Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 44: More heroic spirit

When he was thinking about it, he saw that Emperor Chongzhen had turned to look at Jiang Dejing, the assistant minister of the cabinet, and said: "Has Jiang Qing verified the situation of the army in Jizhen?"

One thing Jiang Dejing has been doing is to check the military readiness. He had argued with Emperor Chongzhen before, saying that increasing the three rates was a waste of people and money, but the soldiers and horses he trained did not meet the requirements at all, so he demanded the abolition of the three rates.

Among them, there was the one from Ji Town, which originally planned to train [-] troops, but ended up with only [-].As for this, it would be better if Jiang Dejing checked within the area.For example, when the Governor of Baoding was training troops, he agreed to train [-] troops, but the result of verification was only [-].

In short, all the regulations are not implemented. For example, the strength of the troops is not checked during the training, and the training is not even conducted. It is almost just a pretext of military training to make money from the people!

For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen became furious after what he said. If Ni Yuanlu hadn't taken the responsibility to plead for mercy, Jiang Dejing would no longer be in the court.However, according to historical records, he was dismissed from office within a few days.

At this time, Jiang Dejing heard the emperor's question and immediately responded: "I have verified that [-]% of Ji Zhen's military salary for two years has been allocated!"

When Tang Tong heard this, he immediately interrupted and said: "Your Majesty, the last general only received [-]% of his military pay!"

Jiang Dejing heard this and looked at Tang Tong. When he was about to speak, he heard Emperor Chongzhen say without hesitation: "I know what's going on. I will personally take care of this matter."

When he said this, another eunuch hurriedly entered the Jinluan Palace and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live my lord, according to the investigation, there is more than 15 taels of silver in the residence of the First Assistant Chen, and other properties have not yet been counted."

Also coming in with him was General He Zhen. He had already escorted the cash from Jiading Bo's Mansion to the Meridian Gate and came to the Jinluan Hall to pay the order.

Chen Yan was a little worried when he saw Zhou Kui's fate, but then he forgot about it for a while because of eating melon. This suddenly exposed his family background, and he was so scared that he was kneeling there. Falling sitting on the ground.

Emperor Chongzhen stared at him coldly and said: "You said you have no money left and can only give out 30 taels. You line your own pockets, use your power for personal gain, and deceive the emperor. You are so brave! Come on, take me to Jinyiwei Prison and try again!" "

After hearing the order, two more imperial guards came forward, dragged Chen Yan away and left.

At this time, Chen Yan came to his senses and immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, I am willing to donate, I am willing to donate all my family wealth, I am..."

Obviously, it was too late at this time, no matter how loud he shouted, it was of no use, he was just dragged down.

Tang Tong on the side was stunned. It turned out that the property outside was confiscated from home? The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty was just gone?

This Lord Chief Assistant is really powerful. He actually has more than 15 taels of cash in his house, but he only has 30 taels of remaining wealth?
While he was thinking about it, he heard Emperor Chongzhen say to Zhu Cixiang: "You will be the supervisor of the country from now on, and you must learn to handle the affairs of the country. You have also seen the handling just now, and I will leave this place to you. I will go out of the city, Pay the back pay to the frontier soldiers and they will be back soon."

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he was a little surprised and also a little guilty.This was a major court meeting. All the civil and military officials of the court were present, and something big happened. So just leave it to him?
But when he saw his father looking at him with encouraging eyes, and remembered that his father said that time was running out and he had to go all out to change his destiny, he didn't know where the courage came from, and he nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, Father!"

However, after others came to their senses, they were shocked: The emperor wanted to run outside the capital city during a major court meeting?
No, Fan Jingwen, the new chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, was the first to stand up and immediately said: "Your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, and must not be placed under a dangerous wall. Please stay in the Forbidden City, and minor ministers can go outside the city." One trip.”

Generally speaking, the civil and military officials of the capital, especially the emperor, must be on guard against foreign troops. Preventing them from entering the city is a basic measure.

Unexpectedly, the emperor actually ran out on his own. In their opinion, this was definitely too risky!
However, for Emperor Chongzhen, his most urgent thing at the moment is to control the army. The frontier army is the elite of the Ming army, and it is even better to control it in his own hands.Paying off pay arrears is the most direct and powerful way to win over the morale of the army. He cannot do this by pretending to others.Therefore, when he heard Fan Jingwen's advice, although he knew that he was thinking about himself, Emperor Chongzhen interrupted without hesitation: "If I don't even dare to go out to the capital, how can I lead an army to conquer the world?"

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen took action directly and took off the dragon robe he was wearing.

Seeing this scene, all the civil servants and generals were dumbfounded.

I saw that underneath the emperor's dragon robe, he was wearing a suit of armor!
Now that I have taken off my dragon robe, I feel even more heroic!
Emperor Chongzhen threw the dragon robe to a chamberlain beside him, and then greeted: "Jiang Qing, Tang Qing, He Qing, let's go!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhu Cixiang and encouraged him again: "I believe you. If there is a problem, discuss it with the chief minister. If it doesn't work, we will send someone out of the city!"

Then he strode forward.

As for the others, they are still in a daze.

In fact, this scene far exceeded their expectations.There has never been an emperor who would act like this.

Theoretically speaking, the emperor can do whatever he wants. The world is so big that only God can restrain the emperor.But what the emperor did was really against the rules!
Today, one by one, the emperor seems to be doing whatever he wants, without even caring about some of the rules that an emperor should have?
When they reacted and tried to stop them, Emperor Chongzhen had already strode out of the Jinluan Palace, leaving a group of people waiting, looking at each other.

If nothing happens, they will definitely go out and talk about it later.

However, there are also big things happening in the Jinluan Palace!

The large number of people kneeling were all accused of illegal things by Wang Zhixin and others, and they might have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. The emperor clearly asked the prince to deal with it. These matters cannot be thrown here halfway.

So, they had to wait and see how the prince would handle the affairs in the Jinluan Palace.

As for Emperor Chongzhen, after arriving outside the Jinluan Palace, the chamberlain already knew the emperor's new habits and immediately took the royal horse and waited.

Although Emperor Chongzhen was wearing armor, he jumped up and looked very relaxed.

This scene surprised Tang Tong, Jiang Dejing and even He Zhen who were following behind.

They saw Emperor Chongzhen turning to them on horseback and saying: "Get on your horses and follow me!"

Needless to say, Tang Tong and others knew that although Jiang Dejing was a civil servant, he could also ride a horse. Under the service of the palace chamberlain, he quickly mounted the horse as soon as it was ready, and then chased the emperor out of the Forbidden City.

When they arrived outside the Meridian Gate, after a preliminary estimate, He Zhen led [-] soldiers and [-] imperial guards, escorting flatbed trucks filled with boxes, and followed Emperor Chongzhen out of the city.Other silver and property are under the custody of the Jinyi Guards School Captain and will be handed over to the Queen later.

(End of this chapter)