Early the next morning, Meng Jing came to the mansion early, which was his first day of official power.

The new official took office with three fires, and this fire made his heart itch.

Because the hour was still early, the subordinate officials had not yet arrived, and the government was very deserted.

Meng Jing only got the key to the state treasury from the Yang family last night, and today he specially came to the state treasury to have a look.

The state treasury is located in the government office, which is the place used by the state to store the treasury and tax money, and the expenses of the state capital are also taken from the state treasury in ordinary times.

Therefore, the state treasury has always been the lifeblood of the states, and it is closely related to the armies and people of the states.

Meng Jing held the map drawn by Xiaozhu, compared it all the way, and finally found the state library.

From afar, he saw a person in a cyan official uniform standing at the gate of the state treasury, Meng Jing walked in and recognized this person, it was Guo Dongtai.

muttered in my heart: Now there is still more than half an hour before the government opens the door, why did Guo Dongtai come so early?

When Guo Dongtai saw Meng Jing coming, he immediately greeted him with a smile and trotted up.

"The lower officials have been waiting for the prince here for a long time. ”

Meng Jing frowned slightly: "Master Guo, how did you guess that this king would come back to the state treasury this morning?"

"Xiaguan calculated a hexagram last night, and the hexagram said that the prince must come back today to check the state treasury, and the lower official specially waited for the prince at the gate of the state treasury early in order to assist the prince in checking the state treasury. ”

Guo Dongtai replied.

This kind of deception of the gods and gods, Meng Jing naturally didn't believe it, he remembered one thing, he heard Xiaozhu say yesterday that when the Yang family punished Wang for managing things, Guo Dongtai was also present.

A person who mixes with officialdom often has a keen sense of power change.

Guo Dongtai must have tasted something else from the Yang family's actions yesterday, and thinking about it this way, it was not difficult for him to guess that Meng Jing would take over power.

"Master Guo, if you don't continue to set up a stall to tell fortunes, it's really a big loss for our Jin Kingdom. ”

Meng Jing was not interested in discussing this issue with Guo Dongtai, he just wanted to enter the state treasury as soon as possible and find out how many families still had in the state capital.

Guo Dongtai heard the banter in Meng Jing's words, and understood that his rhetoric could not deceive Meng Jing.

He has always been good at seizing opportunities, whether he is telling fortunes on the street or being an official in the officialdom, he can judge the situation, predict the situation that is most beneficial to him, and prepare in advance.

From yesterday's incident, Guo Dongtai has already seen the clues, the concubine wants to hand over the power to Meng Jing, and there should be changes in the next two days.

Now that Meng Jing's subordinates are unavailable, he urgently needs a group of reliable cronies, if he takes the initiative to post it at this time, it will be a charcoal in the snow, and he will definitely be able to be reused by Meng Jing.

Getting promoted and making a fortune is not easy to come by?

"Lord Wang, please. ”

Guo Dongtai smiled all over his face and bowed down to make a gesture of please.

Meng Jing looked at Guo Dongtai's face that was full of folds and folds when he smiled, and his heart trembled, this smile was too stumbling.

He hurriedly turned his head, didn't dare to take a second look, took out a bunch of keys in his hand, picked out the one in the state treasury, and then inserted it into the door lock, opening the door of the state treasury.

In an instant, a large cloud of dust hit his face, and then he smelled an old and moldy smell, which made Meng Jing sneeze several times.

Meng Jing covered his nose and walked into the state treasury, which was a very spacious treasury with a high roof and a few stone pillars.

Meng Jing was stunned by everything in front of him, and in the huge warehouse, except for dust and empty boxes, it was empty, and there was not a penny.

Meng Jing let go of the hand covering his nose and took a few deep breaths, ignoring the dust and pungent smell in the air.

Guo Dongtai stood aside, saw the shocked look on Meng Jing's face, and said:

"Lord Wang, as far as the officials know, the state treasury was empty two months ago, and the concubine even used a lot of her own gold and silver jewelry in order to maintain the turnover of the palace. ”

"What about the king's treasury?"

The vault is a treasury used to store the private silver of the prince and the prince of the county, and the silver in the vault comes from the tax of the fief of the prince and the prince of the county.

"The same is true of the prince's treasury, there is no silver. ”

Meng Jing had a headache, he had long known that the Xinwang Mansion was financially tight, but he didn't expect it to be so stretched.

He knows very well that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, if there is no silver tael, even if he has a full stomach, he can only daydream.

On the contrary, he admired the Yang family a little, and when the financial power and military power were hollowed out, he could still maintain the dignity of the Xinwang Mansion.

Meng Jing has listed raising silver as the most urgent thing at present, after all, it costs a lot of money to pay military salaries and train soldiers.

"Lord Wang, the lower official has something to report. ”

Say. ”

"The day before yesterday, we pacified the slaughter family, we lost more than 800 soldiers, and we need to pay a bereavement pension immediately, and the lower officials roughly calculated, about 12,000 taels. ”

Meng Jing was silent for a while, and before he could start raising money, he was about to start spending money.

Let's settle the 12,000 taels first.

He thought that when the Tu family was seized, among the confiscated properties, in addition to the mansion and shop, which could not be changed for the time being, some of the remaining jewelry collections were worth more than 100,000 taels and could be pawned as cash.

"Don't worry about the pension, this king will ask Yang Junshou to sell the property of the butcher, and the silver will be sent when the time comes. ”

"Lord Wang, in fact, ......"

Guo Dongtai was a little hesitant in his tone, he had something to say, and deliberately glanced up at Meng Jing.

Meng Jing bowed his head slightly and motioned for Guo Dongtai to continue.

"Lord Wang, in fact, this 12,000 taels can only be regarded as a small amount, and in the past few months, the palace has borrowed 850,000 silver from the Lu family's money bank, and it has not been repaid yet. ”

"Eight hundred and fifty thousand taels, why is it so much? What is this money used for?"

Meng Jing's heart trembled suddenly, he had been stimulated enough today, but he didn't expect another "surprise".

"During this time, Pingzhou water bandits were rampant, frequently plundering merchant ships, and sometimes even going ashore to loot towns.

Several county guards asked the palace to give money, so they were willing to send troops to suppress bandits, so the concubine could only borrow money from Lu's money bank, use the silver as military expenses, and urge several county guards to send troops.

However, it did not achieve the expected effect, and a lot of money was spent, but the water bandits were more and more suppressed, and all parts of the country suffered greatly. ”

Meng Jing felt angry for a while after hearing this, he spent unjustly spent money, and nothing was done.

How should the gap of 850,000 taels be filled?

It was not enough to rely on the little things obtained from the raid, so I could only hope that the Lu family would have more time to give him enough time to raise money.

At this time, an official from the government hurriedly ran over and saluted Meng Jing:

"Lord Wang, the shopkeeper of the Lu family's money village is here, and he wants the palace to pay back the money, and he is waiting to see you in the palace chamber. ”

When Meng Jing heard this, he pouted, muttered, "It seems that this king is not very lucky", and then followed the messenger to the council hall.

He wanted to go to meet this Lu shopkeeper, and it was expected that it would not be difficult to accommodate him for a few days with the face of the government.