Seeing him crying and howling, Queen Zhou was frightened and lost her face, thinking that something was wrong.

Zhou Kui cried: "Daughter, my father invested a lot of money in the merchants outside the customs at the beginning of this year, and now that such a war is happening, my father has not come back with a tael of silver, our family is now so poor that we can't open the pot, Your Majesty asked my father to donate 100,000 taels of silver, isn't this asking for my father's life?" ”

"Daughter, you must save Daddy, if you can't speak, then Daddy won't be able to live......"

No one knows his father's virtue better than Queen Zhou, the country is broken, the family is dead, and his relatives are dead, these major events have no impact on him at all, and his mind is to think about money.

Empress Zhou helped him up and said, "I knew you would say that, daughter, please take some more silver out and donate it to the court, and be a model for the emperor's relatives and relatives!" ”

After Zhou Kui saw that it was exposed, he had no choice but to say: "Then I will donate 5,000 taels ......."

Queen Zhou sighed faintly, what else can she do when she encounters this kind of superb father? obviously has millions of assets in the family, but he pretends to be pitiful.

Queen Zhou said: "Father, you don't want to share your worries for Your Majesty and me, but also for the sake of the Zhou family, the prince is your own grandson, and he is still on the front line!" ”

Zhou Kui listened to his daughter's words and just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Queen Zhou.

Empress Zhou continued: "Father, you will set an example for the imperial relatives, and as for the silver, it will be ....... for your daughter."

Empress Zhou suddenly choked up and couldn't say a word anymore.

But after hearing this, Zhou Kui's face suddenly bloomed with laughter: "Daughter, are you serious?" How much can you give for your father, how much silver? ”

Seeing that the best father asked how much silver he could give for him, Queen Zhou hid her face and left, choked up for a while behind the curtain, and then took out all the private money and gold, silver and jade jewelry.

When she saw the golden "Fuman Qiankun" pocket watch given by Zhu Cihong, Queen Zhou hesitated for a while.

After a brief struggle of thoughts, she put the priceless pocket watch in a wooden box and gave it to her father, who had been looking forward to it with all her belongings.

Queen Zhou said in a low voice: "My daughter's body is also limited, so she can only give her father 5,000 taels of silver, as well as some jewelry and gold and silver, you can use it as a pawn, how much can you make up 15,000 taels." ”

"That's ...... that"

Hearing that it was only five thousand taels of silver, Zhou Kui could not hide his disappointment, but he peeked at the wooden box, especially when he saw the golden pocket watch, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Judging by his years of experience in collecting treasures, that round thing must be a rarity and worth a lot of money!

Empress Zhou continued: "The daughter's these, plus the father's five thousand taels, make up the amount of 20,000, and the daughter will intercede with His Majesty, this matter will be considered complete, I don't know if the father is satisfied?" ”

How can Zhou Kui not be satisfied, the emperor wants 100,000 taels, and now he only needs to pay 5,000 taels himself to get this done, and he has earned a reputation, why not do it?

Thinking about the rare thing in the wooden box, Zhou Kui felt that he had simply picked up a big leak, and after thanking Empress Zhou for his kindness, he repeatedly told him not to forget to go to the emperor to intercede, and then Cai got up with the wooden box, shook his head and left.

"Father!"

Hearing Queen Zhou calling him behind him, Zhou Kui turned around, hugged the wooden box tightly, and said unhappily: "What, regret it?" ”

Empress Zhou sighed and said, "Father, your crutches have fallen ......."

Taking the crutches sent by the little eunuch, Zhou Kui held the crutches in one hand and the wooden box in the other, showing a miserable image again, and left Kunning Palace tremblingly.

......

After returning to Zhou's mansion, Zhou Kui threw away his crutches and rejuvenated, holding the jewels and silver in the wooden box in love, immersed in extreme happiness.

In particular, the pocket watch engraved with the four words "Fu Man Qiankun" is even more lovely, and the inlaid jade with one color is still the best jade, not only the material is superior, but the production process is even rarer.

Zhou Kui carefully packed it with a good sandalwood box, and he was happy for a while.

When the happiness was over, he endured the pain of his heart being torn apart, took out a part of the five thousand taels of silver, covered his chest and said, "Just donate these......

The housekeeper came to prepare the silver, and when he saw this, he was shocked and said, "Master, this and this...... It's not proper, this is the queen's belongings, let's donate these......."

Zhou Kui scolded angrily: "Get out! Eat something outside the grill, if you can, you can go and earn some silver for the lord and see......."

.......

That night, Chongzhen went to Kunning Palace, and Queen Zhou told him what had happened, and asked not to punish Zhou Guozhang.

Chongzhen sighed and praised Queen Zhou for her deep understanding of righteousness, as long as the old man took the lead in helping the salary, he would definitely not blame him.

Chongzhen is also thinking that the old man is a well-known door-slamming man in the capital, if he can take the lead in donating 20,000 taels, the situation will be much better in the future.

Then the husband and wife were in a good mood and said a lot of confidant words, and Chongzhen's face was also full of smiles, looking forward to the morning of the next day.

......

Early the next morning, Chongzhen held a grand court meeting in the Imperial Palace, and all the civil and military officials, including all the imperial relatives in Beijing, were summoned, and issued an edict in court, asking for generous assistance from hundreds of officials and relatives of the country.

After completing the process, Chongzhen happily waited for Jiading to wait for Zhou Kui to take the lead.

lived up to expectations, Zhou Kui was the first to come out, and after kneeling three times and knocking on the mountain to call long live, he expressed his support for the imperial court war on the spot and was willing to take the lead in helping the salary.

The nobles and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked, but they didn't expect that this miser in the capital would be the first to stand up!

Zhou Kui was angry and said loudly: "Chen Jia is waiting for Zhou Kui, and he is willing to donate eight thousand taels of silver......

Eight thousand taels ...... Eight thousand taels .......

The entire Imperial Pole Hall surrounded Zhou Kui's sonorous and powerful aftersound, and Chongzhen's thinking suddenly stagnated......

The queen told herself that the money she gave to her father-in-law was 15,000 taels less, plus the 5,000 taels that her father-in-law promised, it should be 20,000 taels, why did she only donate 8,000 taels???

Chongzhen suddenly figured it out again, and instantly felt a wave of anger, this old guy actually intercepted and embezzled silver privately, he really deserved to be killed!

However, Jiading Hou Zhou Kui is the queen's biological father, unless he commits the crime of rebellion, he will not be beheaded under normal circumstances, not to mention that this matter is not easy to talk about on the table.

Chongzhen's face was pale, and he could only secretly eat the dumb loss that his father-in-law gave him......

Chongzhen's gaze swept back and forth on Zhou Kui's body like a knife, if his gaze could kill, Zhou Kui was afraid that he would have been cut by a thousand knives at this moment.

However, Zhou Kui didn't look up at his son-in-law at all, but just bowed his hand slightly to the surroundings, and was immersed in a flattery and politeness, very proud and complacent, and felt a long face.

With this stingy prince taking the lead, the other nobles could only stare dryly, and they were extremely reluctant to express their help.

Among them, the British government donated the most, 50,000 taels of silver, followed by Xu Youzhen, the Duke of Wei, and Wang Wannian, who were in the Wang family, and became less and less in the future, with donations ranging from 2,000 taels to 50,000 taels of silver.

In the end, after such a big battle, there were only 300,000 taels of salary.

After the next dynasty, Chongzhen lost his temper, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, the core forces of the Ming Dynasty, the nobles and courtiers, were so stingy!

Empress Zhou, who learned that Jiading was waiting for donations, hurriedly knelt down, wept incessantly, and said: "Your Majesty, Jiading is ashamed of Your Majesty, and the concubine asks Your Majesty for her father's guilt......

Chongzhen's face was gloomy and terrifying, but he couldn't bear to see the queen like this.

Chongzhen bent down to help her up, and said with a little tenderness in his speech, "Queen, it's not your fault, you work hard every day, I see it, it's me who has wronged you......"

Hearing Chongzhen say this, Queen Zhou couldn't cry even more, and the husband and wife hugged each other.