Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 6 The Emperor Cannot Do Whatever He Wants
Even Emperor Chongzhen did not expect Xue Guoguan to say such a thing, and he was also taken aback.In his impression, no official in the late Ming Dynasty would say such a thing. If there were such officials to help the original Emperor Chongzhen, how could Emperor Chongzhen hang himself?
Xue Guoguan's reputation in later generations is not very famous, and it even seems to belong to the treacherous officials.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen, who traveled through later generations, was not familiar with this Xue Manzi.But because of this, after he listened to Xue Guoguan's suggestion, he became very interested in him.

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly discovered that not all the courtiers in the late Ming Dynasty were corrupt officials, they only knew the garbage of party struggles; thinking this way, he also had more confidence in his prospect of rejuvenating the Ming Dynasty and changing his destiny.After all, he still has the help of the wiretapping system. Among his courtiers, who else can give practical advice and have a heart for the country and the people like Xue Guoguan?It will be much easier!
Or Xue Guoguan also knew how surprising the words he said were. He stared at Emperor Chongzhen, and he also saw the surprise of Emperor Chongzhen, so he immediately added: "Just take the humble minister to know it." As a matter of fact, Marquis Li Guorui of Wuqing treated his elder brother Li Guochen poorly, so Li Guochen was very angry. He once told Weichen that his father had 40 taels of silver, and he should get half of it. He was willing to use all of it as military funds. Your Majesty Well, the Marquis of Wuqing is already like this, so how many honorable members of the other royal family will be less? Everyone can spend some, and we will be able to overcome this difficult time!"

Li Guorui is the grandson of the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Xiaoding and a family member of the emperor's grandmother.Speaking of which, such a royal relative is actually far away from Emperor Chongzhen, and is no longer a popular royal relative.That's why Xue Guoguan used him as an example.With the current national crisis, he felt that Emperor Chongzhen would agree with his approach and open a breakthrough from Marquis Wuqing. In this way, the matter of borrowing money would be easier to handle.

In the original history, he indeed suggested this to Emperor Chongzhen.As he expected, Emperor Chongzhen was tempted and approved of what he played.However, other civil servants and generals, the emperor's relatives and nobles know about it, so how can it be possible for them to get their wish!Otherwise, after Wu Qinghou, they would all have to bleed!And they all know very well that given the current difficulties of the imperial court, how can they get back the money they borrowed!

Therefore, someone immediately taught Li Guorui to hide his property and not hand it over, demolished the house, and displayed the furniture and utensils on the street to sell, expressing that he had no wealth.Empress Zhou's father, Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, also ran to contact Wu Dinghou. Since everyone was relative of the emperor, they said they would contribute money on his behalf, and several families came together to join in.

The reason for doing this was nothing more than to show the emperor that their relatives, the emperor's relatives, were very poor, and none of them had much money.If your emperor insists on money, that's all you can do. Let's all sell pots and pans together!
It can be predicted that Emperor Chongzhen was very angry when he was reported to this situation.What they did was clearly slapping the emperor in the face!A person who is the emperor has forced his relatives into this position, how will the people in the world talk about the emperor?
You know, even ordinary people, if they can't treat their relatives kindly, they will be pointed at the back by others, let alone the emperor!Anyway, after the emperor's actions spread, the image of being mean and ungrateful will not be able to escape!

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and decreed to deprive Li Guorui of his title, and ordered Li Guorui to hand over 40 taels of silver.Logically speaking, even if Marquis Wuqing handed over all the money, there are still shops, grain fields and other non-money assets, so the family's life will not be uncomfortable.But what is strange is that Li Guorui hanged himself in a blink of an eye.

As a result, the public opinion exploded at that time, and the censor officials wrote memorials for it, and the public opinion also said that the emperor forced his relatives to death.The crowd is raging, so how can a young emperor who wants to save face deal with himself?
Naturally, Emperor Chongzhen was furious again when he heard the news, and there were doubts that Li Guorui's death was tricky, so he asked the factory guards to start a thorough investigation of the matter.

At this time, he could already feel that Xue Guoguan's suggestion had great resistance.But the imperial court had no money, and this was the only way to get money quickly without increasing the burden on the people of the world. Naturally, he would not compromise and was determined to implement the loan.He doesn't care about the public's comments; he keeps the memorials of the censor's official, and he does it anyway.

Still, Emperor Chongzhen underestimated his opponent's countermeasures.We didn't wait for the factory guard to find out anything, or whether the factory guard was seriously investigating.Some people took advantage of the illness of Emperor Chongzhen's fifth son to collude with eunuchs and court ladies. It was rumored that the Empress Dowager Xiaoding had been promoted to the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva, and she blamed the emperor for despising his relatives in heaven. Wuzi's body.

Although Emperor Chongzhen heard these words, he was not a fool, so naturally he didn't believe them.At this juncture, nine out of ten people should be spreading rumors.Therefore, ignore it, and just step up the investigation of Wu Qinghou's death.

However, what Emperor Chongzhen never expected was that his fifth son died soon after.As a result, no matter whether it was the folks, the palace, or the official censor, they all said that Empress Dowager Xiaoding had appeared.The emperor insisted on going his own way and was punished.If you don't repent, the other princes will die too.

Finally, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't bear the pressure anymore and was very scared.He believed that the Empress Dowager Xiaoding was furious in the sky, condemned herself, and received retribution.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly made Li Guorui's seven-year-old son Cunshan the Marquis, and returned all the gold and silver that had been paid.

As a result, the intention to borrow money from the emperor's relatives, civil servants and military generals could not be carried out. Xue Guoguan's strategy not only failed to achieve any effect, but put a lot of pressure on Emperor Chongzhen, whether it was his reputation or his life. have been severely affected.

In this way, Xue Guoguan lost his sacred heart, and the counterattack against Xue Guoguan began from those relatives of the emperor, civil servants and generals.Even if Xue Guoguan was the first assistant, it was useless. Not long after he became the first assistant, he was jointly impeached by them, and finally ended up being executed by Emperor Chongzhen.

Of course, these are all things that happened in the original history.As for this plane, Emperor Chongzhen has already time-traveled, so it is naturally not comparable to the previous Emperor Chongzhen.

After Emperor Chongzhen listened to Xue Guoguan's example, this time, he was not surprised because he remembered one thing.In the original history, after Li Zicheng took down the capital, he chased the stolen goods in the capital to help pay, and finally got a total of more than 7000 million taels of silver.

This is only on the official side, as for the property that those generals and soldiers secretly concealed and did not report, there may be a lot.That is to say, in the capital five years later, those civil servants, generals, royal relatives and dignitaries will have at least hundreds of millions of taels of silver.A Marquis of Wuqing has 40 taels, which is really not much!
After Xue Guoguan finished reporting, he didn't see the surprised expression of Emperor Chongzhen, so he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, thinking that Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it.But what he said himself has already been poured out, and he can't take it back.His own life is on it, and Emperor Chongzhen must believe it, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you can tell the brother of Marquis Wu Qing to prove whether what I said is true!"

The few people around, whether they were Fu Chen or the admiral of Dongchang, were sweating non-stop on their backs.

Once the loan matter came out, not only would they lose their money, but they might also be misunderstood by others, thinking that they and Xue Guoguan were wearing a pair of pants.At least, if the emperor agrees and they don't stop them, they will also be hated by others; but if they block, Xue Guoguan has practical examples, the emperor probably won't listen to them, and may even leave a bad impression on the emperor.

For them, this matter can be described as a dilemma.Therefore, they were all cursing in their hearts, Xue Manzi, you stinky shit, what are you doing to poke the sky...

After all, in their opinion, the two things Xue Guoguan mentioned were more serious than the rampage of the Manchu and Qing troops in Gyeonggi.Once the emperor is really encouraged by Xue Guoguan, if they still stand on the emperor's side, one can imagine what will happen in the future.And if you don't stand on the emperor's side, you may not be able to pass today's test.

Thinking of this, even their foreheads began to break out in cold sweat.

Emperor Chongzhen on the throne saw him, and suddenly asked indifferently: "Yang Qing, Fang Qing, and Cao Daban, why are you still sweating in this winter?"

Hearing these words, the bodies of these people were shocked, and it was Yang Sichang who reacted quickly, and quickly replied: "I'm afraid it's because I wear too many clothes."

"That's right, that's right, I should be wearing too many clothes!" Fang Fengnian immediately echoed when he heard this.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw him, he looked at Cao Huachun and smiled. He didn't know if it was a sneer. Anyway, Cao Huachun felt a little nervous. Before he could speak, Emperor Chongzhen asked him: "Then Cao Daban also wears too many clothes?"

"Your Majesty is wise, this servant is old and sick, so she must have worn more clothes!" Cao Huachun replied with a look of gratitude when he heard this, bowing his head.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and he immediately said lightly: "Oh, it turns out that this is the case. The big companion can't work too hard. If you are sick, you have to recuperate!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his eyes to Xue Guoguan, and immediately issued an order: "Since Xue Qing proposed it, then Xue Qing will bring that brother of Marquis Wu Qing, come here and let me ask him face to face!"

When Xue Guoguan heard this, he felt happy and quickly agreed and left the Wenhua Hall.

Yang Sichang suddenly became anxious. Xue Guoguan, this shit-stirring stick, should not really stir up shit.His heart moved, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think that Mr. Xue Ge raised this matter for the parties involved, or it would be more appropriate to bring someone from Dongchang."

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