In the palace, Queen Zhang saw that no one finally objected, and she nodded happily.
Then he set the tone and said: "Since all ministers have unanimously recommended King Yun, the prince who will inherit the throne will be King Yun. All matters related to the succession will be prepared and handled by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In addition, the funeral affairs of Emperor Daxing and the Crown Prince cannot be delayed any longer. The bell ringing officially begins today, and the Ministry of Rites can start arranging the affairs of the party.
As the saying goes, a country cannot live without a king for a day, so King Yun ascended the throne in front of Emperor Daxing. This is a precedent in our dynasty. Wang Shangshu should have no objections, right? "
Queen Zhang said, looking at Wang Yang.
Wang Yang nodded heavily: "As long as the Ministry of Household Affairs cooperates properly, the Ministry of Rites and Rites will definitely make arrangements!"
Queen Zhang looked at the Hubu again.
However, Cui Wen, the Minister of Household Affairs, looked embarrassed at this time.
When Empress Zhang saw it, she asked aloud: "What? Does Cui Shangshu have any different opinions?"
Cui Wen didn't hide anything, and said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, the Empress, since the restoration of Bianjing, our Ministry of Household Affairs has resettled the people and provided pensions to the soldiers who defended the city, etc., and has reduced the amount of money in the treasury to seventy-seven. Eighty-eight.
If it hadn't been for the two million taels that Eunuch Cao had transported into the treasury some time ago to cover the two expenses in time, I'm afraid the imperial court wouldn't have been able to continue operating in the past two days.
Now it is not only the enthronement ceremony of King Yun, but also the funeral ceremony for Emperor Daxing and the late prince.
The cost of any of these three items will be hundreds of thousands of taels.
Among them, Emperor Daxing, according to the regulations of the late emperor, spent at least 700,000 taels per item.
The former prince does not need so much, but he still needs at least 300,000 taels of silver.
The last one is the enthronement ceremony, which is the most expensive among the three. It is conservatively estimated that the silver cost is at least one million.
In this way, if the three things are done together, the treasury will have to spend at least two million taels of silver.
But now there is less than 200,000 taels of silver left in the national treasury, which is not enough for the three needs. I don’t know what to do! "
Cui Wen's wrinkled old face was full of helplessness.
All the officials in the palace also exclaimed in surprise.
Queen Zhang above her even opened her mouth, but no words came out for a while.
As the old saying goes, a penny can defeat a hero.
But now the court is short of more than just a penny?
This is a full two million taels!
Where to find this?
At this moment, a report suddenly came from outside the palace.
It was said that Wang Huaien, the eunuch beside King Yun, requested to enter the palace.
Everyone was wondering what the big eunuch next to King Yun was doing here.
Wang Huaien, who was allowed to come in, saluted Queen Zhang and immediately took out a wad of banknotes from his arms and held it up high:
"Your Majesty, the Queen, just now said that the imperial court has been in a difficult situation recently, and is afraid that many important matters will be ineffective. Therefore, he specifically asked the servant to send two million taels of instant silver notes from Feiyun Bank to lend to the imperial court first, and wait until the national treasury has the money. Return it on time!”
As soon as Wang Huaien said this, before anyone else had time to react, Cui Wen, the Minister of Revenue, immediately lit up his eyes, rushed to Wang Huaien in two steps, and grabbed a corner of the stack of banknotes without any hesitation. Like an old man in his sixties or seventies.
"Oh my, His Royal Highness King Yun understands the difficulties faced by the imperial court. This is really timely. I have thanked King Yun on behalf of the Ministry of Household Affairs!"
As he spoke, Cui Wen asked to take the banknote.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not pull the banknote out of Wang Huaien's hand, and he suddenly looked at him in shock.
Wang Huaien didn't even look at him, but looked at Queen Zhang who was above.
Empress Zhang suddenly laughed and scolded: "Cui Shangshu, how can you, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, look like this with money, and you have to pay attention to the dignity of the court ministers! Why don't you return it?"
Cui Wen suddenly scratched his head in embarrassment, and couldn't help but exert more force on the hand holding the bank note, but he still couldn't get it out. He could only helplessly step back and cup his hands and said: "I have violated my etiquette. I really don't know. I How many households are there now..."
Before he could finish his misery, Queen Zhang interrupted him.
"Okay, Cui Shangshu, please be patient."
Cui Wen had no choice but to shut up, but his longing eyes were still looking straight at the stack of silver notes in Wang Huaien's hand.
Empress Zhang shook her head helplessly, then she sat upright, looked at Wang Huai'en, nodded slightly and said, "On behalf of the imperial court, I will first borrow two million taels from King Yun. I will definitely return it when the treasury has enough money."
"Empress Shengming!"
Wang Huaien said, holding the banknote in his hand instead of holding it in his hand.
A eunuch next to Queen Zhang came down and took the stack of silver notes from Wang Huaien's hand, which made Cui Wen's eyes shift from Wang Huaien's hand to his.
At Queen Zhang's signal, the two million taels of silver notes were finally delivered to Cui Wen.
Empress Zhang warned: "Cui Shangshu, just now I borrowed money from King Yun in the name of the court in front of all the courtiers. When the treasury has the money in the future, it must be returned. Otherwise, the court has lost its trust. It’s me, the guarantor, who has also lost his trust, so please don’t let me break your trust!”
Cui Wen nodded quickly: "Don't worry, Madam, I will definitely return the money to the treasury!"
Now that the matter of silver has been resolved, the main problems of the previous court have been answered and dealt with.
Amidst Cao Shuang's singing and cheering, the first court meeting after Bianjing was defeated came to an end.
Shortly after the court meeting ended, the bells suddenly rang in the palace.
The bells rang out continuously, and other temples in Bianjing City also rang their bells.
The entire Bianjing City was quickly enveloped in the reverberation of bells.
This was the death knell of the emperor's death. Although it had been three days since Bianjing was recovered, most of the people still did not know that the emperor had passed away.
And this death knell is to inform the people of the world that your emperor has passed away!
According to court regulations, when the emperor dies, the death knell should ring thirty thousand times.
When the then crown prince passed away, he had to be beaten, but only ten thousand times was enough.
Based on this calculation, the death knell should strike forty thousand times this time.
According to past experience, usually 30,000 blasts for three days and three nights is basically enough.
If it rang 40,000 times, the bell would probably echo for four whole days and nights.
This is exactly what happened. For four days and four nights, the entire Bianjing and surrounding areas were echoed by the ringing of the bells.
When the clock was still ringing at the end of the third day, everyone realized that not only the emperor but also the prince had disappeared with him.
And this news immediately spread throughout Bianjing City, causing huge discussions.
At the same time, in the past four days, the news of the death of the emperor and prince had also been spread to other counties in the Song Dynasty by flying pigeons.
And just as the entire Bianjing capital was enveloped in the atmosphere of the funeral of the emperor and the prince.
At the Shanyang Road connecting Guanzhong County and Bianjing, the fleeing Huns army collided head-on with the 100,000 Tianwu Army led by Zhao Chongguo who was rushing back.
At this moment, they also discovered that at some point, a Song army was following behind them.
If you look carefully, if the flags flying behind here are not the Dragon Guard Army and the Divine Guard Army, which one is it? !
Oh ho!
Caught directly between the two sides!
………(End of chapter)
