The emperor mentioned the earlier borrowing of money and compared it with the loss of the official's family.

The officials suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Routine!

Fell for the emperor's routine!

In the past few days, the city has been besieged, the city has been breached, and it has been sacked, and the hundred officials think that the Ming Dynasty will die, and the people are panicked, and many people are ready to surrender to the Shun army.

Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly became possessed like a god of war, soaring all the way, killing the enemy violently, killing Li Zicheng by force, turning the tide of the tide, turning defeat into victory, and keeping the Beijing Division.

This came and went, and the hundred officials were in a state of confusion, thinking about things, not as clear and witty as before.

And the emperor seized nearly 70 million taels, and they were extremely surprised and shocked, and they were also blinded by such a huge amount of money and goods.

Therefore, the emperor asked everyone to report the loss of family wealth, and made it appear that he wanted to make up for the ministers, and most people were happy in their hearts, and they did not doubt him, and reported the loss of family wealth.

He ever thought,

The emperor did not play his cards according to common sense today, which is a trap.

They were ignorant and automatically drilled into it one by one.

If there are so many losses in the family, then when the emperor borrowed money before, why did he say that he was clean and honest and had no money to lend?

And the more losses in the family, it shows that they are definitely not clean and honest.

Zhu Chunchen's excuse of "the ancestors left behind and didn't dare to use it" seems to make some sense, but the emperor obviously didn't believe it, and directly said the cruel words that he wanted to be beheaded all over the house.

The court officials were suddenly frightened, their faces were bloodless, they were terrified, and their hands and feet trembled.

"Plop" "Plop" "Plop" "Plop"

They all knelt.

"Your Majesty, although the ministers are guilty, but the crime is not to death, how can you say that you are all over the house." Zhu Chunchen relied on the fact that he was a relative of the emperor and the country, and strongly refuted it.

"What Cheng Guogong said is very true, the minister has been an official all his life, and he has no merit and hard work, and he has not committed a capital crime, as for the loss of money at home, it is a foolish wife's private collection, and the minister does not know it, and the minister will be severely punished when he goes back, and I hope His Majesty will be gracious." Wei Zaode cried.

He was in a hurry and put the blame on his wife.

"Your Majesty is gracious, the minister and Wei Shoufu are in the same situation, the wife and concubine collect property in private, the minister doesn't know anything, and he will kill them when he goes back, so as to show the minister's loyalty to the country."

Yang Shicong was even more ruthless, saying that he wanted to kill his wife and concubine in order to protect himself.

Hundreds of officials gave various reasons, a handful of snot and tears, telling grievances, expressing loyalty, and crying in distress, echoing in the Jinluan Palace.

After all, he is a top literati in the Ming Dynasty, all of them can speak well, they are eloquent, and they have been in the court for a long time, holding heavy power, and their scheming is incomparable, and they are more treacherous than ghosts.

Wang Chengen was immediately moved by the words and cries of the hundred officials.

I also felt that the emperor had become too ruthless, too irritable and anxious.

Wang Chengen was cautious and reminded: "Your Majesty, internal and external troubles are still there, and now is the time to employ people......

Zhou Lu touched his chin and didn't respond.

Wang Chengen's meaning is very clear to him.

Although Li Zicheng was killed and most of the Shun troops surrendered, the internal and external troubles were indeed still serious.

There was Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion, and the disaster in the northwest spread.

Outside, the Qing army came to the city, intensified the storming of the Shanhaiguan area, and occupied several important military fortresses one after another, and the Ming Dynasty could only hold on, without the power of counterattack.

The surrendered Shun army and the defenders of the capital were numerous, but the military rations were scarce.

The Great War also seriously damaged production and a series of other problems, and urgently needed the help of a group of ministers to deal with them.

Wei Zaode, Zhu Chunchen and others observed the words, and saw that although the emperor said cruel words, his face was softened, and he didn't seem to be very angry, and his tone was also a question.

The more this happens, the more terrified they become.

Emperor Chongzhen, who they said they understood, if he said angry words, scolded a few words hoarsely, and said that the crime could not be punished, he wanted to kill a certain official, but if hundreds of officials interceded together, they would generally be dismissed at most.

Chongzhen's anger is gone, and it will pass.

And today, Chongzhen's tone is flat, his tone is calm, but it gives people a powerful aura, and there seems to be a tension in the Jinluan Palace, which is superimposed layer by layer, accumulating more and more, and oppressing people so much that they can't breathe.

The hundred officials trembled, looked at each other, and were helpless.

At this point,

Zhu Chunchen, who was standing at the front, heard Wang Chengen's words.

Wang Chengen's words reminded him.

The countermeasures agreed upon by the previous hundred officials are time to make a thorough effort.

The emperor's army must be countered!

Otherwise, if they continue like this, they will lose power, and they will not be able to restrain the emperor's power, nor will they be able to indirectly control the Ming Dynasty.

If the hundred officials are united and the caliber is the same, the emperor will not dare to do anything to them, as has always been.

Zhu Chunchen glanced back at the ministers and made a look.

Then, he bowed his head and played again: "Your Majesty, Wechen is really wronged, since Your Majesty no longer trusts Wechen, I implore Your Majesty to remove Wechen's official position." ”

Shoufu Wei Zaode also echoed: "Weichen is sick and can't take on the heavy responsibility of Shoufu, so I only want to return to my hometown and ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

"Weichen is old, and he also needs to return to his hometown, and I beg His Majesty for permission."

"The minister is also physically exhausted......"

Hundreds of officials have submitted their resignations.

The meaning of threatening the emperor gradually became stronger.

The subtext is that Lao Tzu is all picky and doesn't do anything, no one does anything, see what your emperor can do in this moment of internal and external troubles.

"This ...... How can this be a good ......?"

Wang Chengen's face changed, and he muttered.

As a dedicated eunuch, he didn't dare to cross the line to discuss politics, so he could only watch and be anxious.

What he feared most had happened.

The contradiction between the emperor and the hundred officials ignited, and the conflict intensified.

The attitude of the hundred officials seems to be still good, but the way of collective dismissal is clearly to compete with the emperor, forcing the palace with threats and coercion, so that the emperor can make big concessions.

The emperor must be about to die, but there is nothing he can do with hundreds of officials.

And when Wang Chengen saw the emperor's expression, he was surprised.

The emperor still seemed to be smiling, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, not in a hurry at all, still smoking leisurely, like an audience on the sidelines.

Of course, Zhou Lu was not in a hurry, because he had already made up his mind that it was impossible to be coerced by Zhu Chunchen and others.

He was just quietly looking around, confirming the position and force field of the ministers.

The hundred officials in the Jinluan Hall were divided into two parts at this time.

Eighty or ninety of them, who accounted for the vast majority, asked for their resignation.

Twenty or so others stood still and had angry faces.

Finally, someone couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but stand up.

"You ...... What is your intention in doing this? ”

"How can you force the palace at such a time?"

"When the Ming Dynasty is in danger, you still do this, your heart can be punished!"

Those who came out to reprimand bluntly included Fan Jingwen, a scholar of the Ministry of Industry and a scholar of Dongge University, as well as Ni Yuanlu and Li Banghua.

They were angry and anxious, but like Wang Chengen, they didn't know what to do.

Hundreds of officials collectively resigned and picked their sons, and the entire national system would be paralyzed, after all, the Ming Empire had a vast territory and was eventful.