Angry, Qi Xiuyuan directly asked Eunuch Wan to go to the Imperial Study and bring two boxes to the main hall. "These are the IOUs stating the loans that the Duke of Peaceful State had taken from the commoners for my inner treasury. And all of the money in my inner treasury had gone to subsidize the national treasury."
The Imperial Court immediately fell silent. It was no secret that Fan Zijin had written IOUs to borrow money from wealthy merchants to replenish the treasury.