please make me king

Chapter 1495 Lack of Money
"Morning, Your Highness!" As soon as Zhang Shun left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the guards guarding the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation immediately greeted him.

Regardless of the fact that Li Jiyu was the first to attack the capital and then the Forbidden City, it was actually impossible for Zhang Shun to completely trust him.

Although Wukong and Ji Longfeng were two personal guard leaders and some of his personal guards were sent by him to assist Zhang Sanbai and Zhang Fengyi, there were still [-] well-tested personal guards around him.

These personal guards were already familiar with Zhang Shun, and sometimes they would play a little joke with him.

"What is it so early?" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing as he looked at the sun that had already risen high.

"Some people go out early in the morning, but they have already woken up; some people go out before dawn, but they have just woken up. It doesn't matter whether they get up sooner or later, what matters is what they do in the meantime!" Qin Wei imitated Zhang Shun's tone in the past, and laughed.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Shun was not annoyed when he heard the words, but laughed heartily.

The man can't say no, even though it's a distance from the dormitory, they probably can't hear it, but he still can't help but feel complacent, looking like a villain.

Not long after, Zhang Shun left the Hall of Mental Cultivation and came to Qianqing Palace, where he saw Gao Qiqian leading several eunuchs.

"Your Highness, please have a meal!" Gao Qiqian bowed respectfully when he saw Zhang Shun.

"Oh?" Zhang Shun saw two more eunuchs carrying two big food boxes, which contained several side dishes, both meat and vegetables.

"Oh, don't be busy, don't be busy, the state affairs are important!" Zhang Shunian quickly stopped the two eunuchs, considering that there were still four people in his "family".

In fact, he had been busy for so long from last night to this morning, and he was already hungry, but he still held back.

"Uh..." Gao Qiqian didn't know what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd, so he had to order the two eunuchs to put down the food box temporarily.

"That...well, after checking overnight by the slaves, it was found that the internal money transfer warehouse only had 30 gold. They searched all the gold and silver items in the palace, and concubines' jewelry, and made up [-] to [-] ears."

"Don't have rare antique paintings, jewelry, etc., the face of the royal family, it is difficult to count"

"Then what about the national treasury?" Zhang Shun was a little confused.

He thought that Chongzhen was a bit poor, but he didn't expect to be so poor.

Two to three hundred thousand taels doesn't sound like a small amount to a person or a family.

But for a country, not to mention two or three million taels, even two or three million taels cannot quench their thirst.

"Treasury?" Gao Qiqian was stunned when he heard Zhang Shun's words, and couldn't help explaining.

"In the Ming Dynasty, there were many warehouses set up by the state. Generally, there were ten warehouses in the inner government and five warehouses in the outer government."

"The ten treasuries of husbands include A, B, C, D, E, Chengyun, Guanghui, Guangying, Guangji, and the ten treasuries of stolen goods."

"Inside the warehouse, the so-called inner treasury, stores satin horses, gold and silver, precious jade, tooth horns, and feathers, and gold flower silver is the largest, with an annual income of one million taels."

"Guangji storehouse stores sulfur and saltpeter. A storehouse stores cloth and pigments. B storehouse stores fat jackets, war shoes, and sergeant fur caps. C storehouse stores cotton and silk. T storehouse stores copper, iron, and animal skins. . .”

"But the B character library belongs to the Ministry of War, and the Wu character library, Guangji, and Guangying library belong to the Ministry of Industry. There is also the Tiancai library, also known as the Secretary's key library, which stores the keys of various government offices and banknotes. The supply library stores japonica rice and cooked rice. Rice and the offerings above. The above are commonly referred to as Neiku.”

"Five warehouses of husbands, namely the Taikuang of the Ministry of Households, the Jieshen Treasury of the Ministry of Industry, the Changying Treasury of Taipu Temple, the Bank of Guanglu Temple, and the Bank of Nanjing's Ministry of Finance."

"Among them, the Taikuang of the Ministry of Households is the main one, which is divided into grain depots and silver depots. The grain depots are generally located in the capital and Tongzhou. The silver and other items will all be sent to Taicang Warehouse.”

"Its expenditures include the Nine Borders Annual Regulations, salaries, military salaries and rewards, etc., and it cannot make ends meet all the year round."

"Ministry of Industry Jieshen warehouse, dedicated to storing materials such as silver, copper, iron, lead, etc., the annual collection of miscellaneous materials is 80 taels of color. However, since Wanli, the construction of the three halls cost 590 million, which is not the same today. Save!"

"As for the Taipu Temple, it is in charge of horse administration. Since the mutual market, it has earned the difference in silver conversion, and once saved tens of millions of silver."

"It's a pity that in the early years of Chongzhen, the three departments of nuclear military and household engineering borrowed more than [-] million horses. Now wars are frequent, horses and silver are both short, and there is a surplus."

"As for Guanglu Temple, it is in charge of court sacrifices, banquets and meals in the palace. There are many people who go out and few people who go in. They rely on other treasuries all the year round."

Although Zhang Shun was already hungry and thirsty, seeing Gao Qiqian talking about serious business, he had to cheer up and listen carefully.

After only listening for a moment, Zhang understood by the way.

Regardless of Gao Qiqian's eloquent words, his core idea is just two words: no money!
As the saying goes: A penny can't beat a hero.

Zhang Shun needs more than "one penny", I am afraid that this time he will not be able to gather tens of millions of silver, and he will not be able to survive this day at all.

"How about this, first help me check the storage and documents in each warehouse, find out how much I have spent, how much is left, and how much should be paid." Zhang Shun couldn't help but ordered.

"Officials from various ministries and divisions, some or none, regardless of corruption, incorruptibility, virtuous and foolishness, have all called out their duties. Let's set up the court's airs first."

"As for the matter of money, I will think of a way!"

The man can't say no, even though he is poor now, even if he sells Zhang Shun for [-] yuan, he still can't sell it for so much money.

However, he vowed firmly, as if the money was nothing more than a piece of cake to him, and he could get it at his fingertips.

"Your servant takes orders!" Gao Qiqian immediately put his heart in his stomach when he saw that Zhang Shun was worried.

As for whether Zhang Shun can raise so much money, Gao Qiqian doesn't care about it.

Seeing that Zhang Shun picked up a box of food in one hand, he turned to leave.

He opened his mouth involuntarily, and suddenly knelt down on the ground with a "plop" and said: "I dare you, my servant, please beg Your Highness for a favor!"

"Huh? Let me hear it?" Zhang Shun was anxious to leave, but he had to stop at this moment.

"Although the servant is a handicapped person, he also knows how to repay kindness." Gao Qiqian muttered.

"The former emperor is dead, but he left behind orphans and widows. I beg His Highness to take care of them when the time is right."

Yo, I can't see that you, a slave, still listen to love and righteousness?
Zhang Shun looked at Gao Qiqian in surprise, nodded involuntarily and said: "Yes, yes, the jewelry collected from the concubine. Let's return it for now!"

Can the king not take care of them?
How can you take care of me all the time? How can you take care of me?

Anyway, the money is already my own money, so it's better to return it back, it has to look better.

Unexpectedly, Gao Qiqian could not have expected that in just one night, the new master and the old master had merged into one family, completely mingled with each other.

(End of this chapter)