My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 10 His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is more suitable to be the emperor than Your Majesty!
He did receive a salary without working for him, but that was just a salary without working for him. The Jinyiwei under his command were still the emperor's private army.

Zhu Cilang didn't say anything, as if he was thinking about something.

Not long after, he suddenly walked up to Luo Yangxing, and helped him up with a smile.

"Get up, get up! Why are you so scared? You are my father's most trusted minister. How could I kill you?"

"You are a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty! I will have to rely on you in the future!"

Loyal. Loyal minister?

Luo Yangyang stood up trembling, his whole body shaking, and the expression on his face was as if his mother had died.

With all the things he did, how can he be considered a loyal minister?

It wouldn't be unfair to skin him alive!
Luo Yangxing could only reply with a trembling voice:

"Your Highness, I was forced to do this. If I don't cooperate with them, they will really attack my family."

"I deserve to die!"

"I am willing to hand over all my property, and only ask Your Highness to spare my family."

Faced with this prince who wanted to exterminate his entire clan and then said he was a loyal minister, Luo Yangxing was about to collapse.

Zhu Cilang believed Luo Yangxing's words, but only half of them.

He continued:
"Since you are willing to voluntarily hand over your property, then this matter ends here. I promise not to pursue any further questions."

"Also, I only want the gold and silver, you can keep the rest."

"Follow me from now on, and I won't treat you unfairly."

When Luo Yangxing heard this, he felt relieved and quickly knelt down again.

"I thank Your Highness the Crown Prince! From now on, my life belongs to Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

At this moment, Luo Yangxing's face was filled with joy of surviving the disaster.

Finally, his nine clans were saved.
Although he had to spit out all the money he had embezzled over the years, it was nothing compared to the lives of himself and his nine clansmen.
After reprimanding Luo Yangxing, it was time to get down to business. Coincidentally, Wang Chengen had already finished copying the imperial edict.

Several eunuchs stood behind Zhu Cilang holding a pile of imperial edicts, waiting for Zhu Cilang's next order.

"Your Highness, the imperial edict has been copied and stamped!"

Wang Chengen's face turned pale as he reminded in a low voice.

He had also heard what Zhu Cilang and Luo Yangxing had just said. To be honest, it really shocked him to the extreme.

He never imagined that these nobles would be so bold!

Poor Majesty, he has been deceived all along.

If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who knows how long Your Majesty would have been deceived?
From this point of view, it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is more suitable to be an emperor than Your Majesty.
Just when Wang Chengen was lost in thought, Zhu Cilang spoke.

He pointed at the imperial edicts and said to Luo Yangxing:
"Eight hundred miles, send someone to distribute these imperial edicts immediately and have them come to the capital as soon as possible."

"Remember, summon them in the name of the Emperor."

Although the rebellion had been successful, he was still the crown prince, so the imperial edict had to be issued in the name of Chongzhen.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will send someone right away."

Luo Yangxing hurriedly replied respectfully.

Zhu Cilang nodded, then seemed to think of something and continued:

"By the way, give your Jinyiwei a heads-up in advance and tell them that something big is going to happen during the day, so they can prepare early."

"Also, I will make up for the salaries they are owed. On top of that, I will also give each of them an additional ten taels of silver."

"On behalf of all the Jinyiwei, I thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Luo Yangxing kowtowed again obediently, then carefully accepted the pile of imperial edicts before turning around and leaving. When he walked out of the Fengtian Hall, Luo Yangxing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, at this moment, a gust of cold wind blew, and he couldn't help shivering. Only then did he realize that his whole body was soaked with sweat.
Just as Luo Yangxing was leaving, Zhu Cilang just gave a look, and Wang Qingnian, who had brought Luo Yangxing here before, immediately chased after him with a group of Jinyiwei.

Despite the warning just now, Luo Yangxing should not betray himself. After all, Luo Yangxing is loyal to the imperial power, and now that the imperial power has changed, he can only be loyal to himself.

But nothing is absolute, so let Wang Qinian continue to follow him!

If Luo Yangxing shows any evil intentions, he will be killed on the spot!

After seeing Luo Yangxing off, Zhu Cilang returned to the throne and thought about what to do next.

After thinking for a long time, I still feel that making money is the most important thing.

Even though he can now take out 100 million taels of silver, who would think money is too much?
Especially at this time in the late Ming Dynasty.

We already have the evidence against the nobles, so it shouldn't be a problem to extort tens of millions of taels of silver from them.

In addition, actions against the eight imperial merchants must be launched immediately.

The so-called Eight Imperial Merchants refer to Shanxi merchants Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa.

These eight people had been providing military supplies and various intelligence to the Jiannu during the late Ming Dynasty.

Finally, he made great contributions to the Jiannu and gained their trust.

After the Jiannu entered the Central Plains, they hosted a banquet for them in the Forbidden City and named them "imperial merchants", granting them special political and economic privileges.

To put it simply, these eight people are pure traitors, and they sold the Ming Dynasty for a good price!

Zhu Cilang wanted to attack them when he first came here, but at that time he could do nothing at all.

But now, this matter should be put on the agenda.

As long as the eight imperial merchants are dealt with, not only will tens of millions of taels of silver be obtained, but some of the Jiannu's food and intelligence lines can also be cut off, which will definitely change the future war situation!

But there is too much to do tonight, so let’s talk about it tomorrow.

The most important thing at the moment is to find a way to deal with the rebellion.

In fact, Zhu Cilang really wanted to just prepare an abdication edict, then seal it with the imperial seal and force Chongzhen to abdicate.

But when he thought about what he was going to face next, he finally gave up the idea for the time being.

At present, the Ming Dynasty had to deal with Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, and also respond to the upcoming Battle of Songjin.

I really can't stand it anymore.

Therefore, let’s wait and see about the abdication edict. After all, once the news of Chongzhen’s abdication gets out, the entire Ming Dynasty will surely face turmoil.

By then, maybe something uncontrollable will happen.

Given the current situation, it is better to play it safe.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cilang looked at Wang Chengen beside him again.

"Go and prepare an imperial edict for me to be regent. You can decide how to write it."

Zhu Cilang said.

"Slave, you obey!"

Wang Chengen replied respectfully.

Then, several eunuchs started to get busy again.
Zhu Cilang no longer paid attention to what was happening here. He walked out of the Fengtian Hall and headed towards the harem.

Things here have been almost dealt with, so the next step is to go and meet his father Chongzhen, who had just rebelled against him.

(End of this chapter)