Chapter 1 Donating money to help pay
China has been in the 5,000th year. When it comes to the integrity of the country, the most conscientious dynasty belongs to our Ming Dynasty.
The country lasted for 276 years, without any relatives from the Han Dynasty, alliances from the Tang Dynasty, tributes from the Song Dynasty, and etiquette from the brothers to fight against the country. If you do not submit to the ministers, do not pay tribute, do not engage in friendship, do not cede land, do not pay compensation, the emperor will guard the country's borders, and the king will die.
I, the Ming Dynasty, would rather die standing than live on my knees.
Unfortunately, it is the 13th year of Chongzhen, and domestic rebels have become a prairie fire. In addition, there is a Jiannu knocking on the gate in the north. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was already in turmoil and it was almost over.
Since the courier man in Shaanxi lost his job, he began his journey of disaster. Jiannu from the north was also the master of poverty. He was a trick of being poor, and they all set their sights on the fat piece of meat in the Central Plains. In addition, natural disasters occurred frequently during the Little Ice River period and officials were corrupt. Although Emperor Chongzhen was busy with food and food all night, the Ming Dynasty seemed to be an unsolvable problem.
It just met the saying: I'm done, I'm done by you guys.
But at this moment, someone came here in a time of dysfunction.
After graduating from university, our classmate Xiao Zhu walked alone on the mountain road back home, singing with his schoolbag on his back and looked very arrogant. Just in line with the saying, "It's no good for people to be happy, and dogs to eat." No one was helping anyone but messing with anyone. Suddenly, Xiao Zhu's right leg hurt. When he looked down, he saw that it was bitten by a five-step snake.
Unlucky, Xiao Zhu lowered his head and looked at the wound on his trouser leg. After walking four steps, he arrived here before he could wake up with a step of talking.
It took about two months before Xiao Zhu realized that he had traveled through time and became the son of Chongzhen, the fallen emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and became the crown prince Zhu Ciyang, who was only twelve years old.
This is a parallel world of Ming Dynasty. Although it is similar to the history of the era in which he lives, it has no connection. Even if he changes this era, the historical process of his life will not change. This is probably the only thing Zhu Cixuan can know.
So, let it go!
Unexpectedly, Zhu Cilang's abnormal behavior over the past two months completely angered Emperor Chongzhen, who was already in a hurry.
"Where is that rioter, he went there again!" In the warm cabinet of the Ganqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and had nowhere to vent his anger.
The eunuch Wang Chengen, who was beside him, replied carefully: "Go back to the emperor, the crown prince seems to have gone to the father-in-law. He said something, he wants to ask the father-in-law for money."
I don’t know what happened, but in the past two months, Zhu Cilang, who was originally sensible and obedient, has become increasingly abnormal. He first took a few eunuchs from the palace to Meishan to cut down a crooked tree. Then he went to the commander of the Jinyiwei to Luo Yangxing and was drunk. This time he went to borrow money from Zhou Kui’s house in the country...
You said a twelve-year-old child with an axe and saw, and he went to Coal Mountain to cut down a tree trunk. Could it be that he was afraid that someone would use this crooked tree to hang it?
"What does he want to do with a child who is still stinky and has no money? Isn't the money in the palace enough for him? I don't know how to share my worries all day long, but they only know how to make things difficult for me."
Emperor Chongzhen was increasingly disappointed with his son. Wang Chengen next to him did not dare to say anything, so he had to lower his head and say nothing.
At this time, Zhu Cixuan had already arrived at the father-in-law Zhou Kui, Zhou Kui, Zhu Cixuan's biological grandfather and Empress Zhou's father.
As the father-in-law of the current dynasty, although Zhou Kui's daughter, Empress Zhou, was well-educated and polite, was extremely stingy and stingy.
When the Ming Dynasty was about to destroy the country, Emperor Chongzhen wanted all officials to donate silver and provide money, so Zhou Kui reluctantly donated 5,000 taels of silver.
Beijing fell, and Zhou Kui and his whole family were arrested by Li Zicheng. When his wife and daughter-in-law were forced to hang themselves, their eldest son was beaten to death, and their second son and nephew were tortured and almost died, they had to hand over a huge sum of three million silver dollars and all their property.
It is quite difficult to find such a stingy person to borrow money.
Therefore, as soon as he entered the door, Zhu Cilang pretended to be in trouble: "Grandpa, you're done."
Zhou Kui, who was having tea in the living room, was frightened and trembled when he heard this: "Your Highness, what did you say?"
"Grandpa, my father threw a cup in the palace and said, "I want to kill you all over. My mother knows something is wrong, so let me tell you first. The Zhou family is afraid that the disaster will come this time."
Zhou Kui only felt dizzy, and he knew Chongzhen very well. The emperor's son-in-law was extremely suspicious, and there were countless court officials he had chopped down.
No matter you are a civil servant or a military general, no matter you are an important official of the country or a general at the border, once you are suspicious, you will still move your house.
During the Chongzhen period, more than fifty Grand Secretarys were replaced. Eleven Ministers of Justice and Fourteen Ministers of War, seven governors were killed, eleven governors were killed, and one person was forced to death. Among them, Yuan Chonghuan, who had a big mouth, was chubby.
Even this big mouth with heavy soldiers was round and teddy, so it was not surprising that Chongzhen would attack his father-in-law.
The question is, what have you done?
Zhou Kui was a little panicked: "The eldest prince, this joke is unreliable. I don't know why I had to confiscate my minister's house."
For Zhou Kui, who is stingy, who is 'willed to die rather than surrender', he will not be able to deal with him without giving him some strong medicine. At that moment, Zhu Cilang sneered: "Grandpa, do you have nothing to do in your heart? I ask you, how much you have greedy over the years."
How much greedy is? Zhou Kui refused to admit such things. He only saw his eyes staring like bells: "Slander, absolutely slander! This is a slander that is tainted from the thin air. Long live the old minister to meet him!"
"Grandpa," Zhu Cilang called him: "For many years, you have been in the capital, and your property is as large as three million taels. Others don't know that your account book can be stored in the Beizhen Fushi. Remember all the accounts of your buying and selling official positions and privately accepting bribes clearly. If my mother had not received the news and asked me to inform you, the Jinyiwei would have arrived at the door of her house."
It's over! Beads of sweat as big as beans rolled down from their foreheads. Zhou Kui's family property was indeed as huge as three million taels. Even his wife and children didn't know about this. The Jinyiwei actually secretly investigated it clearly. In this way, he had indeed been targeted for a long time.
You know, if the account book of this three million tael was exposed to Chongzhen, the ten Zhou Kui's heads were not enough to cut.
What is the concept of three million taels? It is enough to pay the Liao pay for half a year. At this time, the Liaodong garrison had already owed military pay for several months, and Emperor Chongzhen was worried about this. At this time, he took the initiative to hit the gun. Isn’t this asking for death?
Zhou Kui's mouth moved and looked at Zhu Cixuan tremblingly: "Big, the eldest prince, the emperor, the queen said, "What do you have to say?"
Chapter completed!