Spring and Temple.

"The minister greets His Majesty and meets the lady concubine."

"No courtesy." Zhu Cihong waved his hand casually.

"I've seen my brother."

This title is actually inconsistent with etiquette, but who let this concubine come from a peasant family and be illiterate?

Concubine Shu is the girl Wu Ale (Yue) who was rescued by Wu Zheng at the intersection of Jinwei Road Street in Hangzhou Mansion and the intersection of Weaving Mansion.

After all, Zhu Cihong did not give Ah Le's mother a chance to the world, even if Wu Zheng had recognized Ah Le as his sister-in-law.

Perhaps, Zhu Cihong took his hatred of Wu Zheng out of anger on Ah Le.

Wu Zheng smiled and said to Ah Le: "The minister has something to say to His Majesty, can Niangniang ......?" ”

Ah Le glanced at Zhu Cihong cautiously.

Zhu Cihong was noncommittal.

Ah Le gritted his teeth in embarrassment, bowed his head and said, "The concubine retires!" ”

After speaking, he smiled bitterly at Wu Zheng and walked out of the palace gate.

"See, your words are better than mine, even my women."

Wu Zheng was stunned, this is too cautious, right?

"Your Majesty misunderstood, Niangniang is ......."

"I don't have to explain, I don't care." Zhu Cihong shook his hand and said, "Sit down, since you are here, you don't have to be polite." ”

Wu Zheng was not polite, and sat opposite Zhu Cihong.

"You've won! My sister, my minister, is already on your side. As long as you want, you can force me to abdicate at any time and then stand on your own. ”

"Your Majesty has misunderstood ......."

"Don't worry, I'm not in love." Zhu Cihong's face didn't show a trace of excitement or indignation, "You...... You don't want to kill me, do you? ”

Wu Zheng couldn't cry or laugh.

"Your Majesty seems to have really misunderstood......!"

"I'm not mistaken, oh yes, you're trying to figure it out? It is also done, first a prince, or follow the example of the Qing court and make a regent...... Don't worry, I'll do it all. ”

Looking at Zhu Cihong, Wu Zheng sighed lightly: "If I want to, Your Majesty really can't stop it, but the problem is, I don't want to!" ”

Zhu Cihong's puzzled eyes widened, carefully examining Wu Zheng's eyes and face.

Wu Zheng calmly let Zhu Cihong watch.

After a long time, Zhu Cihong finally realized that Wu Zheng didn't seem to be lying, so he no longer "pretended", he restrained his disdain, and said in a deep voice: "Then what do you mean by coming to see me today?" ”

"I want to ask Your Majesty, where did the money go?"

Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment, and said abruptly: "Although I said that I used that silver, I didn't have a tael of silver to enter the palace, look at the robes on my body...... Why, do you still suspect that I am greedy for money? ”

Wu Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty's words, I believe it." But what I want to ask is that silver is not food, it can be eaten in the stomach, it is nothing more than transferred from one pocket to another, but as far as I know, during this period, the major money banks in the capital did not have a large amount of cash inflow, at least far less than 20 million taels...... Where did the silver go? ”

Although Zhu Cihong said that he didn't understand the economy, he also understood Wu Zheng's meaning, and it was not difficult to understand this matter.

The silver was gathered from the people to the money village, and then, at the behest of Zhu Cihong, the household department allocated funds to the military department for military salaries, equipment and army expansion.

According to the bright side, it has been nearly two years to support the original 100,000 army, plus 80,000 new troops for seven or eight months, and there is nothing abnormal about this money.

But the problem is that silver is not food, and it will turn into when you eat it.

Even if someone really eats silver, I'm afraid that what is pulled out is still silver.

Then, the problem is that there are three kinds of money in Jiangnan today, one is the Mojia money village in which Wu Zheng holds shares, the other is the money village under the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, and the other is the money village of the imperial court.

None of these three banks had an equal amount of silver flowing in, so where did the money go?

A large amount of military salaries were allocated, and in the hands of each soldier, it was not a huge amount of silver, and each person was only two or three taels at most, and there were more generals, ranging from thirty to eighty taels.

In addition to daily expenses and supporting family members, those who have surplus will still be deposited in the bank and can earn interest.

At least before the imperial court's misappropriation of the bank's silver deposits was exposed, the people trusted the bank.

Since none of the three types of money had an equal amount of silver flowing in, it is clear that the silver must have been transferred or hoarded somewhere.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong's face changed, and he realized that he was likely to be wronged.

Zhu Cihong's face changed, Wu Zheng saw it in his eyes, and knew that Zhu Cihong had figured it out.

"Then according to your meaning, above the court, there are people who are greedy for ink?"

"Ink greed is certain, and it won't be one person or a few, but many, even ...... Most. Wu Zheng pierced this layer of paper mercilessly.

"This gang of thieves...... Bandit...... Unscrupulous horseman! Zhu Cihong roared, "I want to investigate them thoroughly to the end, and peel them all one by one and plant grass to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" ”

Zhu Cihong has a reason to hate, and it is no wonder that he is indeed doing things, but unfortunately the direction and method are inappropriate.

It's just that Zhu Cihong obviously forgot that he was in "retreat" at this time.

Under Wu Zheng's shallow smile, Zhu Cihong quickly realized this.

He sat down dejectedly, looked at Wu Zheng and said, "Can you do this for me...... Is that right? ”

Wu Zheng said: "I asked this question just to tell Your Majesty that if you do things in the wrong way, the harder you work, the farther you will be from being right." Many officials have disappeared, including Qian Qianyi, the former head of the household department, and it is difficult to track them down, at least not in a short time...... But there is one point, this matter is by no means dependent on Qian Qianyi, and the missing dozen or so officials can cover the sky with one hand, obviously above the court, many important ministers are involved, at this time to investigate, I am afraid that the Yixing Dynasty will be in chaos. ”

"What do you think?"

Wu Zheng looked at Zhu Cihong fixedly, and said word by word: "Replacement." One by one. ”

Zhu Cihong's face changed again, he got up, squinted his eyes and stared at Wu Zhengdao: "Change your person?" ”

"If you want to cure it, it must be so!" Wu Zheng looked directly into Zhu Cihong's eyes, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Also, Your Majesty must personally make a will." ”

Zhu Cihong sat down slowly, his face gradually returned to calm, "I can't, those are the pillars of the imperial court, I can't chill the hearts of loyal and righteous ministers...... It was nothing but some silver, and I should have given it to them. ”

Wu Zheng sighed in his heart, got up and said, "Since Your Majesty has decided, I won't be strong...... As for this shortfall case, I will smooth it out for Your Majesty before leaving the capital, and what will happen in the future, Your Majesty will see how it will be handled...... bar. ”

Wu Zheng saluted, turned around and walked out.

Zhu Cihong's voice came from behind him, "Actually, the eldest princess's suggestion is feasible, I can canonize you as a prince, and after the world is calm, you can share the world with the royal family...... If you don't believe it, I can make an oath in front of the civil and military officials in the Taimiao Temple, and take the stone as proof! ”