Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 38 You old thing

However, although the ministers in the Jinluan Palace all knelt down after hearing the sound, none of them panicked.

Perhaps they had expected it, when they saw Jiading Bo Zhou Kui kneeling out and kowtowing to the ground: "Your Majesty, this is unfair! My daughter is the queen of the Ming Dynasty, and my grandson is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. How can we not share the same boat with the Ming Dynasty? It's just that ...It’s just that I really don’t have any money left!”

Zhu Cixiang was already very angry when he saw it before. He didn't expect that the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty would be so ugly. This was the first time he saw it clearly.Now seeing Zhou Kui's face, he couldn't bear it anymore and immediately cursed: "Bah, you old man, are you worthy of my mother..."

Everyone did not expect that the prince, who was always polite, well-behaved and obedient, would be so verbal and foul. They didn't react at once and everyone was dumbfounded.Even Zhou Kui himself was stunned by the scolding.

Before Zhu Cixi could finish his scolding, Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand to stop him. Then Emperor Chongzhen shouted: "I will give you one more chance. How much silver will I give you to buy treasure banknotes?"

After being told this, Zhou Kui came to his senses, hesitated again and again, and turned to look at the Duke of Xia, and finally replied: "I will offer you two thousand, no, three thousand. If your majesty is still not satisfied, I will give you three thousand." Go back and sell some of your belongings to make ends meet!”

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he wanted to explode again.

He was really angry today. Forget about others, he was his own grandpa!His mother took out nearly 20 years of private money, and even some gold and silver jewelry, and collected 5000 taels of silver for her father, thinking that she could keep her father.Unexpectedly, even if his father forced him again, he would only give out 3000 taels in the end, and would embezzle 2000 taels without conscience.

No, this kind of person’s conscience has long been eaten by dogs!

This kind of person should be cut into pieces. He just pitied his mother. How could he have such a father!

He was filled with resentment, but before he could explode, Emperor Chongzhen turned to look at Duke Cheng Guo again and asked, "Where are you? How much will you pay?"

In the original history, when Emperor Chongzhen was collecting money in 17 years, these civil and military officials, royal relatives and nobles did not contribute money. In the end, Emperor Chongzhen was forced to make rigid regulations, apportioning according to the yamen, and according to the official's place of origin, he stipulated that in Beijing Officials donated money, such as eight thousand from Jiangnan, four thousand from Jiangbei, six thousand from Zhejiang, five thousand from Huguang, four thousand from Shaanxi, and four thousand from Shandong.After all the effort, I finally collected only 20 taels.

At this time, Zhu Chunchen listened to the question and replied with a little embarrassment: "I am really powerless. Your Majesty thinks this is a good idea. If you give me a few days of grace, I will definitely collect 3000 taels of silver!"

The implication is that he has to go back and sell off his property in order to collect three thousand silver.

Emperor Chongzhen ignored him and turned to look at Duke Dingguo. In the end, he got a similar reply. He also asked for time to sell off his property and collect 3000 taels of silver.

When it was the turn of Chen Yan, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, he replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, not only are the salaries of the ministers reduced, but they are also in arrears. I have to support my wife, children, young and old at home. I really can't raise the money. At most I can only take out 100 taels!"

If you want to say what he said, it is actually the truth.Compared with the previous dynasties, the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were not only very low, but they also had to pay off their salaries, give them treasure notes, etc., which was like deducting their salaries in various ways.

However, the crux of the question is, how many officials in the Ming Dynasty really relied on their salaries for their income?
But at this time, after Chen Yan spoke, others used this as an excuse to cry that they really had no money.

Emperor Chongzhen listened patiently to what they had to say, then turned to look at Wang Chengen beside him and said, "Did you remember everything?"

Wang Chengen turned his head and looked at the two chamberlains behind him, and then echoed: "Memory them all!"

Seeing that the emperor was not furious and hearing their conversation, the ministers below felt something bad for some reason.They saw that Emperor Chongzhen had turned to look at them and shouted coldly: "I have given you a chance, now I want to see how many of you will deceive you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ruolian and Wang Chengen immediately saluted Emperor Chongzhen and then strode out.

Seeing this scene, the people in the Jinluan Palace were immediately dumbfounded!
Emperor, what does this mean?
However, Emperor Chongzhen did not mean to explain to them. Instead, he shouted to them with a sullen face: "I have here the confessions of Wang Zhixin, Luo Yangxing, and Wang Dehua. They confessed that many of you have taken advantage of others' money, land, and shops." Wait, buying and selling official positions, deducting military pay, colluding with ministers and other illegal things!"

After he finished speaking, without waiting for the civil and military officials below to complain, he ordered the eunuch beside him: "Read it to them!"

"Your servant accepts the decree!" After hearing this, the eunuch immediately took out a large stack of documents, took the top one, and then began to read in a measured tone.

It can be seen that with such a thick stack of documents, there must be many people recruited by Wang Zhixin.

When the civil and military officials below saw this scene, there was nothing they could do. They could only listen to see if there was anyone of their own and what they said, so that they could refute.

So, in the Jinluan Palace, the eunuch's voice continued.

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On Long Live Mountain outside Xuanwu Gate, the number of newly formed Beijing Camps has reached [-], and most of them are standing in formation in the cold wind, waiting for orders.

They didn't know why they had to line up so early in the morning, but that didn't stop them from standing upright, and even the cold wind couldn't bend their line.Because they know that only in this newly formed Beijing camp can they receive military pay and follow the emperor in battle. Their merits will be rewarded and their deeds will be punished!

Being a soldier and eating food is the best thing!
The generals at the front of the team also stood still. Only He Zhen and other senior military officers moved around to inspect.

They all knew that something big was going to happen today, and it was related to the big court meeting.

Therefore, the few of them looked at the Forbidden City from time to time, making some guesses in their minds, waiting for the results to be announced.

I don't know when I suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats. When I heard the sound, I looked around and saw that it was Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies and the governor of the East Factory, leading the factory guards.

He Zhen and others immediately perked up when they saw it, and hurriedly greeted him.I don’t know what big event will happen today, it will be announced soon!

When Wang Chengen saw them, he did not sit on his horse and speak condescendingly. Instead, he got off his horse and said to He Zhen and others: "Someone in the Jinluan Palace deceived you and ignored you. Lord Long Live ordered us to verify it. Listen..."

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