Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 37 What a pity Emperor Chongzhen
Hearing the emperor's words, Zhang Guoji calmed down and immediately replied: "The thieves are powerful. Once the city falls into the hands of thieves, all glory and wealth will be in vain. Only by uniting in the city can we keep out thieves. In this matter, Luoyang serves as a warning." , I would like to take my hometown auspicious talisman as an example!"

The auspicious talisman is Kaifeng. When Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang and Kaifeng, King Fu of Luoyang did not pay, and the city was destroyed and people died.The King of Zhou in Kaifeng paid for it, but Li Zicheng could not open the seal three times, and even lost an eye. In the end, Kaifeng was flooded and the city was broken.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and praised: "Well said! Only with a united will can we keep out thieves. Once the city falls into the hands of thieves, all glory and wealth will be in vain!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the other civil servants and generals, the royal family and nobles, and asked loudly: "It has been three days since the city of Taiyuan was destroyed. Once Shanxi falls, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Li's thieves are approaching the city, how can the capital be defended? The top priority is to The purpose is to collect food, grass, military pay, and rebuild the capital camp. Sirs, would you please reconsider and buy more treasure money to help the Ming Dynasty through this difficult time?"

Hearing this, the Jinluan Palace was quiet, and no one responded!
Obviously, I am afraid that most people are unwilling to change their words and do not want to pay more.

So Emperor Chongzhen snorted, "Very good, this gives him a reason to flip the table."

When he was about to get angry, he saw Zhu Cunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, stood up and said to him: "I dare to ask your Majesty, how do you know that three days have passed since the fall of Taiyuan City?"

Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Dingguo, also stood up and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "I have heard rumors in the past few days, and it seems that Taiyuan City has been destroyed for a long time. But Taiyuan is far away in Jin, how could it be spread so quickly? Capital? I think there might be a mistake in it!"

Chen Yan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, also made a memorial: "The city of Taiyuan is strong, and there are natural dangers all over Shanxi. Even if Li's army enters Jin, it will not be easy to capture Taiyuan. The old minister believed that this news was just a leak by thieves. It shakes the hearts of the capital!"

If Taiyuan is still in good condition, then the emperor's prerequisite for asking for money is invalid, and there is no way to talk about how much money to buy.

Based on this idea, other ministers immediately followed suit.If he didn't know the real situation and just listened to what they said, Emperor Chongzhen would really think that Shanxi would be fine.

But at this time, he felt that these birds were noisy, so he immediately slapped the imperial case with a "bang" sound, and then shouted sternly: "This news was told by Emperor Taizu in a dream the day before yesterday. How can it be false? I just ask Do you have money or not?"

He didn't even say "Your Majesty", he just said "You" and slapped the table. Obviously the emperor was very angry.

However, at this time, these royal family members and civil and military ministers seemed to have become hard-core, and they were in conflict with the emperor without retreating at all.

"Your Majesty, you think about it every day and dream about it at night. Your Majesty is just worried about the situation!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, dreams cannot be taken seriously!"

"..."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at their faces and prepared to show his power to scare them.

But at this moment, I heard noise coming from outside, and the Jinluan Hall suddenly became quiet.

"Report, urgent military information from [-] miles away, Taiyuan has fallen, report..." A chamberlain took the urgent report from a guard in uniform at the entrance of the hall, and then hurried to the front of the emperor.The civil and military ministers, royal relatives and nobles on both sides were all dumbfounded, looking at the urgent report in the hands of the chamberlain.

When you say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

Emperor Chongzhen himself was not surprised at all. Calculating the time, the urgent military intelligence report from Taiyuan would arrive at about this time.

Because according to historical records, on February 17th in the [-]th year of Chongzhen, after Emperor Chongzhen learned that Taiyuan had fallen, he issued the last edict of sin in his life.It can be deduced from this that the news about the fall of Taiyuan was known before February [-]th, and then there was a discussion in the court. The result was that your emperor did not do a good job, so he quickly issued a sin-self edict, which might still be useful!

It's really pitiful for Emperor Chongzhen. There has never been an emperor like him who issued edicts one after another to criticize himself, but in the end he became the king of the country's subjugation!
All I can say is that he is really easily fooled!
But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the urgent report of the fall of Taiyuan, and shouted coldly: "How? Can Emperor Taizu still have false dreams? Tell me in advance what I will do! This treasure note, How much did you buy?"

There was already a hint of threat in his words.

However, as the saying goes, taking someone's money is like killing your parents.There are definitely not many people who have a big-picture perspective like Tai Kangbo and can make real choices.

No, after he said these words, Xu Yunzhen came out and said: "Your Majesty, can you tell me the urgent report? I am afraid that someone will deceive your Majesty and make scaremongering in exchange for money from the court!"

Wei Zaode, the assistant minister of the cabinet, also followed suit and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has just sent reinforcements, and there are even elite border troops stationed in Jin. How could it fall so quickly? The truth behind this must not be ignored, so as not to be deceived by traitors!"

The two of them made this move, and immediately, all the civil servants, military officers, royal relatives and nobles began to agree with them.It's as if Emperor Chongzhen believed this military intelligence report at once, then he was a fool and a coward!
It is not unreasonable for three people to become tigers. If someone is not extremely clear-minded and knows the truth in advance, he will be criticized by so many civil and military officials, and he will doubt his life!
Fan Jingwen, who knew military affairs, had quarreled with Wei Zaode before. He wanted to express his opinion, but he didn't even have the chance to do so.Comparatively speaking, there are too few people like him. Even if he is a cabinet minister, he will not have a say in the court at all.

Emperor Chongzhen wanted to laugh a little when he saw them performing, but he refrained from having an attack and directly asked his chamberlain to forward the urgent report to Xu Yunzhen.Then he saw several princes around him, and they all came over to see whether it was true or false.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them coldly and asked: "How?"

This urgent military intelligence report was true and was not arranged by him in advance. Xu Yunzhen could not find any problem, so he said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Maybe it would be best to send someone to Jin to verify it!"

Others also echoed, saying they must be cautious!

With a "pop", Emperor Chongzhen slammed the table again and shouted sternly, "The national affairs have reached a critical moment. Is it so difficult for you to provide some money? Or, you have other plans for a long time. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, The boat is sinking, so you want to find another boat?"

He was definitely furious, and what he said would be earth-shattering and would definitely cause landslides and earthquakes.

Under normal circumstances, if a courtier hears this, he will definitely be scared to death!
(End of this chapter)