"Where is the prince now? What are you doing? Emperor Chongzhen asked about Zhu Cihong's current whereabouts.

The crown prince is so busy now that he doesn't have time to go home to see his father. From the 14th to the present, Chongzhen has seen Zhu Cihong.

What made Chongzhen even more annoyed was that Zhu Cihong, the prince, was too capable of making his own decisions, and he didn't know about the plea at all! Although he gave him the name of the governor of the Fujun Army, he didn't let him sell the city order!

First of all, the prince's decree cannot be sold!

Secondly, the dispatch of the Governor of Fujun to the military affairs of Zhili cannot control the internal and external officials who are not serving in the Beijing camp and the Jingjun.

How could Zhu Cihong send the officials, eunuchs, and nobles who had spent money to Tianjin with a single order? It would be fine if they were sent to the Jingjun in the Jingying, but many of the people he sent away did not serve in the Jingying and the Jingjun!

For example, that Wang Zhixin is the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi and the commander of Dongchang, how can you manage the military affairs of the governor of the Fu army?

This is a big overstep! No, not only is it overstepping its authority, but it is suspected of usurping power!

If it weren't for the special situation now, this prince could be abolished.

"Your Majesty," Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Yangxing to reply immediately, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came down from Fuchengmen City and went directly to Chengguo Mansion. ”

"Went to Chengguo Mansion?" Emperor Chongzhen frowned, "Zhu Chunchen is the chief of the Beijing camp!" ”

A Jingying general Rong and the prince walked so close...... If it weren't for Li Zicheng's soldiers coming to the city, he would have been impeached by Yushi a long time ago!

"Do you know what he's going to do?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"It should be for the silver," Luo Yangxing said, "Cheng Guogong can make the prince toss enough today...... The minister heard that after witnessing the murder of the prince, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and was willing to donate his family property. ”

"Donate your possessions? How much money can he have? Chongzhen asked.

"Regardless of the grange, real estate, or shop, there is ...... cash There must be four or five hundred thousand taels of silver. ”

Chongzhen gritted his teeth, "So many!?" I've always treated him as a Qing official......"

The hatred in Emperor Chongzhen's heart! What kind of world is this, why is it that any big official in Beijing is richer than him, the emperor? They are all corrupt officials! It's all corrupt officials!

"How did he get so greedy for so much money?" Chongzhen asked angrily.

"This ...... This minister does not know. "Luo Yangxing's forehead sweat came out.

In fact, these noble officials in the DPRK and China refused to donate money when the enemy soldiers were approaching the city, one reason was reluctance, and the other reason was that they couldn't explain how they had so much money.

Everyone is a good official with clean sleeves, how can everyone have a fortune? How much money do they have? If you can't get that little money, how can you have money? With so much money, needless to say, it must be a corrupt official.

With Emperor Chongzhen's careful eyes, these corrupt officials will have to be arrested sooner or later to Beizhen Fusi!

"Then go check!" Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said, "Let Beizhen Fusi investigate!" ”

"Your Majesty," Gao Yushun, the chief eunuch of the master of ceremonies on the side, hurriedly reminded, "Now is not the time to settle accounts after the autumn, the soldiers of the Li thief are still outside the city!" And...... And Cheng Guogong is now the prince's person! ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he also gasped in a breath!

Now the armed forces in the city are divided into three parts, one is the Beijing camp, the second is the prince's Kenan camp, and the third is the pure army. Among them, the Beijing camp has the largest number of people, with more than 5,000 people, and the Kenan camp and the net army are both about 3,000.

If both the Jingying and the Kenan Camp were in the hands of the prince, then the prince would have more than 8,000 people armed, while Emperor Chongzhen would only have 3,000 eunuch soldiers in his hands......

"The Jingying soldiers will listen to the prince?" Emperor Chongzhen's questions are a little heartfelt.

Luo Yang and Gao Yushun looked at each other and nodded.

"Yes!"

"How is that possible?" Chongzhen's face changed greatly, "How long has he been in charge of the army?" The officials in the Beijing camp can't recognize it all! ”

"But ......" Luo Yangxing was about to cry when he heard Chongzhen's words, he had been the emperor for seventeen years, why didn't he open his mind?

He gritted his teeth and said, "But the prince is rich!" He has millions! Today, one day, he gave at least 50,000 taels of rewards to the soldiers of the Beijing battalion, the brave soldiers of the Beijing division, and the soldiers of the Kenan battalion in Shangcheng! ”

The Beijing battalion soldiers and the Beijing division are all old fritters, and what loyal and patriotic people are bullshit to them! Only silver is the master!

Now Zhu Cihong has millions in his hands, he is the uncle!

And Emperor Chongzhen only had less than 200,000 in his hands, and he was reluctant to give it to ...... Before Zhu Cihong raised the army, the soldiers of the Beijing camp only got a hundred copper coins (not making money, but ordinary small money) for a day to be on duty in the city, and they had to pay for their own meals! Is there an emperor who picks the door like him?

And Zhu Cihong immediately rose to one or two silver after coming to power! That's equivalent to 5,500 copper coins! It is equivalent to a 54-fold increase in wages in one go! Can they not love the prince? If you want to give more, then the father and mother are not as good as the prince!

"Fifty thousand taels ......" When Chongzhen heard Zhu Cihong's hands and feet spending money, he was so distressed that he even forgot about the "prince's usurpation of power", "How can he spend money like this?" Wait a minute...... The millions of taels in his hand are all state money, how can he spend it by himself? ”

Is that messing around? That's spending money on life!

Spend 50,000 taels to live a day, what a good deal! With the prince's ability to make money, a thousand days of life money can be made from Beijing. Can Li Zicheng stay outside Beijing for three years?

At this moment, both Luo Yang and Gao Yushun had an urge to quickly let the crown prince usurp the throne......

Of course, it is impossible to usurp the throne, Zhu Cihong is a filial son, how can he do such a thing? It can only be Emperor Chongzhen crying and shouting to be in Zen!

Luo Yangxing had no choice but to persuade Chongzhen to change his mind, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the prince's hands and feet to spend money are a little bigger, but Li Yan's hundreds of thousands of rogues are outside the city!" ”

Gao Yushun also said: "Yes, the military heart of the Beijing Division and the hearts of the people cannot be shaken!" ”

Chongzhen's brows furrowed deeply, and he was also conflicted in his heart. The crown prince is now the lifesaver for Beijing City and himself, and he really can't lose it. But at the same time, Zhu Cihong can't be allowed to seize power step by step. Otherwise, as soon as Li Zicheng leaves, he, the emperor, may be too emperor......

Seeing that Chongzhen didn't speak, Luo Yangxing said again: "Your Majesty, even if you want to take back the silver in the prince's hand, it should be drafted by the cabinet, and Your Majesty will approve it...... If the central decree is issued, the crown prince can completely ignore the post of the governor of the army directly under the military affairs. ”

"That......'s right," Chongzhen thought about it, and felt that it was wrong, "But the prince's Fujun Governor Zhili Military Affairs is also appointed by the Zhongzhi!" ”

As soon as Luo Yanghe and Gao Yushun heard this, their hairs stood up.

"Your Majesty, no!" Gao Yushun immediately said, "Jingshi Defense can't do without the prince. Moreover, even if the prince is willing to hand over the defense of the Beijing Division, who will be able to take over? Now the chief Rong Zhu Chunchen and the admiral Wu Xiang are all the prince's people......"

"Wu Xiang......" Emperor Chongzhen slapped the case suddenly, "Why did I forget him?" ”

Luo Yanghe and Gao Yushun both looked at Chongzhen in a daze, what does this emperor want to do?

Chongzhen said: "Luo Yangxing, you go and keep an eye on the prince and Zhu Chunchen, and find out what they are doing tonight?" ”

"Obey."

"Gao Companion," Chongzhen added, "go to Xuan Wei Zaode, Li Banghua, and Wang Jiayan." ”

Wei Zaode is a scholar of the Middle Pole Temple, which is also known as the first assistant of the cabinet.

And Li Banghua is the imperial history of the left capital, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the responsibility of correcting the impeachment of the hundred divisions.

Wang Jiayan is the right attendant of the military department, and the assistant director of the Beijing camp Rongzheng. That is, the officials who participated in the military affairs of the Beijing camp and the defense of the Beijing division on behalf of the courtiers.

During the battle at Fuchengmen, he also climbed the city tower to assist Zhu Cihong in defending the city together. However, he didn't have much contact with Zhu Cihong, because he still didn't approve of the prince's behavior. Especially the sixteen-year-old prince is a bit too childish to raise the army with a central purpose.

Chongzhen issued an order to recruit the two of them into the palace late at night on the 17th, and when the three of them arrived outside the Qianqing Gate and waited for the order to summon them, it was already the early morning of the 18th, and it was almost time to go to the court.

Chongzhen, who had not slept all night, was preparing to go to the morning court. Hearing the eunuch's report, he immediately announced that the three of them went to Dongnuan Pavilion to summon them.