Please call me the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty

Zhou Ling'er didn't care about any of that and exposed Wei Zhongxian's conspiracy to his face.

When Wei Zhongxian realized that Zhou Ling'er had seen through his thoughts, his face flushed red and then turned pale.

Although Wei Zhongxian's power was deeply entrenched and he had many cronies in the court,

However, the Imperial Guard was still very important to him.

He thought to himself, now that Sun Chuanting has control of the Shenji Battalion,

If Wang Chengen were to take command of the Three Thousand Battalions, then the Imperial Guards would essentially be under Zhu Youjian's control.

now,

Tian Ergeng is dead, and Wu Mengming has taken over the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Clearly, Wu Mengming is not on the same page as me.

Sun Yunhe, Madam Ke, Wei Liangqing and his wife, Cui Yingyuan, and Wang Shaohui were all imprisoned by the Dali Temple, and the situation became increasingly unfavorable for Wei Zhongxian.

To say he wasn't worried at all would be a lie.

He sensed that Zhu Youjian was not as simple as he had thought, and was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with. And then there was Zhou Ling'er, who was no pushover either.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian chuckled twice: "Your Majesty, this old servant is utterly loyal to the court and has absolutely no disloyal intentions."

Although I may have sometimes made oversights when recommending talent, that was never my intention.

Zhu Youjian waved his hand: "You don't need to explain too much, I understand."

In recent years, you have indeed made many contributions to the court. For example, you have made outstanding contributions in combating the civil service and in tax collection.

Wei Zhongxian was pleased to hear Zhu Youjian praise him, thinking to himself that the young emperor wasn't ungrateful after all.

"Your Majesty, that is what this old servant should do."

Zhu Youjian stared intently at Wei Zhongxian: "Our army is fighting the Later Jin in Ningyuan, and internally we are suppressing the rebel leader Gao Yingxiang and Ma Pianpian. We need to spend money everywhere."

You still have to work hard and raise more silver for the imperial court!

"Your Majesty, do you even need to tell me? Recently, this old servant has collected another 100 million taels of silver, which will soon be deposited into the national treasury. This is the memorial written by Old Lu, please read it."

At this point, Wei Zhongxian took out a memorial from his pocket and handed it to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian took it, opened it and read it. Wei Zhongxian's words were true. Sure enough, another million taels of silver in salt tax were collected.

Zhu Youjian thought to himself, "The national treasury is empty now. With this 100 million taels of silver, many problems can be solved."

Zhu Youjian patted Wei Zhongxian's back: "Eunuch Wei, you've worked hard."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. With this old servant here, I believe it won't be long before we can completely solve the problem of the empty treasury for the court."

"I'm not bragging, but I have extensive experience in tax collection and some tricks up my sleeve."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian sighed deeply. He couldn't understand why his elder brother, who had been emperor for so many years, had no savings in the national treasury.

Does that mean he only knows how to be a carpenter and has neglected national affairs?

It's truly baffling.

Throughout history, what emperor has ever been like this?

However, Zhu Youxiao is already dead, so there's no point in saying anything more.

Zhu Youjian discovered that the imperial court lacked talent in tax collection.

This problem is difficult to solve quickly.

Throughout history, every emperor who aspired to greatness had a financial savvy advisor behind him.