It seems that Chongzhen was very happy. These civil officials who claim to be Qingliu pay the most attention to their reputation. The father-in-law donated 800,000 taels. Although they did not donate hundreds of thousands, it should be reasonable for each person to donate tens of thousands of taels.

Luo Yangxing bowed behind her and said, "Your Majesty, this is God's help to me in the Ming Dynasty. Your Highness's contribution is also quite good. Your Highness has such insightful views at such a young age, even the ministers in the court are ashamed of themselves."

Luo Yangling, who is well versed in the way of being an official, knows that the more he praises the prince, the happier he is. His Highness the crown prince will treat him more and more as his own person. How can he miss such a thing that flatters without spending money? It’s just right to follow His Highness to the death.

"Ciyang, you're doing this well. I'll follow you whatever reward you want."

When Chongzhen heard someone praise the prince, he was happier than praising him. However, considering that his son was young, Chongzhen could not grant him any official position. When his son was older, he had to participate in government affairs and experience it.

Zhu Cixuan knew that there was not much time left for the Ming Dynasty. He was in a hurry to follow the power, so he simply said: "Father, my son wants to take charge of the Jinyiwei."

"What did you say!" Chongzhen looked at his son in shock, unable to believe that this was said from Zhu Cixuan.

A twelve-year-old crown prince goes to take charge of the Jinyiwei?

You should know that the Jinyiwei is a private organization directly under the jurisdiction of the Emperor. To put it bluntly, it is to wipe the emperor's butt and take the blame.

The case that the emperor could not handle with the laws of the Ming Dynasty and could not handle with the national laws was handed over to the Jinyiwei. Since the founding of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei was the emperor's robber.

I don’t know how many commanders of the Jinyiwei were, but in the end they ended up being cooked by a rabbit and a dog. The emperor killed too many officials, and in order to calm the anger of his ministers, he could only kill the commander to sacrifice to the heavens.

If Zhu Cilang became the commander of the Jinyiwei, he would not know how many officials he would offend, which would be extremely unfavorable for his future inheritance of the throne.

Of course Chongzhen could not agree, but Zhu Cilang looked up again and said, "Father, my son dared to ask you, now that the war in the Ming Dynasty is full of internal and external troubles, what are we most lacking?"

What I lack the most is of course silver. The national treasury is empty and there is no waste of money to support the war. I can only plunder the people from the people. The result is that the people cannot survive and rebel one after another.

Of course Chongzhen knew that this was a vicious cycle. He had thought about collecting commercial tax and making plans for businessmen. But he could not withstand the opposition of civil servants in the court. Collecting commercial tax is to compete with the people for profit. As for not being able to collect it, it is your emperor's business, and it has nothing to do with us ministers.

"Of course it's taxes. What do you think of this?" Chongzhen seemed to have a look of displeasure on his face.

"My son is willing to offer 10 million taels of silver to the court within three months."

Ten million taels!

Emperor Chongzhen's breathing became a little rapid. He knew better than anyone else what this ten million taels mean to the Ming Dynasty.

No one dares to say that Chongzhen was a foolish monarch. In contrast, except for being a little suspicious and stubborn, Emperor Chongzhen had all the potential for all the wise monarchs. But what he threw was a broken dynasty that was so bad that he was unable to turn things around. No matter how capable Chongzhen was, he was unable to make a fuss. The clever wife could not cook without rice. The Ming Dynasty only had two words - no money.

Now my son opened his mouth and got ten million taels of silver in three months. How could Chongzhen not be excited or tremble?

According to records, the annual fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen period was only 4 million taels. Can this arouse so many civil unrest? Of course not, the income of the treasury was four million taels. Officials made a clever name to feed their personal pockets, which was an astronomical figure.

A mere father-in-law Zhou Kui can make a huge amount of 3 million taels of monks. With his salary, he can't save it for a hundred years. Where did the money come from? Isn't it just like Zhu Cilang said, buying and selling officials and accepting bribes privately? Otherwise, Zhu Cilang would make Zhou Kui's liver tremble with just one sentence.

Chongzhen wanted to wait and believe it, but news came from the palace soon. A little eunuch took a small step and hurried to the warm room: "The emperor, Zhou Kui, the father-in-law, presented 800,000 taels of silver, saying that he was donating silver to the soldiers of Liaodong. The silver was delivered by carriages from the four major money houses in the capital, and it had arrived outside the Meridian Gate."

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were straightened and he really got the money.

"Quick, let's go!"

I couldn't believe it when Chongzhen was killed. He saw a car of silver in his own eyes at the palace gate. The seals of the money houses attached to the box on the car were not torn. Chongzhen was anxious: "Open it, open it for me."

Wang Chengen hurriedly ordered a few eunuchs: "Why are you still standing there? Let's open it!"

The little eunuchs were in a hurry and tore off the seals of the boxes one by one, then opened the wooden box.

White silver came into view, 800,000 taels of silver, one tael was not short of one tael. Chongzhen, an emperor, was shocked. He was not only shocked by the generous manner of his father-in-law Zhou Kui, but also looking back at his son Zhu Ciyang.

Zhu Cilang shrugged indifferently, meaning, I didn't lie to you at 800,000 taels of silver. If you believe me and give me the Jinyiwei, I will get 10 million taels of silver for the court within three months.

With this ten million taels of silver, the country can have money to eliminate rebels. With this ten million taels of silver, it can defend against Jiannu from the outside.

"The prince obeys the order!" Chongzhen is now straightforward and he can't help but feel unbelievable. It's like a ray of light appears in the darkness, and it's like a straw that really appears in the water. The haze that has been shrouded on Chongzhen's head for several days has been swept away. He even shouted excitedly: "After order, the crown prince Zhu Cilang is promoted to the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, and he ordered him to be in charge of the criminal prison and give him the right to inspect and arrest."

Looking at his young son, Chongzhen was still a little worried after all, so he was only given the position of deputy commander, and Luo Yangxing was still in charge of the commander.

However, for Zhu Cixuan, this is no longer important. Even the position of deputy commander can still make him show his strength. At that moment, he knelt down in a hurry: "My son, thank your father for your grace!"

Since the founding of Taizu, it is still unheard of the Crown Prince's rule over the Jinyiwei. Today, I, Zhu Cilang, will let you see what it means to kill first and then report, and to grant the imperial power.
Chapter completed!