November 7th.

As soon as Chongzhen got up, he received good news: Yuan Chonghuan's troops were rushing to the capital.

It was strange that there was no news that Zhao Rujiao died in his country.

Could it be that my own arrival and the advance deployment of defense plan caused the butterfly effect?

Perhaps Sun Chengzong issued a unified transfer order in advance, and Zhao Shujiao was already on the way to the capital.

But it is October 7th now, so it’s time to arrive in the capital, right?

After thinking for a while, Chongzhen stopped thinking.

These things lack front-line information confirmation, thinking is just a blind thought.

Let Sun Chengzong go and work hard, after all, it is better to leave such things to professional personnel.

After cleaning up for a while, Chongzhen took the imperial carriage and went to the Military Weapon Bureau with Xu Guangqi.

There were still many weapons to defend the city in the late Ming Dynasty. After Tumu Fort, the Ming Dynasty's foreign war basically changed to defense, which was somewhat similar to the Yongxi Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty.

Since strategies are all about defense, weapons will naturally be more manufactured in defense.

For example, cannons, turbulent oil cabinets, muskets.

When Chongzhen entered, he walked around with Xu Guangqi, and the more he looked, the more he felt colder he felt.

The entire military weapon bureau is almost destroyed!

The turret cabinet was already in dust. There were two artillery guns, but it was obvious that no one had been in charge of it for a long time.

As for the musket, it has already reached the tide and cannot be used at all.

Who is in charge of the Military Weapon Bureau?

Ministry of Works and Office of the Interior!

The previous Minister of Works was Zhang Fengxiang, the traitor!

I ate inside and outside, and I ate only this in the military weapon bureau.

In addition, the swords and spears all look very old.

Chongzhen remembered that he had also looked through the account books of the court in the second year of Chongzhen two days ago. The Ministry of Works gave 50,000 taels (32.5 million yuan), and then he did it?

It turns out that Zhang Fengxiang’s home in my dynasty was copied from the treasury?

This is a scam!

"Li Aiqing."

Li Banghua, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, said: "I am here!"

"Does Beijing and Guards have new weapons now?"

"Your Majesty, the Beijing Guard has eliminated many people over the past year, and the remaining people are all new weapons prepared."

"Okay, that's good." After reading the Military Weapons Bureau, Chongzhen was disappointed.

The Ming Dynasty was already full of holes, and was eaten by officials and nobles, who had gained interests, so they were all left with their bodies.

I feel disappointed, but I can't show it.

Now is the extraordinary time. He must act very calm every day, as if the whole situation is in his control, even though he is already panicked.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is also rotten!

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was not the one who inventors of the Internet history said that eunuchs were good and civil officials were bad.

The eunuch's greed is even more serious than that of civil officials!

"Let's go to the artillery at the top of the city to see."

Chongzhen immediately set off and soon arrived at the city.

The soldiers guarding the city around them knelt down and bowed: "Long live my emperor!"

Chongzhen climbed the stairs and said, "Everyone is free from gifts."

He climbed up impatiently and saw a row of red barbarian cannons placed on the city tower, which were very majestic.

Chongzhen asked the officer guarding the city and said, "Is this thing usable?"

"Report to your Majesty, you can use it."

"Come and demonstrate to me."

"This..." The officer hesitated a little, "The general was worried that if an accident occurred, he would hurt His Majesty..."

"You don't have to worry, just presentation!"

At this time, Li Banghua helped Xu Guangqi up. The officer looked at Li Banghua as if asking for help. Li Banghua said, "Let's demonstrate."

Everyone then took action.

Push shells into the Red Barbarian cannons and then ignite the lead.

Soon, there was a sudden loud noise, and the entire iron cannon body shook, and a solid shell flew out in the sky, smashing a few miles away, smashing a pit.

Chongzhen only felt his ears numb, but he was very happy inside.

The Red Cannon is indeed as powerful as the legendary one.

Now at least there is something to guard the city.

After seeing the red cannons on the city wall, Chongzhen felt relieved.

Then, it’s time to let go of your hands and make money.

Time flies very quickly. On the tenth day of November, the capital was already very strict, and all the armed combat power that could be mobilized had been mobilized.

During the past ten days, people kept transporting large quantities of grain from other places, starting to store grain, and truckloads of trucks were transported in.

In order to save food and extend the city guarding period, Chongzhen wrote a big pen and all officials strictly controlled food and drink, were not allowed to go to restaurants, and were not allowed to waste extravagance.

This is a rule without a measure.

Since there is no measurement standard, Chongzhen will set the standard.

Yes, he did it on purpose!

Only those officials will violate it without standards, and only those who violate it will have the opportunity to be punished.

For example, fine!

This is also a way to make money.

Next, more than a dozen officials were fined for various reasons, and Chongzhen accumulated nearly 100,000 taels of wealth, all of which were charged into the national treasury.

In addition, on the tenth day of November, the emperor secretly sent factory guards to search several casinos.

What is the reason?

I suspect you are hiding spies!

As for whether there are spies or not, I don’t care, I only have money.

The owner of the casino was soon invited to Dongchang Prison. After a "scout", he obediently admitted and paid the money to compensate him.

Within three days, Chongzhen plundered 500,000 taels from the casino!

Adding to the 1.2 million taels of silver that were searched before, I got a total of 1.8 million taels of silver, and the treasury itself still had 100,000 taels, which was a total of 1.9 million taels.

He rewarded Datong and Xuanfu soldiers with 100,000 taels, and 1.8 million taels.

I planned 2 million taels, but now I am still short of 100,000 taels, so I don’t have to worry. After the Jisi change is over, I will start to settle the accounts. This money will definitely be able to be taken out.

As long as the change of Ji Si ends, there are too many ways and objects to make money later.

On November 14, Chongzhen got good news as soon as he got up: Zhao Rujiao came outside the capital.

Chongzhen was overjoyed, and Zhao Rujiao was indeed not dead?

After putting on his regular clothes, he immediately went to the city gate to greet Zhao Rujiao, surrounded by factory guards.

The leader of the Zhao Rujiao was the Guanning Iron Cavalry, with a very powerful force.

"I will meet your Majesty!"

"Okay! Zhao Aiqing is here! I miss you so much! Let's go to the palace with me to discuss in detail!"

Chongzhen took Zhao Rujiao's hand and climbed into the car.
Chapter completed!