"Your Majesty, please have a sip of tea and rest."

After Sun Chengzong and others left Dongnuan Pavilion, Wang Chengen held a cup of tea and respectfully handed it to Emperor Chongzhen, persuading him: "Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon body. You all..."

"Okay, Wang Daban, stop talking about this."

Emperor Chongzhen took the tea cup, drank it all in one gulp, chewed a few tea leaves in his mouth, and said: "How can I sleep in this situation?"

Since he no longer went to Wenhua Palace to manage politics, Emperor Chongzhen never left here during the past few days in Qianqing Palace. Even in the formalism of the early court, he did not go to show off with the civil servants in the court, and stayed here all the time. The Palace of Qianqing was planning how to win the battle with Jianlu.

The special establishment of the Military Aircraft Department is just the beginning. How to gather military decision-making power and expand the authority of the Military Aircraft Department is what Emperor Chongzhen will do in the future.

In the discussion just now, Emperor Chongzhen was still a little dissatisfied with some of the performances of Wang Qia and Li Banghua. It was obvious that they did not position themselves correctly and did not realize the meaning of their creation of the Military Aircraft Department.

"Your Majesty, Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, asked for an audience outside the Qianqing Gate."

Gao Qiqian walked into Dongnuan Pavilion respectfully, and bowed his hands to Emperor Chongzhen, who was frowning slightly.

"What do you want to see me for?"

Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"Back to your Majesty, this is a government affairs related to the expenditure of money and food from the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Get up and dive back.

You are here to complain to me!

The financial minister of the Ming Dynasty seems to be in a bad situation.

"Announce it."

Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

In the two dynasties of Tianqi, Bi Ziyan, and Chongzhen, he served as the Secretary of the Transfer Department and was in charge of the finance of the Ming Dynasty. In the Tianqi Dynasty, he also served as the governor of Tianjin and was responsible for supervising the payment of Liao Dynasty. He was regarded as a rare talent. He was in charge of the Ming Dynasty's finances. The party has some origins, but only some origins.

Being able to stabilize the precarious finances of the Ming Dynasty during the turbulent period of the late Ming Dynasty is already an extraordinary existence.

But speaking of it, the current size of the Donglin Party in the court is really too big. The checks and balances in the court have become a complete decoration. Taking advantage of this time to invade the Ming Dynasty, we must plan this matter carefully. .

"I will be strict with myself and pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

A powerful voice sounded, interrupting Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts.

"Bi Qing, no need to be polite."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to Bi Ziyan, who was bowing to him, "Bi Qing, you are here to see me, but you have some government affairs to report?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Bi Ziyan looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a worried look on his eyebrows and said: "This time we built a border with the Japanese invaders and successively attacked Da'ankou, Longjing Pass and other places, which made people in the capital area panic.

At present, the price of food in the capital is soaring, and His Majesty has issued an edict to quell the rebellion and save the country. He wants to send troops from Tianjin, Denglai, Dongjiang and other places to Beijing.

Even the reinforcements led by Yuan Chonghuan needed money and food supplies from the court.

It’s just that the Ministry of Household Affairs doesn’t have much money and food to spend, so spending the money and food will become a big problem.”

In the late Ming Dynasty, there was one eternal topic, which was actually money.

The Little Ice Age caused the Ming Dynasty's finances to shrink. In order to deal with the endless disasters, bandit rebellions, high military salaries, and various expenses, the imperial court could only continuously apportion three salaries and demolish the east wall to make up for the west wall. , which also intensifies social conflicts.

But is the Ming Dynasty really short of money?

There’s really no shortage!

There is a shortage of money at the national financial level, but there is a lot of money hidden among the people, especially the officials, nobles, and vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone is extremely rich!

"It's for this reason."

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Bi Qing, I have thought about this matter. You don't need to think about it now. The Military Aircraft Department will try to solve it when the time comes."

"this……"

Bi Ziyan was a little in disbelief. He looked at Emperor Chongzhen and wondered in his heart. Could a temporary military aircraft department be able to solve a problem that even the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs could not solve?

"Okay, Bi Qing."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up and said to the astonished Bi Ziyan: "What you have to do now is to control the household affairs, stabilize the situation in the capital, and don't let food prices skyrocket.

I have to deal with important military matters now, so you should step back first."

Knowing the fundamentals of finance in the late Ming Dynasty and the virtues of civil servants in the DPRK, Emperor Chongzhen had no intention of engaging in any shameful fundraising through the Ministry of Household Affairs.

After all, Emperor Chongzhen did this in the original space and time, but the result...

At present, affected by the Jianlu and Kou border incident, the price of food in Gyeonggi has skyrocketed, and many merchants are involved. Emperor Chongzhen has no intention of letting go of these people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to enrich the country and make money.

Before the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty was allocated on the right track, Emperor Chongzhen was prepared to take some unconventional means to increase the revenue of the treasury.

Instead of losing face, no real problems were solved after losing face!

"...I resign!"

Seeing the emperor like this, Bi Ziyan could only suppress the shock and doubt in his heart. The worry in his brows did not diminish, and he bowed his hands.

The Ming Dynasty's financial minister can only give you the cold shoulder now.

I don't have any extra energy, and I am distracted by the trivial matters in the court. Let the cabinet maintain the affairs of the outer court for the time being. I must seize the time to strengthen the imperial power.

Looking at Bi Ziyan's somewhat stooped back, Emperor Chongzhen felt emotional in his heart, but he wanted to do what he wanted to do, so he didn't say much else.

"Wang Daban, how much money do you have in your internal funds now?"

After Bi Ziyan left, Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Wang Chengen and asked.

Wang Chengen immediately replied: "Go back to your Majesty, I still have more than 2.9 million taels of silver in the internal funds."

"I, the great emperor of tomorrow, are really very poor."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The current establishment of a barbarian border has shaken the country, the hearts of the people in the capital are unstable, the treasury of the foreign dynasty is empty, and the household budget is unbalanced.

Even the money and food needed by the army rushing to aid the capital in the future can no longer be provided, and I have to come up with a solution. I don't believe that the Ming Dynasty is really short of money!"

"Your Majesty, you can no longer pay the money from the internal funds to the national treasury."

At this time, Wang Chengen stepped forward to persuade: "How much money have you spent from internal funds in the past two years, but the ministers in the court have not mentioned a word about this matter.

Since you became emperor, you have been self-denial, diligent and frugal, even..."

When he talked about this, Wang Chengen's eyes were slightly red, he was a little excited, and he really couldn't talk any more.

"Okay, okay, Wang Daban, I know what you mean."

Seeing Wang Chengen like this, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "I will not use the money in the internal funds easily unless it is absolutely necessary.

After all, the affairs of the outer court need to be solved by the outer court. I will blindly use the money from my internal funds to support the outer court. This is not a long-term solution."

The money in this fund is the private property of the Emperor of Heaven, and there are many things that need to be spent. Not to mention, the Forbidden City alone can support so many eunuchs, maids, and members of the royal family surrounding him, the Emperor.

The amount of money this requires is not a small amount.
Chapter completed!