Shenyang fell, and then, Liaoyang fell!

Yuan Yingtai shrank his forces to Liaoyang, but the wild boar skin didn't care about this, and directly attacked Liaoyang, and Yuan Yingtai raised fire after the city was broken.

In the capital, Jinyiwei directly seized Yuan Yingtai's house.

It's a very ordinary house, and it doesn't look like a wealthy home at all. However, to Tian Ergeng's surprise, Jin Yiwei found a stack of silver tickets in the house. After counting carefully, there were 100,000 taels.

Yuan Yingtai's house was only raided 100,000 taels, which was too small for the loss of Liaodong's defeat. However, 100,000 taels is a very large amount for a civil official. In these years, people's general income, that is, monthly income of 1 tael of silver, and even many do not have such income. In later generations, ordinary workers, 2,000 yuan were relatively low wages. Therefore, according to the income of the social level, 100,000 taels of silver is equivalent to 200 million in the minds of later generations.

People die for money, birds die for food, maybe Yuan Yingtai may not have plans to let Shenyang fall, but 100,000 taels of silver can make future generations have no worries about food and clothing.

Early the next morning, Zhu Youxiao came to the Huangji Gate with a black face, and after the hundred officials bowed, Ye Xiang asked Zhu Youxiao angrily: "May I ask the emperor, Yuan Yingtai is heroic for the country on the front line, why did Jinyiwei suddenly raid Lord Yuan's mansion?" ”

"Humph! What do you guys look at here? Zhu Youxiao angrily threw the silver ticket below, and Ye Xianggao picked up the silver ticket to take a look, but his face changed.

Shanxi ticket number 100,000 taels of silver tickets!

Although Ye Xianggao is a member of the Donglin Party, he is an honest official, and the 100,000 taels of silver tickets make him a little unimaginable.

"Your Majesty, what is this?" Ye Xianggao asked with a deep groan.

"This was confiscated from Yuan Yingtai's mansion, and Aiqing explained to me why there are so many silver tickets in Yuan Yingtai's mansion?" Zhu Youxiao asked with a dark face.

"This ......" Ye Xianggao was speechless.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Yingtai was corrupt and betrayed the country, so that Shenyang fell, please ask the emperor to investigate strictly to the end and give an explanation to the soldiers and people of Liaodong." The imperial history Fang Zhenru came out of the recital.

Soon, another group of courtiers came out, and Yuan Yingtai won and lost in an instant.

The 100,000 taels of silver tickets found in Yuan Yingtai's mansion, no one can explain where they came from. But everyone understands that this is Yuan Yingtai's greed after passing through Liaodong.

The Donglin Party didn't dare to protect Yuan Yingtai at this time, after all, he was already a dead man, and letting Yuan Yingtai take the blame was the best choice.

"The imperial court distributes millions of military salaries to Liaodong every year, sometimes more than five million. If Yuan Yingtai is only greedy for 100,000, I'm afraid it won't be the defeat of Shenyang! Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, and then took advantage of the question to play, and shouted loudly: "Luo Sigong." ”

"The minister is here." A man who was nearly fifty years old came out of the ranks, and this person was Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

"You immediately send someone to Liaodong to strictly investigate, who else is greedy for Liaodong's military salary." Zhu Youxiao ordered angrily.

"Obey." Luo Sigong received the order, and none of the ministers of the Donglin Party objected, and many officials within the Donglin Party did not even know that the Donglin Party was involved in the traitorous action. So there are a lot of things that can't be put on the table.

Zhu Youxiao sent Luo Sigong to investigate, and the Donglin Party was even more fearless. Luo Sigong was connected by the Donglin Party, and he definitely won't find out anything.

Zhu Youxiao naturally knows this, so this is also an opportunity to continue to use the topic to play and remove Luo Sigong.

Although the emperor seems to be supreme in power, in fact, there are reasons for removing some officials. If there is no reason, dismiss the ministers as you like, and the ministers will not be fried!

This is like an underworld boss, a group of junior brothers follow you to manage the territory, the junior brother does a good job, the underworld boss expels the younger brother without a reason, then this underworld boss may not be long before he is hacked to death.

Being an emperor is almost the same, the Donglin Party relies on all kinds of righteousness and truth to refute the emperor, and the emperor naturally needs a reason if he wants to cut off some henchmen of the Donglin Party.

For example, incompetence is a good reason.

When Luo Sigong took over this task, he didn't know that this was a pit dug by the emperor for him, so he was waiting for him to jump into it!

Next is the problem of all kinds of aftermath, Yushi Fang Zhenru is undoubtedly the most jumpy one in the early dynasty this day, and soon jumped out to impeach Cui Jingrong, the secretary of the military department.

Shenyang fell, and Cui Jingrong, as the secretary of the military department, naturally had to take the blame. Moreover, Cui Jingrong supported Fang Congzhe in the Red Pill case at the beginning, so he was naturally hated by the Donglin Party.

Fang Zhenru impeached Cui Jingrong for various crimes, and then recommended Sun Chengzong to serve as the secretary of the military department.

Sun Chengzong was also an official of the Donglin Party, but Sun Chengzong was a scholar in the north, did not protect the interests of merchants, and had contacts with Fang Congzhe.

It's a bit of an Infernal Affairs feel.

However, Sun Chengzong's identity as a Donglin Party is more beneficial to Zhu Youxiao.

In fact, the Donglin Party is not all bent on destroying the country, the officials of this faction are a bit similar to the revolutionary party of Sun Dacang in modern times, and the leaders above will not say what crooked eyes they have, but will brainwash the lower ones with all kinds of righteousness. During this period, the Donglin Party had not yet been purged, so there were still many honest officials. When Chongzhen came to power, the relatively honest officials in the Donglin Party had been purged by the 'Eunuch Party', and the people who came up behind the guide were basically unscrupulous guys.

However, during this period, although many officials of the Donglin Party were relatively honest, they were really able to protect the interests of businessmen, because their ideas had been 'brainwashed'. And among the Donglin Party, there are still a few core conspirators who may kill Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, at any time.

After Cui Jingrong was impeached, he didn't want to be the secretary of the military department anymore, and asked the emperor to resign on the grounds of physical illness. Zhu Youxiao pinched his nose and sighed in his heart, and walked again.

However, at this time, the military department Shangshu is a fire pit, and whoever jumps in has to peel off the skin and come out again. If Cui Jingrong stays in the position of the secretary of the military department, he will naturally be immortal. At the same time, Sun Chengzong was not suitable to serve as the secretary of the military department at this time. So Zhu Youxiao immediately refused to let Sun Chengzong serve as the secretary of the military department on the grounds that he could not do without Sun Chengzong.

In the end, after discussing for a long time, it was decided that Wang Xiangqian would be appointed as the secretary of the military department, but Wang Xiangqian was not stupid, and knew that this position was thankless, so he only agreed to replace him temporarily, on the grounds that he was old and dizzy.

Wang Xiangqian is now 76 years old, and he said that he was old and dizzy, and Zhu Youxiao and the ministers naturally couldn't force it.

"Emperor Qi, Liaodong is defeated, and the imperial court should take out a sum of silver to the front line to compensate the soldiers."

Yushi Fang Zhenru asked to play again, and he was very popular.

"Your Majesty, there is no money and food in the warehouse. The expenses for the pension of the military and civilians also need to be allocated from the domestic funds. Li Ruhua, the head of the household, said.

Zhu Youxiao has a headache, do you want to pay for it again?

"I only have 300,000 taels of silver in my internal funds, how much silver do I need to pay for the soldiers and civilians?" Zhu Youxiao asked with a dark face, this is better than money, he can get it! After losing the battle, there is no pension, and the front-line soldiers and civilians are not frying the pot anymore!

If the front-line soldiers and civilians fry, it is not him, the emperor, who will suffer the most. It is equivalent to saying that this pension is put on his neck with a knife.

Fortunately, there is still money in the pocket.

After Zhu Youxiao sold glass mirrors and glass windows, he earned 2 million taels of silver last year, two million taels of silver, of which 1 million taels were placed in the Daming Royal Bank, and with one million taels, Tengxiang Siwei's equipment manufacturing, purchase of horses, daily expenses and other aspects have spent 530,000 taels, and the East Factory has also spent 100,000 taels of funds, and now there are more than 300,000 taels of silver in the palace warehouse.

"Your Majesty, the internal funds have been allocated 300,000 taels, plus the 100,000 taels that the emperor has obtained from your confiscation of Yuan Yingtai, it is enough to support the army and the people."

Fang Zhenru replied, and even counted the 100,000 taels of silver confiscated from Yuan Yingtai's house. Zhu Youxiao waved his hand helplessly, held his forehead and said, "Yes." ”

"Your Majesty."

This defeat in Liaodong was the first challenge Zhu Youxiao faced since he ascended the throne, and he had to stabilize the situation in Liaodong.