In the middle of December of the eighth year of Hongzhi, Li Min, the secretary of the household department, entered the palace late at night to ask for a meeting, followed by the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment.

"Your Majesty, Li Min asks to see you." Wang Zhi whispered outside the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Zhu Youjiao, who had never fallen asleep, stretched his neck and said lazily: "Xuan." ”

Li Min and his entourage entered, and Li Min, who was at the head, fell to the ground: "Your Majesty, the country is in danger!" ”

Zhu Youjiao, who was already very tired, couldn't help but sit up straight after hearing Li Min's words, frowned and asked, "Why did Aiqing say this?" ”

Li Min choked up and said: "The imperial court has hundreds of thousands of soldiers around Fuzhou, and people eat horses and chew horses, which is a lot of money. Why didn't Your Majesty fight quickly, and wait until the treasury was empty before attacking? ”

He couldn't wait to see Zhang Ru's head fall to the ground, so he entered the palace late at night this time.

Zhu Youzhu asked rhetorically: "650 million taels of silver, you are embarrassed to tell me that the treasury is empty?" The sea ban was not opened, and the imperial court's annual income was only millions of taels, and at the best of times, it was only 10 million taels. Now that the treasury is full, it is not a problem for hundreds of thousands of soldiers to eat horses and chew at all, but you are telling me that the treasury is empty at this moment? ”

"Minister, the minister is just worried that there will be a day when the treasury will be empty, and the minister has no other meaning." Li Min's head slammed into the floor with a thudding sound.

Threatening the emperor with the reason that the treasury is empty is just a more reliable method that Li Min has come up with. He never thought that 650 million taels of silver would be able to squander the imperial court for long.

"This Chinese New Year, you don't let me feel comfortable, do you think that my body is so weak that even you Li Min can't control it? I can do it whenever I want. Now none of the people who helped Zhang Wenxuan jumped out, if I do it rashly, I can't wipe out Zhang Dang, do you understand? After Zhu Youzhu reprimanded him, he still added a few words of explanation at the end of his words.

He is the emperor, and there is no need to explain it to a courtier, but he explained it because he is the Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu who treats people generously.

Li Min didn't dare to say a word, if it weren't for the people behind him asking him to force the emperor, he wouldn't dare to kill him and take several other Shangshu into the palace to force the emperor in such a stunned manner.

Wang Zhiyin's voice drilled into Li Min's ears: "If Lord Li is idle, the miscellaneous family welcomes Master Li to Dongchang Zhaojiao to have a look." I heard that Master Li has recently had a few more properties, and the house in this house is getting bigger and bigger, I wonder if there is a legitimate source for these? ”

This is a bit of a curse, Li Min is the head of the household department, in charge of the money bag of the Ming Dynasty, although most of the 615 million taels of silver went into the treasury, but Li Min is not bold enough to dare to use the money from the treasury to do private affairs.

His money is not coming from a very correct way, because he has always been at the forefront of dealing with Zhang Ru, even when Zhang Ru was popular, he was one of the few people who dared to stand on the stage and oppose Zhang Ru. After the emperor had made it clear that he wanted to deal with Zhang Wenxuan in Fuzhou, many people began to scold Li Min.

Li Min lay on the ground trembling, he didn't dare to explain, for fear that the emperor would thoroughly investigate because of his explanation.

Zhu Youzhu snorted coldly: "If there is nothing else, you can go back, and in the future, if you don't need to interfere in this kind of thing, don't interfere." ”

"Thank you for your obedience." Li Min's voice trembled, and after saying this, he knelt on the ground and walked dozens of steps, leaving Zhu Youjiao's sight before slipping away.

Several other people had the idea of being cheated by Li Min, and Li Min ran into the palace with a huff, but he didn't expect to eat a meal. Although the emperor didn't seem to blame them, he was scolded together, after all, it was not a glorious thing. What's more, being reprimanded by a eunuch is simply a great shame.

The partial Wang Zhi controlled the timing very well, and even the emperor did not say that he was good at making claims.

After leaving the palace together, several people parted ways, and the other three ignored Li Min's meaning.

"These people! I always thought that I could take advantage of loopholes, and I always thought that I could figure out what I meant, why couldn't they do something practical for the court in a down-to-earth manner? Zhu Youzhu said with a little melancholy.

There were hundreds of civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty, and there were hundreds of people who could see the emperor among the Beijing officials, and only a very few people could really solve the emperor's worries. There are many people like Li Min who like to take advantage of loopholes, thinking that they can be promoted and make a fortune when they are happy.

Wang Zhi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't be too angry, Lord Li can be regarded as having contributed to the imperial court, and he entered the palace this time because he wanted Zhang Wenxuan to fall into the dust." ”

Zhu Youzhu said lightly: "He has a grudge against Zhang Wenxuan, I know it, but there is no distinction between public and private, and it is not very good after all." Over the years, he has done a lot of work for Chao Ting, but this does not constitute a reason for him to accept bribes. Jin Yiwei has already compiled all the files into a book, and now these things are facing the desk of Mu Bin, the commander of Jin Yiwei. I don't blame him for not doing much, but why did he do it! ”

"Perhaps, it was the master behind him who was forcing him." Wang Zhidao: "The person behind him is not simple, and the power is extremely huge. ”

Zhu Youzhu said coldly: "Arrange for the people in Dongchang to control everything as soon as possible, I can't wait that long, I can't sleep if I don't completely pull out this cancer." ”

"The ministers obey!" Wang Zhi knelt on one knee.

"What's going on in Fuzhou?" Zhu Youzhu asked.

Wang Zhi replied: "The situation in Fuzhou is watched by the Jinyi guard, but it is estimated that the situation is similar to that of the ministers. At present, hundreds of thousands of troops are surrounding Fuzhou, and there is not enough food in Fuzhou City, and by the beginning of spring next year, the city will have to run out of food. ”

A look of pride appeared on Zhu Youjiao's face: "Continue to besiege the city, don't attack, even if the defenders in the city take the initiative to attack, don't fight the enemy." What I want is that there is no more grain in the city. When they don't have anything to eat, they will naturally think of the good things in the court. ”

Wang Zhi frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zhang Wenxuan's attitude is a little wrong. The fact that everyone knows, but he is not prepared at all, is somewhat inconsistent with his character. ”

Zhu Youzhu said loudly: "It's okay, I, the milk brother, probably can't think of a way." ”

Seeing that the emperor was so confident, Wang Zhi couldn't continue to speak, and silently stepped aside.

After another half an hour, it was already ugly, Wang Zhi lowered his hand and said, "Your Majesty, it's late at night, rest early!" ”

Zhu Youzhu stretched his waist, glanced at the three-foot-high fold on the table, shook his head and said, "Okay!" Official business is always unfinished, let's talk about it tomorrow! You also go down early to rest, and after the New Year, you will have to be busy. ”