Early the next morning, Daoguang got up early before five o'clock, because he was concerned about the amount of deficit in the household treasury, he didn't sleep well all night, these years the imperial court has been unable to make ends meet every year, the annual deficit is less than hundreds of thousands of taels and more than millions of taels, the idea of the household treasury is decreasing year by year, and now there may be a huge deficit, how can he not worry?

He didn't dare to hope that there was no deficit in the Household Treasury, and Luo Bingzhang, the Jiangnan Provincial Inspector of Jiangnan Province, who had inspected the Household Treasury for a year last year, pleaded for an inventory of the Household Treasury, how could there be no deficit? He only hopes that the deficit is not too large, and now that Jiangnan is about to use troops, he wants silver, and he really wants to lose more than half of ......, he really can't imagine it!

After changing clothes and washing, he was stunned out of the array, only until the eunuch reminded him that it was time to ask for peace, he got up and went to Shoukang Palace to ask for peace to the Queen Mother of Xiaohe, in fact, Daoguang was not from the Queen Mother of Xiaohe, but he respected the Queen Mother, greeted the Queen Mother every day, was meticulous, and lived without sloppiness. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Daoguang advocates thrift and practices it, and the queen concubines are also thrifty together, but for the daily supply of the queen mother, he is trying his best to meet it, and he does not discount it at all, and the queen mother smokes crows. Addicted to tablets, at a time when he was most resolute in his abstinence from smoking, he smoked crows on the princes and ministers and in the palace. The filmmaker severely punished him, but he only didn't ask the queen mother, and did everything possible to prevent the queen mother from knowing that smoking was banned.

Daoguang is so cautious about filial piety, because the Qing Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, as the Son of Heaven, he practiced and set an example, and also because Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager knew the general situation, kept the ancestral teachings, and did not interfere in government affairs, but also because the Empress Dowager Xiaohe showed extraordinary open-mindedness when Daoguang ascended the throne, and helped Daoguang to complete the transfer of power smoothly, and had the merit of support.

Routinely invited An Bi, came out of Shoukang Palace, Daoguang returned to the Xinuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, and the eunuch on duty came in to report: "Mu Zhang'a, Minister of Military Aircraft, is handing over a sign to ask to see him. ”

As usual, before the early dynasty, the rotating ministers of military aircraft would first meet with important matters to report first, but Daoguang was concerned about the deficit of the household treasury today, and Mu Zhang'a was in charge of the treasury affairs, and glanced at the eunuch, and he said lightly: "No." Then he then instructed: "Wang Ding, Pan Shien, Alqing'a, and Li Zhenhu will come with them and let Mu Zhang'a come with them." ”

However, after the tea effort, Wang Ding and his entourage entered the Xinuan Pavilion in a hurry, and the people who were waiting for the wait to greet the courtesy, Daoguang asked directly: "Is there a result?" ”

"Back to the emperor." Wang Ding said in a heavy tone: "After Weichen and the others were ordered, they quickly sealed the warehouse and checked it, and there are more than 4,654,000 taels ......of silver in the Hubu Silver Treasury. ”

"How much?" Daoguang asked in a lost voice, he could hardly believe his ears, there were only more than four million taels of silver in the Hubu Silver Treasury?

"Back to the emperor." Li Zhenhu, the Han Shangshu of the Criminal Department, said in a deep voice: "There are four million six hundred and fifty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-two two hundred and fifty cents of silver in the silver treasury. ”

Daoguang took a deep breath and forced himself to stabilize his emotions, but his right hand was tightly clenched into a fist, Mu Zhang'a was also pale with fright, and he forgot to say the words of prevarication that he had prepared for the defense, it was really too much for everyone, and it was also greatly unexpected by him!

"After the slave waited to check the warehouse, he checked the accounts overnight and ........" The voice of the criminal department is a little harsh, "The silver treasury of the household department should have 13,478,045 taels of silver, and there is a shortage of 8,823,712,25 cents and 6 cents. ”

Daoguang looked at a few people expressionlessly, and didn't know how to speak for a while, there were only more than 4 million left in the more than 13 million deposits, and there was a deficit of more than 8.8 million! This was far more than he expected.

Mu Zhang'a was already frightened, and he couldn't say a word, only banged his head on the gold brick, "Enough!" Daoguang scolded sharply: "Where's the silver? Where did the silver go? The prince and the minister borrowed it privately? ”

"Back to the emperor." Pan Shien kowtowed: "There is no IOU, and there is no IOU. ”

"No IOUs? And no IOUs? Daoguang flickered, and slowly swept over a few people with a suspicious face, where did the silver go? Eight or nine million taels of silver can still disappear? Bad rules! A bad rule for supervising the imperial history for a year is 20,000 taels! The silver has been embezzled by this group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and they have been embezzled by cheating, and the silver of the treasury has dared to embezzle it so blatantly, and it is so bold and reckless! It's outrageous! He instantly broke out of his anger, gritted his teeth and said, "Check! Check it out to me! ”

"Wechen and others obey the order!" Wang Ding and the others hurriedly kowtowed.

"The minion is a capital offense." Mu Zhang'a knocked on the ground and said loudly: "The slave is the head of the cabinet, the chief military aircraft, and the head of the household treasury, and the slave is unforgivable for this shocking case!" However, such a huge case is bound to be widely implicated, and now it is an eventful autumn, and a thorough investigation with great fanfare will inevitably cause panic among the people, and everyone will be in danger, and the minions will secretly think that the top priority at the moment is to recover the huge deficit. ”

Hearing this, Daoguang has calmed down, now that Yingyi has captured Dinghai and occupied Ningbo, the imperial court is mobilizing troops and horses across the country, if it is rumored that the household treasury is short of nearly 10 million taels of silver, it will inevitably shake the morale of the army, and such a huge deficit case, implicating an official will definitely not be a small amount, once it is thoroughly investigated, it will not only affect the Beijing Division.

Seeing that Daoguang did not scold, Mu Zhang'a had a glimmer of hope in his heart, he had served as the minister of the treasury intermittently since Daoguang ten years, and became the chief military aircraft and in charge of the treasury of the household, but he had not received the bad rules and filial piety of the treasury, and he heard about the inventory of the treasury yesterday, and he knew that it was going to be bad, and the deficit of the treasury must be there, but the amount was so large that it was also beyond his expectations.

He knew very well in his heart how serious the consequences of this matter were, and the Hanchen in the court, whether it was the main battle faction or the Qing faction, would never easily let go of this rare opportunity, and would inevitably attack him on a large scale, even if the clan relatives and nobles among the Manchu ministers were afraid that they would also fall into the ground, and if he did not have effective measures to save himself, he would inevitably end up being dismissed from his post and questioned for his crimes.

If you want to save yourself and shirk your responsibilities now, it will definitely not work, that can only make Daoguang even more disgusted, and the only way to recover the saint is to actively recover the deficit!

Without waiting for Daoguang to open his mouth to ask, Mu Zhang'a continued: "The household treasury is heavily guarded and the system is rigorous, and there is such a huge deficit of silver, which is nothing more than several aspects, one is the negligence in collection, transportation, and expenditure, the second is the local arrears, the third is the erosion and misappropriation of officials, and the fourth is the theft of the bank treasury officials.

Freezing three feet, not a day of cold, the amount of silver treasury deficit is so large, it must not be overnight, but accumulated over a long period of years, not three or five days can be checked clearly, not a few months of work can not be checked, at the moment should be in the south of the Yangtze River as the priority, should not be extraneous branches ....... ”

Hearing that he was excusing himself, Daoguang frowned unhappily and said, "How to recover this huge deficit?" ”

Without waiting for Mu Zhang'a to speak, Wang Ding hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen secretly thinks that the huge deficit of the silver treasury is nothing more than the dereliction of duty and erosion of the ministers in charge of the treasury, the imperial history of Chaku, the ministers of the king, and the officials of the silver treasury.

At present, there is only one way to recover the huge deficit in the treasury as soon as possible, which is to confiscate the officials of the treasury and the property of the Kudings. ”

As soon as he heard this, Mu Zhang'a broke out in a cold sweat on his back, which was clearly to put him to death, as the head of the cabinet and the chief military aircraft, all kinds of filial piety and bad rules he received in a year were not a small amount, once the family property was confiscated, how could he say it clearly?

Immediately hurriedly kowtowed: "The slave earnestly prays to the emperor to be careful, since the emperor has been in charge, the minister in charge of the treasury of the household treasury, the imperial history of the treasury, the minister of the king of the temporary inventory, the lang of the treasury, the clerk of the bank, the treasurer, the pen post, the treasury envoy and other officials of all sizes do not know how many, if they are all traced, it will be the world is restless." ”

This is actually a situation where the law is not accountable? Daoguang looked at Wang Ding, and then at Mu Zhang'a, and couldn't help but be in a dilemma, Wang Ding's method is good, and confiscating the family property of a group of officials related to the silver treasury can indeed recover a huge deficit as quickly as possible, and it may also be the only way to recover the deficit.

But what Mu Zhang'a said is not unreasonable, the Lang of the Silver Treasury, the Wai Lang, the Treasurer, the Pen and the Paper, etc., are all full of people.

It has been 21 years since he ascended the throne, and many of these officials have been transferred to important positions in the local government.

Seeing that Daoguang was silent, Li Zhenhu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, opened his mouth and said: "The deficit of the treasury of the household department is more than 880,000 taels, this case is really rare since the founding of this dynasty, whether it is dereliction of duty, erosion or theft, Weichen stealing thought that it must be thoroughly investigated, yesterday the inventory of the treasury, the movement is not small, the rumor has been leaked, the top priority is to control a group of relevant officials in a timely manner, not let them hide and transfer property or abscond, the deficit of the treasury, must try their best to recover. ”

His words can be regarded as a reminder to Daoguang, such a rare case, if you want to cover it, it is absolutely impossible to cover it, since this lid has been opened, there is no reason to cover it back, unless the imperial court does not recover this huge deficit, the problem is nearly nine million taels of silver, does he dare to recover it? Can't live this day?

After a slight sigh, he said in a deep voice: "Spread the decree, announce the visit of Zaiquan, Jingwei, Yucheng, and Cézanne." ”

Hearing this, Mu Zhang'a couldn't help but be overjoyed, although Daoguang was determined to thoroughly investigate the case, but it seemed that he wanted to exclude all the Hanchen, thinking about it, the vast majority of the officials involved in this case were full of people, and the trouble was too big, I was afraid that it would not be able to end. However, Zaiquan, Jingwei, Yucheng, and Cezanne are all members of the clan and noble faction, and they have a lot of contradictions with him on weekdays, and it seems that Daoguang has no intention of letting go of this case lightly.

Slowly glancing at everyone, Daoguang pulled back the topic and said, "Mu Zhang'a, how to recover the deficit?" ”

"Back to the emperor." Mu Zhang'a hurriedly lowered his body and said: "The slave steals that there is such a huge deficit in the silver treasury, and the officials of the silver treasury in the past ten years are all to blame, so they can first recover compensation from the officials." ”

This is a feasible method, Daoguang glanced at him, pondered for a long time, and then said, "Go down and write a note." ”

"The minions obey." Mu Zhang'a secretly breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been amnestied, got up slowly, bowed down and retreated.

Mu Zhang'a, who was waiting, withdrew, Daoguang glanced at the four of them, and said, "Aleqing'a and Li Zhenhu went to wait outside the hall, and Zaiquan and his party came to talk to them. ”

"Wechen obeys."

Only Wang Ding and Pan Shien were left in the hall, and Daoguang said: "Flat, sit down." After the two of them sat down, he let out a long sigh and said: "It is not easy to recover the deficit silver, and now the situation in Jiangnan is ready to fly, once the war starts, the situation is unpredictable, and you can't count on the four million taels of silver." ”

Hearing this, Pan Shien said cautiously: "The imperial court did not issue 10 million treasury bonds last year, and it can always cope with ...... ”

Before he finished speaking, Daoguang was angry and didn't fight anywhere, "Last year, Yingyi ravaged the southeast coast, and Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang, Liangjiang, and Zhili demanded to reorganize their armaments and strengthen coastal defense. ”

10 million were thrown into the sea, this is naturally angry, however, it is true that Daoguang has a fire in his heart, Fujian and Zhejiang allocated three million taels of silver for the rectification of coastal defense, and as a result, the Yingyi fleet is still vulnerable, and furthermore, the imperial court mobilized troops and horses from various provinces, and the silver spent is not a small number, originally he was still porcelain in his heart, after all, there are more than 10 million in the household treasury, how do you know that this is the case, once the battle starts, no one can predict what the situation is, it can't be half of the fight, the court has no silver to adjust, right?

Seeing that Pan Shien touched his nose as soon as he opened his mouth, Wang Ding couldn't help but wonder to himself, what did Daoguang mean by leaving them alone to mention this? Where to get millions of taels of silver to fill this hole? Could it be that he is fighting Yuan Qi's idea again? Not long ago, Yuan Qi was restricted from monopolizing the money industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he went to borrow silver from Yuan Qi at this time, not to mention that Yuan Qi is not having a good time at the moment, even if he has silver, he may not be willing, and he is content that kid is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Daoguang said slowly: "Yingyi now occupies Dinghai, Ningbo, Zhenhai, Fenghua, Cixi, and Yuyao, not only threatening Hangzhou, but also vaguely has the intention of occupying it for a long time. ”

This abacus is really fine, with Lin Zexu and Yi Zhizhi going to Hangzhou to preside over military affairs and regain the lost territory, Zhejiang's military expenditure can be completely minimized, "The emperor is shengming." Wang Ding bowed slightly, and said tentatively: "Who will take over the governor of Liangjiang?" ”

Daoguang said disapprerovitically: "Jiangning and Hangzhou are not far away, and Lin Zexu is still the governor of Liangjiang, so he can't make a mistake." ”

After a slight sigh, Wang Dingcai said: "In this way, if Liangjiang and Zhejiang merge into a big battlefield, the two Qincha will order many ......." ”

"Yishan, I will write to advise." Daoguang said slowly, he recalled Yishan to Jingshi, he didn't want to, the soldiers and horses that Liangjiang and Zhejiang gathered one after another might exceed 100,000, he didn't worry about letting Lin Zexu control alone, and he didn't want Lin Zexu's military achievements to be too great. (To be continued.) )