Wu Jie's heart was suddenly shocked, King Jing had just intentionally or unintentionally pulled the topic towards money, as if it was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

This time he went to the southeast to preside over the military of the Taizhou army, and Wu Jie won a lot of captures, with a total of more than 200,000 taels.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty have always been outrageously low, and a seven-grade magistrate is only about 30 taels a year. With this amount of money, it is difficult to feed a large family, not to mention, these thirty taels also include the office expenses of the magistrate, and even the salary of the hired officials has to be paid out of their own pockets.

Therefore, most of the magistrates and counties have opened up their financial routes and intercepted some taxes, which is also an unspoken rule in the officialdom, and everyone turns a blind eye and does not take it seriously.

In these years, if you want to be a good official and don't want to find a way to get some money, you can't do it at all. In the entire Ming Dynasty, there was only Hai Rui, a unique existence that did nothing, but Hai Daren could only be a spokesman or a Lang official of the central organ, so that he was in charge of the government, and he had no money in hand, and he couldn't even afford to hire a servant, and the local government affairs would be paralyzed immediately.

Not to mention that Wu Jie is in charge of thousands of troops and horses, and the troops are fighting, and they need to allocate silver when they are allocated, and they need a lot of silver for the food and clothing of the soldiers on the road, and they need to be motivated when they are mobilized before the war, and they also need a lot of money to pay for the bereavement and reward of meritorious soldiers after the war.

It is also based on this that the military has its own financial power.

Thinking about the joints in this, Wu Jie was not afraid in his heart, and smiled: "Why did King Jing say this? ”

King Jing smiled and said to Jiajing: "Father, my son heard that Lord Wu has built a new courtyard in the capital, and my father guesses which one?" ”

Jiajing: "Where?" ”

King Jing said proudly: "It was Zhao Wenhua's courtyard before, that place is big, you can see it at a glance when you stand on the imperial city, didn't my father ask Yan Ge Lao which courtyard this is!" ”

"It turned out to be there." Jiajing's face was ugly, and he smiled coldly: "It turns out that Zhao Wenhua's house fell into the hands of Wu Aiqing. What a surprise to me! ”

Wu Jie's heart was shocked, and he secretly screamed badly.

Speaking of this courtyard, he didn't think too much about it at first, mainly because there were too many people at home. The previous place was simply not to live in. Let Shui Sheng help himself find when he returns to Beijing to be an official.

But he didn't want to, this guy blindly sought grandeur, and even bought Zhao Wenhua's mansion. Zhao Wenhua also angered the emperor because of this mansion, so he ended up beheaded.

Jiajing loves money very much, but he can't see others being rich. The so-called suspects have them, and they hate people to be rich.

He went around making money. It's hard for others to say anything, and they don't dare to say it, and Hai Rui, the only one who scolded Jiajing for being greedy for money, is still locked up in prison.

But the courtiers are greedy for ink, but they categorically can't tolerate it.

Wu Jie was also annoyed in his heart, this King Jing was really vicious, and he hit his seven inches with one hand...... Phew, he's a poisonous snake.

Wu Jie is the periphery of King Yu. King Jing and King Yu are bound to become fire and water, and Wu Jie is naturally political enemies of each other, and he will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

Wu Jie was not flustered. My heart moved, and I suddenly remembered the case of Hai Rui. After Hai Rui was transferred back to Beijing from Nanjing, he saw that Jiajing was relieved because of the state finances and wanted to build a large number of buildings, so he pointed at the emperor's nose and scolded his mother.

The emperor was not polite to him, and directly asked Zhu Xizhong to arrest this person.

The reason why Hai Rui suddenly folded was that Jiajing wanted to build two large palaces on the edge of Yuyuan Lake to worship Sanqing.

The two sites were the largest in Beijing and would take at least five years to complete. Every year, millions of taels of silver have to be filled.

At the most critical time, Jiajing was not interested in paying out of his own pocket at all, and the task of contributing money and effort was directly pressed on the heads of the household department and the Ministry of Industry. ..., the problem is that the finances of the Ming Dynasty are now a mess, even if there is a large amount of military spending, it is still a deficit. This caused Lord Hai to scold.

It seems that if you want to get through this today, you can only work this.

Wu Jie's face was calm, and he didn't hide it, and smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, what the minister bought was indeed Zhao Wenhua's house, and it cost nearly 50,000 taels of silver!" ”

"What!" Jiajing's face turned blue: "Okay, good, good." Wu Jie, I don't believe in you in vain! ”

Hearing this astonishing number, Hu Dashun's expression also changed greatly, his eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred, and he said in his heart: Okay, you are a Wu Jie, you have only been an official for a few years and you have earned the money of your grandson's great-grandchildren, poor me Hu Dashun has served the emperor in the palace for 20 years, and now he has only accumulated less than 10,000 taels, hateful, hateful!

"Haha!" King Jing shouted: "It's amazing, so much money, Lord Wu is really rich!" ”

He slammed into Jiajing's face: "Father, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the monthly salary is only two taels, and where did he get so much silver, the law of the country is clear, and the law and discipline are like mountains, but he can't be tolerated." Please scoop this thief down and investigate it strictly! ”

Wu Jie was not flustered: "Your Majesty, in fact, the money to buy the house is not mine." ”

King Jing: "Okay, there are also comrades!" ”

Wu Jie put on an excited expression and said: "Your Majesty, this house is actually not something that Wu Jie wants to buy, it is really Qi Jiguang who heard that His Majesty is going to build a palace in Xiyuan, and the household department can't scoop up the money." I have the heart to respect a piece of filial piety. But his status is low, but he doesn't dare to do such a thing. I heard that Zhao Wenhua was confiscated a house when he raided his house, and this thing was a dead thing. Although it is valuable, it cannot be turned into cash for a while. ”

"If you are in a hurry to sell, you will not be able to sell it for much at all. In fact, this house is worth less than 30,000 taels. General Qi gave 50,000 taels to enrich the treasury. In this way, the household department has money, is there any reason to delay the palace official's project? Can Hai-sama still talk so much nonsense? ”

The more Wu Jie spoke, the more excited he became, with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty is old, and his cultivation is becoming a daily refinement, and it is the time to be vigorous and diligent. The so-called cultivation is indispensable for the wealth and the law. As courtiers, can we just watch His Majesty's realm stay at the current level and can't go any further? ”

Wu Jie spoke full and affectionate, and Jiajing was shocked.

Wu Jie said again: "Speaking of this house, Wu Jie didn't want to buy it." If you really bought it, you can't help but say that Wu Jie is greedy for ink and ruined his reputation. In order to understand the worries of the gentleman, what is the reputation of Wu Jie, it is just a big deal to owe Qi Jiguang a lot of debt. Wu Jie owes a little more for this debt. I heard that when Lu Bing was raided, he also left a lot of land and manors, worth more than 100,000 taels. Wu Jie also borrowed money to buy it to enrich the household. It's really a lot, so I'll just return these lands and yards to Qi Jiguang. Anyway, in any case, you have to let Your Majesty build the palace. ”

King Jing was dumbfounded: "Sophistry, quibble!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )