"What about the money, you tell me, where did all the money in the treasury go?"

Early in the morning, Zhao Yuan was making a fire at the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and he didn't blame Zhao Yuan for having such a big fire. Today, someone reported that the imperial court was short of money. After a check, Zhao Yuan found that the imperial treasury only had tens of thousands of taels of silver. You know, the tax revenue at the end of the summer has just been collected the month before that.

Not long ago, in order to quell the cholera of the Taizheng Kingdom and buy people's hearts, Zhao Yuan also generously rewarded the Zhaoyuan general Fang Wenyuan, and the Yuan general Feng Mingshan each with 10,000 taels of silver, and even took out 200,000 taels to reward the army for the two at a time. The two were also quite familiar with current affairs, and after arriving in the capital and Zhao Yuan's order, they directly handed over the chapter to express their loyalty, and then returned to the garrison with the army.

This side was solved, but the problems in the treasury were completely leaked. After sending the more than 200,000 taels, the treasury was directly empty, and even the normal operation of the imperial court became overstretched. What's more, now that the chaos has just subsided, it is the time to spend money like water.

"Your Majesty is angry, minister, minister doesn't know!" Looking at Zhao Yuan carefully, Dasi Nong Su Chang was uneasy in his heart. Their little emperor was originally in high spirits, just swept away all the traitors in one fell swoop, and was about to let go of his hands and feet, but suddenly found that his subordinates had no money to use, and this feeling of grievance can be described as indescribable!

But even if he was punished, he could only mention this matter to Zhao Yuan with a cheeky face. If there is no money to replenish the treasury, the imperial court will not be able to turn around. When the time comes, if it is found out, it will not be as easy as being punished, and the whole family will have to suffer with it.

He could feel Zhao Yuan's state of mind at the moment, and it was precisely because of his understanding that he was apprehensive. Because he is not only in charge of the treasury but also used to be Shen Yuan's person, and more importantly, all this money was removed by Shen Yuan, and it is difficult to guarantee that others will not think that it has anything to do with him. He couldn't predict what kind of thing Zhao Yuan would do under the anger, and the cold sweat had already wet his back unconsciously!

"Don't you know? How did you become a big Si Nong? Looking at Su Chang, who was trembling, Zhao Yuan said coldly, "Or did you let you swallow all the money and grain in the imperial court?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged!" Hearing Zhao Yuan say this, Su Chang's legs weakened and knelt down. Trembling and whispering, "Your Majesty doesn't know, in fact, the treasury has long been empty!" ”

"Isn't the tax just coming into the treasury, how can the treasury be empty, what is going on?"

"Your Majesty, this, this" glanced at Zhao Yuan carefully, and then Su Chang gritted his teeth and said loudly, "As early as when the taxes were first put into the treasury, Cheng, no, it was the traitor Shen Yuan who removed all the taxes!" ”

"What?" couldn't help but slap it heavily on the chair, and Zhao Yuan shouted angrily, "The treasury of the dignified Dazheng Kingdom has become a place where he Shen Yuan stretched out his hand at will, and all the taxes were taken away when he said that he would take them all." How do you deserve to be a big farmer, and what do you want you to do as a big farmer? ”

"Death penalty!" Su Chang, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly shuddered, and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, that Shen Yuan was very powerful that day, even if the minister had the heart to stop it, he couldn't do anything!" ”

"I have the intention to stop it, I don't think you plan to stop it at all!" couldn't help but snort coldly, Zhao Yuan looked around coldly. As Zhao Yuan's gaze swept over, the ministers who were swept suddenly felt their hair stand on end, and they all lowered their heads to dodge.

"I have already said that you were forced to do a lot of things in Shen Yuan's power before, so I don't blame you for the previous things!" Holding back the killing intent in his heart, Zhao Yuan said indifferently, "But before you helped Shen Yuan, you always did something I didn't know, tell me what you helped Shen Yuan do before, and I don't know what bad news I don't know!" ”

"Today I will give you a chance, and I will not blame you for the things mentioned today. But if you hide something today, and find out later, I will not tolerate it easily! ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty" Just after Zhao Yuan's words fell, Su Chang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and then whispered, "It, in fact, Shen Yuan not only removed the tax silver from the treasury, but also advanced a part of it in advance, which means that the treasury is still in deficit a lot at this moment!" ”

"How much is the deficit?"

"This, this"

"Say!"

"Three, three million taels!" Whispering this number, Su Chang seemed to be drained of all his strength, and the whole person was even paralyzed on the ground, "This, in addition, Shen Yuan also borrowed 10 million taels from Tongzhou Commercial Bank in the name of Dazheng Guo's taxes, where is this money used, ministers, ministers don't know!" ”

"What?" couldn't help but shout out loudly, hearing these words, no matter how hard Zhao Yuan pretended to be calm, his face couldn't help but change greatly. This Shen Yuan was so bold that he actually borrowed 10 million taels from Tongzhou Commercial Bank with the tax of Dazheng Kingdom as collateral.

"What a Shen Yuan, really damn it!" couldn't help but scold on the spot, Zhao Yuan's heart was full of hatred for Shen Yuan at the moment, and he couldn't wait to pull him out and kill him again.

Shen Yuan actually borrowed 10 million taels from the Tongzhou Commercial Bank as collateral against the tax revenue of the Taizheng Kingdom, plus the tax he had taken earlier and the empty treasury. In other words, Shen Yuan cheated him at least 18 million taels. Such a big hole, if it weren't for some reliance under my hands, I really don't know how to fill it.

The strength of the Tongzhou Commercial Bank Zhao Yuan was also somewhat clear, and the silver he delivered to Emperor Chongzhen before was secretly exchanged for gold from there. Zhao Yuan only knew that this was a huge chamber of commerce across the land of three states, and there was a terrifying huge force behind it.

A small country like Taejeongkook is nothing in the eyes of others, and they are not afraid of you defaulting on your debts at all, but faintly want you to do so. Because they have countless ways for you to spit out the money you owe, and after they do it, I'm afraid it's not just 10 million taels that can be spent.

As for whether this money was borrowed by Shen Yuan or Dazheng Guo, they don't care about it. Shen Yuan borrowed money in the name of Dazheng Guo, although he did not get the approval of the emperor, but in the end, Shen Yuan still didn't know how to borrow it.

Now that Shen Yuan is dead, they will not suffer this dumb loss, they will only ask for this account from Dazheng Guo. As for how to pay it back, they don't care at all.

Don't usually look at the time of doing business with them, everyone is smiling and making money with a smile. As soon as you can't pay the money, that gentle smile will immediately turn hideous.

They will mortgage the goods, take the people, in short, as long as they can sell for money, they can get it all and exchange it for money. If you don't give up your money, you're not going to stop.

"Your Majesty!" Just as Zhao Yuan was pondering, An Jianqing suddenly spoke up and said, "Although Shen Yuan is ambushed, Shen Yuan still has a young son and a pair of grandchildren who are at large. The minister wondered if such a large amount of gold and silver had been taken away by them. ”

"Oh, there's a fish that slips through the net?" Before Shen Yuan conspired to rebel, he was killed all over the house according to the crime, which was also a last resort. Originally, Zhao Yuan couldn't bear to kill so many people, but now that he heard such bad news, even if he saw that he had doubled his life at this moment, it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart.

At this moment, when he heard that someone had escaped, and he seemed to have a large amount of gold and silver that had been taken from him, Zhao Yuan's faint murderous aura immediately diffused, "What about people, have you found it?" ”

"This minister is incompetent!" Hearing Zhao Yuan's inquiry, An Jianqing's face was full of embarrassment, and he just said helplessly, "Since Shen Yuan was ambushed, the minister has sent people to hunt him down, but there is still no news. The minister also inquired that as early as some time before Shen Yuan's incident, it seemed that no one had seen them again! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister suspects that Shen Yuan has already transferred them away, and at this moment, they may have already left the Taizheng Kingdom!"

"The three caves of the cunning rabbit, it seems that Shen Yuan, the old fox, has been prepared for a long time, and he has left a way back for his family!" Hearing An Jianqing's report, Zhao Yuan couldn't help but snort coldly.

Shen Yuan once took away 18 million taels of Dazheng Kingdom, plus Shen Yuan was scattered when he was prime minister before, and now he has no less than 20 million taels of hidden wealth. Where he used such a large sum of money, and whether he would still be a threat to himself, all this is still unknown!

"Send more people, no matter what, I have to find them!"

"Obey the order!"