Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 30 30, Emperor Chongzhen was very surprised by the impeachment of the officials in Fengtian Palace
Royal Palace.

"More than one thousand and one million taels?" When he heard this number, Chongzhen was stunned.

Zhu Cilang smiled and nodded: "Yes, all of them have been escorted to the treasury. Tomorrow, I will personally go to the Beijing camp to distribute the military salary, and then I can start recruiting troops in the capital, father."

In fact, Zhu Cihong was shocked when he first learned about this number.After all, your 10,000 + my 20, it feels like it's just a few million.

But how should I put it, the facts are before our eyes, these ministers of Ming Dynasty have a lot of money!

It’s no wonder that the people of the Ming Dynasty couldn’t survive and joined Li Zicheng’s army to rebel. The level of wealth control was so disparate. Coupled with natural and man-made disasters, the people simply couldn’t survive.

Chongzhen also heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and smiled for the first time: "Long'er, you are doing very well, very well!"

Chongzhen was really very happy at this moment. You must know that since he inherited the throne, Daming has been in war or famine almost every year. poverty.

Chongzhen had never seen so much cash in his life.

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps, and two more people came in the imperial study, namely the British Duke and Li Guozhen.

These two people are the highest military officials in Beijing today, so the two of them appearing here are obviously also to report today's battle situation.

The British Duke looked dusty and dusty, and his armor was still stained with blood. He should have gone to the battlefield in person, while Li Guozhen on the other side looked a lot cleaner, making people wonder if he was just fighting remotely.

The British Duke said to Chongzhen in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although our officers and soldiers repelled the attack of the bandit army with their lives, the bandit army is too powerful. Please recruit more soldiers and horses as soon as possible, so that we can fight back." There is greater confidence in defending the capital."

After hearing these words, Chongzhen's face obviously became a lot more gloomy.

This is actually understandable. After all, Chongzhen has heard some good news in the past two days, so when he hears bad news, it is inevitable that he is a little uncomfortable.

Li Guozhen on the other side was obviously much more flexible, seeing Chongzhen's complexion, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the soldiers in the capital are still loyal to Daming.

As long as His Majesty is still there, the soldiers will fight bloody battles to the end, and it is absolutely impossible for the bandits to enter the capital! "

Zhu Cihong watched coldly from the sidelines, and after seeing Chongzhen's face turned cloudy and sunny after Li Guozhen said a few words, he began to understand why Li Guozhen was already appreciated by Chongzhen at such a young age.

In this world, many conscientious old scalpers are not as good as sycophants who can speak well in front of leaders.

Chongzhen took a deep breath, and said slowly: "I already know about this situation, don't worry, the crown prince has just obtained more than 1000 million taels of silver, and we can recruit soldiers and buy horses to resist the bandits from tomorrow."

As soon as Chongzhen said this, Duke Ying and Li Guozhen were stunned at the same time.

After a long while, the British Duke said in disbelief, "Did Your Majesty just say more than 1000 million taels?"

Chongzhen nodded, and said with some displeasure: "Does the British public think that I will lie? I said more than 1000 million taels, so of course I have so much money!"

With money, Chongzhen's tone of voice became much tougher.

The British prince was really shocked at this moment, and Li Guozhen, who was completely silent on the other side, also stared at Zhu Cihong in surprise.

Li Guozhen heard clearly just now that all the more than 1000 million taels were brought by Zhu Cihong.

How capable is this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, that he can get this huge amount of cash that is comparable to the income of the Ming treasury for several years?

Li Guozhen looked at Zhu Cihong as if he was looking at a visitor from outside the sky.

Zhu Cihong also smiled, and said confidently to the Duke of England and Li Guozhen in front of him: "As long as you two persist for another day, a large number of new soldiers will join the battlefield after tomorrow!"

Whether it was for Chongzhen or Zhu Cihong, they slept very sweetly that night.

On the second day, Chongzhen held a court meeting with great interest.

Unlike other emperors, Chongzhen was a very diligent emperor, so he convened these court meetings quite frequently.

Considering that the city of Beijing is now surrounded, it is impossible for various official documents from outside to be passed in, so Chongzhen can only call these ministers in the capital to discuss matters.

Wang Chengen's spirit obviously improved a lot. He stood in front of Chongzhen in high spirits, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has an order. If you have something to do, you will play it early, and if you have nothing to do, you will retreat!"

As soon as Wang Chengen's words fell, a minister came out from the crowd and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have an answer!"

Chongzhen took a look, and the other party found that it was a censor, so he nodded and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."

After the censor got Chongzhen's permission, he immediately said loudly: "I just want to impeach the prince today. As the prince of our Ming Dynasty, he openly threatened the officials and forced them to hand over a large amount of gold and silver." wealth.

This action is the law of the Ming Dynasty, and it has created a precedent for competing with courtiers for profit. If it is spread, it will definitely make the officials of the Ming Dynasty panic. How can the rule of the Ming Dynasty continue in the long run?
I believe that we must not set a precedent in this matter, otherwise, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger! "

After Chongzhen heard this, the smile on his face suddenly solidified.

He really didn't expect that the first thing that came up was the impeachment of Zhu Cihong.

But what surprised Chongzhen even more was yet to come.

After the censor finished speaking, several other ministers immediately stood up and spoke.

"My minister agrees!"

"The old minister also seconded!"

"The prince's behavior is really inappropriate, how can a king force his subjects to pay?

My Ming Dynasty has stipulated that scholar-bureaucrats can enjoy the right to be exempted from taxation as early as the founding of the country. Fortunately, the crown prince has blatantly started to rob. This is simply a joke! "

All of a sudden, there was a turmoil in Fengtian Hall, all of which were aimed at one person, that is Zhu Cihong!
This is also understandable. After all, although Zhu Cihong said yesterday that he had indeed succeeded in getting the ministers to hand over half of their wealth, many people actually cared about money very much.

If they don't care about money, then they don't need Zhu Cihong to force them. They would have given the money when Chongzhen asked for donations half a month ago.

So when they heard that they could cause trouble for Zhu Cihong, not only those accomplices who had been secretly persuaded by Cao Huachun and others would speak up, but many ministers who were unwilling to do so also offered to help.

For a moment, the crowd in the main hall was raging, and it seemed to overwhelm Zhu Cihong.

But what these ministers didn't notice was that Fang Gongqian, the admiral of the East Factory, quietly left Fengtian Hall from a corner when they were excited.

"No, you must tell the prince what happened here immediately!"

Fang Gongqian jumped on a horse and left quickly.

　Thanks to the book friend Xiaozhu Pei 7 for the reward. I have something to do tonight, and Chapter 1 will be published at around 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.

　　
　
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