Chongzhen's eyebrows furrowed, and the three sentences were not leaky, and he finally appreciated the power of the first assistant of the cabinet.

At the same time, I also moved to kill!

As a traverser, how could he not know Wei Zaode's thoughts?

Chongzhen nodded, motioning for everyone to return to their original positions.

He looked at everyone, his eyes getting colder: "I heard what Zhongqing said just now. Some people are right-founded, others are nonsense! ”

"Guang Shiheng, you said that Jingshi can keep it, how can you keep it? Tell me about it! ”

Guang Shiheng rolled his eyes and said: "There are millions of people in the capital, and gathering 100,000 people will definitely be able to defend the city." ”

Chongzhen asked with a gloomy face, "How to summon?" Capture the strong or recruit soldiers? Aren't you afraid that they will defect when you catch the strong men? Where does the money come from? Military salaries can be in arrears, but what about food salaries? Do you want the people to defend the city with dry food? ”

Under the attack of Emperor Chongzhen's series of question marks, Guang Shiheng's head went blank in an instant, and he stammered: "This... Money and food are the business of the household department, and the minister only talks about strategy. ”

Chongzhen was furious: "Okay, I will promote you to the head of the household department now, if you don't have a countermeasure, I will cut off your head." ”

Chongzhen wasn't really angry, and a small thing couldn't arouse his anger at all.

He did this to lure Wei Zaode into action.

Guang Shiheng is a pawn, and Wei Zaode behind him is the big boss.

Guang Shiheng was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty is angry, minister... The minister is also for the court. ”

Chongzhen smiled coldly: "Guang Shiheng, are you deaf?" I have made you the head of the household, please tell me your countermeasures! ”

After hearing the word please, Guang Shiheng was really scared. There are few living people in the Ming Dynasty who can withstand Chongzhen's invitation, and there are not him.

He knelt on the ground and hit his head on the ground: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, the minister should not talk nonsense in the court, please calm your anger!" ”

Chongzhen looked at Shi Heng, who was kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, and the only mercy left in his heart disappeared.

If Guang Shiheng dies and does not admit his guilt, Chongzhen will let him go because of his hard bones.

After all, the Wenchen in the last years of the Ming Dynasty had long since lost his backbone, and he finally came out with one, and he couldn't be exterminated.

But his bones were soft.

Chongzhen waved his hand to let Guang Shiheng return to his original position, now the time is not right, and it is not too late to kill again.

He glanced at the ministers and said leisurely: "I am not a faint king, since I succeeded to the throne in August of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued! I wanted to prosper the Ming Dynasty, but the sky did not fulfill people's wishes. Today, thieves are rampant, Jiannu is presumptuous, people's hearts are unstable, and it is difficult to defend the capital! ”

"I'm disappointed. Not only in myself, but also in you. ”

"The ministers should die, they can't share their worries with the king, and they can't relieve the people from their suffering." The first assistant of the cabinet, Wei Zaode, knelt down and pleaded guilty.

You can not do things, but you still have to do what you should do.

"The ministers are guilty!" The ministers fell to their knees.

"Let's all be flat. According to Li Banghua's plan, a few people such as the crown prince, King Yong, King Ding, the relatives of the six palaces, and the ministers and officials accompanied him, and the rest of the people stayed with me in Beijing, waiting for King Qin's division. As for the list of officials going to Nanjing, Li Banghua will draw it up. ”

Chongzhen has long figured out that no matter history or reality, there are only three paths in front of him.

Defend, run, talk!

First of all, escape is excluded.

Once they flee south, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The promise of the Son of Heaven to defend the country became an empty talk; In Liaodong for decades, countless boys have been stained with blood and become a game.

What's more, Wu Sangui of King Qianliqin will fall into a situation of being attacked from two sides. If he surrenders to Jiannu as he did in history, the tragedy of history may repeat itself.

At that time, Chongzhen will not only be sorry for the ancestors of the Zhu family, sorry for the heroic souls who died on the battlefield, but also sorry for the souls who were devastated.

Second, exclude peace talks.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no harmony, no compensation, no land, no tribute, the Son of Heaven guarded the country, and the king died.

He can't break the bottom line.

Final Answer: Shou.

In history, Chongzhen couldn't save Daming for seventeen years, and he couldn't do anything in a week.

The only thing that can be done now is to hold on to Beijing.

As long as Li Zicheng can't attack Beijing, the basic plate of the Ming Dynasty will still be there, and history may be rewritten.

"Your Majesty, the ministers obey the holy decree!" Li Banghua led more than 30 officials to kneel down to receive the order.

Seeing this, the officials who supported Li Mingrui also knelt down to receive the order after a short period of thought.

The emperor handed over the list of ministers who traveled with the crown prince to Li Banghua to draw up, what did it mean?

It shows that Li Banghua has been quietly reused.

If you want to take refuge in Yingtian, you must stand in line with Li Banghua.

In the blink of an eye, half of the officials in the court knelt down to receive the order.

Wei Zaode's face was solemn.

For him, the best policy was to leave all the emperors and princes to Li Zicheng.

As long as Chongzhen is forced to issue an abdication edict, it will be a great credit, and Li Zicheng will also give him a promotion.

But if the crown prince is allowed to run away, Chongzhen stays behind and guards Beijing, things will be complicated. When the time comes, not only will it not be credited, but it will be specially targeted.

He had long heard that Dashun was very cruel to Ming Dynasty officials who had no merit.

The name is gone, and he has no bottom in his heart.

The rule of the political game was that the minority obeyed the majority, and now the emperor and most of the officials agreed to the crown prince's move south.

This is irreversible.

It's just that he can't figure it out, and Chongzhen will definitely hesitate in normal times, either to call the cabinet apse to discuss, or to think about it after returning to the palace.

What's going on today? I actually made a decision in the court!

"Your Majesty!" Wei Zaode tried to awaken the once hesitant Chongzhen.

"I've made up my mind!" Chongzhen rejected Wei Zaode and continued: "The officials who go to Nanjing must seriously assist the prince, and those who stay in Beijing will fully assist me and fight the thieves together!" ”

"Yes!" More than forty officials responded at the same time.

"Now for the second thing." A subtle smile appeared at the corner of Chongzhen's mouth, "Just now, I asked people to calculate, the salary of the defenders of the Beijing camp, plus the money for recruiting soldiers, there is a gap of 1.5 million taels of silver. ”

"Now the treasury is empty, and there is no money to use. It all shows that the army is not paid, and the full salary is invincible, in order to fight the thieves, the secretaries want to find a way! As long as you get a million silver, you can defend the Jingshi! ”

The civil and military officials bowed their heads at the same time very tacitly.

The topic of silver continued from the first year of Chongzhen to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and the money collected by the treasury every year was beyond its means.

The emperor asked them to make up the money, how to make it? Where to go?

If you can get the money, the Ming Dynasty will not be turned upside down by a gang of thieves.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Chongzhen smirked and said, "Since Zhongqing has no choice, I have an idea!" ”

"Your Majesty, please!" Although the cabinet chief assistant was a little reluctant, he still cooperated with the emperor as soon as possible.

"Donate money!"

The civil and military officials present continued to be silent, the old routine has been unusual, and they have donated an unknown number of times since Chongzhen's sixteenth year.

"Did the secretary donate any silver? The donor of the silver is promoted to the rank of knight! Chongzhen was anxious on the surface, but in his heart he had another thought: Zhongqing, I have given you a chance, don't blame me if you can't grasp it!

Li Banghua was the first to stand up, and he knew that Chongzhen was going to make a move.

"Minister Li Banghua, Wanli 31 years into the official, every penny of the family comes from the court, now the court is in trouble, the minister is willing to give all the family property to help suppress the thief."

"Good! Li Banghua's loyalty can be seen, and I am greatly rewarded! Chongzhen took the case.