"The last general thought that it was the business of the officials to talk about rules and etiquette, and the last general was just fighting to kill the Han, and the emperor said that the last general was ready to take the prince back to the palace to protect the safety of His Royal Highness...... The last general will only take care of military affairs, and ignore everything else. ”

At this time, Shi Kefa also saw it, the young and excessive lieutenant general in front of him was just a pure soldier who admitted his death, not a person who tended to be inflammatory, although he was topped again, he had a good impression of Qiu Yuanyi, and only said at the moment: "Okay, okay, do your part of the errand is to do your job, here in the main department, don't rap anymore." ”

This can be regarded as a surrender, Qiu Yuanyi only smiled slightly at this time, the original rock-like face, under the smile, it was much more lively and lively, and at this time, everyone realized that he was not a simple dead eye, if it was not for the talent of a general, I am afraid that I would not dare to stand up to Shi Kefa, and there is no way to bring the army under his command into what it is now!

"Minister Qiu Yuanyi, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

The smile on Qiu Yuan's face was just a blink of an eye, and when he arrived in front of Zhu Cihong's horse, his face returned to his original expressionless appearance, and he knelt down on one leg on the spot, and then signed up for the salute loudly, and only then did he say at the end: "The minister has never greeted him from afar, and the soldier has a stomach in his body, so he can't pay a full salute." ”

"We've been going south, when have you ever paid attention to these?"

Zhu Cihong just watched from the side, laughing and not saying a word, and didn't mention Shicai at this time, just asked, "What, what team are you lining up here?" ”

"The emperor has an order, and his ministers line up and wait for news."

"Oh, I see!"

I can't imagine that Chongzhen still has such a tough protector, you must know that this emperor has always been afraid that his reputation is more important than his surname and the country, and he wants the cabinet to come out and move south, and he is willing to agree to the cabinet when he comes out, even with the help of military salaries and the like.

This son knew that the civil officials with big votes and the Donglin Restoration Society were competing with the crown prince, but the emperor had even mobilized the forbidden army, and it seemed that if he delayed any longer, he would have to issue an order to open the way, thinking of this, Zhu Cihong was also very moved, and for a while, he didn't know what to say.

"Your Highness, hurry inside."

Qiu Yuanyi seemed to be able to understand Zhu Cihong's state of mind, and only said at the moment: "The news came out just now, and the emperor was very anxious." Your Highness should go into the Ouchi as soon as possible to comfort the Holy Arms. ”

"Yes, the ministers have sent it here, please let Your Highness enter the inner court early."

"Greetings to Your Highness."

Shi Kefa took the lead, Xun, Qin, Wu, and a large number of civil officials knelt down together, after kneeling two and six knocks, it was considered to be the end of the ceremony to welcome the crown prince back to the palace, Zhu Cihong greeted Shi Kefa and other ministers with his eyes after receiving the salute immediately, and then under the escort of thousands of soldiers, he went straight to the Daming Gate and rushed towards the direction of the noon gate.

Nanjing's palace ban was destroyed in the war in later generations, only a little remnant remained, nothing to see, but at this time it was a grand scale, the same magnificent and magnificent palace room, but it was said to be in disrepair for a long time, and there were mottled and embarrassing appearances everywhere, and there were few forbidden troops standing on duty, and there were even fewer eunuchs, until they passed the Huangji Gate, went all the way north, and when they saw the Qianqing Gate, the eunuchs who served the station gradually increased.

"The slave and maid have seen the master!"

The head of the Qianqing Palace is still using Wu Xiang, in front of the door of the Yangde Zhai Palace, he saw Zhu Cihong coming, he took the lead, Hulala knelt down a hundred or ten people, most of them were eunuchs who fled from the south, and the palace maids were less than twenty, and they looked like most of the palace people who followed the queens of the two palaces, but almost none of the emperor's side followed.

In the group of eunuchs, there are also Qiu Zhizhong and Li Jizhou and other eunuchs in the East Palace, and it is inconvenient to salute alone at this time, but when they look up, they greet Zhu Cihong with their eyes.

"All right, all get up, get up."

At this time, there is a sense of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, invisibly, Zhu Cihong's attitude is also solemn, he just wanted to say something, and in the corner of his eye, he saw Chongzhen pacing out slowly.

"Father!"

He called out first, there was no awkward feeling in his heart, it came naturally, although there was not much emotion, but it was also very sincere.

After speaking, he knelt down and bowed, bowed three times, and used a big salute.

Originally, there was no need for this to be the case between father and son, but Zhu Cihong had not met Chongzhen for a long time, so the etiquette was different from the past.

"Get up!"

As soon as Zhu Cihong finished saluting, Chongzhen had already put his hands under his arms, and held it hard, and after Zhu Cihong calmly looked at him, Chongzhen showed a satisfied smile, nodded lightly and said: "You are very good, Huai'an's business, you are doing very well!" ”

"There are some things that the sons and daughters have not asked for, and they are very bold, and they also ask their father to punish them."

"If you are in a hurry, your father will not even understand this."

"My son still has a few important things to play with his father."

"Wu'er has worked hard all the way, and when we meet, we have to get down to business...... Chongzhen's face showed a bit of sentimentality, and he said: "Actually, I am at a loss now, and I don't have a few reliable ministers and few available soldiers. Pushing the pillow late at night, it turned out to be sleepless...... After Jingshi fled south, I often wondered, if I didn't change my course, would I have to do it again? However, there is no way to change the previous system, and the current practice is the system used by our ancestors for more than 200 years, and for a while, I don't know how to change it? However, Wu'er said that the financial system is the most changeable and urgent, and now it seems that it can be accurately calculated? ”

In fact, of course, the financial system should be changed first, because the financial system of the Ming Dynasty was a product of Zhu Yuanzhang's assumptions, and it was not possible to live within one's means, nor was it based on the cost of political axes to system taxes...... The most tragic thing about it is that there is no budget, no expenditure details, and even a dedicated management.

To build a river, the Ministry of Industry is required to contribute a part of the money, the local government has a part of the money and manpower, and the household department allocates funds, and there is no direct leadership between the departments, and the cabinet is only a secretarial team, unless the university scholar is also a scholar, otherwise, there is no power to directly order at all.

When the politics is clear, it can be coordinated by the emperor's order and the cabinet's edict. A central power can't build roads and bridges, and it is completely a fool's dream to talk about any major military affairs.

Chongzhen's three salaries, how much he spent on his own hands, how much was spent on the front line, how much was wasted repeatedly, and how much was squandered by corruption...... I'm afraid he can't explain it himself.

The entire empire's finances, anyway, are completely collapsed by this time, and the relief money issued by an emperor to the disaster of the entire province and millions of displaced people is two thousand taels of silver, and it is only if it does not collapse!

This kind of chaotic situation, Zhu Cihong had many long talks with Chongzhen during the long sea, and suggested that he must rectify it quickly, and Chongzhen naturally agreed, now that the father and son meet, they don't have time to say anything, the first thing to talk about is this big thing.

It's no wonder that Chongzhen is in a hurry, this year's financial income in the south has not yet been reported, but get rid of the provincial army, remove the income in kind, and then deduct the necessary local interception...... It is estimated that this year's annual income is more than 6 million yuan and an unknown amount of true colors to the government treasury, and the overall calculation, all towns, governors, and fu have signed up everywhere, and they are asking for salaries everywhere, and these six million are really not enough to pay salaries. In addition, the imperial court said that the regular expenses, the officials were paid, and the flood and drought relief ...... It's really a bad book, which makes those who hear it sad and those who see it cry.

And this is still the result of removing the burden of the north!

Chongzhen is in a hurry, I'm afraid he still doesn't have the money.

He was frightened by this incident, since he ascended the throne as the emperor, he has no money, Wei Gelding left, Wanli and his brother Tianqi left behind the internal money has long been subsidized and clean, in the end, even the Beijing camp can not be paid, several times to ask the relatives to help pay and make a fuss, financial difficulties, is really the emperor's heart is difficult to let go of the nightmare.

"Father, of course, this matter is very important. However, rectifying finances is nothing more than four words: open source and reduce expenditure......"

The father and son are half a position apart, Chongzhen's footsteps keep moving forward, Zhu Cihong follows, Nanjing's palace is actually not big, and under a few steps, the two entered the middle together.

This is a newly repaired house with three bright and two dark rooms, the leaky and broken places are just pasted clean, in the middle is the Jintai imperial chair, the left hand study and the right hand bedroom, the pattern is similar to the emperor's bedroom in Yanjing. The difference is that there are many fewer people waiting, and there are no expensive furniture and antique furnishings, this layer is a lot shabby, plus the gold bricks on the ground are afraid that there are three hundred years old, although they are wiped very clean, but the cracks and cracks can not be covered.

Zhu Cihong was also very emotional, when Zhu Chongba was building this palace, he didn't expect his descendants to fall to such a time today, right?

In his opinion, as long as the descendants follow his rules to govern the country, the world will be stable in the old Zhu family, and the proper iron bucket of ten thousand years...... It's a pity, although it's not the wind blowing the eggshell now, it's almost the inner bag coming up, can you hold it, is it really between the two...... "It's my brother who came in." ”

is sighing kung fu, but the eyes have already looked at a large group of people, in front of the head are Zhang and Zhou, the two queens, Queen Zhang is looking at herself with a smile, and her eyes are full of appreciation, but after Zhou Hou screamed, she came forward to hold Zhu Cihong's hands, her eyes were full of tears, just staring at Zhu Cihong's face, as if she was looking at whether she was fat or thin.

This time, there is a danger of thousands of miles, and we can still meet at sea, but we have not heard from each other for decades after landing, and it is no wonder that Zhou Hou looks like this.

After the two queens, it was the second king of Yongding and other princes, and when Zhu Cihong finally broke his hand, he saw the two princesses of Changping and Zhaoren, the former smiled like a flower, and came forward to bless, but he could see that the eye circles were slightly red, and the latter stepped forward with his arms and hugged Zhu Cihong's arms.

At this time, after experiencing the funeral and leaving, it was completely dependent on Zhu Cihong's strength, and the whole family finally got together safely and soundly, and Zhu Cihong recalled all kinds of worries at the beginning, and naturally felt embarrassed!

(To be continued)