How could you miss this opportunity to seek credit for the prince? Luo Yangxing beside him knelt down and said, "When the emperor said, the prince's highness heard that the Liaodong soldiers owe money, and the emperor was worried about this matter. So the prince went to the father-in-law's mansion alone. He asked the father-in-law to donate silver to the soldiers in Liaodong to help the prince. The father-in-law was moved by his filial piety and expressed his willingness to give out eight or eight hundred thousand taels of silver to help the court."

Eight hundred thousand taels!

Emperor Chongzhen widened his eyes and was surprised and happy. He was shocked that he had a total of 800,000 taels of silver. Where did the father-in-law have so much money?

The joy is that 800,000 taels are enough to pay the military salary owed by Liaodong soldiers for several months. At this young age, he can actually do such a shocking thing.

"Ci-Yang, did Zhou Guogong really donate 800,000 taels of silver?" Chongzhen couldn't believe his ears.

Zhu Cilang nodded: "Yes, grandpa said that, Commander Luo was also present."

Chongzhen then turned his head to Luo Yangxing, who was kneeling aside. Luo Yangxing hurriedly lowered his head: "Return to the emperor's words, the father-in-law did say so. The two thousand households under me are following him to the money house to withdraw money."

Emperor Chongzhen has not eaten well and is unable to sleep well these days, so he was worried about the Liaodong military pay. Now he has spent 800,000 taels of silver for free, how can he be unhappy?

What did the emperor Chongzhen say? He vigorously eliminated the eunuch party when he first ascended to Dabao. He lived a thrifty life and was busy with political affairs. He even issued six self-criticisms to protect the people. It can be said that he had the potential of all wise monarchs, but he just destroyed the country.

Later generations evaluated Emperor Chongzhen as stubborn, suspicious by nature, eager for quick success and instant benefits, and harsh and ruthless. Zhu Cilang did not want to comment too much. No one is a saint, and everyone has his own flaws in his personality. But to say that Emperor Chongzhen was a bit biased.

Since the carpenter Emperor Zhu Youxiao broke it, what he threw to Chongzhen was a mess that was difficult to return. Corruption was rampant, and the Donglin Party, the business spokesperson, surrounded and abolished the commercial tax for its own interests.

Without the support of commercial taxation, the treasury immediately bottomed out. The court had to impose heavy taxes on the farmers. The overwhelmed farmers could not live a life and began to rebel.

For example, Li Zicheng, a courier in Shanxi, was one of them. When the peasants rebelled, the court had to continue collecting taxes and use the tax money to fight against the rebellion. So the peasants could not survive even more. After rebelling again, the Ming Dynasty finally fell into a vicious cycle. As a result, the rebels became a prairie fire in the country, and the destruction of the country was imminent.

With these 800,000 taels of silver, it can at least temporarily alleviate the Liaodong military pay crisis. In fact, for the Ming Dynasty, this was just a life-threatening soup for those who were dying. For the Ming Dynasty, this 800,000 taels of silver was just a drop in the bucket.

After more than two hundred years of historical baptism, the Ming Dynasty was like a staggering old man, struggling with difficulties, plaguing with diseases, and accumulated many problems.

But Zhu Cilang knew that if he wanted to save the building from falling, he had to put a strong medicine. He should use heavy sanctions in troubled times, and he should never be lenient in dealing with those civil servant groups. There is only one word - kill! Kill people to establish their authority, so that they can shock them.

Zhu Cixuan thought of the Jinyiwei at this time, just like the fate of the Ming Dynasty, and the internal destiny was already decayed.

On the surface, there are still 150,000 troops in the Jinyiwei. In fact, there are less than 8,000 Jinyiwei in the capital. Most of them cannot pay their wages and their lives are extremely difficult.

Zhu Cixuan left 200,000 taels of silver for Luo Yangxing, just to reorganize the Jinyiwei and use them to fight against the civilian groups of the Donglin Party.

Originally, Chongzhen also had a group of eunuchs in the group led by Wei Zhongxian. However, Chongzhen killed Eunuch Wei by cutting off his arms, which led to the situation where the Donglin Party was dominant.

Emperor Chongzhen could not take action against the civil servant group, so I, Zhu Cilang, dared to move. I would kill those who the emperor could not kill, and I would do what the emperor could not do. I would let the world know that Zhu Cilang, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, must learn from Emperor Taizu's cruelty and Emperor Chengzu's courage.

Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless and decisive in his attacks. He executed 150,000 corrupt officials in his life, but he was deeply loved by the people. Zhu Di fought south in Annan, fought north in desert, and went to the West in the sea. "These generation of Ming Dynasty's extravagant words of national prestige are all attributed to the Yongle world."

The Ming Dynasty is already hard to return. Whether you want to be a wise ruler or a foolish ruler, you cannot change the fact that the country is destroyed. In this case, why not be a tyrant?

Zhu Cilang also knew that Emperor Chongzhen had his own personality flaws. Since the emperor was not good, let me, Zhu Cilang, take the blame for the eternal infamous.

The tyrant asked me, Zhu Cilang, to do it. When I rectify the Jinyiwei, I will attack you civil officials. Are you either collecting commercial taxes or competing for profit with the people, and opening up the maritime ban is contrary to the ancestral system?

Well, let’s talk about commercial tax first. If you don’t allow commercial tax to be collected, then I will let the Jinyiwei check, how much you hypocritical civil servants have gained your personal pockets.

Isn’t it against the ancestral system to open the sea? This is even simpler. Since we talked about the ancestral system, I remember that Emperor Taizu still left a ancestral system that peeled and slapped grass. Let’s have a good chat.

Of course, Zhu Cilang is just a crown prince after all. The real imperial power is still in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen. As long as you convince Chongzhen and let Emperor Chongzhen support his son wholeheartedly, Zhu Cilang can do these things.

But even though that is the case, Zhu Cilang still doesn't want to overcorrect it. What he wants to kill is those who should be killed. Kill all the corrupt officials in the world and give the people a peaceful world.

"Father, my son has something to say to you." Looking at the overjoyed Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Cilang raised his head.

"Ciyang, hurry up, you all get up." With money, Emperor Chongzhen was very happy. The haze that had been shrouded in his heart for days was finally relaxed a little.

Zhu Cilang and Luo Yangxing thanked the gift and stood up together. Luo Yangxing took the initiative to take a step back and stood respectfully.

"Ciyang, you have grown up, haha, better than me. Well, stronger than me." Emperor Chongzhen patted his son's shoulder excitedly and nodded constantly.

"Father, since my son and grandfather are willing to donate 800,000 taels of silver, should officials of all sizes in the capital donate some?" Zhu Cixuan asked again.
Chapter completed!