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

Chapter 7 Who is the Richest?
"The current state affairs are difficult, and I have become a great treasure for the first time. From now on, I will still rely on you dear friends."

"Come here! I'm here to offer a cup to all my lovers, and I hope that all my lovers will join hands with me to prosper the Ming Dynasty together!"

"The minister will not hesitate to die, and is willing to devote himself to His Majesty and Daming, until he dies!"

Zhu Cihong raised his glass and said loudly, everyone also reciprocated, and stood up to show their loyalty in return.

I just don't know how many of them are true or false.

However, I feel deeply in my heart that this little emperor is not only more generous than his father, but also more easy-going.

If he could succeed to the throne more than ten years earlier, maybe he could really rejuvenate Daming.

After drinking the wine, everyone began to praise Zhu Cihong.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became lively, and everyone lost the tension and restraint just now.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Zhu Cihong saw that some people sitting in the back had already started to secretly take advantage of the wine maid.

Only then did he get up and walk slowly into the hall, and when everyone saw this, they also got up one after another.

"Dear dears, I have always had a question, that is, what will happen to me and the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty if the robbers break through the capital?"

bang.

As soon as the words were finished, a few wine glasses fell to the ground.

Obviously, he didn't expect His Majesty to ask such a question suddenly, and he was at a loss for a moment.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. My Ming Dynasty still has hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Your Majesty is also a wise emperor through the ages. I believe that your Majesty will wipe out the rebels and rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, just around the corner!"

After a long while, Duke Ding Xu Yunzhen, who was sitting first on the left, came to his senses, thinking that His Majesty was drunk and talking nonsense, so he hurriedly worshiped.

Others also stood up and bowed down.

"Hey! My dearest friends, don't be nervous. I'm just imagining it. All my dearest ministers are ministers of the humerus who live with the country. Today, you can speak freely, no matter what you say, I will forgive you and others for your innocence!"

Zhu Cilang waved his hands and said with a smile.

But he said in his heart: This really treats him like a three-year-old child.

But yes, after all, he is only fifteen years old this year, but he is only fourteen in reality.

His father, Chongzhen, was eighteen years old when he came to the throne, so he was still coaxed into a daze?
"This……"

Seeing that His Majesty insisted on spoiling the scenery, everyone was too embarrassed to hold on to this topic.

How do you answer such a heavy topic?
"Since all the lovers don't want to imagine it, then I will imagine it."

"After the thieves broke through the city, my father and I will naturally want the king to die. Then we can just set fire to the Zijin City."

"Well, those civil officials, as long as they are willing to surrender, they will most likely continue to be reused and continue to enjoy high officials and generous salaries in the new dynasty. After all, the governance of the world depends on civil officials, and it has been the same in all dynasties!"

"As for the fate of all the lovers here, I can't guess."

Zhu Cihong ignored the embarrassing expressions on everyone's faces, but began to talk to himself with his hands behind his back.

The more everyone listened, the more frightened they became, cold sweat broke out on their timid foreheads, and finally they all knelt down on the ground.

At this moment, everyone didn't understand that the little emperor was clearly beating them.

How dare you trick him into being a 14-year-old child?
"Duke of England, tell me, if a thief enters the city, can you keep your title as Duke of England?"

"Your Majesty, if... if there is such a day, I will take all the children in the family and swear to fight the trespassers to the last one, in order to repay the country's favor!"

The British public Zhang Shize also had tears in his eyes when he talked about emotion.

"The ministers and others will also bring their children in the family and swear to fight the trespassers to the last one, in order to repay the country's grace!"

Everyone also followed suit.

For a while, there were tears in the hall, which was very touching.

"My dear friends, I am so relieved that you have such determination!"

Zhu Cihong also expressed emotion, and then changed his voice: "It's just what I said just now, it's just a imagination, so let's imagine that there are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and turn to thieves."

"Consort Gong, let me tell you, if someone here turns into a thief, can they continue to enjoy high officials and honors?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible. Since ancient times, I have never heard of the nobles of the previous dynasty, and they can continue to enjoy the preferential treatment of the title in the new dynasty."

Gong Yonggu, the captain's son-in-law, gritted his teeth and said boldly.

"The son-in-law is a sensible person!"

"That's right, the intruder is short of civil servants, money, food, soldiers, beauties, land and houses, everything, but no honor!"

"Because he has a large number of literati and generals waiting to be awarded titles, waiting to reward beautiful women, mansions, gold, silver and jewelry, and where do these things come from?"

At the end of Zhu Cihong's speech, he scanned the nobles on both sides with burning eyes.

Everyone was already trembling, and the timid ones began to tremble.

Zhu Cihong looked at Gong Yonggu again.

"Consort Gong, you are a sensible person, so let's talk about who in this capital has the most land, the most money, the most luxurious house, and the most beautiful wives and maidservants?"

"Back... back to Your Majesty, in the capital, it is...the emperor's relatives and nobles who have the most land, the most money, the most mansions, and the most beautiful wives and maidservants."

The son-in-law Gong Yonggu also complained unbearably, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth and said according to Zhu Cihong's intention.

After speaking, he was dripping with sweat.

And more than half of the hundreds of nobles present were spread out on the ground, their faces pale.

Obviously, everyone is not stupid and has come to their senses.

Then Li Zicheng is a mud-legged man, how can the million-dollar army under him be any better?
Once they entered the city, the little emperor would burn down the palace and leave happily, but what would they do?
The more people thought about it, the more afraid they became, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt chills down their spines.

"That's right, the reason why you are able to enjoy all of this today is because your ancestors were granted meritorious service and retired with the country.

If my great Ming is dead, how can I ask, who else in this world will guarantee your interests?Who else can guarantee your interests? "

Zhu Cihong finally showed his true colors and questioned the nobles who were slumped on the ground.

Immediately, his gaze turned bright and his tone turned cold: "Unfortunately, some of you here don't know such a superficial truth. It's not as good as a pig or a dog, it's extremely stupid."

After speaking, he flicked his dragon sleeves, turned around and strode back to the dragon chair to sit down, and then shouted: "Duke Cheng, are you guilty?"

"Chen...Chen, I've been wronged, Your Majesty, I'm so loyal, I don't dare to collude with rebels..."

Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen shouted immediately as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"Hmph! If you want people not to know, unless you don't do it yourself, is it true that Jin Yiwei is a vegetarian?"

Zhu Cihong's one-shot dragon case was serious.

He remembers the three princes, the British prince Zhang Shize, who died in the end.

Ding Guogong Xu Yunzhen and Wei Guogong who guarded Nanjing are of the same lineage, so they are not moving for the time being.

So if you don't take the knife from Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen, who will you take the knife from?

"Your Majesty, I... I am willing to donate 10 taels of silver to repay the country's kindness."

Zhu Chunchen was not stupid either. Seeing that begging for mercy was useless, he immediately came to his senses, gritted his teeth and realized the truth.

But Zhu Cihong didn't bat an eyelid.

At this time, Wang Dehua, who was on the side, also picked up an imperial decree on the table, and began to read it out.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Cheng, betrayed his master for glory, disregarded the holy grace, and now stripped of his title, ransacked his family and sent him to prison..."

"Your Majesty, minister, minister is willing to donate 20, not 50..."

After the imperial decree was read out, Zhu Chunchen shouted loudly while being dragged out by the big Han general.

Everyone looked at this scene with pale faces.

I still don't understand, the little emperor is throwing a Hongmen banquet today.

I also understand that the little emperor wants to break the jar.

Looking at the pile of imperial edicts on the desk, how can everyone care about Zhu Chunchen's life?

Wang Dehua was also frightened, but he quickly picked up another imperial decree and read it out.

Every time a letter was read out, an earl or marquis would be dragged out of the hall screaming that he was wronged. The crimes were almost all of betraying the owner for glory and adultery against the thief.

"Your Majesty, Hong'er, why did you even arrest me? I am the head of the country, your grandfather, how could I have an affair with a traitor?"

Zhou Kui was startled and frightened. Before the big Han general approached, he shouted anxiously. He never thought that the emperor would even arrest him, the head of the country.

"Huh! Zhou Kui, thanks to you, you still have the nerve to say that you are the head of the country. Back then, when the father raised the military salary, those civil servants donated several thousand taels. Fortunately, you not only donated a mere 1000 taels, but also went to your mother's empress to cry for poverty afterwards.

The most hateful thing is that the queen mother gave you all the gold and silver jewelry, and you sold 5000 taels, but you were greedy for 3000 taels..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Cihong could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and roared: "Pull it down for you, and hit ten sticks first!"

Originally, he thought that this matter was a historical fiction, so he sent someone to investigate secretly at that time, who would have thought that it was true.

And in history, this guy sold the three of them clean, so how can there be any family affection at all?

If it wasn't for the sake of his mother, he really wanted to kill her directly.

"Your Majesty, I will withdraw... Can I return?"

Zhou Kui didn't expect such a secret thing to be known by him, and he blushed and felt guilty for a while, begging for mercy.

Everyone was contemptuous, cursing inwardly that he deserved it, but also terrified, this little emperor even dared to beat his grandfather, let alone other people.

Fortunately, after nearly 30 people were arrested, Wang Dehua finally calmed down.

Everyone's tense hearts also relaxed a little.

(End of this chapter)