"The emperor, the minister has a book!"

Dou Jiande, the Tongzhi of Shuntianfu, stood up and said in a deep voice: "There are too many displaced people in Beijing City now, and almost thousands of people have fallen ill, if it is really the plague, I am afraid that it will be difficult to control......

"You! What did you do earlier? ”

Chongzhen roared angrily: "Zhu Jie is the envoy of Shuntianfu to Manchuria, are you, the Shuntianfu Tongzhi, eating dry rice?" Bastard thing! ”

Dou Jiande looked bitter and replied: "Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers are unwilling to work hard, now there is a severe drought in Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other places, and there are displaced people everywhere, and the ministers ask the household department for money and grain for disaster relief, but the household department does not approve, where is the surplus grain in Shuntianfu to help the victims and resettle the people......"

Chongzhen's face turned pale, and he turned his eyes to Zhu Jie again, and asked, "Zhu Jie, you found out about the matter, now, what good plan do you have?" ”

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Tongzhou Town under the minister has taken action, this plague, the court must come forward and defend it with all its might, so that it is possible to survive safely, if there is a little carelessness, it may be that we have fallen short and ushered in a catastrophe. ”

"What's the strategy, don't you tell it yet?"

"First, open the treasury of the household department, and use money and grain to help and resettle the victims, so as not to cause a civil unrest in the capital; second, send people to Qizhou, Baoding, Shenzhou and other places to purchase medicinal materials, make every effort to search for them, configure decoctions, and rescue patients; Third, the human-to-human transmission of plague can be reduced by centralizing all patients and preventing the movement of people; Fourth, the household department allocated 200,000 taels of silver to deal with the plague ......"

Before Zhu Jie's words were finished, Chen Yan was anxious, 200,000 taels, where is the 200,000 taels of silver in the household? A radish is a pit, and the silver in each pit is not filled, so it is impossible to squeeze out the silver taels, not to mention 200,000 taels, even 20,000 taels are enough!

"Zhu Jie, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, now the imperial court is struggling, the treasury is empty, and the soldiers in front can't make up the money, how can there be extra silver to help the people in two weeks? You're talking in your sleep! ”

Chen Yan shouted.

Zhu Jie's face changed, and he said coldly: "Lord Chen Yan, the lower officials just want to give advice to the emperor, as for how to decide, that is the emperor's business; As for how to carry it out, that's the Cabinet's business, what does it matter to me? The treasury has no money to use, that's your incompetence! ”

"You!"

Chen Yan's face turned red, these words were terrible, Chen Yan was almost squeezed to death, and the household department had no money? So what do you want you to do with this household book? Aren't you just doing what you need to earn and use this errand?

"Emperor Qi, you know the background of the treasury best, where do we have so much silver to spend......"

Chen Yan was helpless and said to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen frowned and shouted, "Okay, Zhu Jie, do you have any other way?" Didn't spend any money and got things done? ”

Zhu Jie shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Your Majesty, you can't just let the cows work, don't give the cows grass, there is no money, and the ministers are also clever women who are difficult to cook without rice, without silver, where do we get the large amount of herbs we need?" Without money, where will we get food and shelter for the victims? Without silver, where do we go to recruit doctors? ”

Chongzhen didn't have any words when he arrived, and asked helplessly: "Chen Yan, the household department will show all the family foundations, how many silver taels can be made?" This epidemic is urgent, but it can't be delayed! ”

"Begin to play the Emperor!"

Chen Yan gritted his teeth and replied, "The household department should be able to allocate 10,000 taels of silver to ......"

"Ten thousand taels?"

Zhu Jieden was angry, "Lord Chen, are you asking for food?" What is 10,000 taels of silver enough for? It's not enough to buy a coffin for this person who wrote that he died of illness! ”

Chongzhen is also a little dissatisfied, although the household department has no money, but you can't just take out 10,000 taels of silver, right? Isn't that a joke?

"Chen Yan, don't be perfunctory, say, how much silver can you come up with!"

Chongzhen shouted.

The corners of Chen Yan's mouth twitched, and he said helplessly: "Thirty thousand taels, the emperor, it can't be more, thirty thousand taels is already the limit of the household, Sun Chuanting and Zhu Jie have repeatedly suggested that the emperor should exempt all the people in Henan from taxes for one year, and this alone will cost the court nearly one million taels of taxes, and the household department is really out of money now......

As he spoke, Chen Yan put a few drops on Sun Chuanting and Zhu Jie, and stabbed them first!

30,000 taels ......

Chongzhen was speechless, it's so special, it's hard to be poor, and he's the emperor who is aggrieved enough, and he can't even take out the money!

"Zhu Jie, look ......"

"Your Majesty, the 200,000 taels that Shicaichen said is already fully compressed, Shuntianfu plus the prevention and control of the epidemic in the Zhili area, without 200,000 taels, it is absolutely unstoppable, it really can't be done, then only our monarchs and ministers donate, at least we can make up some of it......"

Zhu Jie said helplessly.

Above the court, when everyone heard this, they all turned their dissatisfied eyes to Zhu Jie, where are you standing and asking for money? Yes, ask the emperor, ask the household, what do we courtiers do? Is it easy for us to save a little bit of money?

"Master Zhu, it may not be clear that you came out of Jingshi, right?"

Deng Wenming, the Duke of Wei, stood up and said dissatisfiedly: "Just last year, the emperor once persuaded the court to donate, whether we are nobles or courtiers, we have already given everything we have, this year, the war is chaotic, the war is repeated, whose life is not easy, where is there any excess donation?" ”

"Yes, yes! Where do we have any surplus resources? ”

"Your Majesty, please be sympathetic to the hard work of the ministers......"

"Your Majesty, Zhu Jie's words are absolutely impossible!"

Chongzhen rolled his eyes in anger, this special self is raising a group of white-eyed wolves!

"Your Majesty, others may have suffering, but the minister has some resources and is willing to donate them to the court! The minister donated 20,000 taels of silver! ”

Zhu Jie didn't care at all about the ridicule, squeeze, and dissatisfaction of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and said directly.

"Lord Zhu, you are now a big family, a Liuxian Ju, and your monthly income is not less than 100,000 taels, so you can naturally donate 20,000 taels of silver, where can we compare with these bitter haha?"

Xinguo Gong Tang Yi's face was full of grief and indignation, and he shouted angrily.

Zhu Jie glanced at Tang Yi with disdain, and replied: "Xinguo Gong, this immortal residence is not from the lower officials, the lower officials said that it belongs to all the soldiers in Tongzhou Town, this is the blood and sweat of the soldiers, and the officials do not take a penny!" The 20,000 taels of silver are purely the savings of the lower officials, even if you don't want to donate them, but don't stop the officials from being loyal to the country! ”