Sigh...... Outside the Dong'an Gate of the Imperial City, Lao Hulema parked, Chang Yu leaned out of the car and walked to the city gate, where the two eunuchs on duty greeted him warmly and opened the door.

One door and two worlds, Chang Yu stood at the door and looked back, and then looked inside, this palace, where the supreme power of the Ming Dynasty lies, but it is also like a prison, the eunuchs and palace maids are like jailers, in such a troubled world, I really don't know if they are lucky or unlucky.

But at least I'm lucky, even if I'm busy exploding, I can still freely enter and leave this prison-like imperial city.

Entering the palace twice a day, there must be something important, and even the miscellaneous eunuchs who sprinkled water and weeded could see that Chang Yu was unusual today.

"The emperor is in Wenyuan Pavilion and Lord Shoufu are waiting for deliberations" The eunuch on duty at the gate of Qianqing said softly, Chang Yu sighed, and wanted to go to Duanben Palace to find the prince Zhu Ci'an to chat about the day, that kid was going out of Beijing recently to follow Gong Yonggu to inspect the hundred officials, and he had to give a good advice, and suddenly thought of what Queen Zhou wanted to see him before noon, so he walked towards Kunning Palace, and the eunuch guarding the door did not dare to stop him, and hurriedly went to report.

Queen Zhou is not in Kunning Palace, but in the Zhaoren Hall on the east side of Qianqing Palace, that is, the boudoir of the six-year-old Princess Zhaoren.

"Have you been too tired lately, your face is not good, haven't you slept well......" Queen Zhou was very concerned, Chang Yu smiled slightly: "I haven't slept since yesterday."

Ah, Queen Zhou was surprised: "This is also ...... This is not good, if you are sleepy, go to sleep quickly, it is not a big deal for this palace to find you, just chat......"

"The queen, the minister entered the palace to discuss matters with the emperor, and at this time, the emperor had no time to come here to invite the queen's mother" Chang Yu was slightly moved when he saw Queen Zhou's care.

Empress Zhou sighed: "I heard that you are going to fight in the south again, and you are very busy...... Hey, this palace doesn't know what to say, so I just hope that you will win the battle safely! He sighed slightly: "I heard that there is a famine outside the city, and people are going to starve to death, right?" ”

Chang Yu snorted: "Poisoned by the scourge of war, coupled with natural disasters, the north will not be able to recover, and the south will not be able to transport it...... But it will be a month at most, and the famine will be alleviated when grain arrives from the south."

"How many people have to starve to death in a month" Queen Zhou sighed: "It's a pity that there is not much surplus grain in the city for disaster relief now, and there is still some money in the house, but I heard that there is no money to buy rice now......"

Listening to Queen Zhou's chatter, Chang Yu was not annoyed at all, took a few sips of the teacup, Princess Zhaoren was staring at him next to him, Chang Yu couldn't help but tease him with his eyes.

"I remember you, you are Chang Yu, and you still let me call you brother-in-law, right?" Princess Zhaoren suddenly pointed at Chang Yu and whispered.

Chang Yu couldn't hold back, and squirted a sip of tea, which made Queen Zhou over there find out, and was slightly stunned: "Zhaoren, what nonsense are you talking about?" ”

"No, no, the princess is very well-behaved, it's rude to the minister" Chang Yu quickly got up and wiped his body and went to wipe the floor again, and there was a palace maid next to him to clean up, Princess Zhaoren pouted: "What nonsense did I say, obviously ......"

Chang Yu hurriedly took out a golden bean from his arms and handed it to her, and whispered: "The princess recognizes the wrong person, recognizes the wrong person."

"Zhaoren, you go out to play for a while" Queen Zhou motioned to a palace maid to take the princess out for a walk, she was quiet and talked to Chang Yu, but when she saw the golden beans that Chang Yu gave to Princess Zhaoren, she couldn't help but quip: "Do you still have these golden beans with you, specially to reward people?"

"The poor jingle is so generous, a few days ago, I met Wu Mengming and saw that he was playing, so I asked for one." Chang Yu said lightly to avoid the serious, and sure enough, Queen Zhou heyed: "That Wu Mengming, this palace has also heard about it, and he has no ability, so he is concerned about making money, and he has also joined the big world outside the front door."

"Who doesn't like this good thing to make money, although Wu Mengming has no ability, he is loyal to the emperor, which is rare at the moment" Chang Yu said good things for Wu Mengming very abnormally, and Queen Zhou also agreed: "Although I love money, I am reliable."

"Queen, do you want to make money?" Chang Yu suddenly thought of something subconsciously and blurted out, but immediately realized how could he say such a thing, Shinong Industry and Commerce, doing business is not a good identity in these years, how can a dignified royal follow the flow and lose his identity. He was just about to apologize, but Queen Zhou raised her eyebrows: "Naturally, I thought, do you have any way to make money?" Now not only the court is poor, but the royal family is also poor, and every day they say that the treasury has bottomed out, but they don't know that the royal treasury will also bottom out."

"Minister, I was brave just now, but if the queen is interested, the minister does have a way at the moment, but you must keep it secret from the emperor, the minister is afraid...... The emperor knows that he is to blame."

Empress Zhou laughed when she heard this: "If you really make money, the emperor can't thank you, how can I blame you, can you tell me what way to see, can you rely on it?" ”

Chang Yu snorted: "Don't ask the queen first, tell the minister first, how much principal can you come up with?" ”

"This ......" Queen Zhou's brows twisted into twists: "If the palace says that it is less than 100,000 taels, do you believe it?" ”

Chang Yuxin!

Because at this time in history, the state finances of the Ming Dynasty have gone bankrupt, and the army in various places is seriously in arrears, not to mention that the treasury has also bottomed out, and Emperor Chongzhen often shed tears in the court for military salaries.

For example, when Li Zicheng broke Taiyuan and went straight to the capital, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to transfer Wu Sangui to the king of Guanqin, so he called Wu Sangui and his father Wu Xiang to inquire, Wu Xiang said that he could send 3,000 troops to resist the enemy, and he needed a military salary of one million.

And not only did the treasury have no money, but the emperor's internal money also bottomed out, so that the royal clothes had to be sewn and mended for another three years, and even when Emperor Chongzhen proposed to raise donations, Queen Zhou secretly took the money to his father's five thousand taels of silver and let the eunuch take her jewelry to be it, so why should he use it as jewelry for his father if he is really rich.

As for the rumors in later generations, after Li Zicheng broke the city, he found that the emperor's internal money was tens of millions, but anyone with a little brain knew that it was just a smear by the Qing court. The Ming Dynasty was not only poor in the court, but also in the emperor.

Even if Chang Yu has been abducted and deceived from all over the country in the past few months, and several major Jin merchants have made tens of millions of silver to the treasury, it has only taken half of it in the blink of an eye, although there is also a lot of inflow into the interior, but don't think about it, the emperor's family has tens of thousands of people, and every month's salary is a large sum, not to mention other expenses.

"Gather enough 100,000 yuan, and you can pay 500,000 dividends every year" Chang Yu decided to pull another shareholder for his Daming Bank, although this shareholder does not have much money, but the power is overwhelming, and this national bank is called justifiably.

"You, you don't want to go to the palace" Empress Zhou was stunned and blurted out that Chang Yu was the most trusted person in her old Zhu family and had never deceived her.

It's just that where to get enough of the 100,000 taels, she is the master of the harem in charge of the internal money, but she can't throw it all out at once without leaving a little.

"Everything in this palace is a treasure, the queen ......" Chang Yu was interrupted by Queen Zhou as soon as he spoke: "Everything in the palace can flow out, if the emperor knows it, it is a serious crime."

"Minister, I lost my words" Chang Yu had a flash of inspiration when he spoke: "Why don't you write a few words to the minister."

Forehead...... Empress Zhou immediately understood what Chang Yu meant, but she was a little weak-hearted: "This palace is not a famous family, and you can't sell it for a price."

"The four words of the queen mother are a big name, if you write it, someone will definitely buy it." Chang Yu said with a smile.

Empress Zhou hesitated slightly: "Is it really possible, don't make people laugh...... This palace can sell for a few words for a few dollars......"