Ning Xibo said: "Your Majesty, the border army has repeatedly asked the court to allocate silver taels, but the court has not responded!" That's why those old brothers wrote to ask Weichen to play! ”

Emperor Wanli glanced at Zhang Juzheng again and said, "Mr. Zhang, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Zhang Juzheng opened his eyes and said, "Your Majesty can ask the Hubu Shangshu to answer." ”

Then Zhang Juzheng lowered his eyes again, as if it was none of his business. Emperor Wanli glanced at Zhang Juzheng deeply and said, "Please answer the Hubu Shangshu." ”

At this time, a person came out of the Wenchen, this person was about fifty years old, with a national character face and five short hairs, but he looked dignified. This person is Zhao Yulin, the head of the household!

Zhao Yulin said after giving the salute: "Your Majesty, Ning Xibo is right, the household department has indeed received many requests from the border army to allocate silver taels to buy horses. However, over the years, the imperial court has accumulated serious debts, and it is really unable to make ends meet, so it is really unable to allocate it! ”

Emperor Wanli said: "The lack of horses in the border army is an extremely important thing, can't you squeeze out a sum of silver?" ”

Zhao Yulin said: "Your Majesty, it's not that Weichen doesn't allocate silver, but that the treasury is really empty!" Even the only silver has already gone there! Moreover, the war horses of the national dynasty are expensive, and the amount of silver they buy for war horses is large, and they can't raise them at all for a while, so they can only delay it first! Wechen has already written down this matter, and when there is silver in the treasury in the future, he will naturally allocate the amount! ”

When Emperor Wanli heard this, he knew that although there were many contradictions between the civil and military sides, they had reached an agreement on the matter of swallowing Jubao Zhai! Otherwise, this Zhao Yulin would not have helped Ning Xibo lie so much! Emperor Wanli dared to bet on his dragon robe, and the border army definitely didn't have any money to ask for money to buy war horses, this was just an excuse they came up with!

Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli said to Ning Xibo: "Ning Xibo, you have already heard what Lord Zhao said!" It seems that this matter can only be put on hold for a while! ”

When Zhou Zhiwu heard this, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this matter must not be delayed!" It must be known that the Tartars outside the border wall are still eyeing the Central Plains, and the thoughts of entering the Central Plains again have never stopped! So it is necessary to ensure that the border army has enough cavalry to deter them! Moreover, these Tartars often cross the border walls to fight grass valleys, and if there are not enough cavalry, the border will only be full of smoke! If the Tartars see the truth and the truth, I am afraid that they will go south in a big way! When the time comes, the amount of silver that will be spent will be more than 500,000 taels!

Emperor Wanli turned to Zhao Yulin again and said, "Zhao Qing's family, the matter of the frontier is indeed the top priority, can you think of a way to come out?" ”

Zhao Yulin bowed down and said: "Under the wall, please forgive Weichen for being incompetent!" It's really unthinkable! ”

Emperor Wanli looked at Zhou Zhiwu again and said, "Ning Xibo, did you also hear Zhao Shangshu's words?" The imperial court really has no choice now! ”

Zhou Zhiwu fell to his knees with a thud and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the sons and daughters of the border army want to fight with the Tartars, if there are no war horses, how can they withstand the Tartars who come and go like the wind just by relying on the foot soldiers!" Then you have to fill it with your life! I hope Your Majesty will have mercy! ”

This time, Zhao Yulin learned wisely, and said directly without waiting for Emperor Wanli to speak: "Your Majesty, Weichen is indeed powerless!" Now the national treasury has more than 220,000 taels of silver, but the amount of silver to be spent by the imperial court is as high as more than 300,000 taels! ”

Then Zhao Yulin began to count the number of people to be paid, pile by pile, piece by piece, and sure enough, the essence of the silver spent in the national treasury was still owed!

In the end, Zhao Yulin said bitterly: "Your Majesty, this is just the situation this year. In fact, last year, the treasury also had a deficit of more than 600,000 taels of silver that could not be filled! As for what was owed before! And now many officials have not received their salaries for a long time, and if they continue like this, I am afraid that there will be no one in the court! ”

Emperor Wanli saw that one of them was crying poor, and the other was asking for money, and he was irritable! In the end, he flicked his sleeves and said: "It is indeed a big deal that the border army needs war horses, but the imperial court really has no silver!" It's better to do this, allocate 50,000 taels of silver from my inner money, and buy a batch of war horses to send to the northwest first! Wait for the silver of the court to loosen up in the future, and then make up the shortfall! ”

Emperor Wanli's words are completely sacrificing his pawn to protect the car! He wants to use the 50,000 taels of silver to keep Jubao Zhai, after all, not to mention the future, just now, Jubao Zhai is worth 600,000 taels of silver!

But just when Emperor Wanli was a little happy and happy for his own inspiration, Feng Bao, who appeared in the main hall at some point, suddenly stepped forward and said, "Long live Lord, this matter must not be allowed!" ”

Emperor Wanli looked at Feng Bao who suddenly appeared and was annoyed in his heart! He originally wanted to throw out 50,000 taels of silver to gag these people's mouths, but Feng Bao's sudden appearance bankrupted his plan! But he still said calmly: "Feng Daban, why do you say that this matter is not okay?" After all, it is the dynasty that has something to do, and I should give out some silver! ”

Feng Bao bowed down and said, "The slave maid thinks that this matter is indeed inappropriate!" There are rules for everything, the treasury and the inner treasury are separated, and the purchase of war horses requires the treasury to pay for it, and the inner treasury is not in accordance with the rules for spending this silver! Twenty-one, there is actually no silver in the inner library! ”

Emperor Wanli was taken aback when he heard this! To be honest, he really didn't know if there was any silver in the inner vault? Because the inner library is always in the hands of Feng Bao and Empress Dowager Li, he is completely black-eyed! So he said eagerly, "How can Neku have no silver?" ”

Feng Bao sighed and said, "Long live Lord, the situation in the inner treasury is similar to that of the national treasury, they are all unable to make ends meet!" Although there is some silver in Necuri now, there is also a place to go! ”

Then Feng Bao nagged and told him where the money in the inner treasury was going one by one, and it seemed that he was a little poorer than the treasury!

After Feng Bao finished speaking, Ning Xibo began to describe the hardships of the frontier soldiers with affection, as well as the danger of lack of war horses! And Zhao Yulin and Feng Bao were crying hard and poor! What made Emperor Wanli even more angry was that five more people came out of the Wuchen class to support Ning Xibo's statement. However, they spoke very measuredly, mainly to Zhao Yulin. And Zhao Yulin has no fear of one enemy and six, saying a thousand, saying ten thousand, but there is no money!

They made such a fuss, which made the hall chaotic, and Emperor Wanli who listened to it was even more irritable! When they stopped, Emperor Wanli said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I know everything you said!" However, there is no silver in the treasury of the imperial court and the treasury of me, which is also a helpless thing! In that case, let's put this matter on hold for now! ”