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Zhu Zai'er looked at the memorials impeaching Li Yanzhi on the table, and was happy. He counted the days and waited to see Li Yanzhi's bad luck.

It was half a month since the deadline had not arrived, and Zhu Zai'an was anxious when he waited. Suddenly, the Empress of the Palace led a group of concubines and eunuchs to cry for poverty. It turned out that the money in the palace was not distributed in time this month. In the past two years, the Ming Dynasty has become increasingly strong and rich in the people, but Zhu Zai'an has always lived a hard life since the ascension of the throne. Everything in the harem was simple, and the eunuchs and palace maids were left with only more than two thousand. This number was the lowest point since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Not only that, all the expenses could be saved. The eunuchs wore hundreds of robes, and the pink and cream of the six palaces were not colored. The life he lived was worse than that of ordinary rich people, but Zhu Zai'an also endured it.

But now he didn't even pay the money for the palace expenses on time. The six ministries in the cabinet bullied the emperor too much! It was really intolerable! He immediately sent someone to the Ministry of Revenue to inquire, but Feng Bao went back for half a day and said, "Your Majesty, the salary of officials of all sizes and big and small in the capital has not been paid yet! When the slave arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, he was almost squeezed out!"

Zhu Zai'er was filled with grief. As the emperor, he has been just a symbol in recent years and has not been in charge of business. So he didn't know how much silver there is in Taicang, but when he remembered the court discussion a month ago, he said: "Didn't the Ministry of Revenue say that there were still 500,000 taels of silver deposit last month? How long has it been spent?"

"This... Emperor, this national event is the most expensive thing. What's the point of saving 500,000 taels of silver! Any hole is broken, and it will be lost in two seconds! I heard that half of the expenses have been spent in the past half month."

"Isn't that half still?"

Feng Bao smiled helplessly: "Your Majesty, Qi Jiguang had just returned to Hetao a few days ago. Do you remember this?"

Zhu Zaiye certainly remembered: "Of course he has to go back, the big matters in Hetao are waiting for him."

"Yes." Feng Bao said: "Before leaving, he took away 300,000 taels to fill the hole in Hetao's military expenditure."

"Well, the defense of the northwest is the top priority," Zhu Zaiye remembered the Mongols' invasion of the south, thinking that if there was no problem with the defense line in the northwest, the Supreme Emperor Jiajing would probably be still in office, and so many things would not have happened after this: "It is also necessary to give priority to taking care of the other side..." When he said this, his throat seemed to be choked, and he exclaimed: "This...then this Taicang..."

"Now Taicang..." Feng Bao sighed: "I heard that there is no more than a tael of silver."

Feng Bao's description is almost exaggerated.

After Zhang Juzheng, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, allocated the money to Qi Jiguang, Taicang had few taels of deposit. As Zhu Zai'an said, defense in the northwest was the top priority, so when Zhang Juzheng suggested allocating the money, the emperor did not interfere, and the censors did not refute it. However, the censors did not know the details of Taicang. The emperor was too young and had not considered the matter comprehensively, so he let the money slip out like this. It would take a while for the summer and autumn taxes to arrive, but Taicang could not pay any salary at all.

The most difficult thing to do in Beijing is to get promoted is the way to Beijing, but you have to rely on exile to make money. In Beijing, except for a few fat people, most of the officials in Beijing are poor, especially the middle and lower-class officials in Beijing are the poorest. Many poor officials in Beijing are waiting for Taicang to pay for rice! When the salary is suddenly cut off, these people will have to cut off their food. Can they not make trouble?

"But it's useless for you to make trouble!" Wei Liangbi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, surrounded by hundreds of people, said in pain: "It's not that I don't give it to you now, but I really don't have money - I haven't gotten my salary either!"

But who cares about him? Those who are more wealthy from home stay at home and wait for news. Those who come here are all crazy poor and crazy poor officials are even more rogue than gangsters:

"We don't care! In short, we will get the money today!"

"Whether you have money or not is your Ministry of Revenue! But if you don't get the money today, I won't leave!"

"Hmph, I have never heard of a salary that cannot be paid since the founding of the Ming Dynasty - this embarrassing look is not a grand era!"

"Look, Taicang's money has been greedy for all your Ministry of Revenue!"

Among these poor Beijing officials, there is a group of people who are even poorer, that is, those censors. The censors of the Ming Dynasty were extremely powerful, so heavy that they could refute the emperor's cabinet's votes, and the rank was extremely low, all of which were around the sixth and seventh ranks. At this level, they could also be a county magistrate promo when they were in other provinces. In the capital, they would be really sesame and mung beans. If those who were willing to join in the rivers and receive the filial piety from foreign officials, then the situation might be better. As for those who adhered to the noble and did not buy it, they would be as pure as water!

These professional scolding players are usually like mad dogs. Now that things are on their heads, they will not pay their lives. Is that so much? Impeachment is like paper, and everyone comes to the Ministry of Revenue!

Zhao Zhenji was full of anger and felt that Zhang Juzheng was deliberately trying to find trouble for him. At that time, he clearly warned that if the money he gave to the Northwest would be emptied, but Zhang Juzheng responded toughly: "But if the Northwest defense is not consolidated, if Hu Ma Nan invades again, who can afford it? You?" This made Zhao Zhenji dare not speak.

But now something goes wrong, but he Zhao Zhenji has to resist!

A few days ago, people in the capital were still calculating that they would wait for Li Yanzhi to embarrass him, but now all the fingers have turned to Zhao Zhenji!

Zhao Zhenji felt that he was even more unfair than Dou E, but who called him the Minister of Revenue, who called his backstage not strong enough, and who called him offended Zhang Juzheng, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet whom he should be in charge? If he didn't take the blame, who would take the blame?

Unsatisfied, he had to submit a petition. The cabinet was quick to do things and the emperor stamped the seal quickly. He was exempted from his Minister of Revenue that day and sent him to Nanjing amid the incompetent scolding.

Zhao Zhenji left, but the issue of paying salary still needs to be resolved, and the lack of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue has also been empty. If it were usual, this was a heavy weight, but now all the ministers in the court are willing to be a Minister of Revenue with a pile of debts behind their backs? If anyone becomes a member of the Ministry of Revenue, he will have to carry an empty Taicang on his back and face hundreds of officials who are waiting for their salary!

When he had no choice, Zhang Juzheng, who was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, had to stand up and take charge of himself, and become the Minister of Revenue. As soon as he took office, hundreds of people gathered around the Ministry of Revenue, waiting to get the money - there were even eunuchs among them! The emperor was waiting for money to spend. Zhu Zai's small treasury was extremely limited. If he didn't get the money, the imperial kitchen would be out of stock.

Feng Baoda left the palace early and came back at noon and told the emperor: "This scene is really... huge, really huge! It's even more chaotic than when the pirates were in trouble in the capital!"

"Who asked you this!" Zhu Zai'er was a little dissatisfied: "It's useful! Didn't you get the money!"

"This...no..."

The emperor was about to get angry when he heard this. Feng Bao quickly said: "There is really no money there today, but Mr. Zhang has come up with a solution. He said that there is a silver treasury in Tongzhou, which contains about 600,000 taels of silver. Although it does not belong to the central Taicang, it is just a local official treasury. If it is collected first, it will be enough to deal with the transportation of summer grain. But..."

"There is actually a silver treasury in Tongzhou? There are still six or seven hundred thousand taels of silver in it?" Zhu Zai'er's eyes lit up, and his heart was relaxed, and he said, "Then go and get it quickly! What's it!"

Feng Bao smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the official treasury is not directly managed by the Ministry of Revenue, but by the military department. If you want to get the money, you have to go through a process first. You don't know. Your Majesty, just wait. Maybe Master Zhang will come in today. At that time, Your Majesty will cover the seal. If the censor does not seal it, the money should be shipped in within three days. But..."

"And what is it?"

Feng Bao sighed: "I'm afraid that those censors will find ways to block the refutation!"

Zhu Zai'er sneered: "Who wants to refute this matter now? Who dares to refute this matter now? Does he want to refute this matter now? "

But Zhu Zai's mistaken. As Feng Bao expected, two or three censors said that this matter was inappropriate, but under the current environment, their remarks and views were ignored by the mainstream of the entire officialdom! Although Zhu Zai's noticed that these two or three censors were the most powerful censors against Li Yanzhi, Zhu Zai's at this time also felt that they were too ignorant of the current affairs.

Under the tacit understanding of the emperor, the cabinet and most censors, the procedure for transferring the treasury from Tongzhou was successfully completed. Two days later, the treasury from Tongzhou quickly arrived in Beijing, and the sensational "Ministry of Revenue Absorbed wages" came to an end. After this incident, the atmosphere in Beijing suddenly turned into peace. I wonder if everyone's emotions were vented in this chaos. At this time, Li Yanzhi entered Beijing.

The weather in Beijing was getting hotter, but when Li Yan came, the city seemed to be echoing with spring breeze. Every household of officials got the money, no one was fierce, no one scolded. Even the censors seemed to have forgotten what they were about to do a month ago.

The solemn atmosphere against Li Yanzhi has disappeared completely.

More than half a month ago, Zhu Zaiye was waiting for Li Yanzhi every day, just to see him fall apart, but now Li Yanzhi is about to enter the palace, Zhu Zaiye was a little panicked - because he suddenly found that almost all the censors had no movement.

"What's going on?"

He thought, thought, and thought that Li Yanzhi hadn't figured out what was going on before he was about to enter the palace.

"Those censors are all corrupt!" Zhu Zai'er said angrily: "When Li Zhe was not here, one or two were extremely brave. Now that he is here, all of them are gone!"

Feng Bao sighed secretly and reminded the emperor: "Your Majesty, it's better... don't expect those censors and ministers, it's useless. They have short hands and soft mouths to eat them. Now, they dare not mention the issue of "debt deposit" by the General Administration of the Maritime Control Bureau."

"Why?" Zhu Zai'an asked: "What does it mean to use others to eat others' soft-mouthed people? Have they all accepted Li Zhe's bribes?"

"There is no bribe..." Feng Bao whispered: "But everyone has been filling their stomachs with money from Zhenhai Gong these days. You can't even swear while eating others' belongings, right?"

Zhu Zai'er glared at him: "What do you mean by this sentence?"

"Your Majesty, don't you understand?" Feng Bao reminded again: "Didn't Taicang lose money before?"

"So what? Haven't Mr. Zhang managed to get through the difficulties?"

"I've overcome the difficulties, but Your Majesty, this money will not come out of the ground for no reason, let alone hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!"

"It didn't come out from the underground," Zhu Zai'er said: "It's from Tongzhou...ah! Could it be Li Zhe's money?"

"It's not from Zhenhai Gong," Feng Bao tried his best to maintain respect for Li Yanzhi even though he was speaking behind his back: "I heard that the money was actually the military funds raised by the General Administration of the Maritime Administration of the Maritime Administration. Part of it was placed in Tongzhou and was called by the Ministry of War and the Navy Governor's Office. Unexpectedly, such a thing happened in the capital. Zhang Ge was quick to learn and transferred the lead to fill the hole."

Hearing this, Zhu Zai's heart suddenly became cold.

Feng Bao also sighed: "So, Your Majesty, now we are all relying on the money sold by the General Administration of the Maritime Administration to live a life of "debt deposit". Everyone borrowed money with a shameless look on Zhenhai Gong. Why are you embarrassed to say that he shouldn't borrow money?"

In the tranquility, Li Yanzhi took Zhang Juzheng into the palace and asked the emperor why he summoned him to the capital. Zhu Zai'an was speechless and finally asked: "Duke Zhenhai, are you sure of this expedition to Japan?"

Li Yan smiled and gave a wink. The eunuchs all retreated. Even Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng retreated behind the pillar, but the two of them were still eavesdropping behind him, and then they faintly heard Li Yan say directly: "Your Majesty, there have been many things against me recently, and it seems that they have something to do with Your Majesty."

The hall calmed down for a moment, so quiet that it could almost hear Zhu Zai's thick and heavy breathing.

Li Yanzhi's voice turned soft, as if comforting: "But your Majesty, don't worry, I am neither Dong Zhuo nor Cao Cao, and I will not do anything excessive to you. As for the past, I don't want to care about so much, but I just hope that there will be less unnecessary trouble in the future. Whether I go to attack Japan or Europe, just give me an imperial edict. The domestic government affairs will be handed over to Xu Jie Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng. Your Majesty will not get involved. You should live a good life in the harem. If you are bored, you will walk outside the palace. We will work hard to enjoy your life, and everyone will be fine. Why not do it?"

There was no emperor's voice heard in the hall, it seemed that it was just silent, silent, silent. Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao looked at each other, thinking in their hearts: "If you want to know what happened next, please log in.qidian., more chapters, support the author and support genuine reading!) (To be continued)
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