In the study of King Ning's mansion, Lu Zuo and Liu Xingyuan both looked anxiously at King Ning Liu Xun, and after Liu Xun was melancholy, he said angrily: "Didn't the Holy Lord say that he wanted to recover the treasury silver in the morning today, I thought that it was normal for his subordinates to borrow a few hundred taels of silver, and it was common to borrow a few hundred taels or even tens of thousands of taels, but I didn't expect this Cui Hao to borrow 300,000 taels alone, which is not counting, what is not profitable is that he even hanged himself for these 300,000 taels and died." Ay...... Truly infuriating......"

Lu Zuo said: "Then Cui Shangshu is okay now, right?" ”

"It's fine!" Liu Xun snorted coldly, "I can't die yet, but fortunately, people found it early and rescued it." ”

Lu Zuo asked puzzledly: "Cui Shangshu, Lu has also been in contact with him, he is a person who can't rub sand in his eyes, how can he borrow so much silver?" ”

Liu Xingyuan explained: "Mr. Lu may not know, there is an old mother in Cui's family, I don't know what rare disease he has, many famous doctors in Beijing have no medicine, and then in the past two years, there was a Jianghu Langzhong who treated his old mother, and spent a lot of money for this!" However, it is still useful, so I may borrow money to continue the treatment. In the past, I also wondered where he got so much money from an honest man to see a doctor, he always smiled and smiled, and only said that it was the money from the sale of the property left by his ancestors. ”

Liu asked: "That's not all, there is something even more infuriating!" ”

"What? What's going on? ”

"It's Yang Youxian's kid......" Liu Xun said as he knocked on the table and said angrily, "As he spoke, Yang Youxian borrowed more than anyone else, and owed nearly 700,000 taels of silver to the treasury." ”

"700,000 taels?" Lu Zuo was a little surprised, this number was a number he couldn't even think of, "This is not a small number!" How could Lord Yang borrow so much silver? ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" Liu Xun frowned and said, "Yang Youxian is thick-skinned, and he still has the face to come and ask me to borrow it, I think he will also hang himself."

"The prince is angry!" Lu Zuo said, "What we have to think of now is to solve it!" ”

Liu Xun looked at Lu Zuo impatiently and asked, "What about your idea, Mr. Yilu?" ”

Lu Zuo's face sank like water, and said: "You should be the only one who is facing this problem now, presumably the prince ......"

"Not necessarily!" Liu Xun continued, "Don't forget that Xia Jingying is Liu Yan's person!" ”

"But the emperor wants to clean up the deficit this time, but he is iron-hearted, even if Xia Jingying is the prince's person, he doesn't dare to make false accounts in front of the emperor."

Liu Xingyuan said: "So the prince will help his subordinates fill the gap?" ”

Liu Xun glanced at his son, "It's not your turn to speak here, so don't go down quickly." ”

When Lu Zuo was about to help Liu Xingyuan speak, he bowed to Lu Zuo and his father in a playful manner, and then turned around and went out with an expressionless face. Lu Zuo stared blankly at the door of the study opening and closing, nodding secretly in his heart, until Liu Xun called twice, Lu Zuo came back to his senses.

Liu Xun continued to ask: "Mr. Lu, does that kid Liu Yan really want to use his own money to help fill the shortfall?" That's not a small amount! As far as I know, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have more or less borrowed silver from the treasury, and if Liu Yan really wants to help fill the shortfall, he will have to pay tens of millions of taels of silver! If Liu Yan's kid really thinks so, then it is still possible to smash the pot and sell iron! ”

Lu Zuo shook his head, "It's not necessary to smash the pot and sell iron, he just needs to find a way to sell a few officials." ”

"Selling officials?" Liu Xun frowned and was puzzled.

"Lord Wang, have you forgotten the Ministry of Shangshu Quan's Dao?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Liu Xun suddenly realized, "Quan Shidao is also the prince's person, and once the two of them join forces, it is estimated that they are not afraid of not having any money." But...... Aren't they afraid of being known by the emperor if they do this? ”

Lu Zuo smiled, "The prince is also a person who has lived in the temple for a long time, this mouse can't outrun the cat, can't he steal it?" ”

Liu Xun lowered his head thoughtfully, took the teacup on the side of the case, took a sip gently, put the teacup down, and said: "Mr. Lu, did you say that this time to clean up the deficit of the household department, is it the emperor's intention or Xia Jingying's new official took office, and deliberately shook the emperor with Liu Yan?" Otherwise, they would have come up with such a ruthless trick, and it would have been enough to install their own people in several positions in the household department and the ministry a while ago, and now they are using this trick to prepare to cut off my hands and feet, which is really too ruthless. ”

Lu Zuo sighed, "Yes! This trick is really ruthless, not only can we get rid of our people by taking advantage of the shortfall, but also take the opportunity to make a profit. ”

Seeing that Lu Zuodu sighed, Liu Xun panicked for a while, and said hurriedly: "Isn't there any way to solve it?" ”

Lu Zuo's face sank like water, and he kept fiddling with the tea cup in his hand, "If I didn't guess wrong, this time the emperor rectified the household because the drunkard didn't mean to drink." ”

"Oh?" Liu Xun asked in surprise, "The drunkard doesn't mean to drink?" So do you say that? ”

"Doesn't the prince think it's strange lately?"

"What's weird?" Liu Xun looked dazed, "Please also ask Mr. Lu to make it clear!" ”

"As we all know, the deficit of the treasury is already a chronic disease, and now the emperor suddenly turns over old accounts, what do you think will be the reason?"

Liu Xun paused and said, "Isn't it because the treasury has no money after the Western Expedition?" ”

"Then the emperor could have rectified the deficit long ago, so that the treasury is full, the money and grain are abundant, and the western expedition will naturally be smoother, so why wait until now?"

Liu Xun was stunned, "Mr. Lu, what do you mean ......?"

Lu Zuo stared blankly at the teacup in his hand, "In the past few years of the emperor's reign, he has been killing year after year, and the deficit in the treasury can be imagined. ”

The teacup in Liu Xun's hand fell on the table, and the tea in the cup was poured on the table, and he didn't realize it at all, but asked in surprise: "Are you saying that the emperor and his old man really decided to let Liu Yan's kid be the emperor?" ”

Lu Zuo was also full of confusion at this time, but his expression was still calm as usual, and he slowly put down the teacup in his hand, "Otherwise, the emperor has no reason to give the two important positions of the household department and the official department to the prince, and completely ignore your face!" ”

"But didn't you say that the emperor didn't really trust Xia Jingying when he appointed him?"

"But now that the emperor has entrusted him with such an important matter as inspecting the household department, it means that there must be a deep meaning, and the emperor is asking your opinion to appease you, or to find out your attitude towards the prince, so we must plan for the worst at the moment."

Liu Yan ...... Liu Yan! Liu Xun muttered indignantly, "I didn't expect the old thing to be willing to believe a hairy boy in his early twenties." ”

Lu Zuo was stunned at first, and then said: "Lord Wang, it's up to someone to do things!" ”