Zhou Yanru pretended to be silent for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the capital is in ruins, and there is a lot of use, this 500,000 number is too big, and the summer grain has not yet arrived, so please wait." ”

Zhang Heyi was immediately dissatisfied, and said: "Killing the thieves is such a big thing, the court has to wait for it again, don't you have to wait until the thieves come again?" ”

Zhou Yanru would not spray with Zhang Heyi, the waiter, and said lightly: "Li Banghua, what do you think?" ”

Li Banghua said in his heart that he naturally hoped to suppress the bandits as soon as possible, but a few days ago, Zhou Yanru had already made it clear to Li Banghua that the treasury had already been swept away by the thieves, and he had burned down the two palaces in the palace.

500,000, it is already difficult to come up with 100,000, 500,000, he is not forced to die.

Li Banghua knew Zhou Yanru's difficulties, and he also knew Zhou Zheng's eagerness, sighed in his heart, and said: "Your Majesty, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. The thieves have been defeated one after another, and it should be okay for the time being, but there is still a month to go for the summer grain, so you can wait a little longer. ”

Ma Shiying came out and said in an aggressive tone: "Your Majesty, please supervise all warehouses in the capital, and if you find hidden silver and grain, you can collect it into the treasury." ”

Ma Shiying is the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, and has the right to investigate all the warehouses in the capital, the treasury, and even the treasury.

Without waiting for Zhu Cihong to speak, Chen Yan, the head of the household, said lightly: "The capital has been looted by thieves, and all the adults have been raided, where are there any warehouses?" If the Metropolitan Procuratorate wants to investigate, it will investigate, but if it can't find out the problem, when the new emperor has just ascended the throne, there must be an explanation. ”

"Yes, framing a courtier is a felony!"

"Chief Ma, you are too presumptuous! Is this a suspicion of Motosuke's corruption? You must know that all the money and food now are raised by Yuan Fu, and no one else has helped at all! ”

"Your Majesty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate wants to check the warehouse at this time, and its intentions are ill-intentioned, and its heart can be punished!"

"I'm afraid that he was instructed by someone, otherwise where did Ma Shiying get the courage, it will be difficult to get rid of the suspicion of being a friend, please punish him severely!"

For a while, the Qianqing Palace was full of crusades against Zhang Heyi, Ma Shiying and others, and at first they insinuated against Zhou Zheng, but there were not so many evasions later, and they almost lost Zhou Zheng's name.

The old god Li Zhong was standing beside Zhu Cihong, and he saw through the battle between the two sides at a glance, but there was no wave.

The 'fortnight' party struggle seems to have begun.

Zhou Zheng's people are obviously few, and they are gradually suppressed and speechless.

Zhou Zheng's afterglow swept and fell on Ruan Dacheng.

Ruan Dacheng looked panicked, came out of the queue as if he woke up, and said very cautiously: "Everyone, don't quarrel, the problem now is that Lu Xiangsheng's army has recovered Shanxi, and without money and food, not only can it not enter Shaanxi to suppress the bandits, but it may also make the thieves come back." ”

Many people looked at him dissatisfied, but after all, they were all Zhou Yanru's people, and they were all in the same family, so they endured it and didn't speak.

The most nervous person was Zhu Cihong, he looked at Zhou Zheng, or at Zhou Yanru, and said in an uneasy voice: "Zhou Aiqing, is there really no money and food?" ”

Without waiting for Zhou Yanru to speak, Zhang Heyi spoke again: "Your Majesty, the minister heard a rumor that there has been a big construction project in Beijing recently, and it is very lively. The minister checked, and the burned palace in the palace was not renovated. ”

When this sentence fell, many people were nervous and looked at each other.

Zhu Cihong was interrupted by Zhang Heyi, looked at him, and didn't know who Shuntianfu was, so he had to say, "Shuntianfu?" ”

Zhou Fang came out of the ranks, raised his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter should be asked to the Ministry of Industry, Shuntianfu does not know." ”

Zhu Cihong was a little inexplicable, but he knew who the Ministry of Industry was, and looked at Li Juesi and said, "Li Aiqing? ”

Li Juesi's scalp was numb, and he stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the thieves have done great damage to the capital, and many officials' official residences have been burned down and cannot be inhabited, so the Ministry of Industry will temporarily repair them." ”

Li Rixuan, the secretary of the ministry, immediately came out and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister's mansion was destroyed, and only some broken bricks and tiles could not be covered, so I asked the Ministry of Industry to repair it." ”

A few waiters, the Nine Temples and the Celebrity, came out one after another and admitted the matter.

Zhu Cihong didn't seem to think anything was wrong when he heard it, he looked at Zhang Heyi and said, "Zhang Aiqing, is there any problem?" ”

At this time, Li Hengbing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, suddenly came out of the ranks and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, recently the Criminal Department has received a report that some people are corrupt and have withheld the money and food that should have been distributed to the army to conquer the west, which was used to pay officials and repair houses. ”

"What's wrong with that?" Immediately, Taichang Siqing came out to refute.

"We have all been plundered by thieves, without pay, without repairing houses, do you let us starve to death and freeze to death?"

"Or is it that the Ministry of Industry didn't repair it for you, and you are dissatisfied?"

"Hmph, all of them are full of brains, we just paid money and repaired the courtyard, which attracted such vicious revenge!"

"The intentions are sinister, and their hearts can be punished!"

Immediately, another group of people drowned Li Hengbing and Zhang Heyi, looking like they were going to kill quickly.

Zhou Yanru stood in front, holding the banwat, his old face was turbulent, but his eyes were full of pride.

After the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, he has already controlled the court, and Zhou Zheng's power has been suppressed to the minimum, and it has been clearly seen from this battle.

Zhou Zheng held the same plate wat and turned a deaf ear to the words in the back.

After a group of people finished venting their anger, Li Hengbing looked indifferent and said lightly: "The whistleblower said that the renovation of the mansion of more than a dozen adults cost 60,000 taels of silver, and the distribution of 60,000 taels of money. ”

When this sentence fell, the Qianqing Palace suddenly fell and could hear the needle.

120,000 silver, no small amount! You must know that last year, that is, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the official salary issued nationwide was only 55,000 taels, and in this capital, 60,000 taels were issued in just six or seven days???

Also, even if the two palaces burned down in the palace are repaired, the total number will not exceed 20,000 taels, and the courtyards of several officials will be repaired as high as 60,000?

There is no money to suppress bandits, but there is money to repair the yard???

Zhu Cihong was stunned, he just felt that the army of more than 100,000 people suppressed the bandits for only 100,000 taels, and it simply cost more than 100,000 in the capital?

Zhou Yanru's face flashed, and he didn't know who leaked the news, so he raised his hand calmly and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't know a specific report, you don't need to make a fuss, just let the household department find out afterwards." ”

Zhu Cihong didn't believe it either, looked at Chen Yan, the head of the household, and said, "Chen Aiqing, this matter will be handed over to you." ”

Chen Yan's head was covered with sweat, and he raised his hand in a panic and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

The people of Zhou Yanru's family suddenly didn't dare to speak anymore.

Zhang Heyi snorted coldly, stepped out of the queue again, and held a notebook and said: "Your Majesty, the thieves entered Beijing, the British were martyred, and now the Twelve Guards are deserted, please rebuild, protect Gyeonggi, please Your Majesty." ”

In the capital, there were originally many guards used to protect the capital and the Forbidden City, including the Jinyi Guard, but with Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing, these things that were already useless disappeared.

The capital was taken over by the patrol battalion commanded by Zhang Heyi, and the Forbidden City was in charge of the forbidden army under the command of Shangguan Lie.