At the end of the Ming Dynasty, I freely traveled through Yangshen

Chapter 113 Brother 110 Chapter Three Begins

"Wang Chengen hasn't come here yet?"

After being busy for a while, Emperor Chongzhen asked Gao Yushun, the eunuch who was sitting below.

"Go back to Lord Long Live, Wang Chengen went to be in charge of arranging the city defense, so he didn't come back."

"Oh, I forgot about this."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled when he heard this, "He has done a good thing for me. If Beijing's city defense is done well, then my Ming Dynasty will be stable."

After saying that, Emperor Chongzhen immersed himself in the imperial edict and checked whether there were any omissions.

After Gao Yushun finished packing up all the imperial edicts to be released today, Emperor Chongzhen got up, took steps, and left from Qianqing Palace to Fengtianmen.

The early court of the Ming Dynasty was not held in the main hall, but at the Huangji Gate, which was called the Royal Gate to listen to politics. His Majesty the Emperor's throne was placed in the extraordinary Huangji Gate Gate Tower. There were three steps in front and back of the gate tower, and multiple steps on both sides. They are all surrounded by white jade railings, giving them a majestic look.

Hundreds of civil and military officials came in one after another. The ceremonial officials stood at both ends of the emperor's seat and stood behind him. Several cabinet bachelors also stood in front of the emperor's seat. A Han general wearing a helmet and armor stood in front of the emperor's right side. Under the colonnade.

It was almost an hour after Zhu Cihong transferred all these military families and family members. At this moment, he is leading his team to the Huangji Gate.

Yu Fei, the regent Chan Jinduo and others were also dressed in the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty, which were the uniforms of Zhu Cihong's East Palace guards. Looking at these tall and tall people, they really looked like that.

A group of them entered the Huangji Gate directly from the Meridian Gate, and walked past Baiguan. Baiguan saw that there were a lot of people in this group, and the crown prince took the lead, so he had no doubts.

However, when they saw that at the end of the team, several members of the Wu family were covering their stomachs slightly with bulging stomachs, they thought that these people had eaten their stomachs badly, and some Beijing officials were still pointing at them.

The main entrance of the Meridian Gate is usually not open, but one door is opened on the left and right sides of the Meridian Gate, becoming the left and right gates, which are the gates for hundreds of officials to enter the court.

The banner guards guarding the left and right gates are also good-looking, and there are not many people on duty. The Wu family is surrounded by hundreds of officials. These people did not notice the abnormality here. He came, ran all the way, and after entering the Huangji Gate, he shouted, "Long live the Lord, the Crown Prince and Governor Wang are here!"

Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting in a high position, also saw that his son Zhu Cixiang, who had not come to court for two days, came in from the Youye Gate, followed by several tall and strong men. These men had extraordinary momentum, as if they were among the flock of sheep. tiger.

But before he could say anything, the chamberlain on the side shouted loudly.

"The time has come, the court meeting has begun!"

Shaking away the distracting thoughts in his head, Emperor Chongzhen said to the chamberlain beside him, "Today's meeting will mainly discuss the preparation of military expenses for Guan Ning's army to enter Guan!"

While he was speaking, Zhu Cixiang came up from below and naturally stood next to Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen only looked at Zhu Cixiang for a moment, then focused his attention below again, and looked at the Wu family and Wu Xiang. Obviously The matter of preparing military expenditures this time is aimed at the Guan Ning Army of Wu Sangui of the Wu family!
The chamberlain shouted out Emperor Chongzhen's words to several people. In an instant, all the officials were bustling and discussing how to raise funds.

Some people still have bitter faces and empty sleeves. These people are also bitter in their hearts. It’s okay for Beijing officials to have little luck in Beijing. It’s only five o’clock every morning, and the court meeting is held until noon, which is noon. Twelve o'clock, this is too torture.Now Emperor Chongzhen wants them to discuss raising money for Guan Ningjun, raising money, raising money, isn't that just donating money?

But haven’t they donated all the money they could?It's hard to get through this day. The salary from the court has not been paid out for several months. There is still a family at home waiting for the rice to be cooked. Why do you always donate money?
The scribes and officials below looked fiercely at Wu Xiang and some nobles with patched clothes. Smart people knew that the nobles and Wu Xiang were the real rich, and they were really poor.

"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion, can you tell me?"

At this time, Grand Scholar Li Jiantai began to speak as agreed with Emperor Chongzhen. His voice was not loud, but under the summons of several eunuchs, it spread throughout the Huangji Sect.

Zhu Cixiang, who was next to Emperor Chongzhen, looked at this scene as if he were watching a play. He felt that there were some problems with the early Ming Dynasty system. There were too many people and it was a mess. Only a few people were needed to formulate major policies to truly determine the operation of the country. The following is For the subdivision, just leave it to the people below. Why bother to have a court meeting with hundreds or thousands of people like now.

It seems that there are many people, but there are also too many people, and the division of power is too confusing.

Seeing that the person he arranged to speak began to speak, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he smiled and said to Grand Scholar Li Jiantai who spoke, "It's okay, Bachelor Li!"

"Your Majesty, now that Guan Ning's army has raised funds, there is only a shortfall of 50 taels of silver. It is better for the nobles to donate and contribute to fill the shortfall of 50 taels."

As he said this, Li Jiantai, a bachelor, turned to look at Zhou Guozhang, who was dressed as a fat man watching a play, and said with a smile, "I heard that the Guozhang has ten thousand acres of land in Suzhou in the south, and the family property is rich. Why not let the Guozhang take the lead in donating money?" , serve the country!”

What?Does this involve my father-in-law?
Zhou Guozhang's real name is Zhou Kui, and he is Empress Zhou's biological father. He was stunned when he heard that Archbishop Li called his name in today's court meeting.

No, Feelings suddenly called my father-in-law to come over to attend the court meeting today. Is he going to ask my father-in-law to come over and donate money?
"Scholar Li, you must be mistaken. My father-in-law's family is poor and does not have ten thousand acres of land."

Zhou Guozhang shook his head like a rattle, then he took off his clothes and said to Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, look at my clothes. There are several patches in them, including when I went to court today. I came here on foot, and the father-in-law’s family is also suffering, and there is no money left.”

After saying that, he used the patched clothes to pretend to wipe his eyes a few times, but without thinking, he actually squeezed out a few tears.

Zhou Guozhang was also secretly glad that he came prepared, and praised himself for being cautious.

Ah this?Can you still avoid donations like this?
After hearing this, all the civil and military officials fell silent and looked at Zhou Guozhang with disdainful eyes.

Some nobles looked at this scene with thoughtful expressions.

It turns out that you can still play like this and pretend to be poor when facing donations!
High, really high!
Several smart nobles secretly gave Zhou Guozhang a thumbs up, and decided to go back and pretend to be poor after going to court. Anyway, the capital of nobles is like this, what else is there to say, it's very interesting.

　Come on, take your time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)