"Your Majesty, Mr. Wei is so right! Even if Mr. Chen Ge embezzled two hundred thousand taels of silver and should be killed ten times, it was your Majesty who came to kill him. When will it be your turn to do it?"
Li Guozhen also said.
Lin Fan said coldly: "Behead first and then report. The imperial authority has granted permission. This was established when Jinyiwei was established. If you have any objections to this, please go to Emperor Taizu's funeral and raise it!"
Ga!
As soon as Lin Fan said this, all the ministers present were petrified. Because of the decline of Jin Yiwei in the past few decades, they had almost forgotten about it.
Chongzhen was secretly happy in his heart. Although his son was a little arrogant in doing things, his eloquence and adaptability were neither humble nor arrogant, which really made him feel gratified as a father!
"A bunch of old gangsters still want to kill you, Mr. Lin, and me?
If you are too courageous, I will confiscate your homes one by one and exterminate your clans. The sum of all of you is worth at least 70 million taels!"
Lin Fan thought in his heart.
kindness!
Seventy million taels!
Chongzhen, who had looked pleased just now, now looked at Lin Fan with wide eyes. He wanted to see from Lin Fan's face that everything he was thinking was false!
However, Lin Fan's expression was indifferent at this time, and his eyes revealed the murderous intention. Obviously, what he just thought was true, and it was also true that he wanted to confiscate these people's homes and exterminate their clans!
Seventy million taels!
I killed the eunuchs back then and scraped everything together, and I could only scrape together 20 million taels. Do the families of these ministers have so much money?
If there are, they still pretend to be poor in front of me all day long, then they should be killed a hundred thousand times!
"Your Majesty! This! This Lin Fan is simply insulting the gentlemen! He is disrespectful to the late Emperor!"
"Your Majesty, Lin Fan dares to play tricks on Emperor Taizu like this in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He deserves to be killed!"
Someone else said.
"Hmph! When did I play tricks on Emperor Taizu?
It’s you who are playing tricks on Emperor Taizu. Kill first and then show off. The imperial power has granted permission. To put it bluntly, these are the rules set by Emperor Taizu!”
"I found out that Chen Yan had embezzled 200,000 taels of silver. I was worried that he would transfer the dirty money and went directly to search his house. What happened?
This is authorized by the royal power!"
"Chen Yan disrespected Emperor Taizu's instructions and blatantly made his disciples become enemies of the Jin Yiwei. He also threatened to kill the Jin Yiwei. If it weren't for me, the Jin Yiwei, who wiped out the Chen family in a bloody battle, it would have been me, the Jin Yiwei, who died!"
"What's wrong with me?
Why do you keep begging His Majesty to kill me?"
Lin Fan said word by word in a cold voice.
What I was thinking in my mind was: "Mom, I'm going to search your houses one by one tonight. I'm going to be so angry!"
When Chongzhen heard what Lin Fan said, he felt angry. In the past few years, had he been less angry with these ministers?
Now his son is helping him vent his anger!
However, I can't allow him to kill these ministers. After he retreats from the court, I will call him to Qianqing Palace and give him a good scolding so that he will be honest in the future!
It's best to let him give up the idea of rebellion and hand over the money he collected!
"Shut up, everyone! You are making trouble in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and you still take me seriously?"
Emperor Chongzhen scolded angrily.
"Your Majesty! I realize my mistake!"
The ministers said one after another.
"Your Majesty, I propose that all the 200,000 taels of silver earned by Jin Yiwei be handed over to the Ministry of War. Now that the intruder is wreaking havoc, our Ministry of War is in urgent need of money!"
Li Jiantai said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan glanced at Li Jiantai. This man was considered loyal and capable. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he spent all his wealth to recruit soldiers to resist Li Zicheng.
Later, he was caught by Li Zicheng, and later the Qing Dynasty entered the Pass and promoted him to a bachelor of the inner academy, which shows that this person had good character.
It's just that you want to take away 200,000 taels of silver from me. It's just a waste of money!
"Your Majesty, these two hundred thousand taels of silver have been used by me to pay the salary of the Jin Yiwei. Twenty thousand Jin Yiwei cannot keep working without food!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"You! Which is more important, the country of Ming Dynasty, or the food of you, the royal guard?"
Li Jiantai scolded.
"What do you think?
These two thousand brocade guards are the last line of defense to protect His Majesty, so naturally they must be kept fat and healthy, otherwise, if the intruders come to kill them, can the people of your military department stop them?"
"As the Minister of the Ministry of War, you are a waste and don't understand the art of war at all. When the intruders attack Shanxi, you should have Wu Sangui withdraw from Shanhaiguan and guard Shanxi!"
"Your Majesty also has this intention. Just because Chen Yan refused to give in, you didn't even give a shit, haha! Now that the chance of fighting has been lost, you are guilty of a serious crime!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
"you!"
Li Jiantai pointed at Lin Fan, but couldn't say a word, because what Lin Fan said was true!
At that time, Wu Sangui was transferred back, and he might come back. Now Wu Sangui is directly asking His Majesty for one million taels of military pay as a means of departure. If he doesn't give the money, he will not come back. He, the Minister of War, has nothing to do!
And the troops and horses he can mobilize now are less than 20,000. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a waste!
"Hmph! If you, you old brat, could really save the Ming Dynasty from defeat, I would give you two hundred thousand taels of silver. Unfortunately, you are not talented enough. You cannot stabilize this defeat! So, this money can't do it either.
for you."
Lin Fan said with disdain in his heart.
Chongzhen's expression kept changing. His son could actually see through most of the ministers in the court. It was amazing!
"Ahem! This matter ends here. The two hundred thousand taels of silver should be left in Jinyiwei. As for the silver the Ministry of War lacks, I will find a way to come up with it!"
Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Jiantai said hurriedly.
"We will be here this morning. Everyone has gone back. Lin Fan, please follow me to Qianqing Palace. I have something to say to you!"
Chongzhen said in a deep voice, then stood up and left.
"What the hell! Why did this boy Chongzhen leave me alone?
Even if you just stay, and you still want me to go to Qianqing Palace, he doesn’t have any Longyang skills, right?"
"What can I do? I'm still a young man. Damn it, if he dares to force me in a while, I will slap him to death with a Vajra Palm!"
Lin Fan thought in his heart.
Forehead……
Before Chongzhen could reach the door, he staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Wang Chengen stood aside and hurriedly helped him.
This little brat really deserves a beating!
Chongzhen was so angry that his head was about to smoke. After Chongzhen left, all the officials looked at Lin Fan coldly, then turned and left. Lin Fan patted the dust on his legs and headed towards Qianqing Palace under the leadership of the eunuch.
.
This palace is very grand. Walking in the palace now, the feeling is different from that of later generations who bought tickets to go in and watch. Now it is more solemn and solemn.
"Master Lin, please go faster. Your Majesty is impatient and doesn't like others waiting for him!"
Lin Fan walked slowly, and the eunuch beside him couldn't help but say.