Hong Chengchou entered the Ganqing Palace with great pride.

"See Your Majesty."

Chongzhen helped Hong Chengchou up: "Get up and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Thank you for your hard work during this period."

"I am honored by the emperor's grace, and it is my honor to be able to serve Your Majesty."

"Is Gao Yingxiang dead?"

"This is the head."

"Okay! Good job!" Chongzhen smiled, "In addition to the Privy Council's evaluation and reward for you in accordance with the new military rules, I will give you an additional reward. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Hong Chengchou said: "I only fulfill my duties and dare not express my reward."

"I will reward you with 10,000 taels of silver (about 6.5 million yuan) alone!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

10,000 taels of silver, definitely a lot.

What's more, the emperor personally rewards it, and what's more important is this content.

The emperor patted Hong Chengchou on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Go back and have a rest, have a good rest."

"I'm leaving."

After Hong Chengchou went out, Chongzhen sat back.

He said to Wang Chengen: "Go and call the two people outside in."

Soon, Hong Niangzi and Li Yan entered the Ganqing Palace.

Li Yan knelt down and said, "Long live the grass people, see Your Majesty."

Chongzhen looked at Hong Niangzi and said, "Why don't you kneel?"

The Hongniang said, "If you want to kill and cut, you will be the one who wants to kill and cut. I will kneel down and dream, you are such a foolish lord!"

Li Yan, who was on the side, hurriedly pulled Hongniang and signaled her to kneel down.

Li Yan suddenly became nervous and screamed that something was wrong.

He had agreed with Hong Madam before that he would salute him when he saw the emperor, but unexpectedly, the little girl changed her mind again.

Li Yan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, she is still young and doesn't understand the rules. It's all the fault of the grass-roots who ask your Majesty to spare her."

Chongzhen was also angry and just smiled and said, "Li Yan?"

"The grass people are here."

"Since you even dare to rebel, you are afraid of death now?"

"The grass-roots are not rebelling, nor are they afraid of death." Li Yan's heart was relieved, and the emperor did not show any anger, or did not directly chop off the rude Hongniang.

This shows that things still have room for maneuver.

"Oh, your performance just now makes me think you are afraid of death."

"I'm not hiding this majesty. This woman is Cao Min's wife. Cao Min is doing her husband's duties and protecting her wife. She is born in a humble state, does not understand the rules, and offends the power of heaven. Please do not make things difficult for her. If you want to punish her, then punish Cao Min."

But the Hongniang said, "Brother Yan, I will definitely die today. If I hadn't been tied up with both hands, I would have taken the head of this dog emperor."

Chongzhen was slightly surprised? Unexpectedly, this Hongniang was so arrogant.

No wonder? Hong Niangzi was also a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty. His military talent was not necessarily worse than those of the military officers on the border of the Ming Dynasty.

Think about it? A woman dares to even rebel? What else can she dare not do?

But Li Yan is different.

Li Yan is a scholar and a complete scholar.

Not only that? Li Yan is both civil and military? He is brave and resourceful.

When he learned that he was about to be taken to the capital to meet the emperor, he was guessing the reason behind it.

Although he and Hong Niangzi's group were rebelling, they still couldn't reach the level of seeing the emperor.

Just think about it? A huge rebel like Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang? He was killed directly after being caught.

On the contrary, after being caught, he was brought to the capital to meet the saint.

There must be other reasons behind this.

But Li Yan couldn't guess for a while.

Chongzhen was not in a hurry, but asked with interest: "Why do you hate me so much?"

Isn’t this nonsense?

Zhang Chen himself knew that he was asking nonsense.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the common people had long been disappointed with the court? They all rebelled, what does it mean?

This shows that the emperor's image in the minds of many ordinary people is actually very poor.

The Hongniang said, "The tyrant lord is in power? I don't hate you? I want to hate myself!"

Li Yan smiled bitterly, could we chat well? Since the emperor is willing to see us? There must be something very important.

Li Yan quickly grabbed the topic: "Your Majesty summoned the grass people? I wonder what's wrong?"

"Don't worry, I'll have a few talks with your wife."

Chongzhen simply stood up and walked down. He was surrounded by generals of Han. Li Yan and Hongniang were tied up with their hands again, so he had nothing to worry about.

"You said I am a foolish monarch, that's wrong." Chongzhen walked over and helped Li Yan up first.

"You can ask some officials if I am a fool?"

"Hmph, of course those dog officials are talking to you!"

"No, no, they all called me a tyrant."

The Hongmao was slightly stunned, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer this.

Li Yan was also very shocked. Why did the emperor say this...

Chongzhen still had a smile on his face: "I know you can't eat anymore, so he rebels."

"I also know that you helped her, pleaded for the people, offended local officials and squire, and were forced to rebel."

Li Yan actually prepared a lot of arguments and imagined many scenes of talking to the emperor.

But now I suddenly feel that what I had imagined before was completely different from what I am now and could not be implemented at all.

The emperor also did not follow the rules.

The emperor was speechless for a while.

I even scold myself when I become cruel. What are you scolding?

"Your Majesty is wise and kind, and the people know that they are guilty." Li Yan quickly climbed along the pole.

"You two must have doubts in your heart, why did I ask you to come to Beijing?"

"Please make it clear to you."

"I won't talk about it for now. I will talk to you this time. I will stop until you stay in Beijing first. I will talk to you."

The two of them were even more suspicious.

However, Li Yan also breathed a sigh of relief. Now it seems that the emperor does not intend to kill anyone.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Wang Cheng'en, please arrange it and let them live."

"yes."

Li Yan pulled Hong Niangzi and hurried out of Qianqing Palace.

When he went out, Li Yan's heart was still beating wildly. This was also the first time he entered the palace and the first time he saw the emperor.

After Li Yan and Hong Niangzi left, Chongzhen continued to sit for a while, picked up his pen and started writing.

Naturally, he had other arrangements for these two people in his heart.

The main task of the fourth year of Chongzhen was to implement the new policy, that is, to implement the new land tax.

But in fact, the biggest difficulty in implementing the new policy is administration.

Reorganizing the administration is actually an anti-corruption campaign.

There is Li Zicheng in Shaanxi, and where is the northern Zhili?

Chongzhen needed anti-corruption talents.

However, the effect of looking for anti-corruption talents from the civil service system is not very good.

It is most suitable to find someone like Li Yan and Hong Niangzi.

Especially the violent temper of Hong Niang, coupled with Li Yan's wisdom.

Then why not explain it to them now?

Of course it is unexplained. The distrust and barriers between the two sides cannot be explained clearly in just a few words.

Arrange them to live in Beijing and let them take a look and listen to it in Beijing.

When they learned what the emperor had done recently, they would think about it themselves.
Chapter completed!