Regarding the prince's doubts, Shi Shenyi immediately replied:

"Your Highness, you may not know much about the treasury situation, because most of the treasury taxes were collected after the autumn, so there were arrears in military salaries from time to time, and Qianjinwei, the palace guards were palace guards, there was no arrears, Jinwuwei and the forbidden army were sometimes in arrears, but not long, only two or three months, and the border troops outside the capital were almost in arrears, for half a year to a year."

For the water conservancy projects of the Ministry of Industry in the past, the Privy Council should organize forces to inspect them, and the Ministry of War should be disposed of by Gu alone, and the treasury of the Ministry of Households needs to be guaranteed for disaster relief at present, and cannot be diverted for other purposes." Yuan Zhi said solemnly.

"Wechen obeys." Shi Shenyi took the order and left.

"Xu Aiqing."

"The minister is here."

"What about letting hundreds of officials in the imperial court, big and wealthy families, and royal clansmen donate money and materials?" Yuan Ze asked.

"Your Highness, it has little effect."

"Hehe, as expected, Xu Aiqing, let this go in advance, let the governor go to find the evidence of these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they don't want to donate, so they will raid the house and confiscate it, and see who has the last laugh."

"Obey the order, and the minister will also retire."

After Xu Xinchun left, Yuan Zhi called Gao Jin and asked him to go to Yu Kefan, the secretary of the military department, to the East Palace for questioning.

Yu Kefan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, did not work in the Yamen of the Ministry of War, he stayed in the house.

Seeing that the Zhan Mansion of the East Palace sent someone to pass the ceremony, he was not good at resisting the order in person, so he had to take the official to reach the East Palace.

As soon as Yu Kefan entered the Qinzheng Palace, his eyes were red when he saw the murderer, but he could only endure it, and it was impossible to kneel down and bow at all.

He just arched his hand lightly, and said in a humming voice: "Subordinate to Kefan, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Yuan Zhi is not stunned, he is good at judging the situation, and now he has to pretend to be stupid and stunned, and he swallows his anger and does not attack first.

Yu Kefan is not as good as Hubu Shangshu, he has a certain amount of power in the army, the key is Cao Qichang's brother-in-law, the core figure of the traitorous party group.

If you kill him for the crime of great disrespect, you may force the enemy to jump over the wall.

"Lord Yu, the household department reported that the military department needs more than 12 million taels of silver to pay for military expenses and pay back military salaries, but is there such a thing?" Yuan Ze asked.

"Exactly."

Yu Kefan's expression was flat, and his reply was just two words.

"I ask you, what is the purpose of the Ministry of War supervising the production of a large number of weapons and equipment every year? Where is the specific assignment and can there be an account audit? In addition, the number of soldiers and horses in the world is geometric, whether it is full under each number, and how much military salary is owed, can there be real evidence? ”

"Also, the foreign army implements the cantonment system, and this dynasty continues the Han system, which means that the vast majority of foreign soldiers do not need the imperial court to allocate money and food, where is there so much military salary to be paid?"

Yuan Zhi snorted coldly.

Regarding the internal and external military system of the ancient imperial court, Yuan Zhi is familiar with history books and understands it clearly, and this cannot deceive him.

Yu Kefan is not a good stubble, he retorted:

"These accounts and statements and other rosters, the minister has already reported to the five-phase cabinet for audit at the beginning of the year, and these military salary figures are approved and approved by the five-phase cabinet, if the prince has any doubts, he can ask the prime minister, Lord Cao."

"Military affairs, can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince understand? The matter of military equipment and military salaries is not child's play, if the prince still wants to keep the country safe and secure, it is better to quickly let the household department allocate the silver, otherwise..."

"How else? It's the day when the country is not at peace, and the people are displaced, isn't it? Yuan Zhi really couldn't listen to it, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

He took the case and got up, which really scared Yu Kefan and made him frightened.

Yu Kefan wanted to continue to refute the ridicule, but saw that the prince's face instantly turned pale, his eyebrows were angry, and he was murderous.

He was shocked to realize that the prince in front of him was definitely not the cowardly and cowardly crown prince who could intimidate at will.

In the half months since the crown prince was imprisoned, there have been many ministers who have been killed and imprisoned, including the dog Yu Deshui.

You can't go toe-to-toe with this madman.

Thinking of this, Yu Kefan arched his hand, gritted his teeth and lowered his head: "The old minister doesn't dare to think like this. ”

"Don't dare to think? Lone sees that you are very brave, half a month ago, for the sake of Yu Deshui, the rebel, you wanted to turn against the sky, do you think Lone doesn't know? Let's ignore the rebellion and rebellion, just because you didn't act as a monarch and a minister when you came in, and treat you for a big disrespectful crime, do you have anything to say? ”

Yuan Zhi didn't want to pretend anymore, and he didn't want to endure it anymore.

Yu Kefan's pupils shrank when he heard this, and then he reacted, daring to be the prince of the prison country, and he really wanted to end his military department.

He hurriedly knelt down on his knees, kowtowed in defense:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, saying that the old minister is rebellious and rebellious, it is all unfounded rumors, and when he came in, Weichen was indeed rude, it was a habit, not an intentional act of the old minister, please forgive me."

"Understand! Hey..."

Yuan Zhi looked at Yu Kefan, who was kneeling on the ground under the jade steps, and said coldly:

"For the sake of your years of service to the country, dismiss you from the post of secretary of the military department, and go back to your home to reflect."

As soon as these words came out, even the unruly Yu Kefan was shocked.

"Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, I think my Yu family is also the founding father, aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of the ministers by doing this?"

"It is precisely because of the exploits made by your father for the end of the Jin Dynasty that you retained your hereditary marquis position and removed you from your military position because you could not perform your duties well."

Yuan Zhiyi shot back sternly.

For the backbone of Cao Qichang's traitorous party group, from the very beginning, the prince did not intend to let him go.

It's just that in terms of disposition, dismissal and introspection are not confiscating homes and filling up the army, and there is still room for improvement, so as not to force people too much.

"Don't think that with the protection of Prime Minister Cao, you won't dare to touch you! You don't want to think about how you dare to ignore the good and the bad, try to take advantage of the fire to rob and fall into the ground, and how to calm down all the affairs of the military without removing you. ”

"Prince, do you have to think about the consequences?" Yu Kefan was a little angry, and he shouted loudly.

Yuan Zhi sneered twice, looked at Yu Kefan's old face as black as the bottom of the pot, and said sharply: "Someone!" ”

Ding Jiu immediately appeared at the entrance of the hall with four thousand ox armor soldiers, "Your Highness, please command." ”

"Yu Kefan was escorted back to his house, grounded for three months, and thought about it." The crown prince said solemnly.

"Yes."

Yu Kefan's face was full of shock, he only felt that the world was spinning, and he roared loudly: "The old minister is not convinced!" The prince treats his ministers so harshly, and the old ministers don't accept it! ”

Yuan Zhi said indifferently: "The lonely generation of the Son of Heaven is in charge of the country, the decree of the lonely, that is, the mandate of heaven, if you don't accept it, what will you do?" ”

"Lord Yu, please."

Ding Jiu and the others came to Yu Kefan's side and showed enough respect for the former General Jin Wuwei.

Yu Kefan didn't pay attention to him at all, but just shouted at Yuan Zhi:

"The prince dismissed the old minister without asking the reason, such a tyranny, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely not agree! It's not a pity that the old minister died, but in the end, the Jin Dynasty lost the hearts of the people and the number of gas! ”