Borrow the day to change the day

() "This, Your Majesty, not yet. The imperial doctor said it was just an unconscious behavior." Wang Chengen disappointed Emperor Chongzhen, but immediately added: "But it is not far from waking up."

"Well, it's better than before. Pass the decree, let the imperial doctor and that Archie serve with all their heart, and strive to wake up Zhong Jinwei as soon as possible."

Emperor Chongzhen knew that he was happy too early, and also knew that it was impossible to get over it all at once, after all, the poisonous nature was so strong.

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat." Wang Chengen reminded.

Only then did Emperor Chongzhen realize that he hadn't had dinner yet, so he arranged for dinner.

The late night of winter shrouded the city of Beijing, and except for some necessary places, it was plunged into darkness.

"Kill!" With a grim face, Jianlu slashed at the top of the capital city. The Ming army defending the city wall was like paper, with no power to resist.

Emperor Chongzhen shouted while running: "Help, save!..."

However, no one paid attention to him, and they all ran faster than him.

Emperor Chongzhen finally ran to an open place and found a cavalry army waiting there, with the word "Yuan" written on a large flag fluttering in the wind.

At this time, Jianlu caught up again, and Emperor Chongzhen hurried to the cavalry army, waving as he ran: "Yuan Aiqing, come and save me, come and save me."

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen running over, the cavalry turned around and ran away, which made him feel desperate.

Suddenly, another Ming army appeared in ragged clothes, looking at Emperor Chongzhen.He was about to ask them to come and rescue him, when the Ming army suddenly surrounded him, stretching out their hands one by one, shouting: "Silver, silver..."

"Ah!" Emperor Chongzhen sat up abruptly from the bed, and after a moment of shock, he realized that he was dreaming just now.The Kemeng was so clear, every detail in it was clearly remembered by Emperor Chongzhen.

Concubine Tian was accompanying her tonight. She was woken up by Emperor Chongzhen. Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's appearance, she knew she was having a nightmare.Soon he noticed the sweat on his forehead, and quickly took out the silk scarf beside the bed to wipe the sweat for Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen remained motionless, allowing Concubine Tian to wipe his sweat for him. After a while, he sighed.

At this time, the servants and maids were all alarmed and rushed over.

Emperor Chongzhen waved to them: "It's all right, what time is it?"

The rotating servant replied cautiously: "Three quarters of Yin time."

Emperor Chongzhen thought it was better to get up, and he would usually get up around this time.

After setting up the imperial study room, I took a copy of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and read it, but my mind was quickly distracted.That dream was terrible, Jianlu was so tyrannical, and the army he relied on was so useless.Could it be, could it be that I really want to be the king of the kingdom?

Thinking of the pair of hands stretched out to him in the dream: Yin Zi, the voice of Yin Zi seemed to be right next to his ears.Can't help but sigh, silver, if only I had a cornucopia.

After a long time, I woke up from my contemplation and looked at the sky. It was almost time to discuss the matter. I don't know if there is any result for the matter that the Ministry of Finance and the cabinet were asked to discuss yesterday.

As usual, it was still in Wenhua Hall, where the cabinet and six ministers were all present.

Although Sun Chengzong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, is 67 years old and only arrived in the capital last night, he can't see any influence of these factors on the old man, and he is really in good health.

On the contrary, Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Household Department, was a little out of sorts.

But now is not the time for everyone to ask questions about their health. Emperor Chongzhen first asked whether there was any conclusion to the matter discussed yesterday.

Everyone was silent. After a while, Bi Ziyan came out and said: "Your Majesty, ministers, etc., we discussed for a long time last night and coordinated with various places. It is estimated that the current silver of the imperial court is only enough for 30 troops to supply food and grass for a month. Not counting the impact of rising food prices in Beijing."

"What about the salary?" Emperor Chongzhen frowned and asked.

Bi Ziyan was a bit speechless, but now he had to say: "Your Majesty, I think you should send some of your internal funds for emergency use."

"What?" Emperor Chongzhen heard such a bad idea!Not happy: "The previous few military pays have emptied my internal funds, and now my internal treasury can run away from mice!!!"

Emperor Chongzhen saw that these courtiers just stood there and said nothing, as if he thought he still had a lot of internal money, and felt a little wronged: "Since I became the Great Treasure, according to what you said, all kinds of taxes have been cancelled, but I will take this position." At that time, the national treasury was already empty, and the military expenditure alone could not make ends meet, so I don’t need to say this?”

After a pause, he continued: "It's ridiculous to say, but thanks to the confiscation of Wei Zhongxian, he got a lot of silver taels, and he only managed to deal with it in the past two years, and Liao's salary was also reduced by [-]%."

"If you still don't believe me, I will calculate the accounts for you. The annual income of the palace is about 100 million taels, including the gold flower silver and light silver in the harem. But the expenditure is very large: eunuchs, handymen, Dongchang, Jinyiwei , about 100 yuan, [-] palace maids, [-] yuan in the Beijing camp, and the salaries of noble clansmen in Beijing, all of which are paid by the big family. Do your calculations, is [-] million yuan enough? , just like the national treasury, it is in shortfall every year!"

"The minister knows, but there is another method available." Bi Ziyan's voice became smaller and smaller.

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard it. It is a good thing to have a solution. Why did his voice get lower and lower as he spoke, as if he had done something wrong.

"It's good to have a way, come quickly."

"Your Majesty, please abolish the Dongchang and Jinyiwei, so that some silver can be embezzled."

"What? Say it again." When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he felt a rush of blood rushing straight to his forehead, and his eyes turned red.

Bi Ziyan didn't dare to speak anymore and knelt down.

"You guys are trying to force the palace! Do you really think I was made of mud?" Emperor Chongzhen's hands were shaking, seeing a pile of memorials on the imperial table, he grabbed them and threw them on Bi Ziyan's body.

The other cabinet ministers knelt down together with the minister: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

Bi Ziyan looked up at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, I have no selfish intentions and only work for state affairs. It is really difficult to collect money at the moment."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Bi Ziyan's two panda eyes, and understood that he probably stayed up all night because of money matters.His heart softened a little, he stopped talking, lowered his head, and looked straight at the royal table.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the Wenhua Palace was quiet, without a sound.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen raised his head, as if he had aged a lot, and his voice was a bit dull: "I know that Bi Qing is also a clever woman who can't live without rice. I remembered that your younger brother Bi Zisu also died because of the money. I won't make it difficult for you." There are still some utensils in the palace that are made of silver, and I have them melted away, and everyone in the palace waits for the silver to be halved on the original basis. Give Qing some."

"Your Majesty..." An old man in his 60s fell on the ground and sobbed.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen calmed down and said to the following: "All the ministers are flat."

After all the ministers stood up, Emperor Chongzhen said to Han Yu: "Qing is the chief assistant of the cabinet. I don't know how to increase the income?"

Just now, Bi Ziyan's proposal to abolish the Dongchang and Jinyiwei was actually the cabinet's intention. He wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the annoying factory guard, but he didn't dare to say it, so he forced the Minister of the Household Department to be the first bird.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was now asking about his own strategy for increasing income, Han Yu thought for a while: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that the Liao's salary cannot be reduced. This time, it is bound to increase. Not only should the Liao's salary be restored to the previous amount, the most appropriate There should be an additional [-]% of the method to cope with the use of Jianlu."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he remembered what Zhong Jinwei said about grassroots people, and he immediately denied this in his heart: "Aside from increasing taxes, does Mr. Ge have any other good strategies?"

Speaking of this, I looked at other people and added: "If you have any good strategies, you might as well speak up."

No one speaks, and this wrong word will offend many people.But the reason why Sun Chengzong didn't speak was because he was not good at financial management and couldn't think of a way.

The Wenhua Palace fell silent again, and Emperor Chongzhen felt a burst of disappointment.

Suddenly, a servant broke into the hall in fear, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report on the military situation ahead."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't care about discussing the matter of increasing income and reducing expenditure, so he hurriedly read the military report.

Sure enough, it was another bad news: Jianlu suddenly turned around and came straight to the capital, Yuan Chonghuan's troops disappeared, and Tongzhou showed signs of instability.

Emperor Chongzhen's di du has become numb, and there hasn't been any good news during this period of time. He always thought that an army of King Qin defeated Jianlu in one fell swoop, or forced him to retreat, but there was no sign of this miracle at all.

Passed the urgent reports one by one to the ministers below, and then said: "Tongzhou is very close to the capital, but is there any lover who is willing to caress it?"

Sun Chengzong thought that he could finally do his part, so he went out, and his unique loud voice sounded in the hall: "I am willing to go."

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when he saw that someone could take the initiative to help share his worries: "Master Sun, what request do you have?"

"I rushed to the capital in a hurry, with only one family member by my side, and the entourage of the Ministry of War has not yet arrived. If I go to Tongzhou at this time, there may be something on the way that will affect the errand."

"Naturally." Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly answered, looked at Bi Ziyan, and then said to Sun Chengzong: "I ordered Jin Yiwei to select some elite people to go with Master Sun."

Sun Chengzong said he had no opinion.

"When will Master Sun leave?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing for me to do here, I want to leave immediately." Sun Chengzong was also anxious.

"Okay, I will leave to Master Sun the matter of Tongzhou." Emperor Chongzhen looked at Sun Chengzong and solemnly asked.The person Zhong Jinwei recommended is really capable of doing practical things.

At this time, Jianlu came to visit horses near Tongzhou, and all the refugees from the Gyeonggi area flocked to the city of Beijing. It is always safer to be at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Sun Chengzong went to Tongzhou Road and ran into Jianlu Tanma several times. He arrived in Tongzhou safely only with the escort of 26 Jinyiwei, but five Jinyiwei sacrificed on the way.

But fortunately, he arrived in time and caught Yang Guodong, the chief soldier who was about to run away.He insisted on dragging him, and began to inspect the city wall, and set up the city defense, which stabilized the panic of the army and the people in the city.

, Immediately afterwards, Huang Taiji also brought the main force of Jianlu to the capital of Daming.

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