Chapter 93. Three million taels of silver (two)
Three million taels of silver, 500,000 stones of grain, and 100,000 horses of cloth. Hearing these figures, www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion was full of shock.
Three days ago, the British public Zhang Weixian took the only 100,000 taels of silver from the household department, and went to Liaodong for disaster relief with a bitter and bitter appearance. Three days later, Hou Guoxing actually got this amount of silver.
In other words, the disaster relief that kept them awake all night was solved by Hou Guoxing in three days.
Liu Yijing stroked his chin and trembled his beard, and sorted out his mood. When the play began, he was sure that the drought could be perfectly resolved. But the final result was much better than he expected.
Three million taels of silver, 500,000 stones of grain, and 100,000 horses of cloth. Liu Yijing kept repeating these numbers in his heart. As Shousuke, he understands the meaning of these numbers.
Since the death of Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, there has been no such silver for many years.
Why was Emperor Wanli able to win the three major expeditions, because after Zhang Juzheng whipped the reform, the household department began to be self-sufficient. And Emperor Wanli's inner treasury also reaped a lot through the mining tax.
In other words, with these millions of taels, the starting point of he, Liu Yijing, as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, will be higher than the starting point of many previous first assistants.
What's more, no matter how the money came from, at least it was only after he Liu Yijing became the first assistant that he got it.
"The emperor's compassion for the people moved the heavens, and he had to give disaster relief and make Hou Guoxing offer such policies for the benefit of the country and the people. The victims are not helpless, and the old minister congratulates the emperor. ”
After Li Ruhua, the head of the household who came to the front of the hall, finished speaking, he knelt in front of the hall and kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao with a face that smiled like a chrysanthemum, and continued:
"The minister calculated, in addition to the disaster relief needs, there are probably 2.5 million taels of silver left. Now that the household is empty, the minister asks the emperor to decree that the silver will be brought into the household ......"
Li Ruhua kowtowed, and Jin Liang slowed down his tone, so that he did not lose his temper in front of the hundred officials.
Two hundred and fifty taels of silver! Once this batch of silver was put into the warehouse, he doubted that he would be the richest Hubu Shangshu in the Ming Dynasty in the past hundred years.
After the three major campaigns, Zhang Juzheng's reform foundation was basically lost. The emperor's inner treasury can't come up with money to help supplement the household department.
Over the years, the household department has been in a state of eating grain, and the household department has also changed the lamp.
Now with these 2.5 million taels of silver, the rope that was put on the household was completely untied. He could sustain himself for at least a year.
Then the spring tax and autumn tax collected next year do not need to be used to block the messy accounts of previous years just after they are collected. If the entire treasury is not good, it can be slowly enriched in his hands Li Ruhua.
Li Ruhua's sycophant has not yet been filmed, and Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also walked to the front of the hall, knelt down and bowed to Zhu Youxiao three times, and after a burst of praise, he turned into a meat scene:
"Your Majesty, although this disaster relief has repaid the salaries of the Liaodong army, the salaries of the armies on the nine sides have also been in arrears for a long time, and I hope that the emperor will pity the soldiers and soldiers for killing the enemy for the country......"
Huang Jiashan talked about the impact of unpaid salaries on soldiers' morale. Talking about the pain of the front-line soldiers who were hungry to kill the enemy.
Of course, this time there was no scoundrel like the last Liaodong silver, saying that he would lose the battle if he didn't give the silver.
After all, now that he has silver, if he dares to open such a yellow mouth, it is not good that the emperor really gave the silver, and if he loses the battle, he Huang Jiashan will not be able to argue.
Immediately afterwards, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, and all departments of the Zongren Mansion came out one after another to slap Zhu Youxiao on the back, and finally put forward various requests for money.
Zhu Youxiao smiled and nodded on the dragon chair, and for the first time he felt that the arguments of this group of civil officials did not make him sick.
After all, it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice in the past, and this group of civil officials who could only quarrel and attack was a group of wastes who did not do anything in his eyes.
Now that he has this money, many difficult things in the past, as long as he Zhu Youxiao nods his head and allocates a sum of money, it is not difficult.
Zhu Youxiao turned his gaze to Hou Guoxing, who was standing on the side and forced a smile.
Big brother, maybe you're laughing at this group of incompetent sour people now. Also, the things that the Manchu Dynasty couldn't solve with the civil and military forces were gently resolved under the light breeze of the eldest brother.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao moved his gaze to Liu Yijing, who was standing at the head of the civil officials, his face was still full of smiles, but the fists in his sleeves were tightened.
He suddenly felt that if he was allowed to do this position by Zhu Youxiao's eldest brother Hou Guoxing, this Ming Dynasty would probably be so happy every day.
"You don't have to be like this, after this money enters the household department, everyone is slowly starting according to their own difficulties, and the emperor will help you solve it."
Liu Yijing noticed Zhu Youxiao's smile when he looked at him, walked out of the team, and after suppressing the excitement of the civil and military officials, he turned to Zhu Youxiao and continued to speak:
"Your Majesty, this silver is not easy to come by, and it is better to enter the treasury of the Ministry as early as possible, and it will be slowly added up in the future."
"The emperor's silver has to be put into the inner treasury!" Before Zhu Youxiao could speak, Wang An on the side had already knelt down to speak.
After Wang An spoke, Liu Yijing was stunned, and the officials also looked at each other.
After Wang An got up, he walked into His Highness, arched his hand to the civil and military officials, and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, this batch of silver was obtained by the emperor in exchange for a title, and it should have been put into the inner treasury according to the rules. Since the emperor ascended the throne, has he ever touched a tael of silver in the household? ”
The officials whispered again, and although they were unwilling in their hearts, they couldn't refute it.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, the Ming Dynasty has set up a special inner treasury to be responsible for the daily needs of the palace. It does not interfere with the treasury of the household department.
During the Wanli period, after Zhang Juzheng stepped down, due to the reduction of land and the passage of population, (in the years when there was no war in the Ming Dynasty, the population on the household registration Bo actually decreased year by year.) The treasury of the household department began to slowly dry up.
Later, Emperor Wanli set up mining tax eunuchs throughout the country to collect mining taxes, and the inner treasury began to be slowly enriched. Even often subsidize the empty treasury of the household department. (The Three Great Expeditions of Wanli, all the silver, was basically taken out of the inner treasury.) )
And now, after the officials abolished the mining tax under the banner of competing with the people, the source of the inner treasury is basically the output of the Huangzhuang and the family property that various officials have copied after they have been greedy for ink.
As for the source of the household department, after the abolition of the mining tax, and most of the tax revenue, in addition to the salt tax, the rest of the commercial tax is worth mentioning, and the rest is counting on the tax on the land.
Now the poor and crazy officials actually stretched out their hands to the inner library again, and Wang An, as the head of the palace, of course would not agree.
Liu Yijing smiled at Wang An and said:
"This, Princess, when it is very important, there is no need to be so clear." After Liu Yijing looked sloppy, he continued to speak:
"The whole world is not the king's land, the whole world is the emperor's, and there are no inner and outer libraries."
As soon as Liu Yijing's words fell, the civil officials below came up to echo and urged Zhu Youxiao to put the silver into the inner treasury.
The generals who were still enthusiastically speaking just now wisely chose to shut up at this moment, they actually hoped to put the silver into the treasury of Zhu You's school, so that it would be easier for them to get the silver.
If they enter the treasury of the household department, it will be even more difficult for their group of generals to get some silver out of the hands of civil officials in the future.
Although they thought like this in their hearts, this group of generals did not dare to come forward.
When it comes to silver, if this group of civil officials is allowed to buckle it down with a malicious hat, it will be either or death.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor is about to get married, if you don't have this batch of silver, what kind of wedding will you get when the time comes."
Wang An was not ready to show weakness to the hundred officials, and put on the killer plan of Zhu Youxiao's wedding.
"Could it be that if it is placed in the household department, the emperor will not be able to get married?" Yang Lian came out to refute.
After Yang Lian spoke, the civil officials came up to support one after another, three million taels of silver, it was impossible for them to let it fall into the inner treasury.
Looking at Wang An, who was becoming more and more isolated and helpless, Zhu Youxiao's pride in letting the hundred officials praise him just now was gone, and he waved his hand at the hundred officials and said:
"How to distribute the remaining silver will be discussed another day, but for now, we will discuss the disaster relief first."
Because of the power of these three million taels of silver, Zhu Youxiao's voice increased greatly, and it was quickly determined that Hou Guoxing would bring one million taels of silver and 500,000 stones of grain and grass. Rush to the disaster area.
And decided to give the disaster relief Xuanfu Hou Guoxing Shang Fang sword, if there are disobedient dispatchers along the way, cut first and then play.
Zhang Mao, the cavalry team of the Han general's camp, led 500 cavalry to escort along the way.
Yang Feng, the escort team of the Han general's camp, led the escort team of 50 people to protect the safety of Zhu Huiyan and Zhu Youjian along the way.
Chen Yanhao, the flag-bearer team of the Han general's camp, led the 200 people of the flag-bearer team and was responsible for the honor guard of the two along the way.
Of course, under the opposition of the hundred officials, in the end, Shang Fang's sword was kept by Zhu Huiyan, the fifth princess who went with him.
To put it simply, if you Hou Guoxing want to cut people, you must agree with the fifth princess Zhu Huiyan.
Cut it right, it's the fifth princess Zhu Huiyan's ability, it's wrong, you Hou Guoxing are waiting to come back and die.
In the end, before retreating from the dynasty, the red-eyed civil officials still bit the remaining two million taels of silver. In desperation, Zhu Youxiao filled 1.5 million taels of silver and 100,000 pieces of cloth into the household. The officials reluctantly agreed.
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After retiring from the dynasty, Zhu Youxiao took Hou Guoxing directly into the Qianqing Palace.
"Big brother, this time it's really thanks to you." Zhu Youxiao smiled and bowed deeply to Hou Guoxing.
"It's a pity, the money has been paid to the household." Wang An looked pity on the side.
Hou Guoxing looked at the two, shook his head with a smile, took out 500,000 taels of silver tickets from his arms and said to Zhu Youxiao:
"I was going to embezzle 500,000 taels, but seeing that you are so poor, I will give it to you."
It turned out that after auctioning the last python robe yesterday, Shen Zhixiong, who won the auction, privately took out another 500,000 taels of silver.
bluntly said that the merchant was originally a pariah, and now the emperor is gracious and grants the merchant the title of duke, which is an unprecedented grace in the past dynasties.
I heard that the emperor reduced his clothes and food every day in order to save the people, and I felt that the emperor's grace was mighty. 500,000 taels of silver were specially presented to fill the emperor's inner treasury.
"This Shen Zhixiong is a second person!" Wang An's eyes lit up on the side, and without waiting for Zhu Youxiao's consent, he hurriedly accepted the silver ticket.
Hou Guoxing nodded, and briefly explained Shen Zhixiong's background with the two.
Of course, there is nothing special, it is a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, and his family has been in business for generations.
After a period of small talk, Hou Guoxing suddenly thought of something, put away his smile, got up, took a few steps back, bowed deeply to Zhu Youxiao and said
"Your Majesty, Weichen will set off for Liaodong when he is young, this time it will be less than three months, more than a year, and I hope the emperor will take care of himself."