Coupled with the 189,000 taels donated by the eunuchs and the 490,000 taels donated by those imperial relatives, the total amount of money raised this time is 3.4 million years, which is almost a year's tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty (because of the rebellion of King Chuang and Zhang Xianzhong, many places cannot collect taxes).

Emperor Chongzhen is the dragon face Dayue, and he greatly praised Luo Hui.

"Luo Aiqing obeys the order, and I promote you to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard and the commander of the Jingwei! Awarded to General Huaiyuan. ”

As soon as this appointment came out, the ministers realized how much Chongzhen trusted Luo Hui.

Jinyiwei commanded the secretary and Jingwei commanded Tongzhi, the latter is still from the official position of Sanpin. In other words, Luo Hui was promoted two levels at once, and he also mastered two departments with real power.

Originally, Jin Yiwei was Luo Yangxing as a commander, and now Luo Hui is also the commander of Jingwei. From this point of view, Chongzhen will never just let Luo Huizi inherit his father's business and be a Jinyi guard commander. Rather, it is to nurture him and go to a higher place.

Ding, position promotion, reward 10 attributes!

All of them increased their views, and Luo Hui no longer hesitated. His mind was like a dose of cool liquid, and the clouds were suddenly cleared.

(Luo Hui: Force: 65; Wencai: 30; Intrigue: 81; Diplomacy: 40; Greed: 50; Loyalty: 60; Intimacy: ?; Charisma: 75, Big Picture: 68)

Only then did he know how erosive the situation in Daming was at this time.

Although the Manchu iron cavalry in Liaodong could not destroy the Ming Dynasty for a while, it cost the Ming Dynasty a lot of money and energy;

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other generations in the northwest are always inserting the hearts of the Ming Dynasty, and the people's taxes will not be reduced, and the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in their hands sooner or later;

The Donglin scribes in the Ming Dynasty were the only ones, they looked down on the generals, always pointed fingers, criticized Emperor Chongzhen and were greedy, and they were a bunch of moths;

Those vassal kings, royal relatives and relatives only knew how to take, and would rather be slaughtered by the anti-king than dedicate the country.

In addition, those merchants and Haoqiang colluded with those officials, and he paid fees to the officials to obtain the tax exemption policy of the imperial court.

In addition, in the past year, natural disasters have continued in various places, and the people are even more difficult.

Now there are only two ways to save Daming:

make peace with the Manchus and the anti-king to stabilize the situation;

purge officialdom and crack down on the powerful gentry;

Gradually reduce taxes and collect people's hearts;

Reform the army and train the new army.

Each of the above is even more difficult, and the ministers will definitely bite the first step alone.

The second road is relatively simple: the strong man broke his wrist, the emperor let Guanning iron cavalry escort, dress up and cross to the south, rebuild a set of teams, wait until the anti-king and the Manchu Qing fight to the death, and then sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman. But it is also possible that only half of the country will be preserved.

But with Luo Hui's understanding of Emperor Chongzhen, he didn't have such great courage or such a high vision.

These can be seen not only by Luo Hui, but also by Shi Kewang and Chen Xinjia in the cabinet.

Emperor Chongzhen had secretly sent an envoy to contact the Manchus.

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When Luo Hui returned home, his father gave him a banquet, accompanied by three other people.

Luo Yangxing introduced them one by one: "Hui'er, these three are all my good brothers, old man, your uncle Wang Tongzhi, Li Tongzhi, and Gao Yanshi!" ”

Luo Hui arched his hand: "I've seen my uncle, Uncle Li, Uncle Gao!" ”

Li Ruoqi: "It's all thanks to your virtuous nephew to stir up the situation, and your uncle and I have a chance to be promoted!" ”

Wang Guoxing laughed: "It seems that with my nephew's ability, I will be promoted soon!" ”

Luo Yangxing pretended to be angry: "You kid, I can't wait!" ”

Wang Guoxing: "What can't I wait, if I have a son like you, I will be worth it for a lifetime!" ”

Luo Yangxing shook his head: "Hey, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, what a hornet's nest he stabbed this time, I don't know how those civil officials will deal with him!" ”

Wang Guoxing put away his smile: "Big brother, don't worry, your brother will save your son if he dies!" ”

Only then did Luo Hui understand his father's intentions, and he couldn't help but be a little moved. He looked at the three uncles, all of whom were loyal ministers about 90 years old. Even more loyal than his father.

This gave him a feeling that military generals were indeed more loyal than those civil officials who were full of benevolence and morality. Although it varies from person to person, it is the same overall.

The five of them had a drink together and exchanged ideas. This made Luo Hui know more about the institution of Jinyiwei.

Whether Jinyiwei is strong or not depends not only on the commander, but also on the emperor's character.

Just like today's Emperor Chongzhen, he trusts those civil servants too much and doesn't let the eunuchs participate in politics, so the role of Jinyiwei is naturally weak.

Of course, there are good things, at least you don't have to be the eagle dog of the eunuchs, you can coexist peacefully with the civil officials, eat and wait for death!

After a meal, Luo Yangxing stayed overnight, and the four good brothers naturally talked with candles and nights.

As for Luo Hui, who also stayed at home for a night, his uncle also asked a little about his cousin, and he was perfunctory.

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Above the court, Luo Hui moved that the atmosphere was a little wrong, all the civil officials were three points away from him, and none of them dared to approach him.

After a short time, Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair. Today he is ready to announce something important.

However, before the dragon chair could heat up, drums sounded outside.

"What's going on?" Emperor Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen a little angrily.

Wang Chengen: "Your Majesty, someone is beating the drum!" ”

"Dengwen Drum!" Luo Hui looked dazed.

At this time, Zhou Zhong, a scholar and imperial historian, stood up: "Your Majesty, since someone is beating the drum, there will be a great grievance, why not announce it to the palace!" ”

Luo Hui looked at him and felt that something was wrong, this person's loyalty was the bottom among the ministers, how could he care about the grievances of others?

But he won't stop it, after all, it is not easy for someone to avenge his grievances, and it is not easy to beat the drum.

Emperor Chongzhen was patient: "Bring it up!" ”

Originally, there was an unjust case that went to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, but how did he run to the court.

Two brocade guards came to the court with a woman.

As soon as the woman arrived at the palace, she kowtowed and shouted: "The women have great grievances, please make the decision for me!" ”

"If you have any grievances, tell me quickly!"

"Your Majesty, my husband Wang Bihai was killed!"

"Wang Bihai?" At this moment, Luo Hui understood that this was coming for him.

Chongzhen: "Who is Wang Bihai, and who was he killed?" ”

The woman kowtowed: "Your Majesty, my husband was originally a hundred households of Jinyiwei, and he was personally sealed by the imperial court, but he was beaten to death by the new Jinyiwei Qianhu, Luo Hui!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Chongzhen was stunned. Immediately there was some anger, he was not a fool. If it weren't for someone's instructions, how could this woman come to the palace to beat the drum if she didn't go to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple!

Luo Hui had just helped him solve the big trouble of paying money a few days ago, and now someone was coming to attack him.

"Luo Aiqing, what is your explanation?"