Please ask me to be the emperor

Although Taichang Shaoqing Xue Guoguan's words were very promising, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was still very hesitant about his suggestions.

On the one hand, honor is the pillar of great enlightenment and cannot be touched lightly;

Secondly, Zhu Youjian couldn't believe whether Marquis Wu Qing had 400,000 taels of silver;

Thirdly, although Zhu Youjian is the king of a country, if he seizes the property of his subordinates without any reason, everyone will definitely be in danger.

Seeing this, Xue Guoguan couldn't help but feel sad and said: "I heard that throughout the ages, those who win the people prosper, and those who go against the people perish. The unification of the Ming Dynasty has been extended to this day, thanks to the efforts of the late emperor."

"I see that the country's fortunes are declining today. Private warehouses are full and the state treasury is empty. How can we repair the military and reform the government?"

"The emperor is like a dragon. If the dragon's head does not move, the body of the dragon will remain? To prosper the country and enrich the people, we must take drastic measures to eliminate the traitors and appoint the virtuous. This is the foundation."

"Secondly, check the internal funds, donate new salary, give money to the people, help the poor, and ban the royal family."

"Relying on the Holy One and listening to the subtle words of the ministers, the fate of the Ming Dynasty can be turned around, and the orthodoxy can be continued. Time is urgent, but if it is too late, the opportunity will be missed, and the country of the Ming Dynasty will be lost at this hand. I can't help but feel sad."

"Let's do it!" Zhu Youjian hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind, "You secretly bring Li Guochen tonight, and I will interrogate him personally!"

"Okay, okay, I'll do it now!" Xue Guoguan couldn't help being very happy after hearing this.

To be honest, Xue Guoguan was not a good person. He had attached himself to the eunuch party at the beginning, and he also did a lot of things that the party opposed and excluded dissidents.

As for corruption, taking bribes, taking money and bending the law, not to mention, he is naturally not the kind of person who emerges from the mud and remains untainted.

However, this passage is indeed quite insightful. It touches on the long-standing shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty. Those who have not experienced it personally cannot have such insight.

"Comrade, we are saved this time!" After Xue Guoguan left, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but said excitedly.

"If a Marquis of Wu Qing has 400,000 taels, how much silver can be donated by so many relatives of the emperor and distinguished officials?"

"Grandpa." Wang Chengen hesitated when he heard the words. He just looked at Emperor Chongzhen, who was already gray-haired and was rarely happy for once, and finally swallowed the harsh words.

It wasn't long before Chongzhen was happy that he couldn't be happy anymore.

"Your Majesty!" Guo Chenghao, a fellow governor of the first rank, couldn't help but stepped forward to report, "It has been found that Shanxi Governor Sun Chuanting is indeed colluding with the 'shun thieves'."

"Just now, the local authorities reported that the imperial cavalry in royal robes who went to capture the traitor Sun Chuanting was killed by his buddies. He suffered heavy casualties."

"It is said that Sun Chuanting, his party members Chen Jitai, and his eldest son Sun Shirui led the dead people to flee westward. Their whereabouts are unknown. They are suspected to have taken refuge with the 'shun thieves'!"

"How brave!" Chongzhen couldn't help but burst into anger after hearing this, "Such a traitor, a traitor, a deceitful person, and a disregard for his superiors. How could he not punish his nine tribes to serve as a warning to others!"

In this massive fundraising operation, the commander of the Jinyiwei Guo Chenghao, who donated eighty-one liang and nine cents and four cents a year's salary, quickly dissuaded him and said: "Your Majesty, the cause and effect of this matter have not been fully ascertained. Please think twice." !”

"What if the traitors Sun Chuanting and Chen Jitai just fled into the mountains, and Your Majesty kills these nine tribes, wouldn't it make the world laugh at them?"

"I wonder what Aiqing's opinion is?" Zhu Youjian hesitated and asked.

"This is easy to hear!" Guo Chenghao couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Your Majesty is good at using royal guards, which can easily arouse the jealousy of the ministers, for fear of repeating the imprisonment."

"In that case, why doesn't Your Majesty send this matter to the Ministry of Punishment?"

"First, it can dispel the doubts of superiors and subordinates, and second, it is reasonable and legal. Even if something goes wrong, you can be reprimanded!"

"Okay, let's handle this matter accordingly!" Chongzhen thought for a moment and found no problem before nodding.

In fact, Chongzhen did not know that the Shanxi gentry and Jinyiwei had already received the news that Sun Chuanting had "turned into a traitor".

It was true that Sun Chuanting had "turned into a traitor", so everyone should be more relaxed and not push too hard.

Keep a line in everything you do so that we can meet you in the future.

We are all neighbors on the left and right, and we don’t see each other when we look up. What if one day Sun Chuanting really came over with a "shun thief" to kill him. Who harmed his whole family, how can there be any good?

So everyone figured it out that since Sun Chuanting, the "god of plague", was gone, let's spare him for once. This is how Guo Chenghao came to report.

As soon as Guo Chenghao left, Chongzhen's face darkened.

"Grandpa?" Wang Chengen asked Chongzhen what he heard and couldn't help but try to ask.

"My eldest companion, it looks like this is not going to work!" Chongzhen shook his head and said, "If Sun Chuanting leaves, Shanxi will be unstable, and Yang Wenyue needs to be urged to take office as soon as possible."

"Grandpa Qizou, the eunuch delivering the order is already at full speed. It is estimated that he will be able to take office in more than ten days, and he will be able to deliver the order in more than twenty days."

"Okay, you and I will note this down, remember to remind me from time to time!" Chongzhen couldn't help but nodded.

"By the way, eldest companion, I remember that your family is from Lantian, Shaanxi. I wonder if you are still well at home?"

"Grandpa!" Wang Chengen couldn't help but lower his eyelids after hearing this, "Thieves have entered Shaanxi this year, and my family, young and old, are loyal to the country."

"Privately colluded with the deputy envoy of Guannan, Fan Yiheng, and the loyal people who dared to die to raise troops to restore Lantian County."

"Unexpectedly, the road to Ziwu Valley is difficult to travel, and the generals sent by Fan Yiheng were delayed. Hundreds of members of my family were killed and captured. Now my life or death is uncertain!"

Chongzhen couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. He was originally just because of the incident with Taichang Shaoqing Xue Guoguan, but he remembered that Wang Chengen was in a similar situation, so he asked casually, but he didn't expect that this was the case.

"My eldest companion, why didn't you tell me earlier!" Chongzhen couldn't help crying when he heard this, "If I had known this earlier, I would at least have allowed me to commend you for your loyalty and let the world know."

"Your Majesty!" Wang Cheng'en couldn't help but burst into tears when he heard this, and he knelt down in the tunnel, "A servant is a person without roots. He has no popularity in the first place, and there is no need to be a descendant."

"I just hope that Your Majesty can cheer up, work hard, eliminate the 'submissive thieves', and avenge this deep hatred for your slaves!"

"Big companion!" Chongzhen heard this and quickly helped Wang Chengen up, crying, "Since I took over Jiangshan, I have been thinking hard and tossing and turning every day."

"However, the country's power is declining. First it lost Liaodong, and now it has lost three towns and four towns in Shaanxi. God's will is like this, how can people be embarrassed? Do I still have a chance to revive the Ming Dynasty?"

"There must be something, there must be something!" Wang Cheng'en couldn't help but said excitedly after hearing this, "Your Majesty, in the past, the two thieves of She'an were so majestic, weren't they also defeated and died one after another in the end?"

"Now only An Wei is separatist and controls Shuixi. There is nothing to fear. It will be put down by the imperial court in the near future."

"When the time comes, grandpa will mobilize the troops and horses from the five provinces of Shu, Chu, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnan. Everything in the world will be uncertain!"

"Zhu Xieyuan? Yes, I still have Zhu Xieyuan of Zuozhu Kingdom!" Chongzhen suddenly realized after hearing this.

"Okay, okay, okay, as long as I gather all the food and grass and order Zhu Xieyuan of Zuozhu to lead the elite soldiers and horses from the five provinces of Shu, Chu, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnan to fight against the thieves, what's the point of obeying the thieves?"