Chapter 15
"No silver? No nails? No ordnance? ”
Back in the Duanjing Palace, Zhu Cihong was already physically and mentally exhausted, but there was still very bad news waiting for him!
"Yes, sir."
The two henchmen retreated left and right, and both knelt in front of Zhu Cihong's knees. Qiu Zhizhong touched his head and told him in detail one by one.
Zhu Cihong was furious when he heard this, and he felt that his hands were shaking...... However, he knew that the more angry he was, the calmer he became, so he just smiled at the moment and said, "So, the Prime Minister Wang is fighting with me in the ring?" ”
"It's not that I can't get along with my master." Li Jiye said: "The number of internal funds is less than 200,000, and the emperor is very embarrassed. As for the armor and weapons, what can be issued over the years is almost the same......"
"So little money in the house?"
Hearing this news, Zhu Cihong was also taken aback and asked, "Is it even counted in Riku?" ”
"Yes, where else is the depot now? As long as you have it, take it all out and use it. Besides, now even the gold and silver utensils are folded into silver, and the pair of bronze cranes under the steps in front of the little master's hall are also used to mint money. At the emperor's place, the slave maid said something to slap his mouth...... It's really going to be impossible to open the pot. ”
In a country, when silver was frantically pouring in and the people were rich, the inner court was actually poor like this...... Zhu Cihong only felt that he wanted to cry without tears, no wonder Chongzhen wore patched clothes, and he only had a few dishes for a meal, and the cost of the inner court was also saved, and it was difficult for the eunuchs to get rewards, so they could only guarantee that they would not starve to death.
"Hello master," Li Jiye was very cautious, and felt that he should finish all the things he should say, so he said: "In the forbidden army, there are also arrears of pay for several months, and the emperor really has no choice. Therefore, the slave maid thought that the master would not be limited to a few taels of silver to the selected ones, and they would be grateful to Dade. ”
According to common sense, this statement is also true, but Zhu Cihong's plan is to train these more than 300 people into a first-class strong army, and they are his closest companions, pointing to them to escape south to protect their lives and protect the royal family...... There is such an army with heavy responsibilities on its shoulders, gritting its teeth and working hard, and receiving a hundred coppers a day?
How crazy must he be for someone who dares to think like that......
"In the East Palace, how many silver taels can be used?"
Li Jiye said: "The master's share is constant, except for the cost of application, the rest is limited ......."
"Who told you this?" Zhu Cihong said viciously: "Say it quickly, how many!" ”
"Less than a thousand...... Less than a thousand and a half ......"
"Hey, how fucking poor...... Let's take it out and use it first. ”
"Slaves and maids have to go and collect ......"
"Got it...... Ah! ”
Before becoming an army, there was such a sad thing that made people sad and cried when they saw it, and Zhu Cihong himself didn't expect it...... In the inner court, he smiled at the things in the world, but he didn't expect that the entire court, including the emperor, was poor and only had that thin fig leaf left.
It is no wonder that the pro-Xun, civil and military are becoming more and more detached, and the Ming Dynasty is really coming up. With such a scene, what else can be said except for the end of the country!
If you change to someone else, you will be discouraged, even discouraged and despaired.
Zhu Cihong is strong-minded, with setbacks in front of him, and the monstrous anger of the right talent, but it just turns into a smile.
The matter has come to this, even the crossing Lao Tzu has admitted, what do you want to do with such a little thing? Isn't it just a lack of money? Everyone has it, but you haven't found the money yet?
The idea is it!
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Three open wooden boxes were placed in the courtyard, the large stack of silver was exuding a soft brilliance, Zhu Cihong stood on the front steps of the hall with his hands in his hands, his face was indifferent, but his eyes were alert, only looking back and forth at the officers and soldiers who were still in the whole team of princes.
In fact, according to the system, there are hundreds of honor guards of the crown prince's pro-army, and there are more than 100 people who carry flags and flags, and there are dozens of guards with arrows and halberds, and dozens of people who carry gold spittoons and gold chairs...... In the last days, these wand guards were already thrifty, and now they can't afford to put that score.
A good military horn, still not yet, the prince personally invited the military attache to teach, learn to ride and shoot and train the officers and soldiers, there is nothing, more than 300 people, outsiders do not believe that the prince can do anything with such a little person, even Chongzhen does not feel that there is anything important...... But isn't it too unwise to make a big fuss and tell the truth?
So now these people are still called the crown prince Nei Ying, and including the fourteen military attachés, there are exactly three hundred and sixty-five people.
Three hundred and sixty-five...... Lao Tzu relied on these people in front of him to survive...... I want to live, and I have to go against the sky...... ZTE Daming ...... At all costs!
If it is said that before going deep into this chaos, Zhu Cihong worked hard every day, and what he was asking for was his own life, all the way to the south, it was nothing more than to earn his life!
Until now, what he is thinking about is to protect the safety of Chongzhen and the family, and to protect their lives, he must not see Changping being cut off by a knife, seeing Zhaoren's five-year-old girl being beheaded to death by Chongzhen with a sword, and even more unable to see his mother, who has been honest in ** all her life, not to mention how virtuous, but she has never done evil, and Zhou Hou hanged herself!
It is Chongzhen, although there is a reason for death, but in terms of the relationship between father and son, and the people in the bureau deeply feel that the emperor of the last days is not easy...... If you don't save him, how can you relieve the regret in your heart!
"This is 1,400 taels of silver," looking at the soldiers in the team, Zhu Cihong smiled, and only said: "Originally, I thought that the military attache would be one hundred taels per person, and he would be a boast of the family, and follow the prince, and sure enough, the emperor will be rewarded richly." The soldiers are fifty taels per person, and taking out a big ingot, it is enough to scare people. ”
The prince's previous speech was impassioned, but at this time it was witty and interesting, and he was already a heart-to-heart appearance of treating the person in front of him as his confidant, and the military attachés and soldiers present were all grateful in their hearts.
"Now it seems that I can't afford it," Zhu Cihong smiled again: "I went back yesterday and settled the score, good guy, it turns out that my prince, is poor and white, and he has all his family's wealth, but that's all he ...... in front of him."
Zhu Cihong remembered that this guy was called Wang Yuan, and he was also a famous one in the Beijing Forbidden Army, playing a handsome big gun, and his sword skills were also a master of one in ten thousands. As for the silver, although we are also lacking, but it is not necessary, if the master does not have silver, as long as three meals are provided, we are also content, some time ago said in the inside, isn't that the case? ”
"It's just that the inside of the meal is full of gravel, and it's hard to swallow."
"Of course it's good to have silver, but we can't be scattered without us, right?"
"There are still old and young ...... in the family"
As soon as Wang Yuan started, there were naturally many discussions at the bottom, and everyone had different thoughts, although they didn't dare to scatter the hall, but their strength was a little relaxed.
Some people are loyal and willing to follow the left and right, and in the future, they will fight for the East and exterminate the thieves, but after all, there are few such people, most people want to support their families and improve their own situation, and when they hear that they have no money, they are a little listless.
"The silver is indeed like this, now it is said that the prince is breaking the family for the country, and the emperor Yanjing has always been not short of hungry soldiers, and the prince is even more impossible." People's hearts are different, and it was originally expected, Zhu Cihong was sure in his heart and was not flustered.
At that moment, he took out a piece of silver and shouted, "Wang Xiao! ”
"The minister is here!"
Wang Xiao is the military attache of the Shenji Battalion, although it is a hereditary family of generals, but the inheritance has been dilapidated so early, and this person is willing to be simple and honest, and will not drill into the camp, so the family situation is becoming more and more difficult.
At this time, I heard that there was not much money, and although I did not change my allegiance, I was indeed disappointed in my heart.
It's just that I originally thought that the eunuch would distribute it, but I saw the prince smiling and taking the silver in his hand, and he actually wanted to distribute it by hand.
He hurriedly strode forward, and when he came to Zhu Cihong, he first bowed, and then stretched out his hands and respectfully took the silver.
"It's embarrassing, there is very little silver, but I will find a way to not let everyone be wronged for too long!"
When the prince lectured, he stood on the steps, far apart, and although he raised his breath loudly, he was always separated by a distance. Now that there is less than a step apart, Zhu Cihong comforted him gently, Wang Xiao's face turned red, and he only felt that there was a sour and hot breath in his heart, rushing upward, and in an instant, his eyes were full of tears!
It's not that this military attache is overflowing with emotions, it's really that the class of people at that time was obvious, and the top and bottom were distinct, although a down-and-out military attache like Wang Xiao had a good martial arts, but his surname was Geng Zhimune, those big people, where did they stutter!
said that he was a prince, a garrison, a royal among eunuchs, and he could also be called and shouted like a dog!
Now the silver is in his hand, although it is not much, but Wang Xiao also feels that this trip is enough!
Biting his lip vigorously at the moment, and after calming down his emotions for a while, he said to Zhu Cihong: "But please rest assured, if there is a send, the minister will definitely act according to the order...... No, that kind of minister has no face, and he lives in the world! ”
"Well, that's a good point!"
Zhu Cihong was also deeply moved, every time he slaughtered more dogs, the real good man can only be found in these lowest groups!
At that moment, his mind moved, and he actually retreated slightly, and then bowed down and took a deep look at Wang Xiao!
"If you don't have enough money, please accept my help!"