With the promise of the Son of Heaven, Zhao Shangshu's heart was finally relieved of a heavy burden, since the military budget is not paid by the ministry, then how to fight as much as he likes, anyway, as long as Zhao Shangshu is not allowed to pay the money, he will be happy to do anything.

Until he got out of the palace, Zhao Shangshu was still sighing, the Son of Heaven is really wise and martial, sympathetic to his subordinates, since he wants to fight to the death, the weapons are heavy, the grain, grass and horses, the people are transferred, and all kinds of money come down, how can he get six or seven million taels of silver, which is enough for the treasury to earn for nearly two years.

Although the treasury is a lot more abundant now, it is not that he can't take out this silver, but if he really takes it out, there is nothing left in his family, so Zhao Shangshu can be called grateful for the huge expenditure of military spending generously received by the Son of Heaven.

However, in addition to gratitude, Zhao Shangshu couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart, it seems that from the first emperor to the present, after more than 30 years, all major battles, military expenditures are from the inner treasury to allocate silver, rarely use the treasury silver, this time is the same, presumably not enough, His Majesty is planning to allocate from the inner treasury......

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and it is not easy for the Son of Heaven!

Standing outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Zhao Situ, the head of the household, let out a heartfelt sigh, but it made the cabinet ministers who had not had time to leave a strange feeling.

"Why is Lord Shangshu so melancholy? Could it be that he is worried about military spending? ”

After a while, the second assistant Zhenjiji kindly stepped forward and asked.

Zhao Shangshu cleaned up his emotions, but shook his head and said.

"No, Your Majesty is wise, and has promised the old man that this war will not allocate silver from the treasury, but will use the stolen silver collected by officials as military expenses, so that the old man can breathe a sigh of relief!"

Listening to Zhao Shangshu's ostentatious tone, all the ministers looked strange, holding back a smile and not daring to laugh, which made Zhao Shangshu confused for a while......

After a while, Elder Li Ge, who was still close to Zhao Shangshu, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a little pity.

"Zhao Shangshu, do you know how much stolen silver has been confiscated by the imperial court this time?"

Looking at the expressions of the cabinet ministers present, Zhao Shangshu suddenly felt a panic in his heart, and had a faint sense of foreboding.

"Five million taels?"

Swallowing his saliva, Zhao Shangshu stretched out a hand and asked uncertainly.

In fact, in Zhao Shangshu's mind, it would be good to have four million taels, but looking at their expressions, Zhao Shangshu thought about it and shouted high

Li Tingji was silent, looking at Zhao Shiqing quietly, still with a look of pity, which suddenly made Zhao Shangshu's heart even more panicked, and he dared to continue to guess.

"It's hard to do it, there are six...... No, seven million taels? ”

This expedition, in his mind, will cost about six or seven million taels, no wonder the Son of Heaven agreed so refreshingly, it turns out that these stolen silver alone are enough for military expenses......

Li Tingji sighed and patted Zhao Shangshu's shoulder again, with a look of pity.

Not enough? How much money are these bastards greedy for?!

"That'...... Eight million taels? ”

Zhao Shangshu was already wondering if the cabinet ministers present were playing tricks on him, but considering that this possibility was not very likely, he had to dispel this idea, and had the courage to add another million taels, but in this way, Zhao Shangshu's heart was dripping blood, if he guessed correctly, it was a full one million taels of silver, one-third of the treasury revenue.

Now that he has released his words in front of the Son of Heaven, even if the military budget is not spent, it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to return it to him, Zhao Shangshu feels that his heart is dripping blood!

"Alas!"

Li Tingji sighed again, and said with a complicated expression.

"Da Situ, you are mourning and changing!"

"Could it be more?!"

Zhao Shiqing almost jumped up, turned his head to the other cabinet ministers and cast inquiring glances.

saw that these ministers all had complicated faces, and in the end, they still said from the bottom of their hearts.

"The number that Master Situ just said, if you double it again, it's almost ......"

The matter has come to this point, there is nothing to hide, anyway, it won't be long before the Son of Heaven will tell the world this amount, so the bosses no longer hide it, and tell Zhao Shangshu directly!

The numbers just said......

Million...... Doubled ......

"Sixteen million taels !!"

After being stunned for five seconds, Zhao Shangshu's voice almost shook the entire imperial city.

He didn't expect that these people could be so greedy, well, the annual income of the national treasury is only more than 3 million taels a year, even if there is the loss of silver from the Japanese state, the silver taels in reserve now are not more than 8 million, but who would have thought that these people would hand over a full 16 million taels just by handing over the stolen silver.

That's twice the size of the treasury!

Zhao Shangshu's first reaction was to scold angrily, these sanctimonious hypocrites, usually pretending to be more honest than the other, who knows that one is richer than the other secretly, embarrassed that he pinched that bit of silver every day to take care of the expenses of the entire court, there was no room for tossing and turning, and he was called an iron rooster behind his back.

After the anger, Zhao Shangshu's second reaction was heartache, it was more than 10 million taels of silver!

Twice the treasury, if there is no such matter of the Tulmer raid, it will all belong to the household department, and when the time comes, there will be silver in hand, how much should he be responsible for the household department, but now, it is all charged with military expenses......

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Shangshu suddenly woke up, the Son of Heaven is sympathetic to his subordinates, wise and martial, and clearly treacherous and cunning, digging a big pit to let himself jump in!

"No, how can such a huge amount of money be used as military expenses? Even in the original war of peace, the 100,000 army of the Japanese country could not use so much silver, and now the 30,000 army of Turmo can be used so much, the old man can't sit back and watch His Majesty squander his wife like this! ”

After the heartache, Zhao Shangshu's third reaction was also very simple, he turned around and walked back towards the Qianqing Palace with a fierce attitude, he wanted to get back his own silver.

As for the promise just now, the face of the Tobe Shangshu?

Compared to millions of taels of money, it's a fart!

"Get out of the way, the old man wants to see Your Majesty!"

However, before he reached the palace gate, Zhao Shangshu met the oncoming celebrant eunuch Chen Ju.

After so many years in the court, Zhao Shangshu spoke in such an unpolite tone for the first time, which shows how unstable Zhao Shangshu's mood was at this time.

Fortunately, Gonggong Chen has a good temper, and he has just witnessed Zhao Shangshu being pitted in the main hall, so he doesn't care about him very much, but for this request to get out of the way, Gonggong Chen can't agree, standing firmly in place, Chen Ju cleared his throat and said.

"Edict, Hubu Shangshu and Zhao Shiqing receive the order!"

"Minister...... Pick it up! ”

Zhao Shangshu was stunned, but he was not carried away by the anger, and after a while, he reluctantly knelt down.

Chen Ju smiled and spoke.

"Your Majesty's dictation, the collection of stolen silver, a total of 16,827,400 taels, should have been returned to the treasury, but in the event of a Tatar attack, it is necessary to transfer troops to deal with it, and it costs a lot, and 10 million taels of silver are specially allocated for military expenses, and the remaining 6 million or more than 6 million are still returned to the treasury!"