During this private visit to the palace, Chongzhen saw what he wanted to see and what he didn't want to see. For the previous edict of never giving money, the people outside are rumoring that the emperor is really a Ming monarch through the ages, is it a good emperor at first sight, under the secret promotion of Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei, it is far away from the Tang Dynasty and Song Zong, which can be called the Shengming monarch comparable to the three emperors and five emperors. Chongzhen knew in his heart that as long as it spreads like this, he is not a Mingjun but also a Mingjun, and he already has the biggest basic plate - all the mud legs in the world are standing behind him, in order to protect his never-ending interests, they can tear apart all the enemies in front of him!

As for what I don't want to see, it's nothing more than the ticket number of the Shoufu family as soon as it comes out - when the first assistant has a part in the ticket number, and the money is still paid by the eight locust merchants who were later cleared by mites, what is the ulterior PY transaction in the middle, I can think of it with my toes!

Chongzhen is very satisfied with his micro-service private interview, and feels that if someone makes a "Chongzhen Weifu Private Interview" in the future, what he sees and hears today is very good material, and the ratings must be broken.

Chongzhen's good mood disappeared soon after returning to the palace.

The reason why Chongzhen was unhappy was Cao Huachun's report: "Your Majesty, according to the reports of the children below, the cash in Huang Liji's family is about 200,000 taels, most of which comes from the Yongchang ticket number sharing, and the rest is all kinds of filial piety. If the valuables are also discounted, there are about more than 6 million taels, and the Yongchang ticket number has also been checked, which is not only Lord Huang, but also Lord Zheng, etc., which are mainly funded by eight businessmen such as Fan Yongdou in Shanxi. As for the other cabinet lords and the ministers and servants, each ranging from tens of thousands of taels to hundreds of thousands of taels to hundreds of thousands of taels, the slaves and maids have been sorted into folds, please Your Majesty the Holy Judgment. ”

Emperor Chongzhen laughed angrily: "Okay, good." My ministers, how good you are! Eunuchs plus Donglin Party these dog things! Yes, yes! Together, a dozen ministers are richer than the Ming Dynasty's treasury! ”

In Emperor Chongzhen's opinion, just a slave, let alone a big trouble, can't even be called a problem of hands and feet, at best, it is just a disease of scabies. When the Ming Dynasty founded the country, Meng Yuan beat the north and fled westward, after the death of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Chengzu Zhu Di also led his troops out of the fortress many times, and beat the Tartars to kneel on the ground and sing conquest. If you talk about the mighty soldiers, at that time, Meng Yuan was not much stronger than the mite Qing Tartar in terms of war potential or actual combat power, and was it also pressed to the ground and rubbed? To put it bluntly, the reason why the Jiannu is suffering a loss now is nothing more than that the infantry has no will to fight, the cavalry is not powerful, and the ordnance and guns are easy to explode. If you have money, you will have a good source of soldiers, and if you have money, you will build guns and cannons, and if the quality is not good, you will return to the furnace, anyway, I have money, and I can play as much as I want.

But the reality slapped Chongzhen in the face, Emperor Tianqi reigned for seven years, Wei Zhongxian played with his life's money, and there were only a few million taels of silver in the treasury, just like that, he still owed the border army food and salary! But there are six or seven million taels in the family of a mere first assistant, which is worth two state treasuries!

Chongzhen's mood was so bad, he didn't call any concubines to sleep at night, but he sat in the imperial study all night, Wang Chengen advised him many times, Chongzhen didn't pay attention to it, and stayed until the next day, and went directly to the court.

Generally speaking, those who can live in the temple are all good at observing the face, and the ministers know that it is going to be bad as soon as they see Chongzhen's face, and there will be a big problem today.

After the ministers finished saluting, Emperor Chongzhen spoke directly: "Today, all of you Aiqing have no roots, don't play." If you have a book, you can hand it to the celebrant in a moment. I have something to ask you today. ”

"Huang Aiqing, you are the first assistant of the court, I came to ask you, how much did this Ming treasury earn last year? What is the balance? ”

Huang Liji immediately went out of the class and played: "Back to Your Majesty, last year was the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and the annual revenue of the treasury totaled more than 3.5 million taels. After the various expenditures, the balance ...... Balance...... The balance is less than 500,000 taels. ”

"Okay, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty has an annual income of three million taels. It is said that the hundred officials of the Ming Dynasty are low, but there are more than 6 million taels in your Huangge hometown, and there are even more in your hometown. I don't know how the elder of the pavilion taught me? Chongzhen was too lazy to act anymore, so he tore his face directly.

"Your Majesty, minister, minister......" Huang Liji couldn't make it up, the emperor even knew the approximate number, it must have been checked by the factory guard, and if he denied it, he was afraid that it would be useless.

"Wang Chengen, let's announce the edict." Chongzhen didn't bother to look at Huang Liji again, and directly asked Wang Chengen to announce the holy decree he had prepared last night. As for saying that they are rejected or someone doesn't obey the edict, it doesn't matter, Jinyiwei will teach them to be people!

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: After investigation, Huang Liji, the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, embezzled more than 6 million taels of silver, and was deeply disappointed. Wearing brocade clothes, Dongchang and Dali Temple, the criminal department, and the official department jointly raided the house, and all the proceeds of corruption were filled into the treasury. The criminal minister Huang Liji, peeling the skin, solid grass, hanging at the noon gate, and punishing the three clans! Thought that the latecomer would ring! Chin this! ”

After Wang Chengen finished reading the edict, a Han general immediately stepped forward to take Huang Liji, who was paralyzed on the ground, away and disposed of.

After slowing down, after glancing at the trembling ministers below, Emperor Chongzhen also spoke again: "Huang Liji, my first assistant minister of the cabinet, just a few days ago, I still had high hopes for him. Today, I'm going to have to skin him! ”

"Today's Daming, drought, waterlogging, the earth dragon turned over, natural disasters in various places can be said to be endless, the people in the country are waiting to be fed, and even the things that change children and eat have happened from time to time! In Liaodong, there are also slave rebels and rebellions, so man-made disasters also occur from time to time. It can be said that today's Ming Dynasty has reached the most critical moment, and if you are not careful, it will be the end of a ruined country and extinction. ”

"But what about you? How clean are you compared to Han Yi? Fight for power! Take the profit! Hook! Fighting! I don't want to think about how to prosper Daming, but I can't stop scooping up silver in my pocket! ”

"Yue Wumu once said that civil officials should not be greedy for money, and military generals are not afraid of death, but look at me, look at my ministers! Civil officials are thinking about how to make money one by one, and military generals are greedy for life and afraid of death! The nobles also rot! Tell me which of your titles was not earned by your ancestors! Now you are squandering the remnants of your ancestors! You are not comparing who has contributed to the dynasty, but who is more greedy! Who is better at making money! ”

"I didn't sleep all night last night, and I sat in the imperial study all night, and I wondered, what the hell is wrong with this country? I am still diligent in asking myself, and I don't care about the lives of the people like Jiexuan, but why did my Ming become what it is today? Ladies and gentlemen, you come to tell me, is it because I have lost my morality? I just issued an edict on the front foot of the edict that I will never be endowed, and on the back foot, you put on such a good show for me, huh?! ”

"It is said that the king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the king is humiliated and the ministers die, but I have not seen any such shadow in you! All I saw was greed! ”

"If you are rotten, the Ming Dynasty will be rotten, if you are all rotten, the people who can't eat will be able to eat this court up and down, even me, with you, and eat it together! What kind of treatment is the minister of the dead country, all dynasties and dynasties have written in the history books! You're kind of a full reader of poetry, but you've forgotten!? ”

"I have something to tell you today. If one day Da Ming dies, I will hang myself on the crooked neck tree in the coal mountain behind me. But before that, I'm going to hang you all up! ”

"Let's think about it, if the skin doesn't exist, the hair award is attached? If Da Ming dies, before you find a new master, will those mud-legged people who can't eat eat you first! ”

"Think about it. That's all I say, if anyone makes me and the people unhappy in the future, I will make the nine clans unhappy! ”，