Become the richest man in the world from answering questions

Chapter 180 An egg is laid under the nest
"Chongzhen was also angry when he saw that Wu Xiang didn't do it at the time, so he said, Li Zicheng is about to hit the capital's feet, and Ming is almost finished, this is the most terrible thing, you don't do it?"

"Without waiting for Wu Xiang to answer, Chongzhen continued. He said, how much is the military salary to transfer the troops here? Don't talk nonsense, let's just talk about it!"

"At that time, Wu Xiang was also rude, so he just said that if he wanted to transfer Guan Ning's iron cavalry, he would have to give 100 million taels of silver, and he couldn't transfer even one tael less."

"One million taels of silver, this is Wu Xiang's asking price. This price should not be a big deal for the largest country in the world at that time."

"However! Hehe! At that time, Daming was not as good as it used to be. Years of wars and natural disasters have already emptied the last bit of wealth of the Ming Dynasty."

"The family property of the Ming Dynasty began to lose money from the middle of the Ming Dynasty, although it was supplemented a little during the Wanli period."

"But you have to know that the three major campaigns in Wanli and the two battles in North Korea also wiped out the urgent family property accumulated by the Wanli Dynasty. The treasury has long been empty."

"At the time of Chongzhen, let alone 100 million taels, even if you want to take out 10 taels of silver, that's enough!"

"Since Chongzhen can't afford so much money, what should we do? Chongzhen thought about it at the time, hey, he turned his attention to his subordinates, the pockets of those dignitaries!"

"As the saying goes, there are eggs under the nest. Now that the Ming Dynasty is in danger, don't stand back, let alone be stingy, you have to bleed me!"

"For this matter, Chongzhen personally made a list of the emperor's relatives and civil and military officials, and asked everyone to work together to come up with the 100 million taels of military pay!"

"However, what Chongzhen never imagined was that his practice of soliciting donations and subsidies turned into a farce in the end!"

"What's the matter? The reason is that the royal relatives are unwilling to take the lead in setting an example. If the royal family doesn't pay, the cabinet officials naturally won't pay either! Let alone other officials."

"And I also said that your Zhu family dynasty is about to come to an end, and your Zhu family is not doing well, so what does it matter to us?"

"So everyone didn't pay, so Chongzhen personally came forward and summoned a group of officials. Then these officials naturally have to give Chongzhen a little face, of course they have to show a little bit."

"And these officials often cry about being poor, saying that our family has no money, and how much they donated last time, this time they really can't get it out!"

"All in all, these high-ranking officials and dignitaries who spend their days and nights usually spend money without blinking their eyes. At this time, they all seem to have turned into Hai Rui. They really have no money!"

"In the end, this group of people was cornered by Chongzhen. Guess what they did? According to historical records, many princes and senior officials posted notes on their gates to destroy their homes and relieve their difficulties after they returned home. "

"Then what is this note for? It means selling a house!"

"It is said that it is to donate money to collect the military salary. I am already going to sell the house. The emperor can't force me anymore, right?"

"Such a scene, if placed at other times, would have been very touching! But at that time, even a fool could see it! It was just a farce!"

"Then what happened at that time? At that time, Li Zicheng was about to enter BJ City. At this juncture, who would buy a house? It was too late to run!"

"Besides, who else can afford their houses except those high-ranking princes who sell them?"

"In short, Chongzhen tossed and tossed for a long time, but he couldn't get a few taels of silver from these people."

"When things come to this, if these people want to join in the plan to transfer Guan Ning's iron cavalry back to the capital to defend the capital, they will naturally give up."

"Then, do those princes and senior officials who cry about being poor every day really have no money? Of course not! How could they have no money!?"

"I will tell you a story here, and you will know. One month later, Li Zicheng entered BJ City."

"Then after entering BJ City, the first thing Li Zicheng did was to ask these princes and officials for money!"

"So Li Zicheng arrested all the hundreds of royal relatives and dignitaries who were still in BJ City at that time, and then asked them to take the money!"

"And everyone gets a different amount of money, for example, how much the prince should take, how much the university scholar should take, how much the minister should take, if you don't give it, you will be beaten! Ruthless people, this is it."

"Can you guess how many taels of silver Li Zicheng got out of these people with this trick? There are 7000 million taels of silver alone!"

"At that time, silver was hidden in the cellars of the homes of many dignitaries! The amount varied. Some hid a few 10 taels, while others filled the cellars to the brim with more than 100 million taels! "

"Of course, this is a later story. We haven't finished talking about the previous ones. Then, a month ago, why did the gang of dignitaries all become stingy roosters?"

"Let's talk about this issue later, now let's talk about that time! Because Chongzhen couldn't make up 100 million taels of military pay, he couldn't transfer Guan Ning cavalry to defend the capital!"

"And at this time, Li Zicheng's army has already conquered Taiyuan and Datong and other important military towns, and it is already very close to the capital."

"Chongzhen, who can't be transferred to Guanning's iron cavalry, is he going to sit and wait for death? Is the story coming to an end here?"

"Actually, there was another best way at that time. What? Hey, this was mentioned at the beginning of being a teacher, that's right! That is to move the capital to the south, and move the capital to Nanjing."

"It's a good thing to talk about moving the capital to the south. To put it in a bad way, it's running away. If the court can't beat it, it's running away. You have to give up the capital, the capital, and go to Nanjing to continue to fight against Li Zicheng."

"At that time, if Chongzhen wanted to run away, there were still many favorable conditions."

"For example, at that time, the main force of Li Zicheng's peasant army was mainly concentrated in Shaanxi and Shanxi, that is, the north, while in the south, such as Henan and Jiangnan, there were basically no rebels."

"With this kind of conditions, Chongzhen can completely abandon the capital and go to the south. Secondly, Nanjing still had a whole set of government agencies at that time, such as the Six Ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and what BJ had!"

"Also, although there were not many people left in the main force of Ming Dynasty at that time, there were still nearly 100 million regular troops in the south."

(End of this chapter)