Even Emperor Chongzhen did not expect Xue Guoguan to say such words, and he was also surprised. In his impression, no official in the late Ming Dynasty would say such words. If such a minister really had to help the original Emperor Chongzhen, how could Emperor Chongzhen hang himself?

Xue Guoguan's reputation in later generations was not very famous, and it even seemed to belong to the treacherous ministers. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen, who traveled through time in later generations, was not familiar with this Xue Manzi. However, because of this, after listening to Xue Guoguan's suggestion, he became very interested in him.

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly discovered that not all the ministers in the late Ming Dynasty were corrupt officials, but only knew the garbage of party struggles. Thinking of this, he also had more confidence in the prospect of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty and changing his destiny. After all, he also had the help of the eavesdropping system, and he wanted to distinguish among his ministers, who could make concrete suggestions like Xue Guoguan, and have a heart for the country and the people? It would be much easier!

Or Xue Guoguan also knew how surprising this thing he said was. He stared at Emperor Chongzhen and also saw Emperor Chongzhen's surprise. Therefore, he immediately added: "Take what I know about me, the Marquis of Wuqing Li Guorui treats his concubine's brother Li Guochen, so Li Guochen was angry. He once told me that his father had 400,000 taels of silver, and he should get half of it, and he was willing to take it all out as military funds. Your Majesty, a Marquis of Wuqing is like this, so will other royal relatives and nobles be fewer? Each person can overcome the current difficulties!"

Li Guorui is the grandson of Empress Dowager Xiaoding's brother and the family of the emperor's grandmother. Speaking of which, such royal relatives have actually far-reaching relationships with Emperor Chongzhen, and are not popular royal relatives. It is precisely because of this that Xue Guoguan gave him an example. In the face of the national crisis, he felt that Emperor Chongzhen should agree with his approach and open a breakthrough from the Marquis of Wuqing, so that the loan matter would be easier to handle.

In the original history, he did suggest this to Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen was as he expected, moved and approved what he said. However, when other civil servants, generals, royal relatives and nobles knew about it, how could they get what they wanted? Otherwise, after the Marquis of Wuqing, they would have to bleed! And they all knew very well that with the current difficulties of the court, how could the money they had to borrowed had to come back!

Therefore, someone immediately taught Li Guorui to hide his property and not pay it over, demolish the house, and display the furniture and utensils on the street to sell it, indicating that he had no money. Zhou Kui, the father of Empress Zhou, also went to contact Wuding Hou. Since everyone was a relative of the emperor, he said he wanted to pay for him, and several families would come together.

The reason for doing this is nothing more than to show the emperor that their relatives are very poor and all have little money. If your emperor insists on asking for money, you can only do this. Let’s sell pots and pans together!

It can be foreseen that Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very angry after receiving the report of this situation. Their behavior was not obvious to slap the emperor! If an emperor forced his relatives to this extent, how would the people in the world discuss the emperor?

You should know that even ordinary people cannot treat their relatives well, they will be pointed at by others behind their backs, let alone the emperor! Anyway, after the emperor's behavior was spread, a person with a mean and polite image could not escape!

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and issued an order to deprive Li Guorui of his title, and strictly ordered Li Guorui to hand over 400,000 taels of silver. Logically speaking, even if all the silver from Wuqing Hou was handed over, there were shops and non-silver assets such as grain fields, so the family would not be uncomfortable. But what is strange is that Li Guorui hanged himself in a blink of an eye.

As a result, public opinion suddenly exploded at that time, and censors submitted memorials to this, and public opinion among the public also said that the emperor forced his relatives to death. The crowd was in a raging situation, so how could a young emperor who wanted face deal with it?

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen was furious again when he heard the news, and there were doubts that there were some tricks in Li Guorui's death, so the factory guards began to investigate the matter thoroughly.

At this time, he could already feel that Xue Guoguan's suggestion was very obstacles. However, the court had no money, and there was only this way. He could make money quickly without increasing the burden on the people in the world. Naturally, he would not compromise and was determined to promote the loan. He ignored the public's discussions; he would keep the memorials of the censor, but he would do it anyway.

However, Emperor Chongzhen still underestimated his opponent's counterattack method. Before the factory guards could find out anything, or whether the factory guards were seriously investigated, they didn't know. Someone took advantage of the condition of Emperor Chongzhen's fifth son to collude with eunuchs and palace maids. It was rumored that Empress Dowager Xiaoding had been promoted to the Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva and blamed the emperor for despising his relatives in heaven. Every son of the emperor would die prematurely, and the first thing would be to the emperor's fifth son.

Although Emperor Chongzhen heard these words, he was not a fool and naturally did not believe them. At this critical moment, there should be someone spreading rumors. Therefore, he ignored them and only stepped up the investigation of the death of Wu Qinghou.

However, Emperor Chongzhen never expected that his fifth son died soon. In this way, whether in the folk, in the palace, or in the censors, they all said that Empress Xiaoding had appeared. The emperor insisted on his own and was punished. If he did not repent, other princes would die prematurely.

Finally, Emperor Chongzhen could no longer withstand the pressure and was very scared. He believed that Empress Dowager Xiaoding was furious in heaven, blamed him and was punished.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly appointed Li Guorui's seven-year-old son Cunshan as a marquis and returned all the gold and silver he paid.

As a result, the loan decree from the royal relatives and civil servants and generals could not be implemented. The strategies offered by Xue Guoguan not only did not achieve any effect, but also put Emperor Chongzhen under great pressure, and both his reputation and his life were seriously affected.

As a result, Xue Guoguan lost his holy heart, and the counterattacks of the royal relatives, civil servants and generals began to attack Xue Guoguan. Even if Xue Guoguan was the prime minister, it was useless. Not long after he became the prime minister, he was united and impeached by them, and eventually ended up being executed by Emperor Chongzhen.

Of course, these are all things that happened in history. As for this plane, Emperor Chongzhen had already traveled through time, so he was naturally not comparable to Emperor Chongzhen in the past.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard Xue Guoguan's example, this time he was not surprised because he remembered something. In the original history, after Li Zicheng captured the capital, he recovered stolen goods and helped the capital, and finally received more than 70 million taels of silver.

This is just an official position. As for the generals and soldiers secretly hide their property without reporting, there are probably a lot of money. In other words, in the capital five years later, those civil officials, military officials, royal relatives and nobles had at least hundreds of millions of taels of silver. A Wuqing Marquis had 400,000 taels, which was not much!

After Xue Guoguan reported, he did not see the surprised look of Emperor Chongzhen, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, thinking that Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it. But what he said was already poured out of water and could not be taken back. His life was all on it, so he must let Emperor Chongzhen believe it. Therefore, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you can tell the brother of the Marquis of Wuqing to prove whether the Wei minister said it is true!"

The few people next to him, whether they were the assistant ministers or the admiral of the East Factory, were sweating on their backs constantly.

Once this loan incident happened, not only would they lose money, but they would also be misunderstood by others, thinking that they and Xue Guoguan were wearing pairs of pants. At least, if the emperor agreed but they did not stop him, they would also be resentful by others. If it was stopped, Xue Guoguan had practical examples, and the emperor probably wouldn't listen to them, and might even leave a bad impression on the emperor.

This matter was a dilemma for them. Therefore, they were cursing in their hearts, Xue Manzi, why are you doing this?

After all, in their opinion, the two things mentioned by Xue Guoguan are even more serious than the rampage of the Qing army in the capital. Once the emperor is really inspired by Xue Guoguan, if they still stand on the emperor's side, their future outcome can be imagined. If they do not stand on the emperor's side, they may not be able to pass this level today.

Thinking of this, even their foreheads began to sweat coldly.

When Emperor Chongzhen on the imperial throne saw it, he suddenly asked indifferently: "Yang Qing, Fang Qing, and Cao Daban, why are you sweating in this winter?"

When they heard this, the bodies of these people were shocked. Yang Sichang reacted quickly and quickly replied: "I'm afraid it was because of the fact that the Wei minister had worn too much clothes."

"Yes, yes, yes, it should be that the empress's clothes are worn too much!" Fang Fengnian quickly echoed when he heard this.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw him, he looked at Cao Huachun and smiled. He didn't know if he was sneering. Anyway, Cao Huachun felt a little nervous. Before he could speak, Emperor Chongzhen asked him: "Then Cao Daban is wearing too much clothes?"

"Your Majesty is wise. I am old and sick. I really wear more clothes!" When Cao Huachun heard this, he quickly showed gratitude and lowered his head and replied.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he suddenly felt aroused in his heart and immediately said lightly: "Oh, so that's the case. That big companion cannot be too hard. If you are sick, you have to recuperate!"

After saying that, he turned his eyes to Xue Guoguan and immediately issued an order: "Since Xue Qing has proposed it, then Xue Qing will bring the brother of Wuqing Marquis and let me ask you in person!"

When Xue Guoguan heard this, he felt happy and quickly agreed and left Wenhua Palace.
Chapter completed!