Hearing this, Tianqi frowned, knowing that the other party wanted to use internal funds again, so he said: "I remember that I just sealed up the shops of Tiger Flag in various places not long ago, and all the proceeds went to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"Report to Your Majesty." Ye Xianggao bowed and said, "The shops that were sealed have long been empty of people, and all the valuables have been evacuated. What was sealed was only a few shops, which are not worth much silver."
Emperor Tianqi tapped his fingers lightly on the lid of the bowl. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "I heard that the Tiger Character Flag is quite famous in Xuanfu, Datong and Taiyuan. When the army suppresses the Tiger Character Flag, I think I won’t be short of money anymore.”
"Your Majesty, the matter in Yuncheng cannot be delayed. Every day that passes, many more people will die tragically at the hands of the traitors like the Wenxiang Sect." Han Xu interjected.
Ye Xianggao on the side also said: "I think it is better to use the Holy Emperor's internal funds to replenish the household budget first. After the household ministry receives the tax money from various places, it will be returned to the Holy Majesty to replenish the internal funds."
After speaking, he looked up at Emperor Tianqi sitting in front.
Han Xu, who was standing beside him, also looked up at Tianqi.
Tianqi didn't speak, his eyes were thoughtful.
There is indeed some money in the internal funds, which was left by the late emperor. After he succeeded to the throne, he used the internal funds several times to make up for the shortcomings of Liaodong. Now there is not much silver left in the internal funds.
He didn't believe Ye Xianggao's statement that the tax money collected by the Ministry of Commerce should be used to replenish the internal funds. There was never a time when the Ministry of Revenue was not short of money. As long as the money went out of the internal funds, it would never come back.
"Your Majesty, the disaster in Shandong has been greater than that in the northwest, so we can no longer hesitate." Seeing that Tianqi was silent, Han Xu forced him to say something.
Xu Hongru, who rebelled in Yuncheng, has proclaimed himself emperor and is a remnant of the White Lotus Sect. In the eyes of the ministers, he is far more serious than the Tiger Flag in the northwest.
"Your Majesty, there is a Zhezi coming from Datong."
As the words fell, Wei Zhongxian trotted in from outside, appeared next to Tianqi in a few steps, and raised his hands up to hold up the two books in his hands.
Han Xu glanced at Wei Zhongxian with a look of disgust, and even hid to the side, unwilling to get too close to Wei Zhongxian.
At this moment, Wei Zhongxian's eyes were all on Tianqi, and he didn't pay attention to Han Xu's little moves at all.
"The information about Datong was sent at this time. I think Yang Guozhu should have succeeded in suppressing the rebellion and successfully annihilated the group of traitors in Datong." Ye Xianggao said.
Wei Zhongxian, who was standing bowed in front of Tianqi, twitched the corner of his mouth, hesitated, and said: "I would like to inform the emperor that the war in Datong is not going well. These two books are the confessions of the governor of Datong and the general of the Xuanfu."
After he finished speaking, Emperor Tianqi's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly reached out and picked up the two books in Wei Zhongxian's hand.
Ye Xianggao and Han Xu, who were standing below, secretly glanced at each other, both of them looking ugly.
Emperor Tianqi read one of the folds, threw it aside, and picked up another one to read. When he finished reading, he paused and the fold in his hand fell to the ground.
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly knelt down and picked up the folders on the ground.
At this time, Emperor Tianqi's face turned gloomy. He raised his hand feebly and said, "Show these two pavilion elders to these two pavilion elders!"
Wei Zhongxian turned around, walked a few steps forward, and handed the folder to Ye Xianggao and Han Fu.
Ye Xianggao and Han Xu couldn't wait for a long time. Each of them picked up a booklet and read through it.
Soon, the two of them read the book and returned it to Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian, who took back the discount, returned to Emperor Tianqi.
Emperor Tianqi put his arms on the low table beside him and said in a slightly weak tone: "The northwest war was defeated, and the remnants of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong rebelled. Both of my beloved ministers are my ministers. Please tell me what I should do next. What to do is to send another large army to Datong to replace Yang Guozhu and continue to deal with the Tiger Banner, or to send a large army to Shandong to quell the rebellion."
Han Xu lowered his head and said nothing.
There are many soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty, but many of them are guards' soldiers and horses, and there are not many soldiers and horses that can actually fight. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is so big that many soldiers and horses are in various places. It is not easy to mobilize the soldiers and horses. Cross-border mobilization required a large amount of food and military pay. In addition, Liaodong gathered most of the Ming Dynasty's elite soldiers and horses. It would be very difficult for the court to mobilize elite soldiers and horses to Datong and Shandong to quell the rebellion.
Emperor Tianqi's eyes turned around, and finally fell on Ye Xianggao, and said: "Ye Aiqing, you are the chief minister of the cabinet. You know best about the big and small matters in the court. You tell me how to do it."
"I, I..." Ye Xianggao hesitated for a moment and then said, "I think we should go to Shandong to quell the rebellion first. After we deal with the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, it won't be too late to deal with the bandits in Datong."
"Where are you, Han Aiqing?" Emperor Tianqi asked Han Xu.
Han Xu bowed and said: "I have the same idea as Mr. Ye. Xu Hongru of Yuncheng proclaimed himself the Fulie Emperor of Zhongxing. In addition, he is a remnant of the White Lotus Sect. He has caused more trouble than Liu Heng and the Tiger Flag of Datong. The court should regard it as The main task is to put down the rebellion of Wenxiang Cult."
Emperor Tianqi frowned slightly and said: "What the two dear friends said is reasonable. What should we do about Liu Heng and the tiger-character flag of Shan Datong? First, Datong's soldiers and horses were defeated in his hands, and then Xuanfu's soldiers and horses were defeated again. Could it be that he just let his hands go unchecked?"
Neither Ye Xianggao nor Han Xu answered.
In their eyes, the Shandong Wenxiang Sect has raised its flag of rebellion and is even more harmful than Datong’s Tiger-Character Flag.
Seeing that both of them were silent, Emperor Tianqi continued: "What do you think of me transferring a troop of troops from Liaodong to Datong?"
As soon as he finished saying this, Ye Xianggao said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, it is absolutely forbidden. The soldiers and horses of Liaodong must not move."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Jurchens have just captured Guangning. At this time, the deployment of troops and horses from Liaodong can easily cause the Jurchens to cause trouble again." Han Xu advised.
Nowadays, few people in the court are looking down on the Jurchens. Especially after the defeat of Guangning, the court only has Shanhaiguan left. Once Shanhaiguan is lost, Hou Jin's soldiers and horses can march south and go straight to the capital, without passing through any passes along the way. Dangerous place.
"You two beloved ministers, do you think Datong's tiger-character flag can be ignored?" Emperor Tianqi showed a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
Ye Xianggao and Han Xu lowered their heads.
With the defeat of the Xuanfu soldiers and horses in Datong, it became clear to the two of them that if they want to defeat the Tiger Flag, they must send heavy troops, and they must be elite soldiers and horses. Ordinary soldiers and horses are useless, and they will only be defeated again if they go to Datong. .
Now that the Wenxiang Cult in Yuncheng, Shandong is plotting rebellion and raising its flag of rebellion, the court also needs to send troops to quell the rebellion.
"Your Majesty, why don't you call for peace?" Wei Zhongxian suddenly said.
As soon as he said his words, Ye Xianggao and Han Xu below both looked at him.
