How could he miss such an opportunity to claim credit for the Crown Prince? Luo Yangxing knelt beside him and said,"
"Replying to the Emperor, His Highness the Crown Prince heard that the soldiers of Liaodong are in debt, and the Emperor is worried about this matter. Thus, the Crown Prince went to the Imperial Household alone. He was moved by the Crown Prince's filial piety and expressed his willingness to take out eight or eight hundred thousand taels of silver to help the court.”
Eight hundred thousand taels!
Emperor Chongzhen's eyes widened in surprise and delight. He was surprised that there was a total of 800,000 taels of silver. Where did the country's governor get so much money?
He was happy that 800,000 taels of silver was enough to pay the Liaodong soldiers a few months of salary arrears. At such a young age, Ci Ran could actually do such an earth-shattering thing.
"Cishan, did Duke Zhou really donate eight hundred thousand taels of silver?”
Chong Zhen could not believe his ears.
Zhu Ci Xin nodded.
"Yes, that's what Grandpa said. Commander Luo was also present.”
Only then did Chong Zhen turn his head to Luo Yangxing, who was kneeling at the side. Luo Yangxing hurriedly lowered his head even more.
"Replying to the emperor, the country lord did say so. The two thousand households under this minister are following him to the money house to withdraw money.”
These few days, Emperor Chongzhen could not eat or sleep well because of the Liaodong army's pay. Now that he had an extra eight hundred thousand taels of silver, how could he not be happy?
How should the Emperor Chongzhen put it? When he first ascended the throne, he vigorously eradicated the eunuchs. He was diligent and thrifty in his life, busy with political affairs, and even issued six self-reproaching edicts to protect the people.
It could be said that he had all the potential of a wise ruler, but he just had to lose his country.
Later generations commented that Emperor Chongzhen was headstrong, suspicious, eager for quick success, and mean. Zhu Ci did not want to comment too much on these.
No one was a saint. Everyone had their own flaws. However, it was a little biased to say that Emperor Chongzhen was like this.
Ever since the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao died, what was thrown to Chongzhen was a mess that was difficult to return from. The Donglin Party, which was corrupt and the spokesperson of business, supported the abolition of the business tax for their own interests.
Without the support of the business tax, the national treasury was immediately emptied. The imperial court could only impose heavy taxes on the peasants. The peasants could not bear the heavy burden and began to rebel.
For example, Li Zicheng, the courier boy from Shanxi, was one of them.
If the peasants rebelled, the imperial court would have to continue collecting taxes and use the money collected to fight wars and quell the rebellion. As a result, the peasants could no longer survive and rebelled again. The Ming Dynasty finally fell into an endless cycle.
The result was that the rebels had become a prairie fire in the country, and the country's subjugation was imminent.
With this 800,000 taels of silver, they could at least temporarily alleviate the Liaodong army's financial crisis.
Actually, to the Great Ming Dynasty, this was just a mouthful of soup for a dying person.
This 800,000 taels of silver was just a drop in the bucket for the Great Ming Dynasty.
After the Darming Dynasty had experienced the baptism of history for more than two hundred years, it was already like an old man who was staggering. It was difficult for him to walk, and he was plagued by illness and had accumulated many malpractices.
However, Zhu Ci knew that if he wanted to save the building, he had to use a strong medicine.
In a chaotic world, severe punishments should be used to deal with those civil officials. There was only one word, kill!
Only by killing people could they intimidate them.
How to deal with the group of civil servants from the Donglin Party, Zhu Ci Xin thought of the Jinyiwei. At this moment, the Embroidered Uniform Guards had the same fate as the Darming Dynasty, and their internal structure had long since been utterly rotten.
On the surface, the Embroidered Uniform Guards still had 150,000 people.
In truth, there were less than eight thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards in the capital. Most of them could not pay their salaries, and their days were extremely difficult.
Zhu Ci Xin left 200,000 taels of silver to Luo Yangxing because he wanted to reorganize the Embroidered Uniform Guards and use them to fight against the civil officials of the Donglin Party.
Originally, there was a eunuch group led by Wei Zhongxian in Chongzhen. However, Chongzhen cut off his own arm and killed Eunuch Wei, which created a situation where the Donglin Party dominated.
Emperor Chongzhen can't do anything to the civil servants, but I, Zhu Cixi, dare!
I'll kill the people the emperor can't kill, and I'll do the things the emperor can't do!
I want to let the world know that the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ci, wants to learn from Emperor Taizu's ruthlessness and Emperor Chengzu's courage.
Zhu Yuanzhang's methods were ruthless and decisive. He executed 150,000 corrupt officials in his life, but he was deeply loved by the people.
Zhu Di conquered Annan in the south, the desert in the north, and the sea in the west."This generation of people who talk about national prestige is all attributed to the era of Yongle."
The Great Ming Dynasty was already too old to return. No matter if you wanted to be a wise ruler or a fatuous ruler, you could not change the fact that the country had fallen. Since that was the case, why not be a tyrant?
Emperor Chongzhen had his own character flaws, and Zhu Ci Xin knew this too. Since the emperor can't do it, then let me, Zhu Ci, take the blame for this eternal infamy.
Let me be the tyrant. After I reorganize the Jinyiwei, I will take you civil officials as my first target. Aren't you collecting commercial taxes and competing with the people for profits? Opening the sea ban is violating the ancestral system.
Alright, let's talk about the business tax first. Since you don't want to collect business tax, I'll let the Jinyiwei check how much you sanctimonious civil officials have pocketed.
Wasn't it against the ancestral system to open the sea? This was even simpler. Since we're talking about the ancestral system, it seems that Emperor Taizu left behind an ancestral system of peeling off the skin of the Dragon's Tongue Grass. Let's have a good chat.
Of course, Zhu Ci Xin was only the Crown Prince, after all. The real imperial power was still in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen.
As long as he could convince Emperor Chongzhen and make him support his son wholeheartedly, Zhu Ci Xin would be able to do all these things.
But even so, Zhu Ci Xin still didn't want to overdo it.
He wanted to kill those who deserved to be killed. Kill all the corrupt officials in the world and return the people a peaceful world.
"Imperial Father, your son has something to say to you.”
Looking at the overjoyed Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Ci raised his head.
"Ci Xu, quickly, all of you quickly get up.”
With money, Emperor Chongzhen was in a great mood. The haze that had shrouded his heart for days finally relaxed a little.
Zhu Ci Xin and Luo Yangxing thanked him and stood up together. Luo Yangxing took the initiative to take a step back and stood respectfully at the side.
"Cichen, you've grown up. Haha, you're stronger than me. Yes, stronger than me."
Emperor Chongzhen patted his son's shoulder excitedly and nodded repeatedly.
"Imperial Father, since your son and grandfather are willing to donate eight hundred thousand taels of silver, shouldn't all the officials in the capital also donate a little?”Zhu Ci Xin asked again.
Chong Zhen was stunned for a moment before a surprised smile appeared on his tired face.
"I didn't think of this. Oh, God is really helping me! State Duke Zhou donated eight hundred thousand taels, so the civil and military officials in the court couldn't possibly not donate, right? Hahahahaha!"
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