The moon was bright and the stars were few.
Forbidden City.
Yangxin Palace Hall.
The Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Liu Jian, and the Minister of Revenue, Liang Chu, were pacing back and forth on the bluestone square.
They had been in the Imperial Palace for some time now, and they already knew that the Emperor was in Yangxin Hall.
However, they did not dare to enter.
Today, in the court, the Emperor's words had made them deeply aware of the Emperor's intentions.
However, there was not much silver left in the national treasury. Once something major happened, the imperial court could not even use the money.
Just as Liu Jian and Liang Chu were hesitating, the eunuch slowly walked forward and respectfully said,""Elder, Minister, His Majesty said that since the two of you have already arrived, you should enter the hall!”
Hearing this, Liu Jian and Liang Chu were slightly shocked. They cupped their hands and said,"His Majesty already knows that we are here.”
"Yes, sirs, please follow me!”
"Please."
Led by the eunuch, Liu Jian and Liang Chu arrived at Yangxin Hall.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao fixed his eyes on the two of them and said lightly,""Rise!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Milords, you should be here for the treasury silver, right?”
Liang Chu and Liu Jian were slightly shocked when they heard this."Your Majesty is wise. We have come for this matter.”
"Your Majesty, forgive me for being blunt, but there's not much silver left in the treasury."”
"With only this much left, if all of it is used to build ships and firearms, Great Ming will really have no money!”
Zhu Houzhao seemed to have expected Liu Jian to say this. He looked at Liang Chu with a smile.
"Elder, you don't have to worry about this. Zhen believes that the Minister of Revenue has a way to get the money out for Zhen!”
Liang Chu's expression suddenly froze as he complained endlessly in his heart.
"Your Majesty, how much do you think the meat under me is worth?”
"If it's valuable, I'd rather sell all my flesh!”
Zhu Houzhao couldn't stop laughing in his heart. He didn't expect Liang Chu to have such an innocent side.
Liang Chu pursed his lips and said helplessly,"Your Majesty, although I'm the Minister of Revenue, I can't produce so much money!”
"If I can sell my flesh for money, I'd rather sell my flesh!”
Liu Jian quickly walked up and said in agreement,"That's right! Your Majesty, we really don't have the ability to turn stone into gold!”
Zhu Houzhao looked at the two people who were complaining and pretended to be angry."What, what! Are you all rebelling?”
"No, Your Majesty, we have no such intentions! But…"
Liu Jian and Liang Chu hurriedly defended themselves.
"It's just that…Look at what I'm asking you to do. You're making excuses!”
"All of you usually call yourselves ministers of the imperial court, pillars of the country!”
"Why are you telling me that this can't be done and that can't be done at this time!”
"What use do I have for you!"
"If you can't conjure money, think of a way for me! Think hard!"
"Otherwise, why would the Imperial Court support you all these years?”
Inside Yangxin Hall, Zhu Houzhao scolded the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet and the Minister of Revenue until they didn't show any anger.
If all the problems were left to His Majesty to deal with, then what was the point of having these officials here?
About half an incense's time later, Liu Jian and Liang Chu walked out of Yangxin Palace Hall with dejected expressions.
"Grand Secretary Liu, what should we do?”
Liang Chu said helplessly with a bitter expression.
"Ah ~"
Liu Jian sighed helplessly and shook his head."What else can we do? His Majesty threw this problem to the two of us. Even if we have to break our heads, we have to solve this problem!”
"If it really doesn't work out, I can only sell my assets and take out as much as I can.”
After saying that, Liu Jian no longer bothered with Liang Chu and walked straight out of the Forbidden City.
This question was thrown to them by the Emperor.
If it was done well, it would be a holy name for a generation. If it was not done well, it would be light to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.
At this moment, Liu Jian did not have the mood to care about the others.
In the residence of the Chief of the Cabinet.
After Liu Jian returned home, he ignored everyone. Even his wife called him many times, but he didn't respond.
Liu Jian returned to his room alone with a troubled expression and closed the door tightly.
When the chief assistant's wife saw this scene, she became even more confused.""What's wrong with Master?"
"Before entering the palace, you had a troubled look on your face. After returning, why did you become like this?”
"Did something big happen?”
Since Liu Jian didn't say anything, the chief assistant's wife didn't dare to ask.
Who knew what had happened to make the chief assistant, who was almost at the peak of power, so embarrassed?
Even the chief assistant's wife became inexplicably nervous.
From time to time, sighs could be heard in the room.
All night.
The candlelight flickered, and one could vaguely see Liu Jian's figure pacing back and forth through the window of the room.
Liu Jian did not rest for the entire night.
The next day, at dawn.
When Liu Jian walked out of the room, he looked haggard.
His eyes were red, and it was obvious that Liu Jian did not rest at all last night.
When the chief assistant's wife was about to step forward to show concern, Liu Jian hurriedly said before she could speak,"Come on! Prepare the horses immediately!"
"Master, where are you going?”
"You didn't rest last night. If there's anything, you should take a break first. Don't tire yourself out.”
Liu Jian sighed and shook his head.”
"But if I don't complete the task His Majesty has given me, if His Majesty blames me, not only me, but the entire family will suffer a calamity!”
When the chief assistant's wife heard this, she did not expect the matter to be so serious.
For a moment, he could not help but think of the phrase that the commoners and ministers often said.
Accompanying the king was like accompanying a tiger!
Even if he was a high-ranking official, the head of the cabinet, if he offended the emperor, he would die!
While the chief wife was secretly shocked, she looked over again and saw that Liu Jian had already left the mansion in a hurry.
On the way to the Minister of Revenue's residence, Liu Jian kept urging the coachman.
After a night of deep consideration, Liu Jian finally thought of a solution that could not be considered a solution.
And now, he was going to the Minister of Revenue's residence to discuss this matter with Liang Chu.
At the same time, in the Minister of Revenue's residence.
Liang Chu similarly did not sleep the entire night, sitting in the main hall for an entire night.
When he heard that the pavilion elder had come with a solution, he was so excited that he almost jumped out of his chair.
However! Because he hadn't slept the entire night, Liang Chu fell to the ground when he got up.
Even so, Liang Chu had no intention of resting. He said excitedly,"Quick, invite the pavilion elder in!"
After thinking for an entire night, he still could not come up with a good solution.
Now, the cabinet chief came with a solution.
How could Liang Chu not be excited?
After all, this was a matter that concerned him and the entire family!
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