The news of the loss of Taiyuan spread quickly to all directions like a plague.

But before people could react, the more terrifying bad news struck again: Yuan Zongdi, the main force of the exile army, attacked overnight, and it only took one night to conquer the city of Shunde, and the counties and villages along the road surrendered one after another.

Perhaps God felt the sadness of this huge dynasty that had lasted for more than 270 years, and early in the morning, the bleak autumn rain was floating in the Jingshi City.

The mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings, and the spring river plumbing duck prophet.

At this time, the fool knows that the wind is unstable, and the voice that has been discussing the crusade against Xu Changqing and supporting the self-respect of the army has long disappeared.

Whether it is the teahouse at the front door, the green building in Dashilar, or the wine shops and casinos everywhere, everyone keeps their mouths tightly shut for fear of getting into trouble.

At the end of the hour, the heavy early dynasty finally ended, and Emperor Chongzhen's legs were filled with lead, and he returned to Dongnuan Pavilion with great difficulty.

This young and vigorous emperor no longer has the decisiveness and uprightness of the past.

Inadvertently, there is a lot of gorgeous hair on his sideburns, and against the backdrop of the dragon robe with several patches, it is like a person returning from the night in the bleak autumn rain, obviously there is a road ahead, but he doesn't know where this road will lead......

In the warm pavilion, the 'crackling' sound of charcoal burning in the brazier dispels the bleak autumn frost outside, making the interior warm like spring.

But Emperor Chongzhen didn't feel the slightest warmth at this time, but was like falling into an ice cave!

At this time, what made his heart ache was not actually the loss of Xijing, the loss of Taiyuan, the loss of Shunde, and the loss of countless cities......

But......

The wind and waves brought by the exile army, the weak resistance of the officials and soldiers, especially those gentry and heroes who rose with the wind!

Don't they know who gave them such a life, who has preserved their glory for generations?

Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to arrest all these two or five boys, parade them on the streets one by one, execute them in Ling Chi, and then peel the skin and fill the grass in order to relieve the hatred in his heart!

Unfortunately, this is no longer realistic......

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly wanted to cry, but found that he couldn't cry at all, because this would not solve any problems, but would only increase the laughter of others......

"Father, you, drink some water......"

At this time, Zhu Yujiao, who was as slender as a green onion, was a little scared, but she held up her courage and came to Emperor Chongzhen's side, holding a glass of warm water in her snow-white jade hand.

"Kunxing, you, why are you here?!"

Emperor Chongzhen's pathetic gaze suddenly became cold, like a thin tiger, glaring at Zhu Yujiao fiercely.

He is the son of heaven, the grandson of the great grandfather, and the father of countless people in the world, how can he let his daughter see his embarrassed appearance?

"Father, son, son, ahhhhhhh......hh

Zhu Yujiao was about to explain, but she had never seen her father look so terrifying, in a panic, the cup in her hand fell directly to the ground, even if the water in the cup was not hot, it still scalded her, which scared her even more, and she couldn't help but exhale in horror.

"Rubbish!"

"I can't do that! Get the hell out of here! ”

Emperor Chongzhen was already irritable, and the palace maids and eunuchs didn't dare to touch his moldy head, and the anger he had been accumulating finally found an outlet, and he sprayed Zhu Yujiao for no reason.

"Yes......"

Zhu Yujiao's tears were like a spring, flowing out silently, she wanted to say something, tell her father, she was just worried about him and wanted to help him share his worries, but at this time, she couldn't say anything, couldn't do anything, she could only look at her father with a blank eye, and retreat carefully.

These days, although Emperor Chongzhen has cut off the connection between inside and outside the palace and strictly prevents outside news from entering the inner palace, how can this kind of thing be prevented?

Whether it is Empress Zhou or Zhu Yujiao, including Zhu Cihong, they have already gotten the news......

Seeing Zhu Yujiao's thin shadow staggering out of the hall, Emperor Chongzhen's heart hurt fiercely for no reason, and immediately, his tears couldn't stop surging out.

Good world, good Ming, why, how did it become like this?

Could it be that he, Zhu Youzhen, is really a mediocre and unscrupulous monarch who has been spurned by all the people?

"No—"

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly couldn't help but let out a long roar, and his face suddenly became extremely hideous!

He's not a faint king!

He's not a faint king!

How could he, Zhu Youzhen, be a faint king?

It's clear that they are those useless courtiers, who occupy high positions one by one, and spend a lot of silver, but they can't solve any problems!

Damn it, it's them, how could it be him?

After the venting passed, Emperor Chongzhen gradually calmed down.

Although the matter is dilapidated at the moment, there is no way to solve it, at least, Xu Changqing is still there, the most elite core of the Nine Sides is still there, and he still has a great opportunity to calm down the chaos in the world, prosper the Ming Dynasty, and open the peace of eternity!

Now the main thing is to solve the problem!

"That's right, you can't panic now, you can't mess up, you have to solve the problem first!"

Emperor Chongzhen muttered to himself tremblingly, forcing himself to continue to calm down.

Today's dynasty, a group of courtiers are crying and crying into a mess, although they have not solved any problems, but they have also put forward a most critical core point!

That is, the court has no money!

What if you don't have money?

In the past, no matter how uncomfortable he was without money, Emperor Chongzhen would support himself.

But at this time, his mentality has changed, and his arrogant self-esteem is worthless in the face of this bloody reality!

Emperor Chongzhen also remembered the constructive idea put forward by the previous first assistant Xue Guoguan: "Borrow money from the people!" ”

However, at this time, borrowing money from the private sector is a bit unworkable, the people's hearts are already chaotic, and if this happens, it will only be more chaotic, and the gains outweigh the losses.

A better choice is these ministers in the court, these nobles of the Ming Dynasty.

After so many years of accumulation, which family and which household are they, isn't it a big family, a beautiful house, a beautiful house, and a beautiful concubine?

But now is not the same as in the past, the court is no longer when he first ascended the throne, that is the time of incomparably strong, borrowing money, you must lower your figure, but also pay attention to methods.

The common people of the people borrow money, they have to buy something, and they are so clever that even if he is the son of heaven, but at this time, after all, he is a little in trouble, and he must think of a way.

After all, Emperor Chongzhen has been an emperor for so many years, and after thinking about it for a while, he found a candidate: it is Empress Zhou's father, Zhou Kui, the uncle of the country!

Queen Zhou has followed him since he was still a king, since he ascended the throne, almost every time he celebrates the New Year's Festival, he will reward Zhou Kui heavily, and over the years, Zhou Kui has taken advantage of his reputation as the son of heaven, and he has lived a very luxurious life.

At this time, his son-in-law is in trouble, this old Taishan, can he still help him?

By the way, there is also Tian Hong meeting them.

Although Tian Guifei has passed away from illness, in order to compensate the Tian family in the past few years, he has also rewarded him a lot.

He is a dignified son of heaven, can he still be untrustworthy?

The more I thought about it, the more excited Emperor Chongzhen became!

As long as there is silver, even without those arrogant nine-sided soldiers, just the hundreds of thousands of people in the Beijing camp can have a lot of combat effectiveness.

Don't forget, they repelled the attack of the main force of the Qing army at the beginning.

Could it be that no matter how strong the thief is, he can be stronger than the tartar?

As soon as he thought that he immediately borrowed a large amount of silver, the Beijing camp was reorganized, and countless soldiers served with all their hearts, not only swept away the exiled army, but also quickly swept the Qing Dynasty, the world was quiet, and the interior was peaceful, and Emperor Chongzhen's heart was as sweet as eating honey.

Recruit the little eunuch to bring some water, wash his face, and reshape his appearance, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to send someone to call Queen Zhou over, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not good, so he was busy taking people to directly drive Kunning Palace.

"With, borrowing money from home?"

In Kunning Palace, Empress Zhou was overjoyed to see Emperor Chongzhen come over so early for the first time, but as soon as she heard Emperor Chongzhen speak, her pretty face changed.

"What? Queen, is there a problem? ”

Although Emperor Chongzhen's tone was still strong and warm, the unhappiness was already clearly visible.

"This, it's not that it's not impossible, it's just that the emperor, the concubine's father's temperament, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's ......"

"Queen, we have been married for so many years, can you still believe me? I borrowed it, not to ask him, when I pacified the scourge of thieves, Zhongxing and I will definitely compensate the lord tenfold and hundredfold, now, just let the lord help me through this small difficulty in front of me! ”

In the face of his wife, Emperor Chongzhen still maintained enough strength.

"This, this ......"

Empress Zhou bit her red lip vigorously and struggled for a while, then she said, "Your Majesty, concubine, concubine, let's try it......"

"Good. Queen, I know that you are the best for me, and I am here waiting for your good news! ”

……

Under the bleak autumn rain, Queen Zhou came to the Zhou Guoye's Mansion in every complicated way.

As soon as he saw this weather, the queen actually came over, and Zhou Kui was quite happy, and he was busy asking people to prepare a banquet.

But when he heard his daughter say what she meant in an extremely entangled way, Zhou Kui's complexion changed instantly, and he said with a bitter face like a scoundrel: "Daughter, don't you know the situation in our family?" Our family has made some money over the years, but our family has a large population. Last time the eldest married his daughter-in-law, our family spent more than 30,000 taels, and the second son of your second uncle's family took a concubine, and our family spent another ......."

Zhou Kui is like a storyteller in the Tianqiao Teahouse, and after a while, he named hundreds of relatives of their seven aunts and eight aunts, and every time he said one, Queen Zhou's complexion changed by one point.

Although their Zhou family is a small family, but Queen Zhou has a phoenix in her life, which is a natural noble life, and after following Emperor Chongzhen, these relatives of the seven aunts and eight aunts, although she also has a little contact, but those times are all high, just give a reward and send it away.

At this time, hearing her old father Zhou Kui say this, she also understood that Zhou Kui had not been easy over the years.

"Dad, this, the emperor has already spoken, you, how many of you have two. Without the emperor, how can we have our current family business? You can't make it difficult for your daughter......"

In the end, Queen Zhou couldn't bear it anymore, so she simply shook her cold face and said her request.

"This ......"

Originally, Zhou Kui didn't want to be a big son, but seeing that his daughter had begun to shake her face, she also knew that she couldn't get by without some money, so she could only grit her teeth and cry blood: "Okay, okay, isn't it silver, this silver, dad is out!" But, daughter, our house is not rich now, so, you see, a thousand taels is not okay? ”

"One, one thousand taels?"

Queen Zhou's delicate chin was about to fall to the ground in an instant, and there was no such thing as a person who sent her food, not to mention, she still faced the Son of Heaven......

……

When Empress Zhou almost trembled and returned to Kunning Palace with two thousand taels of silver tickets, Emperor Chongzhen was also stunned.

Originally, in his fantasy, even if Zhou Kui couldn't take too much, there would definitely be more than 100,000 taels or 200,000 taels, and with his example, his work would definitely be much better in the future.

Who would have thought that Queen Zhou had been grinding and chirping for most of the day, and she only brought back 2,000 taels of silver?

But what Emperor Chongzhen didn't know was that even if it was two thousand taels, one thousand taels of which was Empress Zhou's private money, and Zhou Kui's side was completely an iron rooster, and he didn't want to pull out a hair!