And what is Chong doing at this time?

Borrow money.

It has a good name: accepting donations.

That is, Chongzheng borrowed money from the civil and military officials, princes and nobles of the capital.

If you don’t ask for it in vain, I’ll pay you an IOU.

However, the most speechless scene in history occurred.

The huge capital city had thousands of officials and hundreds of princes and nobles, and received a total of 180,000 taels of silver.

Among them, 80,000 were donated by the eunuchs in the palace, and 10,000 were donated by Queen Zhou.

In Wuyang, Wuyang, a large group of the richest wealthy households in the Dali Dynasty, donated a total of 90,000 taels.

This can no longer be called less, it is clearly a slap in Chongzheng’s face.

The most outstanding one is Chongzheng’s father-in-law Zhou Kui.

Whether a donation is successful or not, it is very important whether there is someone to take the lead.

As a virtuous wife, Queen Zhou naturally thought of her father immediately and wanted him to donate 200,000 taels.

Her family knew her own affairs, so if Queen Zhou dared to say this, she naturally knew that her father was rich, and 200,000 taels was just a drop of money.

As a result, Zhou Kui, the miser, was bitten to death and had no money.

He also sent people to buy rags and rags for his family to wear, and bought moldy rice to put in rice vats.

Whenever anyone came to the palace, he would cry about his poverty, and with tears and runny noses would tell the story of how he was so poor that he could only survive on moldy rice.

You can ask for some silver, just fifty taels, nothing more.

Empress Zhou knew her father's temperament, so it was absolutely impossible to donate two hundred thousand taels. Saying this amount was just waiting for her father to bargain. Even if it was reduced to 10%, twenty thousand taels would be enough.

As a result, two hundred thousand became fifty.

Queen Zhou was so angry that she cried. There were no intact eggs under the overturned nest. She tried every means to persuade her, but Zhou Kui refused to let go.

Helpless, Queen Zhou could only sell the trousseau jewelry at the bottom of the box, collect 10,000 taels, and secretly send someone to give it to Zhou Kui, asking Zhou Kui to donate the 10,000 taels in his own name.

In the end, Zhou Kui donated, but only five thousand taels.

I made five thousand taels while crying!

When Empress Zhou heard about it, she was so angry that she immediately wanted to cut off relations with her father.

But no matter how angry Queen Zhou was, Chongzheng's face turned ugly.

That's all the money, 180,000 taels.

After spreading the stolen goods through officials at all levels, the generals took the stolen goods layer by layer, and landed on the heads of ordinary soldiers. Ten people together could probably buy a moldy mixed-flour bun.

Chongzheng took the 180,000 taels and handed them to General Cao Wenzhao.

As for Cao Wenzhao, although he has never gained the trust of the court and is wary of everywhere, as a general, he is really qualified.

Although General Zhenguo lost in the battle against Jiubian and Lu, he still made great achievements in the end.

With the 180,000 taels of silver given by Chongzheng, Cao Wenzhao led 10,000 elite troops and went out of Tongguan to face Li Chuang's main force.

At this time, Chongzheng still dreamed that Cao Wenzhao could achieve great achievements again.

Good guy, ten thousand to four hundred thousand.

One dares to think, the other dares to do.

As for the result, it’s very skinny.

Cao Wenzhao was beaten up by Li Chuang, his head was covered with bruises, and he fled back to the border town with only two thousand remnants of his troops. He should never give the imperial edict again. Junqu Pavilion

The imperial edict is to recover from internal injuries.

When Cao Wenzhao was defeated, the Tongguan guard held on for a symbolic day before surrendering.

Since then, the gates of the capital have opened wide and the last barrier has been lost.

Chongzheng was panicked and urgently ordered Shen Lian, the commander of the Feiyu Guards, to lead the Feiyu Guards and 30,000 people from the Beijing camp to fight against the intruders.

Shen Lian asked the emperor to visit the south, but he was not allowed.

I asked the prince to inspect the south of the Yangtze River, but he was not allowed to do so.

Please stay in the capital and wait for reinforcements, but you are not allowed to do so.

Helpless, Shen Lian could only lead the army to fight.

However, Li Chuang's vanguard had already arrived near Gyeonggi at this time, and Shen Lian led his army to stick to Bazhou, supporting the capital while holding on to the canal in anticipation of changes in the current situation.

Shen Lian was actually quite desperate in his heart, but he still had a glimmer of luck. He was the guy who hadn't woken up after sleeping for three months.

However...this time Shen Lian miscalculated.

That guy is so messed up and really doesn't care about anything.

Li Chuang's 500,000-strong army pressed on Bazhou.

Shen Lian was suddenly under great pressure and was about to bite the bullet and start a fight. Li Chuang's army suddenly left 200,000 troops to surround the city, and the remaining 300,000 actually circled the city and attacked the capital.

Two days later, news came from Fei Ge.

The eunuchs who guarded the capital rose up and hid in Kaicheng to surrender. The vanguard of the invading army had occupied the capital.
Chapter completed!