Chapter 186: John Tang's Recital
"What? Isn't there anyone doing it today? ”
Chongzhen's voice became deeper and lower, and his face was ugly!
"Since there isn't, then I'll name it! The Ministry of Households, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shanxi, Henan, Zhili, and Shuntian supervise the imperial history, don't you have anything to report? ”
Everyone didn't dare to talk nonsense at this time, they couldn't figure out the path of Emperor Chongzhen, and they were doing things indiscriminately, which would be unlucky!
"Not yet?"
Chongzhen became even more atmospheric, and shouted: "Chen Yan, as the first assistant of the cabinet, haven't you received the recitals from Shanxi, Henan, and Zhili provinces recently?" ”
Chen Yan's heart trembled, wiped it, and finally pointed his name to his head, the concerts of Shanxi, Henan, and Zhili provinces? There's really nothing particularly damning lately, Shanxi? No? The Mongol tribes and Manchuria did not invade Xuanda, Zhili? As for Henan, a few months ago, Zhu Jie just helped Sun Chuanting drive Li Zicheng out of Henan, and now Sun Chuanting's army is stationed in Henan, and the people of Henan have made up their minds, and there is nothing to do......
"Emperor, Emperor, this, the minister has not received a recital from the following provinces recently? Some of them are also trivial matters, and the ministers have already sent them back to the provinces for disposal......"
Chen Yan replied in a snort.
Chongzhen sneered: "Oh? According to what you say, the Gyeonggi area, the country and the people, the four seas have been peaceful? ”
"Your Majesty, Zhili, Shanxi and Henan are indeed safe and sound......
Chongzhen looked at Zhu Jie and said lightly: "Zhu Aiqing, you can tell your ministers." ”
Everyone's hearts sank, what kind of moth is this Zhu Jie going to have? Every time he stands up, nothing good happens......
"Your Majesty, my lords, the lower officials found a large number of patients in the army yesterday, these patients all have the same symptoms, according to the diagnosis of the lower officials, this is a symptom of the plague, and it is adjacent to the Chaobai River and the canal, the people's livelihood is rich, the possibility of the plague starting from here is almost zero, the minister thinks that the plague must have begun to break out in the Gyeonggi area, so it has been spread to the army......
Zhu Jie said in a deep voice.
"Nonsense!"
Chen Yan's face changed greatly, he knew this matter in his own heart, a few days ago, he had already received a local recital, Fenzhou, Lu'an, Taiyuan Sanfu, Shunde, Hejian, Zhangde, Weihui have successively sent a recital, saying that the local epidemic has been encountered, and he asked the court to allocate money and grain, but now among the households, where is there still how much grain? Even if there is, it will be kept to deal with the sudden war, a group of stupid people, dead and dead, what does he do?
Chen Yan didn't take it to heart, and ordered to severely reprimand the local officials for their inaction, and let them find their own ways to deal with it, but I didn't expect that today's incident was actually stabbed by Zhu Jie to the court, and now he is sitting on wax, admit it? Once admitted, then the emperor will not have a good time today!
"Your Majesty, there is no such thing, even if there is at least an occasional epidemic in the locality, it is definitely not as serious as Zhu Jie said, the population of the Ming Dynasty is tens of thousands, and there are more than 100,000 people who die of typhoid fever every year, and Tongzhou Town is only 100 people who are sick, so it will alarm the imperial court, so what do you want the general soldiers of Tongzhou Town to do?"
Chen Yan argued.
Chongzhen ignored Chen Yan's defense, and shouted again: "Beizhili supervises the Yushi Dou Civilization and Shi Zengxiang!" Let me ask you, is there any movement about the epidemic in Zhili and Shuntian? Are there any major outbreaks? According to the report, if there is any concealment and deception, I will never forgive! ”
Dou Wenming and Shi Zengxiang wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads, yes, or no?
said yes, Chen Yan was put into it by the two of himself, such a thing to ask the emperor to scold a few words at most, after all, it is the first assistant, easily, the emperor will not be replaced, but the next counterattack of Chen Yan is definitely not something that the two superintendent imperial historians can resist, don't say that the two of them, even if they are all imperial historians......
Say no? Now the emperor has already moved the real fire, and Zhu Jie has obviously mastered the local dynamics in Gyeonggi, once the matter is revealed, it will be fatal, and if the emperor is bullied, the two of them will die!
The corners of Dou Wenming and Shi Zengxiang's mouths twitched, and they didn't dare to answer.
Chongzhen looked at Zhu Jie, Zhu Jie looked at Chen Yan who was gritting his teeth, and knew that he was on the bar with Chen Yan today!
"Lord John Tang, you believe in the Society of Jesus, in the face of Almighty God, there is absolutely no room for half a lie, you two can tell me, in the capital, there is no sign of the plague......"
Zhu Jie ignored Chongzhen, and instead threw the question to John Tang, who was called to the temple.
Tang Ruowang also wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, the party struggle in the court, at this time, why did he suddenly get involved in a small official with a sesame seed? Is this something you can participate in?
However, Zhu Jie has already said that in front of Almighty God, God is absolutely not able to lie, other officials are high and powerful, and they do not contact ordinary people on weekdays, so they may not necessarily pay attention to the changes of the people in the capital, but Tang Ruowang is just a Beijing official from the fifth grade, without any real power, and his status is low, so he naturally noticed the changes of the ordinary people in the capital. This is the symptom of the pandemic!
Tang Ruowang grinned, bowed down and said: "Emperor Qi, my lords, Lord Zhu Jie is right, although the lower officials can't be sure that it's the plague, but what the lower officials can be sure of is that the capital has reached the verge of a major epidemic, and there are more and more sick people in the capital, especially the people who have fled from all over the country, and a large number of people are sick......
"What did you say?"
Chongzhen stood up from the dragon chair when he boarded, he also thought that the so-called epidemic was just showing up in the Gyeonggi area, and if there was a big epidemic in Beijing, someone would have played it a long time ago!
Who knew that Tang Ruowang actually said that the Jingshi was already on the verge of an outbreak of the epidemic! That's damn!
Tang Ruowang smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the minister just reported according to the facts, and did not dare to conclude that it was the plague, but it was better not to be the plague, once it was the plague, then, it would undoubtedly be an unprecedented disaster for Gyeonggi, an absolutely unimaginable disaster......"
Chongzhen suddenly sounded what Zhu Jie said to him, two hundred years ago, the catastrophe that swept the entire Western Ocean caused the death of more than 20 million people in the Western Ocean! Look at Tang Ruowang's expression, now Chongzhen is almost convinced, Tang Ruowang definitely knows the details!