"Your Majesty, the factory guards have been dispatched."

Pang Tianshou walked over cautiously, lowered his head and said to Emperor Chongzhen. Although his voice was very low, he still called Sun Chengzong, who was sorting out the important affairs of Xuanfu Town, to hear him.

Sun Chengzong, who was holding the memorial, had his hands shaking uncontrollably.

"knew."

Emperor Chongzhen responded and threw away the memorial. He frowned and felt a little irritable. No wonder there was a shortage of money every year. With such huge military expenditures, how could the treasury be full?

"Sun Qing, what do you think after reading the important tasks of Xuanfu Town?"

Looking at the stunned Sun Chengzong, Emperor Chongzhen stood up, frowned and said: "Every year, the imperial court allocates annual silver to Jiubian, the Beijing Movement, and Yanyin, the Democracy Movement, etc. as supplements.

These piles of silver, this food worth one hundred thousand dan, and if there is an unexpected war situation, there will be additional payments, but what did Jiubian bring to the court?!"

Seeing the emperor walking towards him, Sun Chengzong stood up hurriedly, and his mood was very complicated. He knew about the matter of eating empty pay and drinking the blood of soldiers as early as he left the town of Liaodong.

If half of the money and food allocated by the imperial court to Jiubian every year is actually used, that would be considered a lot. The actual situation may be more serious than this.

"The official system has collapsed and corruption has become common. This is the root cause of our Ming Dynasty."

Seeing that Sun Chengzong remained silent, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "I haven't thought about this before, but the Jianlu invasion of the Ming Dynasty made me think through a lot of things that I couldn't understand before.

Sun Qing, what do you think about me sending out factory guards to raid the gang of thieves who secretly communicated with Jianlu?"

Emperor Chongzhen knew very well what kind of virtue the Ming Dynasty had in front of him, and he also knew that there was no way to reverse this situation in a short time.

But for some of the things he is doing now, Sun Chengzong and others must be asked to stand on a united front with him.

Otherwise, when Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners to attack Zunhua City, his plans and deployments would not be able to be implemented.

"I have never had any opinions."

After experiencing the party strife in the Tianqi Dynasty, Sun Chengzong was much more cautious than before. When he saw the emperor asking like this, he hurriedly raised his hands and bowed.

"Sun Qing, you don't have to be like this."

Emperor Chongzhen bent down to help Sun Chengzong up, and said with a frown: "We are not the Tianqi Dynasty now, and I am not the Emperor Xizong. You can tell me what you are thinking.

There are really not many ministers that I can trust among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty."

At this point, Emperor Chongzhen's tone became a little solemn.

There are ministers who are ruining the country with empty talk, and the ministers who can be used are either defeated by fighting or in the local area. How can you trust such a court?

Not to mention that now the government is praising Yuan, and Yuan and his like are everywhere. It is not possible to reverse this situation by just saying a few harsh words.

This is especially true now that Jianlu has entered the pass.

"Your Majesty, I think the dispatch of factory guards is right." Sun Chengzong calmed down and said seriously: "However, the internal and external disputes must not reappear."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know that the internal and external disputes mentioned by Sun Chengzong were actually trying to tell him in a subtle way not to put too much emphasis on the inner court in order to check and balance the power of the external dynasties.

Otherwise, what happened in Tianqi Dynasty will happen again.

Party strife became a topic that Ming Dynasty could not avoid.

"Sun Qing, what you said is correct."

Emperor Chongzhen walked forward slowly. Seeing this, Sun Chengzong hurriedly followed behind and listened, "But judging from what you have felt, how many of the ministers in the outer court are really serving the country?

Maybe I can put it more bluntly. This time the Jianlu really conquered the capital, I can do it so that the emperor can guard the country and the king dies. But how many of the ministers in the court can do it?"

boom!

Sun Chengzong's eyes were slightly opened, with a look of surprise on his face. He never expected that the emperor would actually say such a thing.

"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much!"

Suppressing the fear in his heart, Sun Chengzong hurriedly held up his hands and persuaded: "With His Majesty in charge of all parties, and with me and other officials of the Ming Dynasty here, such a thing will never happen.

Although the Jianlu invaded the Ming Dynasty this time, they were caught off guard, but for me, the Ming Dynasty, it is by no means incapable of defeating the Ming Dynasty, or even re-establishing the Jianlu!"

To declare defeat before fighting is a taboo for military strategists!

"Haha, Sun Qing doesn't have to be so nervous."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed twice, and then said: "Wars, wars, have always been about money and food. It has been a long day. Sun Qing is stationed in the military aircraft department, and he also knows something about the treasury, right?"

The imperial court can no longer afford so much money.

The Jianlu invaders entered the pass, and if they wanted to defeat them, they would have to mobilize a large army to support them.

By then, when Yuan Chonghuan's army, the army sent by Xuanfu Town, and even the self-organized rebel army all arrive in the Gyeonggi area, the court will be shut down before the battle begins!

So, I haven’t counted the reinforcements from Tianjin, Denglai, Dongjiang and other places!

But what about the ministers in the court? In addition to handing out memorials, each and every one of them pushed the problem to me, clamoring that the emperor should restrain himself, but in private, they enjoyed themselves behind closed doors. I feel ironic when I think about it."

"this……"

Sun Chengzong was stunned again. He did not expect that the emperor would think so much and be so suspicious of the civil and military ministers in the court.

But from another perspective, what the emperor said is not true?

At this moment, Sun Chengzong suddenly understood in his heart.

Why did the emperor send out factory guards, bypass the Shuntian government office, bypass the Sanfa Department, and directly raid the mansions of wealthy businessmen who had been targeted by Dongchang and fled the capital without review?

"Your Majesty, given the current emergency situation, we can issue an edict to donate money to pay for food." Sun Chengzong calmed down and said to Emperor Chongzhen with his hands raised.

"The rebels are endangering our important territory of the Ming Dynasty. As people of the Ming Dynasty, we should share the worries of the country, especially those nobles, officials and gentry, and we should respond."

"Haha, Sun Qing, don't say such things." Emperor Chongzhen smiled and waved his hand: "Asking them to take money and hand over food is undoubtedly cutting off their flesh."

"I would have done this before, but I won't do it now. Dongchang and Jinyiwei will not remove their shackles like Tianqi Dynasty did.

However, I will also not be soft-hearted when dealing with those traitors who are in Cao's camp and whose hearts are with the Han. If they say they are benevolent and moral but don't take it seriously in their hearts, then I will confiscate their homes!!

Sun Qing, you are my Ming Dynasty commander and a minister I rely on. I hope you can understand my situation and understand my painstaking efforts. The Military Aircraft Department needs you to provide stability."

"Old... minister, take the order!"

At this moment, Sun Chengzong's mood was extremely complicated. He could even imagine what the factory guards dispatched at this time were doing in those mansions. But after listening to what the emperor said, the resistance deep in his heart completely dissipated.

No trace left.
Chapter completed!