Zhang Biwu and the others listened to Chongzhen's narration, and they wanted to know what was in the box left by Emperor Yongle of Lu Dao, and as long as they saw it, they would understand everything.

When Chongzhen said this, he was extremely sad and sad, and his eyes were full of despair: "I originally thought that it would be like when Emperor Jianwen was trapped in Nanjing, and Grandpa Tai left a set of robes and monk's things for Emperor Jianwen to escape. Yongle Ye left a chance that would allow me to escape from Beijing to Nanjing and revive my Daming rivers and mountains! But what I saw was ...... Be...... Woohoo......"

Chongzhen cried, he cried very sadly. Wang Chengen was by Chongzhen's side at that time, and saw Chongzhen open the box that had been hidden in the palace, and the box was covered with a thick layer of dust! Inside the box is an ominous painting.

He wiped his tears from his eyes, hoping it wasn't true.

Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said, "But what I saw was a painting about an emperor hanging himself from a locust tree!" With hair dishevelled! ”

When Zhang Biwu and Lu Xiangsheng heard this, they were very surprised! It turns out that the box that Emperor Yongle has been hiding in the palace is actually a painting depicting the emperor hanging himself!

In the song of baking cakes, Liu Bowen said to his grandfather, Your Majesty has ten thousand sons and grandchildren! Ha Lu Ha! It turned out that the Ming Dynasty created by the great grandfather died in the generation of the grandson of Wanli Ye! Doesn't that mean that it will die at the hands of my generation? Whining! Chongzhen seemed to be greatly stimulated.

Chongzhen laughed and laughed bitterly out loud: "Ha Lu Ha! Oh my life! It's all providence! Providence kills me! Ten thousand sons and ten thousand grandchildren are the grandsons of Wanli Ye! Oh, my God! Why do you want me to be the king of this dead country! I am by no means the king of the dead country! Those who lost their country in ancient times had a cause, because of wealth, and because of tyranny. Because of cowardice. And as eloquent as I am. The emperor who is diligent and loves the people, why does he want to be the king of the country? ”

Chongzhen pointed at Zhang Biwu and said, "You answer me!" Answer me! Chongzhen thinks that after Zhang Biwu hears his cry, he will definitely recognize him, he is by no means the king of the country, he is just unfortunate that he can't defeat the will of heaven!

As an emperor, coupled with the need for face, Chongzhen has never poured bitter water like this in front of people.

Chongzhen was waiting for Zhang Biwu's answer......

"Do you love the people?" Zhang Biwu looked at Lu Xiangsheng. said: "Nine Elders, when you, Yao Dongzhao and a group of people came to Beijing to ask the emperor to be exempted from the forced labor of the people who were living in hardship due to the disaster and could not eat their stomachs, they had a lot of bitter water and wanted to pour it on the emperor, even less than the emperor's bitter water at this time!" ”

Zhang Biwu smiled bitterly and said, "But what? They were full of hope to get an audience from the emperor, but the emperor would not receive them at all! Just issued a holy decree to them to go back quickly, and said that if they don't go back, they will be dealt with strictly! The emperor is tantamount to killing their last hope by doing so! ”

Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said, "Your Majesty." Oh, yes! Kunio is right! Your move is really a mistake, and the people have no way to appeal. The only hope is for you, the Emperor, to rule for them. When the emperor doesn't think about the people, can't listen to the people's grievances, and doesn't make decisions for the people, even if you can't do it, as long as you comfort them, they will stretch their necks and wait, so that they will not all take risks to rebel, or be thieves! If you kill their hopes, then they really have no choice but to rebel against the thieves! ”

Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, I have repeatedly advised you not to increase taxes, and increasing taxes is undoubtedly driving the people to join the thieves, so that the world will never be at peace!" ”

Saying this, Chongzhen sighed again, he thought that in the past, the people came to Beijing to flee, and the streets and alleys of Beijing were full of fleeing people, and the people sent representatives to kneel at Chang'an Gate, but they were not received, they came with hope but returned disappointed! Which thought was that these people followed Li Zicheng later, broke Luoyang, destroyed Kaifeng, according to Henan, trapped Xiangyang, occupied Shaanxi, and finally hit Beijing City after the most Lu!

Chongzhen's face flushed, he didn't want to listen to these bad words anymore, anyway, it was too late, he waved his hand and said, "Okay! Say no more! Say no more! Isn't it because I don't have any money? If I had money, how could I not comfort them? He felt helpless, he really wanted to let the people live a good life but couldn't!

Zhang Biwu sneered and said, "No money? Your Majesty, the treasury is out of money! However, as the emperor's private property, there is a lot of money! Of course, the emperor will not use it, the emperors of all dynasties have put money into the interior, and no emperor has taken money out of it! Then you will be a loser! You're too face-conscious! If you are not afraid of using internal funds, and you are not afraid of being infamous as a loser, the country has money, at least it can help the victims, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will not be able to become powerful! ”

Chongzhen looked at Zhang Biwu, and then sighed, it is true that he did not use the money in the house, he was afraid of the infamy of the loser, but Chongzhen was also bitter, he was afraid that the use of the money would be a drop in the bucket, and not only did he fail to make the country better, but he also betrayed the loser, and the gain outweighed the loss. He's got what he's gained and lost!

Zhang Biwu said: "Your Majesty, do you know what the Tao is for, and most of the civil officials are for themselves? Because they studied hard for ten years before they were named on the gold list, they thought that they could become officials because of their own efforts, they were not thanking the court, they were not thinking about serving the country and asking for their lives for the people. ”

"Instead, I thought, I studied so hard for today! I have the official seal in my hand, why should I not enjoy it? Otherwise, wouldn't I just study hard in vain? With such thoughts, can they truly serve the country? Can you not do something that harms the public and interests yourself? ”

"Baguwen is read for the sake of being an official! They advocate only books that must pass the imperial examination, and all others are dismissed as miscellaneous studies! But they forgot a sentence that the sage Confucius they revered said - those who are benevolent will establish others if they want to, and reach others if they want to reach others. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you! They have forgotten it all, because they only have Dengke in their eyes, being an official, and enjoying happiness! ”

"Why do you demand that they speak the words of saints, and that they speak of righteousness and morality, but they must be consistent with their words and deeds? They just think that speaking the words of a saint and the appearance of a hypocrite is a tool for them to enjoy as officials, and being an official is only a reward for their hard work! ”

After Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, it turned out that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty was for the convenience of rule, but he didn't think of making civil officials grateful to the court, but Baguwen caused a large number of officials who only knew pleasure and did not think about the country.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was harsh and unkind to the officials, all of which was for the consolidation of imperial power, which also caused the bureaucracy at the end of the Ming Dynasty to be extremely corrupt, and there were few people who only wanted to be themselves, truly loyal to the country, and grateful to the court for the court.

Wang Chengen couldn't help but look around, he was very worried, although the palace had not yet been lost, he was afraid that once it was too late, let Li Zicheng's men arrest Chongzhen, and Chongzhen would not be able to commit suicide at that time.

Wang Chengen urged: "Your Majesty, there is almost no time!" Look! "Yes! Beijing has been breached by Li Zicheng! It's a critical moment! If you don't commit suicide and be caught by Li Zicheng, it will be extremely bad!

Compared with Wang Chengen's panic, Chongzhen is calm and composed. Chongzhen said calmly: "Wang Chengen, you don't have to disturb me!" I'm measured! There's still a lot of time! Before I die, I also want to listen to Kunixiong's sincere words, which is the most pleasant I have heard in my life! Wang Chengen didn't say anything about it. Chongzhen pointed at Zhang Biwu and said, "Keep talking!" ”

Zhang Biwu continued: "And the Ming Dynasty is the most mean and unkind to the hundred officials!" Every civil official is afraid of setting fire to himself, what they can do is to protect his body and keep his corpse in place! For example, when Li Zicheng was lurking in Henan, he expected that although the officials in Henan knew that Li Zicheng had the ability to subvert the imperial court, they did not dare to report it, because as soon as they reported it, the emperor did not care where the soldiers came from or where the salary came from, just let them be exterminated! If they have no soldiers and no pay, how can they talk about extermination? For this reason, they continued with the idea of being an official for one more day! ”

"Therefore, none of the civil officials are grateful to the court, so the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty can be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but there are very few people, resulting in most of the ministers who are ruined for personal interests and damage the country!"

"And the Ming Dynasty has been dominated by lust since the beginning of Taizu, each of them is indulgent, from blindly greedy for pleasure, the emperor only knows how to hoard goods to know! A person who only knows desires, and when he reaches the top, he will make the whole society morally corrupt! ”

Zhang Biwu became excited and said, "Your Majesty, do you know the way?" The civilian officials are accusing the soldiers of being unpatriotic, not fighting the Tartars, and not exterminating the thieves! But the soldiers on the front line, they also know how to love the country! I want to serve my country! What's the use of thinking about it? ”

Chongzhen didn't understand and asked, "It's useless?" What is useless to say? "Hah!" Zhang Biwu smiled bitterly and said, "They can't eat enough, they can't dress warmly, they can't even pick up their weapons, they can't stand steadily, and their stomachs are rumbling. How do you let them fight against a wolf-like enemy? And what about the civil servants? They eat so much that they would rather pour out the moldy food than give it to the soldiers who are fighting on the front line to protect them! ”

Chongzhen waved his fist and said, "So they are the ones I hate the most!" It's all these civil officials who should be killed who sent me the country! Buried my Ming Dynasty! Chongzhen said, he couldn't get angry, stepped on his right foot a few times, and scolded: "All civil officials should be killed!" ”

Zhang Biwu said: "Your Majesty, since you know that they should be killed, why can't you take ruthless measures for your own reputation and for the sake of taking into account the records in the history books?" If you don't donate money to the civilian officials, and you can continue your thunderbolt method and force the salary, then the military salary can be raised! Later generations focus more on the result than the process! (To be continued......)