Cao Huachun was abolished, and his military power was controlled by the British Duke who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and others, which allowed Zhu Cixuan to finally have a good sleep after returning to the palace.

When he returned to his Duan Ben Palace, an eunuch immediately appeared: "Crown Prince, the Empress just asked someone to come over to pass the message, and you will go to her place tomorrow morning."

Zhu Ciyang nodded and looked at the young eunuch in front of him: "Fang Gong, how many years have you been with me?"

The eunuch named Fang Gonggan hurriedly said, "When you go back to your highness, you have entered the palace at the age of thirteen. At that time, your highness was only three years old. It has been serving Your Highness for twelve years."

Zhu Cilang nodded. Fang Gonggan was the personal eunuch beside Zhu Cilang. He was the most confidant and the current eunuch in Duan Ben Palace. He has been loyal for more than ten years and has been quite reliable in doing things.

If it is based on the normal trajectory, after Zhu Cilang succeeds to the throne, this party will basically become an important member such as the eunuch in charge of the seal or the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor or the eunuch in the head of the pen. He may not have to leave a mark in the history books.

It’s a pity that in history, Zhu Cilang was finished before he ascended the throne of the Ming Dynasty, so there is no way to talk about everything.

But now, history is different.

Zhu Cilang said lightly: "You should also know that the old thing Cao Huachun has been removed by my father."

Since you are a confidant, your attitude is naturally much more casual when speaking.

Fang Gonggan hurriedly said, "That's right. To be honest, many people have long been unhappy about Cao Huachun. Now that His Highness has withdrawn him, many people say that it is a way to perform the law for heaven! His Highness is indeed a wise and powerful man, unparalleled, unprecedented, and no one comes after him!"

Zhu Cilang waved his hand disregardedly and said, "I have told my father that from now on, you will be the seat of Cao Huachun's governor of the East Factory."

Fang Gonggan was shocked when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed: "Thank you for your appreciation! Your Highness is indeed extremely wise. Fang Gonggan must have devoted himself to His Highness and the Ming Dynasty. He will only be strong after his death. He will be fierce and will not stop until his death!"

Zhu Cilang: “…”

The word wisdom made Zhu Cilang a little sour for some reason.

Zhu Cixuan coughed and said slowly: "Fang Gonggan, do you know what you need to do after you take over the East Factory?"

Fang Gonggan hurriedly said, "Of course, he worked diligently and hardworkingly according to the words of His Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Cixuan coughed and said, "You should also know that the Dongchang was once very majestic, which made all the ministers of the Ming Dynasty silent. So, you must also turn the Dongchang back to its original appearance in the shortest time. Do you understand?"

After Fang Gonggan listened, a rare stutter appeared.

After a while, Fang Gonggan said, "Fang Gonggan is His Highness's person. Whatever His Highness says, Fang Gonggan will do. But His Majesty... can you agree?"

The reason why the Dongchang was so fierce before was of course because it belonged to the emperor's direct department and used supreme imperial power to protect itself.

But Zhu Cilang is just the crown prince after all, and there is still a big gap between the crown prince and the emperor.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Don't worry, since my father can agree to let you serve as the governor of the East Factory, can he not think of this? Just do it boldly."

Fang Gonggan nodded and said, "The servant will do it as soon as possible. We must do this matter perfectly and impeccably. But to tell your highness, there is still a problem now, such as the slight flaw of the white jade. If it cannot be solved, the Dongchang will be powerless."

Zhu Cixuan said: "What's the problem?"

Fang Gonggan Road: "If this Dongchang wants to build a shelf, a group of manpower is essential. If you recruit people, this Dongchang is just a tower in the air, like a mirror and a moon. Look..."

Zhu Cilang smiled slightly and said, "This problem is not big. It should be solved in one or two days. You can find someone first."

Fang Gonggan looked at Zhu Cilang and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Of course, Fang Gonggan also heard that Zhu Ciyang went to Cao Huachun's house to search yesterday, but Cao Huachun's house was probably not enough to even recruit soldiers and horses in Beijing. Where did the money come from to build the East Factory?

I hope the prince doesn’t brag at will.

Zhu Cilang saw Fang Gonggan’s doubts, but he did not explain too much.

No words all night.

When he woke up the next day, after washing up and having breakfast, Zhu Cixuan went to his mother, Queen Zhou, to pay tribute.

What surprised Zhu Cilang was that Chongzhen was actually there too.

"I've met my father and mother."

As the queen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou, who was born in an ordinary family, was quite beautiful and dignified, and had a very docile temperament.

After seeing Zhu Cilang, Empress Zhou hurriedly walked up and took Zhu Cilang's hand, looked up and down, left and right, and found that there was no injury, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Ciyang couldn't help laughing: "What is the queen doing?"

Queen Zhou glared at Zhu Ciyang, raised a slender jade finger, and made a gesture to beat him: "Who gave you the courage to go to the city wall on Changhua Gate, you are so bold? You don't want to know what happened!"

In this regard, Zhu Cilang naturally understood that it was the concern of his mother. As for this scolding... it was enough to go in and out of the right ear. This was the fine tradition of countless Chinese sons.

It was originally supposed to be the mother and son saying things about one's own body, but since Chongzhen is there, what he said is different.

Chongzhen touched his beard and was still very unhappy: "The statistics I just obtained, Cao Huachun's house actually found 240,000 taels of silver, and there were many treasures. It was roughly estimated that his net worth should be more than 400,000 taels. Fortunately, he kept telling me that he had no money, he was such a bastard!"

Empress Zhou hurriedly said, "Eunuch Cao has served Your Majesty for so many years. He was the one who presided over the liquidation of Wei Zhongxian's party, and it was somewhat of a merit. Your Majesty spared his life and was also an explanation to the people of the world."

Chongzhen sighed and said, "What's the use of explanation? Now that Li Zicheng's army is besieging the city, the Duke of England said that if he wants to recruit enough troops, he will need at least two or three million taels of silver. What's the use of these 240,000?"

There was no speech in the hall for a moment.

This is actually a very realistic question. If you don’t have money, who will work hard for you?

When he was surrounded by the city of Beijing, as long as the national treasury was opened, a lot of silver would be thrown out, and dozens or millions of people in the city of Beijing would scream and fight against the enemy.

But now, the Ming Dynasty treasury can starve the rats to death, and even the food and salary of the real combat troops in the Beijing camp will be owed. Who will fight for the Ming Dynasty?

Money is very important to an empire.

It’s like why Li Zicheng wanted to rebel? It was because the Ming Dynasty had no money, so the postmen were abolished. Li Zicheng, a courier, was treated well and was unemployed in an instant and could not survive. What could he do if he didn’t rebel?

Why did Li Zicheng suppress the virus for 15 years but failed to kill him, but he became stronger and stronger, and even surrounded Beijing now? It was because of the famine in the Central Plains every year and the Ming Dynasty had no money to provide disaster relief, so countless victims who could not survive continued to join Li Zicheng's team.

What about the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? They were owed food and pay, had poor weapons and armor, and the soldiers had no intention of training and fighting at all. They even took the initiative to defect to Li Zicheng, which led to their gradually becoming weaker and weaker until they were overthrown by Li Zicheng.

The collapse of the middle and late Ming Dynasty actually comes down to the fact that the country has no money and can't last.

Now, if I still have no money, I can't defend this Beijing city!

If Cao Huachun’s money is for personal reasons, it is indeed a lot, but if you want to use this more than 200,000 taels of silver to fight against Li Zicheng’s army outside the city, it would be a drop in the bucket.

Ming Dynasty, more money is needed.

Although Empress Zhou was worried about the crisis her husband faced, she, a woman, could not have any solutions. She could only hold Chongzhen's hand gently, hoping to give Chongzhen a little more warmth.

But at this moment, Zhu Cilang's voice suddenly rang: "Father, in fact, this money can only be taken from Cao Huachun alone. There are many people in Beijing, and the money at home is several times that of Cao Huachun."

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment and said, "What about?"
Chapter completed!