Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 96
Everyone hopes that their family will be harmonious and beautiful, and their career will be smooth sailing.

The same is true for Taichang. He also wants to have a peaceful atmosphere in the court, the whole Ming Dynasty can be peaceful, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

Unfortunately, the ideal is full, but the reality is always the backbone, and he can't even seek a moment of peace.

Early in the morning, Zheng Sanjun, the minister of households, coughed and hurried out of the train.

As soon as this guy lay down on the royal road, he unfolded the memorial and read aloud: "Your Majesty, my ministers have started to play. Due to the continuous disasters in Liaodong, the drought in the northwest, and the long-term empty treasury. Now more than two million Liaodong civilians have gathered outside Ningyuan City. University scholar Sun Chengzong requested that at least 50 shi grains be needed for relief every month. There are also 10 Liaodong frontier troops who need at least 15 shi and 15 taels of food per month. There are also those mobilized by Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Huguang. There are more than 15 reinforcements, and at least [-] shi and [-] taels of food are needed every month. However, the treasury is empty, and I really can’t raise so much food and money. Please forgive me, please have pity on the soldiers and people in Liaodong!"

What is this?

Hearing this, Tai Chang couldn't help frowning.

He said this as if he, the emperor who had abandoned the army and civilians of Liaodong, ignored him!
Am I just trying to raise money?

What does Donglin mean?
I haven't troubled you yet, so you still want to trouble me?
As he frowned, Ye Xianggao, the cabinet's chief assistant, coughed suddenly, hurried out of the train, and lay down on the imperial road and said with a heartache: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen didn't want to offend Yan Zhi's advice, but now there are constant internal and external troubles, and the army and people in Liaodong will be hungry. After death, Wei Chen will no longer speak for the country and the people, so what face is there to be this assistant!"

What about pretending to be a Nima?

If you don't want to be the first assistant, get out!
Tai Chang understood, Dong Lin was really ready to fight back against him.

Once these people pretend to serve the country and the people, they will use this name to clean up others!
Are you still serving the country?

I am for the country and the people, and I don't want to cause chaos in the court at this juncture. It's better for you to choose this time to fight with me!
Can't you wait for the crisis in Liaodong to be resolved before fighting infighting?
Grass mud horse, courting death!

Taichang couldn't help but snorted coldly: "You still think you are very competent as an assistant, don't you, who caused the internal and external troubles, and who caused the army and civilians in Liaodong to starve to death? You are a good assistant. Chuang When a disaster is pushed to me, do you still want your face?"

This!
Ye Xianggao really did not expect that the emperor would say such vulgar words.

The reason why they like to choose to take action in public during the early dynasty is because they think that when the emperor is in front of the civil and military officials, he should be shy about his face and dare not make a fool of himself.

Unexpectedly, the emperor even scolded him directly!
It's really hard to ride a tiger now.

There is a reason why they chose to shoot at this time, because they think the time has come.

This time, they "fully cooperated" with the strategy of advancing the Liaodong Fortress, and mobilized as many troops as they could, mobilizing 15 troops from Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Huguang at one time.

Of course they know that these 15 people need to eat, and if they want these 15 people to fight hard on the battlefield, they have to be paid. Otherwise, why should they work hard?

They also knew that more than 200 million Liao people had gathered outside Ningyuan City. Logically speaking, at this time, the court should not be burdened too much.

However, they just want to empty the treasury, and then force the emperor to pay from the inner treasury and empty the inner treasury directly!

In this way, their "own man" Sun Chengzong can control more troops, and the emperor's plan to expand the imperial guards and the pro-army will not be carried out because of lack of money.

If the emperor doesn't have enough imperial guards and pro-military forces, facing the coercion of 25 horses in Liaodong, he must obey them obediently!

This is their wishful thinking.

In fact, the treasury was originally a little silver, and they paid all the salaries owed to officials in the past few months!
At this moment, the treasury is really empty, not a penny, not a grain of food left.

They created this opportunity to force the emperor to empty the inner treasury. At this time, can the emperor not take it out, dare not to take it out?
It's so hard to create a great opportunity, isn't that enough?
If the emperor is allowed to expand his pro-army to more than 20 or even more than [-], how can they speak in the court?

After thinking about it, Ye Xianggao decided to go!
Your Majesty, you say I'm shameless, right?
Okay, then I'll be ashamed!
As if he hadn't heard what Taichang said, Ye Xianggao continued to grieve: "Your Majesty, the treasury is empty now, you still have to build guns and cannons, rebuild the Shenji battalion, build armor, and set up cavalry, how much food is wasted! Your Majesty, the soldiers and civilians in Liaodong are going to starve to death, you can't be so ruthless, so be gracious and save them!"

You dress me up, try hard!

Taichang of course knew that Donglin wanted to prevent him from expanding the imperial guards and pro-army. If he had more than [-] imperial guards and more than [-] pro-armies like the two ancestors of Hongwu and Yongle, who would dare to take his power!
This group of things will come again and again if they fail. It is no wonder that the imperial guards and the pro-army have not been able to expand since the orthodox dynasty of Yingzong.

Do you think that I am afraid of you for being the country and the people?

For the sake of the country and the people, I asked Wang Chengen to sell the land to make money, how about you?
Okay, you don't know about this, right? I won't say it!

He said coldly: "What do you mean, it is entirely my responsibility that the soldiers and civilians in Liaodong starve to death, and it has nothing to do with you, right? Why don't you think of a way, just ask me to think of a way, you mean, I should Listen to you, right?"

What can we do?

Besides, even if we have a way, we have to empty your inner treasury first!

Ye Xianggao said shamelessly: "We are incompetent, I really can't think of any way to do it. I also ask the emperor to show mercy to the soldiers and civilians in Liaodong, so that they will not starve to death."

In fact, if they can pull down their faces and impose Liao's salaries, they can still solve the problem of food and rations for the military and civilians in Liaodong.

However, Donglin couldn't do it.

It's not that they are afraid of drinking poison to quench their thirst and turn the people of other places into rebellion. The main thing is that they have to maintain a sanctimonious image, and this kind of bullying of the people will ruin their image.

In fact, most officials would not do this kind of tax increase. Everyone was afraid of leaving behind infamy. Only Yang Sichang and Chongzhen, a pair of monarchs and ministers who were crazy to the point of being insane, could do things like levying three pays. Come.

Therefore, they didn't even think about the matter of levying Liao's salaries, they just wanted to empty the inner treasury, so that the emperor could not expand the guards and the pro-army.

Taichang was already sneering in his heart, these guys thought it would be useful to force the palace like this.

Hmph, your incompetence does not mean that I am also incompetent. I naturally have a way to solve the food and rations of the military and civilians in Liaodong.

what about you?
What can you do?
If you can't do anything well, you'll be fooling around!

He was too lazy to talk to these guys, so he got up and said: "Since you are so incompetent, there is nothing to discuss. I will find a way to solve the food and salaries of the military and civilians in Liaodong, and retreat!"

Uh, call us incompetent?
Okay, you can scold it as you like, as long as you can't expand the guards and the pro-army.

Ye Xianggao thought that their treachery had succeeded, but he didn't know that he was courting death!
After Taichang returned to the imperial study, he immediately said loudly to the door: "Let's pass on Wei Zhongxian."

He really doesn't want to mess up the court at this time, the problem is that people insist on courting death!
Can't say it, it can only be done.

Soon, Wei Zhongxian ran over, pretending to be respectful and lying on the ground, and said in a loud voice, "My servant will pay tribute to the emperor."

He was so excited now that Ye Xianggao dared to scold the emperor in front of his face, the emperor would definitely be angry, and if the emperor was angry, his chance would come.

Sure enough, Taichang snorted and said, "What did you say about Gu Bingqian and Huang Liji last time?"

Uh, this.

Does the emperor mean to blame me for not being ruthless enough to clean up Donglin?
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly explained: "The servant is preparing, Your Majesty, as long as you say a word, the servant will start immediately."

Tai Chang then pretended to be annoyed and said, "These rebel officials are simply out of control. I really don't dare to deal with them, right?"

When Wei Zhongxian heard the words, his heart blossomed with joy.

He took out his signature move again, forming his right hand into a knife-like shape, ruthlessly going down everything, and then said slyly: "The emperor's intention, take them..."

You are the anti-personality in the personality disorder, and you want to kill when you get the chance!
Tai Chang turned his face and said seriously, "Do you want to cause chaos in the court?"

Wei Zhongxian was dumbfounded.

Don't you mean that I don't clean up people hard enough?

He hurriedly said cautiously: "The slaves don't dare."

Alas, there is no way, if this mad dog is not well controlled, he will have to cause a catastrophe for him.

Taichang could only ease his face and patiently taught: "The situation in Liaodong is tense at the moment, you can't mess up the courtroom, you know, come one by one, don't let them bother me in the courtroom."

All right, come one by one, as long as you can control the power of the court.

Wei Zhongxian quickly cupped his hands and said, "This servant understands."

(End of this chapter)