Royal Palace.

"More than one million taels?" Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this number.

Zhu Cilang nodded with a smile: "Yes, all of them have been escorted to the national treasury. By tomorrow, the son-in-law will go to the Beijing camp to pay military salaries, and then he can start recruiting soldiers and horses in the capital, Father."

Upon hearing this, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and smiled for the first time: "Yan'er, you've done a good job, very well!"

Chongzhen was really very happy now. You should know that since he inherited the throne, the Ming Dynasty has been in war or famine almost every year, which has led to a situation where the Ming Dynasty's treasury was very poor and very poor.

In his life, Chongzhen had never seen so much cash.

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded, and two more people came in the imperial study, namely the Duke of England and Li Guozhen.

These two people are the highest military commanders in Beijing today, so they appeared here obviously to report today's battle situation.

The British Duke looked dusty and his armor was stained with blood. He probably went to the battlefield himself. On the other hand, Li Guozhen looked much whiter, making people wonder if he was just fighting remotely.

The British Duke said to Chongzhen in a deep voice: "Report to Your Majesty, although our soldiers and soldiers used their lives to repel the attack of the bandit army, the bandit army was too powerful. Please ask Your Majesty to recruit more troops as soon as possible so that you can have greater confidence in defending the capital."

After hearing this sentence, Chongzhen's face became much darker.

This is actually understandable. After all, Chongzhen has heard some good news in the past two days, so when he heard bad news, he was inevitably a little uncomfortable.

Li Guozhen on the other side obviously needs to be much more flexible. Seeing that Chongzhen's face was not good, he quickly said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the soldiers in the capital are still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

As long as His Majesty is still there, the soldiers will definitely fight to the end. It is absolutely impossible to let the thief army enter the capital!"

Zhu Cixuan watched coldly. After seeing Chongzhen's face being said so much by Li Guozhen's words, he began to understand why Li Guozhen was so young but could already be appreciated by Chongzhen.

In this world, many diligent old scalpers are not as good as those who can speak eloquently in front of their leaders.

Chongzhen took a deep breath and said slowly: "I already know this situation. Don't worry, the prince has just obtained more than 10 million taels of silver. From tomorrow on, we can recruit soldiers to resist the thief army."

As soon as Chongzhen said this, the British Duke and Li Guozhen were stunned at the same time.

After a long time, the Duke of England said in disbelief: "Did Your Majesty just say more than 10 million taels?"

Chongzhen nodded and said unhappily: "Does the British Duke think I can lie? I said more than 10 million taels, of course I have so much money!"

With money, Chongzhen's tone of speaking became much tougher.

The British Duke was really shocked now, and Li Guozhen, who was speechless on the other side, was also staring at Zhu Cixuan in surprise.

Li Guozhen could hear it clearly just now that all the more than ten thousand taels were made by Zhu Cixuan.

How capable is this prince who can get it all at once? Is this huge amount of cash that the Ming Dynasty treasury has earned for several years?

Li Guozhen looked at Zhu Cilang as if he was looking at a foreigner.

Zhu Ciyang also smiled and said with great confidence to the British Duke and Li Guozhen in front of him: "As long as you persist in one day, a large number of new soldiers will be put into the battlefield after tomorrow!"

Both for Chongzhen and Zhu Ciyang, they slept quite sweetly that night.

On the second day, Chongzhen held a court meeting with great enthusiasm.

Unlike other emperors, Chongzhen was an emperor who was very diligent in political affairs, so he held discussions on these big and small courts quite frequently.

Considering that Beijing has been surrounded and various official documents outside cannot be passed in, Chongzhen could only summon these ministers in the capital to discuss the matter.

Wang Chengen's spirit was obviously much better. He stood in front of Chongzhen with a thrill of spirit and said loudly: "Your Majesty has an order, report it early if you have something to do, and leave the court if you have nothing to do!"

As soon as Wang Chengen's voice fell, a minister walked out of the crowd's queue and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have my memorial!"

Chongzhen took a look and found out that it was a censor, so he nodded and said, "If you have something to do, just say it."

After the censor received Chongzhen's permission, he immediately spoke loudly: "I want to impeach the crown prince today. As the crown prince of our Ming Dynasty, he actually openly threatened the ministers and forced the ministers to hand over a large amount of gold and silver wealth.

This action of the Ming Dynasty was a law that created a precedent for profit with its ministers. If it was spread, it would inevitably cause panic among the Ming officials everywhere. How can the rule of the Ming Dynasty continue in the long run?

I believe that this matter cannot be precedent, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will be in danger!”

After hearing this, Chongzhen's smile suddenly solidified.

He really didn't expect that the first thing he did was to impeach Zhu Cixuan.

But something even more surprising to Chongzhen is still to come.

After the censor finished speaking, several other ministers rushed to stand up and spoke.

"I'm going to discuss it!"

"The old minister also agreed!"

"The prince's actions are really inconsistent. Where can one be the king but force his ministers to pay?

My Ming Dynasty had already stipulated that the literati and officials could enjoy the power of exemption from the levy. Now, the prince blatantly started robbing. This is simply a big deal of the world!"

For a moment, the feelings in Fengtian Palace were surging, all aimed at one person, that was Zhu Cilang!

This is understandable. After all, although Zhu Cilang succeeded in handing over half of his wealth yesterday, many people actually felt sorry for the money.

If they don't feel sorry for the money, then they don't need Zhu Cilang to force him. They would have taken out the money as early as when Chongzhen asked for donations half a month ago.

So when you hear that it can cause trouble for Zhu Cilang, it is not only those accomplices who have been secretly persuaded by Cao Huachun and others who speak out. Many ministers who are unwilling to accept it also speak out.

For a moment, the hall was filled with emotions, and it was very likely that Zhu Cilang would be submerged.

But what these excited ministers did not notice was that Fang Gonggan, the governor of the East Factory, quietly left Fengtian Palace from one corner when they were excited.

"No, I must tell the prince about what happened here immediately!"

Fang Gonggan jumped onto a horse and left quickly.
Chapter completed!