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From the northwest to the capital, the distance is not more than a thousand miles.

It took them nearly a month to rush all the way, and finally arrived in the capital before the Chinese New Year.

He has a mansion in the capital, so Chen Xiaoting asked his subordinates to take their families to the mansion, and he took him back to Beizhen Fusi to recover his life first.

But before he went to Fusi in Beizhen, he was stopped by people from Dongchang, and it was the emperor who summoned him to meet him immediately.

It is conceivable how much the emperor attaches great importance to Zhang Xianhong and these people.

"Dad, when are you coming back!" The youngest daughter, Chen Juanjuan, pulled the corner of Chen Xiaoting's clothes and said.

When I came to a strange place, even if I didn't know anything anymore, I always felt insecure.

Fortunately, his son didn't cry, so Chen Xiaoting pinched his daughter's face and said, "There is a delicious pastry in the capital, and my father will come back when I buy it for Juanjuan!" ”

"Hmm!"

Seeing his family go away, Chen Xiaoting cleaned up his mood, and then rushed to the direction of the imperial city.

He was the deputy Qianhu of the Thousand Households in Beicheng, so he was unimpeded along the way, and soon came to the gate of the Imperial City Palace.

"Place the people here first, and the official will go to meet the emperor first, and you will wait here!"

Chen Xiaoting's words were said to Pei Lun, Liu Baoquan and Xu Danian, which showed that he remembered the merits of these three and was willing to let them show their faces in front of the emperor.

The key here, Pei Lun and the three of them naturally thought about it, so they bowed down one after another and said: "Obey orders!" ”

Afterwards, Chen Xiaoting walked slowly to the palace under the leadership of the eunuch of Dongchang.

After entering the palace, Chen Xiaoting had more acquaintances, and his subordinates all saluted him.

Chen Xiaoting went to Yongxi this time, no matter what, he made a great contribution, who can accidentally flatter.

From the outer court to the emperor's dormitory, there were several palace gates in the middle, each of which was guarded by Chen Xiaoting's subordinates.

In the end, Chen Xiaoting was taken to the Yuxu Palace, and was led by the eunuch to the left side of the palace gate to serve.

"Chen Qianhu, let's go and pass for you first, and you can wait for the decree here!" The eunuch who led the road to Dongchang said softly, as if he was afraid of disturbing the emperor's Qing Xiu.

That's right, the current Jade Void Palace is very different from what Chen Xiaoting saw at the beginning.

If it was like a Taoist temple at the beginning, then it is a Taoist temple that is alive and well now.

The emperor likes to cultivate the Tao and cultivate the Xuan, which is good or bad for the country, Chen Xiaoting really can't tell.

But there is one thing that Chen Xiaoting can confirm is that the emperor himself is by no means stupid and has absolute control over the country.

And he is also under the control of the emperor, so he can only hook his waist now, and honestly stand under the eaves outside the Yuxu Palace, no different from the eunuchs and palace maids who stand outside to serve.

In fact, Chen Xiaoting came very unlucky, because at this time, a unique financial meeting was being held in the Yuxu Palace.

On both sides of the vacant throne, on the left are the three eunuchs of the celebrant eunuch, namely Yu Peizhong, the eunuch of the palm print, and the eunuchs Chen Hong (Admiral of Dongchang) and Liu Jinzhong (Admiral of Xichang).

On the right are five officials, namely Huang Yucheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, Qin Yanwen, the second assistant, Zhou Siyuan, the secretary of the ministry, Zhang Yunde, the secretary of the household department, and Wang Sihai, the secretary of the military department.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this year's expenses have been agreed upon, but the remaining five million taels of silver still have to be made up...... Do you have any opinions? Yu Peizhong asked with a smile.

He asked this for the emperor, and it stands to reason that the crowd present worked together, but in the end, no one spoke.

This made Yu Peizhong very uncomfortable, the emperor is still waiting for a solution!

In the end, Yu Peizhong could only name and say: "Elder Huang Ge, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, what do you think of this matter?" ”

knew that he would ask himself, so Huang Yucheng didn't care, he had been running around raising money all these years.

"If you want to spend richly, there are only two ways to open up sources and reduce expenditure!"

"It's easy to throttle, and the reward to be issued by the Ministry of War can be distributed in batches according to the priority......"

"For example, now that the war in Yongxi is pressing, then there is no need to mobilize military rations from Jianchuan, and the rewards for the soldiers can also be postponed for a year or two!"

This method can be said to be completely chaotic, but no one on the scene stood up to oppose it.

Yes, this can indeed save a lot of money, but the problem is that the relief of the people and the pension of soldiers must be suspended.

But if so, how many questions does it raise? Is it to drink water to quench your thirst?

This matter can only be judged by the emperor, so everyone waited for the holy judgment, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

Unfortunately, after a while they did not get a response, which meant that the emperor did not agree with this.

So Yu Peizhong could only continue to ask: "Then Ge Lao, what is the meaning of open source?" ”

Huang Yucheng suddenly laughed, only to see him glance at Yu Peizhong and the others: "Back then, Emperor Wuzong once asked the palace gates in the palace to go out to check taxes, maybe they can imitate the old things of Wuzong!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yu Peizhong and others all changed color.

Wu Zongchao relied on the tax supervisors sent by the palace to make a lot of money, but in the end, what happened to those tax supervisors, the three of them didn't know.

However, Huang Yucheng's proposal could not be opposed by Yu Peizhong and the others, and everything still depended on the emperor's decision.

"Knock ......"

A melodious sound of copper chimes sounded in the hall, and the civil officials were relieved, but the eunuchs were uncomfortable.

At this time, Zhang Yunde, the head of the household, said with a smile: "Emperor Wuzong sent tea horses, salt and iron, and mining taxes ...... back then."

It's a pity that Zhang Yunde didn't finish his words, and all of them knelt on the ground.

Zhang Yunde found that the emperor, who was dressed in a green robe and a single robe, had walked out of the queen's hall, so he also quickly knelt on the ground.

"Weichen see the emperor!"

Zhu Yujun walked to the throne, and at this time his spirit was even more westward, and his gaze was more majestic.

Slowly sitting on the throne, Zhu Yujun spoke: "Zhang Butang ......"

Being called so by the emperor, Zhang Yunde's heart tightened, and then replied: "Weichen is here!" ”

"I just heard that you have a lot of treasures about the old things of the Martial Sect, it seems that you are very insightful in these things, it is better to ...... The errands of checking tea horses, salt and iron, and mining taxes will be left to your household department! ”

The emperor is here to ask for advice, but it is obvious that he has been biased, which makes Zhang Yunde very worried.

Doing these errands is extremely offensive to people, and he is naturally reluctant to take over.

"Your Majesty, the household department has already been sent, and it is impossible to undertake this heavy responsibility!" Zhang Yunde cautiously refused.

But at this time, Zhu Yujun said: "It's okay, let Dongchang help you!" ”

After saying this, Zhu Yujun didn't pay attention to Zhang Yunde's opinion, but asked Huang Yucheng on the side: "Huang Ge Lao, what do you think about this?" ”

Zhang Yunde and Huang Yucheng are in the same line, Huang Yucheng naturally doesn't want him to take this errand in his heart, but can he refuse if the emperor has an order?

What does he rely on to get on top? It's not that it depends on the emperor's appreciation, otherwise this Shoufu will sit firmly.

Therefore, Huang Yucheng had no choice, so he raised his head and said, "Shengming has no fault with Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Yujun smiled, Yu Peizhong and Liu Jinzhong also smiled, only Chen Hong, who was pointed, was depressed and unhappy at this time.

Although it is to assist the household department in handling this matter, it will eventually cause a commotion!

This is the life of a slave and maid, born to block dirty water for the emperor...... Chen Hong thought in his heart.

"Good, good...... If you have something, you have to discuss it like this, so don't you come up with a solution! Zhu Yujun smiled heartily.

Seeing that all the ministers were still kneeling, Zhu Yujun said, "Let's all be exempt...... That's all for today, tomorrow is the New Year, and I won't keep you! ”

That's right, tomorrow is the last day of the twenty-third year of Yongzhi, and the major yamen were sealed as early as two days ago.

"Thank you for your kindness!" And all the princes prostrated themselves.

Then, they slowly withdrew from the palace, and Yu Peizhong and the three of them beckoned the eunuchs and began to clean up the hall of deliberations.

"Your Majesty, the old slave helped you to rest?" Yu Peizhong said with a smile, and Liu Jinzhong and Chen Hong both wanted to come up and help.

In the final analysis, whether they are internal ministers or factory commanders, they are always the emperor's domestic slaves.

"I'm not so delicate, you all go out, do what you need to do again, don't make mistakes!" Zhu Yujun said in a deep tone.

Whether he wore a robe or a crown robe, he exuded imperial majesty from beginning to end, so that Yu Peizhong and the three of them didn't dare to say a word.

After the three of them left, Zhu Yujun got up by himself and slowly walked towards the place of cultivation in the back hall.

When he passed the aisle, he found a eunuch kneeling on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Chen Xiaoting of the Jinyi Guard has returned, and he is now waiting outside the palace!" The eunuch said respectfully.

Chen Xiaoting was the person Zhu Yujun named to see, so he told the people in Dongchang to pay attention and bring them to the palace once they came back.

Zhu Yujun nodded, and said, "Take him to Sanqing Pavilion to meet him!" ”