Chunhe Palace.

Zhu Ciyang, who was haggard, looked at Qian Qianyi who was lying on his back and shouted: "Since the beginning of the year, it has been 4.6 million taels in the past year, right? Add to the three million taels allocated by the treasury, nearly eight million taels of silver... Tell me, I will recruit 80,000 new troops, why does it cost so much money? This does not include food and fodder."

Qian Qianyi kowtowed and said, "I am guilty, I am guilty, and I deserve to die!"

"It's another matter of whether to die or not. Let's talk about it, where is the silver spent?"

"When you say that, the food and salary standards of the Kuaiji Prince are the first. Now the court recruited new soldiers, all imitating the food and salary supplies of the Northern Expedition Army. Therefore, the salary alone is twice as high as before. Also, soldiers are clamoring to have meat every meal... How can this be done? I have no choice but to eat meat every three days. Your Majesty, after all, it is probably impossible to hold on for eight million taels. Otherwise... cut 20,000 people?" Qian Qianyi looked helpless and sighed at Zhu Ciyang's pain.

"All mouthfuls!" Zhu Cixuan said sternly, "How can the arrow be on the string? Now the court has six more places in the court, all of which need to garrison troops, and crossing the river and expedition requires a large army. How can we reduce the army because of this mere silver?"

"But the court's financial resources... cannot withstand it. I am useless and cannot share your worries for Your Majesty. Please give up your position as Minister of Revenue and choose another capable person!" Qian Qianyi took the gauze crown on his head with a righteous spirit and placed it on the upper left side of his head.

Zhu Cilang choked because of the thunder. His face suddenly turned pale, and he was about to explode when he saw the anger of thunder.

But Qian Qianyi looked directly at Zhu Cixuan without changing his face.

Zhu Cilang trembled his fingers and pointed at Qian Qianyi, "You...you..."

"You" for a long time, Zhu Cixuan slowly put down his fingers, his face slowly calmed down, and he comforted him: "I know I am in a dilemma, but this is a state affairs, which is related to the great cause of the Northern Expedition. The late emperor looked at me in the sky and looked at me... Or, let me embezzle some from the money house?"

Qian Qianyi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that I refuse, but that the money and silver in this bank are all deposited by depositors in the world. From last year to this year, the court has embezzled more than ten million taels of silver. If this continues, it may cause a lot of trouble. Then the heavens are angry and people are resentful. I am afraid that I will not be able to clean it even if I jump to the Yellow River. Besides, Fu and others have been staring at me. If I follow His Majesty's wishes and embezzle the money and silver in depositors, I am afraid that I will be impeachment like a snowflake tomorrow..."

"Qian Xiang, Qian Aiqing... Take another million taels, this is the only time, and I won't be the case, how about it?" Zhu Cixuan was already begging. When he left Shuntian Mansion, he understood what would happen if the army had no food and salary? It was a chaotic army, no, bandits.

What kind of rule of the ruler and his subjects is all nonsense!

Qian Qianyi sighed, "Since Your Majesty has made a decision, I will naturally have to obey the will. Then... let's make another exception?"

"Yes, yes, make an exception."

Seeing Qian Qianyi steadily coming out, Zhu Cixuan suddenly overturned the desk in front of him, and he screamed.

Why? Why? Why?

I worked hard and only slept for three hours a day, focusing on government affairs, but what is the result?

Is there any mistake in expanding the army?

Huguang and Jiangxi have six and a half more prefectures, so should the troops be stationed?

Liao Zhongping's troops are Beijing Guards and must be transferred back. There must be an army replacement, right?

The Taiping Hou Xia Wanchun tribe also had to return to his original garrison, and there must be an army to replace him, right?

Furthermore, the Northern Expedition requires even more troops. Is it wrong to expand the army of 80,000?

Huang Daozhou, Qian Sule and others resisted me in the court, so that would be fine. Now even Qian Qianyi is here to contradict me. If I hadn't been forcibly protecting that day, you would have been expelled from the court by Wu Zheng, and I'm afraid you would have no place to stay in the capital.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cilang began to change direction and blamed Wu Zheng from Hangzhou Prefecture for coming.

This ignorant of his ministers captured all 120,000 people from Zhongzhen Camp to Jiangnan.

If I leave me a 50,600,000 or 70,000 or 80,000, I don’t need to recruit good children around the capital again. This makes the civil and military officials in the court refute my "military military and military" and there is indeed insufficient labor and farming around the capital.

Zhu Cilang sat on the ground and gasped. At this time, his face gradually improved. I am the emperor and the common ruler of the world. As long as I cross the river and fight north and recover the lost land, everything will be there.

Didn’t Wu Zheng rise like this too?

At that time, he was only one prefecture in Hangzhou, so didn’t he still raise an army of 30,000?

I now have half of the land of thirteen and half of the land, and I have nothing to do with 180,000 troops.

I will never owe the people of the world. When the taxes come up, I will fill in the hole of embezzlement.

....

Unfortunately, although Zhu Cilang has been exiled for three years, he is still not in the world.

He repeatedly imitated his father's diligence and frugality, but he didn't understand that the emperor actually didn't need these.

If an emperor of a country can make the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment with his own diligence and frugality, his father will not have to hang himself on the crooked tree.

Zhu Cilang's complaints will only aggravate his dissatisfaction with Wu Zheng, and will only tear apart the differences between himself and the court officials, which will not help.

He didn't want to owe the people of the world, but he forgot that the tax surplus of Yixing Dynasty only lasted more than three million taels a year, and the misappropriated depositors' silver has reached tens of millions of taels so far. Why should he pay it back?

Not to mention the interest, just the principal, and you have to pay it off for three or four years without eating or drinking.

The newly summoned army has to eat, drink, defecate and urinate every day. Once they go to war, they have to fill in a lot of money. If there are casualties, they will have to pay a lot of pensions...

I'm afraid only a person like Zhu Cilang who doesn't know the firewood, rice, oil and salt can naively think that he can repay the truth.

....

Ten miles of Qinhuai.

Golden and pink towers are lined up; the pleasure boats are swaying, the sound of oars and lights are shaking.

A beautiful and magnificent view.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, come to the south end of Yan Bridge.

There is a river house building with three entrances and two courtyards, called Meixianglou.

It is the residence of Liu Rushi, one of the eight beauties of Qinhuai in the legend.

However, Liu Rushi was already thirty-two years old at this time, and the milfs were old.

It can be said that it is a milf. Compared to Qian Qianyi, the old dish, it is also a tender bean sprout.

Qian Qianyi is now staying in this building, but Qian Qianyi is so poor that he can’t even afford to buy a mansion.

On the contrary, Qian Qianyi has money.

Qian Qianyi wrote in front of the desk, and Liu Rushi added fragrance to the red sleeves on the edge.

At this time, Liu Rushi's maid came in to report that a guest was visiting.

The visitor was Huang Dazhan, the Minister of War, and the eldest son of Huang Yuqi.

Huang Yuqi said that he had a lot of background. He was a kind student during the Tianqi period. During the Chongzhen period, he established the "Jiangshang Jiuzi Society" with Miao Zunsu, advocating "broad talks about the road, reforms his actions, and rectifying the government." He had contacts with Qian Qianyi and had a good relationship.

He and Zhou Yanru studied together in their early years. One day, the two of them discussed the world's affairs without any speculation. Huang Yuqi picked up the inkstone on the table and threw it. Unfortunately, he failed to hit it and sighed, "I wish I could kill this and ruin the country!"

It's strange that Zhou Yanru later became an official in the court, and he was indeed cowardly and despicable. In the end, he was ordered to commit suicide by Chongzhen for delaying military opportunities.
Chapter completed!