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In the afternoon, he was still thinking about the debt he owed Zhou Kui, and his mouth was twisted with anger at this time. Emperor Chongzhen kicked the table fiercely in a rage, and roared loudly angrily.

"As the head of the royal family, he is so ignorant! Oh, I, come! Take Zhou Kui down!"

"Your Majesty! Calm down, Your Majesty! The old relatives are ignorant, but the queen is innocent. Your majesty has arrested the old relatives. How can the queen deal with herself in the palace?"

The veins on his forehead were twitching, and he turned his hands behind his back for more than a dozen circles. Chongzhen finally suffocated his anger, sat back in front of the imperial case, and frowned for a while, then waved his hands helplessly.

"Decree to Kunning Palace, please, let Zitong go home to visit his relatives!"

"Old slave obeys!"

This can be regarded as a room for change. Since Zhou Kui is not enlightened, we can only let Zhou Hou go home to persuade him. All the nobles use his queen's family as a benchmark. As long as Zhou Kui pledges, the rest of the nobles will follow. Donate.

However, no one knows a son like a father, and no one knows a father like a daughter! After receiving the decree from the eunuch Xu Gao, he wanted to go home to visit his relatives. Even after a week, he smiled helplessly for a long time, frowned, gritted his teeth, and waved his hand to his personal maid again.

"Go and tidy up the jewelry on Bengong's dressing table, and then pack up all the money rewarded by the emperor in the treasury, put it in a box, and follow Bengong out of the palace!"

A big box was packed heavily, and after Zhou Hou sighed, Feng Yiluan drove out of the palace dully.

Chapter 551. The tragedy of the times

The dignified queen even took out her own jewelry and personal money, and begged her father to give some money for the country house to help her husband! But what was the final result?

The queen's persuasion, and Chongzhen's extra graciousness, raised Zhou Kui's title from Xiangcheng Bo to Xiangcheng Hou. It was a big face, and finally got Zhou Kui more than 5000 taels of donations, which has not been brought out in the palace after Zhou. Jewelry is valuable.

No matter how much, he would not take it anyway.

With this benchmark, the honorable officials launched a new round of donations, this one is 1000 taels, that one is 500 taels, plus one piece, so to speak, they have collected 30 taels for Emperor Chongzhen.

Even Wu Xiang didn't get half of the 100 million taels of military pay that Wu Xiang asked for.

A few silver boxes were placed in front of the emperor, and the desolation in Emperor Chongzhen's heart could be imagined. He sat there speechless and stared at those boxes blankly. It was almost an hour before he came back to life.

Surprisingly, the emperor didn't lose his temper this time, but just shook his head helplessly while the eunuchs Wang Chengen and Xu Gao knelt down in fear.

"If there is no skin, how will the hair be attached? Let's go!"

The Emperor Chongzhen, who has always been diligent in administration, is rarely absent from the court. He is waiting for the letter. He will be dismissed in the early court. After getting the result, he is not in the mood to go to the court. Let the officials waiting outside the palace gate be mixed with joy and sorrow, and slowly disperse.

In the evening, looking at the evening scene in the palace desolately, the heart of the doomed emperor could not be calmed down for a long time. Just when he was most depressed, there was a burst of noise from the direction of the palace gate, which made him wave his hand irritably.

"What's wrong!"

The last bit of majesty of the emperor was still there, K's servant Xu Gao hurried out of the palace gate for a while, and then came back at a trot.

"Your Majesty, Dingbei Gong Mao Wenlong asks to see you!"

At this time, the last thing I want to see is these rebellious officials and thieves in my own eyes!The matter of donating to the palace has nothing to do with Mao Wenlong at all. Listen, Chongzhen waved his hand in extreme disgust.

"Let Jin Yiwei hurry back!"

"But Your Majesty"

The eunuch who has always been obedient to his words unexpectedly hesitated this time, and after a long time, Xu Gao kowtowed again with difficulty.

"Ding Beigong, he is here to donate money!"

"Salary?"

Chongzhen couldn't help raising his voice in astonishment when he heard this.

In the most difficult time, help comes from the most annoying and alienated people on weekdays. Chongzhen has mixed feelings in his heart.

The heavy silver box, as well as silk, cloth, and jade wares, were difficult to carry even by powerful warriors in the palace. It took an entire hour to move from the turbulent front palace to the middle palace. There is an idiom called bankrupt, Mao Wenlong really His family went bankrupt, and almost all of the Dingbeihou's mansion was emptied by him. The 30 taels rewarded by Emperor Chongzhen twice, plus the money that Mao Jue sent to the capital twice in three days, all the items were moved by him, big and small. Together, it is about 110 million taels.

However, what shocked Chongzhen even more was yet to come.

"The old minister kowtowed to His Majesty, please put the old minister in prison immediately!"

Looking at Mao Wenlong who kowtowed heavily on the ground, Chongzhen asked in disbelief: "Old man, what are you doing, what do you mean?"

Maybe it was really emotional, Mao Wenlong kowtowed to the ground again because of Laolao's tears.

"The old minister is disloyal, and he has no way to teach his son. Let the dog do such rebellious things. He is already ashamed of the kindness of the late emperor. However, the minister is in the capital, and he has nothing to do with that unfilial son! But now, the country is in trouble. Father and son are in high positions, how can they stand idly by? Once the country is ruined, what is the use of ministers even if they have tens of millions of family assets? Please put the old ministers in prison! The unfilial son will panic, but what is the use of your majesty, even if you don’t want to ask him Dutiful son, go and ask for it!"

"The old minister has only one request. Once a thief comes, please allow the old minister to fight. Although the old minister is old, he will kill a few thieves for your majesty before he dies!"

What is the icing on the cake like sending charcoal in the snow?Even though his nature was as cold as Chongzhen's, he couldn't help sobbing a little at this moment. He stood up suddenly from the dragon chair, forced Mao Wenlong up from the ground, and immediately slapped Mao Wenlong's firm shoulders heavily.

"Grandfather! I will never let you down!"

The most critical moment turned out to be the most powerful support from the Liao clan to the Ming Dynasty. Two days after Mao Wenlong sent millions of money to the palace, several Dongjiang sailboats from Tianjinkou and Liaodong docked and delivered 40 grains. Wanshi, 150 cannons, and the precious military pay for the empire to defend its capital city are finally all together.

On February 25th, the long-lost court meeting was held again. It was rare for the emperor to show some excitement and joy on his face. Facing all the officials, it was also rare for Zhu Youjian to speak in person, and asked loudly and happily from the officials.

"I intend to recruit Ning Yuan's soldiers and horses to join King Qin of Guan, what do the ministers think?"

However, unexpectedly, Chen Yan, the chief minister of the cabinet who had always played the role of soy sauce, jumped out first, knelt down in the middle, and kowtowed heavily.

"Your Majesty, I don't think so!"

"An inch of mountains and rivers is an inch of gold! The Liao Fan is already a foreign fan! Once the soldiers of Ningyuan are withdrawn, the Liao Fan will definitely follow them. Outside of Shanhaiguan, there is no more than half an inch of land in the Ming Dynasty. I know that the King of Liao is helping the salary, but the current King of Liao Respectfully, what about the next generation? People have ulterior motives! Shanhaiguan is only a mere hundred or twenty miles away from the capital, and the old minister thinks that Ningyuan should not be abandoned if he is far-sighted!"

Those words are convincing, and the feelings are deep! Those who are not familiar with it may think that Chen Yan is so concerned about the country and the people!However, his reasons are really ridiculous! The capital can't be kept, so what's the use of talking about it in the future?

But for this absurd reason, he got the amulets of the important ministers. Li Jiantai, who was supposed to go to war on behalf of the emperor in history, Wei Zaode, a scholar, and Zhang Jinyan, Minister of the Ministry of War, kowtowed to cater to Chen Yan.

"Your Majesty, the chief assistant is the old man's words to seek the country!"

"Your Majesty, the old minister seconded the proposal!"

"Your Majesty, don't lose your ancestral land!"

This mediocre minister really didn't dare to let go. If he agreed, wouldn't he become a minister who fled and surrendered like the Southern Song Dynasty?Historical stigma!

What's more, the emperor consulted himself, once he agreed to let this resolution pass, and repelled the intruders in the future, what should the emperor do if he settles the score after autumn?If you want to blame yourself for the crime of abandoning the ancestral land, wouldn't you lose your official position or even lose your head?When the eyes met, the group of ministers who couldn't even reach an agreement on what to eat for dinner surprisingly unified their opinions this time, and they rushed forward one by one like kowtowers, and some even had no knowledge and skills and couldn't make any sense. , They all yelled indiscriminately behind the scenes.

Even at this time, a group of important court officials, the highest officials in the entire Ming Empire, the most elite group of people, still care about their own name-calling, self-interest, and selfishness!

But we can't blame them all. If it wasn't for Emperor Chongzhen's lack of sense of responsibility, repeatedly letting his ministers take the blame, being mean and ungrateful, killing ministers at every turn, forcing those responsible to death, or killing them, An Neng would be left behind. A bunch of selfish scum with no sense of responsibility?

It can only be said that the irresponsible monarch and these irresponsible courtiers gathered together to cause the tragedy of this era.

Looking at the one-sided court in disbelief, one by one with their heads on the ground and their buttocks in the sky, kowtowing their heads and yelling that they can't do anything, but they are the officials who are doing nothing. They all turned blood red, and their fists were clenched on the armrest of the dragon chair and rattled.

The confrontation lasted for more than ten minutes, and finally there was a bang, and the chaotic sound finally stopped abruptly. Under the astonished eyes of the officials, he slammed his sleeves, and Emperor Chongzhen walked away with a flick of his sleeves.