Chapter 32 The Inverse Son
Emperor Chongzhen was often angry. When Long Yan was furious, all officials shivered. This time, he was not only Long Yan was furious, but directly kicked the stool: "Rebellious son, rebellious son! This unfilial son! I'm so angry, I'm so angry!"
The palace people in the Ganqing Palace were so scared that they knelt all over the ground. Even the eunuch Wang Chengen, who was beside Emperor Chongzhen, was so scared that he was trembling: "Long live, the dragon body is important. Stop the anger, calm down, Your Highness the Crown Prince is still young, he..."
Poor Wang Chengen, he wanted to find a better reason to shirk Zhu Cixuan. As a result, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with any decent reason.
What Zhu Cixuan did this time was not a cause of trouble, but a huge disaster that almost shook the foundation of the country.
Why do I say that? The 670,000 taels of silver left in the Beizhen Fushi was quietly transported away by this guy. Moreover, in the name of the court.
This matter was actually hidden from Chongzhen. It was not until Zhu Cixuan and his group left the North City Gate that Luo Yangxing knelt in the Ganqing Palace and told Chongzhen tremblingly: "It is my death sentence. I have just returned to the North Town Fushi. I know that Your Highness will transport the stolen silver."
Chongzhen was furious and pointed at Luo Yangxing and hated him: "You are not staying in the North Town Fushi, what are you doing!"
Luo Yangxing was so scared that his whole body trembled: "Reply to Master Long Live, yes, the Crown Prince asked me to go to Tongzhengsi to print and print a few newspapers, saying that they were distributed to various departments in the capital. I did not doubt that he had, so I went to print some."
Luo Yangxing spoke more and more. Chongzhen understood that his son was going to take Luo Yangxing away first and secretly took people to take away the money from the Beizhen Fushi. You must know that this was more than 600,000 taels of white silver.
Chongzhen wanted to use this money to pay the salaries of officials from various departments of the court, and to provide relief to the disaster in Shanxi and Shandong. Unexpectedly, he was intercepted by this ruthless son who was full of words. It seems that Zhu Cilang wanted to give Liaodong 800,000 taels of military pay. He knew that he did not agree, so he took action first and then reported.
Chongzhen was so angry that he knew that Luo Yangxing was not blamed for this matter. Zhu Cilang had already sent him away, so he waved his hand tiredly: "Hmph, this rebel wants to bring this money to Liaodong. Do he think I can't catch him after leaving the city gate? Luo Yangxing, what about the mansion you printed? Let me have a copy."
Chongzhen didn't know the content of the newspaper. He thought that even if Zhu Cixuan took away more than 600,000 taels of silver, it would be fine. At worst, he would issue another imperial edict, intercept the money halfway and transport it back to the capital. Anyway, you just left Beijing and didn't walk far.
But this time, Luo Yangxing was obviously even more frightened. He took out a divine newspaper from his arms tremblingly. He almost trembled all over. He raised his divine hands above his head, and knelt on the ground and was like a sieve.
Wang Chengen went over to take the mansion and then stepped forward and presented it to Chongzhen with a small step. Chongzhen was a little surprised, why did Luo Yangxing look so scared?
But when he saw the contents of the newspaper, Chongzhen stopped kicking the stool this time and directly overturned the imperial table: "Beast! This beast! Who did he learn from? Who did he learn from? This ignorant son! Oh my God, how could I give birth to such a ignorant son? My ancestors are above me, I am ashamed of my ancestors~!"
This time, Chongzhen simply cried bitterly, and his rebellious son Zhu Cilang. He had long expected that Chongzhen would cut off the silver halfway, so he printed it clearly on the mansion newspaper. Because most ancient texts are obscure and difficult to understand, they will not be included in the original text. Anyway, the meaning is: the soldiers of Liaodong have made contributions to guard the border, and the court will not let the soldiers live without money. Even if the court tightens the belt and does not eat or drink, they will have to collect the military pay for you. According to the imperial edict, the court wants to allocate 800,000 taels of silver to comfort the soldiers on the front line. I hope you will fight bravely to fight the enemy and defend the country.
After reading it, Chongzhen almost turned his back on the spot. He said, "Your shameless and rebellious son's edict, when did Emperor Chongzhen issue this edict? What should I do now? All departments in Beijing have already sent such a mansion. Almost all officials of each department read it. The military pay of 800,000 taels of silver is what Chongzhen means.
Can you still send someone to recover the money? If Emperor Chongzhen changed his orders every day, wouldn’t it be a laughing stock in the capital? The newspapers of the mansion were sent out, and you could only eat coptis chinensis in a mute way, and kill the teeth and blood to swallow it.
It’s no wonder that Emperor Chongzhen was furious, and even Wang Chengen next to him was so scared that his face turned pale. His Highness, is this crazy?
Zhu Cilang is not crazy, Chongzhen is crazy, Wang Chengen hurriedly lifted the stool again, Chongzhen sat there panting: "Disappointed son, this defiant son, I, I want..."
"Your Majesty!" Emperor Zhou came back.
Chongzhen was furious in the Ganqing Palace. This incident immediately caused a considerable earthquake in the palace. Some palace servants got the news and quietly went to Ganning Palace to inform Queen Zhou.
Seeing that Emperor Zhou was late, Chongzhen finally found a partner to vent. People always like to leave the deepest harm to the people closest to them. Chongzhen was an emperor and could not avoid the vulgarity.
"Empress, I'm going to be deposed..." Perhaps he was too angry and was so angry that Chongzhen was unstable that he actually fell down with his stool.
Queen Zhou only heard the palace servants say that the Emperor Long Sui was furious in the Qing Palace, as if it was related to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Queen Zhou didn't care about the needlework in her hand and rushed over in a hurry.
Why did I hear Chongzhen say that he was deposed? Empress Zhou was a little confused. How could you be deposed?
Wang Chengen was so scared that he ran away and went over to help Chongzhen up again. Chongzhen was furious and grabbed the stool and threw it hard on the ground. Unfortunately, things went against their wishes and were not broken.
It would be understandable if the stool was thrown into pieces all at once. The problem was that Chongzhen underestimated the quality of the stool. You should know who dared to cut corners on the stool for the emperor to cut corners and wasn't afraid of killing the nine clans?
When Zhu Yuanzhang built the city wall, in order to prevent migrant workers from cutting corners, he ordered the name of a craftsman to be engraved on each brick. The craftsman asked, but the city wall in Nanjing stood for six hundred years and did not fall. The emperor's imperial stool was even more exquisitely crafted and of high quality.
Chongzhen was furious, grabbed the stool and fell three times in a row. Finally, he became even more angry and pointed at the Queen Zhou and said angrily: "I want to destroy this rebellious son!"
Empress Zhou then realized it, and her face changed drastically: "Your Majesty, what other things have you done to be disobedient and unfilial, which has made Your Majesty so angry."
Chongzhen left his anger: "Tell me, Cheng'en, tell me the queen."
Chapter completed!