Chapter Seventy-Eight: Raiding the House Can't Be Stopped (Second Update)
A middle-aged man, walking in.
He has a majestic and lofty figure, especially the dragon robe he wears, which is even more dazzling.
In the Ming Dynasty, officials were strictly hierarchical, and their clothing was also extremely strict. There are strict rules on what clothes officials wear, what belts they wear, and what hats they wear.
The dragon robe is a symbol of supremacy. Today, only one person can wear it.
That is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty - Zhu Youzhen!
As for whether someone will pretend to be there, it is absolutely impossible! In the world, no one dares to wear a dragon robe without ascending the throne.
Sure enough, as soon as the middle-aged man appeared, Luo Yangxing immediately knelt down and said respectfully: "Welcome Your Majesty!"
The others also woke up like a dream, knelt down one after another, and said in unison: "See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
In the center of the field, Lu Wang Zhu Yihai's face was complicated, and he didn't understand why Chongzhen appeared here. Shouldn't he be an emperor hiding in BJ City to celebrate Li Zicheng's retirement?
But this is no longer the time to think about those questions, the emperor has to worship in person, otherwise, it is a capital crime.
Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "I've seen Your Majesty!"
"Uncle Huang is exempt!" Chongzhen gave a handful of help, and King Lu rose up with the trend.
Although Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, is young, he is a generation higher than Chongzhen, so he is called the emperor's uncle.
"Your Majesty, now that the world is in turmoil, there are anti-thieves everywhere, Your Majesty should stay in BJ and guard the overall situation, why did you come here? If there is an accident, this Ming ......"
Chongzhen waved his hand directly, interrupted King Lu's words, and said with a smile: "If you talk about danger, three days ago, Li Zicheng besieged BJ, and the city was almost destroyed, no matter how dangerous it is, how can it be more dangerous than then? Besides, isn't this the territory of the emperor's uncle? What danger can I have? Could it be that there can be a thief in your Lu Palace?"
As he spoke, Chongzhen looked at King Lu with a smile. The deep gaze made Zhu Yihai's heart tremble suddenly, and he hurriedly said: "How can it, the people of SD live and work in peace and contentment, how can there be thieves!"
"That's good!"
Chongzhen bowed his head slightly and said, "On this trip, I went south mainly for two things. First, it is here to raise military expenses!"
"The Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and the anti-thieves are everywhere, if you want to calm the chaos, you must recruit soldiers and horses to suppress the anti-thieves. But the Ming treasury was empty, and there was a shortage of money and food. So it's a last resort, I, as a nephew, can only come here to borrow some money and food from Uncle Huang for emergencies!"
Lu Wang Zhu Yihai's heart sank slightly, he didn't expect that Luo Yangxing was right, Chongzhen really came for money. This has been rare in the past. As an emperor, face is more important than anything else, how can it be possible to borrow money from others?
However, if you don't borrow this money, you will be deceiving the emperor and refusing the emperor to have good fruits to eat. Otherwise, what should the emperor do if he knows that you are very rich and will look for you from time to time in the future?
Therefore, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, immediately said: "The national disaster is at the head, and the minister, as a child of the Zhu family, should make a contribution." However, the Lu Wangfu consumes most of the money and food on weekdays, but the financial resources are very small, and the palace does not have much savings. In this way, the daily consumption of my palace will be cut by half, and 30,000 taels will be donated to Your Majesty for military expenses!"
Hahahaha......
Chongzhen laughed suddenly, patted King Lu's shoulder, and said, "Uncle Huang is really my Zhu family......"
After a pause, his tone was suddenly lowered, revealing a strange smile, and said: "Uncle Huang, do you know, a few days ago, I was in BJ and called on hundreds of civil and military officials to donate, and those bastards only donated a few hundred taels of silver one by one. Uncle Huang can donate 30,000 taels, it's really a lot of bleeding!"
I don't know why, the three words of heavy bleeding, but I gritted my teeth with coldness.
Others talked a lot, this Manchu Dynasty civil and military, even donated only a few hundred taels of silver one by one, it seems that he is a good and honest official! But I don't know why Chongzhen gritted his teeth so much?
Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Luo Yangxing, tell them what happened later!"
"No!"
Luo Yangxing smiled coldly and said: "Three days ago, Your Majesty raided the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and obtained a total of 50 million taels of gold and silver, and countless antique jade and silk, worth hundreds of millions!"
Hiss......
Suddenly, the audience gasped one after another.
The Manchu Dynasty was so rich in civil and military affairs?
Next, Luo Yangxing's words made everyone shiver coldly.
Luo Yangxing glanced around, smiled sympathetically at Zhu Yihaiyin, and said: "Those civil and military officials who deceived the monarch and were greedy were executed by His Majesty three days ago, and there were no corpses. ”
Suddenly, the audience fell silent.
Does this mean that if they are hiding and tucking in, the end will be no different?
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" Zhu Yihai could no longer keep calm.
Chongzhen said indifferently: "Da Ming has raised the kings of the world for hundreds of years, so that you can live a life of poverty and luxury. You don't think about reciprocating, but instead collect the people's fat and ointment, annex the land, and force the people of the world to live and rebel one after another. This day has fallen to such a point, you are half responsible!"
"Now, Da Ming has reached the critical point of life and death, and it is time for you to repay Da Ming!"
"Your Majesty, do you really want to exterminate all the bloodlines of your loved ones?" King Lu glared angrily.
"That's not true, I'm not a person who doesn't miss old loves. As long as you move into BJ, you will be rich for generations. It's just the same now, it's just a different place to live!"
After a pause, Chongzhen said bitterly: "Back then, there were 27 vassal kings in the world, but in the past few years, all kinds of anti-thieves have been powerful, occupying half of the country, killing more than a dozen vassal kings, and now, there are less than ten vassal kings in existence. And the wealth accumulated by these feudal kings for generations was all taken away by the rebels and turned into military expenses for rebellion. Rather than waiting for the thief to take it away in the future and become a weapon to attack the Ming Dynasty, it is better to let me take it away now and use it to calm the world. Moreover, today's wealth is borrowed, and when the situation stabilizes, I will return it to you!"
Lu Wang Zhu Yihai smiled bitterly, if this money is really given, can it be returned? Who can spit out what is in the stomach after eating it?
But don't you give it?
If someone else came, he could still excuse himself, but now, it was Chongzhen in person.
Who would dare to oppose this SD official?
No matter how bold he Zhu Yihai is, is it possible that he still dares to kill the king? If Chongzhen really has an accident on his territory, then he will be regarded as a target all over the world. The other vassal kings would have rejoiced.
No one could have imagined that Chongzhen would go south in person and come forward in person.
This move can be described as a resurrection after death, and it is extremely clever!
King Lu sighed, and finally bowed his head and said, "Everything is willing to be arranged by Your Majesty." I only hope that Your Majesty will treat the people of King Lu's Mansion well!"
"Don't worry! I will do what I say, you can still be your free prince when you get to BJ!"
Chongzhen waved his hand, and Luo Yangxing behind him smiled proudly, and began to check it with a group of brocade guards.
Zhu Yihai knew that the matter had come to this point, and it was a foregone conclusion, so he simply took the initiative to let his subordinates move out all the valuable belongings in the palace.
There are also those shops, land deeds and the like, since you are going to BJ, these things are not needed.
In less than two hours, everything was cleared.
There are 8 million taels of gold and silver, 30,000 hectares of fertile land, 30,000 stones of grain, countless antique jade, and a number of shops.
No military weapons were found, which shows that although King Lu is ambitious, he is still a duty.
Chongzhen knows that King Lu must still be hidden, but he has to leave some money for others to live in BJ, otherwise, is it possible that the entire King Lu Mansion moved to BJ and really relied on him to support him?
That night, Chongzhen arranged for Jinyi to escort King Lu's family to BJ, while he took Luo Yangxing and others to continue south.
King Tang, King Xiang, King Huai, King Gui, King Ji, King Heng, King Rong, King Lu and Zhu Yousong, who had just inherited the throne of King Fu.
In less than half a month, Chongzhen kept raiding his house, and all the remaining nine princes were raided. In the end, like King Lu, the whole family was escorted north to the capital by the brocade guards.
I have to say that the Ming Dynasty was extremely indulgent to these vassal kings. These vassal kings collected the fat of the people and the ointment of the people, and became greedy. Everyone in the family is very rich. Among them, even the poorest King Gui has millions of families.
There are a total of ten princes, except for King Fu, who was just scraped by Li Zicheng, his son Zhu Yousong has no oil and water. The other nine people combined, the gold and silver alone were enough to be 30 million taels, and the grain was hundreds of thousands of stones. He also contributed more than 50 million points to Chongzhen.
These princes, although greedy, also know that they are children of the Zhu family, and they can't go against the emperor, although they have complaints, they have to cooperate.
It wasn't until Chongzhen came to Jiangnan and raided those Wenchen families that he finally ran into trouble.