Faced that Lao Wang didn't know how the emperor put himself along, Lu Hanqiang told Chongzhen in detail about the process of arranging him to carry out the Shanshan disaster relief errand, and said it in detail from beginning to end, and Wang Shilang, who was shocked at that time, suddenly stood up, "Your Excellency, you must not take this errand, this is an impossible errand, especially if this errand is smashed, those Donglin will take this opportunity to rush up and bite wildly, at that time, Lord Lu, you will definitely die." ”

"I also know that I will definitely die, and I am not optimistic about this fundraiser, not to mention the 500,000 taels that the emperor wants, I think 50,000 taels is good."

"I'm ten thousand taels? My lord, if you can get other chins, but if you do this, you won't get a penny. Looking at the inexplicable Lu Hanqiang, Wang Shilang anxiously analyzed: "My lord, this fundraiser may have been some. Regarding the character of the officials in this officialdom, Wang Shilang did not hold out much hope: "However, our Lone Ministers Party has just gone bankrupt to support the operation of the firm, and it is probably difficult for the strongman to let everyone come up with as much as possible." ”

Lu Hanqiang nodded, originally he came to Wang Shilang this time, just to hope that Wang Shilang would call on the party members to take the lead in donating points, but what Wang Shilang said now is also the truth, everyone was optimistic about the business house at that time, and almost all their net worth and lives were invested, and some people also borrowed money to buy in order to show themselves, which of course made the emperor happy, but it also completely hollowed out everyone's family funds, and now there is no income and dividends, and then let everyone take it for nothing, it is really not good.

Seeing Lu Hanqiang's expression of understanding, Wang Shilang let out a long breath, as long as Lu Hanqiang could understand, after all, as the second person of the Guchen Party, the first thing is to protect the interests of party members, and the most important task is to maintain the prestige of the party leader. At that time, it will be difficult to control this person's heart.

"My lord, and then there are the other officials."

"How?" Lu Hanqiang asked weakly.

"If this disaster relief mission is done by someone else, then everyone may be able to come up with some to decorate the façade, and if you do it, it will be absolutely impossible, because you are their enemy, see how you die too late, how can you still help you? So it's impossible. ”

Lu Hanqiang nodded painfully in agreement.

Donglin was originally a battle for will, for the sake of will, he could ignore the rise and fall of the country, not to mention that he was Donglin's mortal enemy, and it was too late to kill himself, how could he help himself? If any of them are bold, they will definitely be willing to give a stick to the back of their minds in the alley, but unfortunately, they are still alive and kicking here, which can only mean that they don't have the guts, but can only play yin. As for Donglin's consciousness, if Lu Han can be forced to die, then use the lives of millions of victims as a foil, then there is absolutely no psychological shadow.

"What about the household? Can the household squeeze out a point? Lu Hanqiang pinned his last hope on the household, but when he said this, he had no confidence at all.

As soon as Wang Shilang heard that Lu Hanqiang had the idea to hit the household, he felt that this party leader had infantile disease and should see a doctor.

"The income of the household department is already beyond its means, isn't it, do you still have to apply to the emperor for internal funds, and still count on them for disaster relief? Your Excellency, you will die of this heart. ”

"Isn't there a lot of income from the household department? How can you really be poor like this? ”

"I thought so at the beginning, there is a lot of financial income in the Ming account, and I became this squire to manage the country's finances well, so that the officials and soldiers in the world can be more comfortable."

As he spoke, he rummaged through his bookshelf, then took out an account book and spread it out to Lu Hanqiang and said: "This is last year's income account book, with tax revenue of wheat 4.067 million stone and rice 22.64 million stone, totaling 26.707 million stone, worth 16.442 million taels of silver, of which 353,000 stone of wheat and 4.048 million stone of rice are converted into 1.247 million taels of silver." Silk cotton, raw silk, cotton, ramie 1,860 pounds, silk, linen 4,523 horses, cotton cloth, class banknotes, etc., with a total value of 443,000 taels of silver. Tuntian's income was 2.171 million stones, 2.165 million stones, 2.6 million bundles of grass, 93,000 taels of silver, and 57,000 banknotes, with a total value of 2.662 million taels of silver. Guanglu Temple, Yumajian, Taifu Temple and other places received 24.808 million bundles of forage, worth 838,000 taels of silver, of which 10.666 million bundles were converted into 353,000 taels of silver, 146,000 taels of silver were levied from pasture to cultivated land, and 264,000 taels of silver were collected from military horses and folded silver, with a total value of 1.284 million taels of silver.

This is not counting the additional salaries and salaries. But it was a special fund, and it was all used in Liaodong. ”

Lu Hanqiang nodded, there is still a training salary that has not yet started, it is even worse, I hope that his business bank will run well, offset the future training salary, and let the people take a breath.

Wang Shilang didn't know what Lu Hanqiang was thinking, and continued his report: "And the salt and tea merchant tax, as well as the income of the city and the city, are all paid to the inside, and now the Donglin is gone, but not counting those, that is to say, the income of Quan Daming last year should be 22.395 million taels." ”

Lu Hanqiang jumped up when he heard this, and in the emotional stickers, saying that Chongzhen couldn't earn more than 4 million in his year, is it just nonsense, "So much?" I guess I have a million in disaster relief silver. ”

Wang Shilang saw Lu Hanqiang's blood-red eyes, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, don't be too happy, this is what should be collected in the accounts, in fact, it can't be collected at all." ”

"What's going on?"

"First of all, the current imperial princes, princes, county kings or something, the taxes on the king's fields are not paid to the treasury, and they are all handed over directly."

"I know this, isn't there just such a prince in the world, and I can't deduct much."

"Still that? Did you know? From the beginning of Hong Wuye to the present, the royal family has 600,000 people. ”

With a bang, Lu Hanqiang slipped directly under the table.

600,000, what kind of astronomical number is that?

The Ming Dynasty raises the prince like a pig, does not give them any rights, but also sends local officials to supervise, and does not allow them to step out of the fiefdom walls, even if you want to go to the city to see the scenery outside the city, then you have to consult the local magistrate, or it is a big crime.

What to do with nothing to do? Strive to create people, so the royal family has grown rapidly with the efforts of these princes and county kings, and is expanding and growing at a geometric speed. In this way, the terrifying number of 600,000 has now been reached, and some of them are already ten princes in one city, so that they have a large amount of land.

How much land do they own?

In May of the 34th year of Wanli, the Sichuan patrol was based on Kong Zhen's words: "In the past, there was a fertile field in Shu, but only Chengdu belonged to it, and it was named Yan because it arrived in Peng Shizhou County to open a weir irrigation field. Nearly for the palace there are tithes, military tithes two, and the people are only tithes. (17) That is to say, the Shu Wangfu occupied 70 percent of the most fertile land in the Chengdu Plain that depended on Dujiangyan for irrigation. King Zhou of Kaifeng, Henan, as a result of the annexation of land, caused "all the children of the field to enter the office, and the people were extremely resentful". There are poems in the time: "Zhongzhou is half into the feudal mansion", "But the rest of Fangcao Wang Sun Lu does not enter the house of Emperor Zhumen."

Shenzong's younger brother Zhu Yiyi divided Wei Hui and occupied 40,000 hectares of land (one hectare and fifteen acres is 600,000 mu); The sons of the Divine Sect also followed suit. Fu Wang Zhu Changxun was the beloved son of Shenzong, and asked the imperial court to insist on giving 40,000 hectares of land according to the standard of King Lu, which was reduced to 20,000 hectares after the efforts of the courtiers and local officials. King Rui was divided into Hanzhong in Shaanxi, and the imperial court gave 20,000 hectares of land, which was paid by Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, and Sichuan.

Pulling up Lu Hanqiang under the table, Wang Shilang continued to hit him: "This is Wang Tian, and there are also Xungui eunuchs who occupy it, such as the current Wang Gonggong, just ask us today, to allocate 3,000 hectares of land to him in the suburbs of Gyeonggi at one time, which is also not to pay taxes." In addition, the gentry and the meritorious scholars did not need to pay taxes and serve the conscription, so that many people attached their fields to their names in order to avoid the conscription, and the land rent was given to them instead of the imperial court. ”

Lu Hanqiang nodded, of course he knew this, and he knew much better than Wang Shilang. For example, Gu Niang said that on her Xiucai, in her hometown in Shanxi, there are hundreds of acres of relatives in her name, of course, she didn't see a grain of rice, and if she wants to eat, she has to go to the street to buy it, what kind of relative is this?

"Also, those military tuns are not handed over, and the expenses of the local health centers are also withheld locally, as well as Ma Zheng, the eunuch party has fallen, which has also become a bad government, so that Donglin has been wiped out. And-"

"Stop, just tell me how much you can get in a year." Lu Hanqiang impatiently stopped Wang Shilang's report.

"4 million." Wang Shilang said seriously, and then added: "There is still a large part of the physical goods that need to be transferred, and the consumption here is even more." ”

"4 million is not a lot." Lu Hanqiang muttered, for the low prices at this time, and the small amount of bureaucratic expenses, he could barely say it.

"Even these 4 million can't all be put into storage." Wang Shilang is now addicted to fighting Lu Hanqiang, and continues to fight, a strong blow.

"The people who pay the field tax are all small people, and now the miscellaneous ones are not counted, just the field tax and two salaries alone have already let each mu that produces five dollars of silver, and three taels of silver are evenly shared, so a large number of people abandon the land and owe the field tax, my lord, you don't know, in order to recover the field tax, the torture of the board is stipulated for three days, and as a result, a large number of Ding Zhuang have become crippled, and they can't pay it, so it's a blessing to be able to collect half of it."

Lu Hanqiang stood up and walked out without looking back.

"My lord, how are you going? I'm not done yet. Wang Shilang chased out of the gate and shouted at Lu Hanqiang, who was fleeing.

"Not leaving? I'm sick to death if I don't go. "And then he ran and muttered, 'This is certain death.'"