The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

"Easier said than done!"

After listening to Qin Haoming's words, as the emperor's honor, Chongzhen sighed, leaned back in the chair tiredly, and was endlessly sad. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He doesn't say anything about the shortcomings of the DPRK and China, but he basically knows about it.

Let's just say that this battle between the first and auxiliary people, which time was not vigorous, and finally ended in compromise and balance.

As far as he is concerned, ability is secondary, and the important thing is to be able to carry out his will, but he always fails to achieve his wishes.

"Do extraordinary things in extraordinary times! Nowadays, the country is suffering from internal and external troubles, and the emperor wants to use people who are of the same mind as you, rather than blindly compromising and entangled with civil officials.

What's more, the ministers in the court are no longer considered Ming courtiers, and they have long been separated from the emperor. ”

The sun shone on Chongzhen's white hair between his sideburns, which made Qin Haoming's heart even more uncomfortable.

To be honest, when he said these two sentences, Qin Haoming's heart was also quite conflicted.

He knew that Chongzhen might not listen to him, and he might not have the ability and courage to deal with the relationship between the ministers of the court. But thinking of what Chongzhen did, he couldn't help but want to give some pointers.

Chongzhen, who ascended the throne, was only a seventeen-year-old boy. In the 17 years of power, in order to continue the national glory of the Ming Dynasty, he has always been conscientious.

Needless to say, frugality does not cost a penny of people's fat and people's cream.

The main thing is to be diligent in government, go to court during the day, work overtime at night, and work more than seven or eight hours a day, which is fourteen to sixteen hours in the future!

But he was very determined, even in the later stage, knowing his ending, he still did his best, worked hard, and did not give up until the end.

In the past 17 years, he has issued six edicts against himself.

Finally, under the cover of the dark night, Chongzhen went out of the Shenwu Gate and walked towards the coal mountain, leaving the Forbidden City, which made it difficult for him to part.

At that time, the coal mountain had long lost its former lushness and beauty, and became his final destination. The only one who accompanied him to the end was Wang Chengen, the eunuch who had always been loyal.

He departed silently.

Only the "sin locust" remained, silently telling his fortitude, his fearlessness, and his intransigence for hundreds of years.

And the ministers of the court knew that Li Zicheng's army was about to come to the city, and they were also ready to change the dynasty.

Anyway, we have governance skills and are familiar with politics, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, you have to use me, right?

Especially with the last first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Zaode, is the most typical, born as a champion, and took office in times of crisis, Chongzhen had high hopes for him, but he disappointed the emperor.

Three days before the city was broken, Chongzhen asked him what his countermeasures were, and said: As long as you open your mouth, I will immediately give an order.

Wei Zaode knelt on the ground, his ass pouting high, and he didn't say a word. Chongzhen was mad and kicked over the dragon chair. Wei Zaode still maintained a kneeling position, his butt pouted high, and he didn't say a word.

The city was broken, Chongzhen committed suicide, and Wei Zaode surrendered.

Li Zicheng asked him: Why don't you go and die?

The shameless man replied, "Fang seeks utility, then dare to die?" ”

Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin accused him of misleading the country as the first assistant, and Wei Zaode defended himself: "I was originally a scholar, I didn't know anything about political affairs, and Chongzhen was unreasonable, so I died in the country." ”

Liu Zongmin was furious when he heard this, and said: "You went from a scholar to a champion, and you became the prime minister in less than 3 years, Chongzhen is sorry for you, and you slander him." ”

After that, he ordered someone to slap his mouth dozens of times. But the slap was only the beginning of Wei Zaode's bad luck.

He was arrested and imprisoned by Liu Zongmin, and handed over tens of thousands of taels of silver under the threat of being clamped off with a stick, but Liu Zongmin never believed that a cabinet chief assistant only had tens of thousands of taels of silver, and continued to torture.

After five days and five nights of torture, Weizaod died of a split brain in prison.

What does Qin Aiqing mean by this? How to say that the ministers of the DPRK and China are separated from Germany? Don't be arrogant and talk nonsense? ”

Qin Haoming's words were too harsh, Chongzhen asked with a dark face.

The entire Da Ming, that is, Qin Haoming, dared to say such things. It was based on the understanding during this time that Chongzhen was not angry.

"Your Majesty, Weichen never speaks. It's very simple to prove this, doesn't Xue Guoguan just want you to be responsible for the donation of the emperor's relatives?

When the country is in trouble, it has the money to contribute and the strength to contribute. This is the best way to test their loyalty. ”

Qin Haoming's eyes calmly looked at Emperor Chongzhen and replied in a deep voice.

Chongzhen closed his eyes slightly, thinking carefully.

He is a proud man, extremely face-loving, and for a while, it is difficult to choose.

"If Weichen is not bad as expected, even if you are the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that the emperor will ask the civil and military nobles of the Ming Dynasty for a donation of 500,000 taels, and it will be difficult to go to the sky."

The words have been said to such an extent, Qin Haoming is determined to let Chongzhen witness the reality and understand the ugly faces of the court officials.

Perhaps, the Ming Dynasty can still be saved?

After all, history has proved that in the last days, Chongzhen, the emperor who loves face, made a final effort to save the country, put down the dignity of the emperor, and begged the ministers and nobles to donate money and pay the soldiers who defended Beijing.

As a result, the emperor's relatives and relatives were not plucked, and the Manchu Dynasty was crazy and stupid.

After Chongzhen issued a call for donations, an old man in his sixties came to the household department, burst into tears, and donated the four hundred taels of silver he had accumulated all his life.

When Chongzhen learned about it, he immediately rewarded him with a position of a thousand households in brocade clothes.

Compared with this old man who donated all his net worth, those civil and military officials, imperial relatives and relatives are very unbearable.

Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, donated five hundred taels. The heart of the richest eunuch donated 10,000 taels ......

Chongzhen's meaning is that 30,000 is the best, but none of them reaches this number, and the highest one is only 20,000. Most of them are only a few hundred or dozen, which is purely perfunctory.

More powerful people are crying poor, cheating, and evading, and all kinds of strange things come out for a while.

Some took their pots and pans to the street to practice stalls, and some posted this house on the door of the mansion for urgent sale...... All this is telling Chongzhen, we really don't have any money, look at what is wrong with you?

In this campaign of Chongzhen begging the powerful to donate money to save the country, a total of 200,000 taels were raised.

While persuading the magnates in the capital to donate, Chongzhen also asked each minister to nominate a wealthy businessman from his hometown who was able to donate.

However, only Nanzhili and Zhejiang each raised one person, and none of the other provinces did so.

Chongzhen clearly knew that these people were corrupt and bribed, and some of them were money, and he had repeatedly used the country's national righteousness to tell them. But the magnates just don't want to bleed, although he is the son of heaven, he has no problem at all.

After this, he was completely desperate.

This happened on March 10, only eight days after the fall of Beijing and Chongzhen's suicide.

"I don't believe that courtiers can be so unbearable? According to Qin Aiqing's words, it's good to test it. ”

Qin Haoming's resolute statement aroused Chongzhen's determination, if this is the case, there is no salvation for Daming!

"If this matter is true, I ask the emperor to promise Weichen to reform the court three things."

Qin Haoming said slowly with a heavy face.

This will be the last effort he has made for Chongzhen's personal throne.