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Chapter 396

Wang Yangming, who hadn't opened his mouth all this time, glanced at several people, pondered for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "It should be so!"

Here, Zhu Houzhao witnessed the box after box of gold being counted and put into the inner treasury, and his heart was finally relieved.

However, it is obvious that such a large amount of goods cannot be completely included in the inner treasury in such a short period of time. Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor, cannot always sit on the inner treasury.

What's more, Li Huan came back all the way, he, the emperor, had to clean up for Li Huan no matter what.

After calming down a little bit from the excitement, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Li Huan, with a soft smile in his eyes and said: "Li Qing really gave me a big surprise this time."

Li Huan smiled lightly when he heard the words: "What does your Majesty say, this is just the duty of a minister."

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly and said, "With such a fortune, I can finally rest easy."

Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Li Huan couldn't help raising his brows. Hearing what the emperor meant, it was obvious that the court must be short of money.

Seeing Li Huan frowning, Zhu Houzhao straightened his expression, looked at Li Huan and said, "Li Qing doesn't know something. Now the treasury is empty, and several elders are worried about it. The court has discussed how to solve this problem several times."

Although Li Huan said that he was in charge of Jinyiwei, it didn't mean he knew everything, and Li Huan had been commanding troops abroad for more than half a year, and went to Yangzhou Mansion to investigate the case not long after returning to the capital.

It can be said that it has never stopped. Naturally, I am not very clear about some things in the court. Even if I have heard about it, I don't know that the economic situation of the court has reached such a level.

However, Li Huan understood after a little thought, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said slowly: "The national treasury is empty, it is expected to be caused by the previous battle, if not for His Majesty's full support, I am afraid that such a big victory would not be possible. "

Li Huan was right about this point. In a war that lasted for more than half a year, Daming used hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. One can imagine how much money, food and supplies were consumed during it.

If it were not for the full support of the emperor, Li Huan and Wang Yangming would definitely not have won such a big victory, but Li Huan did not expect that the battle would completely defeat the court.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes flashed brightly and he said: "This time Aiqing returns to Beijing with so much wealth, the princes of the court will definitely look sideways at him, maybe they will come to see me after they react."

Li Huan nodded slightly. Dozens of large ships and hundreds of carriages were transferred. Such a big movement could not be concealed at all. It was nothing more than to see when the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty would react.

As long as you are not a fool, once you realize that, given the current situation of the court, among other things, the elders may come to see the emperor as soon as possible and beg the emperor to fill the confiscated gold and silver into the treasury.

In fact, Li Huan had already expected this point, which was one of the reasons why he was so eager to transfer the gold and silver items into the inner treasury first.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Li Huan saluted the emperor and said: "It may be said that several elders have come to see His Majesty at this moment."

The two monarchs and ministers looked at each other and smiled, and at this moment a figure came in a hurry, whoever it was if it wasn't Qiu Ju who was guarding the outside.

Qiu Ju bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the servants came to report just now, and the elders asked to see Your Majesty."

Hearing what Qiu Ju said, Zhu Houzhao and Li Huan looked at each other, but Zhu Houzhao hesitated for a while and then said to Qiu Ju: "Go and invite the elders to the imperial study, and say that I will summon them there. .”

Qiu Ju heard the words and left in a hurry, while Zhu Houzhao said to Li Huan: "Originally, I was going to clean up the dust for you, Li Qing, but now it seems that I can't."

Li Huan bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty has beaten the evil minister. I have been away from home for a long time, and it is time to go home."

Zhu Hou took care of Li Huan, and said to Li Huan, "Tomorrow I will personally clean up Li Qing."

Imperial study room

Under the guidance of Qiu Ju, several elders entered the imperial study room, and after a short while, they saw the emperor in changed clothes appear in the imperial study room.

Several elders hurriedly greeted Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao was in a good mood after having obtained so much gold and silver wealth, and there was a bit of a smile on his face at the moment.

After waving his hand, Zhu Houzhao sat down, his eyes fell on the elders, although he said he already knew the purpose of their visit, but he just pretended not to know: "The Qing family came to see me, is there something wrong? "

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, Wang Jiadang immediately said: "Your Majesty, the old minister impeached Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and others to deceive His Majesty into going out of the palace privately and committing danger. Such behavior will put His Majesty's safety at risk. This kind of demagogy, regardless of the safety of your father Take it, kill it."

Qiu Ju and Gao Feng, who were originally serving the Son of Heaven, apparently did not expect that Wang Jia would run after them as soon as he opened his mouth, and wanted their lives when he came up, but this frightened the two of them. up.

With a thud, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng prostrated themselves with fear on their faces and said, "Your Majesty Wang wronged us, Your Majesty wants to make decisions for us!"

The two of them are not fools. If the crime of bewitching the emperor to leave the palace is true, the two of them will definitely not end well.

However, since they are leaving the palace in micro-services, there must not be many people who know about it. If you want to impeach them, you must have enough evidence. Don't look at the aggrieved and frightened appearance of the two, but they are not really worried. They call the shots.

Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao just waved his hands and said: "Why did Wang Aiqing say that? I just went out of the palace to welcome Li Huanqing's family back. Everything is my will. What have I to do with Qiu Ju and Gao Feng?"

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Ji calmly and said, "Maybe Wang Aiqing thinks that I can't leave the palace, or that if I want to leave the palace, I have to get Wang Aiqing's consent?"

When the Son of Heaven finished speaking, there was a thud, and Wang Jia, Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai, and Wang Yangming all bowed to the ground, and said with a bit of panic: "I dare not."

After turning around and walking to the imperial case, after sitting down, Zhu Houzhao was not very angry when he saw the people kneeling there, and he just beat them up.

He changed his tone and said: "I know that the Qing family are concerned about my safety, so let's all get up and talk."

After thanking the emperor, several people slowly got up. Because of Wang Jia, several people lost their momentum and looked at each other, but no one spoke first.

Zhu Houzhao sat there, took a sip of tea with a calm expression, glanced at several people and said: "The Qing family came to see me, they didn't just come to impeach Qiu Ju and Gao Feng, right? If there is nothing wrong, I will be tired too. ..."

Coughing lightly, Yang Tinghe took a step forward, took out some memorials with a solemn expression, and said, "Your Majesty, this is a memorial for the cabinet's deliberation. It is impossible to make a decision at the moment. I beg your majesty to read it."

Zhu Houzhao looked at the memorials, then looked at Yang Tinghe with a serious face, and nodded slightly. Gao Feng who was on the side quickly stepped forward to take the memorials and put them in front of the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao slowly flipped through some memorials, but it was only a cup of tea. Zhu Houzhao's expression became quite dignified. He looked up at several people, and finally said to Wang Yangming, "Wang Aiqing, how much money and food is there in the treasury?"

Wang Yangming immediately said: "Returning to Your Majesty, because of the former Tatars going south, after a great battle, the balance of money and food in the treasury has been exhausted. Fortunately, His Majesty has allocated the silver in the internal inventory, but the money and food left in the treasury are not enough for the officials of the DPRK and China. Monthly salary."

Speaking of this, Wang Yangming paused, looked up at the emperor and said: "I wait to hear that the champion has returned from Yangzhou, and implore His Majesty to allow the confiscated property of the champion to be filled into the treasury, so as to relieve the urgent need of the court."

Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai, and Wang Jia also randomly bowed to the emperor and said, "I implore your majesty to put the overall situation first."

Zhu Houzhao already knew the purpose of these people's coming, so he was not surprised when he heard what they said. He just pondered for a while and looked at them and said: "The Qing family thinks that if the court wants to solve many problems at present, what is needed? Gold and silver geometry?"

In fact, few people were not surprised by the emperor's reply.

Today's emperor is not a fatuous lord, so they are sure to persuade the emperor to put the money confiscated by Li Huan into the treasury, but they did not expect the emperor to ask them how much gold and silver they need?
Several people couldn't help being stunned for a moment, Yang Tinghe's heart moved, he looked up at the emperor, and saw that although the emperor's face was calm, there was a bit of relaxation in his eyes.

People who can become Ge Lao are definitely not fools, and the emperor's reaction made Yang Tinghe somewhat guess.

Similarly, Wang Yangming, Wang Jia, and Zhang Cai also realized something, and they had different reactions, but there was a bit of curiosity and surprise in their eyes.

Before Wang Yangming could open his mouth, Wang Jiadang bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, whether it is for relief of places, repair of rivers, or salaries of hundreds of officials, if you consider the needs for the opening of next year, at least one million taels of silver will be needed." Huge, grain fodder millions of stones."

Zhu Houzhao frowned, looked at several people and said, "Do you really need so many?"

Wang Jia nodded and said: "Such a major matter concerns the safety of the country, how dare the ministers deceive His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao looked at the few people in deep thought and said, "So, the imperial court needs at least millions of taels of gold and silver to stabilize the situation?"

Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai, and Wang Yangming all nodded their heads.

And Yang Tinghe looked at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the Champion Marquis confiscated a lot of property in Yangzhou Mansion this time, and I implore His Majesty to allow most of it to be put into the treasury. This is all the people's anointing. It should be taken from the people and returned to the people..."

Wang Yangming just looked at Yang Tinghe with a calm expression, while Wang Jia and Zhang Cai seemed to have reacted to Yang Tinghe's words, and they also bowed to the emperor and said: "I implore Your Majesty to put the confiscated proceeds into the treasury."

At this moment, Wang Jia seemed to have reacted, and his heart was full of remorse. Just looking at the emperor's reaction, he seemed to have underestimated that Li Huan had confiscated the proceeds in the Yangzhou mansion. He didn't show any embarrassment at all.

Yang Tinghe was obviously aware of this, and he didn't ask the emperor to fill the national treasury, but directly asked the emperor to fill most of it into the national treasury. All go to the treasury.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning, obviously reacting, realizing that he was so happy just now that a few old foxes saw the clue.

But this is no wonder Zhu Houzhao, even if he has learned the emperor's mind since he was a child, but for Zhu Houzhao, an emperor who is only about [-] years old, suddenly knowing that Li Huan brought back so much money, he couldn't help it for a while. It is also reasonable to control emotions.

It would be a strange thing if the impact of goods worth tens of millions of taels could not move Zhu Houzhao, the emperor.

But after Zhu Houzhao came to his senses, he snorted coldly and said, "If your family wants to put all of Li Qing's confiscated proceeds into the treasury, you might as well go directly to discuss with Li Qing."

Wang Jia, Zhang Cai and the others couldn't help but change their faces when they heard the words. If Li Huan was so easy to talk, why did they come to see the emperor.

With a light cough, Yang Tinghe bowed to the emperor and said, "It's better to put part of it into the national treasury and part of it into the inner treasury."

Hearing what Yang Tinghe said, the emperor, who was originally worried, calmed down a bit, and he glanced at Wang Jia and Zhang Cai lightly and said, "Li Qing came back in a hurry, and I don't know exactly how much I lost. Clearly, I will make the decision and transfer 300 million taels of gold and silver from the internal treasury to the national treasury, I wonder what the Qing family think?"

Wang Jia, Zhang Cai, Yang Tinghe and the others looked at each other, and they couldn't help but become more curious. Li Huan didn't have much property in Yangzhou Mansion. The emperor transferred 300 million taels of gold and silver from the internal treasury to the national treasury without hesitation. It is known that Li Huan brought back a lot of goods this time.

After all, although the emperor is not greedy for money, most of Li Huan's confiscated money was filled into the inner treasury. Although it is said that whenever the court really needs it, the emperor will not hesitate to transfer money from the inner treasury, It took them a lot of effort to convince the emperor.

It was really the first time that so much gold and silver had been handed out so happily.

As a result, Yang Tinghe and Wang Jia were stunned there for a while, and Zhu Houzhao saw the expressions and reactions of the few people in his eyes, and there was a little bit of complacency in his heart. How amazing is the amount of property brought back to Beijing.

Three million taels of gold and silver is definitely not a small amount. It is enough to fill the various needs of the court, and there may even be some surplus. Ku allocated money, but it would definitely not be so generous. It can only be said that the wealth brought back by Li Huan made the emperor full of confidence.

Seeing the expressions and reactions of several people, Zhu Houzhao said indifferently: "If the Qing family has no objections, this matter will be settled like this."

When they came back to their senses, several people looked at each other, faintly feeling that they were being tricked by the emperor this time, but the emperor had already promised to allocate 300 million taels of gold and silver to the treasury, but they couldn't say anything more.

Taking a deep breath, several people bowed to the emperor together and said: "I thank you, Your Majesty."

After leaving the imperial study room, several people headed for the outside of the palace. Wang Jia frowned and said, "Several, your Majesty is so straightforward, I always feel that something is wrong. How much property do you think Li Huan confiscated in Yangzhou Mansion this time?"

(End of this chapter)