Zhu Cixiang knew very well how much money his unlucky Emperor Chongzhen's father had left in his family. It would not exceed one hundred thousand taels of silver at most.
There was no way, because ten years after Chongzhen, due to natural disasters and peasant uprisings, the imperial court's income was getting less and less year by year, and it had reached a point where it could no longer be maintained, coupled with the assessment of Liao's salary.
As a result, the imperial government's finances were actually bankrupt at the moment. The imperial government's finances were already bankrupt. My father took advantage of me and had to pay for it from the palace's internal funds.
Using his own internal funds to subsidize the imperial court, it can be said that only his father Chongzhen has been so aggrieved in ancient and modern times!
More than five million taels of silver is definitely not the limit for those powerful businessmen.
Zhu Cixi remembered clearly that in the original time and space, Li Zicheng entered Beijing and began to act like a benevolent ruler, decreeing that Qiu would not violate the order.
Then these days did not last long, and Li Zicheng began to torture the powerful officials in Beijing.
"Every official who is tortured and tortured, with a family capital of over 1,200,000 to 30,000 yuan, will be tortured to death. They will be tortured and tortured until death."
A total of tens of millions of silver was found, and countless other treasures were found.
This is only more than five million taels of silver!
Zhu Cixiang was not dazzled by these silver coins.
After giving instructions to the accountants next to me to sort out the money, I also gave some instructions to the guards in Jinyi next to me.
Zhu Cixiang left the residence of Duke Cheng Guo with four or five royal guards.
It was already very dark outside, and the moon was slowly rising in the sky.
Zhu Cixi glanced at the moon and roughly estimated that it should be around eight or nine o'clock.
He came directly to the city wall.
No matter where he is, Jin Yiwei will continue to bring him messages.
Except for the less than 20 Jinyi guards who were still around him, Zhu Cixiang had already released all the other 480 or so Jinyi guards.
Each of them was accompanied by several Jinyi Guards from Fusi in North Town, who were scattered near various sections of the city wall in Beijing. Every once in a while, they would send people to explain to Zhu Cixiang the defense status of these sections of the city wall.
Therefore, Zhu Cihong still has the defense situation of the entire Beijing city in his hands.
Zhu Cixiang came to the city wall of Deshengmen.
At this time, there were not many people patrolling the city wall. Zhu Cixiang stood on the top of the city and looked towards the bandit camp outside the city wall. In fact, it was still far away.
It was stuck just outside the limit range of the red cannon on the city wall, and the bow and arrow couldn't hit it at all.
It was already dark now, and Zhu Cixi could only see the dim light of the fire in the thief camp, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.
As long as the intruders do not retreat, they will pose a threat to the city of Beijing.
I hope King Qin’s army will arrive soon!
With the help of these militiamen in the city alone, if not for the abundant supplies in the city, such as kerosene, gunpowder and the like, it would be easy to defend.
Otherwise, the city of Beijing would have been destroyed long ago!
I am just holding on now!
There were not many patrolling soldiers on the city wall. Most of them were sleeping, and most of them would wake up in the middle of the night. This was a rule Zhu Cixi had set before.
There is no way, stealing a city is easy to defend during the day.
But at night, if there are too few people on the city wall, it is very likely that the intruder will succeed.
After all, these troops of ours are not professional soldiers. If the intruders arrive at the city in large numbers, what awaits us is just a massacre.
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixiang sighed slightly.
This is also one of the contents that Zhu Cixiang discussed with Li Banghua before. Li Banghua also agreed with Zhu Cixiang's words. It is obvious that he also knows very well where his own weaknesses are!
After inspecting the city wall for a while.
Zhu Cixiang did not return to the Chengguo Palace, but found a private house next to the city wall to sleep.
Follow Zhu Cixiang to sleep.
The night is getting deeper.
The moon in the sky was slowly submerged by black fog.
Midnight time.
While the militiamen guarding the city were eating, a ladder was quietly set up on the edge of the city wall.
The intruder soldiers dressed in black began to climb up the city wall nimbly, as dexterously as apes.
Dozens of very dexterous intruder soldiers climbed up the city wall, and almost instantly, using the long knives they carried, they quickly killed several militiamen who were eating stew on the wall next to them.
Soon, these people cleared out a section of the city wall next to them, and watched as they occupied a section of the city wall.
A Jin Yiwei next to him noticed something was wrong.
"Enemy attack!"
He let out a roar, and then rushed directly towards the intruder soldiers next to him. The expressions of the surrounding militiamen also changed drastically at this time, and they immediately surrounded the intruder soldiers.
"Boom boom boom!"
The red cannon next to it roared towards the city wall instantly.
The fire from the gunpowder explosion still allowed everyone to clearly see the dense crowd of intruders and soldiers climbing the ladder under the city wall.
The militiamen immediately started pouring kerosene and threw torches.
"call!"
The flames instantly spread on the ladder, and soon the flames began to quickly ignite the intruders.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Under the city wall, the artillery that broke into the camp also began to fire towards the top of the city wall.
Gunpowder exploded and artillery fire continued.
For a moment, very quickly, the intruders, soldiers and militiamen struggled with each other on the city wall.
Zhu Cixiang was awakened by the sound of artillery fire.
"Quick! Go to the city wall!"
Zhu Cixiang said to the several Jinyi guards on the side.
After saying that, Zhu Cixiang quickly put on his clothes with the help of the maid next to him, and quickly led several royal guards up to the city wall.
On the city wall, the shouts of killing shook the sky.
The battle was extremely fierce, with artillery firing and gunpowder packets constantly thrown towards the city wall.
The casualties on both sides were extremely serious.
Zhu Cixiang was on the city wall, directing the battle. In fact, there was no need for him to direct anything, because the battle on the city wall was too chaotic.
Although the soldiers who broke into the bandits were very capable, there were too few people on the city wall in front of them. Facing a steady stream of militiamen who were not afraid of death, they could only retreat in defeat.
Finally, after several hours of fierce fighting, just like last night, the intruders withdrew from the city wall before it was dark.
The city was still defended!
Zhu Cixiang was sitting on the top of the city wall, with black traces of cannon fodder still on his face. His face was slightly solemn as he looked at the militiamen on the city wall who were collecting corpses.
He can probably understand some of the brutality of those ancient city defense battles.
The intruders have only besieged the city for two days!