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

Chapter 24 The nobles’ revenge on Chongzhen!
But then he said fiercely:

"Do you know what this rebellious son is going to do? He will kill himself!"

"The problems between the Beijing Army and the nobles are not so easy to solve!"

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"Hey!"

At the end of his words, Chongzhen suddenly stopped and sighed helplessly.

Because he found that there was no way to explain this kind of thing to Queen Zhou, after all, she understood nothing.

"Father, your worries are really unnecessary!"

Suddenly at this moment, a voice came from afar.

It was Zhu Cilang's voice.

When the eunuchs and guards saw that it was Zhu Cilang coming, they hurriedly made way for him.

Soon, Zhu Cilang appeared in front of Chongzhen.

snort!
Seeing his rebellious son coming, Chongzhen snorted again, then turned around and returned to Kunning Palace.

Zhu Cilang followed Chongzhen and walked in.

Then he saw a table of food and wine in Kunning Palace, but there was no sign that it had been touched.

It was obvious that Chongzhen really didn't eat anything.

Zhu Cilang was not hungry originally, but now looking at the table full of food, he felt a little hungry.

So he sat down, picked up a bowl of rice and started eating.

Seeing this, Queen Zhou also sat down and kept putting food into Zhu Cilang's bowl.

"Ying'er, are you starving?"

"National affairs are important, but your health is also important. Remember to eat on time!"

Chongzhen looked at the scene of loving mother and filial son and was immediately furious.

He came directly in front of Zhu Cilang and accused him:

"You rebellious son, you can actually eat now?"

"Why not?"

Zhu Cilang gave Chongzhen a cold look.

"Since you're still alive, you have to eat! Otherwise, what will happen if you starve to death?"

"Hasn't the Ming Dynasty fallen yet?"

you.
Chongzhen was furious again. Why did this rebellious son always talk about the country's destruction?
But then he suppressed the anger in his heart and asked:
"You said yesterday that you would take down the Duanjing Camp and the Five Military Commandery today. What was the result?"

Zhu Cilang picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth, while mumbling:

"There was a small accident, and we didn't have time to reorganize the Beijing Camp and the Five Military Commandery. I guess we'll have to wait two days."

When Chongzhen heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

In his opinion, Zhu Cilang's attempt to reorganize the Beijing Camp and the Five Military Commandery was simply digging his own grave.

Because these two places have been corrupted by the nobles, anyone who wants to take action against these two places will face their revenge.

Chongzhen had experienced this kind of revenge before!

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the country's tax revenue could not be collected. Coupled with internal and external troubles and years of war, the finances were almost on the verge of collapse.

The then Minister of Revenue Xue Guoguan was also very anxious.

After much thought, Xue Guoguan actually came up with a clever idea, which was to borrow money from the nobles!

Of course, saying it was borrowing money was a bit too harsh, and it was not in line with the royal status, so it was called "donation to support military expenses"!
As for why he came up with this idea, it was of course because Xue Guoguan knew one thing clearly in his mind!
That is, although the national treasury was empty, all the civil and military officials and noble families in the court were extremely wealthy.

Any one of them could help the Ming Dynasty solve its financial problems.

Chongzhen initially felt a bit embarrassed and therefore temporarily refused to agree. Finally, he could not think of any other solution and decided to give it a try.

After screening, Chongzhen finally decided to take action against Wuqing Hou Li Guorui.

Because Li Guorui was a royal relative and had a considerable fortune.

But when faced with Chongzhen's request to "donate to support military expenses", Li Guorui was unwilling to donate even a penny!
It would have been fine if he hadn't paid any money, but this guy actually took his own things to the street to sell, saying that he would donate the money to Chongzhen after selling the things.

Although Chongzhen was pedantic, he was not a fool and knew that Li Guorui was trying to embarrass him.

In a rage, Chongzhen ordered Li Guorui to be stripped of his title and imprisoned in the imperial prison, forcing him to pay money and refusing to release him unless he did.

In the end, I don’t know if this guy was too scared or what, but he died in the imperial prison a few days later.

Then, those nobles and ministers began to get scared, thinking that Chongzhen wanted to kill them and then steal their money.

Then, a weird thing happened.

Chongzhen's son Zhu Cihuan was running a fever at the time. His condition was under control, but suddenly, for some unknown reason, his condition worsened.

Chongzhen was very anxious at the time and went to visit him in person. Then he heard Zhu Cihuan, who was dying, say to him:

"Nine Lotus Bodhisattva said: The Emperor treats his relatives poorly, and all his sons will die."

Translated into plain language, it means: Jiulian Bodhisattva said, Your Majesty, if you continue to treat nobles and relatives like this, all your sons will die!

After saying this, Zhu Cihuan died.

After this incident spread outside the palace, everyone said that Chongzhen was mean and ungrateful and abused the royal family.

This led to the appearance of the "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva" and the taking away of Chongzhen's son. If Chongzhen continued like this, his other sons would also be taken away!

Chongzhen was never a superstitious person. He knew that someone was warning him that he had to stop!

But he couldn't find this person.

The final result was that a few eunuchs and palace maids around Zhu Cihuan were killed.

Chongzhen was scared. He was not only afraid that his son would die, but also afraid that he would die!
From that day on, Chongzhen no longer dared to kill the nobles, because he was afraid that one day he would die without knowing why.
This is why he had to stop Zhu Cilang from taking action.

He may not be a good emperor, but he must be a good father.

Just as Chongzhen was lost in painful memories, Zhu Cilang's voice rang out again.

"Father, you're worried about the 'appearance of the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva,' right?"

When Chongzhen heard this, his face instantly turned pale, and then he looked at Zhu Cilang with horror.

"How did you know?"

Even Queen Zhou's expression turned ugly.

Zhu Cilang finished his last mouthful of rice slowly and then said calmly:

"You don't need to worry about how I found out about this matter. You just need to know that I have dealt with it."

"This was done by Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen and several nobles in collaboration with several eunuchs and maids in the palace."

"Those eunuchs and palace maids were all killed last night."

"Duke Cheng and those nobles were also killed this morning!"

Since coming to this world, Zhu Cilang has known very well that not only is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty easily soluble in water, but the princes and grandchildren of the Ming Dynasty are also prone to various accidents.

So he investigated many things, including the incident of the "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva's Appearance".

Because he is a time traveler, his perspective on things is different from that of people in this world.

With his identity as the prince and the help of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he quickly figured out the whole story.

Then, taking advantage of the rebellion and the incidents of drawing empty salaries, all these guys were cleaned out at once.

Just kidding, he won’t be able to sleep at night if he doesn’t clean up these guys!
This is also the reason why he insisted on killing Duke Cheng Zhu Chunchen, because he really deserved to die!

Originally, I only wanted to kill Zhu Chunchen, but who knew that he would then be involved in the secret storage of armor.

In this case, Zhu Cilang had no choice but to kill off Zhu Chunchen's entire lineage.
It can be considered as revenge for his dead brother!
(End of this chapter)