If you talk about the separation of internal and external finances, Zhao Bing is unintentionally happy. You should know that he has long understood the importance of money to a regime. If you have money, you can recruit troops and equip the best weapons, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to build a team; attract and cultivate talents, and build an effective management team. If you have no food or money to spend, you can’t even solve the problem of food and clothing. Who can follow you? After all, the world is still ordinary people, and food and women account for the majority, and the saints are just phoenix horns.

Therefore, Zhao Bing has always regarded "making money" as the second only to developing armed forces. It should be said that he was useless to get some money. Back then, he took the risk of leading a mob who had just been formed, with few armors and not enough swords and guns to attack Guangzhou; he led the army that had just survived death to attack Quanzhou; he even secretly led people to find Yucai at night. Now he thinks he is afraid that if he is defeated, the entire army will be wiped out and his life will be lost.

After taking charge of military and political power, Zhao Bing has been working tirelessly to make money in order to leave a way out for himself and to control the government through finance. Therefore, the income of the internal warehouse has always been maintained at more than 30% of the national fiscal revenue. Of course, these have been spent on state affairs, which has made him win prestige, and his status has become increasingly stable. Because everyone knows that if the army leaves the little emperor, food and salary cannot be paid, let alone renewing weapons; and the priests also know that if there is no internal warehouse to protect him, they will go bankrupt if they go to court.

Although it was hard to make money, Zhao Bing also tasted the benefits of being rich. He secretly reached an agreement with Lu Xiufu by latching the court, allowing himself to gain the position of governing the country and gaining military and political power early. He was able to expand the army and constantly renew his weapons. In just a few years, he completed the transition from the cold weapon era to the firearm era. Otherwise, he would fight against the enemy army dozens of times his own and defeat the Mongolian cavalry that traverses the Eurasian continent.

Now that he has left Qiongzhou and returned to Jiangnan for only a year, some people are re-mentioned the old system of "external rule" which makes Zhao Bing careless. After all, Jiangnan's territory is many times larger than Qiongzhou, and the population is many times larger, and naturally the income will increase by several times, or even dozens of times. Therefore, he thought that it must be someone who wants to use money to "redeem" the lost power of the court, and then limit his own power, thus giving the superior weight to the superiority.

If someone did it intentionally, Zhao Bing had to admire this person's scheming. You must know that the battle to recover Jiangnan not only consumed the savings of the years of the Chao Dynasty, but also spent most of the storage in the inner warehouse. The subsequent reconstruction of the palace, moving the Chaozhou capital, and building the Yangtze River defense line all required a lot of funds. If it weren't for the great seizure of this war, it would have really squeezed out the last drop of oil on his body.

However, this time the empress dowager forced her to get married by using the bargaining chip to "be in charge of power" and could be said to have forced out the last copper plate on Zhao Bing. If it weren't for Zheng Huchen's support that he really "submitted" to the court and borrowed money, and the price would be to requisition his last piece of private land from outside and to seek money, from then on, he would have to compromise in some things in exchange for living expenses.

It is actually not easy to force him to submit. It should be said that Zhao Bing still had some predictions. He invested all the remaining funds in his hands into business. If it succeeds, Zhao Bing can not only alleviate the economic difficulties of the court, but also completely get rid of the economic crisis. Obtaining huge amounts of money can also make him still have the ability to challenge the court, and can also influence the court's financial income, and the two sides can still reach a delicate balance.

Now Zhao Bing's funds can handle the needs of the wedding, but if they want to be completely relieved, they have to wait for the foreign merchant fleet to return. Although he didn't know if it was done intentionally or just a coincidence, he had to treat someone as someone was attacking and could not surrender. Otherwise, it would be difficult to regain the initiative once he compromised. The method he used was simple and direct...

"Censor Ding, this position is Cai Wanyi, the governor of Lin'an. He is in charge of the military and political affairs of the government where I opened the government. He is familiar with the situation in the government. You can ask him what I did to find out that I have no misappropriation of public funds!" Zhao Bing went to Cai Wanyi and pointed at him and said to Ding Qi.

"The subordinates met with the prefect Cai and have long admired their reputation." Ding Qi knew that it was not good at this moment. The little emperor dared to confront him in the hall, indicating that he was confident. He also knew that Cai Wanyi was promoted to the Mu Shou, who was in charge of the capital and important places, and he was not accidental. He showed a humble look on his face.

"Chief Ding is polite!" Cai Wanyi bowed and said, "I was once the official of Quanzhou City. After the city was captured, he withdrew to Jiazi Town with his army. He had no food and clothing to wander to the beach. Fortunately, he was taken in by His Majesty."

"At that time, Your Majesty had not yet opened his palace. At that time, he was very young and compassionate and took in hundreds of scattered soldiers who had just escaped from the epidemic ship. After we joined, there were also village warriors who had been living here, refugees, orphans in the army, and their families came to join, reaching thousands of them. However, Your Majesty also had no money. Not only did he donate all his salary and the rewards of the empress dowager, but he also gave rice every day and dried fish to fill his stomach like everyone else. This is known to everyone in Jiazi Town. If Censor Ding didn't believe it, he would ask as soon as possible. Today, the General Ni Du, Deputy Commander Hu, and Zhou Sijian in the palace have experienced it!"

"Yes, at that time, I was just one of the orphans of the hundreds of troops taken in by Your Majesty." *** stepped forward, "I remember that in the most difficult time, Zhou Siguan, Cai Prefecture, Zhao Mengjin, Deputy Privy Councilor Zheng and others all gave their private money to buy food. The head of the general manager of the Ministry of Commerce sold the goods on his ship for food. His Majesty was not as old as me, but he also ate the same meal as us every day. But we were still ignorant at that time and often complained that there was no meat to eat. I think it was so ashamed!"

"Yes, Your Majesty was still young at that time, and he needed help from the threshold. He often squatted on the steps and had dinner with everyone. But I would like to explain that the money we gave that day, Your Majesty personally wrote an IOU, and when the situation improved slightly, he would pay it back twice." Zhou Xiang thought about it and said, "Master Cai, I remember that when the general's army captured Guangzhou, Your Majesty settled the salary and loans together?"

"Yes, when I was in Guangzhou, Zhuang Shilin's goods were settled together, but the money paid by His Majesty has not been collected as far as I know. There should be records in the account book. If you don't believe it, you can go to the General Accounting Department for review." Cai Wanyi nodded and said.

"Since several of the Shangguans can confirm each other, there is no need!" Ding Qi said embarrassedly.

"After that, the Empress Dowager ordered Your Majesty to open a government office and allocate a sum of funds, but most of them were Jiaozi and Guanqu, which could not be redeemed at all. However, Your Majesty was reorganizing the people who had defected, and was willing to keep them into different teams according to their ability and pay salaries. He was willing to give them money and return home as they could. But whether they were leaving or leaving, they were all paid out real money and silver, and those Guanqu and Jiaozi were left in the mansion. If Your Majesty embezzled the public servants, there were only those pieces of paper worthless." Cai Wanyi said with a wry smile.

"Chief Han, why are you hiding in the crowd and pretending to be a good person? You transferred your troops to the General's Mansion that day? Did you also send them to you? Come here to give your Majesty a certificate!" Zhou Xiang saw Han Zhen, the assistant of the Privy Council in his class, and called him to come over and say.

"If you say that Your Majesty embezzled public funds, I never believe it, so why should you grind your teeth with it?" Han Zhen pointed at Ding Qi with a dark face and said, "They said it is right. When we first joined the government army, our Majesty not only paid the salary as usual, but also paid the half-year salary that we had previously owed. And I would also warn you that if you slander Your Majesty out of nothing, you will be beaten to death by everyone after leaving the hall!"

"Why do you need this? If all the old generals of the General's Mansion are in the hall, they can drown him with saliva!" Huang Xianyao also stepped forward and looked at him coldly.

"It is the responsibility of the censor to hear the news. How can you intimidate me in the hall?" Zhao Bing snorted coldly and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, my subordinates are aware of the crime, so please punish me!" As soon as the little emperor spoke, several people quickly apologized.

"Stand on the side, don't ask too much. If you commit another crime, Ni Liang will knock them out of the hall!" Zhao Bing said sternly.

"Yes, please follow the emperor!" Ni Liang immediately polite, and several people quickly retreated aside and shut up. These people were all important officials in the court. The little emperor scolded him and was scared like a cat. The old people were no longer surprised. But the officials who had just entered the court were stunned. He had been away from the court for so long and had not yet decided to rule, so he could still suppress these important officials, which shows how high his reputation was.

"Your Magistrate, after leaving Jiazi Town, you will be in charge of the military and political affairs in the mansion. Let's talk about it in detail!" Cai Wanyi said to Ying Jieyan at this time.

"Master Cai, I am old and can't remember some things. Deng Zhongcheng has a good memory, but he is not in the court, so let Shangshu Jiang say it!" Ying Jieyan bowed and returned the greeting and waved to Jiang Xu.

"Okay!" Jiang Qi nodded and went forward, "Actually there is nothing to say. I and I have to do it. It was the eve of the Eve of the Eighth of the Emperor Deng Zhongcheng who was ordered by the Empress Dowager to enter the General's Mansion to assist His Majesty. His Majesty strongly attacked Guangzhou in order to alleviate the financial tension of the General's Mansion. After occupying Guangzhou with the assistance of the brothers Chen Shangshu, the seized enemy capital and the confiscated property of the traitor were all transferred to the General's Mansion. His Majesty did not withdraw a penny from it. Most of the money was used to purchase military supplies and food, and at the same time to provide relief to the poor."

"Qiongzhou is well known to people in a barren land. After the General's Mansion entered the house, the treasury was empty and could not afford it at all. However, Your Majesty still ordered tax reductions and exemptions, recruit refugees to reclaim land, and try to raise money to expand the army and arrange defense lines. At that time, Your Majesty also received salary in the mansion, but he had to support the orphans and military families who were retained by the elderly, and the expenses of the inner government all came from this."

"So even though Your Majesty has a salary of 100 million yuan, his life is still natural in distress. He has been wearing military uniforms all year round, never bought clothes, and he has lowered the dietary standards and only prepared meals according to the first level of the commander. However, he often has dried rice and fish full. Even so, when he goes out to inspect the prefectures and counties and the army, he needs to pay back the meals. He never invades the land and the public funds in the army. This is still the case!"

"Now you are involved in your majesty's embezzlement of public funds. Ask your Majesty who is willing to believe it? I think you will not just be a meat, a vegetable and a soup every day. But your Majesty has been like this for many years, and is afraid that it will cost too much. It only costs more than 200 chunks to repair your residence, but you are involved in your majesty's luxury. You should have more houses in your home than this!" Jiang Yu shook his robe and said angrily.

"What Secretary Jiang said is true. After the General's Mansion entered Qiong, he had almost no taxes. He fought with the Mongol Yuan several times, and the consumption was very heavy. He relied on Your Majesty to raise money everywhere and struggled to maintain it. However, there was no more money in the inner mansion, and even some of the money that should be paid by public funds. Your Majesty also advanced it first, but never wrote off it. How could he invade it?" Chen Zeweng also said to Ding Qi with anger.

"This..." Ding Qi could not imagine that the little emperor's life was so frugal, and there were several important officials who endorsed it. He couldn't help but believe it, and he didn't know how to ask for a while.

"What do you think Deng Zhongcheng?" At this time, Ying Jieyan stroked his beard and asked him very kindly.

"Deng Zhongcheng is fair and selfless, and he hates evil like a grudge. He is our role model!" Ding Qi quickly replied.

"Deng Zhongcheng is also the imperial teacher, responsible for teaching Your Majesty. He often scolds Your Majesty for not studying hard, behaved impolitely, and have a bad temperament. But I have never heard of his lessons that Your Majesty embezzled public funds and made money for personal gain." Ying Jieyan smiled. Although he only said one sentence, his meaning was already very clear. He was with Your Majesty every day and never criticized money issues. How dare you speak nonsense!

"Haughty job..." Ding Qi had nothing to say, even the role models he admired could not find fault with him, so wouldn't he behave like nonsense?

"Prime Minister Lu, Your Majesty has established the prefecture of Qiongzhou for only over the years and will inherit the throne. From now on, he will go to Qiong to move to Qiong. You will be in charge of the government. Lu is clearest about whether Your Majesty has any invasion!" Ying Jieyan did not pay attention to Ding Qi, but bowed to Lu Xiufu beside him.

"It's good to say something, I won't say much!" Lu Xiufu said with his eyes flashing.

"Lu Prime Minister refuses, why don't I lose my reputation? I have never calculated the account carefully for so many years. Since some people question it today, we will make it clear in the palace in front of the Empress Dowager and the ministers, and also clear the account so as to avoid becoming a confused account!" Zhao Bing stopped and grabbed Lu Xiufu's sleeve, saying as if he was afraid that he would run away.

"Why should Your Majesty? I believe that all the people he is involved in is nothing. Isn't it okay to clear your Majesty of the Empress Dowager and the ministers?" Lu Xiufu bowed and bowed in a guilty manner and whispered.

"Haha, no! If you don't explain it clearly today, you will not be able to disperse the court!" Zhao Bing said without compromise. "Ni Liang closed the palace gate, and Wu Zhen ordered a mosquito to be released. He also told Lao Zhuang that he would take the account book to the palace."

"Sir, obey the order!" Ni Liang stepped forward and saluted, then dispatched troops to block the palace gate and prohibited everyone from entering and leaving. Chen Dun also led a team of guards to the palace to guard. The air suddenly became tense, and I don't know what the little emperor was going to do!
Chapter completed!