At that time, Wang Hua, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, also left. Wang Hua, before, did not care about the Ministry of Revenue, only worked as a Qingliu official and did not know the financial situation of the court. Now that he took office in the Ministry of Revenue, he realized that the court was really poor.

For a moment, Wang Hua couldn't help but think of some of the contents in the "Outline of Governance" given to him by Zhu Houzhao. Suddenly, he felt that some of the contents in the "Outline of Governance" were indeed correct. For example, with the increase of privileged classes such as the royal family and gentry, the court's expenses will become larger and larger, so the court cannot just think about reducing expenses and find ways to increase the source.

Wang Hua, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, also wanted to go back and read the "Outline of Governance" carefully instead of burning it.

The chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Jian, did not pay attention to the Minister of Revenue Wang Hua, and only looked at the figure of Minister of War Xu Jin, and snorted coldly.

"If Mr. Liu is not dead, it will not be his turn to Xu Jin in charge of the Ministry of War. Xu Jin will soon take our cabinet seriously," said Li Dongyang, the second assistant.

"A madman who burns the Four Books is simply a scum of the Confucian clan. Letting such a person be a minister of the Ministry of War is simply a disgrace to the court's etiquette. If His Majesty had not been foolish and had been impeached by the censors, how could he have to be so arrogant!"

The Sanfu Xie Qian also had a bad impression of Xu Jin, the Minister of War, and said in a very resentful manner.

Xu Jin, the Minister of War, was born as a foreign official in the border town. He has always been despised by the officials of the Qingliu Jing, who was born in the Hanlin, because in the eyes of the Qingliu Jing officials, these civil officials in the border town were all infected with the vulgar habits of military personnel, and were looked down upon by the Qingliu Jing officials.

Fortunately, Xu Jin never formed a clique and remained neutral. The last time Tingtui, the new Minister of War, forced the cabinet to choose Ma Wen as one of the candidates for the Minister of War in order not to allow Ma Wen to be promoted to profit. Now he is named the Minister of War by Zhu Houzhao.

Liu Jian and other cabinet ministers originally thought that Xu Jin would become the Minister of War and would win over Xu Jin, but they did not expect that Xu Jin would burn the Four Books as soon as he became the Minister of War and did not regard himself as a gentleman. This made the Qingliu civil officials who most hoped that court officials would follow Confucian etiquette and hated Xu Xingwei very much.

Liu Jian and other cabinet ministers now want to expel Xu Jin from the court.

"If there is a real incident with the Imperial Force this time, there is a reason to force him to resign!" Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, said with a cold smile.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also laughed.

"But the most important thing now is to let Your Majesty return to the palace!" Liu Jian said again at this time.

"What the Prime Minister said is very much, the emperor should stay in the palace honestly! Leave government affairs to our civil servants for handling, otherwise he will be a ruthless king!"

Xie Qian agreed.

"No matter whether it is the Majesty Liu Jin instigated that he is outside the palace or his Majesty himself wants to be outside the palace, he cannot let His Majesty leave the palace at will in the future. He has to shrink him into the Forbidden City!"

Li Dongyang also said something, and both Liu Jian and Xie Qian nodded.

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Xu Jin, the Minister of War, returned to the Ministry of War helplessly, and couldn't help but sigh: "Mediocre ministers will ruin the country, but mediocre ministers will ruin the country!"

The mediocre officials Xu Jin referred to were naturally Liu Jian and others in the cabinet, but he could only curse a few words at this time and had no choice but to Liu Jian and others.

Even Xu Jin himself guessed that if he could not give the capital army the accumulated Lumi this time, he would probably have to be the end of the year, and would even use his head to calm the anger of the officers and soldiers. If the officials and civilians had an accident because of the owed Lumi.

Minister of War Xu Jin sighed. He wanted to do something in the Ministry of War, but he did not expect to face the consequences of being punished.

At this time, Zhang Mao, the governor of the British Duke Central Army Governor's Office, also came to the Ministry of War with a group of military officials and nobles.

As soon as Zhang Mao found the Minister of War Xu Jin, he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Xu, you are the Minister of War. You are in charge of Lu Mi of our 12th Regiment Battalion. It's been three months since you owe it!"

These military officials and nobles were the governors and commanders of the various battalions of the 12th Regiment of the imperial court. They were either dukes or marquises. Xu Jin, the Minister of War, dared not neglect them, so he had to explain patiently:

"Everyone! It's not that Xu is unwilling to give money to rice, but that the court has no money and food. Xu has already found a cabinet, and the chief minister has promised that he will definitely be able to reissue the money to all officers and soldiers of each battalion before the New Year! The court also has difficulties, I hope you understand!"

"Mr. Xu, we can wait, but our brothers can't afford to wait. They just pointed to such a small salary and lived a life. The wife and children were pointing at this little bit of Lumi to eat and dress. The court really doesn't care about us. You civil servants are eating delicacies in brocade and silk, and now they don't even want to give us half a liang of Lumi. Do you really think we are made of mud!"

Taiping Hou Zhang Jie couldn't help but complain.

"Then, Marquis, look at how much money Xu is worth. You cut Xu and sold him, okay!"

Xu Jin, the Minister of War, was also a bad temper. He was in a bad mood and also said something bad.

Seeing this, Zhang Mao couldn't help but persuade: "Okay, Taiping Hou, why are you making fun of me?"

As he said that, Zhang Mao comforted Xu Jin, the Minister of War, again: "Mr. Xu, it's not that we have to force the court, but we cannot ignore the lives and deaths of nearly 100,000 brothers below. They guard the capital for the court. If there is any change, you and I can't afford it!"

"To be honest, the only sum of money in the imperial court has been temporarily allocated to the Ministry of Works to repair the Qianqing Palace. Now I can only wait a little longer. Don't worry, I, Xu, will definitely find a way to get Lumi for you!"

Xu Jin sighed and said.

"It turns out that His Majesty only wants to repair the Qianqing Palace and is not willing to support the brothers in the group camp?"

Taiping Hou Zhang Jie couldn't help but say something at this time, and he had already begun to feel dissatisfied with Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

Zhang Mao hurriedly glared at Zhang Jie, the Marquis of Taiping: "Mr. Taiping, what are you talking nonsense? Are these things your Majesty can decide? The court has never had money, and you are not unclear. Even if Your Majesty wants to build the Qianqing Palace, we cannot say that we don't. It's just that we are pitiful to the brothers below. Many of these veterans who have killed the Tartars, but now they have fallen to leave the barracks and become sedan chairs or even doormen, and also to work as coolies. These are all veterans of a hundred battles! If Tartars attack in the future in the Ming Dynasty, how can the capital defend against the enemy!"

Zhang Mao sighed as he spoke.

"Who said that Your Majesty only wants to build the Qianqing Palace?"

At this time, the eunuch Zhang Yong came to the Ministry of War. When he saw the British Duke Zhang Mao and the Minister of War Xu Jin, he gave a greeting first: "Duke, Grand Sima, you are all here, and our family will not be in vain. The emperor has an oral order!"

After Zhang Yong said this, British Duke Zhang Mao and Secretary of War Xu Jin and others were all busy preparing to listen to the order.

"I told the British Duke Zhang Mao to lead the officials and generals of various battalions, and the Minister of War Xu Jin led officials at all levels of the Ministry of War to come to the regiment camp to discuss matters immediately. I will personally distribute the rice owed to the regiment camp and the officers and soldiers of the regiment camp and the banished soldiers!"

After Zhang Yonggang read out the decree, Xu Jin, the Minister of War, was stunned and said in surprise:

"Your Majesty gives rice? But your Majesty doesn't have much money in the treasury!"

As a civil servant, Xu Jin knew better than anyone else that the treasury of Emperor Ming Zhu Houzhao had long been dug up by the cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue, and otherwise the cabinet would not return the treasury to His Majesty the Emperor.

The British Duke Zhang Mao was also a little unbelievable. Although he didn't know how much treasury the new emperor now had, he also knew that if the emperor really had so much treasury, he wouldn't have let the officers and soldiers' wealth be delayed until now.

But he was unable to do anything. Zhu Houzhao spoke. The British Duke Zhang Mao and the Minister of War Xu Jin and others could not disbelief. They could only bring their people to the regiment camp with a skeptical attitude.

Zhu Houzhao had arrived at the regiment camp at this time and began to order the officials of each department to gather the officers and soldiers of each department immediately.
Chapter completed!