There was no one else in the imperial study to serve, seeing that the emperor was so happy, Zhang Cheng had to step forward to make fun, he asked with a smile:

"Long live the lord, what is so painful?"

Emperor Wanli excitedly looked away from the letter paper and said with a smile:

"Wang Tong suddenly transferred troops into the city and drove out the disciples in the city, it was really clean and neat, the other party was obviously depressed, but he didn't dare to say a word!"

"A few days ago, I read Wang Tong's letter, what kind of fragrance is this in Tianjin, it is indeed too much toss, long live the lord, what the slave and maid mean, is it not to let the two sides of Hejian Mansion and Jizhen clear it, this is too unusual."

Emperor Wanli shook his head, looked at it a few more times before putting the letter on the bookcase, and said:

"When I talked about it when I was having dinner with the queen mother, it happened that Feng Daban was also on the side, saying that the matter of the bow incense had been recorded in the government, and for the sake of the smooth luck, what did the government not interfere in everything, and the surname Suo used this bow incense, and the queen mother also said that Cao Yun is the lifeblood of the country and should not be moved lightly."

Listening to the little emperor's tone, Zhang Cheng didn't speak, this is talking about the queen mother, the little emperor smiled and patted the letter paper, and said:

"The queen mother and Feng Daban said this, the widow will understand, and they will not go to find this boring by themselves, if it moves, the courtiers in the court will also have to go to the court, and the trouble will be endless, but Wang Tong is justified and well-founded, and he will do something neatly, as long as there is no mistake, the widow will naturally support him, and he will not let the courtiers who do things be cold, Zhang Banban, do you say this reason?" "Long Live Lord Shengming, it's still Long Live Lord who thinks about it properly, the slave maid is reckless!"

Zhang Cheng hurriedly followed up with a word of flattery, the bow incense made such a scale, Dongchang and Jinyiwei were naturally not blind, but this bow incense saw that there was no rebellion, and secondly, the people on the canal and the Cao boat were organized, which really improved the efficiency.

The river yamen, the household transfer department, and other relevant yamen all said that it was not okay to leave this bow incense, and the above would turn a blind eye.

But this is not too worth saying, in case of such a large gathering of people causing trouble, the relevant people will bear the corresponding responsibility, and as a result, everyone knows in their hearts on the one hand, and they all pretend not to know it, which is a normal "rare confusion" in the officialdom.

Emperor Wanli has been involved in political affairs for a long time, so he naturally knows that it is better to be a little confused or less to touch, especially the Empress Dowager and Feng Bao have such an attitude, Zhang Cheng is just talking, he must also know that Emperor Wanli will not really do anything.

But Chuantou Xiang has done so many illegal things in such a confusion of truth and falsehood, and it is not a bad thing to have Wang Tong to beat and discipline him.

Zhang Cheng knew in his heart that every time Wang Tong told what he did in Tianjin, Wanli Emperor Yanjing was deeply substituted into it, what Wang Tong did, Wanli would always think that he would definitely do better, what did Wang Tong do, Wanli's mood would also rise.

Especially in the previous Wang Tong's letter describing all kinds of illegal things in the bow of the boat, Emperor Wanli was also angry and angry, and complained that Wang Tongcai killed two thieves and acted too low-key.

After Zou Yi, who lost power, entered the Public Security Division, more useful information was sorted out, and Zhang Cheng found that he could already check some things through the Public Security Department for his surname.

For example, Chuantou Xiang gives gifts to various places in Beijing every month, and there are joints in all aspects, and the relationship with Jingshi is inextricably linked.

After Zhang Cheng thought about it here, Emperor Wanli read the letter there again, Zhang Cheng quickly withdrew from his thoughts, poured the bookcase forward, and began to sort out the messy notes and excerpts.

"Zhang Banban, every year the palace receives one million taels of gold and silver, how much can be left, I remember that in April this year, Feng Daban and you told me that there is still a deficit of more than 100,000 taels in the palace, why don't you add more to this gold and silver?"

After Emperor Wanli finished reading the above process of transferring troops, he picked up another stack on the table, and after looking at it a few times, he became solemn.

Zhang Cheng was stunned, Wang Tong didn't seem to mention this matter in his letter to himself, but he had asked the same question in a letter in the first half of May, but since Zhang Cheng had planned with Feng Bao, he naturally knew the details, and leaned forward at the moment, and said respectfully:

"In the orthodox year, one million taels sent into the palace every year is customized, all of which are given to the long-lived lord to reward the following and pay the generals above the six grades of Jingying Jingwei, which was enough in the past, when Emperor Shizong's grandfather, the palace used a lot, and he had to use the silver on this, and now, when the silver arrived, it was directly given to the twelve prisons to be disbursed, and the reward was needless to say, and the salary for the military attache in Beijing had been seven folds for eight years, and the slave maid and Feng Gonggong discussed, and another 300,000 taels should be enough, so it was mentioned."

Every year, in addition to the grain that arrives in the north, there are also one million taels of gold and silver, which is the money for the emperor and the inner palace, which has been a common practice for almost two hundred years. In addition to the reward of the Son of Heaven, the generals of the Beijing Battalion, the Jingwei and the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the salary of more than six grades is nominally spent in the gold and silver, who pays the salary, the soldiers and horses will serve whom, the Beijing division is important, and the officers' salary and silver naturally have to be issued by the Son of Heaven to rest assured, which is also a means of conspiracy.

Eight years and seven folds, the generals below may not feel any favors, it is good not to be resentful, Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng are the leaders of the inner court, so they naturally have to worry about this matter.

Emperor Wanli took a few more glances at the letter, looked up and said with some doubts:

"There is such a shortage of money in the palace, and the household department allocates more money every year, isn't there a big surplus this year?"

"Long live the lord, the expenses in the palace have been reluctant to give more, Zhang Ge Lao is in charge of it tightly, saying that the silver of the treasury is to pay the officials of the world, to the soldiers and horses of the world to pay food and wages, to build water conservancy everywhere, to relieve disasters and famines, and it is the right way to be frugal in the palace."

Emperor Wanli shook the letter paper in his hand and said disdainfully:

"Mr. Zhang and those in the six cabinets, who live frugally, each eats better than the widow, the concubine is better than the widow's harem, and the food and clothing are far more than the inside, saying these frugal words, I don't know who is deceived, and the widow is a three-year-old child?"

"Long live the Lord"

Seeing that Zhang Cheng was about to come over with a cautious expression, Emperor Wanli leaned back in his chair and sighed, and said:

"Okay, okay, Zhang Banban, I have a sense of proportion, I won't say these words in front of Feng Daban and Mr. Zhang, what are you nervous about!?"

Zhang Cheng smiled bitterly and said:

"Long live the Lord, the Queen Mother's side is also every porridge and side dishes, cloth clothes and hairpin skirts, what she asks for is thrift, and her old man will be angry when she hears this."

Emperor Wanli lowered his head again and said indifferently:

"Otherwise, I will use more people like Lin Shulu to find out all the greedy people in the palace, and the silver is enough, and you don't have to kneel with Zhang Companion, I don't mean you, nor Zou Yi."

Zhang Cheng stood aside with his head down, with a wry smile on his face, since Lin Shulu made that incident, Emperor Wanli would mention it coldly, and he didn't know if it was a beating or how.

What is written on the letter, actually let the long-lived lord talk about the matter of gold and silver, Zhang Cheng was a little curious, he was a little dissatisfied with Wang Tong, but he was helpless, because Wang Tong is at this point today, not relying on him Zhang Cheng, but the emperor who is here to concentrate on reading the letter.

It is rare to see the Wanli Emperor so invested in reading a letter, for the matter of gold and silver, Zhang Cheng knows in his heart, in the past two months, although Zhang Juzheng went home to worship his father, but the correspondence has not been brief, Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng's plan is to ask the Wanli Emperor to put forward a proposal to increase the gold and silver by one million taels, a total of two million taels per year, and then Zhang Juzheng advises to do a look of fighting for the interests of the people, and finally increase the number of 300,000 taels, all of them are very happy.

But I don't know why Emperor Wanli mentioned it again today, and when he was pondering, Emperor Wanli looked up and said:

"The amount of money in the palace should be reduced, the silver that should be spent must always be spent, and there should be no discount on the salaries of the military attachés and the rewards for the subordinates in the future, but then again, it is always good to save a little more silver in the inner treasury, and I think that the gold and silver should be about the same as two million per year!"

Hearing Emperor Wanli say this number, Zhang Cheng was stunned, the matter of gold and silver, asked Feng Bao to come forward a few days later to ask Emperor Wanli to give an order, and only then told the emperor the number, how could Wanli say it directly, but this number may be said casually, but if you go to the cabinet now, it will be troublesome.

Zhang Cheng hesitated, hesitated, but persuaded in a low voice:

"Long live the lord, if the palace asks for more silver, those ministers of the foreign court will not give an inch, if the long live lord says this amount, they will definitely make trouble, it is better to wait for a few days for Mr. Zhang to come back"

"Angering the widows, using the court staff, and sending them to prison, it just fulfilled their fame, right?"

Emperor Wanli sneered and said, Zhang Cheng could only laugh dryly.

"I am the Son of Heaven and the Lord of the peoples, I want to use some silver, not for my own enjoyment, why is it so difficult."

Saying that, Emperor Wanli raised the letter in his hand and said:

"The people outside the palace who are loyal to me are Wang Tong and those around him, who know that I lack money here, and I spend money everywhere when I am in the field to raise soldiers and errands, but I still have to find a way to make money for me, such loyal ministers, I don't protect and help, who else will I help!?"

(To be continued)