"Back to Your Majesty, the grain stored in Beijing could have lasted for three months, but last year there was a great drought in Gyeonggi, and a part ......of it was used to help the people a year ago," Shen Shixing was interrupted by Zhu Yijun before he finished speaking: "You just say how long it can last, right?" ”

"A month and a half at most." Xu Guo took over the conversation and said heavily.

"A month and a half." Zhu Yijun went up and down from the edge of the kang, pacing back and forth, and kept talking: "Cao Aijin, how much grain is still in the inner warehouse?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are 330,000 stones of japonica rice and 610,000 stones of cooked rice in the supply warehouse." Cao Aijin is always so concise and to the point.

The supply depot is the place where the grain is stored, the so-called inner treasury, in fact, is the royal private small treasury, under which there are the inner transport warehouse, the Guangji warehouse, the A word library, the B word library and so on, storing a large number of gold and silver, silk, saltpeter, cotton and other things, grain as the most important strategic materials, of course, also in it.

In fact, at the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there was only the inner treasury, and the inner treasury was the national treasury, and the real treasury, that is, the Tai warehouse, was only established during the orthodox years.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Tian Fu did not levy gold and silver, but levied grain, only the mining tax was paid in the form of gold and silver, put into the inner transport warehouse, and occasionally Tian Fu was converted into gold and silver, and sent to Nanjing as a military general. (The official salaries in the early Ming Dynasty were also mainly rice, supplemented by a small amount of money.) Public affairs are also free requisition of civilian labor, and only the necessary food needs to be provided)

During this period, the inner treasury was the treasury.

In the first year of orthodoxy, Yingzong allowed a part of the grain to be converted into gold and silver, with a quota of one million taels of silver per year, which is the so-called "gold and silver". All the money was put into the inner carrier warehouse and was not sent to Nanjing. Except for more than 100,000 taels of silver as a military general, all the others belong to the emperor.

At this point, the Inner Carrier Treasury served as the dual role of the State Treasury and the Emperor's Small Treasury. Part of it provided salaries for the military generals in Kyochu, and part of it became purely the private property of the emperor. It is worth noting that from now on, the Ministry of Household Affairs has no authority over the funds of the internal transport treasury.

This may have been a sign of the beginning of the emperor's struggle with the state. However, Yingzong was only eight years old when he ascended the throne, so he may not be able to understand the meaning. This reform also has its positive side, there will be no loss of gold and silver, and it is more conducive to the allocation of national resources.

In the seventh year of orthodoxy, the Tai Warehouse of the Household Department was established, and the real treasury was officially established. Since then, there has been a formal distinction between the treasury and the inner treasury. Neku continued to bear the obligation to pay the generals' salaries. The Tai Warehouse was responsible for the important task of military expenditure, and perhaps it was the widespread uprisings and foreign wars of the time that prompted the establishment of such an institution.

The Tai Warehouse is specially used to store gold and silver, so it is also called "Silver Warehouse". The so-called "ten warehouses of cotton silk, silk cloth and horse grass, salt class, tariffs, all those who fold silver, are into the warehouse." Those who have no family wealth, sell their land, collect store money, and collect money from the store, are also imprisoned. ”

Far from it.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were greedy for money, and they had always only been able to enter and not leave, so when they heard Zhu Yijun ask about the grain in the house, the four auxiliary ministers couldn't help but look surprised.

Zhu Yijun didn't notice the change in their expressions, and was still immersed in his thoughts: "Nearly a million stone grains, if it is used in the whole city, how long can it last?" ”

There are about 140,000 households in the capital, and according to the conservative value of five people per household, about 700,000 people, each person has two stone of grain (about 80 catties) per month.

It's a very good question, so as soon as Zhu Yijun's voice fell, Xu Guo said: "Back to Your Majesty, you should be able to hold out for more than 20 days." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded: "I have also calculated it, but it is still a drop in the bucket." In this way, there have been examples of borrowing from rich households in the past years of famines, and you should draft an edict calling on the rich households to tide over the difficulties with the capital, so that it should not be difficult to have a million stone of grain. Then let Shanxi, Shandong and other places send grain to Beijing quickly, and it should be able to raise some of it...... For the time being, that's all I can think about, is there anything else you can do? In a crisis, when you have the strength to make a contribution and make suggestions, don't hide your secrets. ”

Only then did the four auxiliary ministers be convinced that Zhu Yijun was really going to take out the grain stored in the inner library, and then he remembered that Zhang You built a reservoir in Miyun last year, and Zhu Yijun also transferred silver from the inner library to support, and then there were famines in various places, and he also sent silver from the inner library many times.

He wasn't like this before, all of this seems to be related to Zhang You who stirred up the chaos in Jiangnan.

The contradiction between the monarch and the minister has been going on for a long time, but in the final analysis, it is the emperor and the people who take profits, so for Zhu Yijun's change, even Zhang Siwei, who is eager to eat Zhang You, feels very gratified.

"My emperor Shengming, so sympathetic to his subjects, the old minister on behalf of the people of the world thank you long live the lord." Zhang Siwei choked up and said emotionally, get the posterity, a proper Academy Award winner.

"Let you give advice, not let you make a fool of yourself." Having said that, Zhu Yijun's heart was really happy to be photographed.

"Yes, yes, the old minister really felt it...... What His Majesty said is a good strategy for the time, the grain cannot be transported north, and seeing that the capital is about to lack food, the countermeasure is nothing more than borrowing food from Zhou. However, Lao Chen felt that it seemed that he could think about land transportation, although it took a longer time and consumed more, under the current situation, it was better than having no food to use. People take food as their day, and it may not hurt to be hungry for three days or five days, but once it is a long time, it will really be chaotic. ”

"Weichen doesn't agree with land transportation," Shen Shixing took over: "However, you can follow the example of the Mengyuan period and consider shipping." ”

Zhang Siwei smiled suddenly: "Ru Mo took it for granted again, not to mention that there are many storms on the sea, not to mention that my Ming Dynasty does not have many ships suitable for sea navigation now, just those remnant pirates entrenched overseas, can you transport food with peace of mind?" ”

"Yes, Liang Menglong mentioned the matter of shipping grain back then, and he tried it a few times, what was the result, I think Lord Shen should still remember, right? A storm and hundreds of thousands of stones of grain sank into the sea, which was better than those shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Yu Youding echoed.

This is the truth, the Ming Dynasty has forbidden the sea for a hundred years, and it has long lost the courage and strength of Zheng Chenggong to conquer the blue sea, even if you really want to ship grain, it is not a problem that can be solved in a short time, and if it is not good, it will become the object of attack and annihilation - Cao Yun has been in the sea for nearly two hundred years, and has long bred a complete chain of interests.

Zhu Yijun rolled his eyes quietly and said, "Mr. Shen's idea is good, but the worries of Lord Zhang and Lord Yu are also reasonable, let's discuss the matter of shipping later." First of all, according to Lord Zhang's letter, Jinling, let them change the transportation to land transportation, and use the fastest speed to transport grain to the north, as for more consumption, under the current situation, they have to grit their teeth and bear it. ”

The matter was settled, and a few auxiliary ministers were sent away, Zhu Yijun asked Cao Aijin: "Is there still no news of Zhang You?" ”

Cao Aijin shook his head.

"Alas," Zhu Yijun sighed: "That kid has been in charge of the affairs of the Chongming Navy Base, and I don't know to what extent, if there is a strong navy, who are you afraid of!" In this way, you quickly sent someone to contact Qi Jiguang and ask about the situation in this regard. As he spoke, he sighed again: "Gewu is engaged in instant messaging, if only it could be done earlier, but now this contact is really inconvenient!" ”

Xu was sincerely emotional, and the swear words came out.