"Your…Your Highness, where did you get so much silver?”The Minister of Revenue couldn't help but ask.
Seeing so much silver at once, the most excited person, other than Chongzhen, was probably him, the Minister of Revenue who was in charge of the Ming Dynasty's money and grain!
If the Ministry of Revenue had this much silver a few years ago, the raiders would have been exterminated 800 times!
In the end, the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty was that they didn't have money.
"This is the dirty silver that Bengong obtained from extinguishing the fire last night.”
Zhu Ci said without changing his expression.
What was that?
Fire extinguishing?
Or dirty silver?
All the officials and ministers in Taihe Palace were shocked!
Some quick-witted ones had already connected the silver in front of them to the imperial court officials whose families had been caught in a fire yesterday.
"Crown Prince, what happened? Tell me in detail!" Chong Zhen asked impatiently.
Ever since Chongzhen ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty had never been rich.
However, his words and actions were all in line with the words of the saints in the book.
Even the most picky officials of Donglin praised the emperor as a wise and virtuous ruler.
However, the Ming Dynasty was actually getting poorer and poorer. Their lives were worse than when his carpenter brother ignored the government and let Wei Zhongxian mess around.
"Simple."
"Last night, BenGong saw water flowing everywhere in the capital," Zhu CiMo said calmly. In order to prevent a disaster, Bengong personally led the Embroidered Uniform Guards to extinguish the fire. In the end, he found that these ministers who were on fire were all carrying silver out.”
"What is it? This…this was all the money of those ministers?”Chongzhen was shocked!
Chongzhen also knew about the fire last night.
However, the information he received was that there were only a dozen or so.
However, there were more than a million taels of silver in front of him.
Could it be that on average, every minister had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver hidden in their homes?
"That's right!" Zhu Ci Xin nodded.
"Where did they get so much silver? All ice and charcoal?" Chong Zhen asked.
One had to know that the salary of the officials of the Ming Dynasty was very small. It was difficult to support themselves, let alone the servants in the residence.
Therefore, the vast majority of officials had gray income.
For example, the fire consumption of the local officials and the ice and charcoal offerings of the capital officials.
Chongzhen also knew about this gray income, but he didn't expect it to be so much!
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Cijing laughed loudly,"How can we have so much silver just from the Ice and Charcoal?" These were all the silver taels and the people's fat that those rats had plundered.”
"This bunch of corrupt officials!"
Chongzhen was furious!
When the water is clear, there are no fish.
In fact, he also knew that the ministers under him would not be very honest. However, he did not expect them to be so corrupt.
What angered Chongzhen the most was that these officials had so much silver at home, but they would rather watch the Great Ming subjugate because they did not have silver than donate money to help the court!
He knew that among the court officials who were caught in the fire yesterday, there were many who had retired with the country!
If Ming dies, will the raiders let you go?
Do you think you can still protect your family property?
At that time, wouldn't he still be meat on the chopping board?
Kill just like that?
"Kill, kill, kill, kill! Civil officials and dignitaries can all be killed!"
Chong Zhen roared in anger.
All the officials in the court lowered their heads in fear when they saw the Emperor's expression.
"Imperial Father, there's no need to be angry! After your son lectured them, they were filled with regret and were unwilling to continue living. After handing over all his family assets, he took his entire family to commit suicide to apologize.”
Zhu Ci Xin said calmly.
Hiss…
Hearing Zhu Ci Xin's words, all the officials in the court gasped.
What regret?
What do you mean by not living an ignoble life?
What about the whole family committing suicide to apologize?
It sounded good!
This was clearly the Crown Prince leading the Embroidered Uniform Guards to exterminate these high-ranking officials!
There were more than a dozen court officials, and there were probably a thousand or eight hundred people in the entire residence, right?
There were also many relatives of the royal family.
I heard that Zhou Kui's family was also exterminated?
Thousand Year Lord didn't even ask for an imperial edict, nor did he inform the Emperor. He was killed without even asking.
Your Highness the Crown Prince!
What a ruthless heart!
What a vicious method!
If he were to inherit the throne in the future, he would definitely be a hero comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu!
All of a sudden, the civil and military officials fell silent.
There were even a few timid ones who directly sat on the ground.
"Humph! To think that they still had some face and knew how to apologize. Otherwise, I'll kill their entire family!”
Hearing Zhu Ciao's words, Chong Zhen snorted coldly. He felt that the Crown Prince had helped him vent his anger.
This Crown Prince is wise and mighty, far surpassing me!
Looking at the gazes of the civil and military officials looking at the Crown Prince, Chong Zhen suddenly felt a mix of sorrow and joy.
It had only been an incense stick's time since he entered Taihe Palace. First, he had killed the rebels, then he had stimulated his subjects 'hearts, and then he had proposed countermeasures that had finally made the civil and military officials feel awe and reverence.
How was he like her?
After dealing with this group of ministers for nearly twenty years, he only saw Yin Fengyang deceiving his superiors and deceiving his subordinates.
The entire Great Ming Dynasty was deteriorating in his hands!
Many nights, he would wake up from his dreams. He dreamed that the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty reprimanded him for not protecting this country.
Sometimes, he would ask himself.
If he did not blindly command and blindly suspect, and boldly gave power to Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and the others, not only would the raiders have been wiped out, but the Eastern Krupp might have also become a subject again!
If he had been in power for a few more years, this Great Ming would probably really have perished!
If he were to hand over the Great Ming Empire to the Crown Prince…
At the thought of this, a strong thought suddenly surged into Chongzhen's mind!
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The second update! To be honest, Chongzhen is really not suitable to be an emperor.
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