Chapter 51: The Emperor's Inner Vault

When Xiao Lang'er and the others fell asleep, in the palace, Zhu Youzhen had been excited for a day. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He sat on the chair of the Warm Fragrance Pavilion, and while reviewing the chapters, he listened to the report of Liu Jin's father-in-law, saying that the treasure that Xiao Lang'er brought back to him was worth more than 40 million taels of silver, which was enough for the imperial court to spend nearly ten years, even if there was no income, he could get through it safely.

For an emperor who is very short of money and needs money to fill the hole, this is great news, he will wake up laughing when he falls asleep, and he will never have to apply to the household department for spending money again, it is really difficult to ask them for money, am I still the king of a country? They always shirk it for various reasons, the deficit in the treasury is too great, this year's drought and poor harvest, where to provide disaster relief, the border guards cannot get their salaries, and they often have to look at the faces of the household officials, and they are aggrieved! I now have to raise my eyebrows and swallow the world.

Zhu Youzhen immediately gave Liu Jingonggong a position as a food eunuch, Liu Jingonggong's big fat face was happy, his eyes, nose and mouth stretched out all of a sudden, and the little bean-like smile narrowed into a slit. From then on, he could stay in the capital, and he could often serve the emperor, his heart was beating non-stop, and he was one step closer to the center of power, although he did not have Wei Zhongxian's ambition, but the pursuit of power and money was the dream of all eunuchs.

"Father-in-law Liu told me about what I saw and heard about this trip?" Zhu Youzhen said. "Yes, since the old slave got on the Daming treasure ship, he went all the way to the South Seas, and what he saw and experienced on the way is unforgettable——" Liu Jin's father-in-law told Shen Lang's experience one by one, he ran Butterfly Island, fought against the Jiaozhou rebels, captured the prince of Phnom Penh, outwitted Palembang, raided the Portuguese governor's palace, hunted for treasure in the cave, fought against the black tribe, the three treasure eunuchs left the descendants of sailors, found a big gold mine at the southern tip of Africa, built a Qiao Yehua port there, the misty island was entangled with the strength of various countries, fought with sea pythons in the sea, and finally went through many dangers, as well as negotiations with Westerners, and finally won the treasure and returned, and there were people who came to seize the treasure on the way back, several times to defeat the arrogance of the enemy.

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen was a little frightened, fortunately, the treasure was in hand, he didn't expect this trip to be so thrilling, and he also felt that the treasure hunting process was very exciting, if he wasn't the king of a country, he also wanted to take risks, after all, he was also a young man, and he liked some legendary and bizarre experiences.

Zhu Youzhen now especially wants to go to the inner treasury, that is, the emperor's private treasury to see, he himself is in charge of the key, and calls his own Empress Chen, as well as Wang Chengen and Liu Jin, his heart is pounding along the way, and he is a little sweaty when he grabs Empress Chen's hand.

Queen Chen is also happy for her husband, how difficult it was to raise funds in the first place! The Manchu Dynasty minister, a total donation of less than 10,000 taels, even his own father Chen Guozhang only took out 1,000 taels of silver, not to mention other people's, these people let themselves very disappointed, the emperor is really not easy, as soon as he entered the court, he did not have a good life, such as walking on thin ice, like facing the abyss, every day from morning to night to review the chapter, forget to sleep and eat, eat simply, dress simply, no entertainment, there are so many beautiful palace maids in the harem, he has never been to see it, he only likes to be with himself, carefully support this fast decaying Ming ship, do not let it capsize, but this broken ship has been experienced for more than 200 years, and it is already full of holes。

There was a bunch of palace maids standing at the door of the inner treasury, and when they saw the emperor coming, they quickly knelt down, and Zhu Youzhen asked the palace maids to open the heavy iron door of the treasury, and he only took Empress Chen in, and then closed the door of the treasury.

Zhu Youzhen held a lamp, as soon as he entered the warehouse, the light illuminated the entire space, penetrating the darkness, only to see that it was full of all kinds of treasure chests, leaving only a narrow aisle, these boxes were not available before, although there was a little money in the warehouse, but it was hundreds of thousands of taels, and they were not willing to spend it indiscriminately. Now he opened a treasure chest casually, and there was a golden light flashing in it, almost dazzling, in front of this is a box of gold coins, each box weighs more than five hundred catties, there are about two thousand gold coins, there are hundreds of such boxes, Zhu Youzhen grabbed a handful of gold coins, his heart was happy, he couldn't believe it was true, and took a bite of the gold coin, yes, this is not a dream, he grabbed a handful of gold coins and threw them into the air, under the illumination of the light, like a meteor falling to the ground, the sound of gold and stone is very good, Zhu Youzhen likes to listen to this sound now, he lost it several times, which made Queen Chen giggle。 Then one by one he picked up the gold coins and put them in the treasure chest, none of them weighed five taels, and each of them was worth forty taels of silver.

There were different chests containing gems, coral, jadeite, etc., and the value of this pile of treasures was at least more than 40 million taels of silver, and he pinched the gems in them with his hand, and the gems exuded dazzling light. Zhu Youzhen almost couldn't control his emotions, he hugged Queen Chen and kissed her, Queen Chen hadn't seen the emperor for a long time, and now with this money, it is estimated that the emperor's ambition can be gradually realized.

The two were pleasantly surprised to see this pile of treasures, their hearts were beating wildly, many beautiful hopes will be realized, the first thing, to sweep away the civil strife, the second thing, to drive out the Tartars, and the third thing, the world is under great rule, and he has become a generation of Ming Jun, with this pile of wealth as a backing, he has the confidence to do things, and he will have more confidence to speak.

"This Shen Lang is my blessed general, Shen Lang is bestowed by heaven! This is God's will, haha!" Zhu Youzhen hugged Queen Chen a few times, Queen Chen also went crazy with him, he really should relax, as soon as he succeeded to the throne, he collected a mess, what do you want, and Wei Eunuch and his party harmed, God is not fair, disaster after disaster, not drought, or earthquake, the people can't survive, rise up, send troops to suppress, spend a lot of money, and go to assess taxes, which aggravates the suffering of the people, forming a vicious circle, so all walks of life break into the king, plus the Jurchen attack and incursion, it really makes the court exhausted and tired to deal with it, is this a sign that God is going to die of the Ming DynastyFortunately, there is a Shen Lang born out of thin air, in addition to Wei Biao's party, solved the political resistance, and went to a distant place to get treasures, and solved his own financial problems, this is really a good general given by God, from now on Jitai will come.

At the same time, in Jianzhou Jurchen, the elite team had already gone back and reported the situation to Nurhachi, "What? The Daming treasure ship has arrived safely, and the treasure has been delivered to BJ, you fools!" Nurhachi whipped them, and those people did not dare to struggle.

"Amma, there is a supreme master among them, and even children are no opponents!" said a lean man, gritting his teeth.

"Is this the will of God, if there is no treasure, the Ming Dynasty will not last for three years, and then we will cooperate with the King of Chuang, and we can occupy the Ming Dynasty and rule the world. Nurhachi sat down in his chair, threw his whip away, and sighed at the sky.