In the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Changshou and Zhou Ping'an stood at the door of the Lu Office where Xu Changqing worked. Looking at the mountains of official documents and letters, they felt that there was no place to get to the ground, so they had to politely decline Xu Changqing's enthusiasm for invitations.

"I was abrupt, haha."

Xu Changqing smiled awkwardly and spread his hands and said, "There is nothing I can do. At present, the six major departments of the court are the busiest, and they need money everywhere. Every day when you open your eyes, you will find various official letters that urgently urge you to ask for money. Even in your dreams, you will reach me with your hands. It's too busy. Some of these official documents have been processed, and there is nothing I can do about the rest. You two, let's go to the tea room next door to talk."

Seeing Xu Changqing with a tired face walking out of the mountain of official documents, Zhou Ping'an said: "Mr. Xu, official duties are of course important, but health is also important. Judging from your complexion, it is much worse than when I left Beijing before. It was only a few months ago, but it seems that he is two years older. It is better to take care of yourself."

Xu Changqing bowed to Zhou Ping'an and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhou for your concern, but there is nothing we can do."

Sighing, Xu Changqing said, "There is only a little money in the treasury, but there are too many places to use money. The government office below is not that he doesn't know how to share my worries, but he has no choice but to have only a little money in his hand. If the total amount is small, he will naturally be more stingy and cautious when he takes action. When he was rich, he would usually pay tens of thousands of taels of silver. He would make the decision by himself. I don't need to ask about it myself. But now the court only has a little money, even if it is a few thousand taels of silver, I have to discuss it with the two ministers on both sides to decide. This will naturally slow down."

"But there are no need to pay so much money in the local area. They just send official letters to the capital, either urging or changing the budget. The efficiency here cannot be improved, and the efficiency there is more impatient because of the slow efficiency. This matter is just accumulating."

While talking, Xu Changqing had already brought the two of them to the tea room and ordered someone to serve tea. Xu Changqing hurriedly asked, "Is your highness okay?"

Zhou Ping'an nodded and said, "Your Highness is all right, and the war is still going well. In fact, if something happened suddenly in the money shop, your Highness would have planned to come back in person before dealing with it. But the current situation is impossible to delay, so let us both come back first."

Xu Changqing said happily: "Can you bring back the money?"

Zhou Ping'an looked at Xu Changqing strangely and said, "Of course I brought the silver. Otherwise, we two brothers would beg for food along the street. When we arrived in the capital, we still had about 30 or 50 taels of pounds on our body. Lord Xu asked what we did?"

Xu Changqing was stunned for a moment and smiled bitterly: "I was anxious and didn't say it clearly. Now the treasury is empty!"

"And the money loans that need to be made up for in the money house are too big. If there is no money, things will be very troublesome."

Speaking of this, Xu Changqing gritted his teeth and said, "To be honest, this run was started by the Jinggi region, but in fact, the south, southwest, and south China have already started. It's just that the journey is long ago, and the news has been delayed when it reaches the capital. What can be confirmed now is that there have been a small-scale riots in the Jinggi region. As for those more remote and poor places, the situation is probably worse."
Chapter completed!