Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

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At night, the three members of Emperor Chongzhen's family gathered together to discuss the day's affairs after a busy day.

Of course, the most important thing was that Queen Zhou and Prince Zhu Cixi reported the situation to Emperor Chongzhen.

I heard Empress Zhou say with a worried look: "The silver I counted and verified here, regardless of fineness, totaled 39 and a half taels. 860 and 39 taels were spent successively. Over at Xinjingying camp in the evening By that time, we had gathered another 730 people, so I said we would pay tomorrow after dark. Your Majesty, what should I do? The money is not enough!"

At this point, she paused and asked with a slight hesitation: "How about melting some of those gold and silver jewelry? Maybe we can get it together."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and replied: "No, there will be silver tomorrow. It is a pity that the gold and silver jewelry melted. They can be sold or given better rewards."

After hearing this, Queen Zhou thought of her father and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, how much do you think many civil and military officials can donate tomorrow?"

She gave her father 5000 taels, but she was a little unsure. Is 5000 taels a lot or not?Therefore, she wanted to ask.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said with a trace of ridicule on his face: "Do you really hope they will donate a lot of money?"

After finishing speaking, he pretended to recall and said: "In the scene that Emperor Taizu showed me, the person who donated the most money was Taikang Bo, who donated 2 taels. The others were only a few hundred or dozens of taels. In the end, the total We collected 20 taels."

If I just heard the final donation amount, it seemed to be very large, 20 taels!
However, there are two to three thousand officials, big and small, in the capital, plus the royal family and nobles. If these 20 taels are spread out, one person really does not need to donate a few taels of silver.

And Queen Zhou just spent nearly 40 taels like water today, so she didn't think that 20 taels was too much.

At this time, hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, she felt a little relieved and a little sad at the same time.

Fortunately, her father will definitely donate her 5000 taels, which is a lot among civil and military officials.But what is a little sad is that Taikang Bo Zhang Guoji is the father of Queen Yi'an, and he can donate 2 taels. Comparing his own father with him, it is really...

While she was thinking about it, she heard Emperor Chongzhen say to her: "By the way, the emperor's sister-in-law chose to hang herself after the city was destroyed. Not everyone has the courage to die for the country. The concubine in this palace will ultimately be yours and the emperor's." It’s just the two sisters-in-law. His father is also sensible. You will be very busy next time, so you can ask the emperor’s sister-in-law for help. You can rest assured that you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. "

Queen Zhou was a little surprised when she heard this. She wanted to ask if the concubine Yuan Guifei you loved didn't commit suicide or die for her country?But in the end he couldn't ask the question, so he just nodded and said, "I've written it down."

While talking about family affairs, Emperor Chongzhen remembered something again and immediately said to Empress Zhou: "By the way, please cancel Ainao's marriage. I will arrange a good home for her later."

Zhu Yu'ao, the princess of Kunxing, had one of her arms chopped off by Emperor Chongzhen but still survived. After the Manchus entered the customs, she asked to be married as a nun, but Emperor Shunzhi did not agree and still married her to his intended consort Zhou Xian.

It can be seen from this that Zhou Xian did not die for his country, and he was able to survive Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing entering Beijing.Although it is recorded that Princess Kunxing was in love with her husband after marrying him, Princess Kunxing died of depression the next year. I am afraid that all the love between husband and wife was a lie.When the capital city was destroyed, "Ming Tongjian" recorded that many commoners were loyal to the country.Li Zicheng even marveled at the integrity of one of them, and compared it with Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, who had to change his master's virtue, which seemed ugly, which eventually led to Wei Zaode being disliked by Li Zicheng and died.

Emperor Chongzhen planned to rearrange his daughter's marriage after he finished his most busy work.Of course, if you are too busy, it means you can't save the country, and you will naturally have no time to think about your daughter's marriage.

On Zhu Cixiang's side, he had been listening to his parents talking. When he saw the opportunity, he spoke to his father and said: "Father, over at the Military War Bureau, although the craftsmen's wages have been paid, there is a shortage of raw materials. I’m afraid we won’t be able to start building ordnance and armor on a large scale.”

Emperor Chongzhen had actually considered this. He turned to Queen Zhou and said, "Check the list of today's house raids and see what's in their shops and warehouses. If it's iron materials needed for war, etc." , and deliver it to the Bingzhan Bureau as soon as possible."

A large part of the property of Wang Zhixin and others is land, followed by various shops. The shops themselves are not very valuable, but the goods in the shops are valuable.

Hearing this, Queen Zhou frowned and said: "This does not have a specific list, it is just a seal. What is specifically in the warehouse needs to be sent out to check."

In other words, it took less than half a day to complete the raid on the main house, which was already very efficient.As for what is in the shop, it can only be classified according to what the shop sells. How many things there are in total cannot be counted so quickly.

Time, time, what is lacking is time!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen understood, and told Queen Zhou: "If necessary, the maids can also be sent out to check the goods. In today's war, money may not be useful, materials are the most important thing. Mainly.”

Having said this, he turned to look at Zhu Cixiang and said: "I'm going to rescue Ningwuguan. I can only rely on Xuanfu and Datong for supplies. When you are in the capital, you must always pay attention to the capital's supplies. If necessary, , people can be allowed to leave the capital, but the supplies cannot be taken away. If it is found that the supplies are seriously unbalanced and affect the stability of the capital, military control will be implemented, all supplies will be confiscated, and then uniformly distributed according to headcount."

In some long-term city defense battles, unified distribution of supplies has existed since ancient times.But Zhu Cixiang was still a young man and had never experienced a city defense battle. Emperor Chongzhen was a little worried, so he specifically told him.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Zhu Cixi's expression was a little nervous after hearing this, so he comforted him: "As long as I block Li Zicheng's army at Ningwuguan, then on the capital side, at most, their partial troops will come to attack the city, and the pressure will not be too great. big."

"Father, if I can do it, I will definitely guard the capital." After hearing this, Zhu Cihong felt that his performance was not good, so he quickly cheered up and expressed his stance immediately.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, estimated the time in his mind, and said to them: "Go to bed early today. There are still big things to do tomorrow. You two will be even busier."

Tomorrow is the big court meeting that has been scheduled. It can be regarded as a day where everything is revealed. It is a day when the table is completely turned upside down and big things happen.

(End of this chapter)