The treasury is empty, and even if the household officials can toss flowers, in the end, it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Emperor Jing didn't care how the treasury was emptied, since there was a war and he was beaten to the doorstep, then the household was incompetent.

Zhang Qianyuan bore the brunt of the blame, but Qu Wenhai watched Zhang Qianyuan leave the Wuying Hall with a white face, and then went out of the palace and returned home in despair.

"I will see cotton clothes, grain and grass delivered to Juyong Pass within five days."

Once Emperor Jing starts to be unreasonable, it will mean brutality behind him, and in the past, as the head of the household, he grabbed the country's money bag, which is definitely a fat difference in power.

But Zhang Qianyuan had already seen the killing intent in Emperor Jing's eyes in the Wuying Palace, and he had no doubt that if he failed to gather cotton clothes, food and grass within five days, what was waiting for him would be to raid his family and exterminate the clan.

Previously, in the northwest, Emperor Jing relied on the silver money delivered by officials in the northwest to enrich the treasury and private treasury.

The treasury was replenished so quickly that Emperor Jing never forgot it, and once it was empty, he would think of this method of rapid enrichment.

Is there money in Zhang Qianyuan's house? Of course.

He has been a household secretary for many years, and he has accepted countless bribes openly and secretly, and he himself doesn't know how much wealth he has in his house.

Emperor Jing is crazy and poor, I'm afraid that he has already targeted him.

Zhang Qianyuan sat quietly in the mansion all night, and finally came to such a conclusion with a cold heart.

But how willing he is to run the business all his life, if he wants to die, he always has to bring everyone to the funeral together.

Therefore, in the second early court, he suggested to Emperor Jing in public that all the prefectures in Beijing should have money and materials to donate, so that the soldiers guarding Juyong Pass could first see the determination of the government and the opposition to mobilize.

What Emperor Jing wanted was to solve the situation of lack of food and clothing in front of him, and he didn't care if the wool was taken from a sheep or more.

Qu Wenhai returned to the mansion in the early morning and brought back such bad news.

Yu Youtai secretly sent money and goods to Zhu Jinrui, Zhu Jinrui didn't mention her, and she only thought that she had never had such a thing, and at this time, looking at Qu Wenhai's worried study, he only felt a little dazzled.

"Grandfather, the sky is falling and His Majesty is still on top, why are you so worried at this time?"

"How is this, Zhang Qianyuan is simply crazy."

The five days given by Emperor Jing are a safe day calculated according to the current situation inside and outside the capital, but today Zhang Qianyuan played this hand in the court, and each prefecture and cloth had another round of fighting, and no conclusion could be reached in ten days and a half.

Where do they still have time to grind slowly in the capital, then the Tartars are really going to be killed again.

Is it difficult to achieve the foundation of the Ming Dynasty?

Qu Wenhai is a young jinshi, full of poetry and books, no matter how much calculations and tricks he has in his heart, he still has a loyal and patriotic heart.

Once Juyong Pass is lost, the capital will be completely devoid of any line of defense, what is the use of these intriguing courtiers?

"Grandfather, you should believe in King Yu, he is a soldier of this Ming Dynasty, a descendant of this royal family, and it is his bounden duty to protect this territory."

Qu Qingyan had no way to tell Qu Wenhai that the current Zhu Jinrui was not short of food, grass or cotton clothes for the time being, and Yu Youtai didn't know when he started to prepare, but he could send it to him enough to support him until March next year.

Only this grain, grass and cotton clothes, Zhu Jinrui quietly held it in his hand, what other schemes, Qu Qingyan did not know.

She couldn't tell the truth, and such reassurance seemed too false and empty, and it didn't have any effect.

There are hundreds of officials in the government and the opposition, and Qu Wenhai is the only one who is worried in the mansion at this time.

In the twenty-eighth year, due to the urgency of the war, Wuyingdian was not sealed, and Shuntianfu was also not, Qu Wenhai went to the court every day, and returned home with anger in Zhang Qianyuan's many calculations.

Chinese New Year's Eve, obviously should be a festive and peaceful scene, all the provinces in Beijing are silent, and even the sound of firecrackers breaking the year is only a few sporadic places.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone had not yet entered the palace to salute, and the front line sent a battle report, and the Tartars were about to rush to the walls of the Great Wall.

It's been a bad year.

All the officials who entered the palace were left in the palace, and Emperor Jing sat on the throne of the Fengtian Temple, looking at the heads of people inside and outside the palace, and seemed to hear the noisy shouts inside and outside the Great Wall in a trance.

He clearly aspires to be an emperor like his ancestors, and he also thinks that he is diligent and hardworking, when did he start to change?

"Passing on the prince."

At the beginning of the Lunar New Year, a hundred officials entered the palace to worship, how could Zhu Jinyu not attend on such a day, he was standing in front of the hundred officials at this time, and Emperor Jing could actually see him with a squint.

"Father, son-in-law."

"You...... Take the Jingwei camp to Juyongguan. ”

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

The hall fell to its knees in an instant, how could Zhu Jinyu, as a prince, go out of Beijing at such a critical juncture?

"Do you have any objections?"

Emperor Jing's gaze swept over the person kneeling in the hall, and in an instant, it was as cold as a knife.

Zhu Jinyu knelt down with her robe and saluted: "The son obeys the order." ”

When Emperor Jing couldn't tolerate Zhu Jinrui, Zhu Jinyu knew that she would also be intolerant, and Emperor Jing built temples and Taoist temples all over the country, in order to ask the gods to bless immortality.

He wants to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, how can he tolerate the two princes who are in front of him.

Zhu Jinyu calmly took the edict that Zhao Quan had prepared at some point, and bowed to Emperor Jing again, and then slowly walked out of the hall.

The sky was overcast, the north wind whipped up a chill, and the snow began to fall again.

Qu Qingyan was not qualified to enter the palace as a foreign official, and Qu Qingwen followed Qu Wenhai into the palace early in the morning and never came back.

Only Qu Qingxi sat with him in her room, and there was a pot of warm plum wine beside the two of them.

"Fourth brother, why do you want to come back when the situation in Beijing is so critical?"

I don't know how many people have asked her this question, Qu Qingyan picked up the wine glass and took a sip gently.

"Naturally, it's because I should come back."

came to the door on Tuesday to let her understand that in fact, Yu Youtai even calculated that she didn't want to stay in Xiaoliuqiu longer, and if he really didn't want her to return to Beijing, there would always be a way to keep her by his side.

But he still sent her back, because she was useful!

"What is King Guang scheming? The goods you handed over to me before, I ordered someone to find out that the owner behind those goods is related to the Guangwang Mansion. ”

This question has been thinking about it in Qu Qingxi's mind for a long time, whether it is the vassal king or the prince, the hand is too long, no wonder this day is about to change.

Qu Qingyan didn't expect Qu Qingxi to be so keen, "I don't know, I'm just a chief official in his house, and I can't take care of many things." ”

"The second brother just wants you to be careful, no one will investigate these things, once someone is detected, you will be the first to be questioned."

The smile on Qu Qingyan's face faded a little, and she looked at the humming window lattice blown by the wind, "Second brother, don't worry, I'll be fine." ”

Although she has been gambling, her gambling luck is very good, and she will never lose.