The screen didn't stop playing because of what they said.
The camera turned and a new scene appeared.
In the court, Chong Zhen faced the civil and military officials and said,"
"Now that the country is facing a crisis, and the rebel Li Zicheng is approaching the capital, I hope that all of you can donate some silver to buy equipment and organize an army to resist the rebels.”
The Minister of Official Personnel Affairs had a bitter expression on his face." Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to donate. It's just that my family is also short of money…"
Seeing the disappointment on Chongzhen's face, he gritted his teeth and said,
"If it really doesn't work, I will donate my retirement money of forty taels of silver to buy weapons and armor.”
Chongzhen sighed." Thank you, my dear.”
"This subject's family is also destitute, so I can only donate ten taels of silver.”
"This subject has some money and is willing to donate a hundred taels of silver.”
"There is no one in my family. I am willing to take out the dowry of my deceased wife, twenty taels of silver.”
"This subject is unable to fork out the money, so I can only donate this year's salary.”
For a moment, all the ministers voiced out their willingness to do their part for Great Ming.
Chongzhen was instantly moved." I am very comforted that all of you are concerned about the country!”
At various historical nodes.
Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless.
Zhu Di was speechless.
Li Shimin was speechless.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was speechless.
Ying Zheng was speechless.
This guy actually believed it again!
Everyone was speechless.
You dare to believe this?
Each of them had their bellies full of fat intestines. Now that the country was about to face a national crisis, they had only taken out a little.
Do you dare to believe this?
"Is this emperor a fool?”Liu Che was completely speechless.
On the screen, the leader turned again.
Smoke rose from the capital as troops of soldiers rushed into the capital.
Then, they rushed into the Minister of Official Personnel Affairs 'house like wolves and killed nearly a hundred people in the mansion.
Then, boxes of silver were moved out, and pieces of sealed jewelry were seen again. At a glance, there were more than ten thousand pieces.
All the gold and jewelry were moved out, filling up the entire alley.
Even the soldiers who were inspecting them could not help but gasp when they saw the number.
200,000 gold!
1.5 million taels of silver!
Twenty thousand pieces of jewelry!
Hundreds of deeds!
There were also paintings, treasures, and colored glass.
Next, Liu Ge's hometown, the Minister of Revenue's family, the Minister of War's family, the assistant minister's family, the doctor's family…
Countless jewels and silver blinded everyone.
Even for a seventh-grade Guan in the capital, the soldiers had plundered nearly ten thousand taels of silver, seven deeds to houses, and a basket of jewelry.
All the officials had plundered a total of thirty-four million taels of silver and two million five hundred and seventy thousand taels of gold. The jewelry, calligraphy, and paintings were piled up into a small mountain.
Li Zicheng laughed miserably.
"Hahahahaha!"
"These are the officials of the Ming Dynasty!"
"These are the officials of the Ming Dynasty!”
His face was ferocious.
"If you don't give the people a way out, then you can go to hell!”
Year 1928.
Chong Zhen's expression was gloomy, and his killing intent enveloped the entire palace.
"Alright, alright!"
"What a good Donglin Party!"
"What a eunuch!"
"What a good Minister of Personnel Affairs!"
"A pension of forty taels?"
" A dowry of twenty taels?!"
"To think that I believed it!"
His expression was extremely distorted, and his anger was almost at its limit. His cold eyes swept across the eunuchs.
He thought about how he could not even bear to eat an egg a day in order to save some silver from the national treasury.
The dignified Emperor of Ming couldn't even bear to eat an egg!
For the sake of those dozens of taels of silver, he was so worried that his hair turned white.
Who would have thought that the important officials of the court would plunder the people's wealth and eat their bellies full of fat intestines.
Just the home of the Minister of Official Personnel Affairs alone was worth more than one million taels of silver.
One had to know that the annual tax of the Ming Dynasty was only one million taels!!!
How dare these people!
"Men! He ordered the five armies to lead the troops to protect the palace. The other four armies to close the gates and surround all the officials 'residences.”
"Search them one by one!"
"Anyone who exceeds their salary and can't tell the source of the money will be executed by a thousand cuts!!!”
Chong Zhen roared loudly. The memorials on the table fell to the ground. All the eunuchs present trembled and knelt down.
"Also, send word to the Imperial Steed Superintendent! Control the director of ceremonies, the director of internal officials, the director of imperial use, the director of imperial meals, and everyone in the four divisions and eight departments!”
"Investigate!"
"Extorting confessions by torture. As long as they are corrupt, not a single one will be spared!!!”
The veins on Chong Zhen's face were bulging as he panted heavily. Suddenly, he thought of something and pointed at a eunuch.
"You, it's you. Zhen remembers that you're new from outside the palace. Tell Zhen, how much is an egg?”
The eunuch's face was pale and his voice trembled as he said,"
"Replying to the emperor, an egg is sold for a copper coin…"
Chong Zhen's pupils constricted.
If an egg was sold for one copper coin, one tael of silver could be exchanged for a thousand copper coins. Didn't that mean that one tael of silver could be exchanged for a thousand eggs?!
"Alright! What a great Chef Shang! He actually dared to say one tael of silver for one copper coin!!”
Chongzhen was so angry that he was bleeding. Most importantly, he believed such nonsense!!
"Who is the Imperial Army General on duty today? Take control of Shangshan first!”
Chong Zhen, whose face was ashen, was furious. He had actually been deceived for so long.
If it wasn't for High Heavens releasing the video of the future, he wouldn't have believed it.
He had actually been deceived to death!
Even before he died, he thought that the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Revenue were loyal officials.
A majestic voice sounded from the light screen.
This was the sign of the Ming Dynasty's demise.
As the emperor, he did not differentiate between the five grains. He did not even know the price of grain and eggs. He even dared to believe that an egg could be sold for a tael of silver.
They didn't even know the basic prices of goods, so it was no wonder that they didn't know how to judge people. The officials who were chosen to govern the country were either incompetent officials or corrupt officials. Those who were sent to guard the border didn't save the capital but surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
Chongzhen was not only a subjugated ruler, but also a fatuous ruler!
He killed 17 cabinet ministers in 16 years
Change orders in the morning and change orders in the evening. He is impatient and impatient. He doesn't know people well and has a suspicious character.
He had all the qualities a bad ruler should have.
It was undeniable that Chongzhen was a diligent emperor.
His diligence was comparable to Zhu Yuanzhang.
But he did not sort out the future direction and policy at all
He only knew how to be diligent, but he didn't know why.
This directly caused the more diligent he was, the faster the Ming Dynasty would fall.
The Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty was created by Chongzhen's ignorance!
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