Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 58 The Great Harvest

As soon as the censor left the Wenhua Palace, Queen Zhou came over.

Emperor Chongzhen noticed that the sad look on her face had basically disappeared, and she was walking in a hurry. As soon as she saw him, she said to him: "Your Majesty, the cash part has been verified."

While she was talking, the palace maid behind her presented her with a piece of paper. She took it immediately, paused for a moment while looking at the paper, and then continued: "The original Jiading uncle's house copied a total of 53 yuan in cash. About 650 taels. After His Majesty transported 23 and a half taels to the Jizhen Army outside the city to settle the arrears of pay, the remaining cash transported back by Jiang Gelao was 760 and a half taels, and there were 29 taels of gold. One hundred and 880 taels;"

“原首辅陈演家宅中共得现银15万七千870五两，黄金一千370两；原成国公府中共得现银120四万三千750六两，黄金20万七千530五两；原定国公府得现银95万八千670五两，黄金18万九千350五两；原英国公府中得现银110万两六千350五两，黄金19万三千670五两。”

After Empress Zhou finished reading, she handed the piece of paper to Emperor Chongzhen and said at the same time: "It will take about half a month to sort out other properties such as valuable utensils, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, shops, warehouses, and fields. "

After finishing speaking, she sighed.

Even if she was the empress of the Ming Dynasty and had been there for 17 years, she had never seen so much wealth. Today was an eye-opener and a heartbreak at the same time.

Emperor Chongzhen took the piece of paper and just looked at it briefly. According to the gold and silver exchange, one tael of gold is exchanged for [-] taels of silver. Of course, nowadays, in the chaos of war, the price of gold that is easy to carry will be higher.

Just for these companies, according to some estimates, the silver is about 400 million taels, and the gold is about 50 taels. If all are converted into silver, it is about 900 million taels.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen looking at the verification results, Empress Zhou sighed with emotion: "I really didn't expect that there would be so much gold and silver!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen looked up at her and sneered: "Emperor Taizu deduced in his dream that after the fall of the capital, Thief Li chased the stolen goods to help pay, and finally stole as much as 7000 million taels of silver!"

Upon hearing this, Queen Zhou couldn't help but open her eyes wide, with a look of disbelief on her face, 7000 million taels, how could there be so much?

Emperor Chongzhen would not care about the authenticity of this value, and continued: "The three hereditary princes must still have missing properties, but these are not very important. The next thing you need to pay attention to is the verification of the supplies. After all, gold and silver cannot be filled. You can't keep out the cold even if you have a full stomach. Supplies are the most important thing, so check them more quickly."

After hearing this, Queen Zhou came back to her senses, still with a look of shock on her face, nodded and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have written this down!"

Emperor Chongzhen handed the paper back to her, and said at the same time: "Yesterday, some of the newly arrived soldiers who came to the capital camp still have not paid their dues. See if you can pay this part of the unpaid wages before dark." Cleared."

"If the arrears are not paid off today so that the soldiers can listen to orders, there may be more soldiers following the rebellion, and it is even less likely that the rebellion will be put down so quickly. Therefore, the army must pay attention to it and put it first. One to deal with.”

At this time, it was getting late. When Queen Zhou heard this, she immediately replied: "Okay, I will go and do this now."

In troubled times, the army is the most important, and she actually knows this.Therefore, even if she had to verify her belongings, she immediately agreed to do this first.

When Queen Zhou was about to leave after speaking, she heard Emperor Chongzhen say to her again: "By the way, this armor of mine is useless. You know my figure, help me choose good armor." After hearing this, , Queen Zhou looked at him, a little confused.

Emperor Chongzhen was wearing a golden helmet and armor, and he looked very heroic. In her opinion, this armor was already very good.

Emperor Chongzhen saw the confusion in her eyes and reached out to pinch his wrist. He saw that the armor on the wrist flattened like paper.Then Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand and pinched it again, returning the place to its original state.

This scene left Queen Zhou stunned, so much so that she stretched out her hand in surprise and squeezed it too.Of course, she didn't move.

Emperor Chongzhen did not want to show off his strength, but this armor was worn by the emperor on some special occasions. If it was really heavy, the emperor would not be able to wear it for long.Therefore, as Emperor Chongzhen said, this armor is actually of no use.

At this time, although Queen Zhou did not touch the armor, she still nodded obediently and said, "I've written it down!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen told her: "The elite soldiers among the Jianlu soldiers who charge into battle are all wearing at least two layers of armor. The chance of surviving on the battlefield is higher. In this way, you can help me get a set of cotton armor and a set of leather armor." And a set of iron armor. You don’t need to wear the iron armor at ordinary times, but when you go to the battlefield, you can wear the iron armor again!”

Cotton armor has better protection against lead bullets and can also keep warm. Therefore, most Ming army soldiers wore cotton armor.The protective ability of leather armor is actually very strong. It is not easy to break through the armor, but if it is hit hard, it is easy to be internally injured. If you add iron armor, you can reduce this damage.

When Queen Zhou heard the emperor's words, she immediately imagined the scene in her mind of the emperor leading the army to charge and fight, and her face turned pale.

She never thought that one day the emperor would lead an army to the battlefield and even fight like the soldiers!

This is too dangerous!Even though Emperor Chongzhen had said before that he would lead the army on an expedition, she didn't feel how dangerous Emperor Chongzhen would be now!
Subconsciously, she advised Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, that would be too dangerous, otherwise..."

Emperor Chongzhen listened, shook his head, and said seriously: "In troubled times, only by taking control of the military can we revive the country. Otherwise, there have been too many things in history where the country has changed hands. This is mine. There is no escaping responsibility.”

After hearing this, Queen Zhou felt that the emperor was risking his life for the country and the country, and her eyes turned red. She nodded, said "yes", and then said: "Okay, leave the armor to me. I will definitely do it in these two days." Will be ready."

When Emperor Chongzhen saw her like this, he smiled and said, "It's okay. I have Emperor Taizu's guidance. The Ming Dynasty will definitely be revived!"

At this point, he remembered something and said quickly: "By the way, help me find the war horses too. Don't look for useless ones. Fierce horses don't matter. There are also hard bows, the hardest bows are also required. The book of war, help I'll look for Qi Jiguang's fourteen-volume "New Book of Ji Xiao"."

This was all the emperor's preparation for the battlefield, and it was related to his life and death on the battlefield. Empress Zhou nodded immediately. Seeing that the emperor had nothing to say, she hurriedly went to do these things.

At this moment, she had completely forgotten about Zhou Kui, and the only thing in her mind was that her husband was about to go to the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)