After some information, the two people were brought into the main hall by a young eunuch.
After greeting Chongzhen, the two men told Chongzhen that the batch of salary sent to Shanhaiguan had been robbed.
Bang!
The Tuanlong tureen in Chongzhen's hand immediately fell to the ground and rolled several times on the blanket before stopping.
"Your Majesty guarantees the dragon body."
Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren saw Chongzhen's dull eyes and said quickly.
When Chongzhen came back to his senses, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
He spent most of his savings on the batch of silver sent to Shanhaiguan. Now that the soldiers were not transferred, the silver was lost. At this time, he wanted to kill the two people in front of him.
If the two people in front of him hadn't tricked him into taking out the money from his own funds, then the money wouldn't have been robbed, and he wouldn't have lost both his wife and his army, ending up with nothing.
What he hated most at this moment was not that the money was robbed, but that he himself had lost the money in vain.
"I've given the money to you. I want to see the troops and horses from Liaodong come to the capital. You two give me some time to tell me when the troops and horses from Liaodong will arrive." Chongzhen acted rogue.
He feels that his money cannot be lost in vain, and he must catch both ends.
"Your Majesty, if the money is not sent to Shanhaiguan, I am afraid that it may not be possible to bring troops from Liaodong to the capital." Zhou Yanru said bravely.
He didn't dare to really agree to Chongzhen's request.
Otherwise, if he agrees this time and lets Chongzhen taste the sweetness, if something happens next time, he will force the cabinet to handle it without paying any money, and he, the chief minister of the cabinet, will not be able to do it anymore.
"I have already given you money. Could it be that the cabinet failed to handle the matter well and I have to bear the responsibility." Chongzhen decided to play the rogue to the end.
He couldn't get any money out of the internal funds, and the soldiers and horses from Liaodong came to the capital to protect the safety of the imperial city. If he had other choices, he would not ignore the majesty of the emperor and act rogue with the cabinet members.
Zhou Yanru was well aware of Chongzhen's rogue intentions, but Chongzhen did take out the silver and handed it to the Ministry of Revenue. He could only say patiently: "No one wants to see the silver being robbed. At this time, it is The second thing is to find a way to send another amount of money to Shanhaiguan and transfer one of the Ming troops from Liaodong back earlier. I am worried that if the delay is too long, it will be too late for the tiger thieves to take action."
"This matter will be left to Aiqing and the cabinet to resolve." Chongzhen directly placed the matter on Zhou Yanru.
Anyway, he has decided that he will not take out even one tael of silver.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the court won't be able to come up with so much money to send to Shanhaiguan." Zhou Yanru said.
But the meaning is very clear, I still hope that Chongzhen will continue to take out a sum of money and send it to Shanhaiguan.
"I have no money. Now my internal funds are empty and I can run away with the rats. I will leave the matter of troop deployment from Liaodong to the cabinet. I am waiting for the good news from my beloved." Chongzhen said.
Zhou Yanru felt bitter after hearing this.
Those people in Liaodong only valued money. If they didn't have money, they wanted to mobilize troops from those people in Liaodong. He didn't have the slightest confidence.
"Your Majesty, I thought the robbers who robbed the money were unusual." Wen Tiren, who had been silent since he came in, suddenly said.
Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren and asked, "What does Wen Aiqing want to say?"
"Your Majesty." Wen Tiren bowed slightly and said, "If you dare to attack the imperial convoy in the Shuntian realm, you must not be an ordinary robber. Moreover, I have inquired with the soldiers from the Beijing camp who escorted the money. The robbers are good at using firearms. Not only are they equipped with There are a large number of firecrackers and cannons. These signs indicate that the identity of the robbers is unusual, and don’t you think they are familiar to you, Your Majesty?”
"Familiar?" Chongzhen frowned and said, "How can I be familiar with you?"
Wen Tiren said: "What I mean is not that your Majesty has any involvement with those robbers, but that the team is good at using firearms and can equip a large number of firearms. It seems that except for the three major battalions, there are only tiger bandits."
"Ai Qing, do you want to say that the person who robbed the money is a tiger thief?" Chongzhen frowned.
If Hu Ziqi really did it, it would not be a good thing for him or Daming.
The Tiger Character Banner can place a troop of troops in Tongzhou, not far from the capital, without being discovered, and it is possible to send a troop of troops and horses to directly surround the capital.
Wen Tiren said: "Although I am not completely sure, I think it is possible."
At this time, Zhou Yanru gave Wen Tiren a meaningful look.
Even he didn't know about these things. He didn't expect that Wen Tiren had already thought of it or got the news in advance.
The most important thing is that the two of them walked all the way, and the other party actually didn't reveal what he said to him. Instead, he suddenly said it in front of the emperor, which made him, the first assistant, lose points in the emperor's heart.
"If that's the case, we must seize the opportunity to mobilize troops and horses from Liaodong to the capital. What do you two dears think?" Chongzhen asked the question to the two people.
Anyway, he didn't have any money to send it to Shanhaiguan.
"Your Majesty, if you want to mobilize the soldiers and horses in Liaodong, it will definitely not work if you don't have enough money, but I want to try again and see if you can get them to the capital first, and then find a way to make up for the money." Zhou Yanru could not let Wen Tiren be so beautiful. Before that, he took the initiative to take over the task of sending troops from Liaodong to Beijing.
After hearing this, Chongzhen became happy and said: "Okay, then I will leave this matter to the chief minister."
"I obey the order." Zhou Yanru bowed and accepted the order.
Although he knew that he had been cheated by Wen Tiren, he had to transfer troops from Liaodong to the capital for Chongzhen to maintain Chongzhen's trust.
After Chongzhen explained to Zhou Yanru, he looked at Wen Tiren on the other side and said: "Since Wen Aiqing thinks that someone who is a tiger thief has robbed the salary I sent to Shanhaiguan, it is up to you to investigate the matter and see if it is a tiger thief." What the thief committed, please bring me back the money."
"I accept the decree." Wen Tiren felt a pain in his heart.
Although it would be difficult to lose a Ming army from Liaodong and come to the capital, it is not impossible to accomplish the reactionary connections. However, if the salary matter was really robbed by tiger thieves, he felt that it would be impossible to get it back.
And he is well aware of the shortcomings of each government office.
Although the emperor took out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it was quite good to have seventy thousand taels of silver sent to the capital in the end, so it was impossible to get all the money back.
Chongzhen was very satisfied with the attitude of the two people and said: "Both of my dear friends are my ministers. As long as this matter is handled well, I will definitely reward you."
"I would like to thank Your Majesty in advance."
Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren thanked Chongzhen at the same time.
The two people, who each received a bunch of errands, walked out of Qianqing Palace together.
"Chang Qing, why didn't you tell me that your salary was stolen by tiger thieves?" Zhou Yanru asked in a bad tone.
(End of chapter)
