"The Emperor has arrived!"
Although Wang Chaoen hadn't eaten for two days, he still shouted at the top of his lungs.
When the officials in the court heard that the Emperor had arrived, they all stood up straight to welcome him. Ye Xin walked over and sat down on the dragon throne in a dignified manner.
"All the officials have something to report!"
After Wang Chaoen shouted, the various officials below were supposed to report and deal with state affairs together. However, at this moment, all the officials stood silently below, not even talking or farting.
Hmph, none of the officials in the Ming Dynasty cared about anything. Ye Xin already knew about this.
The current ministers were all eager for the Ming Dynasty to perish as soon as possible. Anyway, they had already plundered a lot. Even if there was a change of dynasty, they could still live well.
Sigh, it's useless to count on these ministers! He still had to rely on Ye Xin himself!
"Cough!"
"Dear ministers, there was a war in Liaodong just now. Huang Taiji defeated the Ming army again and Yuan Chonghuan led his troops to retreat. What do you think of this?”
"The emperor is wise and has his own opinions. It's not our turn to comment!”
"Your Majesty, the Houjin is very powerful and could attack Beijing at any time. So, in this humble subject's opinion, we should move the capital! Let's go back to Nanjing and continue living. I think the Later Jin army won't be able to attack us in a short time…"
When Ye Xin heard the words of these officials, he was truly speechless.
Even though Ye Xin knew that the Ming Dynasty officials did not care about matters, he did not expect them to have fallen to such a state.
Throw it away in the northeast? In order to avoid the Houjin, he directly abandoned the north and fled south? How could you come up with such a shameless idea!
Sigh, if you really want to save my Great Ming, you still have to rely on yourself!
"Chaoen, get someone to bring a stool over for the officials to sit down!”
"Listen to me and do it!"
Why did the Emperor seem a little abnormal today…
After a while, Wang Chaoen brought his men over with him. The ministers saw the stool, but none of them dared to sit down.
"Emperor, we don't dare to sit!"
"Alright, don't stand on ceremony.”
The ministers thought to themselves that it was really tiring to stand in court every day. Now that the Emperor was finally able to sympathize with them and sit down, they really felt quite comfortable.
"Dear ministers, this time, I'll be frank! Indeed, our Ming Dynasty has many problems now. Plagues are rampant in the country, rebels are everywhere, and there is also the Houjin eyeing the north covetously!”
At the mention of money, all the ministers lowered their heads. No one knew what they were planning in their hearts.
"You old fellows, don't play dumb with me!”
Ye Xin saw that all the ministers had lowered their heads, so he began to wander around them, lecturing them as he walked.
"Now that the country is in trouble, as a part of Great Ming, you naturally can't stand by and do nothing. My beloved ministers, look, my dragon robe is already torn, and I don't have the nerve to buy a new one! I'm already so thrifty now, shouldn't you also express your gratitude?”
"Your…Your Majesty! We will definitely set an example. When we return, we will wear coarse clothes and announce to the world to show that we are thrifty!”
"Thrifty? Hehe, it's useless. Actually, I came here this time to borrow money from all of you! Now that the country is in a crisis, each of you will give me one million taels of silver. There must be no mistakes!”
"No money? Hehe, all the ministers are right, but it's your business if you don't have money. What does it have to do with me? Now, I want each of you to donate one million yuan to me! I don't care what methods you use other than bullying the people!”
"This…"
After Ye Xin walked around once, he walked to the front of Wei Zaode, the head of the cabinet. Everyone knew about Wei Zaode's character. He was the head of the court and had embezzled so much money. Saying that he had no money was definitely an excuse.
"Lord Wei! Do you have any money to donate?”
"Your Majesty! This old minister has served the country for many years. I definitely can't take out that much money! If you force this old minister, then this old minister can only die to show his will!”
Wei Zaode seemed to be certain that Ye Xin wouldn't dare to touch him, so he began to threaten Ye Xin with his life. One had to know that in the past, he had relied on this trick to scare Emperor Chongzhen many times. Every time, it had a very good effect.
However, Ye Xin wasn't Chongzhen, he wasn't the ruler of a fallen country, he wasn't that easy to fool.
"Yes, sir!"
"Lord Wei, don't worry. After you die, Zhen will understand you and won't ask for money from you. However, even if you die, your family property will be confiscated according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty!”
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