"Zhen Aiqing, when did I say that I would let Jinyiwei start acting as unscrupulously as before? This time it was just for Jin Shang, Jin Yiwei now and in the future has no right to directly arrest officials for torture, even if they find out that officials are illegal, they must hand over the evidence to me, and then I will transfer it to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple for interrogation! ”

In the face of the courtiers' questioning, Chongzhen also had to soften his attitude, after all, the fear brought to the courtiers by Jinyiwei and the East and West Factories back then was too great, and no one wanted to have a bomb on their heads every day!

At the end of the court meeting, Zhu Jie returned to Tongzhou Town, and began to continue to train the troops of Tongzhou Town, and all the six guards convened by Tongzhou Town were scattered and reorganized, and the unqualified generals were all expelled, either transferred to the military department to hang an idle post as a foreign officer, or asked the emperor to be sent to other places to serve as officials, and Tongzhou Town definitely did not leave a mediocre talent.

After a few months of rectification, Tongzhou Town now has a total strength of 30,000 people with two cavalry battalions on the left and right, and its combat strength is more than twice as strong as before.

Tongzhou Town no longer has the left and right guards of Tongzhou, and there is no Miyunwei and Changping Guard, all of which have become cavalry battalions and infantry battalions.

The two cavalry battalions became the vanguard battalions of the front army, and the two deputy generals Yang Chengzu and Shu Xinchen commanded 8,000 elite cavalry and eight cavalry battalions; The infantry battalion of the Left Army was 6,000 people, led by Xiao Ting, the original commander of Miyunwei; The infantry battalion of the right army was 6,000 people, led by Deng Jiuru, the commander of the left guard of Tongzhou; The rear army infantry battalion of 5,000 people, led by Changping Wei and Tongzhi Qin Han; Zhu Jie sat in the Chinese army, Xu Yifan was directly promoted by him to become the deputy commander-in-chief, assisting him in commanding the army, and the elite of the 2,000 cavalry of the Chinese army was handed over to the new guerrilla general Qin Mufeng; 5,000 infantry were handed over to the guerrilla general Cha Xuan, and there were a total of 31 infantry cavalry battalions in the entire Tongzhou town, each infantry battalion of 1,000 people, all of which were elite forces capable of conscription and good fighting!

When Zhu Jie was discussing the next training plan with the generals, Song Jiaxing, the commander of the personal guard, hurriedly walked in and said in a low voice: "My lord, there is news from the north......

Zhu Jie was stunned, news came from the north, could it be that Hong Chengchou got some reliable information?

"Stand down, Jiaxing, bring him over!"

Everyone retreated, and Song Jiaxing entered the room with a businessman-like person.

"Humble Song Yi see my lord!"

Zhu Jie laughed and said, "Okay, get up, Song Yi, I left you in Manchuria, but I worked hard for you." ”

Song Yi replied: "Whatever the adults say, as long as it is the orders of the adults, it is okay to go to the soup and go to the fire with humble duties!" This time, Lord Hong got the exact information in Shengjing, and he didn't worry about others sending it, so he specially ordered me to send the information back in person......"

Zhu Jie nodded and asked, "What about things?" ”

Song Yi hurriedly took off the wooden box on his back, handed it to Zhu Jie, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, this is the information that Lord Hong tried his best to collect about the Jin merchants' collaboration with the enemy, a piece of music for the emperor, and a copy of evidence, involving a total of seven Jin merchants, and the most serious thing is that there is evidence that the Jin merchants bribed Tong Guotai, the political envoy of Shaanxi......

Zhu Jie was shocked, the evidence about the Jin merchants' collaboration with the enemy? The biggest headache for me now is these Jin merchants, just dozing off, Hong Chengchou sent himself a pillow!

Zhu Jie hurriedly opened the wooden box, in addition to Hong Chengchou's recital, it was the correspondence between various Jin merchants and Manchurian Emperor Taiji and Dolgon - Fan Yongdou's letter to Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji's letter to Jin Liangyu, Liang Jiabin's letter to Dolgon, Tian Shenglan's letter to Sony, Wang Dayu's letter to Dolgon, and Dolgon's letter to Huang Yunfa, almost all of the major Jin merchant families were included!

Among them, there are the flattery and flattery of the Jin merchants to the Manchu Dynasty, the reward of the Jin merchants by Huang Taiji, and even the last letter from Dolgon to the eight Jin merchants not long ago, promising that once they enter the Central Plains and win the world, they will reward the eight Jin merchants! As for these Jin merchants, they even blatantly asked Huang Taiji for benefits......

Twelve Epistles! This is priceless, with this evidence, then you can take action against the Jin merchants in advance and wipe out these unscrupulous merchants!

"Haha, Song Yi, you have made a great achievement! With this evidence, my lord, I can easily bring these traitors to justice, without these people as undercover agents and lackeys of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if the Eight Banners of Manchuria want to invade the Central Plains again, it will be difficult to enter the sky! ”

Zhu Jie laughed.

"Your Excellency,"

Song Yi said in a low voice: "You don't dare to take credit for your humble position, aren't all of this planned by you?" In addition, Lord Hong has asked me to remind you that Dolgon is keeping an eye on you and is always looking for a way to expel you from the court. In the court, there are also people who communicate with foreign countries, and their status is not low, but these people only keep in touch with the regent Dorgon, and others can't know the details at all, Lord Hong asks you to pay more attention to protecting yourself, don't be too public, don't give some people a handle, the emperor's favor is only temporary, once the trust is not there, the wall is down and everyone pushes, at that time, it will be very miserable......"

Zhu Jie nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I can still handle this matter, just let Lord Hong take care, remember, don't contact Lord Hong if there is nothing to do, so as not to be exposed." I won't keep you any longer, rest for one night, and then return to the customs immediately, Jia Xing, take a thousand taels of gold and hand it to Song Yi, and let him take it out of the customs! ”

One thousand taels of gold!

Song Yi was taken aback and said in surprise: "My lord, why did you ask me to bring so much gold?" ”

"Not only a thousand taels of gold, but also 30,000 taels of silver bills, which can be exchanged for silver through some bankery, and with these gold and silver, it will be easier for you to do things......

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Alone, you are facing huge risks all the time, with this silver, you can make a deal, let Hong Chengchou help you clear your identity, and your future actions will be unimpeded!" Come, prepare horses, I want to enter the city immediately and meet the emperor! ”

Zhu Jie packed up all the evidence, carried it with him, and rushed to the Forbidden City with a few personal guards to ask for an audience.

"What? Zhu Jie asked for an audience? ”

Chongzhen was a little stunned, there were so many affairs in Tongzhou Town, why did he come here again?

"Cao Huachun, pass the decree, let's meet Zhu Jie......"

After a short time, Zhu Jie walked into the Qianqing Palace and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, great joy, great joy!" Congratulations to the emperor! ”

Chongzhen frowned and asked, "Zhu Aiqing, what is it that makes you happy like this?" ”