"It is planned to have 120 retinues and uniformed guards, 8,000 members of the flag school, and 6,000 remaining officers and soldiers. As for the allocation of silver,"

After hearing this, Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes and fell into deep thought, and Eunuch Qin also stopped.

Although there was no communication, Emperor Jiajing knew what the problem was, and eunuch Qin also knew what the problem was.

Two words, no money! Four words, no money in the internal treasury!

In the past few years, the Ancestral Temple was newly built, and two palaces for the Queen Mother were built. The treasury consumption was already huge, and after the death of the Empress Dowager Chiang at the end of last year, countless silver taels were spent.

But this year has just begun, and all kinds of taxes and money have not yet been transferred to the internal treasury, so we are at a critical juncture.

Although the southern patrol team had local supplies along the way, the emperor also had to provide subsidies. Otherwise, depending on the economic level of the states and counties along the way, there would be no financial resources for such a huge supply in a hurry.

Moreover, during the southern tour, the emperor planned to send important officials to carry silver taels to patrol the nine borders in order to use rewards to boost morale and stabilize the frontiers. This was another huge expense.

Thinking of this, Emperor Jiajing was also a little worried. Even the national treasury in Taicang was very short of silver, so there was no need to demolish the east wall to make up for the west wall.

Eunuch Qin took the opportunity to solve the problem and said: "Zhang Yanling has been in prison for several years, but your majesty is kind and never ransacked the Zhang family. Now the money is insufficient, so why not"

Emperor Jiajing raised his hand to stop Eunuch Qin from continuing.

This matter was mentioned by more than one person named Qin, but Emperor Jiajing could not let go of his dignity and was afraid of being accused of being greedy for the Zhang family's wealth.

But now that he was extremely short of money, Emperor Jiajing was really tempted by the Zhang family's property.

But the emperor's dignity does not allow him to go back on his promise, so he should think again.

When Eunuch Qin reached this point, he did not dare to continue persuading him any more, as it would be too much to go too far.

Then the Qin eunuch took out the book and told Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, please take a look at the recent information about Dongchang."

Emperor Jiajing only asked: "Is there something big going on?"

After so many years, Eunuch Qin probably knew the standard of "big things" in Emperor Jiajing's mind, and he simply replied: "There is no big thing."

Emperor Jiajing was too lazy to pay attention and asked Eunuch Qin to retreat.

He also asked the Qin eunuch to pass on the decree to the outside world, and held a court meeting on February 12th to convene ministers of third rank and above and Hanlin officials to finalize all matters related to the southern tour.

Eunuch Qin reluctantly withdrew from the Xuanji Palace. Not only did he meet the emperor less frequently now, but even if he could meet the emperor in person, the communication and interaction was much less than in the past.

If you could interact with each other for a hundred sentences in the past, now it’s pretty good if you can interact with each other for only ten sentences!
Chapter completed!