The cabinet is dizzy and weak, and the emperor has already taken precautions, prepared the means, and sent them to them, which is really a lot of money, and the calculations are full.

The two glanced at each other and walked towards the side door of the cabinet.

When the cabinet adults were entangled, Fu Changzong and Zhou Yingqiu came together.

"I've seen all of you." The two saluted.

Bi Zi solemnly said about these two people, although he was bored in his heart, he still nodded calmly and said: "Come and sit down, we are discussing the 'new deal', listen to it together, and talk about your views." ”

Fu Changzong was very familiar with the cabinet, and he was also aware of the troubles encountered by the cabinet now, so he glanced at the account book in his hand, stepped forward, and said, "Elder Bige, take a look at this account book, the emperor just gave it to the lower officials." ”

Bi Ziyan was already extremely wary of Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, plus the 'emperor', this combination was enough to make everyone present look solemn and their hearts beat wildly.

Bi Ziyan glanced at Fu Changzong, picked it up with an indifferent face and slowly flipped through it.

After a few glances, his face gradually sank, and then he saw the sentence 'Zheng Youyuan, eight hundred taels, loan for three months, five percent interest', and his eyes flashed angrily!

The movements in his hands quickened, and he read dozens of pages quickly, and when he saw the final number of '13.27 million', his face was ugly and terrifying.

Now the pure cashier of the treasury is comparable to this, that is to say, these officials of the imperial court have lent out all the tax silver of the treasury for a year, plus interest, at least a few million taels more!

With such a large number, I don't know how many things I can do! Bi Ziyan is not a fool, he was 'borrowed' by this group of people, most of them will not be returned, it is a clear 'robbery' and 'corruption'!

The discipline, prohibitions, and rules of the imperial court, the rolling heads, and bloody corpses, can't stop the greed of these people!

Bi Ziyan had a calm face, suppressed his anger, closed the account book, and threw it to Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong looked at Bi Ziyan's expression, took it with a little curiosity, doubled it slightly, and immediately saw a few familiar names, and without waiting for the end, he closed the account book and pushed it to King Jing with a gloomy face.

Sun Chengzong was an old man from Huanhai who came from Wanli's 'national capital dispute', and he didn't need to read it to know the result, which made him more and more angry.

King Jing looked at it, his brows jumped, the people on the list, the Governor's Yuan had the most, from the capital to all over the place, almost all of them came into his eyes, which made him frightened and resentful!

When Wang Qiaonian looked at it, his face was even better, almost all of the people he saw were people from his Dali Temple, one after another, those names and numbers jumped in front of his eyes, and the final '13.27 million' seemed to be all borrowed by Dali Temple!

Finally, Sun Chuanting, he frowned when he saw it, Zheng Youyuan, the secretary of the cabinet, was listed, and even more so the departments directly under the cabinet.

When he saw the end, he closed the account book, his eyes flashed coldly, as if there was a murderous aura.

Zhou Yingqiu looked at the changing faces of a group of people, stepped forward quietly, and said: "Although this matter is very troublesome, it should be able to block the mouths of those governors and governors outside, and strengthen the power of the Criminal Prison Division, the Governor's Yuan, Dali Temple, etc., and the 'New Deal' is imperative." ”

Bi Ziyan reacted quickly, but his face did not loosen. Although this matter may have been instructed by the emperor, Fu Changzong and Zhou Yingqiu's attitudes are still worth studying. One of these two people is the prime minister of the six provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, and the other is the prime minister of Liaodong, if they have other thoughts, even if they do not talk about their influence in the imperial court, these two places alone will be greatly discounted, but will affect the imperial court, and even the whole country.

"Master Fu, Lord Zhou, what do you think of the 'New Deal' plan drawn up by the cabinet this time?" Sun Chuanting suddenly spoke, he realized the almost ubiquitous influence of these two people, and the cabinet's 'new policy' could not be without their firm attitude.

Zhou Yingqiu and Fu Changzong looked at each other and did not answer immediately.

The two of them have been in the local area for a while, and they have a new understanding of the situation in the Ming Dynasty, and the 'new policy' drawn up by the cabinet is more serious than in the past and more than the emperor, which is a huge burden for the locality, and it may not be beneficial, but there will be a strong backlash, and the gains outweigh the losses.

In their opinion, the cabinet is too rigid, straightforward, and always lacks the emperor's flexible means, and if it goes on like this, sooner or later there will be a big mess.

Fu Changzong and Zhou Yingqiu wandered around in their hearts for a while, and looked at each other again, Zhu Xu had already hinted that they could not continue to object.

Fu Changzong groaned slightly, and said: "Xiaguan naturally abides by the cabinet decrees, but Xiaguan believes that there are some places that still need to be discussed, especially the progress stipulated by the cabinet, especially the goals to be achieved in terms of taxes, which must be considered again. ”

Zhou Yingqiu bowed down, these two points are something they can't give into, even if the dispute doesn't go down to the front of the palace, the lawsuit has to be fought, otherwise the place will have to be chaotic.

Bi Ziyan has already seen that these two people have other calculations in their hearts, and they have just come out of the emperor, so it is even more worth 'figuring out'.

Bi Ziyan and Fu Erren have a general relationship, and when they snatched the rights of the six ministries last year, they were also ruthlessly offended, pondered for a while, and said, "This official knows that there are local difficulties, but I believe that the two of you know the difficulties of the cabinet better, if you don't strictly enforce it, and drag it on, the treasury may not be able to last for two years." Although the official does not know what the emperor is thinking, he will never let it go, and the two adults still need to be consistent with the cabinet, and they cannot give different ideas to the outside world and affect the country's major policies. ”

Bi Ziyan seems to be very gentle, but he is also soft and thorny, and he exerts pressure on Zhou Yingqiu and Fu Changzong with both soft and hard.

Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu can naturally hear it, but the two of them have been up and down for many years, and this point will not be exposed, and he said calmly, "The lower officials obey orders." ”

Bi Ziyan frowned, although he was not very satisfied, he still looked at Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting and the others: "With this account book, it should be able to block the mouths of those governors and governors, before the evening, we will talk again, and after that, we can take our time." ”

The Cabinet now has a lot of means, such as the Governor's Yuan, the Dali Temple, the Criminal Prison Department, the Taxation Bureau, and the Imperial Governor's History, so it can be said that they have enough weapons for the localities, even if they only verbally agree now, they will have the means to exert pressure in the future to force them to act according to the cabinet's plan.

Sun Chengzong and the others nodded, with this account book, it can indeed block the mouths of the governors and governors and relieve the pressure on the cabinet.

Sun Chengzong has 'military reform', he has to be busy with military exercises, King Jing has the Governor's Yuan, and Wang Qiaonian has Dali Temple, all of them are busy with their feet not touching the ground, and it is good to be able to lift this stumbling block.

Sun Chuanting looked at the account book in his hand, suddenly looked up at Fu Erren, and said, "For this account book, do you have any plans for the emperor, the royal bank?" ”

Only then did the cabinet ministers react, and they patronized the solution of those governors and governors outside the palace, but they forgot about this trouble.

Zhou Yingqiu's expression was flat, and he looked at a group of pavilion elders and said: "The emperor's intention is to require these borrowers to pay off their debts within a month, but if they delay for one day, they will be dismissed from office and sentenced to prison." At the same time, the emperor asked the cabinet to formulate regulations related to the borrowing of imperial departments and private individuals. ”

"A month?" Sun Chuanting's eyes were slightly shocked. He knew very well in his heart that the money borrowed by these people was determined not to be repaid, and the pledged things were in name only, and they must have been squandered a long time ago, so what would they pay back?

Bi Ziyan's eyes flashed a cold color, and he said, "It's just a month to pay it back!" It just so happens that there is an excuse for the imperial history of the government to go out of Beijing, and I will check this matter on the surface, but I want to see how this more than 10 million taels is used! ”

Although a group of people were angry in their hearts, they all pressed it.

Sun Chengzong glanced at everyone and said, "Then this matter will be decided, we will eat a little later, we will go our separate ways, talk to the governors of the four districts in detail, and stop their mouths first to ensure that the discussion goes smoothly." I'll go to Jingdong Daying tonight, and I won't return to the city in the next few days, if there is anything to send someone to know about me, Shen Yongmao, Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao and others I will also take ......"

Bi Ziyan and the others all nodded slightly, Sun Chengzong is a little special now, focusing on the 'military reform', the cabinet's government affairs are good to say, after all, there is a discussion, but this 'military reform' has been undecided, and the attitude in the palace is ambiguous, causing Sun Chengzong to be tied.

With Zhu Xu's help on the cabinet's side, things went a lot smoother.

Such unscrupulous 'lending' by local officials is very unbearable for these heads and brains in various places, and they can easily spend millions of silver, and no one dares to be careless, and they can break the sky if they are not careful, after all, the money that these people want to 'owe but not repay' is the emperor's in the final analysis!

In this way, the voices of the governors outside the palace and the governors were much quieter, but the pressure on the cabinet did not decrease at all, after all, the cabinet's decrees still need these governors in the end, and the governors should implement them.

Waiting for the will of the palace to come down, the emperor is going to Tianjin Wei, this time and again, it is almost just in time for the big exercise, and the cabinet is nervous.

The palace had been quiet for several months, and now it was finally moving.