Chapter 64: Wei Gelding's Hidden Silver
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"Ambassador, quick, come out, someone has sent silver, 500,000 taels! We, Liku, have been digging out silver for the past few years, and now we finally see someone taking the initiative to send silver......"
An old eunuch who was in charge of Riku hurriedly ran out of Riku, and after he saw the silver, he couldn't help muttering to himself:
"It's okay now, now you can run mice in the library, Your Majesty has been eating and drinking, how can you get it if you want to go on like this...... Quick, hurry up and serve tea to a few Jinyi Wei adults, good tea ......"
Yang Tingjian didn't have time to count the silver here, but asked the eunuch ambassador to immediately issue a receipt for himself for 500,000 taels, and then went straight to the Qianqing Palace, because there was still an hour before the lock was locked.
This palace can't run around casually, and after the ambassador Liku issued the receipt, he immediately asked two eunuchs to take Yang Tingjian to the Qianqing Palace to see Emperor Chongzhen.
At this time, Chongzhen had just finished reviewing all the movements, and he got up at four o'clock in the morning on this day, and has been working continuously for fourteen hours now, it can be said that Chongzhen is so tired that he is about to fall apart, and he is only a twenty-one-year-old young man, who actually has crow's feet, and his hair has become burnt yellow, which is all tiring!
"Companion, today's recital has finally been reviewed, let's go out for a walk with me!"
Chongzhen and Wang Chengen also walked aimlessly, they unconsciously came to the outside of Liku, more than a dozen big carriages parked outside Liku, the cars were full of white silver, Emperor Chongzhen was anxious about the silver every day!
But he didn't know who was sending the money to the inner treasury! Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen planned to get closer and take a closer look.
Chongzhen and Wang Chengen paced to the side of the cart, and the eunuchs who were counting were just about to kneel, but Chongzhen stopped them with his hands:
"Go ahead and count, how much silver is here? Who sent it? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, it was sent by Lord Yang, Lord Yang said that it was 500,000 taels, and Lord Yang went to the library to ask the ambassador to issue a receipt."
Writing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver on paper, those hundreds of thousands of taels of silver really don't seem like much, but if you look at a dozen carts full of white flowers, it is still very shocking.
"Lord Yang? That Lord Yang? ”
"It's Lord Yang Tingjian, the town of Jinyi, the town of Weinan, and the town of Fusi."
Emperor Chongzhen probably understood, most of the 500,000 taels of silver were copied by Yang Tingjian's brother-in-law, and now Emperor Chongzhen was happy and angry, he was happy that his Riku was finally no longer poor and white, he was happy that Yang Tingjian really had the ability to help him grab the silver, and he was even more happy that Yang Tingjian could take the initiative to quietly transport the silver to Riku.
Emperor Chongzhen is angry that he is a small director of the craftsman department, and he actually has so much silver, aren't those bigwigs in the ministry even richer than the country, and he, the emperor who is rich all over the world and is not the king's land, is so poor that he is as pants, which makes Chongzhen embarrassed, and it is impossible not to be indignant.
"Then Wang Hui is really damned...... Dress up and call Yang Tingjian over. ”
In fact, there is no need to call, Yang Tingjian has already come out of Liku, and he still has a receipt in his hand!
"Your Majesty, Yang Tingjian has come out, I'll call him."
As soon as Yang Tingjian walked out of the library, he met Wang Chengen who came to call him, which somewhat surprised Yang Tingjian, how did he meet Wang Chengen here?
"Lord Yang, Your Majesty is over there, you go over and see you."
Yang Tingjian looked up, and sure enough, he saw Chongzhen smiling and watching those little eunuchs count the silver, Yang Tingjian hurriedly trotted in front of Chongzhen, hugged his fists, and said loudly:
"Wechen Yang Tingjian see my emperor long live, long live, long live."
Yang Tingjian is a modern person, and under normal circumstances, he doesn't want to kneel down to anyone, except for receiving a very formal holy decree, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't care, and said with a smile:
"Yang Aiqing is not more polite, I also want to thank you for solving the urgent need of Da Nei!"
The eunuchs at the end of the Ming Dynasty were very huge, and the history books said that there were more than 100,000 eunuchs, even if they were not so exaggerated, there were 70,000 or 80,000 people, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these 70,000 or 80,000 people depended on the internal currency.
"This is what Weichen should do, this is the receipt issued by Ambassador Riku, and there is also evidence of the criminal Wang Hui's greed for ink, please look at it."
Chongzhen doesn't care how you Yang Tingjian gets him money now, as long as he gets it, but there must be a high-sounding reason, and if he doesn't let Yan Guanmen's impeachment be overwhelming, then the responsibility is your own Yang Tingjian, no matter what Chongzhen does.
"Well, this criminal Wang Hui is really insatiable, and he should be severely punished to set an example."
This Chongzhen handed the words to Yang Tingjian's mouth, and Yang Tingjian of course knew that he had made his own request:
"Weichen Qiyu Your Majesty, that criminal Wang Hui has now escaped and is hiding in the home of a certain noble, please long live the order to arrest the fugitive, and must not let the medium greedy people go unpunished."
"As it should be...... Ome, you go and draft a decree, submit it to the cabinet, and let the criminal department hear it! It's better to block the mouths of those people in the outer court. ”
This holy decree must have the seal of the cabinet of the outer court, the seal of the celebrant of the inner court, and the seal of the emperor's jade seal, which is the official holy decree. If there is no seal of the cabinet of the outer court on the decree, it means that the decree did not pass through the cabinet, but was directly decreed by the emperor, then such a decree is called a decree.
Yang Tingjian didn't want to fight the big tiger of Chengguo Gong at this time, first, he didn't have that strength, and second, he still won the trust of Chongzhen, Yang Tingjian rashly went to fight this big tiger, and it was likely to be counterattacked, and it was also a very good choice for the cabinet and the criminal department to deal with it.
In fact, this is Chongzhen's concern for Yang Tingjian, indirectly protecting Yang Tingjian, and trying not to participate in the court battle before the Zhongjin Shi.
Wang Chengen took the order and left, Chongzhen and Yang Tingjian waited in place, chattering at the same time:
"Yang Aiqing, now that the state affairs are difficult, the imperial court asks for money everywhere, how have you done with the things I have explained."
This time, Yang Tingjian only handed over 500,000 taels of silver, which is still okay to alleviate the use of the inner court, for the entire Ming Dynasty, it can only be a drop in the bucket, and the role is basically negligible, and it is normal for Chongzhen to be concerned about the Tianliang wealth of those profiteers and traitors in Shanxi.
"Your Majesty, Wechen has recruited 1,120 brocade guards, 1,120 auxiliaries, and more than 1,000 servants, and Wechen will be ready soon."
"Well, I know, but Liaodong has already come to urge for military salaries several times, and the disaster situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces is becoming more and more severe, and the recital of requesting the imperial court for disaster relief is like snowflakes, but I don't have money and food in my hand!"
Chongzhen said it mildly, what he meant was that Yang Tingjian wanted to snatch back the huge wealth of those profiteers and traitors as soon as possible and hand it over to him, Yang Tingjian could certainly understand Chongzhen's careful thinking.
"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it, there is still a lot of silver hidden in this palace, this is hidden by Wei Eunuch, Wei Eunuch has been in charge of the inner court for many years, and Wanli Ye has accumulated a lot of wealth, why when His Majesty ascended the throne, there was not much left in the library? Wei Gelding was greedy for ink, and the other part was hidden in this palace by Wei Gelding. ”
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