Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 30
Queen Zhou was busy when she saw her son Zhu Cixiang coming to look for her.

"Mother, I already have a preliminary result here. My father said that he doesn't need to check anymore. He asked me to come to you to collect the money and pay the craftsmen's back wages."

After hearing this, Queen Zhou asked with some concern: "How is the situation?"

Nowadays, she can no longer ignore what is going on outside.At least the tasks assigned to her by Emperor Chongzhen were all related to the outside world.

Zhu Cixiang heard the question and replied with some anger: "There is a huge difference between the number of soldiers and armors in the warehouses of the capital and the actual number. Even the ones stored in the warehouses are almost the same as scrap copper and scrap iron." Pretty much, there aren’t many available!”

After hearing this, Queen Zhou couldn't help but sigh, and then ordered the maid at the door: "Close the palace door first, so as not to freeze the prince."

It was definitely very cold in the capital in February with the howling cold wind.

After giving the instructions, Queen Zhou asked: "Where are the craftsmen?"

The condition of the warehouses managed by the palace yamen such as the Supervisor of Ceremonies was very bad, which also confirmed the emperor's statement that the country was about to be subjugated.I didn't know it before, it was kept hidden by those slaves.

When she thought of this, she felt vaguely, and for some reason, her father's figure flashed in her mind, and she was a little worried.

At this time, after Zhu Cihong heard this, he handed over a booklet with both hands and said: "This is the list of craftsmen under each department in the palace, including sitting craftsmen and wheelwrights. Only those who ticked the box can be verified!"

After hearing this, Queen Zhou took it and flipped through it. She found that in the thick book, there were only a few names checked on each page.In other words, most craftsmen just exist on the roster.

This is another piece of evidence: fraud!That Wang Zhixin and others deserve to be damned!

"As for the money that various craftsmen should pay, they have never received it at all. Moreover, they are often called out of the palace by the eunuchs in charge to work for rich people, and the income is taken by the eunuchs in charge, and they have no money themselves. .”

Queen Zhou was greatly shocked when she heard this. However, before she was completely shocked, she heard Zhu Cixi add: "It is said that there are soldiers from other guards in the capital camp, and most of them are in the same situation. Wait for the messenger to help them work for nothing, or help them make money!"

"This..." After hearing this, Queen Zhou didn't know what to say.

You really don’t know if you don’t ask. If you ask, it will scare people to death. It has reached such a level of corruption!

Seeing his mother standing there stunned, Zhu Cixiang said: "Mother, my son and I have to spend a total of more than 3000 taels of silver. There are statistics on the last page. Take a look. I have to pay it quickly. According to the father's instructions It means that in the future, these craftsmen will be needed to build weapons and equipment, so we have to accept them."

When he said this, Queen Zhou immediately came back to her senses, turned to the back of the book and took a few glances, and then quickly ordered the maid next to her to hand over the silver that was counted first to the prince.

Of course, Zhu Cixiang definitely doesn't have to do the counting himself. His maids and chamberlains will handle the details.

At this time, he looked at his men handing over the money. Seeing that the money on his mother's side seemed a little short, he asked: "Mother, has some of the money here been spent?"

Hearing this, Queen Zhou nodded and said helplessly: "Xinjing Jingying has only temporarily settled the salary arrears for the past three years, and has already spent nearly 15 taels."

At this point, she let out a sigh, and then sighed: "When it comes to military affairs, money is really flowing like water!"

The lowest salary for soldiers is one tael of silver a month. Now the newly formed Beijing Camp only has about 5000 soldiers under the generals who died for the country.Those generals are still looking for available soldiers, and there will be more to come.However, these more than 5000 troops have almost never received military pay before. If they need to make up for three years, they will be calculated as 5000 taels per month, which is 18 taels of silver for three years.

This money must be given and accepted before it can be used by Emperor Chongzhen.

After He Zhen and the others found new soldiers to replenish the newly formed Beijing camp, they would have to pay back the arrears.

In addition, many soldiers' mandarin duck jackets were in tatters and had to be replaced after being mended again and again. There were other things. In short, it was another large sum of money.

Thinking of this, Queen Zhou sighed again: "The money your father confiscated from the house this time may not be enough at all."

On the surface, Wang Zhixin, Wang Dehua and Luo Yangxing were raided this time, and about 80 yuan was confiscated, which seemed to be a lot.

However, the amount of silver that can be used directly is less than 40.

The silver was already lost by more than half before it was even warm in my hands.

Zhu Cixi was slightly stunned after hearing this.I didn't expect that so much money would have been spent so much.However, he quickly came to his senses and immediately comforted his mother and said, "It's okay. My father will definitely have some income tomorrow."

At this point, he suddenly remembered something, hesitated a little, and finally took a few steps closer to his mother and asked in a low voice: "Did Uncle Jiading give you any warning?"

When Queen Zhou heard that he didn't call him grandpa, but called him by his title, she knew that his son was very concerned about her father betraying him.

She sighed in her heart, then nodded and said, "I've already reminded you."

She didn't dare to say that she would give all her private money to her father so that her father could provide more money at the court meeting tomorrow.

Otherwise, if my son knew about this, he would definitely not want to!

After hearing this, Zhu Cihong didn't say anything more. Seeing that his subordinates had already handed over the money, he said to his mother: "Well, Queen Mother, I have to go and get things done quickly. My father still has things to do. "

Being busier than ever before, Zhu Cixiang, who is still a teenager, feels less tired and more fulfilled.

Emperor Chongzhen met with Wang Chengen and Li Ruolian secretly. They went back and carefully thought about the tasks assigned by the emperor, made a plan, and then came to deliver the decree to the emperor to see if the emperor approved of their plan?
Factory guards were experts in this kind of thing, and Emperor Chongzhen had no objection at all.In fact, it is no longer important whether there is evidence or not.At this juncture, we just want an excuse, and we are already flipping the table, so why worry about it!

Seeing that the emperor approved their plan, Li Ruolian took out another roster and presented it to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is the salary arrears of the Jinyi Guards."

Jinyiwei has jurisdiction over twelve divisions and two offices.Among them, the Zhenfu Division has the largest number of people, and also has jurisdiction over Jinyi Middle Office, Jinyi Left Office, Jinyi Right Office, Jinyi Front Office, and Jinyi Back Office.The sergeants in charge of each station will be the same as the guards.

In other words, theoretically, this place has about 5000 people, and the number of Jinyiwei should be about 3.

Of course, ordinary soldiers are ordered to be commanded. Even among the Jinyi Guards, there are many deserted soldiers, and generals at all levels are living on empty pay.

(End of this chapter)