Zhu Houxi hurriedly ran to the Taifu Temple, and shouted as soon as they met: "Where is the silver?" Where did it go? ”

Wang Yue's mood was very low, and Wang Yue was really not interested in Zhu Houxi's enthusiasm, just like an old man who had vicissitudes of life, facing a naughty boy.

Little children, really ignorant!

Zhu Houxi naturally felt the low pressure, "Xiao Fugui, what's going on?" ”

Wang Yue raised his head helplessly, and said listlessly: "When I was last year, Wang Shangshu once personally commanded three thousand cavalry, went deep into the grassland, and attacked the rear of the Tartars. ”

Zhu Houxi didn't know why Wang Yue mentioned this, he said in a deep voice: "Wang Shouren is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and it is indeed rare to defeat the strong with the weak. When you recommended Wang Shangshu, you were also discerning. ”

"But if there were 10,000 cavalry at that time, we would be able to annihilate all the Mongols who entered the Koukou, if there were 100,000 cavalry, we would be able to counterattack the grassland, like Emperor Taizong back then, five expeditions to the desert, and drive the Tartars to Mobei, and the border people of the Ming Dynasty would no longer have to suffer from soldiers!"

Zhu Houxi's high mood was poured with cold water, and he seemed to understand the reason for Wang Yue's depression.

It is indeed not a glorious thing for a yamen of the imperial court to accumulate countless wealth and sit on mountains of gold and silver.

Zhu Houxi pulled a chair and sat down next to Wang Yue.

"Xiao Fugui, tell me a good story, how did this Taifu Temple make money?"

Wang Yue nodded, as we all know, the Ming Dynasty had a strict household registration system, in fact, in addition to the common ones, even those who specialize in raising horses have also been compiled into horse households.

At the most, there were more than 600,000 people in charge of raising horses, distributed all over the country.

According to the custom of the early Ming Dynasty, five dings in the north raised one horse, and ten dings raised one horse in the south.

Therefore, in the standing army of the Ming Dynasty, it is easy to gather tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of war horses.

These horse households, horses, and pastures in various places constitute the core assets of Taifu Temple.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, considering the famine year, Ma Hu might not be able to take out the war horse, so he stipulated that it could be converted into treasure money according to one-third of the market price.

Obviously, this is Zhu Di's compassion for Ma Hu.

Just like taxes, the Ming Dynasty only exempted the scholars from servitude, and it was also a miscellaneous service outside of the regular service, but soon the scholars expanded their privileges, and all the levies were not burdened, and then even the field tax was simply not paid.

It's not enough to make friends yourself, what relatives and friends, family members, and donors who don't even have any relationship...... All of them helped to exempt from military service and exempt from taxes.

In the area of horse administration, officials also felt that it was too cumbersome to transfer horses from the south, so they simply converted them into silver.

Originally, the Ming army wanted a war horse that could improve its combat effectiveness!

As a result, up to now, eighty percent of the war horses were folded into silver and sent to the Taifu Temple.

Not only in the south, but also in the north.

The direct result was that last year, Wang Yangming exhausted the strength of the forbidden army, and only made up 3,000 cavalry.

Compared with the serious decline in military strength, the Taifu Temple is a rampant expropriation and a great fortune.

Their income is not limited to the silver of war horses.

The second source of income was the collection of forage silver from the original horse households...... Their logic is also very strong, the war horse turned into silver and handed it in, and the silver does not eat forage, so the extra forage money saved will be handed over to the imperial court - Taifu Temple!

Next is the third income, since there is no longer a horse, the land of the horse farm can also be cultivated and cultivated, so the Taifu Temple has collected a field rent, and there are inputs every year, from thousands to tens of thousands.

Decades of accumulation, the amount is quite terrifying.

This is not the end, the people of Taifu Temple have created two other incomes, namely Zhutou Silver and Pengyin, which even have the taste of financial innovation, and also have the nature of insurance, and they never disappoint in terms of accumulating wealth...... Taifu Temple gave the war horse to the army, if it died unnaturally, or was stolen, it was necessary to give the Taifu Temple a sum of silver, and at the same time, those who owned the war horse needed to continue to raise horses, and the Taifu Temple had to give them a compensation, and this money was called Pengyin.

Let's get acquainted in the language of kindergarten.

Suppose you are a general of the horse team, and you get the war horse provided by the horse from the Taifu Temple...... This war horse is suddenly lost, and you need to take out two sums of money, one for Taifu Temple, and one for Ma Hu through Taifu Temple...... Of course, you don't know if the Taifu Temple will turn around, but the money must come out!

When Zhu Houxi heard this, he felt ridiculous!

"Soldiers serve the country and fight to the death. The war horse has a loss, and they are still responsible? Who dares to lead the troops into battle? ”

Wang Yue smiled bitterly: "So the generals of the Nine Sides will always have their own money and support their families." Weapons, horses, armor, and silver are all out of them, and they have to pay money to the Taifu Temple! ”

Zhu Houxi was furious.

Utterly infuriated!

No wonder the Ming army didn't dare to fight, they didn't want to fight, so they didn't dare to fight against this Ma Zheng, who had suffered a thousand cuts! If you can't tell how the horse died, wouldn't you have to pay money to the Taifu Temple?

A country breeds horses in order to enhance its combat effectiveness.

The Taifu Temple of the Ming Dynasty, if you can't get a good horse, it's just that you still pull the back legs of the soldiers, who are they doing things for?

The enemy is in the court!

This statement is absolutely true!

Figuring out this, Zhu Houxi has no interest in the huge sum of tens of millions of taels, and some are just strong shame! Pu fan's big slap slapped him firmly on the face.

Fan the little white face into a purple eggplant!

Zhengde, Chenghua, Hongzhi...... For decades, the Tartars have continued to enter the Kou, and the people in the frontier have suffered millions of casualties! The imperial court spends more than one million on military supplies every year, and I am afraid that it will add up to more than hundreds of millions of taels!

Even with such a large investment, the Tartars often crossed the Great Wall, threatening the safety of the Ming Dynasty.

Under such heavy pressure, as the Taifu Temple, which is in charge of the Ming Dynasty horse administration, did not even think about how to improve the quantity and quality of war horses...... On the contrary, he is obsessed with how to collect a little more silver, how to lend out the silver in his hand, and let the money make money!

"Rats!"

Zhu Houxi roared angrily, "My country was ruined by these rats!" ”

"What about Chen Han? Where is he? ”

Wang Yue said: "He is being detained in the signing room, just waiting for His Majesty to send it!" ”

"Good!"

Zhu Houxi took a big step and came straight to the signing room.

At this moment, Chen Han was already panicked...... He felt the catastrophe of destruction.

In the past, he once firmly believed that there was no one in this world who could not be even, but until he met Wang Yue, his faith was shattered...... Now Wang Yue has taken so many people to seal the yamen inside and out, and a large number of people have been stationed to check the accounts, including the eunuchs in the palace.

Does even the Son of Heaven know?

Chen Han has only one thought now, and that is Daddy bless! I hope his father has been in business for many years. Being able to leave enough forces to save his life.

"Chen Han! What else do you have to say? ”

questioned Zhu Houxi, and Chen Han cried profusely.

"Your Majesty! This, this Taifu Temple is not a criminal minister alone, for decades, it has been like this, the minister, the minister is also Xiao Gui Cao Sui! ”

"Phew!" Zhu Houxi smacked him hard and gave Chen Han a full face.

"If Xiao He Cao Shen hears this, he will definitely tear you apart!" Zhu Houxi's green muscles bulged, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The moth of the country!" I'm going to punish him! ”

Chen Han's eyes darkened, and he immediately cried and begged, "Your Majesty is merciful, Your Majesty spares your life!" Your Majesty can not care about the guilty ministers, but Your Majesty can't not think about my father! My father Chen Jin has made so many military exploits, Your Majesty, spare the life of the guilty minister! ”

"Your father!" Zhu Houxi finally remembered that Chen Jin had also served as the imperial history of Zuodu, and the waste of the inspectors was also brought out by Chen Jin!

"Thank you for reminding me, come here, take the will, go and arrest Chen Jinye! I want to reunite their father and son in the edict! ”

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Even his father was finished, and Chen Han was so frightened that he fainted.

I have to say, this one is really enough.

He was stupid enough to bribe Wang Yue and blow himself up directly. Then before he died, he implicated his father, who was almost eighty, so that Chen Jin could not die well, and he was definitely a unique filial son.

Zhu Houxi returned to the palace, only to feel that his brain hurt, 10 million taels, has changed from a huge amount of money to a small amount of money...... There is no way, Ma Zheng's deficit is too big, it is simply a bottomless pit, an abyss of hell!

If you want to restore the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, I am afraid that if you invest ten times more, it may not be enough.

What should I do?

Zhu Houxi pulled his hair in pain, could it be that he continued to sit back and watch the Tartar enter the prison?

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