Chapter 1285 Cry Poor

Zhao Yuanjing said lightly: "Then fix it."

"It is reasonable to say that building a villa for the empress dowager is also a filial duty of a courtier, so I shouldn't refuse it. But... the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are now not even a tael of silver." King Chun's fat face showed With a look of embarrassment, "Yesterday, the magistrate of Jiangnan weaving came to Beijing, and the important minister paid back the 800,000 taels of silver owed to them by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it has not yet been settled. This..."

"What?" Zhao Yuanjing lowered his face, "You mean, the Ministry of Internal Affairs not only doesn't have a tael of silver, but even owes Jiangnan weaving money?"

Zhao Shu also showed surprise.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the royal purse.

In other words, the royal family still owes money to the local government?

The Chinese New Year is two months away, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no money, which means that the emperor, empress and empress dowager want to make new clothes and a few pieces of jewelry for the New Year, but they have no money.

This is too much.

The emperor was angry, King Chun hurriedly stood up, and said in fear: "The emperor calm down."

Zhao Yuanjing said coldly: "King Chun, I ask you, where did all the money from the House of Internal Affairs go? Why do you owe Jiangnan weaving money?"

During the past year since the emperor ascended the throne, life in the palace was fairly frugal. Except for the grand ceremony of the emperor's ascension to the throne, there were no decent events held.

Jiangnan weaving was originally an institution dedicated to providing various clothing fabrics for the royal family.

The number of concubines in the new emperor's palace is pitiful, and because of the queen, there is no trend of extravagance and waste. Most of the clothes are prepared by the clothing department in the palace.

Even the queen's clothes, except for the dress and phoenix robe, the daily clothes are made by the maids of Fengyi Palace.

How could the palace owe so much money to Jiangnan Manufacturing with such frugality?

It is impossible for Zhao Yuanjing not to be angry.

He knew that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had no money, but he didn't know that the deficit had reached this point.

King Jin knelt down and said: "The emperor calm down, I have an account book here, and it is clearly recorded..."

He brought over a thick ledger.

Zhao Yuanjing said angrily: "You dog slaves didn't write the account book. If you made a fake account, who would know?"

"Your Majesty, how dare I cheat on the account books?" King Chun cried out for himself, "In the winter of the 18th year of Yuhe, the first emperor consecrated fifty-seven concubines and built a warm winter garden. It cost a lot of money, and I can't do anything about it." , I borrowed 2 million silver from Jiangnan Weaving, and I still owe 800,000 and haven't paid it off... There are accounts to check!"

Zhao Yuanjing looked at him: "The first emperor?"

"Yes, this is all the shortfall left by the late emperor. After the emperor ascended the throne, he added some silver, but it was not enough to pay back." King Chun sighed, "The empress dowager forced the ministers to build a villa, and Jiangnan Weaving also asked for silver. , I want money everywhere, and I can't do anything about it."

Zhao Yuanjing said: "So, today Uncle Chun came to cry with me and beg for money?"

Alcohol King had a bitter face.

Zhao Yuanjing looked at him coldly for a moment, and said, "Let's discuss this matter later, you go out first."

"The minister obeys the order."

Alcohol King kowtowed and withdrew.

Zhao Yuanjing looked gloomy, and slowly tightened the fingers holding the teacup.

Yun Dai put her hand on the back of his hand and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's only a few hundred thousand taels of silver, it doesn't matter."

"I am the King of Qi Chun." Zhao Yuanjing said, "I don't want to pay attention to the money owed by the late emperor. The problem is that the clan headed by King Chun controlled the House of Internal Affairs, but completely emptied the House of Internal Affairs. It is really hateful."

On the whole, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has made a lot of money.

The royal Zhuangzi, gold mines and copper mines everywhere, Zuoyiguan, Youyiguan, Zhangjiakou, Shahukou and other customs duties are also directly entered into the account of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

However, King Chun and other clans took the House of Internal Affairs as a gold mine for their own pockets, deceived their superiors and concealed it, embezzled the royal family's money, and in turn forced the emperor to take the silver.

And at night.