Zhang Yan burst into tears!
The empress of Emperor Tianqi, who had been a mother to the world for seven years and had a serious personality, finally couldn't bear it any longer.
In the first year of the Apocalypse, she entered the palace through eight passes, and was named queen in April. Although she was the mother of a country, the grievances she suffered in the past seven years were far more than what outsiders looked like.
First, my father was wrongly accused by Hakka and Wei Zhongxian, and almost died in vain. Then after he became pregnant, he was poisoned by Hakka and Wei Zhongxian, and gave birth to a stillborn child, unable to have any more children;
Although her husband respected her, he lacked a trace of warmth. He knew he was being killed but did not pursue the murderer, and he died in an unknown manner in the end.
"Losing a son in early life and losing a husband in middle age", there is no greater tragedy in life than this.
Looking at Zhang Yan in pain, Chongzhen sighed secretly. He could best understand the ill-fated fate of this emperor's wife.
At this moment, the hatred and depression in my heart were finally released at this moment, and the words "Uncle Emperor" are the best proof.
According to etiquette, he is now the emperor. Even if Zhang Yan is his imperial sister-in-law, she cannot be addressed by ordinary people.
But Zhang Yan shouted, which meant that Zhang Yan regarded herself and Chongzhen as a family of ordinary people at this moment.
Empress Zhou held Zhang Yan's hand and comforted her with tears in her eyes: "Sister-in-law, please stop crying. Your Majesty is now working hard to rule the country like Yao and Shun. He will definitely be able to revive the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. Hakka and Wei Zhongxian will definitely be executed." .”
After crying for a while, Zhang Yan slowly calmed down, and with red and swollen eyes, she knelt down and thanked Chongzhen.
Chongzhen stopped her quickly: "Sister-in-law, we are all members of the same family, so we don't need to be so polite. It won't be a major occasion in the future. You are tired, and I am tired too."
"Feng'er, you stay here with the emperor's sister-in-law, I have some important things to deal with!"
Chongzhen stood up and said something to Queen Zhou. After walking to the door, he turned around and whispered: "You must not spread the news about today's incident, so as not to alert others!"
The two nodded, and Chongzhen believed that even if he didn't say this, the two of them wouldn't spread it randomly.
As soon as Chongzhen's Luan Jia came out of Ciqing Palace, a eunuch came around the corner and ran towards the Superintendent of Ceremonies.
"See Nine Thousand Years Old!"
After the visitor saluted, he immediately said: "Nine thousand years old, Your Majesty stayed in Ciqing Palace for nearly half an hour. As soon as Your Majesty entered Ciqing Palace, he kicked out all the eunuchs and maids accompanying him.
With Fang Zhenghua guarding the place outside, we had no way of knowing what His Majesty was doing inside, but His Majesty came out with a smile on his face and a lot of energy! "
"Go down and keep watching. If your Majesty makes any moves, report him immediately!"
In the room, Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian looked at each other with strange looks in their eyes.
After a while, Wang Tiqian whispered: "Shang Gong, will your Majesty treat Queen Yi'an..."
At this point, he stopped talking. Wei Zhongxian also understood what Wang Tiqian meant.
After thinking for a while, Wei Zhongxian said: "Ti Gan, you go outside the palace and select some stunning women to give to His Majesty!"
Afraid that Wang Tiqian might not understand, he added: "Mu Zong, Guang Zong..."
"Your Excellency is wise!"
Wang Tiqian clapped his hands and praised.
Emperor Mu Zong, Zhu Zaijing, took aphrodisiacs for a long time, played songs every night, and finally died from exhaustion;
Zhu Changluo, Emperor Guangzong, indulged in sensuality and died at the age of 38 after taking the powerful tonic "Red Pill" given as tribute by the eunuchs;
If the emperor just did something to Queen Yi'an, it means that the emperor is lustful, and they can definitely use this weakness to achieve a certain purpose.
If the emperor is obsessed with women and consumes his energy, then they can slowly turn the emperor into a puppet.
If the emperor is not lewd, then sending a few stunning beauties will make the emperor happy. No matter what, it will not be a loss.
Chongzhen, who returned to Dongnuang Pavilion, naturally didn't know that Wei Zhongxian was plotting against him. He took out the Ming Dynasty Sustainable Development Plan that was half completed last night from the golden cabinet. After combing through it from beginning to end, his eyes were filled with helplessness.
The prerequisite for the implementation of this plan is the cooperation of the ministers and the unity of the court. This is absolutely impossible based on the current situation.
Therefore, he must control the military power. If he is obedient, he will be killed. If he is not obedient, he will be killed.
But the prerequisite for controlling military power is money, and the Beijing camp cannot be counted on. It will cost a lot of money to mobilize the nine frontier armies and local armies, and it will also cost money to form a new army yourself.
Summarizing all the problems, it is money and food, and it needs to be a lot of money.
As a later person, he naturally knows where the money of the Ming Dynasty went. Corrupt officials and businessmen had a lot of money. Ninety percent of the officials and businessmen of the Ming Dynasty were responsible for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Seventeen years later, Li Zicheng broke into Beijing and squeezed out 70 million taels of silver. Dorgon got another 30 million taels. It may not be that much now, but it should be possible to get 30 to 40 million taels.
The eight major Shanxi merchants may also be able to get tens of millions of taels of silver, the Jiangnan area can also get tens of millions of taels, and the Kong family in Qufu can also get tens of millions of taels.
There are also clans, royal families, Prince Fu and other princes who ransacked their homes, and it is estimated that tens of millions of taels can be obtained.
But to confiscate the homes and annihilate this group of people, you need to have military power. Without military power, if these people unite, it is estimated that the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed several years early, and you may have to die.
To have military power, one must have money, to carry out property raids and reform, one must have military power, and to have military power, one must have money...
As for asking Wei Zhongxian to engage the eight major Shanxi merchants, this idea flashed across his mind. The problem involved was definitely not something that could be solved in one sentence.
"Damn, what an unanswerable question."
He even wanted to mine silver mines. As future generations will naturally know the locations of the eight major silver mines in China, such as the Tongbai Silver Mine in Henan, the Fengning Silver Mine in Hebei, the Lianjiang Silver Mine, etc.
Any silver mine mined could satisfy the entire Ming Dynasty's treasury needs for decades.
But after thinking about it, I gave up. First, it was too difficult to mine and I didn’t have enough time.
The second is that there is no reliable person. If the current group of people is left to do it, they will probably report that they have not been found, and then mine it privately.
Third, simply increasing money can easily cause inflation, but the market must be activated. Once the money circulates, things will be easier.
As a person of later generations, he can make glass, mirrors, soap, perfume, wine, lime, cement, fine salt, etc. But he made this thing in the morning, and the formula was leaked in the afternoon, so he could only make wedding dresses for others.
Chongzhen rubbed the swollen corners of his eyes: "That's all. Let's eat one meal at a time and walk step by step. First, we need a few people to get some money to start the Tengxiang Four Guards. It will be much easier later."
"Is Wang Chengen back?"
As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, Wang Chengen walked in: "Your Majesty, this slave is back!"
Then he handed over a booklet with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is the list of the property obtained from Chen Derun's family last night. A total of 120,000 taels of silver, 500 acres of fertile land, five shops and manors, various rare antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc. It is estimated that it is worth at least two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver."
Chongzhen glanced at the list, but his expression didn't change much. There were few eunuchs and courtiers during Chongzhen's reign who were not greedy.
"Sell everything as soon as possible and exchange it for silver!"
The military pay of frontier soldiers is 18 taels a year, and 200,000 taels is only enough to pay 10,000 soldiers for a year.
The exact number of white pole soldiers is not yet known, and the full strength of the Tengxiang Four Guards is 22,400 people. These people alone will receive 500,000 taels of silver a year.
Not enough, far from enough.
Putting down the list, Chongzhen asked again: "Is Li Ruolian here?"
