Early the next morning, there was an old man with a sad face at the door of Ciqing Palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If you just look at this embarrassed look, you would never have imagined that this old man is Zhao Shiqing, the second-ranked household secretary of the six.

Zhao Shangshu is a contented person, at the beginning of the Great War, there was really no money in the treasury, and it all relied on the emperor's inner treasury to allocate silver, so from the beginning, Zhao Shiqing did not plan to take out much silver from the emperor.

After he was definitely not willing to work hard, he even had to share his hard-earned money with others......

Of course, some hard-working businessmen are not within the scope of Zhao Shangshu's consideration, when Zhu Changluo was raising money in Beijing, he was still an official in other places, so the matter of donating silver has nothing to do with him.

This is also the biggest reason why this matter can be resolved satisfactorily, Zhao Shangshu feels that he can get five million taels from the loss of this Japanese country, and he is already satisfied.

In the end, the emperor was willing to give up an extra one million taels and allocate six million taels of silver to the household department, and promised that in the next five years, all the palace repairs in the imperial city would be allocated silver from the inner treasury, which really surprised Zhao Shangshu.

But when he happily went to Honglu Temple yesterday to receive the silver taels, he couldn't be happier!

What about the six million taels of silver that were promised? How inexplicably a million taels are missing!

Zhao Shangshu slapped the table on the spot, and went to the palace to theorize with the official in charge of managing the silver taels, but the answer he got turned out to be that the silver taels were intercepted by His Royal Highness the Prince......

That's a million taels!

Not to mention His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, even if it is the emperor, he can't stop Zhao Shangshu's determination to ask for an explanation.

So early this morning, Zhao Shangshu came to the door of Ciqing Palace with a belly full of fire and high spirits.

However, the initiator is very calm.

"Yo, Zhao Shangshu is not in the household department to handle official business, how can he have the kung fu to come to the Ciqing Palace in the main palace?"

Zhu Changluo was calm, and he still had the heart to make fun of Zhao Shiqing.

However, the latter didn't have the heart to joke with him, and asked with a calm face.

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Prince, yesterday the minister received the silver compensation from the Wa State, but found that one million taels were missing, and Gonggong Chen said that he was intercepted by His Royal Highness, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

"The silver is in the East Palace, but when it comes to this interception, where do you start?"

Zhu Changluo also put away his banter and said with a sincere face.

"If this palace is not mistaken, this silver was promised to this palace by Zhao Shangshu himself, how can it be regarded as interception?"

"Did the old man promise it to His Highness?"

Zhao Shiqing has an expression on his face that you think I am a three-year-old child.

But Zhu Changluo said calmly.

"Zhao Shangshu forgot, just half a month ago, also in this Ciqing Palace, Zhao Shangshu personally promised that he would fully allocate the military expenses of the three major battalions next year, could it be that only half a month later, Zhao Shangshu didn't remember?"

Only then did Zhao Shiqing remember that he was indeed under pressure that day, and promised to fully allocate the military expenses of the three major battalions for next year.

I have to say yes!

At that time, Zhu Changluo was holding the matter of the Shenji Camp in his hands, and he might be in trouble at any time, so he had to fool around first.

Anyway, in the end, it's not up to you to decide how much to pay?

It's really not good, if the treasury has no money, how can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really take him?

But who would have thought that Zhu Changluo would actually hit the idea of the loss of this Japanese country! This one is cut first and then played, but it really makes Zhao Shangshu have a hard time!

"This ...... Your Highness, it is not yet time to allocate military expenses, not to mention that the silver taels have not yet been put into the treasury, it is not in accordance with the rules for Your Highness to do this......"

In the final analysis, Zhu Changluo came up with a hard reason, and Zhao Shiqing's cheek was not so thick that he didn't even recognize what he had said, so his confidence in speaking was three points weaker.

"The situation of the three battalions is special, and there should be a special method, so the bento should be advanced in advance by the main palace! As for whether it is in line with the rules or not, this silver will be allocated to the three major battalions after all, so why should Zhao Shangshu stick to the provisions! ”

Zhu Changluo frowned and said.

Zhao Shiqing is simply dumb and can't say if he suffers from eating Coptis chinensis, God knows that he never thought of allocating military expenses in full, even if it is for the sake of Zhu Changluo's face, at most 500,000 taels will be allocated to the top!

But now, it's a million taels!

He can see that this silver is in the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he can't get it back!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Shiqing calmed down, pondered for a moment, and spoke.

"Since His Royal Highness said so, the minister will no longer pursue the whereabouts of this silver tael, it should be regarded as the household department to make up for the military expenses owed in previous years, but the minister must remind His Highness that this method may be used for a while, but if His Highness wants to completely change the shortcomings of the three major battalions, it is not such a mere means, presumably His Highness is wise, and there is no need for the minister to say more!"

Zhao Shangshu didn't ask for the money, he was in a very bad mood, and he didn't even speak very politely, so he left Ciqing Palace and went back to the household department to be busy with his official business.

However, although this was not polite, Zhu Changluo was not angry, but sighed heavily.

Because Zhao Shiqing is telling the truth!

He is indeed clever this time, this million taels was deducted by him from the indemnity of the Wa Kingdom, strictly speaking, it is a violation of the procedure, if Zhao Shiqing insists, he can actually go back.

But Zhu Changluo took the first step to block his mouth with the original promise, and coupled with the authority of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Zhao Shangshu had to swallow this bitter fruit, and it seemed that he did have an advantage.

Don't forget, this is not a one-shot deal, but the loss of the Japanese country is only this time!

This time, he can play a scoundrel and get a million taels of military expenses from Zhao Shiqing, but there is no next time!

The biggest difficulty of the three battalions is that there is no money, although his million taels can support it for a while, but what about this period of time?

Without enough military spending, the three battalions will still go down the old path.

As for forcibly letting the household department allocate silver, it is irresponsible, if the treasury has enough silver, why doesn't Zhao Shiqing want to allocate enough money from each yamen, and he, the household secretary, can also be a little easier.

But the problem is that the treasury has no silver, and even with the extra income of several million taels this time, the financial pressure on the imperial court is still huge!

There are only so many taels of silver in the treasury, so we can only pick up the important departments to allocate funds, disaster relief funds, hundreds of officials' salaries, military salaries at border gates, dredge rivers in various places, and repair official roads......

One by one, some are places to spend money, and he, the head of the household, is not easy to do!

Looking at the Jingying side again, no matter how much Zhu Changluo emphasizes the importance of the Jingying, the Jingying does not have to fight now, and it has no contribution to the imperial court, this is the actual situation.

Even if the military spending of the Beijing camp is reduced, it will not cause any serious consequences, so why not cut it?

This huge court, the place where the money is used has gone to the sea!

Even if Zhu Changluo is the crown prince, he has to consider these actual situations, and now he is rectifying military discipline, and occasionally extorting a silver tael from the household department, it is not a big deal.

However, after a long time, the military expenditure of the three major battalions will still be reduced, and this is a matter of no choice.

Unless the treasury has money, but the treasury has no money, how many years has this been an old problem, and how can it be so easy to solve?