As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words came out, these officials couldn't help but bury their heads, they didn't expect His Majesty to ask for money from them again.

But in their opinion, now that Daming has no hope of survival, there is no need to waste the money he has worked so hard to save for so many years as an official.

So once again, the officials remained silent.

However, a few officials wanted to come forward and say that they would donate some family funds, but they were glared back by Wei Zaode, and they all retreated.

This is the current status quo of Ming officialdom.

The officials are no longer of the same mind as the imperial court, and they are all making their own plans.

Even the ministers who were really a little loyal remained silent at this time, not daring to oppose the entire civil bureaucracy.

In other words, his own king can no longer give them any protection.

so that they had to abandon themselves as kings.

Helpless!

Zhu Youzhen had to name him personally, and said:

"Wei Aiqing, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, and his family is a giant businessman in Tongzhou, with thousands of acres of fertile land, and the money and grain have reached millions of dollars, can you donate one or two to the imperial court to repay the kindness of the imperial court for promoting you over the years."

Wei Zaode felt quite depressed in his heart, it is true that his family is rich, but there is no need to make funeral gifts for your Zhu family's dynasty!

So, Wei Zaode said directly:

"The house that Your Majesty said is actually the rich family of Wei Zao, the brother of Wei Chen;

But as early as a few years ago, Weichen and his brother have separated, Weichen's family is only 30 acres of thin fields, three old servants, and the silver deposit is only 100 taels, which is just the money accumulated by the officials over the years, I wanted to rely on this money to treat the sick mother at home, and now since the country is in trouble, Weichen is willing to take out all the family assets of 200 taels to fill the military salary! ”

Zhu Youzhen clearly remembered that when Li Zicheng later broke through the capital and copied this Wei Zaode's house, he copied out 70,000 taels of silver alone!

But now this Wei Zaode is crying poor in front of himself!

Take two hundred taels to fool yourself.

At this time, several other officials also stood up and said that they had no money to donate, and they were either crying poor or crying miserably.

Zhu Youzhen didn't expect these people to really spend their money to help him, so he didn't continue to ask: "

"Since you don't have any money, is there any other good way to invite Wu Sangui to the King of Guanqin?"

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's voice fell, the ministers remained silent again.

is coming, Zuo Zhongyun Li Mingrui, who is still the most humble official, stood up:

"Your Majesty, in addition to the land of Gyeonggi in the north, most of Shaanxi, Henan, and Shanxi have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the land of Shandong has also been tragically destroyed by soldiers and bandits, and there is no danger to defend;

Fortunately, there is no rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people's hearts are still there, and the grain and silver can also support the operation of the imperial court, and the original Chengzu Nanjing also had the intention of leaving a way back, so there are six departments in Nanjing and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, five temples and five armies of the Governor's Mansion, Your Majesty can take advantage of the arrival of the Liukou army to move south, imitate the Song Gaozong to establish the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to do the power change, and wait until he regains his strength in the day, and the Northern Expedition recovers the land of the Beijing Division! ”

Finally, a minister suggested that he go to Nanjing.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen also agrees with it, after all, the northern region can't hold it.

However, at this moment, Li Mingrui's words had just finished speaking.

In the middle of the matter, Shiheng stood up and shouted angrily directly: "Absolutely not, Your Majesty! The Son of Heaven guards the country, the monarch dies Sheji, he also invaded the capital first, Yingzong hunted in the north, I can still fight to the death without retreating, and ensure that the Beijing division is not lost, but now it is just a mere rogue Kouer, what is there to be afraid of!

Besides, there are still 100,000 troops in the Beijing camp, and they can't fight with the Liukou, and for those who suggest moving south, they are really greedy for life and afraid of death, and they will bewitch the army. ”

At this time, Dou Ding, the left of the Imperial Procuratorate, also stood up: "Please Your Majesty immediately behead Zuo Zhongyun Li Mingrui!" ”

"Please Your Majesty immediately behead Zuo Zhongyun Li Mingrui!"

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen officials came out to threaten Zhu Youzhen to kill Li Mingrui, and even Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the military department who held military power, and Li Guozhen, the commander of the Beijing camp Xiangcheng, and others.

Zhu Youzhen naturally understands that the only truly effective way now is to go to Jiangnan, and only by going to Jiangnan can he have a chance to make a comeback, and staying in the capital can only wait for death.

And this is also Li Mingrui telling the truth.

On the surface, other officials wanted to defend the capital by themselves, but in fact they were secretly harboring evil intentions, because only if they were still in the capital, they could put the historical responsibility for the loss of the capital and the demise of the Ming Dynasty on themselves, and on the day Li Zicheng broke the city, they captured themselves alive and sacrificed them to Li Zicheng, so as to gain Li Zicheng's favor.

What's more, although there are still 100,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, most of them are old and weak, and they are vulnerable.

In other words, I can't count on anyone at all, including these civil officials in front of me!

Now they even dare to threaten themselves to kill Li Mingrui.

And now if I want to live a few more days, I have to listen to their wishes.

So, Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to wave his hand and say: "Spread my will and send Li Mingrui to Jinyi Wei Prison!" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has the courage to make a statement, what Li Mingrui said is not unreasonable, even if His Majesty can't move south, but he has to let the prince stay in Nanjing, otherwise, I really don't have a chance to prosper! Your Majesty must not listen to the words of these traitors! ”

Ni Yuanlu also stood up at this time.

However, Guang Shiheng also stood up:

"Your Majesty, Ni Yuanlu intends to coerce the prince to go south to stand on his own, steal my Ming Dynasty, and sow discord, frame Zhongliang, with ill intentions, please behead this Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, please behead this!"

Another group of officials followed Wei Zaode to echo, they did not want Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, to leave the capital for Nanjing, nor did they want the prince to go to Nanjing.

Although Zhu Youzhen knew that what Li Mingrui and Ni Yuanlu said was really for his own sake and for the sake of Daming.

But now he can't turn his face with these civil bureaucrats who are no longer loyal to him, so he can only order: "Ni Yuanlu will also be dismissed and sent to prison!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Smug smiles appeared on the faces of Wei Zaode and Guang Shiheng, and they saluted Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen's heart was dripping blood, and he was now eager to kill all these hateful officials who wanted to blackmail him!

But now he doesn't have any strength, even Jin Yiwei is no longer reliable, because he just saw Jin Yiwei commanding Luo Yangxing to follow Wei Zaode and others to echo him, and he also knew that Luo Yangxing did surrender to Li Zicheng later, and later surrendered to Jiannu.

As soon as the angry Zhu Youzhen retreated, he continued to think about how to escape from the capital, how to control a certain number of troops, and then have a chance to turn over!

Wu Sangui naturally couldn't be relied on, this person didn't reach the capital after marching for half a month, and asked for money and food, obviously afraid of Li Zicheng and didn't want to save himself, he was on the sidelines.

Tang Tong, who guarded Juyong Pass, would also surrender to Li Zicheng in history, and he could not be reliable.

Now the only one who can still rely on is Zhou Yuji, who later defended Ningwu Pass.

can only recruit Zhou Yuji's soldiers and horses into Beijing first, maybe he will have a chance to turn the tables, and rely on Zhou Yuji to evacuate the capital and go south directly!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Youzhen immediately instructed Wang Chengen:

"Wang Chengen, go and call the crown prince Zhu Cihong to me! There is also Gong Yonggu, a concubine, who is also called! I have something important to do! ”

As he spoke, Zhu Youzhen personally took out the yellow silk and took out a red pen to write down his edict.

Although there is still a month before Li Zicheng enters the capital, he may still have a chance to escape from the capital, but he should also plan early in case of the unexpected.