Forbidden City, in the Qianqing Palace.

The inner prison was holding piles of thick files and walking into the Qianqing Palace.

There are now more than a dozen tables in the Qianqing Palace, and countless such files are piled up on the tables.

And Zhang Su, the palm-print eunuch in the carrying warehouse on the side, looked reluctantly calm, commanding dozens of calligraphers to check the accounts.

When Taizu founded the country, he despised the practice of the emperor of the Song Dynasty to set up a royal private treasury, and the treasury of Taizu was called the inner treasury, a total of ten treasury, of which the inner carrier warehouse mainly stored gold and silver.

But after Taizu, his descendants slapped him in the face with practical actions. In the seventh year of orthodoxy, the household department set up a warehouse, and the internal carrier warehouse officially became the private warehouse of the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Su was worried because he had reported to the Son of Heaven that the inner treasury was empty and there was no money, so the Son of Heaven was furious, and immediately ordered someone to be sent to check the accounts in the Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, the Son of Heaven was not in the palace, but went to the Imperial City to inspect the internal exercises.

The so-called internal exercise is to choose eunuchs to teach armor exercises in the palace.

Among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, the most enthusiastic about internal exercises was Emperor Zhengde, and later it was interrupted.

The emperor really wanted to set up an internal exercise, because the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the Beijing camp was too poor to rely on, and at the same time, he also had the intention of letting his cronies and eunuchs take charge of the army.

But the ministers were against it, believing that the establishment of such an army in the imperial city would be unforeseen and would easily make the eunuchs too powerful.

However, when today's son has always done his own thing, after Zhang Juzheng died of illness last year, he began to rebuild internal exercises.

In April of this year, the Son of Heaven selected 3,000 inner erectors from the palace, awarded them with armor, and practiced them in the inner court.

It must cost money to raise an army, and the first consideration of the Son of Heaven must be that this money will not come out of the inner transport treasury, but reach out to the household department.

The Son of Heaven first asked the Taifu Temple to be equipped with 3,000 war horses, and then the lion opened his mouth to ask for money.

Zhang Xueyan, the head of the household, made it clear that he had no money, and the horse would not be given, and at the same time, he asked to stop internal exercises. The Son of Heaven did not listen to the order of the household department to increase more than 70,000 taels of silver every year, and finally a total of 300,000 taels were taken from the household department every year.

So the officials quit, and Sun Shizhen, Ruan Zixiao, Daoyu Shitian Yilin, Guo Weixian, Pan Weiyue, and Tan Xishi successively asked the Son of Heaven to stop internal exercises.

Immediately, the Son of Heaven was furious, and the imperial history of the upper edict either dismissed the official or seized the throne.

In the history of another time and space, Wanli finally stopped the internal exercise under the impeachment of the Yanguan, but the horse refused to return it and continued to be raised in the inner court. Therefore, the money transferred from the household department did not stop, and the household department had no money and was forced to apportionment it to the provinces.

The Son of Heaven has been receiving this money for more than ten years, and it stands to reason that there are not many left of the 3,000 horses in these years. So the official asked the emperor to verify the number of horses and cut the forage money. But Wanli refused, continued to pretend to be horses, and refused to cut the cost of the household. As a dignified son of heaven, he took the lead in eating empty salaries, and confirmed Wanli's reputation for greedy money and good goods.

As the palm print eunuch of the Inner Carrier Warehouse, Zhang Su naturally knew how greedy he was for money today, if he knew that the Inner Treasury now had this bit of silver left, I was afraid that he would be miserable in a while.

At this time, a 'Your Majesty has arrived' made cold sweat break out on Zhang Su's forehead.

But seeing that the Son of Heaven was wearing a military uniform and sweating back to the Qianqing Palace, it was obvious that he not only inspected the internal exercises, but also rode a horse.

A bunch of eunuchs served before and after the Son of Heaven.

But seeing that the Son of Heaven said to the eunuch Bingbi and others: "I know why Emperor Yi likes to ride a horse and hunt so much when he is here, and there is fun in it." ”

The eunuch on the side said with a smile: "Your Majesty's internal exercise is also a matter of observing martial arts, so it is to be prepared for danger in times of peace, in order to show the truth of the border ministers." ”

The Son of Heaven Long Yan Dayue said with a smile: "That's right, immediately call Zhang Hong and Zhang Cheng to the Warm Pavilion!" ”

When he arrived in the hall, the Son of Heaven glanced at Zhang Su, Zhang Su wanted to speak, but the Son of Heaven ignored it and walked directly into the warm pavilion to change clothes.

After the Son of Heaven changed his clothes, the eunuchs Zhang Hong and Zhang Cheng accompanied him.

That is, a eunuch stepped forward with a piece of music and said: "Your Majesty, Mu Changzuo, the hereditary prince of Qianguo, has a Yunnan border affair to play!" ”

The Son of Heaven sat on the dragon chair and said, "Read! ”

Zhang Hong, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant and took the chapter and read: "The king of Burma, Mang Yingli, has a heart of disobedience and peeps into Yunnan...... In the winter of the tenth year of Wanli, Mang Yingli ordered his uncle Mengbei and his younger brother Ava, together with the Han people Yue Feng, Yue Xiwu, Tusi Hanqian, and the knife fell into the ginseng, and they parted ways to enter the Kou, attacking Lei Lane, Zhanda, Ganya, Nandian, Mubang, Lao Yao, and Sidian, burning, killing and looting, injuring and disabling several counties, and ravaging one side...... In the spring of the eleventh year of Wanli, Yue Feng led an army of 60,000 to break Shidian and trap Shunning, and all the local officials in Yunnan rebelled, with hundreds of thousands of people, and more elephant soldiers and Francois to help......

“…… Its Shunning fell, the minister has led the army to move to Erhai, Yunnan governor Liu Shizeng moved to Chuxiong, and requisitioned the Han Dynasty, tens of thousands of local soldiers and horses, participated in the politics of Zhao Rui to guard Menghua, deputy envoy Hu Xinde to guard Tengchong, Lu Tongxiao to guard Zhaozhou, Yang Jixi to guard Yongchang, deputy envoy Fu Chong, Jiang Xin to cooperate with the governor of the general Hu Dabin...... Fought more than ten battles with the Burmese army, killed 1,006 whites, killed Mang Yingli's uncle, and Nandian Tusi knife fell into ......"

“…… Now that the army is gathered and the grain and grass are scarce, I implore Your Majesty to transfer 300,000 stone grain into Yunnan from Sichuan...... If the army is not well fed, and if the thieves counterattack, Yunnan will be in danger......"

After listening to Mu Changzuo, the Duke of Qianguo, the Son of Heaven twisted his brows into Sichuan characters and asked: "The Duke of Qianguo is loyal and commendable, and he will guard Yunnan for me, and this time I will reward him well." But the grain he asked for...... How does the cabinet vote? ”

Zhang Hong, the celebrant and eunuch, replied: "The ticket is going to be ...... The road in Yunnan is difficult and dangerous, and it is really difficult to transfer grain from Guizhou and Sichuan provinces, and the department of the Ministry of Command ......

The Son of Heaven said abruptly: "The three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, if there is no food in front, how can we fight?" ”

The Son of Heaven paced a few steps in the hall and asked, "Can Liu Shizeng, the governor of Yunnan, have a book?" ”

On the side, Zhang Cheng immediately went to the pile of chapters and replied: "Your Majesty, Liu Shi once had a book." ”

"Show it to me!"

After Zhang Cheng handed it over, the Son of Heaven took the chapter with his hand, but saw that Liu Shizeng, the governor of Yunnan, wrote on the chapter......

“…… Minister Liu Shizeng and Qianguo Gong led the army to be stationed in Erhai, and after Chu Xiong, the Burmese army did not dare to go deep...... There is Daming Street outside Jiangtou City, Fujian, Guangzhou, Jiang, Shu live in tens of thousands of amusement artists, and the three Xuan and six comforts are also tens of thousands, the traitor Yue Feng heard that the heavenly soldiers will go south, fearing that his people will be the internal response, and his son will be imprisoned by the river, set fire to death, and abandon the corpse to cover the wild Saijiang ......"

Darn!

The Son of Heaven was furious when he saw that the rebels had slaughtered all the Han people and the people by the river and set them on fire.

“…… To quell the rebels, it is necessary to use fierce generals, Liu Wei of the Chinese army in Nanjing, and Deng Zilong, the general of Wujing, all have the courage of ten thousand people, and their soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and the ministers ask His Majesty to transfer to Yunnan to help in the war...... In addition, the household department is requested to allocate 1.5 million taels of military salaries for military ......"

The Son of Heaven read as he watched, and his brows furrowed even deeper.

Zhang Hong knew that the Son of Heaven was worried about money, so he gave Zhang Cheng a look. Zhang Cheng immediately explained: "Your Majesty, I heard that although this Wujing general Deng Zilong is nearly sixty years old, he has the courage of Lian Po, and the iron knife used by Liu Wei in the Nanjing camp weighs one hundred and twenty catties, and he can turn the knife like a fly on his horse, if the two of them are here, the barbarians will definitely flee from the wind." ”

The Son of Heaven ignored it and looked directly at the cabinet vote attached to the recital.

But seeing that the receipt was written, Liu Wei was ordered to be a guerrilla attack in Tengyue, and Deng Zilong was a general in Yongchang, and each led his headquarters to Yunnan to help in the war.

The Son of Heaven nodded and said to Zhang Hong: "According to this batch of Zhu ...... Wait a minute, why didn't the cabinet mention military salaries? ”

Suddenly, the Son of Heaven slammed his fist on the imperial case and said angrily: "My army is about to fight a decisive battle with the Burmese army, but the food, grass and military salaries are not ready, how can this battle be won?" ”

The Son of Heaven was furious, Zhang Hong, and Zhang Cheng all knelt on the ground.

Zhang Hong held the chapter in both hands, knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, the three auxiliary ministers are all ministers of the humerus, but the situation of the household department, Your Majesty knows, last year, Su Song, Henan Dashui, before Yunnan border affairs and 500,000 taels of silver, now it is really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!" ”

The Son of Heaven's anger rested for a while, and when he saw that Zhang Hong was still kneeling on the ground when he was old, he also felt that he was wrong: "I know, but the household department has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, that is, there are ordinary ministers who refuse to give money." Let the household department discuss first, how much can be made......"

Zhang Hong said: "Yes, Your Majesty, but some ministers in the court have quite criticized Your Majesty's use of troops, and Li Tanshang, the head of the Ministry of War, said that the Son of Heaven governs the world and subdues all nations, and there is no danger in Germany." Yunnan has been a barbarian land for generations, although Taizu was peaceful in the past, but the barbarian territory is far away, easy to move and difficult to tame, and it has fallen and rebelled, rebelled and surrendered, and used soldiers to ask for it, which hurt the heavens and the peace, and the labor and labor costs countless people. It is better to ask Your Majesty to cultivate benevolence and virtue internally, follow the example of Jiaozhi externally, and set up a Xuanfu Division in the local area, and the Han officers and soldiers will all return to the ......"

"This traitorous statement!" But seeing that the Son of Heaven pulled out his sword from the case, he said sharply, "What is the world not Han land?" ”

"In the third year of Tianfu, Shi Jingjiao betrayed the country and ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan, and in the first year of Hongwu, Taizu ordered the general Xu Da to lead the northern expedition to the Central Plains, and Youyun recovered, after a whole four hundred and thirty years."

"The heavens do not die in the Han Dynasty, descend to Taizu such a heroic lord, chase the Yuan people in Mobei, and restore the clothes of Huaxia! If according to the statement of this Chief Li, Youyun has been lost for four hundred and thirty years, and Taizu will not accept it? Then what I am stepping on now is the land of the barbarians! ”

Zhang Hong, Zhang Cheng couldn't say a word.

The young Son of Heaven angrily pressed his sword in the warm pavilion.

The kings of the Ming generation are like this, they do not make peace, do not pay compensation, do not cede land, do not pay tribute, and the Son of Heaven guards the country. Although today's son has many shortcomings, when it comes to the word backbone, he has not lost the face of his ancestors.

"How's the internal carrier warehouse doing? Let Zhang Su in! The Son of Heaven asked.

At this time, Zhang Su, who was kneeling outside the door, entered the warm pavilion and kowtowed three times, handing the account book to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven glanced at it and couldn't help but say, "Why is it so little?" ”

Zhang Su hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, there are indeed only so many." In the past few years, the Queen Mother, King Lu, and Wu Qingbo have all allocated money from the inner treasury, but there is not much left! ”

The Son of Heaven threw the account book on the gold brick and said angrily: "In the past few years, you have been my home like this? There is only so much money in the inner treasury, how can I allocate it to the front line to fight and let the soldiers serve their lives? ”

After speaking, the Son of Heaven flew up and kicked Zhang Su's head.