The winter of the eighth year of Guangde, 1633.

At this time, there were still 11 years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty, which is a normal history.

If history had not gone wrong and developed according to the normal process, then the huge Ming Empire would have only had a lifespan of 11 years.

In this regard, Zhu Shangwu and the courtiers were not clear, after all, they were not half-immortals, and it was impossible to know the development of the history of the Dao.

However, at this time, the Ming Kingdom already had some crumbling meaning.

It's just that no one wants to believe that.

Moreover, despite the rise of the Houjin Kingdom in the Northeast, the Ming Dynasty was always constantly harassed.

But with the population of Houjin, it would be a joke to want to shake the national capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking about it, only the peasant uprising in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty is still a little interesting.

"What do you all think about this?"

After Zhu Shangwu listened to the performance of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he already agreed very much in his heart.

He really wanted to see Zhao Hongyu immediately, and then negotiate with him about borrowing money to solve his urgent needs.

However, as an emperor, he had to ask the ministers what they meant.

Of course, this is because Zhu Shangwu's personality lacks decisiveness, and he has become accustomed to leaving things to the ministers over the years.

You must know that Lu Dao usually puts all his energy and time on studying his so-called 'calligraphy and painting skills', and does not focus on governing the government at all.

After hearing this, the household servant came out and said: "Your Majesty, if those Song people are really willing to lend us five million taels of silver, then it is better for Your Majesty to meet them." As long as we have these five million taels of silver, then we can solve many things. Therefore, His Majesty suggested that His Majesty go down and talk to them. ”

As soon as the Tobe squire spoke, the Tobe Shangshu also came out to support his subordinates.

To be honest, the saddest thing now is the officials of their household department.

No matter which yamen wanted to ask them for money, but the problem was that they had no money to give.

The little tax that is collected every year. It is also necessary to pay salaries to the armies in various places, and at the same time to provide disaster relief to various localities, which has long been beyond their means.

Now it can still hold on, and it all depends on them to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.

There is a big hole in the account book of the household department.

Now that there is such a thing in Liaodong, and with the siege of the capital, many things have begun to require a lot of silver again.

Therefore, the officials of the household department are all headaches.

They wished that silver could be planted in the fields, so that they could harvest one crop a day.

And the means that can be used, basically they have also used it. You can't get any money at all.

So now that they have heard about it, how can they continue to be calm.

If nothing else, as long as they can give them money and let them solve the current matter, then they can really call that person father.

Of course, this is just a metaphor.

With the full support of the officials of the household department, the officials of other departments also spoke one after another.

Everyone has the same meaning, that is, Zhu Shangwu should talk to the Song people, and five million taels alone is not enough. It's better to borrow more.

Anyway, it was the imperial court that borrowed the money, and it was the imperial court who repaid the money, and it had nothing to do with them personally.

It's really time to pay back the money, so let Your Majesty have a headache.

If only I could get more silver. They can get money from the household department to their own pockets.

So, how could they not bewitch Zhu Shangwu, and if they could, borrow more for Lu.

And after listening to the opinions of the ministers, Zhu Shangwu also made a decision in his heart.

Yes. Why not!

The ministers were right, if they could, why not borrow more money for the sake of Lu.

Since the other party can borrow five million taels of silver, it is always okay to borrow a few dozen taels or a million taels more.

If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you don't know how expensive they are Zhu Shangwu didn't understand this truth before.

But since the erosion of Liaodong and the arrival of Jurchen soldiers in the city, Zhu Shangwu has a very deep understanding of this.

These are all things that he didn't know before.

Once upon a time, these matters were handled by ministers.

It's not a big deal anyway.

But now it's different.

One is not good, but the Jurchens outside the city will break through the capital and slaughter the capital.

Therefore, now he can no longer leave everything to the ministers as he used to do.

And the ministers are not in charge of everything in the current situation.

Therefore, Zhu Shangwu, the emperor who shook his hands, could only start to come to the forefront.

There's no way around it.

"After listening to your suggestions, I know what to do." , Zhu Shangwu raised his hand and pressed it down, and then said to the courtiers in a deep voice.

When Zhu Shangwu spoke, the ministers all fell silent.

"Spread the decree and summon the Song people into the palace, and I will personally negotiate this matter with them."

Zhu Shangwu was willing to come forward to talk about this matter, which was the best for the courtiers.

They are all willing for Zhu Shangwu to take over this burden, not for them.

After all, if the news of the fact that the Heavenly Empire is in the upper kingdom is now poor and wants to borrow silver is spread, it is not very good.

Once they are known by the surrounding small countries, how will they treat the Ming Dynasty?

At least, they can't be allowed to do this, they still have to think about leaving a name in history. So, like this kind of thing that will be written into the history books in the future and scolded by the people, let His Royal Highness the Emperor do a good job.

Well!

Son of God, a good candidate for the black pot.

After the temporary dispersal of the court, the ministers returned to their homes with their own intentions.

Zhu Shangwu sent his most trusted eunuch to leave the palace, and went straight to the place where the Li Fan Yuan was located with a team of guards, and went to announce the decree to Zhao Hongyu and them.

It's just that after the eunuch came to the Li Fan Yuan, he found that the Song people did not live in the Li Fan Yuan, and dared to love the Song people who disliked the Li Fan Yuan because it was too simple and small, so they found a place to live outside.

Get!

I can't afford to offend these uncles, so let's continue to walk.

As a close confidant eunuch of Zhu Shangwu. This eunuch named Xue Sancai, of course, knows very well what these Song people mean to His Majesty the Emperor and the capital.

Hurriedly leaving the Li Fan Courtyard, Xue Sancai and the great eunuch Xue led the team to the inn street outside the Li Fan Courtyard.

However, after a series of inquiries, Eunuch Xue found that the status of the Song people living here was not very high, and most of them were some petty officials and soldiers.

They don't have a lot of things to say.

As for the main owner they were looking for, they bought another house in the capital and lived in which house.

I can't imagine that these Song people from the Americas are from. I'm going to enjoy it.

It is not at all the same as those envoys of small states in the past.

But it's not surprising that people's ancestors were once the masters of this country.

Although now they seem to be down, and have gone to a wild place.

However, in the end, people's backgrounds are noble, and they are different from Lao Zhu.

Therefore, it is not surprising that they are more particular about food, clothing and housing.

However, Xue Sancai complained very much about this in his heart.

People who don't even have a country are still so particular about what to do.

Now this is not the Zhao Song Dynasty. It's the Zhu Ming Dynasty.

Do you still think that this is a country ruled by your old Zhao family?

Spit and complain, because of the importance of the Song people, it is impossible for Xue Sancai to have a seizure.

If you offend these Song people, it will make Your Majesty annoyed. He can't eat and walk around.

Therefore, it is rare that Xue Sancai is actually patient and has no signs of anger.

This made some of the little eunuchs who followed him out of the palace secretly curious in their hearts.

Know the way. Xue Sancai's temper is very bad.

Don't look at it in front of Zhu Shangwu, he is very well-behaved, but once he leaves the palace, it will be different.

Xue Sancai didn't find the owner twice and walked such a long way. He was too tired to do it.

However, he did not dare to rest now, because he did not dare to delay the important affairs of His Majesty.

Well, he can only find Zhao Hongyu's house again, and go over there to find the main owner and read the will.

And this time, there were also a group of Praetorian Guard soldiers of the Song Empire, as well as Rodelni and some mercenaries.

Xue Sancai looked at these strangely dressed soldiers of the Song Kingdom, and was amazed in his heart.

For no other reason, I was just surprised by the non-mainstream costumes of the Song soldiers.

Their costumes are very different from the mainstream aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty.

However, since he is from another country, it is not surprising that this is different from the Ming people.

As for the Portuguese who accompanied him, the grand eunuch of the palace was not too curious.

Because in the late Ming Dynasty, there were many Europeans who arrived in the Ming Kingdom from Europe, and a large part of them rarely entered the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, although they were mixed in the southeast coastal area.

However, there were also some adventurous church members who came to the capital and met the emperor.

Therefore, Xue Sancai, who was with the emperor, also met some Europeans.

It was precisely because of this that he did not become too curious about Europeans.

It's just yellow hair and blue eyes, as if it's just to blame.

Well, the smell on my body is very strong and smelly.

The others are no different.

They are not really to blame, they also need to eat and drink Lazar.

Compared with these Franc machine people, the Song people who also have black hair and black eyes are closer.

Although their accents are a little different, and their costumes are also very strange.

But they are also of Chinese blood, Yanhuang ethnicity.

Compared with foreigners, these Song people are still psychologically easy to accept.

Under the leadership of the Song State Guards, Xue Sancai and the others quickly came to the gate of the house purchased by Zhao Hongyu.

The house that Zhao Hongyu bought is not very far from the Li Fan Courtyard.

At the gate, Xue San saw a Japanese warrior who had just walked out of the gate to run errands.

Yo ho!

There are really everyone in the ranks of these Song people, it seems to be a hodgepodge.

I didn't think there were even Japanese samurai.

However, soon Xue Sancai thought of a thing, about the matter reported by Jinyiwei about the Wa Kingdom, so he was relieved because Jinyiwei's secret protection mentioned that the Song people seemed to have launched a war against the Wa people, and also forced the Wa court to cede Kyushu, so the war was stopped.

Therefore, I think these Japanese people are all from Kyushu, which is already under the control of the Song people. (To be continued......)