Possessed by Luffy's fruit, I went crazy in ancient times

Chapter 123 The treasury is empty

Just when everyone's attention was focused on King Jin's marriage and the frightened affairs of the three princes, Yuecheng's eight hundred mile urgent report came again.

The riot in Yuecheng was unexpectedly fast and large.

Yuncheng was captured by Laoyong, and riots broke out in Yuecheng and Yuncheng together. His Majesty heard the words and became furious, and the sense of crisis once again swept through his body.

"What's the specific situation?" His Majesty stood in front of the imperial case and looked at the messenger with surprise.

"Your Majesty, Yuncheng has been captured. Yuecheng and Yuncheng county magistrates have been captured in Yuncheng. Their lives and deaths are unknown," the herald choked and said with difficulty, tears squeezing out of his eyes.

His Majesty looked horrified. He swallowed and said, "What do the Yuncheng guards do for food?"

The messenger was so frightened that he knelt down and his hands trembled. He felt aggrieved. He was just a messenger.

His Majesty's hands were shaking with anger. It was just a riot in one city, but now it has turned into two cities. Seeing that the situation is getting bigger and bigger, he is still helpless.

After Marshal Xue left, his generals also retired and returned home. Most of the new batch of generals were attached to King Jin and were guarding the city for King Jin.

The troops he could mobilize were limited. In addition to the 80,000 troops outside the city, they were only the soldiers guarding the city around the capital.

However, it is easy to get a thousand armies, but it is hard to find a general. Now, except for his son Yeshang, there is no one available for generals who can kill from the bottom. Since he implemented the hierarchical system, the civilians at the bottom have sold themselves into servants in addition to working hard. Few people with outstanding abilities came forward.

As for the gentry, after so many years of decline, the gentry had no available people in the army, and most of the descendants of the military attachés and generals in the capital were dandy.

Although he didn't want to admit it, it was the fact.

Soon, most officials in Beijing knew about the matter.

As soon as your Majesty received the news, he ordered people to go and spread the message. His Majesty invited all the personnel from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households who were related to the war regardless of their talents.

By the way, except for King Jin and his people.

In the imperial study room, a room full of people stood in a bustling crowd.

The herald explained the specific situation, and everyone in the audience sighed. They were nobles, not military attachés. They only knew how to manage the country and knew nothing about fighting.

After a discussion, His Majesty was very angry. Not only was there no general in the war, but the treasury was also empty.

Marshal Xue brought the 80,000-strong army back to the capital, and after he resigned from his post, the army was like a piece of scattered sand. Now the 80,000-strong army outside the city is leaderless.

Raising troops and horses requires money, but now, His Majesty has no money.

Yesterday, the deputy general who was temporarily in charge of the 80,000 soldiers sent a message to the Ministry of War. The soldiers were going to run out of food and grass in the past few days, and asked the Ministry of War to prepare food in advance.

The Ministry of War has been looking gloomy for the past two days, and now that it is heard that His Majesty is going to fight again, it can't help but look ugly.

But he still had to say: "Your Majesty, the 80,000 soldiers outside the city still need to be appeased to recapture Xiaocheng. None of the people brought by Marshal Xue suffered serious casualties. They will be rewarded as usual." But there was no money.

Xiaocheng didn't get any reward after regaining it, and now he had to regain Yuecheng and Yuncheng. The Ministry of War looked very ugly. He really couldn't spare the money and food to support the troops.

When His Majesty looked at the people in the Household Department, their expressions were still very ugly.

"What do you think the Hubu think?" His Majesty suppressed the anger in his heart and his eyes fell on the Hubu people. He expected that this group of people might blame each other, so when he summoned someone, he asked the chamberlain to put them into piles. Stand still. When the Hubu official heard this, his face darkened. It was not that he refused to give it, but that the Hubu official had no money, so he wanted to have some money. However, four months ago, three princes made a bet with the children of the aristocratic family in the duel cage and misappropriated it. A large amount of treasury money was stolen, and now the three princes are mentally deranged, and they have no way to collect their debts.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue manages the treasury. However, a sum of money has been paid to recover Xiaocheng this time. The Ministry of War is also asked to find a way to recover Yuecheng and Yuncheng this time. You can't just ask the Ministry of Revenue as soon as a war begins. "

Hearing this, the officials of the Ministry of War lost their expressions and said angrily: "The taxes of the Jin Dynasty are all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs. You don't think about how to make more money. Now you are even deducting the soldiers' food and salary. If this continues, who else is willing to contribute to the Jin Dynasty?" "Work hard"

He had long been holding back his anger when he said this. In this attack on Xiaocheng, many generals in the army came from the Ministry of War. Naturally, many of them were born from aristocratic families. When Marshal Xue and his troops returned to the court, these children from aristocratic families returned. Everyone complained, and many of them despised the behavior of the three princes.

And they admired King Yeshang a lot more. They were angry with the three princes, but they were also even more angry with the Hubu. If the Hubu had not listened and handed over the money and food to the three princes, they would not have to be hungry in the army. long belly.

His Majesty put his hands behind his hands and wandered in front of the imperial cabinet, listening to the people below arguing. Finally, he finally discovered the problem and asked: "Buy, how much money is left in the treasury?"

When the Ministry of Revenue official heard this, he knelt down in mourning and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty." He cried and knelt down.

When His Majesty heard the words, he lowered his eyes and looked down. The Ministry of Revenue official knelt on the ground. His forehead twitched, and a bad premonition came into his heart.

"It's really just asking the Ministry of Household Affairs how much food they have left. Why is this so?"

The people in the household trembled and did not dare to speak.

The three princes promised them that they would repay part of the silver when they returned to the capital. Now that the three of them were hiding in the harem, what else could they ask for? Even if you want it, you may not be able to take it out.

With the Xie family and the queen here, not all the officials from the Ministry of Revenue were dead.

"Your Majesty's treasury has no money now," the head of the household department said almost tremblingly. After speaking, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

When His Majesty heard this, he slammed the table and shouted: "How is it possible? Is our country, Jin Dynasty, so poor now?"

The people from the Ministry of Works trembled and said: "Your Majesty, because of the levy of labor force for many years, the civilians are farming less, and the tax revenue cannot come in." This matter actually has nothing to do with the Ministry of Household Affairs. The main reason is that the labor force has been increased, and there is no one to farm. , even if there are people farming, most of them belong to the families of noble families, and there are very few fields to common people.

In recent years, the labor force assigned by the Ministry of Industry has become more and more strenuous. Most civilians have been drafted into the army and sold into slavery. The Ministry of Industry has no control over the nobles, so it is very difficult to implement it.

This is the case in Yuecheng and Yuncheng where riots are currently taking place. The county magistrate is independent of the court, and the magistrate collects and collects labor by himself. The people are miserable, and the rumors are even worse.

When His Majesty heard this, his hands trembled. Only now did he realize that strengthening the noble clan was tantamount to neglecting the common people, and he began to regret it in his heart.

But his expression remained calm, and his throne needed the nobles to help him consolidate it.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"How to do?"

His Majesty roared twice in succession, and his anger echoed throughout the imperial study.

The frightened officials all knelt down with a cheer.

His Majesty took a look, and the veins on his forehead became more and more prominent: "Stop kneeling, get up. Get up. If you can't think of a way to regain Yue City and Cloud City today, you... don't go back."

(End of this chapter)