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400,000 taels of silver, 30,000 taels of gold, and a few copper coins. (Please search, or enter directly to see the latest chapter) a treasury with only such a little silver, which can basically be called an empty treasury.

But now that the disaster is urgent, disaster relief is like fighting a fire, Zhu Houzhao shook his head and sighed: "I can't imagine that there is only such a little silver in the treasury, so let's allocate 300,000 taels to relieve the drought in Henan first." ”

"Your Majesty!" Before Li Dongyang could agree, Mao Wenju, the secretary of the Ministry of War, took a step forward, and he bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "I am afraid that the matter of appropriating the disaster silver will have to be considered in the long run. However, the Ministry of War has repeatedly asked the household department for military salaries and pensions, and the household department has repeatedly prevaricated, and now the soldiers at the border gates have not been paid for nearly half a year, and the bereavement pensions for the soldiers who died in the war have not been settled. The minister calculated that this cost would require at least 400,000 taels of silver. ”

"Another 400,000 taels of silver?"

Zhu Houzhao was slightly stunned, and directly set his eyes on Li Dongyang.

In this court, Mao Wenju's words did not save much face for Li Dongyang. This is normal, because Mao Wenju belongs to the military attache system and belongs to a different camp from Li Dongyang. Second, Mao Wenju is not a member of the cabinet and does not need to accept the management of Li Dongyang, the cabinet assistant. Therefore, Mao Wenju does not need to be too afraid of Li Dongyang, in addition, Mao Wenju must also have a tough attitude, since ancient times, civil and military affairs have been light, if Mao Wenju, a military attache brain figure, has weakened his momentum in front of civil officials, then the military attache of the entire Ming Dynasty may not be able to raise his head in front of civil officials.

Originally, Zhu Houzhao very simply agreed to allocate funds for the drought in Henan, but Mao Wenju stepped in at this time and immediately made the matter variable. Cao Yuan, who was standing next to Li Dongyang, was a little annoyed, he turned his head to look at Mao Wenju and said: "Lord Mao, at the moment, the treasury is empty and the money is not enough, do we want to prioritize our work? Although the salaries of the soldiers at the border pass are in arrears, they will be put down after all."

Besides, although there is no military pay, there is always food and grass, right? You won't go hungry, right? The victims of the disaster in Henan are different, if they don't have disaster relief money, they will starve to death. When the time comes, Henan will be full of grief, and Lord Mao will really be able to bear to see it?"

Mao Wenju also glanced at Cao Yuan, and he snorted lightly: "This official really can't believe that these words came out of Lord Cao's mouth. Master Cao also said that there are priorities, and now the border soldiers are fighting with the Tatars, and we are still in arrears with their military salaries. I'm afraid this move will chill the soldiers, right? The official asked Lord Cao rhetorically: If the morale of the soldiers at the border pass is low and the battle is lost, so that the Tatars enter the customs and threaten the Ming Dynasty, will Lord Cao bear the consequences? Or should I ask, can Lord Cao afford it?"

"You" Cao Yuan suddenly stammered. Mao Wenju can be a military general, and it is not idle to lead military attaches and civil officials to fight in the court, and it is obvious that Cao Yuan is not Mao Wenju's opponent.

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, frowned, the disaster in Henan must be saved, and the military salaries of the border soldiers must not be delayed for a long time. Zhu Houzhao turned his gaze to Li Dongyang, Li Dongyang's gaze did not meet Zhu Houzhao, but lowered his head and pondered there, obviously he had not thought of a better solution.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Let's get here here today, and after the Qing family disperses, they will each go back and think of a way." I first want to save the drought in Henan, and second, I want to pay the soldiers at the border gates, and I give the cabinet three days to think about it, and three days later, I want the cabinet to come up with a plan to solve the current crisis. ”

"The ministers obeyed. Li Dongyang led several members of the cabinet to kneel on the ground and receive the holy decree, and announced the resignation of the envoy.

Mao Wenju looked at Li Dongyang, who was being helped up, he sneered and turned to leave.

"The treasury is empty, the emperor asked our cabinet to find a way to solve the Henan disaster relief silver and the military salaries of the border soldiers, and our cabinet does not have a gold mountain silver mine, how to solve it?" Jin Gui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was standing next to Li Dongyang, said with some annoyance.

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the five rites of Kaoji, Jia, Army, Bin, and Murderer, and manages the affairs of schools throughout the country, the imperial examinations, and the affairs of vassals and foreign countries. In addition, Jin Gui is also an old courtier left from the Hongzhi period, and he is famous in the Ming Dynasty for his extensive knowledge and integrity, so no one thinks there is anything wrong with him saying this.

Li Dongyang sighed slightly, and he said: "Eat the king's lu, bear the king's worries." If we courtiers don't think about these troubles, do we still want the emperor to think about it himself? ”

Hearing Li Dongyang say this, Jin Gui didn't want to say anything more, so he could only walk out with a long sigh.

After the court meeting, Zhu Houzhao did not stay in the palace for long, he returned to the Qianqing Palace and changed his clothes, and then beckoned Zhang Yong to accompany him to Xiaoyao Villa to find Jiangxia to play mahjong. Zhu Houzhao, who had a court meeting, was bored, and he didn't know how to relieve his depressed mood if he didn't have fun.

After Li Dongyang got out of the palace, he got into his own carriage, and before the carriage started to start, Li Dongyang suddenly remembered something, and he beckoned: "Jun Yang, wait a minute." ”

The carriage for Li Dongyang was a young man of about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, the young man was dressed in black cloth, and he looked like he should be a taciturn character. On the left side of his belt was a quaint long sword, and it seemed that the young man was supposed to be a man who knew swordsmanship.

After hearing Li Dongyang's words, Jun Yang reined in his horse, and Li Dongyang said softly: "I'll just go back to the house by myself, you hide outside this palace and wait for a while to see if the emperor will come out in a while, and if he comes out, follow the emperor to see where he will go." Remember, be careful and don't be seen. ”

"Yes. Jun Yang only replied with one word, and then Li Dongyang got out of the carriage and walked in the direction of Xizhimen on foot. Although Li Dongyang is old, he walks steadily with every step, as if every step is a foothold after careful consideration.

After Zhu Houzhao came out of the palace, he went directly to Xiaoyao Villa, and as soon as he entered, he pulled Jiang Xia, Han Yu and Zhang Yong to accompany him to play mahjong.

Perhaps due to bad luck, Zhu Houzhao began to lose from the moment he was on the table. Although he is the emperor and has wealth all over the world, no one likes to lose all the time sitting at the gambling table. Zhang Yong has been secretly giving Zhu Houzhao a loose stamp, but Zhu Houzhao still can't eat mush, but Zhang Yong, who is involved, also loses a lot of silver.

"Oh, forget it, don't fight. Zhu Houzhao pushed the card and got up to leave.

Han Yu was stunned for a moment and then breathed a sigh of relief. He knew Zhang Yong's identity, and over time, he naturally guessed Zhu Houzhao's identity. Playing mahjong with today, Han Yu naturally didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so he also kept giving Zhu Houzhao a loose chapter, and never dared to confuse Zhu Houzhao's cards. In this way, Jiang Xia was the one who won the most money among the four.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao pushed the cards and didn't play, Jiang Xia didn't care about his temper, he counted the treasure money in his hand, and said with a smile: "Oh, today, the daughter of the God of Wealth family has taken a fancy to me Jiang Xia, this luck, tsk."

Seeing that Jiang Xia won the money so well, and ignored Zhu Houzhao's anger at all, Zhang Yong and Han Yu were secretly worried about Jiang Xia. With Jiang Xia's character, without knowing Zhu Houzhao's true identity, I am afraid that sooner or later he will make Zhu Houzhao angry, if this is the case, Jiang Xia's situation is really dangerous, and he is always hovering on the edge of life and death.

Jiang Xia counted a handful of treasure bills and put them into his arms, and then he looked up and saw that Zhu Houzhao was sitting outside in the living room drinking tea at the moment. The tea used in Xiaoyao Villa is also superb, but after Zhu Houzhao took two sips, he threw the teacup on the ground, and then scolded in a low voice: "What tea?"

Hearing the sound of the teacup breaking, Han Yu and Zhang Yong subconsciously glanced at Jiang Xia. Jiang Xia waved his hand and motioned for the two of them not to come near him to talk to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhang Yong nodded, and Han Yu simply turned around and walked out of the mahjong room to the front casino to watch.

Jiang Xia walked over and sat down next to Zhu Houzhao, he smiled and said, "In my impression, the second child of my family is not a person who can't control his feelings, when I am the eldest brother, I will say, what makes you so annoyed?"

Zhu Hou glanced at Jiang Xia, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, I told you that you can't help me." ”

"Then you are underestimating your brother, your brother's ability is more than what you see, you tell me first, what if I can help?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, he nodded and said: "Here's the thing, my family is based in Henan, where there are more than 10,000 people. Now that Henan has suffered from a drought, all the clansmen have reached out to our lord's family to ask for silver for emergency relief. My family now has 100,000 taels of silver to mobilize, and if I want to save my relatives in Henan, I have to spend 70,000 taels of silver. But most of my family's business is in the north, and there is now a Tatar rebellion in the north, so my family has hired a lot of guards there.

There are guards to protect my family's business from being destroyed, and now it's time to give the guards a monthly amount of silver, which has been owed for two or three months, and the guards themselves have quite a complaint, and if they owe it again, I'm afraid they won't protect our family's business anymore. The monthly silver of these guards also required more than 80,000 taels of silver at one time. Now that I have saved the relatives of the Henan clan, I will not be able to save the monthly silver of the guards, and the monthly silver of the guards will not be able to save the relatives of the Henan clan, so I am in trouble here. ”

"Heh, what's the matter with my words, isn't it just that I still lack more than 50,000 taels of silver. If you don't have it at home, it doesn't mean that Xiaoyao Villa doesn't have it, now there are almost 40,000 taels of silver in Xiaoyao Villa, you take it all first, and it won't take long to get it up. Jiang Xia said with a smile.

Zhu Houzhao was slightly stunned, stared at Jiang Xia with wide eyes, and said in surprise: "Our Xiaoyao Villa has only been open for a month, and we have earned 40,000 taels of silver?

ps: Sleep first, and the remaining two will be more when they get up. It's half past six in the morning, and I can't stay up