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Later, Zuo Maodi wrote a memorial, saying that although the hereditary military honors today are not suitable for leading troops on expeditions, as a general who was favored by the Ming Dynasty, he must serve the country no matter what, and cannot just take care of himself and ignore the disasters in the world.

After talking a lot, he emphasized at the end of the article that the imperial court was extremely short of money, and Wu Xun could have donated money to serve the country. If he is reluctant to part with even a little money, then the country has raised Zhongshan wolves for so many years.

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With his talent, he quoted scriptures and wrote a long article. Emperor Chongzhen was very happy after reading it, and felt that this article should have been published long ago.

Therefore, he left all other memorials related to military honors unpublished, and only published this article by Zuo Maodi for discussion by the ministers.

In this way, the meaning of being an emperor is actually very clear.

The Chief of Ceremonies, at the beginning of the court meeting, immediately supported this memorial and set a tone in advance.

It is said that military honors are different from civil servants, especially hereditary military honors. Over the years, generations have been deeply favored by the emperor and have received rewards in every dynasty. They should be generous when the court is in urgent need of money; and civil servants are not hereditary. This approach

, suitable for military officers, not suitable for civil servants.

Hearing that the Supervisor of Ceremonies had this attitude, all the civil servants felt relieved, and they all agreed with Zuo Maodi's point of view.

In itself, there is an opposition between civil and military affairs, and it is the basic behavior of civilian officials to oppose the military attache. This is one of them;

Second, Zuo Maodi proposed that Wu Xun should not be allowed to hold military power. This was originally what most literati believed, and there was not much conflict with them;

Thirdly, there are still some people who are worried that these martial arts expeditions will affect the military affairs. If they are replaced with money, this worry can be avoided.

Fourth, the meaning of the Director of Ceremonies must have been given by the emperor, which means that the emperor will no longer tease their civil servants, but only those with military honors. Of course, if they do not cooperate, maybe Emperor Chongzhen will and

As before, let them all donate money.

To the civil servants, Emperor Chongzhen had at least made progress in this regard, and they would not be able to justify it if they did not give him encouragement.

So, with this, the court quickly formed a consensus to let Wu Xun serve the country by paying!

Many people on Wu Xun's side regretted hearing this point of view. If they had known this, they might as well have gone on an expedition!

However, when things got to this point, those civil servants did not fight among themselves, but trolls targeted them one by one. In terms of their talent and learning, even among the ten military honors, no civil servant could complain.

Later, the civil servants' firepower became so fierce that the world felt that whether these military honors were loyal to the court and the Ming Emperor depended on how much money they donated.

There are even some imperial censors who have written memorials to count the family wealth of each warrior, saying how many properties, shops, etc. they have. The level of the princes and uncles, calculated from the time of enfeoffment, how much money they must donate to not be considered a Zhongshan wolf!

Later, even more outrageous remarks came out, saying that if these martial arts heroes did not donate much money, they would be Zhongshan wolves. Why raise Zhongshan wolves? They would be overthrown by the knights!

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This was the first time that Emperor Chongzhen tasted the sweetness of using the difference between civil and military forces to deal with those martial arts. He benefited from it, but he did not need to expend much mental energy to charge into the battle himself.

He could see that the longer this matter was delayed, the more unfavorable the official public opinion it had aroused would be to the Wu Xuns.

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly had an expectation, how much money could he pay for those military honors?

However, when faced with someone asking him to pay, no one will be willing to give in and want to struggle. These martial arts are no exception.

Soon, Wu Xun came forward and said that they were willing to pay to show their loyalty, but they couldn't just pay. They were also members of the Xungui Group's relatives. They had no credit for anything. They were just blood relations and just enjoyed the benefits.

Glory and wealth. Now that the court is in trouble and the emperor is in trouble, they should also contribute money!

As soon as this point of view came out, although many civil servants still held on to Wu Xun, there were still some civil servants who felt that what they said was right, so they started shouting that the relatives' group should also contribute money.

Seeing this change of direction, Xu Yunzhen and others breathed a sigh of relief, finally no longer having to bear all the pressure.

As long as the spearhead is shifted, things will be easier to handle.

First of all, if the relatives' group did not contribute money, the emperor would not be able to ask them Wu Xun to contribute money, because the reason for providing money is the same. Why should Wu Xun pay and not the relatives?

Relatives also enjoy the glory and wealth of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty is in trouble, shouldn't they contribute money?

The civil servants didn't care about this at all, because for them, whether they were martial arts or relatives, they usually looked down upon them and belonged to two classes.

There is no psychological burden on the civil servants' part in combing their relatives' wool, and it can even be said to be a politically correct move.

Therefore, they all echoed this view and asked their relatives to contribute money.

Originally, the relatives' group was just looking at the things that happened in the court. But the result was so unexpected that it affected Chi Yu, and they were a little dumbfounded.

For them, the same is true. If you pay them, it will cost them their lives, and of course they won't be happy!

So, they cried poor one by one, saying that they were simply not comparable to the Wuxun Group. They had inherited it for hundreds of years, and they were only so young. In short, they were poor.

They are willing to deal with the chaos in the world, but they are powerless!

When the Wuxun Group saw that their relatives were resisting and didn't want to pay, they all felt happy and started to shirk it, saying that it was their ancestors who had made the contribution, and that their property was earned through blood and sweat.

Why do your relatives have to pay for it if they don't even pay for it when their own family is in trouble?

Civil servants who hate their relatives, and even some military officials, also followed the previous example and made a list of their family property for those relatives. It is not known how much money is hidden in the family, but how many properties, shops, etc. are under their names can be checked.

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On the maternal side, under such pressure, they naturally found various connections and went to the palace to complain about their poverty, hoping to avoid this unnecessary disaster.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was determined. No matter who said it, he would use outsiders' words to ask: Foreign relatives seem to be members of the royal family. Now that his family is in trouble, if you don't pay, what will outsiders think?

In short, all pleas from relatives are not allowed. If you have the ability, go and argue with people outside. If you can convince them, that's fine!

The relatives were dumbfounded. It was the group of people outside who set the fire on their heads. How could those people be persuaded by them?

However, not all relatives only know how to eat, drink and have fun, there are also smart people.

One of them had an idea and shouted out.

They believe that among the relatives, the ones closest to the royal family and the richest are the vassal kings from various places. They have enjoyed the worship of the Ming Dynasty and have been prosperous and wealthy for many years. They are rich!

No matter which aspect you look at, if you really want to give money, then fine, they can give money, but the feudal king must also give it, this is only fair!

This change of direction was not expected by Emperor Chongzhen at the beginning, nor by Zuo Maodi. It was also not expected by other people who passively participated in this matter.

Those military honors also think it makes sense. If you really want to say it, the vassal kings are the ones who enjoy the success and wealth. If the Ming Dynasty is in trouble, these are their real family members. Shouldn't their family members also pay for it?

In this way, Wu Xun, civil servants, relatives, etc. finally formed a unanimous opinion.

Civil officials asked Wu Xun to pay, Wu Xun looked to his relatives, and his relatives looked to the feudal king. This was how a link was formed.

Finally, this unanimous opinion was put on the desk of Emperor Chongzhen to see what Emperor Chongzhen said.

If it were the former Emperor Chongzhen, I'm afraid he would have some resistance to this matter.

First, he values ​​friendship. His brother gave him the throne, and he was a vassal king before.

Another reason is that when he became emperor from a vassal king, he did not want other vassal princes to get involved in court matters, lest something unexpected happen in the future.

However, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen's mentality had completely changed.

For those vassal kings, he was able to fleece them and would never let them go. Because he knew that only when he was rich could he strengthen the army, relieve disasters, and govern the world.

There are only two years left until the country is subjugated and the species is exterminated. At this time, we can still worry about other trivial matters.

Not to mention, he has already arranged the places for those vassal princes and clans, and they will not stay in the country to cause trouble for him.

Therefore, when all the focus was on the feudal king and the relevant memorials were placed on his desk, he directly agreed to these memorials without even thinking about it.

For this reason, he even put on a show and went to the Ancestral Temple to explain the situation to his ancestors and emperors. He also said that the vassal kings had contributed hard this time and he would never treat them badly.

, there will definitely be rewards in the future.

As part of his sincerity, Emperor Chongzhen also issued an order to release the former Tang king who was imprisoned within the high walls of Fengyang and recruit him back to Beijing.

As soon as the scene was over, the relatives were dumbfounded. The lord made it clear that he wanted to give money, so they couldn't escape!

The Wuxun Group was also confused. If the feudal king gave money and the relatives gave money, they couldn't escape. They would definitely have to give money!

The civil servant group did not expect that Emperor Chongzhen would do this. They were all very surprised at the time. After coming back to their senses, everyone gloated about the misfortune and praised the emperor for his sage!

Then, they spontaneously supervised the payment of money by these royal family members. In their hearts, they seemed to have won a great victory.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen was also very emotional about this situation.

It was not that he had never thought about asking these people to give money before. He even remembered what Liu Weichao told him about how difficult it was to ask them to donate money in the original history!

But now, he did it without any effort!

Looking back on the development of the whole thing, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but have a new understanding.


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