Daming: I have a showdown, my father-in-law is the emperor

Chapter 40 The Mysterious Gift Prepared for Chongzhen
Great Ming capital.

After Chongzhen repelled the army of intruders, he celebrated wildly.

People set up a one-kilometer-long banquet on Chang'an Avenue, inviting all the people in the capital to eat and drink for free.

He wants to celebrate the victory with the people in the capital.

After the common people in the capital knew about it, they cheered again.

Constantly sing praises to His Majesty's sage.

Everyone came out of their homes and gathered in front of Chang'an Avenue to have a banquet.

The maids of the palace kept serving dishes, melons, fruits and vegetables, chicken, duck and fish, everything that one expects to find.

Seeing such a feast, the common people in the capital were moved and wept.

These years, either natural disasters or man-made disasters.

Everyone's life is miserable, today's big meal, they can't remember when was the last time they ate.

Chongzhen stood on the wall of the imperial palace and watched.

"Brother, look how happy everyone is, just like celebrating the Spring Festival."

Seeing such a lively scene, Chongzhen felt a little emotional for a moment, he hadn't felt such a lively scene for a long time.

Chen Fan nodded.

"The people of Ming Dynasty have had a hard time these years, and it is rare to have such a chance to eat and drink like this today. Of course everyone is happy."

However, although Chongzhen was delighted to see such a lively scene.

but.

When Chongzhen thought that there was nothing in the treasury, not even a grain of rice, he smiled bitterly and said to Chen Fan:
"Brother, elder brother followed your advice and took out the last few silver taels in the treasury to entertain the common people. Now the treasury has no money at all."

If Brother Xian hadn't said that there was a way to get money, he would really be reluctant to take out the last bit of money in the treasury.

Daming now needs to use silver in many, many places.

The biggest problem is the military salary of the soldiers at the border, as well as the silver taels needed for disaster relief, and the welfare of the royal family...

Originally, the little money in his treasury was a drop in the bucket, far from enough.

just now.

All the silver was used to celebrate the big victory, and nothing was left behind.

Chen Fan smiled at Chongzhen mysteriously and said:

"Brother, don't worry, the little brother said before that he will help the big brother get money."

Chongzhen said helplessly:
"It is precisely because I believe in my virtuous brother that my elder brother spent all the money. But where is the money that my virtuous brother said? If the money cannot be obtained, the court will not be able to continue to operate."

Chen Fan smiled and didn't speak.

Then he took out the prepared gift from the system space and handed it to Chongzhen.

This was prepared by Chen Fan before, but there was the threat of an army of intruders, so there was no time to take it out.

just now.

The crisis outside the city was lifted.

You can give gifts to Chongzhen.

"Brother, this is a gift for you. It was brought to you by my younger brother from Huaguo. Take a look, do you like it?"

Taking a look at the gift wrapped in paper, Chongzhen looked at Chen Fan because he didn't understand.

"My dear brother, what is this thing? Eldest brother still owes you 1000 million taels of silver, and now you are giving a gift, elder brother really doesn't know how to repay my dear brother. It's a pity that the treasury is empty now, otherwise, the gold, silver and jewels can be taken by my dear brother." .”

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he couldn't stop feeling emotional.

The virtuous brother cared so much for him, he only hated not being able to return the treasures to his virtuous brother.

"Brother, you will know when you open it."

While talking, Chen Fan encouraged Chongzhen to open the gift himself.

Chongzhen stepped forward and tore off the paper on the outside of the gift, only to find that there were several books inside.

Chongzhen looked up at Chen Fan suspiciously.

"Book?"

Chen Fan explained with a smile:
"This is a gift from my younger brother to my elder brother. These books are all about my elder brother."

While flipping through the book, Chen Fan introduced it to Chongzhen.

"This is the "Traditional and Simplified Dictionary". The characters used in Huaguo are simplified characters, which are somewhat different from those of Ming Dynasty. With this dictionary, Big Brother can compare and browse through the other books."

"This is "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", which introduces all aspects of Ming Dynasty."

"This is "The Last Day of Ming Dynasty". It records what happened after Li Zicheng broke through the city gate, including which officials kneeled and surrendered, which officials died to serve the country, and how Li Zicheng squeezed money from these civil and military ministers. Brother can Focus on it."

"There is also this book "Why Chongzhen Fell into Such a Situation". This is the reason analyzed by experts and scholars in Huaguo. In it, what mistakes did the elder brother make that led to the situation in Ming Dynasty. The elder brother can also take a closer look."

"There are also "Where is Chongzhen's Governance Strategy Wrong", "Chongzhen's Biography", "How the Ming Dynasty Saved Itself", "The End of Ming Dynasty", "The Stories Chongzhen and Chen Yuanyuan Have to Tell", "Chongzhen's Three Palaces and Six Courtyards", These big brothers can also take it back and have a look."

After Chen Fan finished speaking, Chongzhen looked at these books with a face full of shock.

"This, are these all records about me?"

Chen Fan nodded affirmatively.

"Well, yes, according to the original history, Li Zicheng would break through the city gate, and these books were compiled by scholars, summarizing the big and small things that happened in the life of the elder brother."

"The main point of this is that after Li Zicheng broke through the city gate, he tortured him severely and extracted more than 7000 million taels of silver from the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs."

"If land deeds, house deeds, shops, rare jewellery, antiques and cultural relics are included, Li Zicheng's total wealth from these ministers of civil and military affairs is worth more than [-] million taels of silver..."

Before Chen Fan finished speaking, he heard Chongzhen scream.

"What... what... two hundred million taels of silver?"

Chongzhen was shocked, completely stunned by such a huge number.

Two hundred million taels of silver, what kind of concept is this, it is impossible for him not to know.

Just talking about Daming's current annual tax revenue is only 300 million taels of silver.

But this kind of fiscal revenue is far from enough to spend.

Up to now, the imperial court is still in arrears with the military salaries of the soldiers at the border.

In other words.

Two hundred million taels of silver.

It is equivalent to the fiscal revenue of Daming for decades.

And this is just squeezed out of these civil and military ministers.

Thinking of this.

Chongzhen gritted his teeth, furious.

The reason why the common people live in such poverty and the treasury is so empty.

original.

Wealth has been embezzled by these shameless villains.

Fortunately, they all cry poorly.

As soon as they said that they wanted to donate money to help pay, they all shirked and said that they had no money.

At that time, Chongzhen really thought that these civil and military ministers did not have much money.

But now.

Chongzhen felt that he was a fool, and was deceived by these civil and military ministers.

One thought that it was these moths who hollowed out Da Ming, let Da Ming perish, and let him hang Meishan to death.

Chongzhen's eyes widened with anger, and he looked at the ministers of civil and military affairs in the distance with murderous eyes. They were laughing and having a banquet with the common people at this time.

Chongzhen said in a cold voice:
"I'm going to kill all these corrupt villains, leaving no one behind."

"Brother, it's best if you can think like this. You can't be soft-hearted when dealing with these moths."

Chen Fan was encouraging from the side.

The reason why Chen Fan is so active.

On the one hand, it was for his 1000 million taels of silver.

But more importantly, he also hated these country moths.

Daming has fallen into the current situation where the mountains and rivers are broken, and these corrupt moths are responsible for most of it.

　Do you know where is the most cloudy place?It's a piano and a mailbox.

　　God's comment: How many monsters live in the piano, how many monsters live in the mailbox
　　
　
(End of this chapter)