I want to ruin the country

Yining stood up angrily.

"This is a matter of the imperial court's reputation, so I would like to ask you, Master Senglin, when we lost Hong Kong to the British ten years ago, did you feel ashamed?"

The emperor suddenly mentioned what happened ten years ago, and Seng Linqin was speechless. No matter how thick-skinned he was, he didn't think it was a glorious thing!

"This……"

Yining stood in front of him and looked at Senglinqin who was kneeling on the ground speechless.

"When we wasted 21 million silver dollars in compensation, did you feel ashamed?"

"...!"

Yining lowered his head, came close to Senglinqin's face, stared at him and asked,

"Did you feel ashamed when Lord Guan Tianpei died a heroic death for his country?"

The three accusations were like three slaps in the face.

Senglinqin felt so ashamed that he wished there was a crack in the ground for him to crawl into, but for the sake of his reputation, he could not admit the crime.

"Of course I feel ashamed, but it's not my fault. It's all Lin Zexu's fault!"

"You fart!"

Yining was furious. At first he tried his best to hold back his anger, but Senglinqin openly put the blame for the defeat on Lin Zexu, and he couldn't stand it!

That is the god in his heart, the national hero. Anyone who insults the national hero is his mortal enemy!

"My great China, the dignified Great Qing Dynasty, was attacked at our doorstep and forced to cede territory and pay compensation. Don't you feel ashamed? I want to kill myself to thank the world!

All the ministers lowered their heads. This was really embarrassing!

Yining's face turned red with anger, and his lips trembled. Although this incident happened more than a hundred years ago, he still found it hard to swallow when he thought about it. He was really angry!

He cursed,

"We lost the battle, lost territory, and paid compensation. So many civil and military officials don't think about how to change the status quo, don't think about how to make the army invincible, don't think about how to make your country strong, but always want to put the blame on a national hero who resolutely banned smoking and did everything he could to make the Chinese people stand up. Do you deserve to be Chinese?

My dear Senglin, are you worthy of being a descendant of the Mongols?

If Genghis Khan knew you said such a thing, he would open the coffin and come out to teach you a lesson!"

All the ministers lowered their heads deeply in shame, not daring to look at the emperor. It must have hurt so much from that slap in the face!

Although Senglinqin knew that the emperor was right, he still wanted to save face. He muttered softly,

"I didn't fight that battle!"

Yining's eyes were almost bleeding, and he shouted at the top of his lungs,

"But it was Chinese soldiers who fought. Are you a Chinese soldier?

The soldiers couldn't defeat the enemy, but they blamed a civil official who wanted to save the country and the nation from danger by his own strength. How dare you say such words? How can you be a general?

Senglinqin made specious arguments,

"But what does that have to do with the emperor selling off his property?"

Yining Road,

"I want to revitalize China, but the treasury has no money. I want to buy ironclad ships, but the treasury has no money. I want to train a new army, but the treasury has no money. I want to provide disaster relief, but the treasury has no money.

I don't want any of the common people to starve to death. What do you think I should do?"

Senglinqin felt that he had caught the handle.

"To train a new army, we have over a million Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers."

Yining's eyes turned red with anger.

"Even if you don't say it, I still want to say it. You are the Minister of War, you are the general.

Do you know how many soldiers you have left?

Did you know that your soldiers secretly smoke opium?

Do you know how long your soldiers have not trained or drilled?

Do you know your soldiers can still fight?"

"My servants... my soldiers are not so incompetent!"

Yining sneered,

"Well, I'll take some time to visit your barracks and see how many soldiers you have left!

Let's see if your soldiers can still fight and protect the safety of the people of Daqing!"

Looking at the furious emperor, Senglinqin was a little trembling. He said,

"Your Majesty, I respectfully invite you to inspect the military camp! Your Majesty, I would like to ask you, are you selling those treasures to buy warships?"

Yining Road

"I don't need to tell you what I want to do. I'm selling things from my family. I can do whatever I want with the money. It has nothing to do with anyone else."

This sentence left Senglinqin speechless. Who has the right to interfere in other people's family affairs?

When Mu Zhang'a saw that Senglinqin had been defeated again, he bowed and said,

"I know the treasury is empty, but it would be disrespectful to sell the things left by our ancestors!"

Yining glanced at him and said sternly

“Disrespectful, what is this?

It is the greatest disrespect to lose the country of our ancestors!

Why did Emperor Chongzhen lose his throne?

The ministers were wealthy and lived in luxury, but Emperor Chongzhen wore clothes patched up like a beggar! His wife spun yarn and wove cloth in the palace to earn some money.

The princes and nobles lived in peace and prosperity and enjoyed delicacies every day, but Emperor Chongzhen summoned his ministers to eat cabbage and tofu.

He works hard on state affairs every day and never slacks off. Can you say that such an emperor is not diligent and frugal?

But he still lost his kingdom. Why?

Yining looked at the ministers who bowed their heads and said nothing,

"Because we have no money! Li Zicheng was about to break down the city gates, but we couldn't even take out one million taels of silver from the national treasury or the imperial treasury.

Chongzhen borrowed money from the royal relatives to pay military salaries. Did any of them take it out?

No, everyone says they have no money!

It would have been fine if they really had no money, but when Li Zicheng opened up Beijing, he found tens of millions of taels of silver in their homes!

If they hadn't been misers and had spent the money on military affairs earlier, these people wouldn't have lost the Ming Dynasty and their heads!"

"What does Daming's affairs have to do with me, Daqing?"

Yining became even more angry, he gritted his teeth and said,

"Learn from the past! You say I've lost face. Let me ask you, our treasury is short of money. We need to strengthen our coastal defenses and purchase ironclad ships. I need silver. Who among you can take money out of your own homes to help me? Is there anyone?

Don’t tell me that you have no money. We all know how much wealth you have!

Is there anyone willing to spend one million eight hundred thousand taels of silver to buy an ironclad warship? I will name it after you, and let you be honored in the Imperial Ancestral Temple and be remembered for eternity. Is there anyone willing to do that?"

Yining became even more angry, he gritted his teeth and said,

"Learn from the past, everyone!

You say I'm embarrassed. Let me ask you all, I need to strengthen the coastal defense and purchase ironclad ships. I need a lot of money. Who among you can take out money from your family to help me? Is there anyone?"

Under Yining's wolf-like gaze, everyone lowered their heads and dared not look him in the eye!

"Do we have to wait until foreigners enter Beijing with cannons before everyone wakes up?

At that time, what else can you do except surrender? Will you follow me and hang yourself on that old crooked tree like Wang Chengen did?