"Get up, Grandpa Wei! You have to remember that it's best not to do what you shouldn't do, otherwise, it will be difficult to protect yourself, and it will be troublesome if you involve the nine clans!" Looking at Wei Zhongxian, who was prostrate on the ground, Chongzhen said lightly.

Chongzhen also planned to put Wei Zhongxian in prison immediately, after all, this was the Ming Dynasty, and the power of the eunuch depended on the emperor's trust in him. But he thought about it, how can he not squeeze you dry first and alleviate the economic crisis of the imperial court? Also, it is necessary to use this to cause those officials to bleed profusely.

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he immediately thanked him: "Slave and maid, thank Your Majesty Longen!"

Wei Zhongxian is a smart person, he can go from a scoundrel in the market to a "nine thousand years old" who leans towards the government and the opposition, and it is estimated that even a three-year-old child will not believe it if he is not smart. As soon as he heard Chongzhen's words, he knew that the emperor was warning him, but because of this, it was just a warning, and he didn't want to kill him for the time being, otherwise, Chongzhen should have said: "Come on, pull Wei Zhongxian down, and Ling Chi will be executed!"

As long as your life is saved!

After Wei Zhongxian slowly stood up, Chongzhen asked, "Gonggong Wei, how much food do I have in my inner money now?"

The first thing Chongzhen asked was how much food he had in his small treasury. There is no way, it costs money to do everything, and if there is no money, then how to reform and how to train the army. You don't see Chongzhen in history because he has no money, so he finally became the *monarch of the country*.

The Ming Dynasty was not without money, on the contrary, the Ming Dynasty was very rich, and most of the gold and silver plundered by the Western colonizers through colonization flowed into the Ming Dynasty through trade. It's just that the government of the Ming Dynasty has no money, so where does all that money go? It's all in the hands of those merchants and scholars, and these people are not easy to mess with. You don't see that the Wanli Emperor sent the tax supervisor to the Jiangnan area to collect business taxes, which caused a fierce resistance from those big families, they instigated the people to make trouble, and the people became a civil uprising, and even the tax supervisor was killed, and in the end the Wanli Emperor could only compromise. As the saying goes, taking people's money is like killing parents, and those landlord classes are really not easy to mess with!

"Your Majesty, there is not much money left in the treasury now. There are only more than 200,000 taels of silver and more than 500,000 stones of grain!" Wei Zhongxian lowered his head and said, he knew that Chongzhen should be angry next!

As Wei Zhongxian expected, when Chongzhen heard that there was only so little money left in his house, he was immediately furious, and scolded him: "What? That's all? I am a dignified son of heaven, why do you only have so much money and food? ”

Wei Zhongxian and the palace maids and eunuchs standing on the side immediately knelt down when they saw it. Just kidding, Long Yan was furious, if you don't kneel, are you waiting to kill your head? Empress Zhou also walked to Chongzhen's side and comforted: "Your Majesty is angry, don't be angry with the dragon body."

In fact, it is within Chongzhen's expectation that there is only such a little money in the internal money, and with Wei Zhongxian, the "big mouse", it is not easy to have so much left. And the reason why he is so angry is that it is completely pretended, otherwise, how can he rip off the bamboo? And with his experience in watching TV dramas for more than ten years in his previous life, he just acted superbly, and even a person like Wei Zhongxian couldn't see the flaws, so it was a pity not to win the "Oscar".

Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty is angry, just because the first emperor's medicine was consumed a lot some time ago and when His Majesty ascended the throne before, so there is not much money now!"

Wei Zhongxian felt that this Chongzhen was becoming more and more incomprehensible now, and he was still very cowardly before, but since he fell, the whole person has changed and become stronger and stronger. Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind, the emperor's previous performance wouldn't be pretending, right? And now he's ready to kill me?

In fact, Wei Zhongxian guessed half right, the previous Chongzhen was indeed pretended, but the reason why the current Chongzhen suddenly behaved so strongly was entirely because he was not the original Chongzhen, but a traveler from four hundred years later.

"Humph! Is it? But I've heard a lot of good things about your father-in-law Wei! Chongzhen said coldly, "Moreover, I believe that those ministers in the court will not let you go." ”

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, in the face of the strong imperial power, he had no room for resistance at all.

"Your Majesty is clear, the slave and maid are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty, and the royal family, and they have no two hearts!" Wei Zhongxian said half-lying on the ground.

"Really? However, I have been upset recently, there are Jianyu prisoners in Liaodong who have been committing crimes for many years, and the military salaries of the soldiers on the nine sides have not been paid for several years, and the treasury is empty, I don't know what to do? Chongzhen sighed.

This time, the fools all understood that the emperor was going to donate money himself.

"Your Majesty, in order to show your loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, the slave maid is willing to donate five million taels of silver to help Your Majesty build peace." Wei Zhongxian said loudly.

"Five million taels? I feel that there are still doubts in the Zuo Guangdou case back then, and it needs to be investigated in detail! Chongzhen said. Hmph, just five million taels and think about it? How can you do it without draining it?

"The slave maid just said the wrong thing, it's eight million taels, and the slave and maid are willing to donate eight million taels."

"Come on, ...... Wei Zhongxian" Chongzhen was saying, and Wei Zhongxian immediately shouted: "All the net worth, the slave is willing to donate all the net worth to help His Majesty revive the Ming Dynasty."

At this time, two Han generals had already walked in from outside, waiting for Chongzhen's order.

Chongzhen laughed loudly at this time: "Haha, Gonggong Wei is really loyal, I am very comforted!" Come on, escort Gonggong Wei home, don't let my loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty be damaged in the slightest!"

At this time, Wei Zhongxian was already sweating profusely, it was already October weather, and he could still see the dog days from Wei Zhongxian. He now estimates that he has the heart to scold his mother, and he has saved most of his life's money, and he was taken away by Chongzhen's words!

"Your Majesty, the slave and maid are retired!" Wei Zhongxian said tremblingly.

"Well, Father-in-law Wei has worked hard, and Daming will remember Father-in-law's merits." Chongzhen smiled.

With the support of the two Han generals, Wei Zhongxian walked out slowly, no, or was pulled out by the two Han generals.

As soon as Wei Zhongxian left, Chongzhen burst out laughing: "Hahaha, it's so cool, I cheated that old thief so much money all of a sudden!"

Gao Shiming and Queen Zhou were stunned next to them, both with expressions of "you are ruthless enough".

"Your Majesty, you can get so much money in a few words, and you can alleviate the needs of the treasury!" Empress Zhou said while holding Chongzhen's arm.

Chongzhen was so intimately held her arm by Queen Zhou at this time, and she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Although he is a person from the twenty-first century, he was a thorough ** silk man in his previous life, twenty-three years old, he has never been in love, and he is still an innocent little virgin, and now he is a little blushing by Queen Zhou's intimate actions.

At this moment, a little eunuch walked in and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is here!"

The queen mother that the little eunuch said was Empress Yi'an, the empress of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, that is, Chongzhen's sister-in-law. Empress Yi'an's real name is Zhang Yan, and she was canonized as the queen in April of the first year of the Apocalypse. In the third year of the Apocalypse, Zhang Yan was pregnant with the dragon seed, but she was secretly framed by the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian, resulting in a miscarriage, and Zhang Yan never gave birth again in her life.

For Zhang Yan, Chongzhen has heard of it a long time ago.

"Please!" Chongzhen said.

After a while, a beautiful woman wearing a red big-sleeved shirt, a phoenix crown on her head, a face like fat jade, red lips and white teeth, and a plump and beautiful ornament walked in, Chongzhen knew that she was Zhang Yan.

If Queen Zhou belongs to the Lori type, then this Zhang Yan is a royal sister type, revealing a mature woman's atmosphere. Although Zhang Yan is very charming, Chongzhen doesn't dare to have any crooked thoughts, how can she say that she is also her sister-in-law.

Chongzhen and Empress Zhou stepped forward and saluted: "See the Queen Mother!"

Zhang Yan stretched out her hand and helped the two of them up: "Your Majesty and the queen don't need to be polite."

After sitting down, Zhang Yan opened her mouth and asked, "I heard that Your Majesty has woken up, I wonder if Your Majesty has called the imperial doctor to come for diagnosis?"

"I'm worried about the Queen Mother, I'm fine." Chongzhen said with a smile. And at this time, he already wanted to scold the country in his heart, damn it, what kind of classical Chinese should you say? Still don't let people live?

"It's good to be fine, the Ming Dynasty still needs to be taken care of by His Majesty!" Zhang Yan sighed.

"Queen Mother, it's getting late, why don't you eat in this Qianqing Palace? We had a good meal as a family. Chongzhen said.

"That's very good." Zhang Yan said.

During the banquet, Zhang Yan and Queen Zhou talked a lot, but it boiled down to one meaning: the harem will be handed over to you in the future, and you will manage the harem for Your Majesty!

During this period, Chongzhen couldn't insert a sentence, and just like that, after a dinner, Chongzhen was ignored.