It's definitely not Mingjun's doing!

Zhu Yijun's words are almost impeccable, for Zhang Juzheng, of course, he should feel a little relieved, but he always faintly feels that this matter is not as simple as he imagined, after all, if he is as shrewd as he is, how can he not know that there must be a demon when things are abnormal.

Why did the emperor, who had always been opposed to the inclusion of gold and silver in the household department, suddenly make such a change?

There must be something strange about this.

"Your Majesty is so wise, it really makes your subordinates ashamed."

Zhang Juzheng said tentatively.

"Then, in Your Majesty's opinion, how should this matter be handled."

"This ......"

Zhu Yijun's face was embarrassed, and Zhang Juzheng's rhetorical question interrupted his train of thought, but he didn't feel panicked, but said as originally planned.

"I think that this gold and silver, grain silver and other variegated objects, the collection and payment depends on the locality, every time the local expenses are increased, I deeply think that it is true, and the local government is also burdened by it, and it is not appropriate for the palace to send the internal supervisor to the county of the world to collect, so I think that I can pay 300,000 taels from the gold and silver to the household department to offset the various collection expenses, so as to calm the grievances of the hundred officials, Mr. Zhang thinks this is good?"

Yes!

Emperor, what's wrong?

Zhang Juzheng looked at the emperor in surprise, he couldn't figure out why the emperor had such a change, not to mention 300,000 taels, that is, 30,000 taels, and the emperor was unwilling to hand over the household department, although in recent years, under his instruction, many silver taels and physical goods that should have been handed over to the household department were handed over to the household department. But as the emperor grew up, it was not easy to move Nekusihao now.

"Your Majesty, in this way, I'm afraid that the palace will be extremely nervous."

"Or Mr. Zhang understands the difficulties in the palace, but I have thought about it, the cheapness of this country, whether I can take advantage of it, but the court can't just think about the silver in the inner treasury all day, and take away 300,000 taels from the gold and silver, and it is not taken away in the air, according to the ancestral system, the banknotes in various places should be fully solved in the inner treasury, although Emperor Sejong will set a rule of taking turns to settle and divide five or five equally, but even if the gold and silver have been handed over to the household department of 300,000 taels, then from next year, the banknote income will be fully solved in the inner treasury, I don't know what Mr. Zhang thinks?"

Yes!

I'm afraid this is the emperor's intention!

Looking at the emperor, although he understood the emperor's thoughts, Zhang Juzheng didn't know why the emperor did this, after all, the income from the banknote was only about 200,000 taels. Just before he could figure out the emperor's thoughts, he heard him speak again.

"As for the officials of the banknote customs, there is no need to bother the household department, in the future, I will directly send personnel to supervise the supervision, so that no one can speak again, Mr. Zhang thinks it is okay?"

Now Zhang Juzheng is almost certain that His Majesty's purpose is in the banknote pass, and he is advancing by retreating, and he wants to exchange gold and silver for banknotes. It seems to be quite beneficial to the imperial court, but it can ...... What should I do now?

"Your Majesty, the tax on banknotes is customized."

Zhang Juzheng reminded him.

"I know that illegal taxation is a felony, but any tax collector who violates the system must be severely punished."

"Internal supervisors are not suitable to act as tax collectors."

"I have already thought about it, when the time comes, I will appoint the children of the lords to go to the tax collectors, which can be regarded as giving them a livelihood, saving them from being idle at home all day."

Zhu Yijun's answer was like a stream, which made Zhang Juzheng muttered in his heart, all along, what he was most afraid of was this kind of clueless thing at the moment, he liked to keep everything under his control, not like now, even if he knew that the emperor had other plans, but he didn't know what the plan was.

"Your Majesty, although there are only eleven banknote gates, but there are dozens of officials and no less than thousands of servants, if they are all returned to the palace, and the officials are all transferred from the palace, then what should they think?"

"There's no need to worry about this, it's just a transfer of officials, as for those officials who are in the banknotes, the officials can always be placed, and as for the officials, the taxation of the banknotes is still inseparable from them."

Speaking of which, seeing that Zhang Juzheng was still a little hesitant, Zhu Yijun added.

"Mr. Zhang often taught me to distinguish between public and private, not to distinguish between public and private, and to hand over the gold and silver parts to the household department, just to distinguish between public and private, as for the recovery of money, it is also for the sake of public and private, they accuse me of not separating public and private, but they don't look at myself at all to confuse public and private, which is really hateful......"

The emperor's words made Zhang Juzheng almost understand. His purpose was not to close the money, but to be annoyed, for the emperor, who had always aspired to be a Ming monarch, he obviously could not accept such an accusation, and it seemed reasonable for him to react like this now.

But...... Is it really that simple?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of this banknote should still be controlled by the household department, since all other cases of silver are collected by the imperial court, this banknote can also be handled by this example, and no one will say anything after I think about it......

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said.

"It still shouldn't take advantage of the country, Mr. Zhang doesn't need to say much about this matter, I have made up my mind."

"But Your Majesty, in the future, there will be many things involved in the delivery of silver and two, the appointment of customs officers, and many other things, and these mundane affairs will not always bother Your Majesty in everything."

"I will appoint a commissioner to be in charge, so I don't have to bother Mr. Zhang."

The emperor's decision made Zhang Juzheng think about it for a while, and then said.

"Submit all the banknotes to the palace, this matter is of great importance, and allow the ministers to discuss with the cabinet and the household department before reporting to Your Majesty."

Because he couldn't figure it out, Zhang Juzheng didn't directly refuse, of course, there was another reason why he didn't directly refuse, that is, the emperor took out 300,000 taels of gold and silver, which almost gave the household an extra 100,000 taels of income.

"More than 100,000 taels!"

Faced with the news brought by Shoufu, although he was very shocked, Zhang Siwei still said directly.

"Eleven banknotes, the annual tax of silver is about 200,000 taels, but the expenditure of each pass is not less than 100,000 taels, if the banknotes are handed over to the palace, the court can save 100,000 taels of silver a year, and it is almost equal to 200,000 taels more. In this way, it is also a good thing for the imperial court. ”

"But why does the emperor want to close the banknotes, will he raise taxes at will?"

Shen Xing asked the key point, as a Jiangnan person, he knew very well the importance of the banknote.

"More than half of the world's commercial goods need to go through the banknote customs, if the emperor arbitrarily increases taxes, I am afraid it will be detrimental to the world's merchants!"

Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng had thought about this problem a long time ago and said immediately.

"The taxation of banknotes is naturally customized by the imperial court, and if the slightest more is levied, the imperial court can also be heavily responsible......"

Picking up the teacup, Zhang Juzheng's brows furrowed.

"It's just that I don't know, why does the emperor focus on the banknote, what is there to do with this banknote?"