The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 66
"All right,"

"Ding Guogong, don't change the subject!"

Zhu Cihong was also happy to see their dogs biting dogs, but it wasn't now, so he waved his hands.

Then he looked at the civil servant and said: "It's rare that the ministers are so conscious that they are willing to take their servants and servants to defend the city and contribute to the country. I have no reason to refuse. Yes, Zhou Yuji!"

"Chen is here!"

"At that time, you will be in charge of arranging and dispatching all Aiqings to defend the city!"

"The minister obeys the order."

All the civil servants were dumbfounded.

It seems that they only said to send people, but didn't say to take people there themselves!
Although he was reluctant, no one dared to stand up and refute. If he dared to say one more word at this time, he would definitely lose his head.

The nobles on the side were gloating, and it was obvious that His Majesty looked over and lowered his head again.

Seeing their ghostly looks, Zhu Cihong could only snort coldly: "I don't want you to donate food and salt for nothing. I will order someone to make a clear count at that time, and I will return it in full."

"The ministers are also willing to take out the food and salt at home."

The nobles had no choice but to raise their heads one after another.

I also know that it is impossible not to take it.

As for the return in the future, everyone should just listen to it.

"Okay! I'll give you three days to transport all the food and salt from the family to Chengtianmen.

Three days later, I will send people to check every inch of each mansion. If anyone is found to have hidden a bag of grain or a catty of salt, he will be punished as a crime of deceiving the emperor. Don't blame me for not reminding you! "

Zhu Cihong stood up abruptly, staring at everyone with burning eyes.

This time, both the civil servants and honorable officials were dumbfounded.

Obviously, it was all based on the idea of ​​donating part of it. Who would have thought that His Majesty would be so ruthless and serious.

Afterwards.

When all the dignitaries returned home, they first cursed Zhu Cihong in their hearts, then weighed it up, and finally packed all the salt and grain and sent them to Chengtianmen.

Apparently everyone didn't think that His Majesty was just talking, and if it was found out by then, he would definitely be ransacked and beheaded.

Anyway, there is not much food and salt in the family, and it is not worth a lot of money. Your Majesty will not let them, princes and nobles, high-ranking officials and dignitaries eat chaff and drink to starve, right?
And with their leadership, following the announcement in the city, Jin Yiwei came to the door to notify, and other big households in the inner city also took out grain and salt to transport to Chengtianmen.

Jinyiwei was also divided into two parts, one part went south from the city to purchase grain, and the other part collected grain in the outer city.

The ordinary people in the outer city didn't have much food. After learning the details, they happily handed over the food and salt in their hands, and then waited for the daily distribution, getting food and salt for nothing.

And those merchants, especially the grain merchants, began to steal and play tricks, but how could they escape the search of Jin Yiwei?
In the end, not only did they lose their food and they were sent to prison, but many even lost their heads.

Under such thunderous action, in just three days, Zhu Cihong gathered all the food and salt in the city to the palace.

"Reporting to the emperor, the inner city and the outer city have been re-examined, and there is no secret storage of grain and salt." Fan Xian reported.

"Oh? Have you searched carefully? Are there any omissions?"

Zhu Cihong was a little surprised.

Is everyone so honest now?
"Returning to the emperor, the slaves and servants have been searched three times, and there is indeed nothing missing!"

"That's weird, has the imperial city been searched?" Zhu Cihong still didn't believe that no one was doing something wrong.

"Go back to the emperor...it's not true." Fan Xian was taken aback.

"Go and search carefully."

"Yes, my lord!"

After Fan Xian left, Zhang Yan and Empress Zhou walked over with tired faces, obviously the two girls were very tired these few days.

"Mother, can you figure out how much food and salt there are in total today?" Zhu Cihong couldn't wait.

"Lang'er, the total grain is [-] million shi, and the salt is more than [-] shi." Queen Zhou replied.

"Why so few?" Zhu Ciliang frowned.

Although the daily consumption of grain and salt is very huge, there are still nearly 40 shi left, which means that the grain stored in the entire city is only about 60 shi.

Almost half of what he expected.

"Lang'er, Auntie has already inquired. Since the thieves broke into the city, there have been very few caravans and merchant ships coming to the capital. The food and salt of each family can only be exported. It is not a lot to think about it. "

Zhang Yan explained from the side.

"This is troublesome!"

Zhu Cihong rubbed his forehead, 100 million shi seems a lot, but don't forget that he is going to supply nearly a million people in the city now.

Moreover, nearly a million refugees came to the capital.

"Lang'er, a little saving should be enough for everyone to eat for the first half of the year." Queen Zhou said silently.

"Ugh!"

Zhu Cihong had no choice but to tell them about the refugees. Hearing that there were millions of refugees coming, the two women were also startled from ear to ear, with worried expressions on their faces.

"How about this, the population of the outer city, and those refugees in the past, all follow the porridge system, and have gruel in the morning and evening.

The soldiers in charge of guarding the city, Qingzhuang, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang, will be supplied according to the centralized supply system, while the others will be supplied on a per-household basis, divided into three or six classes! "

"Let's come up with a specific supply charter as soon as possible, and it must be reasonable, regardless of your status. For example, for the ladies and maids of those big families, two bowls of polished rice porridge are enough every day. Eating too much is a waste, just to lose weight. !"

"Okay! Leave these matters to the queen mother and your aunt. We will count the population as soon as possible and get the charter out. Don't worry about these trivial matters."

The two women were surprised to see that only two bowls of porridge were given to the family members of the rich family, but they nodded in the end.

"Well! With the queen mother and aunt in charge of logistics, the baby can rest assured." Zhu Cihong also heaved a sigh of relief.

If there were no two women leading a group of literate court ladies and eunuchs to take care of the logistics, he would have to go crazy.

Sure enough, it only took the two women three days to count the population of each household in the inner city and list a detailed supply list.

Zhu Cihong made a slight modification and immediately carried it out.

There is no way, a lot of food will be wasted every day, which means that many people may starve to death in the future.

Because he has decided to let those millions of refugees into the city.

Even if he couldn't afford to support them and starved them all to death in the city, he would not let them go outside and be used by the Tartars in the end.

And Fan Xian also found a batch of grain and salt in the imperial city, which added up to nearly [-] shi, all of which were hidden by eunuchs in the palace colluding with merchants in the outer city.

Zhu Cihong sneered, now that one less person means one less ration, how could he be soft-hearted.

The heads of people who were killed immediately were rolling, and nearly a thousand people were ransacked and beheaded, including three hundred court ladies and eunuchs.

This made the civil servants sweat secretly. Fortunately, there was no trick at the time. They knew that with His Majesty's virtue, they would never joke.

Those guys don't listen to persuasion, and they deserve to die.

And as soon as this supply system was implemented, the inner city and the outer city immediately exploded, and it can be said that the crowd was excited.

Of course, it is mainly the large and small households in the inner city, and ordinary merchants and common people in the outer city who are against it.

Because the owner of the big family is okay and can barely eat enough to eat, but all the servants can only eat rice bran and wheat bran, and the outer city can't even eat rice bran and wheat bran, so they have a bowl each morning and evening.

Ladies and eunuchs who have nothing to do in the palace also drink porridge.

The refined rice, fine flour and refined salt were all used to support the army and law enforcement personnel such as the Jinyi Weidong Factory. These people were also the only ones who could get enough to eat.

"Emperor...Emperor, something is wrong."

"Many soup kitchens in the outer city were in turmoil, and those people smashed the pot a few times..."

"Inverted!"

"Damn it, I raise them for nothing, and yet I dare to smash my pot. Let's go, I want to see who doesn't want to eat!"

When Zhu Cihong heard that the pot had been smashed, his brows were raised in anger, and he immediately got up and went out to kill.

Empress Zhou and Zhang Yan looked at each other in blank dismay, both startled by Zhu Cihong's sudden runaway.

They found that they became more and more unfamiliar with the son and nephew whom they had watched and grown up since childhood.

But now the two women will never ask about that kind of rice bran and wheat bran, how can it be eaten by others?Isn't that something like feeding pigs?

(End of this chapter)