Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 465 Hongmen Banquet (33) ([-]rd update, failure to quit smoking plus [-])

Chongzhen circled around and finally showed his hole card.

But who would have thought that as soon as Chongzhen's words fell, the hall exploded.

What?What is Your Majesty going to do?Did we hear wrong?Your Majesty wants money from us?
I said that mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people to invite us to dinner, it turned out that it was An's intention.

"Brother Chen, how much did you donate last time His Majesty raised donations?" Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, asked Chen Yanzuo, Marquis of Taining, quietly.

"3000 taels! What about you?" Chen Yanzuo secretly stretched out three fingers, and asked Xue Lian again after finishing the matter.

"We are not as rich as your Taininghou family. Last time we donated 500 taels." Xue Lian stretched out a hand to cover his mouth and whispered.

Cut, I don’t have enough foundation for our family, the Immortal Residence in the capital is your family’s property, don’t think that this old man doesn’t know, pretending to be poor with our family, hum!
"Your Majesty has the audacity to beg for money for us again. Brother Wang, do you see if Your Majesty has come prepared this time!" Li Cunshan, Marquis of Wuqing, who was sitting in the back row, was not idle, and said to Wang Guoguo, Marquis of Xincheng beside him.

"Hmph, I thought His Majesty was really considerate of us, but I didn't expect it to be a grand banquet. The world is going down, and people's hearts are not old!" Wang Guoxing shook his head.

The last time the border was built and invaded, the treasury was empty, and the frontier army did not pay their soldiers for half a year. Chongzhen had no choice but to shamelessly solicit donations from courtiers and their nobles.

Both the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty said that the family was poor and only pledged more than 3 taels. It's a pity that those courtiers back then had a rich family and a lot of money.

These guys are the most hypocritical Ye Yesheng at home, but when they go out, they go to court in tattered clothes, so they bully His Majesty so they can't see it.

In the end, it was the generosity of their nobles, who together donated a total of more than 6 taels, overwhelming all officials!

But this time?Your Majesty does not go to the officials to pledge donations, but only to their relatives. Doesn't this make it clear that one favors the other?
It's not fair!Why only let us pledge?Bullying us for being rich... Oh no, we are poor, we are poor too!

Chongzhen looked calmly at the whispering of the nobles below.

Thinking of the last fundraiser, he tried to persuade him for a long time. After ten days of hard work, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty only raised more than [-] taels, and Chongzhen was heartbroken.

It hurts for its greed, it hurts for its short-sightedness.

Chongzhen looked at the table of nobles in the front again, Wei Guogong Xu Yunjue was sitting upright, the eldest son of the British family Zhang Weixian looked around, and the old man Zhou Kui was counting something with his fingers.

Chongzhen looked at Zhou Kui with a stern look, this old man took advantage of his status as a relative to bully the market, made disasters for the village for several years, and even caused a total of five deaths last year.

If it wasn't for Jin Yiwei's report, Chongzhen would not have known about it, but considering Queen Zhou and the royal dignity, he just sent someone to teach him a lesson and endured it.

But when he thought of the last donation to Chongzhen, he became furious. Zhou Kui owned more than 80 hectares of Zili farmland rewarded by the royal family, and by the way, there were many pavements in prime locations in the capital.

Empress Zhou paid Zhou Kui the 5000 taels she saved from living frugally, and asked him to add another 3000 taels to add up to 1 taels to set an example for courtiers Xungui.

This guy actually swallowed 3000 taels all by himself, and only pledged 4000 taels.

Chongzhen didn't know about this at the beginning, until Queen Zhou said that he had slipped his mouth.

The country has raised honorable honors for 300 years, how could it have neglected these descendants whose ancestors had served the country, but what happened?

Chongzhen sighed.

The nobles were unkind last time, but Chongzhen was not unrighteous this time. He said everything that should be said, and he did his last kindness to the nobles as a descendant of the Zhu family.

If you are still stubborn, don't blame the royal family for being ruthless!

"I reiterate again that the country is in trouble, and I need the help of your family to overcome the difficulties. The two emperors Taizu and Chengzu once shared hardships with the ancestors of the emperors. We have lived together for 300 years. Now I also need us Get through this difficult time with me!" Chongzhen said again.

After finishing speaking, Chongzhen returned to the throne and said nothing, but took a cup of tea and took a sip slowly. A young eunuch had already settled the case and set up a paper and ink to record the accounts.

It's all said and done, and the nobles know that they can't hide this time, but most of them look at the headed table. After all, if you rank seniority, the headed table is the boss.

If the boss doesn't take the lead, who would dare to be the leader.

Before the Duke of England arrived, the eldest son Zhang Weixian belonged to the younger generation, and Xu Yunjue and Zhou Kui did not move, so he felt more at ease.

Wei Guogong Xu Yunjue glanced at Zhou Kui, and couldn't help snorting coldly in his heart, this old bastard is pretending again, if you don't move, the old man won't move either.

Is this early bird a good one?His majesty is not happy about the low price, but the big group of nobles behind him have to poke him in the back behind his back?

The atmosphere in the hall was a bit awkward for a while, if it was about thick skin, Xu Yunjue was no match for Zhou Kui, who was young and built walls with a brick knife.

Xu Yunjue had a lot of thoughts in his mind, although he wanted to calm down, he couldn't because he knew that Chongzhen had been staring at him.

And what about this old miscellaneous Mao Zhou Kui?Still standing still, this thick-skinned old bastard really fell asleep, right?

Just when Chongzhen became more and more impatient and was about to walk away, Xu Yunjue finally stood up.

"Your Majesty, we will rest together with the country. The salary of eating the king should be shared by the king. If the country is in trouble, I will not turn a blind eye to it. Although the Xu family's family business is small, I am still willing to help your majesty and help the Ming Dynasty. Get over it!"

Xu Yunjue's voice was sonorous, as if he was despising Zhou Kui who was still standing still.

Zhou Kui just cocked his beard, he finally figured it out, the money he got is still a good deal to buy land, land is the foundation of the Zhou family!

"Okay! Mr. Wei Guo is my role model for Ming Dynasty, but I don't know how much Xu Qing pledged?" Chongzhen not only suppressed his anger when he finally saw someone show up.

"I... would like to pledge... I would like to pledge 5 taels!" Knowing that Chongzhen would not be able to get away without some blood this time, Xu Yunjue originally planned to pledge 3 taels, but when he saw Chongzhen's eyes, he said too much 2 taels.

This made Xu Yunjue feel that he was the hero who saved Daming.

"Okay, I have recorded Qing's merits for my ancestors." Chongzhen's face was as usual, but he snorted coldly in his heart.

5 taels, I think I’m a fool, your Xu family has lived in Nanjing for generations, what kind of place is Nanjing?

In a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, a land of fish and rice, your Xu family earned 10 taels a year just from trafficking in private salt, not to mention shops and real estate.

5 taels, to send off the beggars!

Chongzhen was angry, but he didn't show it on the face. The Northern Expedition touched him deeply. Today's Chongzhen is no longer the happy and angry Chongzhen, at least not when facing the courtiers and this group of nobles.

"The minister is willing to pledge 3 taels!" Someone took the lead, and the rest of the nobles had a standard, and Tai Ninghou immediately stood up.

"The minister is willing to pledge 4 taels!"

"The minister pledged 2 taels!"

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