However, the harvest is still quite large. At least the new muskets can be put into production in batches. In order to keep it confidential, the craftsmen in the workshop are also in batches, one by one, and finally they go to Zhao Jinrong's workshop for assembly.

The assemblers were all brought by Zhao Jinrong himself, so there is still credibility.

Once the dressing is completed, these bird guns can be eliminated. At that time, these bird guns will be resold and will be a huge fortune.

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In early November of the first year of Chongzhen, the weather was slightly cold, and just as everything began to lie dormant, the bad news spread again in Shuntian Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty.

Ji Town, which had been calm for several months, was in trouble again. Due to insufficient funds for Shitang Road in Ji Town, Chen Wenyuan, the governor, gathered troops and made trouble, asking the court for funds for money.

As soon as this happened, Jizhen was unstable. General Zhao Shujiao quickly wrote a letter to the court, asking the court to send silver to pacify the morale of the army.

It is actually not the first time that the border troops in Jizhen have made money. As early as August, the Eighth Route Army of Jizhen collectively made money. Later, the Governor of Shuntian Wang Guosheng transferred the military salary of Xuanfu, first paid three months of military salary to Jizhen, and sent Zhao Shujiao as the general of Jizhen, which was why the mutiny was suppressed.

The imperial court had previously paid military salaries in Jizhen. In less than three months, Shitang Road made a sensation again. The strangest thing was that there was no news at all before, and the local Dushi and the garrison were the ones who led the trouble.

As the general of Ji Town, he didn't want to suppress the riots. His first idea was to ask the court for money. It can be said that Zhao Lujiao could not lose anything even if he did this.

The key question is why there is a shortage of salary. Where did Ji Town send money to Shitang Road before?

If officers and soldiers have no salary, they will inevitably make money as the New Year approaches. Everyone has family members, young people, and everyone has to eat. What is the principle of patriotism and love for the people? It is nonsense at this time. It is very simple to solve the problem, just give money.

But the key issue is that the court has no money!

In the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he cursed after receiving the official documents sent by Zhao Shujiao. Zhu Youjian just couldn't figure out why the money sent to the Eighth Route of Jizhen was missing from Shitang Road? This was more than 200,000 taels of silver. Will this money disappear out of thin air?

Zhu Youjian ordered the Jinyiwei and the East Factory to investigate. This matter was not a big secret in the Miyun area. The Jinyiwei sent someone to inquire and found out about it.

Officials from Miyun intercepted the money and distributed the money to some gentry in Miyun.

Zhu Youjian couldn't figure it out. This was the military pay paid to Shitang Road. Why did the Miyun officials have the courage to cut it off openly and give it to some gentry?

But the final result found poured cold water on Zhu Youjian's angry heart, and he couldn't scold anything in the end.

A few years ago, there was a great disaster in Shaanxi, and the imperial court did not have enough money and food. Emperor Tianqi ordered Wei Zhongxian to raise a large sum of money from the gentry of Miyun. It was said that it was a raising, but in fact it was the imperial court borrowing money like some gentry.

Since you are borrowing money, you have to pay it back, let alone the court borrowing money, which means you have to be more trustworthy.

The gentry of Miyun started to put pressure on the yamen last year, but the court did not have money at that time. Later, Zhu Youjian personally issued a handwritten order, as long as the court had money to distribute Miyun, he would first pay back the money owed to the gentry of Miyun.

Because of this, the gentry of Miyun stopped making trouble.

It was precisely because of Zhu Youjian's hand-in-hand mandated that the Miyun officials dared to intercept the military pay and distributed it to the gentry. Zhu Youjian intended to arrest people and question them, but those people also did things according to the hand-in-hand mandate, at most they did not say anything in advance before doing things.

After investigation, the problem lies with him, Zhu Youjian, and for a moment, Zhu Youjian could not accept this fact.

The imperial study was quiet, and only Wang Chengen was by Chongzhen's side.

Looking at the sky gradually getting dark outside, Zhu Youjian closed his eyes bitterly, "How dare they? Two hundred thousand taels of silver, I just said it, but I didn't know anything. Jinyiwei, Dongchang, what are you doing?"

Zhu Youjian was still very angry. Although the problem was with him, what made him even more angry was that he had no idea before.

What Zhu Youjian even more couldn't understand was that when the emperor was in power, those people didn't bother to pay back the money. Why did they make trouble as soon as they were in power?

Wang Chengen's brows moved, trying to say something, but after hesitating for a moment, he swallowed the words in his heart.

Zhu Youjian was so upset for a while, and had to find a way to solve the problem of military pay in Shitang Road. But the question is where did he get the money?

This year's taxes and treasury have almost all been thrown into Liaodong to support Yuan Chonghuan. Now there are less than 30,000 taels of treasury left. What's the money enough? Moreover, the treasury cannot be empty, and the palace also has to use money.

The treasury may still have some money, but if you want to empty the treasury, you have to transfer the Ministry of Revenue.

Zhu Youjian really couldn't find money. In order to save money, he, the lord of the country, wore patched linings. But even so, he still caused trouble everywhere and rushed to ask for money.

Zhu Youjian was increasingly unable to understand. When the emperor was in power, he had never seen him work diligently, but he never bothered about a mere 200,000 taels of silver.

The next day, when the court was discussing matters, Zhu Youjian originally expected the ministers to help find ways to raise military funds, but before he could speak, someone made a note.

After reading the content of the note, Zhu Youjian's hands trembled slightly, and his face turned ashen.

It's another troublesome wages. As the year approaches, the troops in Guyuan, Ningxia and Kaifeng are now starting to cause trouble because they are short of wages for many months.

To put it bluntly, it's just asking for money.

"Your Majesty, Guyuan is guarding the border and facing the Oirats, and also preventing the bandits from advancing westward. It is very important to pay military salaries earlier to calm the morale of the army."

After closing the memorial, Zhu Youjian slapped the dragon throne hard, glared at the ministers in the hall, and shouted coldly: "Whenever you have something to do, I will find a way. Is this how you eat the king's fortune to share my worries?"

"I am stupid, your Majesty will calm down!"

The ministers quickly bowed and bowed, looking in fear.

Seeing their appearance, Zhu Youjian became even more angry.

"What am I going to calm down? I want you to find a way!"

At this time, the censor Gu Qilin stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, the national treasury is now empty, and the military pay required by Guyuan, Kaifeng and Shitang Roads must be at least 1.3 million taels. According to my opinion, it is better to raise a military pay with the gentry near the capital."

Chongzhen was immediately excited and thought for a long time before coming up with this idea: to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall?

Before he could even sarcastically, he saw Li Biao, Qian Longxi, Qian Qianyi and others bowed and said, "I'm going to discuss it!"

Attachment? Chongzhen was a little surprised, "I wonder where my dear friends should raise military wages?"

Qian Longxi bowed and said, "I have heard that there are many wealthy businessmen in Shanxi. Near the capital, they may be the only one who can afford millions of taels of silver in a short period of time."

"I wonder which dear minister is willing to go to Shanxi for me?"
Chapter completed!