Even Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect that Xue Guoguan would say such a thing, and he was also surprised. In his impression, no official in the late Ming Dynasty would say such a thing. If such ministers really wanted to help the original Emperor Chongzhen, how could Emperor Chongzhen hang himself?
Xue Guoguan's reputation in later generations was not very good, and he even seemed to be among the traitorous officials. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen who traveled through time in later generations was not familiar with this Xue Manzi. But because of this, after listening to Xue Guoguan's advice, he became very interested in him.
Emperor Chongzhen suddenly discovered that not all of the officials in the late Ming Dynasty were corrupt officials, but only the garbage of party struggles. Thinking this way, he became more confident in his prospects of reviving the Ming Dynasty and changing his destiny. After all, he still has the help of the eavesdropping system. Who among his ministers can give practical advice and have a heart for the country and the people like Xue Guoguan? It will be much easier!
Perhaps Xue Guoguan also knew how surprising what he said was. He stared at Emperor Chongzhen and also saw Emperor Chongzhen's surprised look. Therefore, he immediately added: "As long as the ministers know it." Speaking of things, Li Guorui, the Marquis of Wuqing, treated his concubine Li Guochen poorly, so Li Guochen was very angry. He once told the minister that his father had 400,000 taels of silver, and he should get half of it. He was willing to use it all as military supplies. Your Majesty, A Marquis of Wu Qing is like this, so how many other nobles and nobles will there be? If each of us gives some, we can get through this difficult time!"
Li Guorui is the grandson of the brother of the Queen Mother Xiaoding and a family member of the emperor's grandmother. Speaking of which, such a royal relative is actually far away from Emperor Chongzhen and is no longer a popular royal relative. It was precisely for this reason that Xue Guoguan used him as an example. In the current national crisis, he felt that Emperor Chongzhen should agree with his approach and open a breakthrough from Marquis Wu Qing. In this way, the loan matter would be easier to handle.
In the original history, he indeed suggested this to Emperor Chongzhen. As he expected, Emperor Chongzhen was tempted and agreed with him. However, if other civil servants, military officers, royal relatives and nobles knew about it, how could they let them get their wish? Otherwise, after Wu Qinghou, they will all bleed! And they all know very well that with the current difficulties the court is facing, how can it be possible to get back the money they lent!
Therefore, someone immediately taught Li Guorui to hide his property and refuse to hand it over, demolishing the house, displaying the furniture and utensils on the street to sell, showing that he had no assets. Empress Zhou's father, Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, also ran to contact Wu Dinghou. Since everyone was a relative of the emperor, he said that he would pay for it on his behalf, and the families would come together to help.
The reason for doing this is just to show the emperor. These emperor's relatives are very poor and don't have much money. If your emperor insists on asking for money, this is the only thing you can do. Let’s sell pots and pans together!
It can be predicted that Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very angry after hearing this situation. Their actions were clearly intended to slap the emperor in the face! If an emperor forces his relatives to do this, how will the people in the world talk about the emperor?
You know, even ordinary people, if they cannot treat their relatives well, will be criticized behind their backs, let alone the emperor! Anyway, after the emperor's behavior spreads, the image of being mean and unkind will never go away!
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and ordered Li Guorui to be deprived of his title, and ordered Li Guorui to hand over 400,000 taels of silver. Logically speaking, even if Wu Qinghou had handed over all his money, there would still be non-money assets such as shop fronts and grain fields, which would not make the family's life uncomfortable. But what is strange is that Li Guorui hanged himself in the blink of an eye.
As a result, public opinion exploded at that time. The imperial censors and officials wrote memorials one after another, and public opinion also said that the emperor forced his relatives to death. How can a young and face-conscious emperor cope with the fierce public sentiment?
Naturally, Emperor Chongzhen was furious again when he heard the news, and there were suspicions that there was something fishy about Li Guorui's death, so he asked the factory guards to start a thorough investigation into the matter.
At this time, he could already feel that Xue Guoguan's suggestion had great resistance. But the imperial court had no money, and this was the only way to get money quickly without increasing the burden on the people of the world. Naturally, he would not compromise and was determined to implement the loan. He didn't care about the public opinions; he ignored the imperial censor's memorials, and he just got on with it anyway.
However, Emperor Chongzhen still underestimated his opponent's counterattack. I don’t know until the factory guard finds out anything, or whether the factory guard is conducting a serious investigation. Someone took advantage of the illness of the fifth son of Emperor Chongzhen and colluded with the eunuchs and palace maids. It was rumored that the Empress Dowager Xiaoding had been promoted to the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva. She reproached the emperor in heaven for despising his relatives. Every son of the emperor would die in infancy, and the retribution would first come to the emperor's third son. On Wuzi's body.
Although Emperor Chongzhen heard these words, he was not a fool, so he naturally did not believe them. At this juncture, there is a high probability that someone is spreading rumors. Therefore, he ignored it and only stepped up the investigation into the death case of Wu Qinghou.
However, what Emperor Chongzhen never expected was that his fifth son died soon after. As a result, everyone, whether it was the people, the palace, or the imperial censor, all said that the Empress Dowager Xiaoding had appeared. The emperor insisted on having his own way and was punished. If he does not repent, other princes will also die young.
Finally, Emperor Chongzhen at that time could not bear the pressure and was very scared. He believed that Empress Dowager Xiaoding was angry in heaven, punished him, and received retribution.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly made Li Guorui's seven-year-old son Cunshan a marquis and returned all the gold and silver he had paid.
As a result, the borrowing intention from the emperor's relatives, civil servants and generals could not be carried out. The strategy proposed by Xue Guoguan not only failed to achieve any results, but also put Emperor Chongzhen under great pressure, both in terms of reputation and his life. All have been severely affected.
In this way, Xue Guoguan lost his Sacred Heart, and the counterattack against Xue Guoguan by the royal relatives, civil servants and military officials began. Even if Xue Guoguan was the chief assistant, it would be of no use. Not long after he became the chief assistant, he was impeached by them together, and finally ended up being executed by Emperor Chongzhen's order.
Of course, these are all things that originally happened in history. As for being in this plane, Emperor Chongzhen has already traveled through time, so naturally he is not comparable to the previous Emperor Chongzhen.
When Emperor Chongzhen listened to Xue Guoguan's example, he was not surprised this time because he remembered one thing. In the original history, after Li Zicheng captured the capital, he pursued stolen goods and subsidies in the capital, and finally obtained a total of more than 70 million taels of silver.
This is only official. As for the property that the generals and soldiers concealed privately and did not report, there is probably a lot of it. In other words, in the capital five years later, those civil servants, military generals, royal relatives and nobles will have at least hundreds of millions of taels of silver. A Marquis of Wu Qing has 400,000 taels, which is really not much!
After Xue Guoguan finished his report, he didn't see Emperor Chongzhen's look of surprise, so he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, thinking that Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it. But what he said himself was like water thrown out, and he couldn't take it back. His life was on it, and he had to make Emperor Chongzhen believe it, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you can tell the brother of Marquis Wu Qing to prove whether what Weichen said is true!"
The people around him, whether they were assistant ministers or the admiral of Dongchang, were sweating non-stop on their backs.
Once this loan incident comes out, not only will they lose money, but others will probably misunderstand that they and Xue Guoguan are wearing the same pants. At least, if the emperor agrees and they don't stop them, they will also be hated by others; and if they stop them, Xue Guoguan has given practical examples, the emperor probably won't listen to them, and may even leave a bad impression on the emperor.
This matter is a dilemma for them. Therefore, they were all cursing in their hearts, Xue Manzi, you stinky piece of shit, why are you trying to expose the sky...
After all, in their view, the two things Xue Guoguan mentioned were more serious than the Manchu and Qing troops wreaking havoc in the capital. Once the emperor is really instigated by Xue Guoguan, then if they still side with the emperor, you can imagine what will happen next. And if you don't side with the emperor, you may not be able to pass today's test.
Thinking like this, even their foreheads began to break out in cold sweat.
Emperor Chongzhen on the throne saw him and suddenly asked calmly: "Yang Qing, Fang Qing, and Cao Daban, why are you still sweating in this winter?"
Upon hearing this, these people were shocked, and Yang Sichang reacted quickly and quickly replied: "I'm afraid it's because Wei Chen is wearing too many clothes."
"Yes, yes, the minister must have worn too many clothes!" Fang Fengnian heard this and quickly agreed.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he looked at Cao Huachun and smiled. He didn't know if it was a sneer. Anyway, Cao Huachun was furious. Before he could speak, Emperor Chongzhen asked him: "Then Cao Daban also wears too many clothes?"
"Your Majesty is wise. This slave is old and sick, so he really needs to wear more clothes!" Upon hearing this, Cao Huachun quickly showed gratitude and lowered his head in reply.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt something in his heart, and immediately said calmly: "Oh, so that's it. Then my eldest companion shouldn't work too hard. If you're sick, you should recuperate!"
After finishing speaking, he turned his eyes to Xue Guoguan, and immediately issued an order: "Since Xue Qing raised it, then Xue Qing will bring the brother of Marquis Wu Qing to come over and let me ask him face to face!"
When Xue Guoguan heard this, he felt happy and quickly agreed and left the Wenhua Hall.
Yang Sichang suddenly became anxious. Xue Guoguan, this shit-stirring stick, should not really stir up shit. His heart moved, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think that Mr. Xue Ge raised this matter for the parties involved, or it would be more appropriate to bring someone from Dongchang."
