Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Under the warmth of the fire, Zhou Kui fell asleep.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, a bucket of icy cold water poured over his head.

With a jolt, Zhou Kui woke up from the cold.

The soldiers made the fire in the cell more vigorous, and Zhou Kui continued to warm himself by the fire.

Just when he was drowsy, another bucket of icy cold water was poured over his head.

Zhou Kui woke up from the cold again.

Week after week, Zhou Kui persisted for a total of four days.

On the fourth night, Zhou Kui finally couldn't hold on anymore.

At this time, Zhou Kui had already become inhuman, and the surroundings of his eyes seemed to have been wiped with black charcoal.

The skin on his body turned purple, his hair completely lost its luster, and his mind was a little unclear.

Song Hu stood outside the cell, quietly looking at Zhou Kui in the cell.

"General Song, I said it, I said it, I said it, I said it all!" Zhou Kui knelt in the cell, trembling all the time, and shouted at Song Hu with a face full of fear.

"Why did you go so early? If I had said it earlier, it wouldn't be what it is now!" Song Hu sneered.

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After Song Hu got accurate information from Zhou Kui, he brought soldiers and horses to Jiadingbo Mansion again.

This time it went very smoothly, and it didn't take long to get out the silver from Jiadingbo's mansion.

After counting, there were a total of 110 million taels of silver, 5 taels of gold, and some copper coins of outstanding quality.

All these things were sent to the palace.

So far, all nobles and officials have been cleaned up.

More than 9000 million taels of silver were cleaned up, which is similar to the previous investigation, and the difference is only a million taels.

In addition to silver, there are more than one hundred thousand taels of gold.

Adding up all the gold and silver, it is no problem to exceed [-] million.

This is not counting those antique calligraphy and paintings, if these are added, it will be an astronomical figure.

Sitting on the throne in the Hall of Central Harmony, Zhao Wen looked at the books Song Hu had sorted out, his face full of disbelief.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect these nobles and officials to have so much silver in their hands!" Zhao Wen was also taken aback by the huge amount of gold and silver.

"Let Song Hu come to see me!" Zhao Wen shouted at His Highness's personal guards.

Not long after, Song Hu came to the Hall of Zhonghe.

Zhao Wen looked at Song Hu standing in the Hall of Central Harmony, and said, "Starting today, you will be responsible for mobilizing vehicles and escorting the gold and silver to Xuan Town.

Remember, after being escorted to Xuanzhen, store it in the treasury first, don't move it for the time being, and make plans after I go back.

By the way, notify Xuanzhen at the same time, and then go to the capital to mobilize a batch of firewood cars, as many as they can.

When you come, bring more food. Now that the capital is full of waste and there is not enough food, first solve the food problem of the people in the capital.

As for those captives, they will be locked up here for the time being, and then make plans when everything is handled well. "

"Obey!" Song Hu saluted Zhao Wen and walked out of the Hall of Zhonghe with Zhao Wen's order.

The next morning, Song Hu gathered all the wood-burning cars in the capital, and moved the gold and silver that had been cleaned up to the cars.

At noon that day, Song Hu led the motorcade to Xuanzhen.

The gold and silver escorted by Song Hu were only a drop in the bucket, and a large amount of silver remained in the palace.

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Chapter 757 It's time to confer a knighthood

Song Hu's convoy was walking on the official road to Xuanzhen. Because of the heavy snow recently, the road was full of snow, and the convoy's speed was not fast.

Zhao Wen wandered around the capital with soldiers these days, surveying the situation in the capital.

Those officials and nobles who were cleaned up in the capital were gathered by Zhao Wen, and when the capital was completely settled down, Zhao Wen would deal with these nobles.

Zhao Wen wandered around the capital for a day, and returned to the palace after dark.

After dinner, Zhao Wen did not deal with political affairs as before, but came to the bedroom where Chongzhen was imprisoned.

At this time, Chongzhen was sitting in the bedroom having a meal with his family.

Although the food provided by Zhao Wen to Chongzhen was not very rich, it was not bad, and there were all kinds of canned meat.

Chongzhen is the emperor, but in recent years, it has been rare to eat such a rich meal.

Zhao Wen walked into the bedroom where Chongzhen was imprisoned, looked at the Chongzhen family sitting in the middle of the bedroom eating, and said, "Have you finished eating yet?"

Chongzhen looked at Zhao Wen in a daze for a moment, stood up hastily, and said, "It will be over soon!"

At this time, when Chongzhen faced Zhao Wen, he could no longer raise any confidence.

Although Chongzhen's identity as emperor had not been completely dissipated, when facing Zhao Wen, he was no longer what he was before.

When facing Zhao Wen, he already lacked confidence.

Everyone who was eating also stood up hastily, and bowed to Zhao Wen.

"You go down first!" Chongzhen urged the people eating at the table.

Chongzhen's empress and others hurried outside and waited quietly outside.

The Chongzhen family was placed under house arrest by Zhao Wen in the palace, but they were allowed to have small-scale activities.

"sit down!"

Sitting opposite Chongzhen, Zhao Wen took out the account book that Song Hu had given him earlier, and placed it in front of Chongzhen.

"Look at what this is!" Zhao Wen pointed to the ledger in front of him and looked at Chongzhen.

Chongzhen sat down, and picked up the ledger with a puzzled expression.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

Chongzhen looked at the content above, the veins on his forehead and neck popped up, and his whole body was on the verge of collapse.

Chongzhen is going crazy at this time, if Zhao Wen is not here, Chongzhen will be 100% crazy.

Zhao Wen could clearly feel that Chongzhen was on the verge of collapse.

"Hoohoo!"

Chongzhen panted heavily without warning, with sweat streaming down his forehead.

Chongzhen's eyes were red and full of murderous intent.

"Snapped!"

After Chongzhen read the contents of the ledger, he finally couldn't help it, and slapped the table in front of him.

"Damn it, damn it, a group of thieves who have ruined the country!" Chongzhen shouted and cursed loudly, his face full of anger.

"Damn it, I asked these officials to see if they could donate some money for the sake of the country's difficulties, but who would have thought that these people would cry poorly in front of me one by one, and even took out the pots and pans at home Go sell it. Damn it.

Especially those nobles and officials whose salaries are low, I will recognize them.But these nobles, one by one, received the state's favor, and my Zhu family treated them well, but this ended up in the end.

All of them are big-bodied Shushu, Shushu.I just said how often there is no money in the treasury. It turned out that these group of rats took it away.Damn it, damn it!

I am not the king of a subjugated country, and all my subjects are subjugated ministers. This statement is true, this statement is true! "

Chongzhen couldn't suppress the anger in his chest, and kept roaring beside Zhao Wen.

It's no wonder that Chongzhen was so angry. In order to get the money, Chongzhen begged these officials several times to donate some money, and it's not like he didn't return it.

But what about the result?These courtiers are like iron roosters, they don't pull out a penny. In order to prove that their family has no money, they even take their pots and pans to sell on the street to show that their family has no money.

Among them, Zhou Kui, the father-in-law of Chongzhen, did the most excessive.

In Song Hu's brochure to Zhao Wen, Zhou Kui's family alone produced a million taels of silver.

This made Chongzhen very angry, he really didn't expect Zhou Kui to be so shameless.

Chongzhen cursed and cursed, his voice suddenly became quieter.

In the end, it turned into a long sigh, "Oh, what a pity, what a pity, it's a pity that I didn't recognize these wolfish ambitions, otherwise I wouldn't have kept any of them!"

Zhao Wen looked at Chongzhen who had calmed down, and said, "I'm here today to let you see what the courtiers of your Zhu family look like, of course, it doesn't mean that all your courtiers are like this.

There are also loyal ministers among them. During this war, countless officials in the capital died for the country, and there were not a few of them who were full of families. "

When Chongzhen heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then sighed again and again: "Good minister, good minister!"

"To tell the truth, I'm really pitiful and hateful to you.

Ever since you ascended the throne, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued. This is a factor of force majeure, but you also have a great responsibility for Daming to be able to come to this scene! " Zhao Wen looked at Chongzhen with hatred.

The crisis in the late Ming Dynasty, to be honest, Chongzhen also had a lot of responsibilities. Although the responsibilities of his ministers were greater, Chongzhen's responsibilities were not small.

"What's the use of saying this? Isn't Daming dead? Isn't Daming dead? Is it useful to say this? Now it's your Zhao family's world!"

Chongzhen seemed to accept his fate, and said dejectedly.

"Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, came from a humble background, and ruled the world with Huaiyou commoner clothes, which is extremely rare in history.

From ancient times to the present, there is no one who has won the most righteous country than the Ming Dynasty.Even I can't be regarded as the most righteous in the country! "Zhao Wenwen spoke in a straight voice.

When the dejected Chongzhen heard this, his eyes were full of light again.

He couldn't understand why Zhao Wen would say such a thing.

Throughout the dynasties, those who changed dynasties tried their best to blacken the previous dynasties and killed all the clans of the previous dynasties.

But when Zhao Wen came here, everything changed.Zhao Wen not only did not kill himself, but also gave himself the status of an ordinary person, and now he said such a thing, which made Chongzhen really puzzled.

"How do you say that?" He looked at Zhao Wen in a nasty manner.

"You don't have to look at me like that, I'm telling the truth.

The reason why it is said that the Ming dynasty is the most upright is that your ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang was not an official of the former Yuan Dynasty.The original purpose of his uprising was not to change the dynasty, but to resist the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty.

Moreover, your ancestor was not an official of the Yuan Dynasty at all, but a farmer.

Although Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, also came from a humble background, he was a pavilion chief and an official.As long as it is an official, it is a rebellion.

The country is at the top, almost no one can surpass your ancestors. "Zhao Wen said slowly.

Chongzhen listened to Zhao Wen's voice, his face was full of disbelief.

In this era, no one has ever said such a statement, and Chongzhen has never thought about this kind of problem.

This statement was like a bolt from the blue to Chongzhen's ears.

"After the new year, I will let people compile the history of the Ming Dynasty. Don't worry, it will be what it should be. I will not let people blacken Da Ming, and of course I will not let people sing praises to Da Ming.

I will let people make Ming history from the perspective of a bystander, that's all. " Zhao Wen said.

"Thank you!"

There was a whining sound in Chongzhen's throat, and after holding it in for a long time, he finally choked out these two words.

Chongzhen knew how important Zhao Wen's words were, and Chongzhen also knew how important these words were.

Although it was just a simple sentence of "compiling Ming history from the perspective of a bystander", in Chongzhen's view, this was extremely difficult.

In this era, it is the greatest justice not to touch the history of the previous dynasty.

"Okay, I won't say anything, your family should prepare well, and you will return to Xuan Town in a few days." Zhao Wen stood up, left a word, and walked out of the bedroom.

Chongzhen stood up hastily and sent Zhao Wen out.

Chongzhen looked at Zhao Wen's leaving back with mixed feelings in his heart.

He really couldn't see Zhao Wen clearly.

He couldn't figure out why Zhao Wen would do such a thing.

In all dynasties and dynasties who rebelled, there was almost no such thing as him. Chongzhen couldn't figure it out.

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