The next day, Wang Siqi, who was sleeping in the quilt, suddenly felt that he was being pulled out of the quilt, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Wu De.

"Young Master.. Master! Can't sleep anymore.."

"Huh?"

Wu De looked nervous, looking around for Wang Siqi's clothes, and couldn't stop muttering: "Young master, someone came from the court just now.. said that the emperor appointed you to the early court today, it will be almost too late! ”

On the early dynasty?

What does this kind of thing have to do with himself, a small court official with a big sesame mung bean, Wang Siqi suddenly had a spirit, looked at the busy Wu De with wide eyes, and said, "Really? Why did the emperor suddenly remember to let me go to the early court? ”

"Young master, don't ask, don't ask... The carriage is already waiting outside, and we'll talk slowly when we get on the bus! ”

The court clothes were neatly dressed, and Wang Siqi sat in the carriage with a little dizziness, dozing off.

Wu De said loudly as if he was facing a great enemy: "There is a carriage in front of you to open the way for the young master, no matter who it is!" Get out of the way, don't let the young master miss the time of the early dynasty! ”

....

As soon as he got out of the carriage, Wang Siqi saw Ji Gang.

"Haven't woken up yet?"

"No.."

"Hurry up, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specifically asked me to wait for you here for a while, but I didn't expect your kid to be really late!"

....

Above the court, hundreds of officials stood on both sides.

Wang Siqi stood at the end of the hundred officials and dozed off, with a bit of confusion in his eyes, obviously not waking up, and muttering: "I didn't expect that I could hide from the Baoyuan Bureau, but I didn't hide from the most torturous early dynasty in this year." ”

On the other side.

Zhu Gaochu looked at Zhu Gaochi on the side angrily, and then said loudly at Zhu Di: "The Northern Expedition is imminent, but the ordnance in the army is already old, and it is urgent for the household department to allocate silver taels, and I also ask the emperor to instruct the household department to allocate 200,000 taels of silver, which will be used for the Northern Expedition first!" ”

Northern expedition!!!

These two words, in today's Ming Dynasty, can be said to have a thousand pounds of weight, not for anything else, there is only one reason, that is, because of the huge cost, every time the poor surplus of the Northern Expedition will be swept away, and now Zhu Gaoxu directly asked the household department to come up with money in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Suffice it to say that this matter has been put on the agenda.

For a while, many officials lowered their voices and talked about it, but more people turned their eyes to Zhu Di sitting on the dragon chair, waiting for the emperor's final decision.

Zhu Di nodded, as if acknowledging Zhu Gaochu's thoughts, and then looked at Zhu Gaochi and said: "The Northern Expedition is a state affair, and since it is a state affair, it cannot be delayed." ”

"How much silver does the household department have, and 200,000 taels will be allocated in advance, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry will work together to build ordnance and equip the army."

looked at Zhu Gaochi, but Zhu Gaochi shook his head with a bitter face and responded: "There is no silver in the household!" ”

"No money?"

Zhu Di's face instantly turned a lot colder, although he himself knew in his heart that although the current Daming treasury could not be said to be full of mice, the only silver could even be specially written for every tael of silver to write its final whereabouts.

It can be said that it is already the time to barely make ends meet.

Zhu Gaochi nodded and said: "The treasury of the household department is indeed without silver now, if it is in the Northern Expedition at this time, it is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs, and the allocation of 200,000 taels is a small matter, but the days ahead will be sad." ”

In the council hall, all the officials had expressions that were actually like this.

seems to be corroborating Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Di said with some dissatisfaction: "The huge Ming treasury, is it said that it is so poor that it can't even take out 200,000 taels of silver?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi suddenly became anxious.

said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty! It's not that you can't get out 200,000 taels of silver, it's that there's no extra tael of silver! ”

It is difficult to be a prisoner of the country, and it is difficult to be a prince.

Zhu Gaochi, who was eager to break a tael of silver and use it as a two-half flower, had the deepest understanding of this, but Zhu Gaochu on the side was obviously not convinced, and said in a continuous voice: "Did you stop the Northern Expedition because there was no silver?" Could it be that because the imperial court has no money, it is necessary to let the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty use rusty swords to fight with the remnants of the Yuan on the battlefield? Since there is no silver, find a way to get it out. ”

"Take out the money?" Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened, and he couldn't take care of his fat body and inconvenience, so he immediately raised his hand and said to Zhu Gaochu on the side: "If His Royal Highness the King of Han has a way, this prison country will be handed over to His Royal Highness the King of Han to do a good job, I don't have the ability!" ”

"Take out the money? To put it lightly... You move one, I'll see? ”

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly seemed to have put out the fire, for the talent of the eldest brother... Especially for the ability to govern the country, although Zhu Gaochu has always complained about Zhu Gaochi being the prince, not himself, but on this alone, he is convinced.

But being convincing doesn't mean that he has nothing to say: "Daming Baoyuan Bureau started business in the name of the imperial court, which can be described as prosperous, and in just a few months, the profit is as high as hundreds of thousands of taels!" If this silver can be returned to the national treasury, wouldn't the money from the Northern Expedition be enough? ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the ministers in the court were all shining for a while!

The Baoyuan Bureau makes money, they know.

The Baoyuan Bureau is so profitable, they don't know at all.

Zhu Di's eyes lit up when he heard this, although it was a little unauthentic, but now that the DPRK has no money, the Northern Expedition really needs silver.

At this time, where to get the money is the most important thing.

That is why Zhu Di specially pulled Wang Siqi out of the bed early today and let him come to the early court.

"Where is Wang Siqi, the superintendent of the Baoyuan Bureau?"

“...”

There was silence for a while, Zhu Di glanced at Ji Gang on the side with some confusion, didn't he specifically say that he wanted this kid to come to the early dynasty today?

What about people?

Seeing that no one spoke, the little eunuch hurriedly continued to shout in a voice like a male duck: "Where is Wang Siqi, the superintendent of the Baoyuan Bureau? ”

...

It was quiet again, and the official standing next to Wang Siqi at this time listened to the snoring sound that gradually sounded beside him, and couldn't help but touch Wang Siqi lightly with his hand.

"Are you Wang Siqi?"

"Huh?"

"The emperor called you!"

Hearing this, Wang Siqi suddenly shouted loudly as if he had rehearsed countless times: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the emperor said is right!" ”

For a while, the ministers in the hall were all choked by this scene.

Zhu Di, who had a dark face, said coldly: "It seems that your kid is quite supportive of me, I don't even know what I said!" Do you think I'm right? ”

Hearing this, Wang Siqi felt bad, and immediately understood that he had said the wrong thing.

hurriedly made up for it: "The minister is to share the worries of the emperor and make a living policy for the country, but the minister is the emperor's minister after all, so naturally whatever the emperor says, the minister should feel what is right!" ”

"Did you sleep well?"

"It's ok.."

"Get out!"

"Okay, okay."