After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he added: "Remember, the secret of heaven must not be revealed. ”

Hearing Zhu Youxiao say this, although everyone was very curious, they still consciously closed their mouths.

"Your Majesty, how much silver is here?" Everyone's attention returned to the silver again, and Zhang Yan asked softly.

"There should be millions of taels here, and how many need to be counted." Zhu Youxiao was also very vague. The news of the hidden silver dug up from the Heart Cultivation Hall must be spread, but the specific amount can never be said, and the truth is the best, so that he can launder the deceived silver.

"Your Majesty, how are you going to arrange so much silver here?" Zhang Yan asked.

"This batch of silver will be made into silver dollars first, and the specific arrangements will be discussed later." Zhu Youxiao said.

……

Back in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao left Wang Liqian alone.

"The news of the discovery of hidden silver in the Heart Cultivation Hall will spread, but don't say the specific amount, just say that millions of taels have been found." Zhu Youxiao commanded.

"Your Majesty, if the news spreads, I'm afraid that the ministers of the court will come to Your Majesty to ask for silver to fill the void in the treasury." Wang Liqian said worriedly.

"This is left to me by the emperor, not to them, but I will definitely take out some of the silver, but not all of it." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty, is this batch of silver also sent to the Money Bureau?" Wang Liqian asked.

"Of course, this batch of silver must be mixed with that batch of silver, so that no one will wonder where it came from." Zhu Youxiao admonished.

"The minister knows what to do." Wang Liqian nodded.

……

Under the secret promotion of Zhu Youxiao, the news of Zhu Youxiao's discovery of hidden silver in the Yangxin Palace spread throughout the capital in less than two days. The news spread by Wang Liqian was that "the emperor found millions of taels of silver and tens of thousands of taels of gold in the Yangxin Palace", but on the third day, the news in everyone's mouth became "The emperor found tens of millions of taels of silver in the Yangxin Palace, as well as hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, and countless jewels."

Sure enough, on the afternoon of the third day, a minister came to the door to pay attention to this batch of silver, and this time the leader of the team was Li Zongyan, who had served as the head of the household department and the current cabinet member, and he came with the current head of the household department, Li Qiyuan, and accompanied by Han Yi, the head of the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, now that the treasury is empty, the silver taels for the last disaster relief were collected in advance to complete the disaster relief, and now seeing that the military salaries and ministers' salaries cannot be distributed, I also ask Your Majesty to focus on the overall situation and allocate silver taels from Neinu to solve the urgent need." Li Zongyan said first.

"This batch of silver was left by the emperor to me to meet the needs of the emergency, and there was not much in the first place, and it was not enough to distribute the officials' salaries, so it could only be used on the blade." Zhu Youxiao politely refused.

"Kechen heard that the batch of silver left by the emperor is as much as 10 million taels." Li Zongyan said bluntly.

"You also believe this kind of rumor, I haven't counted this batch of silver yet, even I don't know how much this batch of silver is, I don't know where Li Ge Lao heard the rumors?" Zhu Youxiao asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Li Zongyan was suddenly asked by Zhu Youxiao. His source was indeed his hearsay, and when he heard the news, he rushed to the palace immediately before he had time to confirm it, and he knew that now not only was the treasury short of money, but also Neinu was short of money, especially now that Zhu Youxiao had taken out a large amount of silver from Neinu to support his new policy.

"Your Majesty, it is better to let the household department help Your Majesty to count, and the silver obtained is tael, half of which will go to Nenu and half to the household department." Han Yi said when he saw this.

"Again, this silver was left to me by the emperor, and I can take out a part of it to distribute it to the ministers, but the ministers' distribution must be in accordance with my rules." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Please also make it clear to Your Majesty." Han Yi said.

"How many of you have heard of the rules for the payment of salaries in the new army, right? From today onwards, the salaries of the officials in Beizhi will also be handled in accordance with the rules of the new army's military salaries, and if a few of them agree, I will immediately transfer silver dollars, and two months later, the full amount will be distributed to the officials of Beizhi. Zhu Youxiao said.

Zhu Youxiao's meaning is obvious, that is, to get the cabinet to support him in setting up the Imperial Bank. Although the Imperial Bank is not profitable now, it will be a hen that lays golden eggs in the future.

"It's just that after the distribution of the Yulu this time, how should the future distribution of the Yulu be operated?" Han Yi asked. Han Yi was also strongly opposed to Zhu Youxiao's run of the money bank at first, but now seeing that the matter could not be stopped, he has turned to a neutral position to avoid a head-on conflict with the emperor.

"Every time the money is distributed, the household department will first hand over the silver to the Imperial Bank in advance according to the amount of silver that needs to be distributed, and the Imperial Bank will be responsible for the distribution of the money." Zhu Youxiao replied.

The purpose of Zhu Youxiao's sentence is also very simple, that is, to open a gap in the household department, so that the household department can hand over the silver to the Imperial Bank to form a habit. His ultimate goal is that in the future, all the taxes collected by various localities will be handed over to the Imperial Bank, which will be managed by the Imperial Bank, which can effectively prevent local officials from misappropriating or embezzling official money to a certain extent.

In addition to a part of the taxes collected by the local government in the Ming Dynasty, a part of it was left to the local government, and the amount of this part handed over to the central government was clear, but the part of the tax withheld by the local government was somewhat unclear. To solve this problem, it is necessary to make all local taxes pay first and then withdraw.

Another and more important thing is to facilitate the statistics of specific tax revenues in various localities, which is related to the formulation of national policies.

Now there is no statistics, many policies are formulated based on personal experience, without the support of data, many policies are easy to deviate from the goal, as for what kind of effect will be achieved is really all up to God's will. If there is no data to support the effectiveness of national policy implementation, it will be impossible to monitor the process and audit the results.

Han Yi glanced at Li Zongyan and Li Qiyuan, and saw that neither of them seemed to object, so he said: "The way of distributing the military salary of the new army, the minister has thought about it, and feels that it is indeed possible to avoid things such as empty salary and embezzlement of military salary, and now His Majesty feels that such a method should be implemented in the imperial court, and the minister will definitely support His Majesty's decision." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." After Han Yi finished speaking, Li Zongyan and Li Qiyuan also said together.

"Since you all have no opinions, then I can order the Money Bureau to raise silver dollars and prepare to distribute them to the officials of Beizhi." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, there is one more matter, that is, to give Lin Dan Khan a reward of silver, please ask Your Majesty to decide." Han Yi said.