feel that their current life is given by their ancestors, and it has nothing to do with the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it has little to do with the current emperor.

When Emperor Taizu canonized the title of lord, he said that he would let the children of meritorious heroes rest with the country.

Therefore, in this era, the subconscious of most nobles is that as long as they do not interfere in the country's military and political affairs, the emperor and the imperial court should provide for their own enjoyment, which can be guaranteed by the founding ancestor himself.

Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, dared to admonish Chongzhen boldly, because he had such an illusion in his mind that even Emperor Chongzhen could not violate the laws of his ancestors, which was also a means that civil officials had always used to resist imperial power.

But he completely forgot that a group of powerless nobles did not receive the same treatment as civil officials.

Yangwuhou is not an English duke, and Chongzhen doesn't even want to give him half face. So Yang Wuhou and the other nobles were dumbfounded, even if they wanted to spread the news to the British now, they were powerless because Wang Shide blocked the door of the Governor's Mansion.

Fengcheng Hou Li Chengzuo suddenly couldn't bear this kind of pressure, and in the voice of Wang Shide's registration, he struggled on his face for a while, then took a few steps forward, and said to Chongzhen with his head on the ground.

Weichen thought that what His Majesty said was extremely true. At the beginning, Taizu only strictly forbade the integration of the five military governors' offices, and did not say that the five military governors' offices were not allowed to jointly investigate and handle the affairs of food and winter clothing in Beijing. Weichen thought that His Majesty's order did not conflict with the ancestral law. ”

"Oh? What Fengcheng Hou said seems to have some truth, Xing'anbo, Anxiangbo, what do you two think? Zhu Youzhen's face seemed to look better, and he rolled his eyes to look at the two nobles on the side.

Xing'an Bo and An Xiangbo, who didn't have any opinions themselves, listened to Chongzhen's tone and softened, and immediately stepped forward and replied eagerly: "The ministers and others all think that what the Marquis of Fengcheng said is right. ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen turn his gaze to Yangwu Hou Xue Lian, and asked coldly, "Has Yangwu Hou thought it clearly now?" Did I violate the laws of my ancestors? ”

Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian opened his mouth and was completely speechless, and finally pressed his forehead against the cold floor tiles and said: "The minister is guilty, and the minister asks His Majesty to punish him." ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the few nobles below, and did not continue to make a sound. There was silence in the lobby, and only the sound of registration outside could be heard.

Xing Anbo was lying on the ground wishing that he could faint now, An Xiangbo's body was fat, although the weather was cold today, but his forehead was sweating.

The Marquis of Fengcheng prayed vigorously in his heart, hoping to turn the big things into small things and the small things into nothing, this Yangwu Marquis angered Chongzhen, don't implicate yourself. He maliciously guessed whether this was the emperor's counterattack to the impeachment of Tian Ergeng by the Marquis of Yangwu.

And Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian was very panicked in his heart, he didn't understand why Chongzhen didn't have any warning at all, so he came to inspect the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, or on a day when the dynasty was stopped because of strong winds.

The roll call of the three times was finally over, which made the four nobles in the hall quietly breathe a sigh of relief.

Every sign up made them tremble, lest something come out again.

Wang Shide finished the registration, re-entered the hall, and said after saluting Chongzhen: "There are a total of 179 civil and military officials in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and after the roll call three times, there are 108 people, and 71 people have not yet arrived. After the roll call, Wang Shide specially handed over the order to His Majesty. ”

Zhu Youzhen's face turned pale, and he waved his hand for Wang Shide to push down, and let the officials of the Governor's Mansion with more than 3 grades enter the hall.

"I can be regarded as an eye-opener, since the founding of the country, such a subordinate official of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has neglected his duties and left his post without permission, has there ever been such a record?"

Zhu Youzhen's reprimand made these nobles in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies speechless, but a few people felt that the emperor was making a big fuss.

After a reprimand, Zhu Youzhen finally announced his punishment measures: "The subordinate officials of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies who have not arrived today will not be punished if they have already asked for leave." Those who have not asked for leave will not be held accountable for the following experiences, and those who have experienced more than one will be fined for half a year.

The subordinate officials of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, who had just arrived in the roll call, were the same, but they were fined for three months. The four of Yangwuhou, Fengchenghou, Xing'anbo, and Anxiangbo are still diligent, and they are rewarded with half a month's salary. However, the Marquis of Yangwu and the Marquis of Fengcheng were each in charge of the five armies and the first army, and they had no way to govern them, which led to the laziness of the subordinate officials in the Governor's Mansion of the five armies, and they were each fined for one month.

And the Marquis of Yangwu did not repent, made quibbles, demoted one level, ordered him to repent behind closed doors for a month, and handed over the affairs of the military capital governor's office to the right governor before he took charge. ”

After Zhu Youzhen finished punishing them one by one, he saw that the officials in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies had no intention of objecting, so he waved his hand to let these officials retreat, leaving only the officials in the Governor's Mansion of the former and rear armies.

"This former military capital governor's mansion, the one in charge of the distribution of food and winter clothes for the sergeants of the guard is an official?" After the people in the Governor's Mansion of the other three armies retreated, Zhu Youzhen spoke again.

Yang Wuhou still dared to make a mistake there at this time, he immediately ordered the subordinate officials below and called Zhang Lizhong, who had experienced the experience of the Division, in.

Zhu Youzhen just glanced at this fat man who was dressed impermeable, and then said: "Bring all the sergeants in the former military governor's mansion to the hall." ”

There were quite a few subordinate officers in the governor's palace of the five armies, and naturally there were more sergeants who served as servants, about 5 or 60 people, and the hall was full.

Whether it was these soldiers, the subordinate officials in the governor's mansion, or the eunuchs around Chongzhen, they didn't understand what the emperor wanted to do.

After seeing that the sergeant no longer walked in, Zhu Youzhen stood up and walked down the main seat in the lobby. After he told the sergeants to get up, he paused in front of each of them for a moment and pinched the thickness of their clothes.

Finally, he walked in front of Zhang Lizhong, and after trying the thickness of his clothes, Zhu Youzhen tidied up his clothes for him, and asked in a gentle tone: "Zhang Lizhong, have you ever deducted the food and cotton I issued to the sergeants?" ”