Chenyang sinking, then Liaoyang sinking!

Yuan Yingtai shrank his troops to Liaoyang, but the wild boar skin ignored these things and directly attacked Liaoyang. After Yuan Yingtai City was destroyed, the fire was raised.

In the capital, the Jinyiwei directly seized Yuan Yingtai's house.

This is a very ordinary house, and it doesn't look like a wealthy house at all. However, what surprised Tian Ergeng was that the Jinyiwei actually found a stack of silver notes in the house. After counting carefully, it was enough to be 100,000 taels.

Yuan Yingtai's house was only searched for 100,000 taels, which was too minor for the loss of Liaodong's defeat. However, 100,000 taels was a very large amount for a civil servant. These days, people's general income was 1 tael of silver per month, and many of them did not have such income. However, 2,000 yuan was a relatively low salary for ordinary workers in later generations. Therefore, based on the income at the social level, 100,000 taels of silver is equivalent to 2000 million in the minds of people in later generations.

People die for money and birds die for food. Perhaps Yuan Yingtai may not have planned to make Chenyang fall, but 100,000 taels of silver can make future generations have no worries about food and clothing.

The next morning, Zhu Youxiao came to Huangji Gate with a dark face. After all the officials bowed, Ye Xiang asked Zhu Youxiao angrily: "Master, Yuan Yingtai is heroic in the front line, why did the Jinyiwei suddenly search Lord Yuan's mansion?"

"Hmph! Look at what this is?" Zhu Youxiao threw the silver notes under angrily. Ye Xianggao picked up the silver notes and looked at them, but his face changed.

Shanxi bill number 100,000 taels of silver bill!

Although Ye Xianggao was a Donglin Party, he was honest and honest. The 100,000 taels of silver bills made him a little unimaginable.

"Your Majesty, is this?" Ye Xianggao asked in a deep thought.

"This was found from Yuan Yingtai's mansion. My dear explained to me why there are so many silver notes in Yuan Yingtai's mansion?" Zhu Youxiao asked with a dark face.

"This..." Ye Xianggao was speechless.

"Report to the Emperor, Yuan Yingtai was corrupt and sold the country, and even the fall of Chenyang, please investigate it strictly to the end and give an explanation to the Liaodong soldiers and the people." The censor Fang Zhenru made a request.

Soon another group of ministers came out, and Yuan Yingtai was instantly defeated and defeated.

No one can explain where the 100,000 taels of silver bills found in Yuan Yingtai's mansion came from. But everyone understands that this was something that Yuan Yingtai had greedy after he ruled Liaodong.

The Donglin Party did not dare to protect Yuan Yingtai at this time. After all, they were already dead, so letting Yuan Yingtai take the blame is the best choice.

"The court distributed millions of military salaries to Liaodong every year, and at most, more than five million. If Yuan Yingtai only bribed 100,000, he might not have been defeated in Chenyang!" Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, then took advantage of the issue and shouted loudly: "Luo Sigong."

"I am here." A man who is nearly fifty years old comes out, and this person is Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyiwei.

"You send someone to Liaodong to investigate immediately. Who else has corruption in Liaodong's military pay?" Zhu Youxiao ordered angrily.

"I obey the order." Luo Sigong accepted the order, and the ministers of the Donglin Party did not object. Many officials within the Donglin Party did not even know that the Donglin Party had participated in the treason of the country. Therefore, many things cannot be put on the table.

Zhu Youxiao sent Luo Sigong to investigate, and the Donglin Party was even more fearless. Luo Sigong was connected by the Donglin Party, so he would definitely not find anything.

Zhu Youxiao naturally knew this, so this was also an opportunity to continue to take advantage of the issue and remove Luo Sigong from his post.

Although the emperor seemed to have supreme power, in fact, there were reasons to dismiss some officials. If there was no reason, the officials would be dismissed as they liked!

It's like a gangster boss, a group of little brothers follow you to manage the territory, and the little brother does a good job. The gangster boss expels the little brother without a reason, and the gangster boss may be hacked to death soon.

Being an emperor is similar. The Donglin Party relies on various righteousness and principles to refute the emperor. If the emperor wants to cut off some of the Donglin Party’s followers, it naturally needs a reason.

For example, poor work is a good reason.

When Luo Sigong took on this task, he didn't know that this was a pit dug by the emperor for him, so he was waiting for him to jump into it!

Next are all kinds of problems of the aftermath. The censor Fang Zhenru was undoubtedly the one who jumped the most on the morning court this day, and soon jumped out to impeach the Minister of War Cui Jingrong.

When Chen Yang fell, Cui Jingrong, as the Minister of War, naturally had to take the blame. Moreover, Cui Jingrong supported Fang Congzhe in the Red Pill case, so he was naturally hated by the Donglin Party.

Fang Zhenru impeached Cui Jingrong for all charges and then recommended Sun Chengzong as the Minister of War.

Sun Chengzong was also an official of the Donglin Party, but Sun Chengzong was a northern scholar and did not protect the interests of merchants. He also had some contacts with Fang Congzhe.

A bit of an infernal sense.

However, Sun Chengzong's identity as Donglin Party was more beneficial to Zhu Youxiao.

In fact, the Donglin Party was not all determined to destroy the country. The officials of this faction were a bit similar to the revolutionary party of Sun Dapao in modern times. They did not say anything that was hidden from the top, but would brainwash the lower ones with various righteousness. During this period, the Donglin Party had not been greatly cleaned, so there were still many honest officials. When Chongzhen came to power, the clean officials in the Donglin Party had been cleaned up by the "eunuch party", resulting in the people who came up later were basically guys with bad intentions.

However, although many officials of the Donglin Party during this period were relatively honest, they were real to protect the interests of merchants because their ideas had been "brainwashed". In the Donglin Party, there were several core conspirators who could kill the emperor Zhu Youxiao at any time.

After Cui Jingrong was impeached, he no longer wanted to be the Minister of War. He left the line and resigned to the emperor on the grounds of his illness. Zhu Youxiao pinched his nose and lamented in his heart, and left another one.

However, the Minister of War was a fire pit at this time, and anyone who jumped in would have to peel off the skin before coming out. If Cui Jingrong stayed in the position of Minister of War, he would naturally be able to lose the skin even if he died. At the same time, Sun Chengzong was not suitable to be the Minister of War at this time. So Zhu Youxiao immediately refused the request for Sun Chengzong to be the Minister of War on the grounds that he could not leave Sun Chengzong.

Finally, after a long discussion, it was decided that Wang Xianggan would take over the position of the Minister of War. However, Wang Xianggan was not stupid. He knew that this position was thankless, so he only agreed to a temporary replacement on the grounds that his old eyes were blurred.

Wang Xianggan is now 76 years old and said that he was dizzy, so Zhu Youxiao and his ministers naturally could not force him.

"Report to the emperor, if Liaodong is defeated, the court should take out a sum of silver to the front line to provide pensions to the soldiers."

The censor Fang Zhenru asked for a report again, showing off his sensation.

"Report to the emperor, the Taicang warehouse has no money and food. The expenses of the military and civilians need to be allocated by the treasury." Li Ruhua, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said.

Zhu Youxiao was very troubled, and did he have to pay the treasury again?

"My treasury is only 300,000 taels of silver. How much does it cost to pay the military and civilians?" Zhu Youxiao asked with a dark face. He could pay even if he didn't pay the money! He had not paid the pension yet after losing the battle, and the military and civilians on the front line were still in a state of uproar!

If the front-line military and civilians were in trouble, the biggest loss would not be the emperor. It would be like the pension to be held on his neck with a knife.

Fortunately, there is still money in the treasury.

After Zhu Youxiao sold glass mirrors and glass windows, he earned 2 million taels of silver last year. One million taels of silver, of which one million taels were placed in the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty, and there were 530,000 taels of equipment manufacturing, horse purchase, daily expenses, etc., and the East Factory also spent 100,000 taels of funds. Now there are more than 300,000 taels of silver in the imperial treasury warehouse.

"Report to the emperor, the treasury allocated 300,000 taels, plus the 100,000 taels obtained by the emperor, you found that you would be enough to provide the military and civilians with the pension."

Fang Zhenru replied, and he also calculated the 100,000 taels of silver seized from Yuan Yingtai's house. Zhu Youxiao waved helplessly, held his forehead and said, "It's correct."

"The Emperor's Holy Spirit."

This time, Liaodong's defeat was the first challenge Zhu Youxiao faced since he ascended the throne. He had to stabilize the situation in Liaodong.
Chapter completed!