Emperor Chongzhen planned to sell a lot of things. In addition to the gifts given to Li Guodong in the palace, Chongzhen, a prodigal son, sold some calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, jade, antiques and so on left by his ancestors. Empress Zhou even took out part of his dowry and jewelry and handed it to his father Zhou Kui to sell silver!

When Li Guodong heard that Empress Zhou was going to hand over the jewelry to Zhou Kui for silver, he was shocked: "Not good!"

One thing he thought of: In the first month of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng had already arrived in Shanxi, and the capital was in danger. Emperor Chongzhen mobilized officials and nobles in the court to raise funds. As a result, Zhou Kui, an old man, refused to donate the money. Later, Empress Zhou scolded him, and he reluctantly took out five thousand taels of silver. Seeing that his father was stingy, Empress Zhou sold his dowry for 5,000 taels and handed him over to his father and asked him to donate to the court. As a result, the fan of the money actually swallowed two thousand taels of silver and took out the remaining three thousand taels to the court.

If he is so like this to his daughter, it means how stingy this guy is. In the end, the Dashun Army captured the capital, and the old wealthy fan was beaten half to death by Liu Zongmin. His wife and daughter-in-law both committed suicide. The eldest son was pinched to death with sticks. He himself, his second son and nephew were also pinched to death and were forced to hand over three million taels of silver and all his property.

Such a stingy person would rather take the huge sum of three million taels of money to save Li Zicheng than give it to his son-in-law to save the country. I don’t know what the head of such a person is thinking.

Li Guodong was worried that Chongzhen's items would not be sold at a good price. He changed his mind and suddenly had a plan: "Eunuch Wang, since Your Majesty wants to sell the items in the palace, I will have an idea to let Your Majesty sell more silver. In this way, I will let the soldiers under my command leave the capital and return to the base first, and I will stay to help Your Majesty."

"Okay, let's write it down. General Li, there is one more thing. Tomorrow, you all have third-rank or above military positions who come to Beijing to serve the king. Today, you should not live in the barracks. When you enter the city, Honglu Temple will make arrangements." Wang Dehua said.

Because the grand dynasty meeting requires waiting at the palace gate at the early morning, that is, at 3 am, the barracks of the king-supporting army are located outside the city. It is so early that the outer city gate will not open. Therefore, Li Guodong and a group of foreign officials and generals who will enter the palace to attend the grand dynasty tomorrow were arranged to stay in the Honglu Temple.

There were officials from the Honglu Temple who had already introduced precautions to these officials and generals from other places and issued a tribute to each person. Although Li Guodong was still a general, he already had the title of General of the State, so he was given the first-rank Qiliang crown with two pheasant tails. Then someone taught Li Guodong to hold a court meeting tomorrow, behaviour, and various precautions. Such a dynasty meeting usually only takes grand festivals and celebrations. At this dynasty meeting, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to issue an edict for personnel transfers to celebrate the victory. At the same time, there was another thing, which was to mobilize officials and nobles to raise funds.

At the early morning of the next morning, Li Guodong got up. Under the custody of the Honglu Temple, he wore the seven-liang crown of the first-rank military general, wearing the red-colored green clothes (bright red clothes and green edges) court uniforms, and a jade belt and jade pendant around his waist. After dressing neatly, the Honglu Temple officials led foreign officials and generals to the palace gate to wait.

Although it is already spring, the capital city in the Little Ice Age is still very cold in the early morning. The officials are waiting in the cold wind. Fortunately, there is a wool sweater invented by Li Guodong, so it will not be too cold even when standing in the cold wind in the morning.

The time came, and the palace was famous for its reputation. The palace gate slowly opened. Outside the palace gate, there were guards in Beijing, and two neat rows of great Han generals stood inside. The great Han general in Jinyiwei wearing golden helmets and armor looked majestic. In fact, Li Guodong knew that these people were just like that. When they really fought, they were nothing. Their armor was rusted and their weapons were rotten. When Li Zicheng attacked the capital, why didn't he see the great Han generals coming out? He couldn't fight at all, and surrender faster than anyone else.

Emperor Chongzhen wore a crown crown on his head and a black crown suit, a big red mid-single, a large knee-blocking, a big red and white belt, and a Huangji Gate, a crank and yellow umbrella swayed in the wind, and a copper crane incense burner was swaying lightly.

The eunuch Wang Chengen wore a three-mountain hat and a python robe, following the emperor.

The nine ministers and military officers were sorted by shifts, and the chief assistant Xue Guoguan was at the forefront. Many civil and military officials were arranged in neat formations according to their ranks and walked into the door. The burly generals on both sides were in red robes and entourages, with shiny armor and tiles as bright as frost and snow, and they all held their heads and raised their belly, cheering up their spirits.

The dynasty meeting began, and all officials sang the name and greeted him. Then Emperor Chongzhen spoke. He first talked about the Qing army's invasion and the Ming army fought two unprecedented victories. When Emperor Chongzhen paused, all the civil and military officials in the square cheered and congratulated each other. Some people turned their heads and looked at Li Guodong who was standing at the back of the noble position.

In fact, Li Guodong's current position is very awkward, standing at the end of the ranks of nobles, but the nobles did not look at him at all. The Lord of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rare. Apart from the founding heroes, there were few titles, so no matter how great Li Guodong made his military achievements before, he did not even have the lowest level. There was only a low-ranking general who was not a formal title. This is not considered an official title, but generally speaking, it was an informal title relegated from descendants of the county prince. Li Guodong had no way of getting this title. Before, Chongzhen did not want to give him the title of one of the Duke and Marquis and Nemesis, and wanted to give him an admiral, but the civil servant could not agree, so he defeated it and gave him an inappropriate general.

"Corruption of Li Guodong as Wuweibo!" Chongzhen's voice came into Li Guodong's ears.

"Have you been granted a title?" Li Guodong was stunned for a moment. It was already difficult to be granted a title. Although there were only three levels of Duke, Marquis and Uncle in the Ming Dynasty, and Uncle was the lowest, with the title of this Uncle, he was officially included in the ranks of nobles.

"Thank you for your kindness!" Zhang Shien, the Anxiang Bo, reminded him.

Li Guodong quickly stood out, walked to the middle, and thanked him: "Thank you Your Majesty! The emperor's kindness is so great. I am the only one who vows to serve the court to the death and is willing to destroy Jiannu for Your Majesty. Even if I am crushed to pieces, I will find it difficult to repay the holy grace!"

"Li Aiqing, calm down." Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Guodong returned to the ranks of nobles. When he returned this time, the nobles looked at him obviously differently. After all, he is now an uncle and has truly been included in the ranks of nobles.

Next, Emperor Chongzhen announced a series of appointments. Lu Xiangsheng was granted the title of Prince's Young Master for his contributions, but allowed Lu Xiangsheng to go home to mourn.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Xiangsheng stood up and answered the order.
Chapter completed!