Zhou Yanru thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the capital is in ruins and is expensive. The 500,000 figure is too high and the summer grain has not arrived yet. Please wait."

Zhang Heyi was dissatisfied and said, "The imperial court has to wait for such a big deal to destroy the thieves. Could it be that the thieves will come again?"

Zhou Yanru would not scold Zhang Heyi, the assistant minister, and said lightly: "Li Banghua, what do you think?"

Li Banghua said in his heart that he naturally hoped to suppress the bandits as soon as possible, but a few days ago, Zhou Yanru had already told Li Banghua that the treasury had been swept away by treacherous people and burned down two palaces in the palace. Not to mention suppressing bandits, he had used all his methods to raise them even if he had done everything possible to raise them.

It is already difficult to get 500,000, but it is not enough to force him to death.

Li Banghua knew Zhou Yanru's difficulties and also knew Zhou Zheng's anxiousness. He sighed in his heart and said, "Your Majesty, it is hard to cook without rice. The thieves were defeated one after another, so there should be no major problems for the time being. Summer grain has only one month left, so you can wait."

Ma Shiying left the list and said in an aggressive tone: "Your Majesty, I ask for an order to inspect all warehouses in the capital. If there is a hidden silver and grain, it can be stored in the national treasury."

Ma Shiying is the left censor of the Censorate and has the right to investigate all warehouses, foreign treasuries, and even national treasuries in the capital.

Before Zhu Cixuan could speak, Chen Yan, the Minister of Revenue, said lightly: "The capital was robbed by thieves, and all the adults were also confiscated. Where can there be any warehouse? The Censorate wants to investigate, so as to investigate, but if there is no problem, there must be an explanation when the new emperor just ascended the throne."

"Yes, it's a serious crime to frame the court officials!"

"Master Ma, you are too presumptuous! Are you suspicious of Yuan Fu's corruption? You must know that all the money and food are now raised by Yuan Fu, and the others have not helped at all!"

"Your Majesty, the Censorate will investigate the warehouse at this time. He has ulterior motives and his intentions will be punished!"

"I'm afraid it's someone's instructions, otherwise Ma Shiying would not have the courage to escape the suspicion of being a clique. Please punish me severely!"

For a time, there were all the criticisms of Zhang Heyi, Ma Shiying and others in the Qianqing Palace. At first, they were still insinuated by Zhou Zheng, but there were not so many taboos afterwards, so they almost became famous by Zhou Zheng.

The old god Li Zhong stood beside Zhu Cixuan, seeing through the struggle between the two sides at a glance, but there was no trouble.

The party struggle of the ‘bi-week’ has begun.

Zhou Zheng was obviously fewer, and he was gradually suppressed and could not speak.

Zhou Zheng swept his light and fell on Ruan Dacheng.

Ruan Dacheng looked panicked, and he left the line as if awakened, and said cautiously: "Everyone, don't argue anymore. The problem now is that Lu Xiangsheng's army has recovered Shanxi. Without money and food, not only can he not enter Shaanxi to suppress the bandits, but he may also allow the treacherous thieves to come back."

Many people looked at him with dissatisfaction, but after all, they were all Zhou Yanru's people, and they were both in the same family, so they endured it and didn't speak.

The most nervous thing was Zhu Ciyang. He looked at Zhou Zheng, then looked at Zhou Yanru, and said uneasyly: "Aiqing Zhou, do you really have no money or food?"

Before Zhou Yanru could speak, Zhang Heyi spoke again: "Your Majesty, I heard a rumor. The capital has been under construction recently, and it is very lively. I checked and found that the burned palace in the palace has not been renovated."

After this sentence, many people were nervous and looked at each other.

Zhu Cixuan was interrupted by Zhang Heyi and looked at him. He didn't know who was Shuntian Mansion, so he had to say, "Shuntian Mansion?"

Zhou Fang stepped out of the line and raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, you should ask the Ministry of Works for this matter, but Shuntian Prefecture does not know about it."

Zhu Ciyang was a little confused, but he knew who the Minister of Works was. He looked at Li Jues and said, "Li Aiqing?"

Li Jues' scalp was numb and stepped forward and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, the thieves have caused great damage to the capital. Many officials' residences have been burned and cannot live in. The Ministry of Works has temporarily repaired them."

Li Rixuan, Minister of Personnel, immediately stepped out and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, my mansion was destroyed, and only some broken bricks and tiles were left to cover my body. Therefore, I asked the Ministry of Works to repair it."

Several ministers and ministers of the Nine Temples came out and recognized this matter.

Zhu Cixuan didn't seem to think something was wrong, so he looked at Zhang Heyi and said, "Zhang Aiqing, is there any problem?"

At this time, Li Hengbing, the Minister of Justice, suddenly stepped out and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Justice has recently received a report that someone has corrupted people and deducted the money and grain that should have been given to the army in the West to pay the officials and repair the houses."

"What's wrong with this?" The Minister of Taichang Temple immediately refuted.

"We were all robbed by thieves, without paying or repairing the houses. Do you let us starve to death and freeze to death?"

"Or, the Ministry of Works did not repair it for you, are you dissatisfied?"

"Hmph, we are all full of energy. We only need to pay for money and repair the courtyard, which will attract such vicious revenge!"

"If you are sinister, your heart will be punished!"

At the right time, another group of people submerged Li Hengbing and Zhang Heyi, looking like they were about to kill him quickly.

Zhou Yanru stood in front, holding the scepter, his old face remained unmoved, but his eyes were full of pride.

After the new emperor's ascension ceremony, he had already controlled the court, and Zhou Zheng's power had been suppressed to the lowest point, and it was clear from this battle.

Zhou Zheng held Banhu just like that, turning a deaf ear to the words behind him.

After the group of people vented their anger, Li Hengbing looked indifferent and said lightly: "The reporter said that the repair of the mansion by more than a dozen adults spent 60,000 taels of silver, and the salary was also 60,000."

After this sentence fell, the Qianqing Palace immediately fell into a needle and could be heard.

Ten thousand silver is a big deal! You know, last year, that is, in the 12th year of Chongzhen, the salary of officials released nationwide was only 55,000 taels. In this capital city, 60,000 taels were paid in just six or seven days???

Also, even if the two burned palaces in the palace are repaired, the total number will not exceed 20,000 taels. If the yards of several officials are repaired, it will be as high as 60,000?

Don’t have money to suppress bandits, don’t have money to build a yard???

Zhu Ciyang was stunned. He just felt that more than 100,000 troops had only 100,000 taels of bandit suppression, but more than 100,000 were spent in the capital?

Zhou Yanru's face flashed with a sharp look. He didn't know who leaked the news in his heart. He raised his hand calmly and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to make a fuss about a report that doesn't know the specific one. Just let the Ministry of Revenue investigate it clearly afterwards."

Zhu Cixuan didn't believe it very much, so he looked at Chen Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and said, "Chen Aiqing, I'll leave this matter to you."

Chen Yan was sweating all over his head, and he raised his hand in panic and said, "I obey the order."

People from Zhou Yanru's group immediately did not dare to speak anymore.

Zhang Heyi snorted coldly, stepped out again, holding a memorial saying: "Your Majesty, the thief has entered the capital, and the British Duke died for his country. Now the twelve guards are abandoned. I would like to rebuild and protect the capital, and ask your Majesty to visit the capital."

There were originally many guards in the capital to protect the capital and the Forbidden City, including the Jinyiwei, but with Li Zicheng entering the capital, these already useless things disappeared.
Chapter completed!