After crossing over, he has no taboos among the zombies.

Chapter 521

And what is Chong doing at this time?

borrow money.

It is called donation.

Chongzheng borrowed money from civil and military officials, princes and nobles in the capital.

If you don’t want it for free, write an IOU.

However, the most speechless scene in history appeared.

In the huge capital city, there were thousands of officials and over a hundred princes and nobles, who collected a total of 180,000 taels of silver.

Among them, 80,000 were donated by eunuchs in the palace and 10,000 were donated by Queen Zhou.

This vast group of the richest men in the Dali Dynasty donated a total of 90,000 taels.

This can no longer be called a small amount, it is clearly a slap in Chongzheng's face.

The best one is Chongzheng’s father-in-law Zhou Kui.

When it comes to things like donating, success or failure depends heavily on whether someone takes the lead.

As a good wife, Queen Zhou naturally thought of her father first and wanted her father to donate 200,000 taels.

Family members know their own business. Queen Zhou dared to say this because she knew that her father was rich and two hundred thousand taels was just a drop in the bucket.

As a result, Zhou Kui, the miser, insisted that he had no money.

He also sent people to buy tattered clothes for his family to wear, and bought moldy rice to put into the rice jar.

Whenever someone came to the palace, he would cry about his poverty, and with tears and snot he would tell about his miserable life of being so poor that he could only live on moldy rice.

You can have silver, just fifty taels, no more.

Queen Zhou knew her father's temper. It was absolutely impossible for him to donate 200,000 taels. She mentioned this number just to wait for her father to bargain. Even if it was reduced to 10%, 20,000 taels would be enough.

As a result, two hundred thousand became fifty.

Queen Zhou was so angry that she cried. When the nest is overturned, all the eggs will be broken. She tried to persuade Zhou Kui in every way, but Zhou Kui refused to give in.

Helpless, Queen Zhou had to sell her dowry jewelry, which was hidden in the bottom of the box, and collected 10,000 taels of silver, which she secretly sent to Zhou Kui, asking him to donate the 10,000 taels of silver in his own name.

In the end, Zhou Kui did donate, but only five thousand taels.

I earned five thousand taels while crying!

When Queen Zhou heard this, she was so angry that she wanted to break off relations with her father.

But no matter how angry Queen Zhou was, or how ugly Chongzheng's face was.

That’s all the money I have, 180,000 taels.

After being distributed and embezzled by officials and generals at all levels, it finally fell on the heads of ordinary soldiers. Ten people together could probably buy a moldy mixed-flour steamed bun.

Chongzheng took the 180,000 taels and handed them over to General Cao Wenzhao.

Speaking of Cao Wenzhao, although he never gained the trust of the court and was guarded against everywhere, he was truly qualified as a general.

In the battles to conquer the nine frontiers and pacify Lu, although the general who guards the country was defeated, he still made great contributions.

Carrying 180,000 taels of silver given by Chongzheng, Cao Wenzhao led 10,000 elite soldiers out of Tongguan to fight against Li Chuang's main force.

At this time, Chongzheng still delusionally hoped that Cao Wenzhao could achieve another great feat.

Wow, ten thousand against four hundred thousand.

One dares to think, the other dares to do.

As for the result, it's pretty bleak.

Cao Wenzhao was beaten up by Li Chuang, his head was covered with bruises, and he fled back to the border town with only two thousand remaining soldiers, and never responded to the emperor's call again.

The edict means that he has internal injuries and needs to recuperate.

After Cao Wenzhao was defeated, the commander of Tongguan symbolically held out for one day and then surrendered.

From then on, the gates of the capital were wide open, and the last barrier was lost.

Chongzheng was panicked and urgently ordered Shen Lian, commander of the Feiyu Guard, to lead 30,000 Feiyu Guards and the Beijing Camp to fight against the bandits.

Shen Lian requested the emperor to go on a southern tour, but was denied.

The request to the Crown Prince to inspect Jiangnan was denied.

The request to hold the capital and wait for help was denied.

Helplessly, Shen Lian could only lead the troops to battle.

However, at this time, Li Chuang's vanguard had already arrived near the capital, and Shen Lian led his troops to defend Bazhou, supporting the capital while defending the canal in an attempt to change the situation.

Shen Lian was actually quite desperate in his heart, but he still had a glimmer of hope, that was the guy who had been sleeping for three months and still hadn't woken up.

However... Shen Lian miscalculated this time.

That guy is giving up and really doesn't care about anything.

Li Chuang's army of 500,000 marched towards Bazhou.

Shen Lian was suddenly under great pressure and was about to bite the bullet and start a battle when Li Zicheng's army suddenly left 200,000 troops to besiege the city, and the remaining 300,000 troops actually bypassed the city and headed straight for the capital.

Two days later, a carrier pigeon brought the news.

The eunuch Gao Qiquan, who was guarding the capital, opened the city and surrendered. The vanguard of the rebel army had already occupied the capital.

Bazhou, occupied by Shen Lian, suddenly became an isolated city.