Fengtian Temple!

Chongzhen, the monarch of the Ming Kingdom, sat on the top of the golden palace, looking at the court, these civil officials passed the buck to each other, boasted of their honesty to each other, and felt disgusted.

Feel nauseated.

Now the thief Li Zicheng is fierce, and there are countless people who look at the wind and descend from the wind, Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides, and Zhou Yuji, the chief soldier of Ningwuguan, died in battle, and he has no generals to use, and there are no soldiers to send.

"The Ministry of War immediately sent an edict ordering Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, Wang Yongji, the governor of Jiliao, and Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Changping, to enter the king of Jingqin."

"The household department is responsible for raising military salaries, grain and grass."

In the face of the current situation, defending the capital has become a top priority.

If the capital is broken, it will be dead.

"Your Majesty, you must not, now that the household department has no money and no food, once King Qin's division enters Beijing, then this food and drink will become a big problem."

"Once there is a mutiny, the capital is in danger."

Hu Dingchun, the head of the household, said.

He has no malicious intentions, mainly because the household department is really short of money now, and after these Qinwang divisions come to Beijing, their military salaries, grain and grass and rewards add up, at least 500,000 taels of silver.

But the current treasury of the Ming State really has no money to use, and there is no food to allocate.

(Poor)

"What?"

"No money again?"

"Didn't you just raise 200,000 taels a few days ago?"

"Where's the money?"

Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, the amount owed by the household department is too much. The officials of the various ministries have been in arrears for several months, so all the 200,000 taels of silver have been used to issue silver, and there is still a shortfall of 650,000 taels of silver. ”

Hu Dingchun stiffened his head and said.

"What?"

"Hu Dingchun, you are so bold, now that the national crisis is present, you actually gave the money raised by the widow to the hundred officials to save the country, who gave you the courage?"

"Ahh

"Don't you want your head anymore?"

Chongzhen was furious.

He finally pulled down his face and begged his grandfather and grandmother to ask the hundred officials, Xungui and grandma to get 200,000 taels of silver.

Now that the court is so poor that there is not a penny of food to entertain the teachers of King Qin in various places, how can he not be angry?

Does he want to watch the Ming Dynasty die?

"Your Majesty is angry, and the minister is guilty."

Hu Dingchun hurriedly said on the ground.

A cold sweat.

He quietly looked at the first assistant Wei Zaode and the second assistant Chen Yan on the side, hoping that the two could rescue him and excuse him.

The use of the 200,000 taels of silver, after all, was approved by their cabinet.

“......”

It's just that Wei Zaode and Chen Yan didn't pay attention to him at all.

Seeing this, Hu Dingchun became more and more panicked.

He is also the master of Shangshu of Zheng Erpin, and he has been rolling in the officialdom for a long time, and now he still doesn't understand what Wei Zaode and Chen Yan are thinking.

Vile.

It's just that he still hasn't come forward to testify against the two.

He knew very well how much energy Wei Zaode and Chen Yan had, they controlled the civil official group of the Ming Kingdom, manipulated the court, even if it was the monarch Chongzhen, there was nothing they could do.

If it weren't for this, the Ming Kingdom would not be so poor.

The civilian clique controlled the localities by controlling the money and grain to check and balance the monarchy.

(The Emperor of Flowing Water, the Family of Iron Fighting)

When Chongzhen first ascended the throne, he was ambitious, cleaning up the eunuchs, purging the officials, and rectifying the armaments.

Gradually, his ambitions were destroyed by the ruthless reality, and he circled among these courtiers every day, fighting with them, playing with their minds, and fighting with their schemes.

There is no way to implement a thing that benefits the country and the people.

Chongzhen also wanted to kill, but he had to take care of his reputation, and he didn't want to bear the infamy of a tyrant.

After gradually calming down, he looked at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and he was helpless.

In the huge court, there is no one available.

He really wanted to kill all these bastards who were "corpses vegetarian" in the court, but he was powerless.

Today's Daming Kingdom, the titular monarch of the country is also in embattlement, and has been constrained, and has to compromise and coexist with these civilian groups.

In fact, he knows better than anyone else that the biggest cancer of the Ming Kingdom is not the thieves who are making a lot of noise outside, nor the "Jiannu" entrenched outside the gates, but these civil and official groups full of "loyal to the monarch and patriotic" and "long live my emperor", they are the source of the bane.

These people have formed friends with those families and businessmen behind them, and in their eyes, they don't care about the interests of the greater, but only care about their own interests.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the treasury is empty, there is no money and food to resist the thieves, I hope that everyone can work with me to overcome the difficulties together, donate money and food, and defend the capital division."

"Rest assured, Aiqing."

"Once the rebels are pacified, I will definitely pay back twice as much afterwards."

As the king of a country in the Ming Kingdom, Chongzhen, the lord of the country, has thrown his face on the ground, he salivated and once again called on hundreds of officials to donate money to save the country.

It was his last effort.

“......”

Hearing this, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty opened their eyes wide and fell silent.

Donate money again?

They all looked unhappy.

(Shout: Chongzhen, you are a real dog.) We are all part-time workers, not your father and mother, you have no money, who will work for you, funny)

The bullshit court owes more than half a year's worth of silver, and it has just been reissued for two months, and the silver in this pocket has not yet been warmed, and it is allowed to donate money.

(shameless)

Tick!

The huge court hall is quiet and scary, and the needles can be heard.

"Me?!"

As soon as he saw such a scene, Chongzhen's face became ugly, such a big court, and there was not an official who considered the Ming Kingdom?

He was in a very bad mood.

Cabinet First Assistant Wei Zaode: .......

Deputy Cabinet Assistant: .......

The six Shangshu were silent.

Of course, the officials of the rest of the ministries did not dare to squeak, first, they were not willing to donate money, and second, they did not dare to come forward when they saw that no one from the bigwigs had expressed their position.

"Report!"

When Chongzhen was desperate and his face was like ashes, a gold-armored guard ran in quickly.

After entering the main hall, this person immediately knelt down and saluted.

"Your Majesty, the second British prince outside the palace asks to see you."

(Be careful, for fear of angering the Ming monarch who is on the verge of breaking out)

"The second son of the British duke?"

"Could it be Zhang Rui?"

"Why did he come to see me?"

Chongzhen, who was originally in an irritable mood, saw this, not to mention how strange it was.

"Back to the king, Zhang Ergongzi brought a lot of money and silver this time, saying that he was donating money to fight thieves."

The golden-armored guard said excitedly.

"What?"

"A lot of money?"

"What you said is true?"

"How many?"

As soon as he heard that Zhang Rui had sent the money, Chongzhen stood up from the dragon chair excitedly.

(Eyebrows and smiles)

“......”

The officials of the dynasty were full of surprise, they never expected that at this time, they would kill a Cheng bite gold halfway.

A hint of surprise flashed in Wei Zaode's cloudy old eyes.

British Mansion?!

Zhang Shize!

Donate money?

Interesting.

"Back to the king, it seems to be a million taels of silver, as for the specific amount, it is not clear."

The golden-armored guard said.

"A million taels?"

"Good!"

"It's really timely rain, and with this amount of money, it is enough for half a year's money and food for 300,000 Qin Wang's divisions."

"Someone."

"Let's go with the widow to greet Zhang Rui."

Chongzhen's already desperate heart is now rekindled with hope.

In the past, he didn't quite understand why, starting from Taizu and Chengzu, he regarded these nobles as brothers with such generosity and courtesy.

Now he finally understood.

When the catastrophe comes, only these nobles who are closely related to the Ming Kingdom can rely on.

"Your Majesty, this Zhang Rui is just the son of a prince of the country, as the Supreme of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, how can you be condescending to the nobles and go to the palace gate to greet him in person, this move is not in line with the courtesy, please think twice."

Zhou Kang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, said.

Belch?

As soon as he heard this, Chongzhen's face turned green.

Nima!

When I asked you to donate money just now, quietly, no one said a word, for fear that I would empty your family business.

Now that someone has come to donate money, and you are here to talk nonsense, what kind of heart do you have?

Don't you get used to seeing widows have a good life?

(A group of great traitors)