"Military Emergency!"

"Military Emergency!"

The Forbidden City, the emergency passage, the Yuxian messenger soldiers, galloped all the way with arrows in hand.

He was the messenger of the Yuxian garrison adjutant who lowered the city wall while organizing a human resistance.

The deputy guard thought that he could hold out until the court came to help, but he didn't expect that the city wall would fall in less than a quarter of an hour.

However, the messengers who had laid down the walls escaped.

"Alas, alas, alas, who's making a loud noise there?"

The herald passed through the outer gate of the Forbidden City, but was stopped by Song Xi, the general of the Imperial Forest Army, at the inner gate.

"I have an urgent military situation, hurry up and open the door."

"Wait, who are you? Where did it come from? The officers and soldiers at the inner gate heard the rumors and were about to open the gate, but were stopped by Song Xi.

"In Xiashanxi, Cheng announced the political envoy department, Taiyuan Mansion, and Yu County to guard the city."

"Even a small soldier guarding the city dares to break into the palace at noon, don't you know that the emperor is resting?"

"This adult, do you want silver, the little one is here." As he spoke, the messenger took out a silver ingot, and threw it at it.

This is the deputy garrison for him, as the so-called Hades is good, and it is precisely this reason that the little ghost is difficult.

Wang Xi picked up the silver, took a bite and put it in his arms.

"Hmph, you are so bold that you dare to bribe the Imperial Forest Army."

"How dare the little one, the little one is just here to report the military situation, please be accommodating, otherwise the military situation will be delayed, aren't you afraid that the emperor will ask for your head?" The messenger said resentfully.

"Presumptuous, do you believe that I will shoot you into a hornet's nest with an order?"

Wang Xi waved his hand as he spoke, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate raised their bows and arrows in their hands.

"The Imperial Forest Army is a general, so majestic." Yuan Chonghuan, the current secretary of the Ministry of War, heard the messenger shouting all the way and hurried over.

Yuan Chonghuan has been at the border for a long time, and he knows the quality of the guards in the palace, so he is afraid that the messengers will be troubled.

As for the former secretary of the military department, Wang Zaijin has been masturbated because of his excessive criticism of Sun Chengzong.

"Yo, Lord Yuan, put the arrow down, put the arrow down." Song Xike couldn't afford to provoke the secretary of the military department, so he hurriedly went down to the city tower and opened the city gate himself.

"Lord Yuan, Lord Yuan, hehe..." Song Xi came to Yuan Chonghuan in a low voice and confessed.

"Quickly go and inform Wang Yongguang, the head of the household department, and say that the military situation is urgent, and if you dare to delay a little, I will give the emperor and ask for your dog's life." Yuan Chonghuan looked inwardly and said solemnly.

"Yes, yes, the little ones will go."

After Song Xi finished speaking, he trotted to report the news.

Yuan Chonghuan took the messenger to the outside of the emperor's bedroom.

At this moment, the queen was quietly closing the door of the dormitory and withdrawing.

"Lord Yuan, I just got off the morning court, why is this coming again." The queen asked puzzled.

"Hui Niangniang, this is the Yuxian messenger, he said that there is an urgent military report."

"Little... The little one, I've seen the queen mother. "Where has the little queen seen the queen, she was so frightened that she crawled on her knees and didn't dare to get up.

"However, the emperor hasn't slept peacefully for many days, no, just lie down and take a nap."

Chongzhen, who was lying down, was suddenly awakened, his robe was not draped, his socks were not worn, and his cloak rushed out.

"I'm here, what is the military situation, come quickly."

"The minister greets the emperor." When Yuan Chonghuan saw the emperor like this, he immediately knelt on the ground.

"Aiqing, please get up quickly." Chongzhen greatly valued Yuan Chonghuan, and Yuan Chonghuan was reactivated under the collective suggestion of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and Chongzhen also had high hopes for him.

"Your Majesty, the minister is late." Wang Yongguang, the head of the household, got the news of Song Xi, and without delaying for a moment, he trotted over.

"Aiqing, please get up."

Chongzhen picked up the two ministers, looked at the messenger and asked, "Tell me, what's wrong." ”

"Your Majesty, Shanxi Cheng announced that more than 10,000 displaced people in Yu County under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Mansion rebelled, and there were only a few hundred officers and soldiers defending the city in Yu County, and they were in urgent need of reinforcements."

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around, huh? There are homeless people in Yu County, why don't I know? Chongzhen first walked back and forth anxiously, and then suddenly paused, and he suddenly realized that he didn't know that there were homeless people in Yu County.

Chongzhen stared at the two ministers and asked with an unkind expression: "Don't you know such a big thing?" ”

"I didn't know about it until yesterday."

"Why did you hide such a big thing?" Chongzhen was angry.

"The emperor knows, since the beginning of this dynasty, it is beyond its means, my household department is stretched, tear down the east wall, make up the west wall, and can't fill the big hole in the treasury, now the treasury is empty, and the resettlement of the victims needs money and food, this..."

"Aiqing is blaming me for not having any money."

"The minister doesn't dare, it's the minister who has no way to manage his finances and has no skills to govern the country." Wang Yongguang knelt on the ground and slammed his head on the ground, ashamed.

said that he was ashamed, but he was more frightened, he just stated the facts, but Emperor Chongzhen thought he was blaming him.

"To resettle more than 10,000 displaced people, only 300,000 taels of silver are needed, can't the household department even come up with this amount?" Yuan Chonghuan asked puzzled.

Wang Yongguang, who was kneeling on the ground, heard the words and stood up directly, I can't afford to provoke the emperor, I can't afford to provoke you.

"Lord Yuan's words are wrong, the annual tax year of the imperial court is only more than seven million taels, and the imperial court only needs more than nine million taels of military rations, and this number is still rising, let alone 300,000 taels of silver, it is 30,000 taels, and the ministers can't take it out."

Yuan Chonghuan was silent when he heard this.

The matter of side pay is very involved, and the truth in it is that he doesn't dare to move.

"The household department is in charge of the world's financial resources, can't you really take out the 300,000 taels of silver?" Chongzhen still asked in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that since the Apocalypse Dynasty, there has been a sum of imperial silver, that is, it does not belong to the treasury or the household department, but is directly under the control of the emperor, and it has been accumulated so far, there should be tens of millions of taels, right?" Wang Yongguang asked tentatively.

"Presumptuous! How could I hide my secrets? Chongzhen suddenly turned his head to stare at Wang Yongguang.

"The sin of the minister deserves death." Wang Yongguang was shocked in his heart, knowing that he had asked something he shouldn't have asked, but there was indeed such a record in the household department.

"Ministers should not listen to rumors, ministers are guilty."

"Rumors are slanderous against me." Chongzhen walked around, and suddenly stared at Yuan Chonghuan.

"The Ministry of War is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and you actually sit back and watch the rebels of the displaced people in Yuxian County, are you guilty?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty." Yuan Chonghuan didn't say a word, knelt on his knees, touched the ground with his forehead, and didn't dare to get up for a long time.

Although he has just taken office, many things are still unclear, but he cannot shirk his responsibility, which is responsibility.

As the secretary of the Ministry of War, he is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and he can't do without responsibility.

"Okay, I don't blame you, you don't have to use silver to settle the rebels, I can use the brocade guards and the Imperial Forest Army.

The two divisions of soldiers and horses each sent 3,000 will be able to exterminate the displaced people in Yuxian County with the prestige of the army. ”

In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, whenever the displaced people rebelled, they were exterminated as soon as possible, and there were very few people who used money and grain to relieve disasters, mainly because the imperial court had no money and food.

"Your Majesty, you can't."

"Never."

Yuan Chonghuan and Wang Yongguang knelt on the ground to stop them, shouting that they couldn't do it.

"If you send the Jinyi Guard and the Imperial Forest Army, lest it provoke a larger-scale civil uprising, the Jinyi Guard and the Imperial Forest Army will definitely suffer heavy losses, Your Majesty." Yuan Chonghuan said sincerely.

This is on Chongzhen's heart, he said that he would send the Jinyi Guard Imperial Forest Army, but in fact, he was very distressed, these people were his henchmen, and one less died.

"Your Majesty, the homeless people will not rebel if they have a bite to eat, if there are two taels of silver, it can be enough for a family of three to spend a month, they will never rebel if they have no way out, the emperor must have a hidden secret."

Wang Yongguang, the head of the household, thought about it carefully, thought of the key to it, and persuaded him.

He's actually just kicking the ball.

"I need you two to come up with a plan." Chongzhen put his hands behind his back and glared angrily at Wang Yongguang.

That means, I don't want you to shirk your responsibilities, it's for you to find a way, otherwise why do you want you to be a household secretary?

"Your Majesty, if the household department really doesn't have any silver, our military department is willing to reduce expenses, squeeze out 30,000 taels of silver, and let Jinyi Wei bring it to help the displaced people in the name of the emperor."

Yuan Chonghuan understood Chongzhen's meaning in seconds, and immediately thought of a strategy.

"Officials at all levels of our household department are willing to save 30,000 taels of silver from Yulu to solve their urgent needs."

Wang Yongguang is not stupid, Yuan Chonghuan has spoken, and he can't help but express his expression.

"That's very good, stand down."

Chongzhen waved the two away and went back to the dormitory to dress.

Yuan Chonghuan and Wang Yongguang glanced at each other, and the two wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads and got up to leave.

"A good minister of the humerus, he doesn't use his heart to serve the country loyally, he actually covets the imperial silver, which is the silver of the foundation of the Ming Dynasty and the foundation of the country, how can he leak the heavenly opportunity."

Chongzhen, who was dressed, looked out the window and muttered to himself coldly......