When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help being very happy and said quickly: "Today is the third day of March in the fifteenth year."
Is it the third day of March in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen? Liu Weichao was thinking in his mind, and when he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a knock on the door, so he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "My takeout should have arrived. I'll eat first. I'll turn around."
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This time, he did not cut off the communication immediately.
This kind of impolite thing is usually rarely done. The reason I did before was because I was anxious because of the unexpected encounter.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he did not dare to delay Liu Weichao, so he quickly replied: "Okay, you go and have a meal!"
After hanging up the call, he held the phone and thought: It seems that Liu Weichao also comes from a wealthy family, at least there is no shortage of servants. No wonder he can feel that he is knowledgeable and confident in his conversation!
After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen quickly thought about what Liu Weichao said to him just now. Should the emperor be the emperor of the Zhu family or the emperor of the Ming people? What does this mean?
If this kind of question had been asked in the past, he would never have to think about it. Even if someone raised such a question, he might get angry and want his head!
The emperor is of course the emperor of the Zhu family. It was Emperor Taizu who conquered the world. This is an ironclad fact!
However, today's Emperor Chongzhen has experienced the feeling of the end of the dynasty, and even knows that the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in two years.
Faced with the helplessness of the court situation and the war-torn Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen's mentality was no longer the same.
The most important thing is that the person who said this was more than three hundred years later. In that era, it was an era where gods were like gods, and they were even more powerful than the legendary gods. It was said by a person of that era.
In this case, Emperor Chongzhen would certainly consider it carefully!
However, on this issue, Liu Weichao only gave Emperor Chongzhen a brief explanation based on his own feelings. At most, it could only be regarded as throwing a seed of doubt in Emperor Chongzhen's side.
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After Emperor Chongzhen finished bathing, it was already evening, and Queen Zhou personally served him, supervising his meals and taking care of himself.
At this moment, Wang Chengen came back.
Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Empress Zhou, and then asked in front of her: "How is it that I asked you to ask Jiading Bo?"
Wang Chengen secretly glanced at Queen Zhou who looked at him after hearing the sound, and then replied truthfully: "After the slave passed the order, it was easy to persuade and explain the truth, but Jiadingbo just said that the family has no money left!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he frowned immediately. Didn't he expect that he was really like this?
Queen Zhou listened to it and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
The emperor's decree to raise money from civil and military officials and royal family members had already spread, and of course she knew about it.
Empress Zhou just didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen would ask his father to donate first to take care of this head.
And how could she not know what kind of character her father was!
So, she said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I'd better call him into the palace to talk about it! He should take the lead in this matter!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "The Queen is still sensible, so I will leave this matter to you!"
Having said this, he paused and said: "Tomorrow morning, at least before noon, he must donate money in a big way to set an example for the officials and other royal relatives!"
Queen Zhou listened and nodded, indicating that she understood.
But then, an idea flashed in her mind, and she suggested to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, don't you have that treasure? Do the people in it have the ability to turn stones into gold? If there is someone with magic, can he teach him a thing or two?
, In this way, the imperial court will not be short of money!"
When Wang Chengen heard this, his ears immediately stood up. He also wanted to know how miraculous it was about the treasure given by Emperor Taizu.
Emperor Chongzhen already knew at this time that Liu Weichao was not an immortal at all, but a person who lived hundreds of years later. How could he have the magic of turning stone into gold?
However, he will not tell the truth to others.
Therefore, in the expectant eyes of Queen Zhou, he said calmly: "How can immortal skills be passed on just by talking? Can they be learned by learning? Now that the court is urgently waiting for money, do you want me to keep waiting?"
The implication is that the fundraising this time has been planned.
Queen Zhou did not doubt his existence, but she even understood Emperor Chongzhen's difficulties.
Because she knew that Emperor Chongzhen was still worried that the people inside the treasure would not help him. Besides, the magic of turning stone into gold was indeed not something that could be passed on just by word of mouth.
Thinking of this, Queen Zhou looked at the sky, stood up and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I'd better go and do this now!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded happily and said: "The queen knows my difficulties and can take care of my urgent needs. I am very happy!"
But as soon as Queen Zhou left, he winked at Wang Chengen.
The meaning was obvious, just follow what he had explained before and let Wang Chengen monitor him secretly.
Wang Chengen naturally understood this and resigned immediately.
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After dark, Queen Zhou came to reply to Emperor Chongzhen and said to him: "Your Majesty, he has promised to donate 10,000 taels of silver when he goes to court tomorrow!"
Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard that, wasn't it five thousand taels?
But then I thought about it and felt that the history books of later generations may not be correct, so I nodded and said with a little relief: "Thank you for your hard work, Queen. I hope I can get off to a good start and get more silver coins, so that the situation in the court can be better."
Having said this, he pointed at the mountain of memorials in front of him and sighed: "Natural disasters, military disasters, all memorials require money. It's really difficult for me!"
Of course Empress Zhou knew that the state was in dire straits. She sighed when she heard this and did not dare to disturb Emperor Chongzhen from reviewing the memorial. She just said: "Your Majesty, you were very tired yesterday. Remember to rest early today!"
"I know!" Emperor Chongzhen said casually after hearing this, and began to review the memorial again.
When Empress Zhou saw him, she said nothing and withdrew with a little worry.
She didn't know that when she exited the palace, Emperor Chongzhen actually looked up at her and seemed hesitant to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything.
After a while, Wang Chengen came over.
The maids serving Emperor Chongzhen in the palace were all arranged by Wang Chengen. This can be regarded as one of the measures Emperor Chongzhen took after being reminded by Liu Weichao.
Now he only trusts Wang Chengen in the palace.
"How is it?" Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately when he saw it.
After Wang Chengen heard this, he immediately said: "The queen gave Jiadingbo some jewelry. I don't know how much it can be converted into. It seems... it seems that when the queen met Jiadingbo, she got angry and her voice was a bit loud!"
Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen looked a little ugly, but he didn't say anything. He just ordered Wang Cheng'en: "Keep watching for me!"
"My slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen answered quickly after hearing this, and then added, "My slave has arranged people outside the palace. As soon as the palace door opens tomorrow morning, I will receive the news!"
"Okay!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and then waved them all to leave. Then, he took out his mobile phone and contacted Liu Weichao.
The video was quickly connected, and Emperor Chongzhen was very curious when he saw it.