Seeing Zhu Cilang walk into the study so resolutely, Wei Zaode was stunned.

The next moment, Wei Zaode suddenly woke up and howled in an instant: "Your Highness, there are many old ministers' things inside, so it's inconvenient to not enter!"

Wei Zaode rushed into the study with a completely unfamiliar sensitivity, trying to stop Zhu Cixuan.

But it was too late.

Just as Wei Zaode entered the study, he happened to see Zhu Cilang reaching out and pressing hard in the gap in a certain bookshelves on the wall of the study.

Zhu Cilang is so familiar with the road, as if he has been to this study countless times.

After Zhu Cixuan finished his movements, the bookshelf in front of him suddenly slid silently, revealing a secret door.

Wei Zaode was stunned, and his face showed an incredible expression.

Wei Zaode felt that no one knew about this secret room. How did Zhu Ciyang know about it?

Zhu Cixuan smiled slightly and said loudly: "Fang Gonggan, why are you still standing there? Take people in, take a good look, carry out everything in it, and let the adults outside take a look!"

Wei Zaode opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

At this moment, the soul of the Ming Dynasty prime minister seemed to have been suddenly removed.

Although the ministers of the Ming Dynasty outside the study could not see what was happening inside, the conversations coming from inside undoubtedly explained everything.

After a while, when Fang Gonggan and the Dongchang men brought out one treasure chest after another and opened the boxes in public, revealing the silver inside, everything had already settled.

Zhu Cixuan looked at Wei Zaode with a pale face and said calmly: "Mr. Wei, you said before that your family really can't even take out any silver. So I want to ask, could the silver taken out of your secret room fall from the sky?"

Wei Zaode was speechless. At this time, his mind was blank and he had no idea what to say.

If only Wei Zaode and Zhu Ciyang were present, perhaps Wei Zaode could find a way to plead for mercy, but now in front of so many colleagues, how could Wei Zaode open this mouth?

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Since Mr. Wei has resigned from the position of chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, we will naturally not pursue it too much.

Here comes someone, remember to leave Mr. Wei a thousand taels of silver, and move all other things to the palace, don’t keep them at all!”

After hearing Zhu Cilang's words, Wei Zaode felt his feet weak and his butt sat on the ground.

This time, it was not only Wei Zaode's wealth that he had collected over the years, but more importantly, Wei Zaode's reputation was also over.

Yes, as the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, when the country was in crisis, he hid all his wealth quietly in the secret room and was reluctant to give out a penny to help the Ming Dynasty.

After this incident was spread, will Wei Zaode still have a foothold in the world in the future?

After doing this, Zhu Cilang turned around and looked at the Ming ministers in front of him with a smile.

"Cao Huachun felt that his treasure house was very secret, but he was found by this palace.

Zhou Guozhang also felt that his treasure house was very secret, but unfortunately he was found by this palace.

What is going on with Mr. Wei now? You have seen all of you.

So I just want to ask you one thing, should I lend 50% of the wealth to the Ming Dynasty, or should I go to your mansion one by one to search for it?"

After listening to Zhu Cilang's words, everyone's expressions changed.

Yes, if it is a coincidence once or twice, but the same thing has happened three times in a row, is it really just a coincidence behind it?

If you give in now, you can still exchange your safety in the name of lending half of the wealth to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise you would have been directly searched like Wei Zaode in front of you.

Finally, a minister spoke.

"What the prince said is that the old minister is willing to lend half of his wealth, totaling 150,000 taels to support the Ming Dynasty, and hope that the great people can survive this disaster!"

As soon as the voice was spoken, everyone turned their heads one after another and found that it was Duke Ding.

Duke Ding was also one of the four major dukes in the Ming Dynasty, so it was not surprising that he could spend so much money.

With the opening of Duke Dingguo, other ministers from the Ming Dynasty also spoke one after another.

"The old minister is also willing to lend half of his wealth to the Ming government. After the old minister returns, he will immediately send it to the treasury."

"I am willing to borrow half of my wealth, but I hope the prince can supervise it well and must use the money on the right path."

Gradually, most of the ministers present spoke, and they all chose to hand over half of their net worth.

There is no way to do this. After all, Wei Zaode's previous lesson is right in front of him, and no one dares to bet whether this prince with great power has really gained insight into the treasure house of everyone.

Of course, there may be some people here who pretended to hand over the money, and they were already hating Daming half to death and were determined to join Li Zicheng. It was not impossible.

But no matter what, at least from the surface, everyone has fully agreed with Zhu Cixuan's suggestion.

Looking at the Ming ministers in front of him, Zhu Cilang smiled on his face, and then his expression gradually became serious.

Zhu Cixuan put away his pistol, put his hands on his chest, and solemnly bowed to all the ministers in front of him.

"This palace represents the Father and all the people of the Ming Dynasty. Thank you for your generous donation.

I know very well that you must be uncomfortable now. After all, Is this a good idea to take out so much wealth in one breath to save a dynasty that I don’t know if there is a tomorrow? If I am living in a different place with you, I will think so in my heart.

Indeed, in the past decade, the Ming Dynasty has suffered a lot of hardships, and the Ming Dynasty has taken many detours. The Ming Dynasty has been in trouble with internal and external affairs and is tortured by the enemy to the point of dying.

But here I can assure you that the Ming Dynasty will never perish.

The Ming Dynasty will not only not perish, but will also become more prosperous. All the money you donated here today will receive extremely considerable returns in the future.

One day, in more than ten or twenty years later or in the more distant future, when your children and grandchildren are lying around and asking about your behavior today, you can tell them with pride from the bottom of your heart that it was you who helped me save this Ming Dynasty!”

...

Half a day later, Zhu Cilang, who was escorting a large amount of wealth back to the palace with a group of Dongchang men, heard a systemic sound in his mind.
Chapter completed!