What Sun Yingyuan said was already within Zhu Cixi's expectation.

It's strange that those poor and crazy soldiers are not moved when they see the white money.

Zhu Cixiang had considered this issue when he originally asked the Longteng Army to participate in the house raid.

His purpose was to show these soldiers who were not well fed or clothed how hateful corrupt officials were.

However, Zhu Cixiang was a little surprised to receive only five taels of silver at most:

"Why only take five taels, when they have the opportunity to hide some with them?"

Sun Yingyuan hurriedly handed over his hands and replied:

"Your Highness, the general has already interrogated them. These people's families are extremely poor, several of their wives are about to starve to death, and some of them have no food..."

When Sun Yingyuan talked about food shortage, he did not continue. It was already obvious that talking more would be useless.

Zhu Cixi nodded:

"I overlooked one thing!"

He thought for a moment and said:

"Immediately reissue the military pay of the remaining officers, and those who participated in the house raid will be rewarded with ten taels of silver each.

Soldiers who steal money privately will have their rewards cancelled, and no other action will be taken. If they commit two crimes again next time, they will be punished at the same time, and they will not be leniently punished!"

The Crown Prince's military regulations were strict. Sun Yingyuan thought that the more than 20 soldiers might be severely punished. Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince actually forgave them and hurriedly thanked his subordinates:

"Thank you for your magnanimity, Your Highness. The general will definitely order them to be loyal to His Highness!"

Zhu Cixi nodded:

"Military regulations are dead, but people are alive. Soldiers do have their own difficulties. As a general, you cannot run the army across the board.

But mistakes are absolutely not allowed on the battlefield, and I will not show any mercy to anyone who disobeys military orders."

Zhou Yuji, Li Ruolian, Sun Yingyuan were all greatly impressed by Zhu Cixiang's words, and they hurriedly bowed and saluted:

"Your Highness is wise!"

Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly and said:

"Weiwuying and Jinyiwei will also be rewarded with ten taels of silver each. Each of you commanders will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver. You can choose any jewelry, jade, antique calligraphy and painting, and go back!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhou Yuji, Li Ruolian, Sun Yingyuan, Gao Wencai and others bowed and then exited Zhongcui Palace.

Seeing that it was already lunch time, Zhu Cixi picked up the organized account books and headed to Qianqing Palace.

The imperial dining room had just delivered the imperial meal to the Qianqing Palace. Emperor Chongzhen was preparing to have a meal when he suddenly saw Zhu Cixiang arriving. He immediately ordered the imperial chef:

"I want to have a meal with the prince, so I will bring some meat dishes over here!"

"According to the order!"

The imperial chef hurriedly followed the order and exited the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Cixi walked to the table where Chongzhen was dining and saw four dishes and one soup on the table, three vegetarian dishes and a scrambled egg. The soup was still egg soup.

He couldn't help but shake his head:

"Father, you don't have to be so frugal. You have to work hard day and night and keep up with the nutrition!"

Chongzhen felt warm in his heart, looked up at Nizi and said:

"This is good, I want to share the suffering with the people!"

Zhu Cixi didn't agree with Chongzhen at all. He truly shared the suffering of the people and didn't want to eat a single dish. Many people had no food at all.

"Father, how much money can you save in the huge Ming Dynasty all by yourself? Money must be earned by means."

As Zhu Cixiang spoke, he turned around and said to Wang Chengen without caring about Chongzhen's feelings:

"Wang Daban, from now on, my father's lunch and dinner must be paired with at least two meat dishes, otherwise I will ask you. If you don't have enough money, just ask me to get it!"

Wang Chengen hurriedly smiled and said:

"Young Master is right, but Your Majesty doesn't listen!"

Zhu Cixi said seriously:

"It's your problem if you don't listen. What I want is the result. You just ask the imperial kitchen to deliver it. Whether my father eats it or not has nothing to do with you!"

Lao Wang smiled:

"Slave, you obey!"

Zhu Cixiang stopped talking to Lao Wang and handed an account book to Emperor Chongzhen:

"Father, please take a look, this is your pocket money!"

"What pocket money? Father doesn't need pocket money... God, one million taels?"

Chongzhen took the account book indifferently. He thought that the living expenses Zhu Cihong gave him would be no more than a few thousand taels of silver. But as soon as he took a look at it, he was shocked by the number above. It turned out to be more than one million taels!

Zhu Cixiang smiled lightly and said:

"More than one million taels. Jewelry, jades, antique calligraphy and paintings are worth at least one million taels. You can sell them when you need money!"

Chongzhen opened his eyes in shock again:

"Two million taels? Where does this much money come from? Your Majesty, don't make fun of me!"

Zhu Cixiang never notified his father in advance in order to avoid being disturbed and ransacked his house.

If Chongzhen didn't ask, no one would dare to tell Chongzhen about the crown prince.

Therefore, Chongzhen is still kept in the dark, and currently does not know about the confiscation of his house!

When Chongzhen asked where the money came from, Zhu Cixiang did not tell him immediately, but took out another bill.

"Father, this is money for the Ministry of Finance. It should be enough to tide over the current difficulties. Please take a look at it!"

Chongzhen didn't pay attention. He thought it was all donated by officials. He reached out to take the bill and took a casual look at it. Suddenly he felt short of breath:

"Six million taels of silver and property worth more than two million taels of silver? This...how is this possible?"

As Emperor Chongzhen said something, he suddenly thought of something and asked hurriedly:

"Your Majesty must have raided some official's house again, otherwise how could he have so much money..."

Chongzhen remembered that when a large amount of money was put into the treasury recently, it was all obtained by ransacking the crown prince's house.

So he quickly thought that the traitor must have started ransacking the house again!

No matter what Chongzhen thought, Zhu Cixiang immediately exchanged a bottle of Great Wall dry red wine and two glass goblets from the system.

Open the red wine and pour half a glass each, push a wine glass in front of Chongzhen and say with a smile:

"Father, have a drink first to calm down the shock, otherwise you will get excited later."

As Zhu Cixiang spoke, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip, but he always felt like there was something missing.

So he exchanged a bag of crispy peanuts and a bag of spicy duck neck from the system, then opened the packages and placed them in front of Chongzhen.

"Father, how would you like to taste these things?"

As he spoke, he picked up a few peanuts and put them into his mouth, and then picked up a piece of spicy duck neck and gnawed it.

Only after Zhu Cixiang's reminder did Emperor Chongzhen react from his shock.

Seeing the crystal clear glass goblet, Chongzhen's eyes were immediately attracted, and he even forgot to ask about the silver.

Picking up the goblet and taking a sip of dry red wine, Chongzhen's expression suddenly became rich:

“The taste is good, although it is a bit bitter, but the aftertaste is endless!”

Seeing that Nizi was eating so deliciously, Chongzhen couldn't resist the temptation and reached out to grab two peanuts and put them into his mouth.

"Peanuts taste good too. I'll prepare some for my father to go with wine later."

Zhu Cixi smiled and nodded:

"Yes, let Hu Bao deliver it to you later!"

Chongzhen nodded slightly, picked up the wine glass again and took a sip of red wine, then his eyes fell on the spicy duck neck.

"Your Majesty, what is this? How does it taste?"

Zhu Cixiang chewed the spicy duck neck with great taste and said:

"Father, this is called Spicy Duck Neck. It tastes great. I just don't know if it suits Father's taste. Please try it first..."

While Zhu Cixiang was talking, Emperor Chongzhen picked up a piece of spicy duck neck, put it in his mouth and took a few bites.

Suddenly an unspeakable taste hit him, and Chongzhen's lips and tongue seemed to be pricked by something. Like the Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age started from the Prince's Prison, please collect: (https://www.myxls.net) The Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age started from the Prince's Prison
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