When the first assistant of the cabinet, Wei Zaode, and his henchmen heard that Li Banghua had donated his family property, they all bowed their heads and sneered.

High emotional intelligence: donate money for promotion.

Low EQ: Selling Officials!

They laughed at Li Banghua's official fans, he had no brains, Li Banghua was already a second-grade member, plus the rank of young master, and then he was three fairs and one grade.

If the time is rewind by a year, the behavior of donating money to buy officials is still reasonable, after all, the Ming Dynasty still had a tone at that time.

Now Daming is already a building that is about to collapse, and it is in danger. Even if a million taels of silver were raised, it would not be able to prevent destruction.

Why bother?

It's better to keep the money and make preparations for the change of dynasty as soon as possible.

What's even more ridiculous is that Chongzhen only said a big reward, but didn't say anything about the reward, which is obviously empty talk.

"The slave and maid are tired of the emperor's favor and are willing to donate half of their family property to help suppress the thief!" The heart of the admiral of Dongchang then fell to his knees and gave away half of his property.

The corners of Chongzhen's mouth twitched, this guy is a real money fan, and he dared to keep half of his family property after being beaten, which really means that people die for money.

He squinted, although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he pretended to be very happy on his face: "The king's heart is loyal, and the official is promoted to the third grade!" ”

Wang Chengen also wanted to donate, but his money had already been donated, and he couldn't take out the only ten taels of silver left in his pocket, so he was a little annoyed.

Wu Mengming remembered what Chongzhen had said when he was summoned before the court meeting, in order to cater to the emperor and to protect himself, he could only bite the bullet and say: "Minister, I am willing to donate a thousand taels of silver!" ”

"Good! Commander Wu is promoted to one level! And those who have not donated money? ”

"The minister is willing to donate five hundred taels of silver to solve the urgent need."

"The minister is willing to donate a thousand taels."

"The minister is willing to donate eight hundred taels."

......

Under the leadership of Li Banghua, more than 40 courtiers donated one after another.

Chongzhen calculated, and the amount of silver donated ranged from dozens of taels to thousands of taels, and the total amount was only 50,000 taels!

"Do you have any money to give?" Chongzhen asked again with an expressionless face.

The officials were silent.

Those who wanted to donate were donated, and the rest expressed their attitude in silence.

"Good!" Chongzhen paused, "Since there is no one to donate silver, I want to borrow money." ”

"Did you lend me any money?"

Borrow money?

Hearing these two words, Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, almost laughed.

Chongzhen, Chongzhen, you are a prince of heaven and actually borrowed money from your courtiers, don't you want to be embarrassed?

In this case, is there a difference between borrowing and donating? If you can't raise money for donations, someone will lend you money?

It's a pig's brain!

The rest thought differently.

If Chongzhen borrowed money from them, could he not borrow it?

Apparently not.

What should I do? The courtiers and nobles bowed their heads in deep thought.

Wang Chengen saw that no one answered, and he was a little anxious. If it continues like this, I am afraid that it will cool the face of the emperor, so I hurriedly winked at the heart of the king.

Wang Zhixin was glared at by Wang Chengen, sighed in his heart, knelt down again and said, "Your Majesty, the slave is willing to borrow five hundred taels to help the court suppress thieves." ”

"Good, good... The children can be taught! ”

After waiting for a while, seeing that everyone didn't speak, Chongzhen directly called the name: "Hubu Zuo Shilang? ”

Wang Zhengzhi, the left servant of the household department, first surrendered to Li Zicheng, and then surrendered to Jiannu, with a chaste face but a bitch-like character.

Chongzhen decided to cut him first.

Wang Zhengzhi pursed his lips secretly, and stood up in a proper manner: "Your Majesty, the minister is here." ”

"How much cash do you have at home?"

"This..." Wang Zhengzhi hesitated a little, and asked too directly, he knew that Chongzhen must be holding back, but he didn't know what it was.

After thinking about it, the worst result is to raid the house.

If you really dare to raid his home, Li Zicheng will be the first to open the city gate.

Wang Zhengzhi counted the fraction of the silver in the family and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister's family has about 100 taels of cash silver, and there are some other properties, but they are all objects, not cash silver. ”

"Oh." Chongzhen squinted, "Since there is not much money, I will borrow less, how about borrowing half?" ”

Wang Zhengzhi's face was incredible.

Chongzhen is poor and crazy, right?

I don't spare a hundred taels of silver ...

"This—" He wanted to say no, but he couldn't open his mouth because of the emperor's majesty.

Borrow?

The money lent out will definitely not be returned.

After holding it for a while, he stumbled and said, "Your Majesty, there are old and young ministers, and I'm afraid that fifty taels of silver won't take a few days." ”

"Wang Shilang, don't worry, as long as I have a bite to eat, I won't be hungry for your whole family."

Chongzhen's words have already been said to this point, and Wang Zhengzhi can't refute it anymore, so he can only agree with a sad face.

Chongzhen continued to ask expressionlessly: "Where is Fan Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry?" ”

Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, bowed and saluted, "The minister is here." ”

"How much cash do you have at home?"

Fan Jingwen said respectfully: "The cash is less than fifty taels. ”

"Since it's so little, I won't borrow it from you."

The others raised their eyebrows and caught the point.

Although Fan Jingwen is telling the truth, as long as he pretends to be poor and pitiful like him, he can escape the catastrophe.

"Where is Zhang Jinyan?"

"The minister is here."

"Do you have any cash at home?"

Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, knelt on the ground with an embarrassed face: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers are honest and honest, and the family has no money to use." ”

Wang Zhengzhi squinted at Zhang Jinyan, and sighed in his heart: This guy is so ruthless that he doesn't want to borrow a penny.

Chongzhen asked expressionlessly, "What Zhang Shangshu said is the truth?" ”

"Minister, don't dare to lie."

"The first assistant of the cabinet?" Chongzhen's face became more and more ugly.

Under the gaze of everyone, Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, slowly came out of the ranks, and said unhurriedly: "The minister is willing to borrow five hundred taels of silver to help suppress the thief!" ”

"No, no, no, Wei Qing misunderstood what I meant, I was asking how much cash you have in your house!"

Wei Zaode snorted coldly in his heart, and said loudly: "The minister's family is poor and has no cash, and he lives by borrowing money, and the five hundred taels of silver just now were also borrowed by the minister. ”

Wang Chengen stood next to him and gritted his teeth, these people were greedy for more money than the treasury. When the imperial court was in danger, not only did it not give generously, but it did not pull out a dime, which is really hateful.

He looked at the back of Emperor Chongzhen and hated that he was not Wei Zhongxian, he could not shock the court, and he could not relieve the emperor's worries.

"Cheng Guogong?" Chongzhen didn't care, and immediately set his eyes on this first-class duke.