Zhu Cihong was not surprised by this scene.

In fact, before Li Zicheng led his army to besiege the Beijing Division, Emperor Chongzhen once called on the officials and gentry of the Beijing Division to donate money to reward and motivate the soldiers to defend the city.

As a result, these national humerus, who are usually full of loyalty and patriotism, all cried and became poor. Even Zhu Cihong's grandfather, Jiading Marquis Zhou Kui, was only willing to take out 10,000 taels, Queen Zhou couldn't stand it anymore, and took out 5,000 taels of private money to Zhou Guozhang, but Zhou Kui was greedy for 2,000 taels and only donated another 3,000 taels......

Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to raise a donation of one million taels, but in the end he only raised a fraction!

In the end, the wealth of these ministers, gentry, nobles, and relatives could not be preserved, and all of them were cheapened by Li Zicheng, who was tortured in the city.

How pathetic, how hateful!

"Your Majesty, the minister still has this music."

Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong spoke again.

"Speak."

Zhu Cihong said without being salty.

He wanted to see what else this Zhao Zhilong could say.

"When the first emperor ordered his ministers to take charge of Nanjing, he was in charge of the Beijing camp. The ministers did their best, training the sergeants day and night to report to the court. His Majesty ascended the throne and recruited new recruits to train the Shence Army, but the barracks and school grounds were all used in the Beijing camp, and the daily training of the soldiers in the Beijing camp was greatly affected. The minister implored His Majesty to allocate an additional 200,000 taels of silver to improve the use of the capital camp. ”

At this time, Zhu Cihong almost scolded out in anger.

Well, I haven't settled with you about eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers' blood, so you jump out by yourself first, and don't care about me asking for money.

"Oh? As far as I know, there are only more than 1,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp now, so what's the problem with the extra barracks being given to the soldiers of the Shence Army to live in? As for the school field, did Xin Chengbo think that a thousand people were full? ”

Although Zhu Cihong's tone is not high, it reveals an undoubted majesty.

"Minister, minister......"

Zhao Zhilong was asked incoherently, and he didn't know how to answer.

Zhu Cihong sneered in his heart.

The lord received the grace of the country, but in the end he was a bunch of soft bones. If Zhu Cihong is not mistaken, when Duoduo's army went south, it was Zhao Zhilong, Qian Qianyi, Wang Duo and others who opened the city gate to dedicate the city to Nanjing.

Although in this time and space, Zhao Zhilong has not yet made the move of dedicating the city, but it does not prevent Zhu Cihong from feeling disgusted by him.

And judging from his current performance, this person's ethics are extremely inferior, if the general trend is really like the original history, this guy will definitely not hesitate to sacrifice Nanjing City to join the Manchus.

"If I remember correctly, Xin Chengbo's farmland outside Nanjing has 50,000 acres, but they are all good paddy fields. There are also more than 100 shops under the name of Xin Chengbo, such as silk shops, rice shops, rouge shops, restaurants and tea shops and even green buildings. I'm afraid that the silver treasury in Xin Chengbo's house is already full and can't be filled, right? Do you want me to allocate some money from the treasury to help Aiqing repair a new one? Let me guess, the silver in Uncle Xincheng's house is probably not less than one million taels, right? ”

Zhu Cihong's sudden attack made Zhao Zhilong stunned. He couldn't understand how His Majesty the Emperor could find out his family background so clearly. Could it be that His Majesty has long been suspicious of him?

Thinking of the recently re-established factory guard, Zhao Zhilong felt that his scalp was numb and his eyes were black.

It must be the two eagle dogs of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, it must be them!

Since Zhao Zhilong had figured it out, he knelt on the ground without hesitation, kowtowed and begged for mercy; "Your Majesty, the micro-minister knows the mistake, the micro-minister knows the mistake. Wechen is willing to donate all his family wealth to the imperial court. ”

Too late!

Since Zhu Cihong has decided to use Zhao Zhilong's head to establish his authority, he will naturally not hesitate.

He got up suddenly and shouted angrily: "Come on, take down this wolf-hearted dog and fat moth for me!" ”

The Son of Heaven was furious, and all the ministers knelt on the ground and bowed their heads and did not dare to look at the king.

The two Jinyi Wei Han generals immediately walked to Zhao Zhilong's side, set him up and dragged him out.

Zhao Zhilong didn't react until he was dragged outside the Fengtian Palace, and shouted for mercy: "Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life." Wechen is willing to give all his family wealth to His Majesty. ”

It's just that the brocade guards won't give him a chance to beg for mercy, and as Zhao Zhilong's voice became smaller and smaller, the ministers who were prostrate on the ground trembled even more.

Even Wang Duo, who was in high spirits in front of him, trembled all over, and his beard trembled.

"I know what you think. You must think that everyone is greedy for ink, so what about one more person? But you have forgotten that you are the officials of the imperial court, and you should be loyal to the country and ask for your life for the people. You read the book of the sages, how do the books of the sages teach you? Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations! How do you do it? What you eat is the court's money, and every rice and millet is the people's fat and people's ointment! I used to think that one family was benevolent, and one country was benevolent; One family, one country; One man is greedy, and the other country is in turmoil. But I now realized that I was wrong. The first emperor was benevolent and benevolent, diligent and thrifty, and even the dragon robe was repaired. But Daming is still poor, and he has been cleaned up by your gluttony. Emperor Taizu set the law of peeling off the skin of bribes, and more than 60 of them were peeled and made into scarecrows to show the public. I think it's very doable! ”

The Son of Heaven was furious, ambushed millions of corpses, and bled for thousands of miles.

The Chinese Wu of the Temple really felt the truth of this sentence at this moment. One by one, they buried their heads for fear that the Son of Heaven would call them by name next.

Zhu Cihong coldly glanced at the kneeling ministers in the hall, and then said: "I will give you one last chance, and I will register the family property after going down today." We will set the amount of your donation at our discretion. I remind you that you don't have to think about stealing and deliberately hiding it. I will order Jinyiwei and Dongchang to check one by one, if there are people in and out, you will wait to peel the skin and grass. Retreat! ”

Zhu Cihong flicked his sleeves and walked away, but the civil and military officials still knelt on the ground in fear of Yu Wei, and did not dare to move for a long time.

After returning to the inner palace, Zhu Cihong once again summoned Zhao Xin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Liu Chuanzong, the eunuch of the Dongchang Commander.

"Your Majesty, why don't you take down all these corrupt officials at the court?"

Zhao Xin had already arranged a lot of Jinyi guards outside the Fengtian Palace, and as long as Zhu Cihong gave an order, he could immediately rush in to arrest the corrupt officials.

But in the end, Zhu Cihong still chose to give these corrupt officials a chance, which made Zhao Xin very puzzled.

"Do you think I don't want to?"

Zhu Cihong shook his head and sighed: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, it's not easy." If I take down all the corrupt officials in the name and put them to death, how many people will be left in this court? Who else does things for me? At present, the construction of slaves is strong, and the imperial court is employing people, and these officials still have the ability. As long as they can spit out the embezzled silver, they will spare their lives if they do not commit any more crimes in the future. However, some of them will never let go, and even if they are not killed for stability now, they will always be punished one day in the future. ”

Zhu Cihong ticked the box on the roster, these people are the 'pillars' of the imperial court who originally sacrificed Nanjing City and took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

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