At the entrance of Nanjing, there is already a sea of ​​joy.

Zhu Cilang smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.

Keep it!

The direction of things was actually a bit beyond Zhu Cilang's expectations. For example, Zuo Liangyu suddenly disappeared while beating, which was quite surprising.

But no matter what, the result is good.

Many times, the result is good enough, which is enough.

As for Zhang Xianzhong...

Zhu Cilang laughed twice: "I will go to you to settle the score."

In addition to the Central Plains, there is another very important grain-producing area in the Ming Dynasty, Huguang.

There is a saying that goes, "Hunan is familiar with the world."

Now, Zhang Xianzhong occupied the Hubei area with the vastest plains in Huguang.

How could Zhu Ciyang let him continue to be arrogant on the land of the Ming Dynasty?

But as the saying goes, there are too many things in the Ming Dynasty now and need to be done step by step.

Zhu Cilang turned around and faced with admirable eyes.

Zhang Shenyan, Lu Daqi and many important officials in Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty saluted Zhu Cilang.

"Thank you to save Nanjing from the fire and water!"

Everyone knows that if it weren't for the young prince in front of him, Nanjing would not be able to be preserved at all.

Zhu Cilang only brought three thousand soldiers, but he was better than Zuo Liangyu's tens of thousands of soldiers!

Zhu Cilang laughed and said, "Everyone, please report your good fortune to your father first."

When Chongzhen learned the news, it was already snowing in Beijing.

The first snow in the 17th year of Chongzhen came earlier than before.

The severe cold of the Little Ice Age ravaged the earth, and many people from the bottom of Beijing were still struggling on the brink of life and death.

This made Chongzhen, who was very diligent, anxious and issued five imperial edicts one after another to help the officials quickly save the people.

But what Chongzhen did not expect was that his will was not well implemented, and he was even pushed back when the cabinet was discussed.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Fan Jingwen, sighed and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, it's not that I must go against Your Majesty, but now... there is really no silver and materials in the Ming Dynasty's treasury!"

Several other ministers also spoke, and their meanings were basically the same as Fan Jingwen.

Chongzhen: "..."

No money or supplies, what should I do?

It's impossible to turn it out of thin air!

Chongzhen said very unhappily: "Can I just watch my people suffer from disaster and die in the snow?"

A silence.

Although it is embarrassing, it must be admitted that the Ming Dynasty court does not have many solutions at present. It is really only possible to watch the lower-level people of the Ming Dynasty struggle to survive.

There is no way. The Ming Dynasty fought too frequently in the past year. Almost all the supplies were used to deal with the war. Even Chongzhen himself had two dishes and one soup every day.

The emperor's life was so tight that it was imagined what kind of situation it was in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Banghua struggled for a moment, and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea that may be relieved."

When Chongzhen heard this, he felt like a drowning man found the last glimmer of hope and hurriedly said, "Come on!"

Li Banghua said seriously: "When Li Zicheng's rebels besieged the city at the beginning of the year, didn't the prince ask the ministers of the Ming Dynasty to help with their salary? That time he got a lot of money. Your Majesty can re-adopt this strategy."

As soon as Li Banghua finished speaking, Fan Jingwen shouted directly: "Your Majesty, you must not!"

Several other cabinet ministers also opposed: "Your Majesty, this is an extraordinary strategy. If you use it once, forget it, how can you still use it again!" "Your Majesty, you said that everyone will return the salary in the future. It is not enough that the Ming Dynasty has not yet returned it, but you will still have to help the salary again. This is to disappoint the ministers' hearts." "This is the tyranny of Shang Zhou and Xia Jie, so you must not do it, Your Majesty!"

The smile on Chongzhen's face was completely frozen.

Chongzhen thought he knew what these ministers were thinking, didn’t he just want to pay?

But Chongzhen also knew that just like this, it was indeed unrealistic to ask them to pay for money.

The fact that one after another made Chongzhen feel a little excited for a moment. He was about to announce the end of the meeting when suddenly Wang Chengen quickly stepped in with a happy look on his face.

"Your Majesty, the news I just received is that His Highness the Crown Prince forced Li Dingguo's 50,000 troops to retreat from Nanjing City, and the Jiangnan of the Ming Dynasty is completely safe!"

This report was like a refreshing resonance on the hot day, which immediately cheered up Chongzhen: "Okay, that's great. I know that Feng'er won't let me down!"

The other important officials in the cabinet also looked cloudy and sunny, congratulating Chongzhen.

The atmosphere in the hall became lively again.

Everyone knows that the capital is indeed the number one important place in the Ming Dynasty, but if it is the turn of economic activity, it must be Jiangnan.

It is really of great significance to defend Jiangnan.

The British Duke suddenly spoke: "By the way, wasn't Zuo Liangyu attacking Nanjing? Why did he become Li Dingguo? That's Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son."

Chongzhen was also a little confused, so he asked Wang Chengen to read the battle report sent by Zhu Cixuan in full, and then everyone suddenly realized.

"I didn't expect that the battle to defend Nanjing was still so twists and turns."

"I think only His Royal Highness can defend Nanjing City with such a situation where there are many enemies and we are few."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince can always defend the city."

Upon hearing this, Chongzhen nodded repeatedly.

Suddenly, Chongzhen's heart moved and he spoke to the ministers present: "My dear friends, tell me, if I ask Xuan'er to think of a way to raise some supplies, can I do it?"

After Chongzhen finished speaking, the hall suddenly became quiet.

Fan Jingwen's cheeks trembled obviously and said, "If the prince's words are... they won't kill people again, are they?"

Several other cabinet ministers looked at each other and were about to speak, Chongzhen was already angry.

"You don't kill people. You can get some money for me to see! As long as you can get money for me, I will kill people whatever you want!"

After saying this, Chongzhen stood up and left angrily.

The remaining group of ministers looked at each other in the hall.

The British Duke shrugged and said, "Actually, I also think that Your Majesty is right."

After saying that, the British Duke also left.

Several cabinet bosses stood there and stared at each other. After a long time, Fan Jingwen sighed.

"This official is getting harder and harder to be a rank!"

Three days later, a decree was carried on the messenger and headed towards Nanjing in the snow.

The content of the will is very simple, and it is just a sentence to condense it.

"Yan'er, my Ming Dynasty is short of money. Find a way to get some money for me! Remember, don't make too much trouble!"

This is the new expectation of Emperor Chongzhen for Zhu Cilang without any choice.
Chapter completed!