Seeing that His Majesty's attitude was so sincere, which he had never seen in seventeen years, Fan Jingwen was completely relieved, chuckled, and walked slowly back to the inner hall with his body full of exhaustion. His lonely but strong back also showed that he
The backbone of Ming Dynasty.
After Fan Jingwen left, the ministers who stayed here no longer felt the same as before, and looked quite excited. Mr. Fan's departure did not mean that they would also leave. They understood Mr. Fan's dependence on the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty
As the main force of civil servants, they must cheer up for the future national destiny.
"Everyone! I have sent people 800 miles away to Shanhaiguan to deliver urgent documents. Ping Xibo is probably on his way to and from the capital. Presumably, if there is no mistake at this moment, it should have been delivered. If Wu Sangui still listens to me, then in Tongzhou area
They will respond to us, if not..."
At this point, Zhu Ling also sighed, but his eyes were still bright, and he said more firmly: "Then we will have to fight our way out on our own!"
Hearing His Majesty's impassioned words, some younger officials suddenly felt excited and felt like a fire was igniting in their hearts. A surge of ambition quickly rose throughout their bodies, and they couldn't help but raise their hands in appreciation.
However, some officials who are more realistic-minded are a little worried about the current situation. Although His Majesty is so excited, he cannot be a reckless man who insists on having his own way. His brows are furrowed, perhaps thinking of some solutions.
Xu Shi felt that Zhu Ling's idea was a bit radical. The imperial censor Chen Chunde took a step forward with a worried look on his face and said: "I know that your majesty has a desire to save the country and the people, and he also has the courage to not be afraid of bandits, but after all, your majesty has to consider a series of practical issues.
.”
The ministers were also instantly poured cold water on these words. Although some people were angry, they had no choice but to listen to what he said in front of the emperor. He sighed and continued: "For one thing, our capital may have soldiers who can fight.
How many soldiers are there? Are there any generals who can control the army? Are there any strategies that have been formulated?"
These words really dealt a heavy blow to the ministers present. Many of them were still in a high mood just now, but after hearing these words, they immediately frowned and felt sad, feeling agitated in their hearts; while some officials with strong fighting spirit
After hearing these demoralizing words, their eyes were immediately filled with a lot of anger, and they couldn't help but straighten their backs and prepare to retort to him later.
The reactions of the ministers were also seen by Zhu Ling. Facing such heart-wrenching words, it did feel like a blow to morale. But he was not affected by his emotions. He knew that Chen Chunde's words did have some truth, but he
It seems that he is too ignorant. Maybe he is just focusing on his actions of confiscating the house. Even if he heard about the rectification of the capital camp, he just laughed it off.
Perhaps during the Chongzhen period, several attempts to rectify the capital camp failed, which really hit him and made him no longer confident in this aspect.
"What Chen Qing said does make sense, please continue." Zhu Ling smiled, neither refuting nor laughing, but rather generously motioned to continue.
Perhaps Chen Chunde's personal views can help Zhu Ling have a better grasp of the entire situation in the capital, but it's hard to say.
"The second thing is, of course, a matter of money. I heard that your Majesty got three million taels from confiscating his house. One million was distributed to the garrison in the capital, and seven hundred thousand was given to the intruder. He will only use it for negotiating peace, and the rest will be used.
Most of it was given to the garrison of the capital and His Majesty's personal troops, the Imperial Guards. Then where did the funds for us to leave the city and the pay for the army on the road come from?"
"You must know that since this year, the invaders have captured Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places, and Huguang has also been trampled by the bandits. In other words, only a few southern provinces can pay taxes in full, but the imperial court has
I only received hundreds of thousands of taels, which was just a drop in the bucket. It was all used up as soon as it arrived in the account of the Ministry of Accounts."
The more Chen Chunde talked, the more energetic he became. The worried officials around him became more and more worried and worried, and the angry officials became angrier. This was obviously because he wanted them to stick to the capital, or to say that there was no hope for the Ming Dynasty!
Especially when the left governor Wen Yao looked at him, his eyes seemed to burst into flames, and his fists were clenched until veins bulged out.
But Chen Chunde did not notice it, but continued to speak righteously, saying: "Thirdly, as your Majesty also mentioned, will Wu Sangui come? A few days ago, your Majesty sent several letters urging him to abandon Ningyuan and only hold Shanhaiguan.
, and then immediately led the army to serve the king. It is already the 19th, and for four or five days, the court does not even know where he has gone, let alone where he has left."
Finally, he ended his words, then sighed deeply and stepped back.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the left governor Wen Yao stepped out, and then cupped his hands to Zhu Ling and said: "Your Majesty! I have objections! Although I dare not say that Chen Yushi's words are all wrong, some of them are indeed wrong.
Bad remarks.”
"I second the proposal." Wu Linzheng also walked out after seeing this.
"I also second the proposal."
Immediately afterwards, several ministers also came out one after another to support the words of the left governor Wen Yao.
Seeing this, Chen Chunde felt as if he had been slapped hard in the face, and felt his heart burning. But as soon as he finished speaking, he was naturally not allowed to refute immediately, so he could only snort to show his disdain.
Zhu Ling sat on the chair that Wang Guoxing had just brought up, watching this scene with interest. In terms of interest alone, the debate between these civil servants was quite interesting, but it was a pity that it was still a period of war.
, if it lasts for more than ten years, watching these every day can be regarded as watching a TV series.
But now that both sides have expressed their opinions, as the emperor, he naturally can't fight anymore. He cleared his throat and first said to Wen Yao, the left governor: "What do you object to? In detail, it will also allow Chen Yushi to refute your objection.
An understanding.”
"What I object to is not some mistakes in words, but the negative attitude that makes the whole court have the confidence to resist the bandits together. You said that the capital camp is in dire straits. I have learned that your Majesty has sent people to rectify it, and I have passed by before.
When we were in the capital camp, we often heard the sounds of chilling drills, which was completely different from the lazy and decadent atmosphere of the past."
"Besides, you said that Ping Xibo Wu Sangui might have disobedient intentions? Have you forgotten that His Majesty gave him the Shang Fang Sword not long ago? If he dares to rebel against such a huge favor and disobey orders, he will be the first to do so.
No!"
After saying that, Wen Yao, who was just bowing, immediately knelt down facing Zhu Ling, as if to show his trust in Wu Sangui. Several people behind him also felt the same and leaned down.
After hearing these words, Chen Chunde was very angry, with anger on his face. He wanted to raise his trembling fingers several times to point at Wen Yao to retort, but His Majesty was here and did not dare to do anything disrespectful.
"Okay, don't keep arguing. Although we are not in the Fengtian Palace, it is still a court meeting. We are just arguing and nothing else." Zhu Ling ended the argument appropriately. If they were allowed to continue arguing,
I'm afraid there won't be any conclusion for a few months.
However, he did admire the courage of Wen Yao, Wu Linzheng and others. Who didn't know that those Censors relied on their words to become officials, and arguing with them was asking for trouble.
"Chen Qing, I can answer your questions now."
Having said that, he finally had an explanation. He stood up and said: "Do you think there are soldiers in the capital camp who can fight? I can tell you, yes! I ordered the former Minister of War, Meng Zhaoxiang, to directly capture and kill the former governor Li Guozhen and take over the capital camp.
They cut off many soldiers who had no fighting ability and sent them home to farm. Wen Qing also saw that there was quite a murderous atmosphere in the Beijing camp."
"Let's talk about the silver taels. The root cause of the defenders' lack of morale is insufficient food and pay. I have already distributed one million taels of silver, so the morale problem can be solved naturally. The rest should be done slowly. There is no rush. I also remembered that I once gave away households.
The subordinates were given a million taels of pay and 50,000 soldiers, but in the end, each soldier received less than 2 taels! The shortfall of fifteen taels per person, I don’t need to tell you, you yourself know where the money went!
"
When he said this, the ministers immediately knelt down in fear. Zhu Ling was really angry. One million taels, but only 200,000 taels were left at the bottom! A total deficit of 800,000 taels! How shameless and treasury
Want money? Fortunately, although this group cannot be said to be honest people, at least they are loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
He restrained his anger a little, calmed down his good mood and continued: "Wu Sangui is the Ping Xibo whom I personally appointed, regardless of whether he has disobedience or not. I will not hide it from you. In that urgent document, I gave him a new
Title: King Pingxi."
moment!
The whole place was still, people's breathing seemed to have stopped, and the sound of heartbeats seemed to echo in everyone's ears. No one dared to believe it, and no one wanted to believe it.
There was actually a king of the opposite sex in the Ming Dynasty? It’s shocking and beyond words!
Did His Majesty really think twice about this move? It went against the ancestral system and the rules of etiquette. This move really made everyone present unable to believe it.
Just when I was about to shout that His Majesty's move was wrong, there was suddenly a commotion outside, and I saw a guard in uniform running over in a panic, covered in blood, with a very frightened expression.
Wang Guoxing was the first to notice and immediately shouted: "How outrageous! Don't you know that Your Majesty is here to discuss matters with all the adults? Why are you in such a panic and your image is so bad?"
"Lord Commander!"
This Xiao Qi was exhausted and fell to the ground. He struggled to get up, faced Zhu Ling with all his strength, pointed outside, and said: "Someone is rebelling outside!"
[Author's digression]: Thank you for your support! I really appreciate it. Although I say I don't write much and my speed is slow, I am definitely not good at writing. Please rest assured!