In the early days of the next dynasty, the faces of the ministers were very unsightly, without it, just now everyone was forced to donate silver and food, especially the one by one in front of the compassionate people, who kept saying that the disaster was urgent, and all of them were named by Emperor Hongzhi one by one, and they all came out with a blood.

This time, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty donated a total of more than 500,000 taels of silver and more than 30,000 taels of grain, plus Emperor Hongzhi's decision to take out 500,000 taels of silver from the internal treasury to buy grain and help the victims, which alone is more than 1 million taels of silver.

"Hmph~"

Zhou Jing was like a dead father and mother at this time, with a dark face, and when he saw the British Duke Zhang Mao, he couldn't help but snort coldly, blaming Zhang Mao for all this.

Zhang Mao touched his nose, a little helpless, there was no way, now he has become a public enemy of the Manchu Dynasty, even if it is Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, who has always had a good relationship with him, Xu Yongning, the Duke of Dingguo, has not looked good at this time.

In fact, these nobles are all urine, and they can only enter but not leave.

Especially in the Ming Dynasty, these generals and nobles did not have any right to speak, and the literati above the court had the final say, so they cared more about their own industry, and there were often shameless nobles, imperial relatives and other shameless rewards from above.

The most shameless in this regard of the Hongzhi Dynasty is naturally the two brothers Jianchangbo Zhang Yanling and Shouning Hou Zhang Heling, who either asked the Hongzhi Emperor for salt or land, or to be rewarded, typical people who can only enter but not exit.

There are no demands in politics, and there can be no demands, so I take the little thing in my hand very seriously, today's early dynasty, these are the first silver and the grain, all of them are as uncomfortable as cutting meat, and naturally they will not give Zhang Mao any good look.

Just as Zhang Mao was about to leave, Xiao Huangmen hurriedly came over and called Zhang Mao, conveying the will of Emperor Hongzhi and asking him to discuss matters with the three ministers of the cabinet, the six ministers and other important ministers of the court.

"There's no good life going on."

Zhang Mao complained bitterly in his heart, in the past, this kind of discussion has never had anything to do with the generals and nobles, and now he actually called himself over, this is not to roast himself on the fire, but if he doesn't go, he can't go, soon, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Ma Wensheng, Zhang Mao and others came to the Qianqing Palace of Emperor Hongzhi.

In the past, after the early dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi would leave the ministers of the court to discuss national affairs, and everyone was used to it, and they were no strangers at all.

But this time, there is more Zhang Mao, a military general, and everyone feels very untouchable, and always feels that something is wrong, especially Zhou Jing has no good face for Zhang Mao, and he is far away from Zhang Mao, looking bitter and hateful.

As for Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others, they were pondering one by one, this Hongzhi Emperor would not call Zhang Mao to discuss matters for no reason, if it was only this time, it would be nothing.

However, such a practice has slowly formed, which means that the status of military generals and nobles has begun to rise sharply, and the authority in the hands of civil officials is threatened.

Everyone didn't wait long, and Emperor Hongzhi came over, signaled everyone not to be polite, sat down and said slowly.

"Zhou Jing, today I raised 1.5 million taels of silver, plus 30,000 loads of grain, it should be enough for this disaster relief, right?"

As expected, Emperor Hongzhi first talked about the disaster relief in the three northern provinces, which is indeed imminent now, and the victims are in urgent need of relief.

"Your Majesty's grace is mighty, and the government is united in raising enough money and food, and this disaster relief will definitely be enough."

Zhou Jing immediately got up and replied, although it was very painful when he donated money and food, but at this time, he felt that his mother-in-law, the housekeeper of the Ming Dynasty, had suddenly become more generous, and he had never been able to hold one and a half million taels of silver in his hand like today.

That's a very large amount of money.

You must know that in the past, even if there was a famine, the imperial court allocated two or three hundred thousand taels of silver for disaster relief, and how could there be one million taels of silver for disaster relief like now.

He had already planned in his heart, and took out almost 500,000 taels of silver to buy grain to help the victims, and the remaining about 500,000 taels of silver could be used to replenish the treasury, which was regarded as non-operating income.

"That's good, then this matter of purchasing grain will be handed over to your household department, and you must raise enough food as soon as possible to send it to various regions, and provide food for disaster relief as soon as possible, so that the victims can tide over the difficulties."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction, in a good mood.

Although there was some pain in his heart about the 500,000 taels of silver he took out, but the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty donated it, and he, the emperor, naturally couldn't help but express it, plus the dividends of Xishan Coal Industry, Xiao Jing of Zhu Houzhao Glass Factory, his pocket was also bulging.

If it had been before, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to take out 500,000 taels of silver generously at one time, and being able to take out more than 100,000 or 200,000 taels of silver would be considered to be a top of the sky, after all, this silver was really hard to come by, and he, the emperor, was also poor.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi thought of Liu Jin and this young man, and now that Emperor Hongzhi's waist is bulging, this waist pole is naturally stiff, and he has the confidence to do something, all because of that young man.

In my heart, I was also thinking about when I must find an opportunity to reward it.

Because the matter of money and food has been solved, there are not many things that need to be discussed next, nothing more than how to use this money and food for disaster relief, prevent corruption and deduction below, and so on.

In the process of this discussion, Emperor Hongzhi also named Zhang Mao again and asked him to express his opinions, and at the same time praised Zhang Mao.

Soon, the deliberations were over, and everyone went back to work according to Emperor Hongzhi's explanation.

"Father, did I say yes?"

Zhu Houzhao, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, as soon as the ministers left, he immediately found Emperor Hongzhi and said proudly.

"That's right, exactly like you said."

When the father and son were together, the smile on Emperor Hongzhi's face was also put away, and he said very solemnly, and then told Zhu Houzhao everything that happened in the early dynasty.

"Tsk, I didn't expect this old man to be so smart."

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Zhu Houzhao's impression of Zhang Mao also changed suddenly, in the past, Zhang Mao gave the feeling that he was an old man with no sense of existence, but he didn't expect it to play a big role this time.