If he answered yes, he would surely be put to death according to Ming law.
Answer two: Lingchi execution is considered mercy.
What to do? Dead end!
Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Wang Zhengzhi decided to use an open strategy. Didn’t you, Chongzhen, want to use the ministers’ property as military pay?
Then just say it clearly!
He knelt on the ground and begged, "I am innocent. If Your Majesty is short of money, I am willing to donate all my property to pay the army! Please, Your Majesty, spare my family for my loyalty and hard work for the Ming Dynasty!"
While speaking, Wang Zhengzhi's tears and snot flowed at the same time, giving people a very miserable feeling.
All the civil and military officials in the court looked at Wang Zhengzhi with disdain, and then looked at Chongzhen at the same time, their eyes full of questions.
Chongzhen could make money, but he couldn't make money in this way.
This is a matter of principle.
No one can guarantee that he or she will not be the next Wang Zhengzhi.
Chongzhen snorted coldly, and with his hands behind his back, he said relentlessly: "You want to support the court? You are not worthy!"
"The court is short of money, but we still have two million taels of silver in the treasury. How could I be reduced to relying on confiscating property to replenish the treasury?"
When these words were spoken, everyone in the court was shocked!
Everyone, including Wang Chengen, was stunned.
What is the concept of two million taels of silver?
Such a prosperous war has never been fought in the fifteen years since Chongzhen's reign.
Wei Zaode was afraid that this was a fraud, so he hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, if there is money in the treasury, why not use it earlier, so that the court will not be in such a dilemma."
Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "I know you are worried. I didn't know about the two million taels of silver before. My grandfather, the emperor, told me in my dream last night."
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