Zhu Hao is not in the capital, Zhu Si lacks a satisfactory helper, and he feels powerless to do anything.

And so.

Zhang Zuo was often asked by Zhu Si about Zhu Hao's situation.

Where is Zhu Hao?

How is Zhu Hao doing now?

Can you have a letter?

A series of problems made Zhang Zuo increasingly restless.

Although Zhu Hao was ordered to go to Nanjing to check the accounts, and secretly had Jinyi Wei to follow and protect him, after all, he had to cover people's eyes and ears to avoid arousing Yang Tinghe's suspicion of Zhu Hao, and at the same time, Zhu Hao also had Yu Chengxun and other Yang Ting's cronies to follow and monitor, how could there be too much news about Zhu Hao to the capital?

「…… All is well, and it stands to reason that we should be in Nanking in mid to late September."

"Ah, I just got married at that time, and he didn't have time to attend in the south!" After Zhu Si finished speaking, his face was full of regret.

Zhang Zuo thought to himself, the emperor's wedding, as a courtier, it is naturally good to be able to witness it with his own eyes, no, it is nothing, there are so many officials in the world, and I have not seen anyone who has to enter the palace to participate in the emperor's wedding, as if you, the emperor, are completely inseparable from Zhu Hao...... Your Majesty, can we be a little more reserved?

Originally, Zhang Zuo thought that Zhu Si would be able to stop after asking, but who knew that within two days, Zhu Si asked the same question again.

This made Zhang Zuo very depressed, as if by the emperor's side, no one could get things done without Zhu Hao?

Your Majesty, we can't be partial.

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Although Zhu Hao is not in the capital, the fighting methods of the monarchs and ministers in the court are becoming more and more intense.

With the issuance of the order to transfer troops on the three sides, the soldiers and horses on the three sides will be transferred to the partial pass and Datong to assist in the defense, which is very troublesome, and the soldiers and horses on the three sides need to bring their own dry food.

It's not that it's embarrassing for the local soldiers on the three sides, but because the supply of its own military food and materials on the front line of Xuanda is too insufficient, and they can't afford to manage food.

For several days, the court was fighting over how much grain to requisition in the northwest, although the river used less silver this year, but the northwest expenditure was huge, after all, the war lasted from the beginning of the year to September, this long-term state of war readiness, so that the northwest needed a steady supply of money and grain, and self-production was almost none......

On this day, Sun Jiao returned home and was told that Peng Ze, the secretary of the military department, came to visit.

"Master, Master Peng has been waiting in the study for a long time."

What annoyed Sun Jiao was that Peng Ze came as soon as he came, and he went to his study in advance to wait, and he didn't see anything outside, so he didn't see it.

There was no way to avoid it, and Sun Jiao could only meet Peng Ze in the living room.

"Xing'an, you came uninvited, and the old man is up and down in his heart...... It's not going to be another stretch of out for money, is it?" Sun Jiao has nothing to avoid, so he will make his words clear when he comes up.

Peng Ze word Jiwu, number Xingan.

In the Ming Dynasty, acquaintances with each other are mostly commensurate with each other, Peng Ze has been in the northwest for many years, belongs to the half-born horse, is both an official and a general, and others are often referred to by aliases.

Peng Ze has a lot of young Sun Jiao, and his qualifications are far inferior to Sun Jiao, plus he came to the door this time to ask for something, so he politely handed it over: "Sun Butang, isn't there really no way to be contemptible? The northwest side is urging tightly, and it is difficult for the army to support it, so can it be that the soldiers are starving and going into battle to kill the enemy? I hope that Sun Butang will give the contemptible people a face."

What you can't ask for in court, ask for it again in private.

Sun Jiao sat on the main seat and stretched out his hand to signal Peng Ze to sit down, but Peng Ze stood there, like a god, which probably means that as long as you promise to allocate money and food, I will leave immediately, and I will never waste more time with you.

Sun Jiao said angrily: "Are you making things difficult for you when you are old? Ignoring the safety of the Northwest soldiers? If the court can allocate money and food, you can come to the door and ask for it?"

"The various expenditures of autumn grain have long been listed in the account books, and now the deficit of the government treasury is still 400,000 taels, and I don't know where to make up for it at the end of the year. Do you have to make it difficult for the court and the decay?"

The negotiations quickly reached an impasse.

After the autumn, the household department did not allocate money and grain to the northwest, but

There is too much demand outside the main item.

The imperial court could not come up with so much money, food and materials for a while, so that the dispatch to the northwest could at most ensure that the soldiers survived the winter without encountering war, which was also based on the premise of arrears...... Now that the war ahead is in full swing, the imperial court really can't mobilize extra money and food to fight this battle.

Sun Jiao's meaning is very clear, it is difficult for a clever daughter-in-law to cook without rice, and I can't do anything without money.

Peng Ze said: "In the past few years, the Xuanfu seems to have accumulated savings, why is it in such a situation in the Jiajing Dynasty?"

"Then you have to ask the Hubu Shangshu before the Jiajing Dynasty, you come to ask the old man, how should the old man answer you? But Xing'an, are you sure that when you are in Zhengde, the Xuanfu treasury is full?"

Sun Jiao was angry at first, choked Peng Ze, and then realized that this was inappropriate.

In terms of status, in fact, the secretary of the military department is half a level higher than him, the secretary of the household department, and besides, the other party is just here to ask for money and food, so there is no need to be angry, and then he asked a very real question.

Sun Jiao means that you were not in the center in the last years of Zhengde, how would you know what the Xuanfu treasury was like?

Besides, at that time, the treasury of Xuanfu was basically controlled by the female cadres around the first emperor, and they had already moved out of the treasury money and grain, and most of the current deficit was generated at that time, the soldiers had not been paid military salaries for many years, and the armor and weapons had not been replaced for many years, and the fortresses everywhere were in disrepair, so you should be able to cause such a tragic situation in a year?

Peng Ze faced Sun Jiao's question, and it was difficult to answer.

Sun Jiaodao: "That's the case, the old man didn't want to return to the dynasty, speaking of which, he just didn't have the ability to make money with money, I heard that Huang Shangshu of the Southern Household Department is very good at raising money and grain, and the old man is trying to tell the old man to return to his hometown and let him take over the position of the Ministry of Medicine, maybe he can make up for the gap in money and grain in the northwest, what is your opinion?"

Wipe!

I came to ask you for money, and you just came to pick and choose?

You're a shame.

If you want to say that the old woman is cunning, you Sun Zhitong is still a step ahead.

"Sun Butang, even if you really want to be a scholar, don't you wait first...... Let's talk about this winter's affairs after they are settled...... This, alas! In fact, this is also what Yang Zhongtang meant, he didn't have a very good way to let the contemptible people come to you to discuss." Peng Ze was already very modest when he spoke.

Sun Jiaodao: "There is no way for the household, that is, there is really no way. As far as the old man knows, the inner treasury is also empty, so don't expect Your Majesty to conjure money and food out of thin air."

"Now they are all living a tight life, the chaos of the previous dynasty has caused the people's livelihood to wither, it should be recuperated, and the finances will improve in a few years, who knows that the barbarians on this grassland will not give a chance."

"You go and tell Yang Jiefu that the old man has done his best, and now all the places that can be picked have been taken into account, and the ministers must also cut down on food and clothing, and if they can, they will not send it first...... There is still a gap in this way, and it can only be ...... It's fate!"

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Peng Ze didn't ask for any bargain from Sun Jiao.

then went to see Yang Tinghe, and when he conveyed Sun Jiao's meaning, Yang Tinghe was angry enough.

"Daming's Hubu Shangshu actually said bastard words that were resigned to fate? What face does he have to continue to stay in the seat of Tobe Shangshu?"

Yang Tinghe did not avoid Peng Ze, and scolded Sun Jiao.

Lao Tzu kindly asked the military department to come to the door to beg you, giving you enough face, but you are so ignorant that you will join our army? It seems that you really don't want to mess around in the court.

Peng Ze sighed: "In fact, I feel that Sun Butang's words are a little rougher, but he is not vain, the situation of the imperial court is mostly created by the emperor, so there are still many gaps in the court, and the salt introduction and salt tax have been advanced in the coming year or even many years later, all of which are insufficient, at this time, where will Sun Butang allocate money and grain?" Even if there is silver, where will the supplies come from?"

Although Peng Ze also hated Sun Jiao for not saving him, he was also born as a commander in the northwest and knew very well the important role of money and grain supply in the war.

In Peng Ze's view, it is not easy for Sun Jiao to support the household in such a difficult year.

Yang Tinghe said coldly, "As a household secretary, shouldn't you be worried about this? As you say, no

Does he still have merit? Now that the grain from Jiangnan is about to be transported to the capital, why can't he transfer it to the northwest first?"

Peng Ze said, "Zhongtang, Sun Butang proposed it...... said that Huang Shangshu from Nanhu came to the capital to replace him, maybe this person ...... You can make money out of nothing."

Peng Ze didn't go to discuss the matter of Cao Liang with Yang Tinghe.

Everyone knows that the main purpose of the grain is to ensure the supply of the Beijing division, and if all of them are transferred to the northwest, then the officials and the people and the surrounding defenders, as well as the soldiers in Liaodong and other places, will have to drink the northwest wind.

We can't let the defense of all parts collapse because of the bad situation on the three sides, and even if there is chaos, we can't let the entire border pass suffer together.

The situation in Xuanda has been bad to a certain extent, no matter how bad it is, it is nothing, but once there is a problem elsewhere, then the entire Ming Nine Border Defense Line will be over.

"Huang Gongxian?"

Yang Tinghe frowned.

Peng Ze said: "Zhongtang seems to have always had a prejudice against this person? It is said that when he supervised the Xuanfu treasury as the right attendant of the household department, he was well organized, the emperor was reckless, and the female cadres in front of the emperor were rampant, and he was still able to maintain the grain and salary in the northwest, and the generals and soldiers in the army had a good reputation, if it was used to take care of the money and grain in the northwest......

Now Peng Ze is in a hurry to go to the doctor.

As the secretary of the military department, the subordinates in the northwest are "waiting to be fed", and he has to find a way to raise money and food, so that his power can continue in the northwest border army.

Sun Jiao had no choice, so he recommended an official who could solve the problem, and Peng Ze also took the opportunity to mention this person to Yang Tinghe, although he knew that Yang Tinghe had always classified Huang Zan into the female cadre's party, but it was only because of this person's outstanding ability that he was not liquidated, or he had not had time to liquidate.

"He's sitting in the south, how can he move north?"

Yang Tinghe didn't refuse directly, but just asked coldly.

At the beginning, Huang Zan went to Xuanda to supervise the treasury of Xuanda as the right attendant of the household department, but the problem is that now Huang Zhan is the secretary of the southern household department, and if Huang Zhan wants to take care of the northwest affairs again, he can only be mentioned as the official title of the secretary of the northern household department or the secretary of the military department, and it is impossible to demote from the secretary of the book to the squire, right?

Besides, the responsibility of this Southern Household Department Shangshu is also very heavy, the transportation of grain needs to be coordinated by the Southern Household Department, and the power and responsibility should not be underestimated, why is it necessary for Yang Tinghe to place people who are not from his own faction in important positions in the imperial court?