After hearing what Zhang Qiang said, one of them immediately spoke.

"This... Sir Zhang, it's not that there is no money. Last June, a sum of 300,000 taels of silver was detained in our Ministry of Revenue. This sum of silver was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Zhang Qiang slapped his head when he heard this.

He finally understood why Liu Dehai was so targeting his Ministry of Revenue.

"That damn Liu Dehai must want to take this opportunity to get the money back. After all, he just became the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now is the best time to establish his prestige."

"Master Zhang, our Ministry of Revenue has always been tough. If we give in to Liu Dehai this time, he will go even further in the future!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several other ministers nodded.

After hearing this, Zhang Qiang nodded slightly in approval.

"You are right."

"Liu Dehai certainly deserves to die. Even if he has just been appointed as the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he can't take a penny from us. Send a few people to help them climb over the wall and get out!"

"Our Ministry of Revenue is so big, we should be able to find a few holes in the wall and send some food and water in. We won't starve to death!"

After hearing his words, several ministers nodded quickly and then went back to their own work.

At this time, at the gate of the yamen, Qian Ruoyu was also discussing things with Liu Dehai.

"It's been so long, it seems the people inside won't give in so easily. If that's the case, we have to guard against them sneaking out next."

After hearing Qian Ruoyu's words, Liu Dehai immediately agreed.

"My lady, if this is the case, how can we prevent it?"

Qian Ruoyu said calmly: "It's very simple. If they don't compromise, they will obviously come out and find a way to catch their people, so as to threaten Zhang Qiang!"

"They can indeed take a tough stance now, but once we catch them, they won't have the chance to act tough anymore!"

Qian Ruoyu's words instantly made Liu Dehai feel a little excited.

After all, before this, they were indeed people from the Ministry of Revenue and there was nothing they could do about it.

Liu Dehai even walked up to the soldiers and spoke to some of them.

"Pass the order down. In order to prevent the people from climbing over the wall, you must carefully monitor every place in the Ministry of Revenue. If someone tries to escape, ignore them for now and catch them once they have completely escaped!"

Listening to Liu Dehai's words, everyone nodded.

Afterwards, within less than half an hour, three people were brought in front of Liu Dehai.

"Manager Liu, these three people came out from a hole in the wall of the Ministry of Revenue and were caught by us! But what should we do with them?"

Seeing that three people were indeed arrested, Liu Dehai smiled like a flower.

In this way, the weaknesses of the Ministry of Revenue were completely grasped, and Liu Dehai felt that Qian Ruoyu and his plan this time were already a sure win.

Although the three people were not wearing official uniforms at this time, they were immediately recognized by Liu Dehai.

"Mr. Wang, the Minister of Revenue, Mr. Zhou, the Minister of Revenue, Mr. Wu Hai, the Minister of Agriculture, why did you three come out?"

After all, he had been in the palace and in the court for many years, so he naturally recognized these three people quickly.

The three of them now looked like they were begging for mercy.

After all, they thought that Liu Dehai would show mercy to them since he knew them, so the three of them quickly begged for mercy.

"Oh, Chief Steward Liu, there is no food in the government office. We had no choice but to climb over the wall and escape..."

"That's right, Chief Steward Liu. We brothers are really frustrated that we are not allowed to eat a single bite of food. Why don't you ask the Emperor to let us have some food?"

"Manager Liu, you can't just let us starve like this. We came out here for the people in the Ministry of Revenue. Just let us in!"

But at this time Liu Dehai spoke directly in a serious and cold manner.

"It seems that you don't know what it means to disobey the emperor's order. Your current behavior is disobeying the emperor's order! Disobeying the imperial decree!"

"Someone come!"

Following Liu Dehai's order, the people around him pressed the three ministers to the ground.

At this time, Zhang Qiang's voice was heard from the yamen.

"stop!"

Zhang Qiang led dozens of ministers from the Ministry of Revenue and appeared at the gate.

"Manager Liu, you are really going too far!"

"Your Majesty's order only closed our Ministry of Revenue, but did not say that we could not drink water or eat. Now we only have a bucket of water and no food. Aren't you going to force us to die in here?"

When hearing this, Liu Dehai already felt a little uneasy, but he remembered what Qian Ruoyu said to him.

Therefore, he still appeared calm.

"So, you ordered them to disobey the imperial decree?"

Hearing these words suddenly, Zhang Qiang was also stunned.

It makes sense, but disobeying the imperial edict is unreasonable!

He thought for a moment before saying, "This...I didn't instruct them to disobey the imperial decree, it's just..."

"Just what?" Liu Dehai pressed, "You disobeyed the emperor's order first, and now you are saying something like this. It seems that you, Master Zhang, want to rebel, right?"

"Now three people have disobeyed the imperial edict and escaped from the Ministry of Revenue. What should we do?"

Zhang Qiang was also stunned for a moment. He had never encountered such a thing in his decades of service as an official, and now he was being questioned like this again.

If he allowed Liu Dehai to deal with his three subordinates, his prestige in the Ministry of Revenue would be wiped out in an instant.

In addition, the old masters represented by him will also look down on him very much.

After thinking about this, Zhang Qiang felt extremely helpless, and immediately tried to find a way to pull Liu Dehai aside.

He said this after pulling Liu Dehai aside.

"Liu Zongguan, please don't push me too far... I will help you with the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Help me solve the problem with the Ministry of Revenue first. I will help you find a way to raise the 300,000 taels within three days at most!"

But at this time Liu Dehai sneered.

If it was just for his Ministry of Internal Affairs, perhaps he would have agreed long ago, but the person who helped him come up with the solution was Qian Ruoyu!

Qian Ruoyu still has a full one million taels of silver.

So he said directly: "Three days? Your people will starve to death in three days, right?"

"By the way, I want to remind you that the people in the military camp are also running out of food. If you want to deal with it, think of a way to get your people to eat together!"