Chapter 160 Dare not to donate? 2/10)
Emperor Chongzhen felt very happy. He had already held some words in his stomach, but he could never spit it out. Because he was a man who had never escaped the political atmosphere of the late Zhu Ming Dynasty, and people also loved faces, so he could only eat Coptis chinensis and couldn't say it.
Even though I wanted to tear all the censors one by one, such as the damn Guang Shiheng!
But Emperor Chongzhen, who was always in the political atmosphere of civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty, could only think about everything when he was dreaming.
Today I got what I wanted and let out a vent of anger, feeling very light-hearted!
The faces of some censors in the queue of officials changed. Although they were indeed making jokes about the survival of the Ming Dynasty to make themselves famous, they wouldn’t say whether it was good to be open or not? This is the rule in the court, and the emperor was a little too much today.
But when these people opened their mouths and then opened their mouths, no one dared to come out to flirt with tiger beards.
If the emperor said everything, they would dare to stand up and win reputation, but would they really become ulterior motives who "invite the name and sell it well" and do not hesitate to trap the country and the country to death?
Do you really think that Li Zicheng's army is about to reach the outside of the city, and the emperor's knife will be unfavorable?
"Your Majesty said so well! Old ministers agreed." Zhou Yanru finally came to the stage. He was in a very light mood, because during the previous discussion, the person who was thrown out as a scapegoat was Chen Yan, not him, the chief minister of the cabinet.
The world was corrupt so far, and Zhou Yanru, as the chief minister, had an unshirkable responsibility. But Emperor Chongzhen couldn't bear to part with him.
Of course, Zhou Yanru didn't want to die. Now that he has achieved his wish, isn't he extremely happy?
The weight of the chief minister of the cabinet was extraordinary, and the ministers were silent. Zhou Yanru said, "As soon as the Guanning army moved, all the places outside the pass would be abandoned, and the court would have no barriers on the eastern front. The Eastern Barbarians broke through the pass in a blink of an eye. However, the Guanning army did not move, and the Li thief was about to invade the capital again, so there would be danger of subversion of the country..."
"The old minister was stupid and could not think of a solution to the difficulties of the court. It only now seems that the two powers are at a disadvantage. It is necessary to draw Guanning troops to help. However, in this way, the front door of the court rejects the tiger and the back door of the wolf, and the harm of the Eastern Captains is even worse than that of the Li thieves. The court can repel the Li thieves, and it is difficult to regain their majesty if they have a breathing opportunity. So they can only move south.
The old minister asked Your Majesty to quickly bring the prince, the kings, the civil and military officials and nobles to go south to Jinling. He guarded across the river and survive and die."
I don’t say anything about counterattacking the Central Plains in the future, I just talk about the truth that the current situation is to protect the Ming Dynasty’s banner first.
Zhou Yanru still had some dependents in the court. Seeing that he had already made such a statement, a group of people came forward to discuss it. In addition, Li Banghua and other court officials who had already supported the migration south also took the lead, so Emperor Chongzhen's heart was completely put in his stomach.
Although he had discussed with Zheng Zhilong and others for a long time before the gathering of the ministers, it was absolutely foolproof. However, he had repeatedly asked the ministers to discuss the southward migration and had caused changes, and his abacus was not satisfactory, which made him feel worried. Now it is finally complete.
"I am willing to donate 20,000 taels..."
"I am willing to donate ten thousand taels of money..."
"I am willing to donate 10,000 taels..."
After the resolution to move south was completely finalized, the matter of raising funds and helping money was mentioned before. One of the two soldiers and horses that Yanjing City could count on had arrived, but the other one was a lion. If you don’t feed people, Wu Sangui can’t do his best.
Therefore, moving south is a major event, raising funds and helping funds is also a major event, and it is even more urgent.
Yanjing City is still counting on this money to attract some young and strong people to guard the city. Even if the capital is still lost in the end, it will be held on for a while, so how many days will it be delayed?
But what made Emperor Chongzhen so angry was that although the civil and military officials and nobles in the court were better than when he raised funds last time, they were still very cunning. The stingy faces made him wish he could call people and make them all crack.
But in the eyes of the civil and military officials and many nobles below, their stinginess is the right thing to do. That is all their own money. Now everyone is going to run away from Jiangnan again, and their family property, real estate, and real estate have been thrown into the north. It is already rare for a son to break it in half. He can give up thousands of taels of taels and tens of thousands of taels of silver to donate it to the emperor.
As for the servants, there are thousands of miles of traveling south, and it is difficult to ensure that accidents will not occur. The current servants are not enough. Many people think that they will immediately spend money to recruit some young men after returning home. Where can they give the extra money to the emperor?
However, despite this, Emperor Chongzhen still collected more than one million taels of silver. With the money in his hand, he immediately felt confident. First, he improved the treatment of the soldiers guarding the city. Previously, the treatment of the defenders in the capital was that as long as they were on the city, they would have a hundred gold coins every day. This treatment was naturally much more generous than before, but it was not very attractive to the people in the capital now.
Emperor Chongzhen also understood the reason why the emperor was not afraid of hungry soldiers. He first allocated 30,000 taels of silver to British Duke Zhang Shize, asking him to reward the defenders in the city on behalf of the emperor. Then he gave Wang Chengen 300,000 taels and asked him to recruit soldiers in the capital quickly. As for the military battle situation, the weapons and armor materials reserved in the arsenal were needed, and there was no need to report them, just use them.
He rewarded Zheng Zhilong with another 50,000 taels of silver, and Jingjun also dispatched strong and brave men to the Imperial City of Wei and gave them silver to reward him.
As long as he had silver in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen was still generous.
Zheng Zhilong was also promoted to the title of Minister of War and was promoted to the capital's cavalry and infantry. It can be said that he was promoted to another level!
"Yujiao (Zheng Zhiguan), you go and take someone to deal with Fan Yongliang. Remember, you can't reveal the traces of our army, act carefully."
Among Zheng Zhilong's generation, Zheng Zhiguan is a man who is brave and brave, but he is the most important person in terms of courage and courage. However, if he is cautious and safety first, he is the best among the people.
Zheng Zhilong transferred him from the army early to organize the "Embroidered Uniform Guard" belonging to the Zheng family. There was no such reason.
Zheng Zhiguan's face was filled with a flower, "Brother, don't worry. Fan Liuer, I've been watching him for a long time." The latter had already left the capital, but he did not go far, including the large amount of grain and rice transported from the south by the Fan family. Zheng Zhiguan was familiar with it.
"Don't beat someone to death, Fan Yongliang has a lot of useful things in his belly."
"Just wait, I will take out all the things in his stomach." Then I didn't delay chopping the dog and feeding it to the dog.
Zheng Zhiguan didn't have a very clear view of the nation in his mind, but isn't this Zheng Zhilong's love and hate clearly? The King of Chu is so thin that he starved to death in the palace. With Zheng Zhilong as the example, the "three views" of the upper-class figures within the Zheng family group are now correct.
Fan Yongliang was not in the city, so Zheng Zhiguan naturally wanted to leave the city. He also got a Zheng Zhilong token in his hand.
Because, before he even arrived at Dongzhimen, the dense crowd of people and horses had already surrounded the entire street, and it was at least one mile away from the city gate.
Since Zheng's army entered the city, he has ordered the seventy-six gates inside and outside the capital to be confined.
Ordinary people can go out but not in, and merchants and others are willing to go out of the city without any obstruction. However, the gentry with fame cannot succeed, and even more so cannot succeed in officials.
Now that the national crisis is in the midst of national crisis, those who have been well-behaved in the country, how can they not contribute to the court at this critical moment?
"Shi Lang."
"I've seen Qi Gong in my younger age." Shi Lang bowed his fists.
Zheng Zhiguan is Zheng Zhipeng's brother, not Zheng Zhilong's brother, but if he is changed to the word "Zhi" it means he is pulled into the gang by Zheng Zhilong. In the Zheng Group, the younger generations call Zheng Zhiguan the "Seven Dukes". Although he is several months older than Zheng Zhibao, this is just like the 18 Zhi family of the sermons back then. The oldest one is not necessarily the eldest brother.
"Damn Muke told you?" Zheng Zhiguan knew very well that the young man in front of him was not only valued by Zheng Sen, but also by Zheng Zhilong.
"The eldest son has given orders."
Chapter completed!