Chapter 226: The wolf smoke rises, and the rivers and mountains shake

"Zhongxian, I ask you, how much money do you have now?"

Wei Zhongxian bent down, and his posture was extremely low: "Back to the emperor, since the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Chen Cao handed over 9 million taels of internal gold and 2 million taels of military funds, and Emperor Shi Daxing allocated 4 million taels for a total of 6 million taels to the governor Yuan Chonghuan, and recruited 100,000 troops to counterattack Jiannu;

In August of that year, the drought in Shaanxi did not stop, and the homeless people rebelled seriously, so Emperor Daxing allocated another 3 million taels to encircle and suppress the homeless people and appease the suppression army under the command of Ma Shilong;

In February of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, there was a great drought in Shandong, and the Emperor Daxing once again allocated 3 million taels of internal funds to help the victims of Shandong, and until now, the internal funds are only 800,000 taels of silver. ”

The accounts are clear, and besides, his royal brother did not use the money for pleasure, but on the right path.

"Your Majesty, please send more Liao."

Zhou Yingqiu only has this idea, otherwise who will do it?

Salary?

Who to add now? Isn't Shaanxi forced to rebel by Liao's salary?

But this is a rule that has been handed down from the Wanli period, who dares to mess around?

"What are the good ideas of the ministers of the humerus? Everyone brainstorms and speaks out, so there is a charter..."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words fell, all the ministers in the hall looked at their toes, this is a knowledge, and some of them just pretend to sleep when they are old.

Zhu Youzhen watched the performance of the people in the palace, and he wanted to see what these people were going to do: "Zhongxian, do you have a way?" ”

Wei Zhongxian immediately kowtowed: "Back to Your Majesty, there is a way, before Emperor Daxing fell into the water, he allocated one million taels of internal money for repairing the West Garden, because after Emperor Daxing fell into the water, the project was stopped, and there are nearly 700,000 taels left so far, and these money can be returned to the internal money, adding up to 1.5 million taels." ”

Zhu Youzhen calculated in his heart, even if it didn't add up to two million, besides, he could simply handle the enthronement ceremony, but the imperial brother's mausoleum could not be simplified, and he could not support Yuan Chonghuan.

"Zhongxian, is there any other way?"

Wei Zhongxian didn't speak, Cui Chengxiu said: "Your Majesty, when Emperor Shenzong was here, he once raised donations from ministers to fund military expenses during the Second Renchen War. ”

The dog said...

At this moment, the actors in the hall all scolded Cui Chengxiu in their hearts, and even their mothers three generations later greeted them all over again.

Someone even said in his heart that he wanted to have some intimacy with his house's guard dog.

Moreover, blocking people's money is like killing your parents, although you don't block the way to wealth, the key is that you give the emperor a bad idea and raise donations?

The court's treatment of officials is extremely low, everyone eats money openly and secretly, what the hell are you giving the emperor an idea to let us pay? Pushing us into the fire pit without knowing what?

Wei Zhongxian laughed in his heart, he wanted to see how these high-ranking officials, who claimed to be upright and gentlemen, faced this problem.

Zhu Youzhen also felt that this idea was good, and his heart was slightly soothed, so he spoke: "I think the words of the Ministry of War make sense, so I will start the example of donation today, but it is unrealistic for you ministers to donate to me." ”

Call...

Hundreds of people breathed a sigh of relief, and some even accidentally farted because they were too relaxed.

"Why don't I borrow it from your ministers, and wait for the next year's taxes to come up, and I will slowly repay it..."

Yes...

Speaking of which, the money in his pocket still has to be given away.

As soon as the emperor's words fell, the sound of needles falling on the ground could be heard in the hall, but no one spoke.

Huang Liji was the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhu Youzhen looked at him first: "Cabinet, you guys should make a start..."

Huang Liji had been mixing with Cui Chengxiu for a long time, and was regarded as the first target at this moment, so he kowtowed to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the old minister's family is in a bitter cold, and he is all funded by the local gentry to rush to Beijing for the examination, and he has not saved much money for many years as an official, but it is a pity that the minister is in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, and he can't share his worries for His Majesty, and he is in a high position in the temple, and he can't solve problems for the country, the old minister is ashamed, and the old minister is ashamed of the cultivation of Emperor Daxing...

The old minister is willing to donate all the more than 3,000 taels of family wealth to His Majesty, and the old minister begs for bones..."

"You..."

Zhu Youzhen's face was flushed, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he had already bent the emperor's dignity to borrow money from the courtiers, but these people were willing to give up the high position of the first assistant of the cabinet for money.

If he takes Huang Liji's money and agrees to his retirement, the civil officials in the palace will definitely stop working, and the court will not be able to operate at that time, which is the point.

'The imperial brother has been in power in the harem for seven years, the previous dynasty is governed by Wei Zhongxian, although this old eunuch is hateful, but he is his own house slave, how to handle it all in his own hands, a few days ago, the Donglin Party generally talked about the disaster of the factory guard, and asked himself to abolish the East Factory and Jinyi Guard, but now when he asks for money, no one speaks, what should I do? ’

Zhu Youzhen thought a lot, and suddenly remembered that the imperial sister-in-law had said that the source of the internal money was all in Chen Cao's hands, so he tried to overcome his mood, and was about to speak, when he heard someone speaking out of class.

"Hahaha..."

Cui Chengxiu raised his head and laughed twice, and when those imperial historians were about to participate in the impeachment of his palace for losing his honor, he heard Cui Chengxiu say something earth-shattering: "Your Majesty, Shoufu is indeed an official position, and after being an official for so many years, he doesn't even have family wealth,"

Saying that, Cui Chengxiu bowed his hand to Zhu Youzhen: "The minister is also a secretary of the military department, but the minister has also participated in some small businesses over the years, and there is some surplus wealth at home, and the minister is willing to take the lead in donating 800,000 taels of silver to fund the country's use, and the minister is a voluntary donation, and there is no need for His Majesty to repay;

Our courtiers, since we are officials of the country, we naturally have to take the major affairs of the country and the dynasty as our own responsibility, and it is the duty of our courtiers to share the worries of His Majesty. ”

Cui Chengxiu made up his mind that after leaving the court today, he would not leave until he was protected by Tian Ergeng and a group of brocade guards, because he didn't know that his actions were likely to attract the wrath of his peers and lead to his assassination.

After Cui Chengxiu's words were finished, the old fritter Zhou Yingqiu immediately spoke up: "The minister is the secretary of the household department, and he still has surplus wealth at home, and he is willing to donate 100,000 taels of silver to fund military expenses..."

Shi Fenglai also listed: "The minister is in the position of the second assistant of the cabinet, and the family does not have much money left, and he is also willing to donate 50,000 taels of silver to fund military expenses." ”

Zhang Ruitu also listed: "The minister is in the position of an auxiliary minister in the cabinet, and the rest of the family's wealth is acceptable, and he is also willing to donate 50,000 taels of silver to fund military expenses." ”

At the moment, the four eunuch backbones showed their attitude, and immediately led the trend, the Donglin Party was originally going to take advantage of this to attack the eunuch party, and take the opportunity to deal with Wei Zhongxian, but they made them unite and confront them, everyone knows that once the son of heaven and a courtier said, if you don't save your life at this moment, when will you wait?

Zhu Youzhen was very excited, he never imagined that the important ministers of the national dynasty were so rich, and the four of them donated one million taels of silver, and he also had a trace of suspicion about the Donglin Party at the moment.

Wei Zhongxian fell to the ground: "The old slave has been rewarded by the emperor of Daxing for so many years, and there is still some money in the outer house, the country is in trouble, the old slave as a slave of the heavenly family, naturally wants to share the worries of the master, and today he will go back and sell all the rewards of the outer house, and it is estimated that he can get 500,000 taels of silver, and he is willing to donate all of them to the country." ”

"Hmm..."

Zhu Youzhen exhaled through his nostrils: "Zhongxian, get up... Retreat from the dynasty, I am tired, and the matter of donation and loss will be discussed again..."

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In the inner palace, Empress Zhang sat aside, and it was not until Zhu Youzhen, who had finished losing his temper and sorting out his mood, walked into the Xinuan Pavilion that Empress Zhang said: "Why is the emperor's brother so angry? ”

Zhu Youzhen's temper is recognized, and he can't pretend, he has the same virtue as his brother, he is born, and he can't change it.

"The eunuchs are hateful, Wei Zhongxian is hateful, and all the ministers of the former dynasty are hateful...

The imperial sister-in-law didn't know, today to talk about donations, the cabinet chief assistant said that there was no money, to resign, to roast me on the fire, but the eunuchs all have money, four people donated one million taels, and in the end, they were able to donate five million taels of silver, but the Donglin party did not donate a penny;

The teacher said it well, and he really responded to the teacher's words, everyone in the eunuch party has money, and they oppressed the Donglin party to this point, and everyone in the eunuch party should be killed... Everybody's damned...

Especially Wei Zhongxian, he is a dog slave, he can donate 500,000 taels, and he keeps saying that it is a reward from the emperor, and the imperial brother was extremely difficult when he was in power, and the imperial brother trusted him at that time, and he never donated a penny, and now in order to save his life, he is willing to donate all the money;

Hateful, annoying, killable..."

'Boom...'

Saying that, Zhu Youzhen punched the small few hard.

"The emperor's brother is angry, your imperial brother needs money to fight, it all depends on Wei Zhongxian, although he is hateful, but if you think about it carefully, the expenses of the dynasty over the years have all depended on Wei Zhongxian and Chen Cao."

"The imperial sister-in-law doesn't want to say good things about the dog killing again, I have made up my mind, and after the donation, I will deal with the eunuchs;

As for the imperial brother's edict, I will also abide by it, so I will let the dog kill him and let him go to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum, Chen Cao..."

Zhu Youzhen had a strong murderous aura: "Such intentions to seal the territory and divide the territory, serve the tiger as the king, and premeditate the rebellious three family slaves, they can't be left..."

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"Do you know what the emperor said to Wen Mengzhen after the dispersal of the dynasty?"

The little eunuch shook his head: "Your Majesty ordered that no one should approach the Qianqing Palace, and the two of them were guarding the door, both under the imperial steps. ”

Wei Zhongxian waved away the little eunuch, and then looked at a few people in the hall: "Our family feels a little bad omen..."

After Gu Bingqian learned of Cui Chengxiu's plan, he stroked his beard and pondered: "The plan is good, but the emperor's teachers are all from the Donglin Party, and I don't think it's possible to change the image of Gonggong Wei in the eyes of the emperor,"

"It's broken..."Gu Bingqian clapped his hands: "If they use this to attack us and others, saying that we are corrupt and perverting the law, wouldn't it be worth the loss..."

Tian Ergeng sounded a word at the moment: "Let's lift a stone and shoot ourselves in the foot?" ”