Chapter 310: People's Selfishness (Second Update, Asking for Support)
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Early in the morning, as in the past, Suke Saha went directly to the palace where the emperor was stationed in the city, this palace was originally the palace of the king of Germany, the palace of the king of Germany was burned down by the Qing army in the 12th year of Chongzhen, and the city of Jinan was burned down by the Qing army who entered the city, and since then it has been abandoned for 20 years, and after Shunzhi stationed in Jinan last year, it can not be allowed to be stationed outside the city all day long, and finally this has been abandoned for many years, has become the ruins of the palace of the king of Germany, after some renovation, many new houses have been built, so it has become the emperor's palace.
It is said that it has been abandoned here for many years, but after all, it is also the feudal palace operated by the Damingde domain for nearly two hundred years, although the house was burned when the Qing army entered the Kou, but the lakes, rockeries and other things are still intact, and most of the foundations are intact, so it only took a year, this original ruins of the Dewang Mansion reappeared yesterday's prosperity, became the palace of Shunzhi.
Although it is said to be a "royal expedition", but because of the relationship between the emperor stationed in Jinan, many ministers in the court also came to Jinan with the car, after all, they all got the hint of the queen mother, and the emperor could not let his life be in danger, and this stationing in Jinan was the result of the joint efforts of these ministers. Today, as in the past, the ministers were in the palace as usual, and for the Qing monarchs and ministers in Jinan, only the "banditry" in Jiangnan was the most concerned by the imperial court, but Fu Lin, who was only twenty-three years old, faced the ministers who were prostrate in front of the dragon chair and on the colorful carpet, and first asked:
"Is there any news of a new arrival in Jiangnan?"
For Fu Lin in Jinan, this is almost something he must ask when he meets with his ministers every day, after all, the "bandits" in Jiangnan are the things that the imperial court is most concerned about today, and of course they are also the things he is most concerned about, after all, for him in Jinan, this is also the reason for the "royal conquest".
Listening to the emperor's question, Sony immediately kowtowed and said:
"Since June this year, the thieves began to invade the west, it has taken most of Fujian, and now Zhang thieves have committed Wuchang again, Wuchang guards Liu Fangming surrendered without a fight, so that Huguang avoids the situation is worrying, but the overall situation of the world is still in favor of me, although the thieves seem to be powerful, but in fact there are many internal troubles, from Jiangning there are righteous people sent news that Li Ziyuan, the head of the thieves who occupy Wuchang, was originally under the command of Zhang thieves in Nanchang, but he took refuge in Jiangning Zheng thieves, which led to Zhang Zheng and Zheng two centrifugation, thinking that the two thieves will not stop fighting in the future, if I have Qing reinforcements from all walks of life to arrive, It will be wiped out with one blow. ”
Because a few days ago, I already knew that Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan had internal turmoil because of Li Ziyuan's betrayal, and this was even more proud:
"Hmph, last year, the imperial court was not very effective in suppressing bandits, and the thieves became more and more rampant, and the momentum seemed to want to drive us out of the pass. But now that I am stationed in Jinan, this seemingly rampant thief does not wait for me to lead the troops to fight over, so he will mess up first, let them mess up first, they are so inward-coaxing, then it will be easier for us to fight, this time I have made up my mind, not only to personally recruit, but also to transfer some troops from the southwest, this time I have to beat the arrogance of the thieves! ”
"The emperor is wise!"
All the ministers kowtowed at the same time. They knew in their hearts that these words were just to say, and if they really wanted to use soldiers, they would have to have a salary, and now the army outside the city had asked for money several times, but as a result, only a million taels of silver were approved by the household department, and there was no silver in their hands, and the soldiers were not even able to eat enough to eat, let alone fighting. Without silver, everything is empty talk. Naturally, this so-called royal conquest is just the emperor's words.
In the praise of the ministers, Fu Lin's delicate and weak long face showed a more proud look.
"This has been from ancient times to the present, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, Sony, you urge the capital to let them prepare the silver, and you must not affect my Pingnan plan of the Qing Kingdom because of the silver salary!"
Although it is proud, Fu Lin also knows that the most important thing now is silver, and everything is empty talk without silver.
The most fundamental reason why he is stagnant in Jinan now is because there is no silver.
"Please rest assured, the slave must tell the capital to hurry up and prepare the silver, no, a few days ago, the Lord Che of the household department said that he had asked the eight houses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to borrow four million taels of silver, and now the eight families are trying to find a way to raise silver......"
In Sony's mouth, the credit for raising silver salaries is naturally all due to the Hubu Manshang Shuche Ke, as for Wang Hongzuo's meritorious camp of raising silver and borrowing silver in person, he directly ignored it, after all, he is just a Han.
Not to mention the present, even those Han officials in the past were not welcomed, and the big guys even told jokes related to the Han people all day long, and this is even more true now.
"In addition to borrowing silver from the eight families, Lord Che also asked the emperor to agree to borrow 2 million taels of silver from Beijing merchants, so that in addition to the release of funds from Zhili, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi and other provinces this year, the imperial court can almost raise 8.7 million taels, and if it is tighter, it will not be a problem to raise 9 million taels."
As soon as he heard that he could raise 9 million taels of silver, Fu Lin's whole person was suddenly even more happy, you know, since he left Beijing last year, the problem he encountered every day was silver, and now he can tighten out 9 million taels of silver, how can he not be happy, so he smiled and said:
"9 million taels? There is so much silver, who said that the north is barren, and if you extract it a little, you can make millions of taels of silver! ”
As soon as Fulin asked, the ministers and servants who knelt there all chose to be silent, these millions of taels, in addition to six million taels were borrowed, and the other nearly three million taels were added, but the taxes were added, and the addition was more than the 3 million taels, in fact, no less than eight million taels were added, and these eight million taels were to be paid to the Beijing officials, to pay the arrears of the southwest, and to the arrears of the Beijing camp, and in the end, only 2.6 million taels could be allocated to the army of the south, even if it was tight, it was only 3 million taels of silver.
Although the Qing Dynasty has not reduced taxes since entering the customs, it is the first time that so many taxes have been increased at one time, and everyone knows that this tax increase is just drinking to quench thirst, but it will not work if the tax is not raised. If taxes are not raised, hundreds of thousands of bannermen, women and children in the capital will starve to death. If the tax is not raised, the army of the Southern Expedition will not have enough money to pay, and if the tax is not raised, the Qing Dynasty will not be able to keep it, but the problem is that if it continues like this, it may not be able to increase the people's changes at any time.
But then again, it seems that there is no time when there is no civil uprising in the Qing Dynasty, if there is a civil uprising, it is enough to kill people directly, and the people of a city will kill the people of a city, and when the time comes, when the courage is killed, who will dare to mess up again?
Just when the ministers didn't know how to answer, they only heard the emperor ask again.
"How long will this silver last?"
Kneeling at the last curtain near the door, he said.
"If it is used tightly, there will be no problem this year, but if it is used by soldiers, I am afraid it will not be enough, but if it is reluctant, after the Jiangnan is defeated, it will be barely enough to make up for the arrears."
"Well, it doesn't matter if the money is tight now, until next year, the situation of bandits in Jiangnan should be improved."
Fu Lin said with confidence.
"This Zheng thief, Zhang thief, these months will definitely be more than internal coaxing, let's delay the army in Jiangnan now, the province will join forces with them again under heavy pressure, and when they are coaxed, it will be the day when the army will go south!"
"Yes, that's for sure."
The ministers immediately kowtowed again, talking less and kowtowing more is the trick to being a servant of the courtiers. At least as a slave of the Qing Dynasty, you must not talk much, that is the rhythm of looking for death.
As for Sukh Saha, he also did not mention those things at the court meeting, he was waiting for an opportunity, and the credit was his, and it could never be shared with anyone else, and for him as a slave, he knew very well how to please the emperor, and for him who had taken refuge in Dorgon, he knew very well that the master was everything to the slave, so he didn't even mention it as if he had heard of it from the future, but just knelt there as before, and occasionally followed a few words.
People are always selfish, and for Sukh Saha, the reason why he controlled the idea of wanting to be in the limelight in this early face, to share the worries and difficulties of the emperor and the court, could not be simpler.
Among the ministers of the court, he Sukh Saha was in the most delicate situation, because of the relationship between his birth and what he did back then, the people in the court did not want to see his metropolis.
If he stands up now and solves problems for the court. Maybe he will make a wedding dress for someone else, this kind of stupid thing is not his Sukh Saha style.
Let it be yours first!
Sukh Saha thought to himself in the bottom of his heart. He even used a play-watching mentality to look at the people around him. Watch them play there. flattered the emperor there.
What you say is so good, but who can share the worries of the master?
Sukh Saha sneered in his heart, and then continued to look at the people around him. Occasionally, he would look at the emperor and see the emperor's happy face.
He even secretly thought in his heart that the emperor was too young after all. I haven't seen through anything yet.
There is indeed good news from the south. But now the problems that the Qing Kingdom has to face have not been solved.
If it was the regent in the first place. It is estimated that such joy will never be revealed so easily......
This thought has just come to mind. Sukh Saha couldn't help but feel nervous in the bottom of his heart, he didn't even know why he had such a thought.
Such a rebellious thought, but I can't even think about it.
Secretly in my heart, tell myself. Then Sukh Saha put his mind back and continued to enjoy the performance of the crowd, chanting long live with the crowd......