“I’m really ashamed!”

Zhu Youjian fell down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and replied firmly, word for word.

"Taizu, this junior is destined to fail the people in this life, but I have no choice. If there is no three wages, what will the court do to fight against the rebels and foreign enemies?"

"If the Ming Dynasty is at war for many years, how can the people live in peace and contentment?"

"Even my junior's clothes are patched when they are torn. They are all made by the Queen. She is not willing to spend more on every stitch. For this reason, she does not even dare to walk fast, for fear of accidentally exposing her clothes and losing the emperor in front of the ministers.

majesty."

Zhu Youjian broke free from the dragon robe on his chest, and patches after patches were exposed on his underwear. They were all the stitches of the Empress of Ming Dynasty, and they were bitter proof of the frugality of the Ming Dynasty's emperor and the harem.

Zhu Youjian cried and cried: "Grandpa, although I am stupid, I have worked hard for this great tomorrow. It is useless for me. I failed to save the Ming Dynasty from the crisis and suffered the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Juniors can only watch the people suffer, but have no other choice but to suffer with them. I have to be busy for seven or eight hours every day, and every day I don't think about how to save the Ming Dynasty!"

"But...but, this junior really can't save Daming!"

"Grandfather Taizu, do you know what is more painful than the death of a king and his country?"

Zhu Youjian's eyes flashed with tears, he beat his chest and choked with grief: "It's the juniors who clearly see this, but are unable to change it!!!"

He stood up as if he had lost his mind. Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the patch on his underwear with a complicated expression but did not stop him.

He took one step at a time, bursting into tears, and his lips trembled as if they were trembling.

He staggered forward, his back always bowed, as if a thousand-pound mountain was pressing on his back, making it impossible for him to straighten his waist again.

He was only thirty-four years old and already gray-haired. He stared at this ancestor who was close in front of him but seemed to be far away in another world, staggering closer, closer...

"Juniors, I can only watch step by step, the Ming Dynasty is going to overthrow, watching the people's life become more and more miserable day by day, watching the rebels getting stronger step by step, I also want the people to live a better life, but I don't

You know, I don’t know what to do!!!”

Zhu Youjian's inner defense completely collapsed, and he looked like a child. When he was approaching Zhu Yuanzhang, he knelt down again with a "plop" and raised his head.

"Great Ancestor, please, kill me with one sword..."

In this way, maybe I can feel better...

He has a heavy burden but no ability to govern the world. He has been living this life of carrying heavy burdens with detachment for more than ten years...

Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly: "I have never denied your frugality and diligence, but you still don't know your fault?"

"If you don't imprison Sun Chuanting for three years and let him train for some more time and lead elite troops and Hong Chengchou's troops to attack on both fronts, will Li Zicheng still have three years of opportunity to develop and grow?"

"You were supposed to take advantage of the fact that the morale of the army was at its peak, then pursue the victory while the iron was hot, and annihilate Li Zicheng in one go, but you actually wanted to engage in intrigues and maneuvers?"

"It's okay to play, you still can't play!"

"I've only ever heard that when the birds are gone, the bow is hidden. But here you are, before the birds are gone, you can fold a good bow!"

"Even if he is a pig, he is not as stupid as you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang simply hated that iron could not become steel. He did not expect that later generations would produce such a thing that could not be supported by mud!

"You don't know how to exercise power, so you can win over people's hearts, right?"

"The fall of Tongguan is a foregone conclusion. Sun Chuanting swore to protect him to the death, but he got the name of defection. The wives and concubines of the Sun family committed suicide and you still don't repent. You seem to be fair and just, but in fact you are mean and ungrateful!"

"Why did Chang'an fall in less than five days? Apart from the fact that you had already destroyed the people's hearts, isn't there a reason why the soldiers who defended the city were no longer willing to die for you?!"

"It's you, will you fight for such a court?!"

"Why do the people hate you so much, why are the soldiers unwilling to defend to the death, and why are the ministers unwilling to live and die with you? Have you ever thought about your own reasons?"

"You have time and again avoided the correct decisions that could save the Ming Dynasty from collapse, and you have worked hard to push the Ming Dynasty into a pit of fire that will never be restored. You are still here crying with me?!"

The more Zhu Yuanzhang talked, the angrier he became, and he simply kicked him out again: "Wipe your stinky tears clean!"

"The men of Lao Zhu's family bleed rather than shed tears, and would rather die than bend their backs. When it comes to you, do you just dare to hide in the mountains and die?!"

Zhu Youjian was kicked down again, his chest was so tight that he could hardly breathe.

Wang Chengen was still beating his own ears, with blood bleeding from the corners of his eyes, and crying bitterly.

Only he knows how difficult it is for his Majesty.

But now, the ancestors never said that he was derelict in his duties and idle. What he was talking about was that he made one big mistake after another, and made decisions that put the cart before the horse!

How can this be overcome just by being diligent and thrifty?

If you are diligent and frugal, you can do wrong things, you can perfunctory and treat the people as people, and use the people's food as food?

Is that the result of the hard work of so many people and their families who work at sunrise and rest at sunset, year after year?

We have already encountered the Little Ice Age. Which farmer is not too miserable to take the blame?

At a time when we should be working together to overcome the difficulties, the imperial court wants to be the last straw for them. If the peasants can have some food, who is willing to rebel at the risk of killing the Nine Tribes?

As long as there is no harvest, that's all. But what's the problem? The problem is that they have only a small amount of food grown by themselves, and the court still wants to steal it in various ways.

Alas, but from Chongzhen's point of view, it seems that he can't find a way to get more money.

After all, we have to resist foreign enemies. If foreign enemies come in, based on various lessons learned in history, the people will definitely not have a good life.

But the key point is that he could have offended the scholar-bureaucrats, but he didn't dare.

When the country was most short of money, he did not dare to do anything to those scholar-bureaucrats who were obedient and secretive. He only dared to ask them for donations. This shows how humble his attitude towards the scholar-bureaucrats was.

Well, the scholar-bureaucrats dare not offend, but what should we do? We can only offend the peasants!

I tested the bottom line again and again, saying it would be hard for me for a year, but the result is that the results add up year after year.

If the people keep swallowing their anger, maybe it will be three years and three years. The key is that it is useless no matter how much the people swallow their anger. If there is really no food and the court still wants us to pay taxes, then do we have to wait for death or fight to the death?

What's more, we people don't have to turn our elbows outward, we are facing Li Zicheng.

The slogan "Welcome King Chuang, but don't pay for food" made many people wish that the country was about to change and the dynasty was about to change, and how many people wanted to give up their hearts to Li Zicheng?

If your old Zhu family is the emperor and doesn't treat us as human beings, can we help someone who treats us as human beings become emperor?
Chapter completed!