The morning glow has not faded, the empress is in the Qianming Palace, and a group of civil and military forces led by the newly promoted university scholar Lu Shixing are waiting outside the hall before the sun rises, naturally coming to the Xicheng disaster last night.

The name of Yin of Zhongjing Mansion is Zhu Shineng, and he is a distant clan like Zhu Yingneng, the governor of the Five Armies. However, looking at the more powerful Fu Yin, whether it is age, size or momentum, he is far inferior to Governor Zhu. This middle-aged man who was like a middle-aged man who had been hollowed out by wine came up and knelt down to plead guilty, begging for dismissal and investigation, but he really couldn't do it anymore.

"The secretary can coordinate all parties to respond in a timely manner, and he is not guilty. ”

The empress's praise not only did not reassure Fu Yin, but her face turned even paler. He was promoted by the empress after the death of the old prince, first the rebellion of the imperial gate, then the rebellion of Prince Jing, and now it is a disaster in Xicheng, each of which is a rare change in the previous palace, but he has all collided in just two or three months.

Maybe he was worried that if something happened again, the empress would be dismembered into pieces, or maybe he was afraid that the next mess would happen to him, in short, he really didn't want to do it anymore.

Still kowtowing and begging to retreat, Governor Zhu Dadu coughed and said, "Fu Yin still has to force it, where do you put Your Majesty's words?"

Fu Yin looked at the Grand Duke, the two exchanged glances, and Fu Yin obediently got up and didn't dare to speak again. Even if he was stupid, he understood that he was not sitting in this position because of his ability, but because the empress had an unstable foundation, and this position must be occupied by a reliable clan, and incompetence was his ability.

"The matter of Xicheng has come to an end, and the Zhongjing Mansion can do a good job of burning the corpse and caring for the wounded. ”

The empress's focus is not on this, "I am not worried about Zhongjing, but about the rebellion in Songzhou and Wenzhou. The rebellion is uneven, and Zhongjing is difficult to decide. According to Zhu Qing's previous discussion, Songzhou suppressed Wenzhou. Soldiers and horses are being chosen, but military spending has not yet been settled. ”

She looked at the middle-aged man with an elegant and handsome face, more like a cultivator, "Hu Qing, is there a charter on the side of the household department?"

This middle-aged man is Hu Xuan, the servant of the household department, and bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the Household Department of Calculations has re-audited the internal and external warehouses and cleared out the deficit of 64.2 billion yuan. ”

The Empress twitched the corners of her mouth behind the desk, and the others gasped. The income of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Ming Dynasty is only 1560 billion, and the treasury left by the emperor not only does not have a single copper left, but also owes more than 60 billion, which is really a big mess!

"It has been very difficult to transfer these debts, and it is really difficult to ask the household department to allocate additional military funds for Songzhou. The constitution of the ministry was that the arrears of 14.7 billion yuan could be written off first, which came from more than 300 ticket houses and workshops. As long as these are eliminated, they will be able to recognize the imperial court military tickets and supply the needs of the army to open and fight. As for the new arrears, then slowly figure it out. ”

Without waiting for the empress to ask the Ministry of Household to find money, where would the money be found to fill this hole, Hu Shilang continued: "According to the practice of the imperial court, it is good to approve more mold licenses, and the required licenses are discounted with mold weapons, and the calculation department has made a list. ”

"This is not appropriate," said the short and fat honest old man, this is another newly promoted university scholar Zhang Huaiyuan, who has been up and down in the Criminal Department for decades, and was also suppressed by the old prince. The empress was pulled out under the recommendation of Shangguan Qing, and she was quite effective in cleaning up Prince Jing's rebellion, so she was pulled out and sat in the cabinet with Lu Shixing.

Scholar Zhang said: "The mold machine is related to the lifeblood of the imperial court, the first emperor has a tendency to be indiscriminate, and if the mold is continued to be scattered among the people, the control power of the court will be weaker." ”

The courtiers nodded one after another, and the molds that can manufacture all kinds of machinery and appliances are controlled by the imperial court, but there are also several modes of control by the imperial court. The molds and weapons used to manufacture trains, airplanes, chariots and warships are all managed and used by the officials under the Ministry of Industry, while those that are not very important, such as the manufacture of steam cars, televisions, radios and even all kinds of people's livelihood goods, adopt the mode of private use of government taxation.

Although the Ming Dynasty relied on the collection of grain and silver money to maintain the operation of the imperial court, the mold machinery constituted another layer of the operation of the Ming Dynasty. High-rise buildings, vehicles and ships, and commercial goods are all supported by countless mold machines, and the importance of controlling mold machines even exceeds the management of local states and counties and people.

There is also a loss of input and loss every year, and the input is a secret of the imperial court, and even the university scholars do not know the details. Although the loss has been reviewed by the department, there is definitely a difference between the figures on the surface and the actual situation. Let the people master too many mold weapons, and the corresponding golden dragon and material flow will naturally be out of the control of the imperial court. The consequences of not being able to master the mold are more serious than not being able to master the population, and how can such a court still rule the world. In the Jingling Rebellion, the blood shed by Emperor Jingling and the Dingling King for the model weapon was far more than the battle for the territory.

"The discounted 14.7 billion yuan of mold machinery is scattered to the people, which can give birth to 100 billion industries and get 10 billion yuan in finance and taxes. Lu Shixing spoke, "But it may also cause the congestion of commercial goods and the sharp change in prices, which will then cause panic, and the consequences are unpredictable." ”

He proposed another method, "I wonder if the household department can negotiate with these creditors to convert the debts into military bills and then use various methods such as tax cuts to slowly reduce them in the future."

"This ......" Hu Shilang was very embarrassed, "This matter cannot be done by the household department, these debts are mainly in the inner treasury, although the inner treasury is posted in the household department, but the entry and exit are the masters of the inner court." ”

As a result, the theme of the court meeting extended from wiping the buttocks of the emperor to defining the division between the inner treasury and the national treasury.

"In this way, Your Majesty should sort out the regulations of the Inner Treasury," Lu Shixing said, "Let the Inner Court handle this matter." ”

The courtiers echoed again, and there was no distinction between the inner and outer libraries, which was the root cause of such a big mess left by the former emperor. The empress is dedicated to the public, so she is naturally willing to distinguish between the two, and even should hand over the inner library to the court.

To everyone's surprise, the empress not only did not express her position immediately, but also asked Hu Shilang: "Is it true that the household department can't be the master?"

Hu Shilang's immortal wind bones suddenly disappeared, and he said a little embarrassed: "The minister knows that the situation is like this, if there is a deviation, it is that the minister is ignorant of the ministry, please punish Your Majesty." ”

"Forget it, I won't hurt you," said the Empress, waving her hand, "all you need to know is this." ”

She glanced at the crowd and asked, "Is there any other way?"

The courtiers spoke one after another, speaking much more cautiously, only to feel that the empress was no longer the ignorant girl who had just ascended the throne, and her understanding of the Ming Dynasty was getting deeper and deeper.

When the court meeting is over, only the empress, Ai Tosaka and Shangguan Qing are left in the apse, and the empress sighs faintly.

"Did you land here?"

She raised her eyebrows, "One faction wants more mold weapons, and the other faction wants to use this military budget to force me to hand over the inner library, at least to suppress the inner library, is this their condition?"

At this time, she said in a cold voice: "There is not a good thing in the court or outside the court! They dare to persecute Your Majesty, are you not afraid that Your Majesty will send down the wrath of thunder?"

"Da Ming is the porcelain that Your Majesty is carrying on his shoulder," Shangguan Qing persuaded gently, "If Your Majesty is not the empress who can rectify them, but if he becomes the empress, he will not be able to drop the porcelain and do it." As soon as the porcelain was broken, the world collapsed, and His Majesty had to sit on the throne of Sheji. State affairs are like this, they can only move around, how can there be room for anger. ”

"I really want to go to Songzhou to quell the rebellion by myself," the empress smiled bitterly, "I can kill all the people alone, but the chaos in people's hearts is not something I can solve alone." ”

Ai Tosaka raised her eyebrows, as if she wanted to say that this was not a solution, but she would take someone to do it, and the intercom on her waist suddenly rang.

After connecting it, I said a few times, and I hung up angrily and said, "I'll go over and take a look."

"It's him," Ai Tosaka rolled her eyes at the Empress, "he's on Yu Linwei's side, saying that he has made a discovery." ”

"Isn't he injured again, why is he still running around?" The empress suddenly lost her composure just now, and her willow eyebrows frowned, "I really can't rest!"

After thinking about it, he shook his head helplessly: "You go and appease him, let him not dwell on this matter, those money turtles are here to give today's discussion." ”

Gao De pointed to the corpse on the autopsy table and said to Ai Tosaka: "Shen Ze is a demon, and the rank in this secret organization is 'thumb', which means that he can escape with his finger off. In the last operation to clean up the Yisi Dayang Temple, this is how he ran away. Look at this corpse, although there are witnesses who testify that it is indeed Shen Ze...... No, Shen Wenchun himself, but the flesh and blood of the thumb of his left hand are somewhat different from the flesh and blood of his body, and it is obviously spliced together by evil magic with the thumbs of others. ”

This is what Gao De discovered, as soon as he arrived on the ground, he checked the thumb of the corpse, and sure enough, as he expected, Shen Ze's guy escaped with his thumb again.

What does this mean?

It shows that those money turtles are accomplices with Shen Ze!

As for the other discovery, it was difficult for him to tell Ai Tosaka. In another room, there was a bronze tripod with a height of one person and four people hugging each other, and the inside was empty. It is impossible to open the Gray Realm with this Great Ding alone, and Gao De guesses that there should be a lot of Chaos Scales woven into some kind of magic circle, which can then be activated through a specific sacrificial ritual.

In short, the physical evidence sent back by the money turtle is to hide from the world!

"Gao De, ......"

Tosaka Ai hugged his arms, and his tone was unusually heavy, "Do you think that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are all good people, and the courtiers under the empress are absolutely loyal mortals?"

Gao De blinked, only to feel unbelievable.

Listening to Tosaka's tone, she actually knows the details of the money turtle gang?