Chongzhen roughly estimated the recent salary, more than 500,000 taels for himself, more than 300,000 taels for the eunuchs, more than 200,000 taels for the ministers, and more than 300,000 taels for the nobles, adding up to nearly 150 taels, barely enough for the expenses of Liaodong for two months.

If you want the war in Liaodong to be stable and guaranteed, the strength of this subsidy not only cannot be reduced, but on the contrary, it must be strengthened, and even in the face of the people's aid, no matter what, this battle in Liaodong cannot be defeated!

A few days later, Chongzhen once again issued a holy decree, urging the emperor's relatives and noble ministers to continue to help, with 30,000 taels as the best, and if the people are willing to help, they can donate money to the household department.

After Chongzhen issued a call for donations, a civilian old man in his sixties came to the household department and donated the four hundred taels of silver he had saved all his life.

The editorial department of "Huangming Times" immediately interviewed the old man and asked him why he donated his pension money.

The old man burst into tears and said: If the war in Liaodong is lost, the world will be turbulent again. At present, the situation is difficult, as the people of the Ming Dynasty, they should do their best for this country, and hope that after the war, the Ming Dynasty will be peaceful in the world and there will be no more wars......

"Under a good nest, there are no eggs!"

In the Wenhua Palace, Chongzhen held the newspaper and cheered: "Even a cloth cloth knows this truth, but Zhou Kui, who is the national abbot, doesn't understand!" If my Daming is finished, how long can his Zhou family's Wanguan family wealth be kept? ”

"These nobles and courtiers are all a group of rat-eyed people!"

Chongzhen put down the newspaper and said loudly: "Declare the decree, give this old man the position of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, hereditary replacement!" ”

.......

After the decree was issued, the people's subsidy was active, but the civil and military officials and the emperor's relatives still found various reasons to prevaricate, but they had no money.

Many people make a mess of the bricks and tiles on their houses, hide the valuable things in the house, and then sell them at the door of their mansions with real estate.

Zhou Kui and the imperial princes began to wear the most shabby clothes to the court, and changed from taking a sedan chair to going to the court on foot.

Ninety percent of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty is in the hands of nobles, gentry, and landlords, and it is good for ordinary civilians to have food and clothing, even if they have the heart to help, they are powerless to support.

Some businessmen saw that the old man who donated money was crowned official, and they also donated some, but they didn't see anything, and most of the merchants were profit-seeking, and the merchants behind naturally refused to pay.

Take the official title out and sell it, Chongzhen will definitely not be able to do this kind of thing, as soon as this mouth is opened, it will be terrible in the future, and the entire officialdom of the Ming Dynasty will be even worse, and the impact will be great.

The nobles saw that the results of the hundred officials crying poor were very good, and they also followed the same method of crying poverty, among which the most exaggerated performance was Li Guorui, the Marquis of Wuqing.

Li Guorui's ancestor is Emperor Wanli's maternal grandfather Li Wei, that is, Wanli's mother, Empress Dowager Li's father.

Li Wei's experience is similar to Zhou Kui, Zhou Kui is an old Chinese medicine doctor and fortune teller, Li Wei is a mason, Li Wei's daughter Empress Dowager Li was only a concubine of King Yu at first, because she gave birth to a son, her status was improved.

After King Yu became the emperor, Li Wei was named Wuqing Bo, a chicken dog ascended to heaven, and after Emperor Longqing hung up, Li Wei's grandson ascended the throne, that is, Emperor Wanli, and Li Wei was named Marquis of Wuqing.

Marquis Wuqing relied on his daughter Empress Dowager Li to do some things to fight against people's power, oppress the people, collude with traitors, frame Zhongliang, bring disaster to the country and the people, and did everything.

Zhang Juzheng carried out reforms, and his vigorous opposition made a stumbling block, and almost made Zhang Juzheng's whip method yellow, but fortunately, the Empress Dowager Li intervened to let the reform continue.

In order to make black money, Wu Qinghou also made the winter jackets customized by the defenders of the Great Wall into defective goods, causing nineteen sergeants in Jizhen under Qi Jiguang's jurisdiction to freeze to death, and after Qi Jiguang reported to the imperial court, Li Wei, Marquis of Wuqing, was only fined for half a year.

Emperor Wanli reigned for forty-eight years, and the Marquis of Wuqing has been greatly developed, not to mention that his family wealth is rich and rivals the country, and there are few people in this capital who can stand out.

Li Guorui, the current Marquis of Wuqing, as such a wealthy man, actually started to sell furniture on the street, and even ran to the street to cry in a royal python robe, which is too much.

Wuqing Marquis Li Guorui's behavior directly touched Chongzhen's bottom line, as an imperial prince, doing this kind of thing is simply a loss of royal face!

Chongzhen decided to deal with Li Guorui strictly, and by the way, he was used to deter those unscrupulous and openly disobedient imperial relatives and officials.

Chongzhen handed over this task to Wang Dehua, Wang Dehua has been left out in the palace, he is an old man who believes in the palace, Chongzhen is still more nostalgic.

Chongzhen said with a gloomy face: "Marquis Wuqing is disrespectful and disrespectful, and he will lose his royal face, so he will take it immediately!" ”

"The old slave commands!"

"Wait!" Chongzhen felt that it was inappropriate again, and after pondering for a while, he said: "After all, Marquis Wuqing is a relative of the emperor, you have to salute first and then soldier, if he can borrow 400,000 taels of silver, forget it......"

Why 400,000 taels of silver? Chongzhen knows the market, Li Guorui's concubine brother has no right to inherit, so he wrote and said: Dad left 400,000 taels of silver, and the minister should get 200,000 taels, and today the minister will donate all the 200,000 taels he deserves to the country.

Chongzhen pondered, this is a good thing, just borrow all 400,000 taels for use, if Wu Qinghou is unwilling, then you are welcome......

"Old Slave Commands ......."

Wang Dehua is full of energy, ready to do a big job, he wants to return to the celebrant and return to the emperor's vision through this excellent performance.

Wang Dehua came to the mansion of Li Guorui, Marquis of Wuqing, with a vote of Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi, and asked for 400,000 taels of silver.

As soon as Li Guorui heard that the old eunuch opened his mouth and asked for 400,000 taels of silver, he didn't dare to turn his face, so he immediately complained bitterly and pretended to be stupid.

Li Guorui said with a sad face: "Prince, you know, this year's drought has wiped out all our farmland, and the money to buy land has not been recovered yet." ”

Wang Dehua didn't eat him at all, his face immediately changed, and he said: "Marquis Wuqing, who doesn't know that your family is rich and rivals the country?" Don't give face, our family is here with a brocade guard! ”

Li Guorui saw that Wang Dehua suddenly turned his face, and he was also angry, he was a relative of the emperor and a marquis, can these dog minions not look at the face of the Buddha without looking at the face of the monk?

Li Guorui thought that Wang Dehua was scaring him, so he turned his face on the spot, he said with a sideways face: "What's the matter, the master just has no money, he wants money, he wants a life, if you see that the life of the master is still worth some money, just take it to make up the number!" ”

Wang Dehua smiled and said, "Scare our family? The emperor has made a will, you Wuqinghou resisted the decree and disrespected, lost the royal face, should have been imprisoned, the emperor couldn't bear it, so he gave you a chance to Wuqinghou, as long as you lent 400,000 taels of silver, this matter is over, our family has asked the household department to send out the IOUs of 400,000 taels, as long as you Wuqinghou nodded, our family will take the silver and leave! ”

Li Guorui shook his face and said: "If the prince thinks that our family's mansion is still worth some money, he will take the title deed away, and my Wuqinghou family can live even on Jingshi Street!" ”

Wang Dehua couldn't be stumped by his trick, and immediately sneered and said: "It's really a face, come on, take someone!" Raid the house! ”

The brocade guard behind Wang De's incarnation had already been instructed, and he just waited for an order to take someone to raid his house.