The first year of Chongzhen.

April 23.

Morning.

It is another early dynasty.

The ministers' brainwashing song has been changed, maybe because they are not familiar with the singing, it is a bit procrastinating, Yang Gai frowned and listened to it, but did not make a sound. Directly start the political deliberations of the court.

"Tobe Shangshu is available?" As soon as Yang reformed the early dynasty, he directly began the core issue.

"The minister is here." An old minister stood up and replied.

"How much silver do you have in the household now?" Yang Reform is not going to talk nonsense either, and directly starts the topic.

The forehead of the household department is sweating, this household has no silver, this household department is a nest, ready to be scolded by the emperor at any time: "Back to the emperor, there is still less than 200,000 taels of silver in the household treasury." These 200,000 taels of silver seem to be quite a lot, but if this "unit" is a country and an empire, this "denominator" will be unusually large, and this "numerator" will be unusually small. This amount, I can't go there, say it, it's embarrassing enough, after talking about the treasury silver of the household, the household department shrunk his neck, and he was ready to be scolded by the emperor.

"Hehe, yes, there are still 200,000 taels, I originally thought that there were only tens of thousands of taels." Yang Gengai remembered that the last time he asked the household department, the silver was only tens of thousands of taels, and now it has become 200,000 taels.

Hubu Shangshu's face was even more pale, and he said: "Back to Your Majesty, these words, there are some autumn taxes from last year in the warehouse, so there are nearly 200,000 taels." ”

"Last year's autumn tax? Why did you only enter the warehouse this year? That Aiqing can explain to me, when will last year's autumn tax be collected this year? Yang Reform also felt weird, why is last year's tax still being collected this year, isn't this historical tax collected in the past? Why do you want to collect it now? It's strange to see someone in film and television works putting taxes decades later. But I didn't see that the Ming Dynasty was still collecting last year's taxes this year, could it be that the Ming Dynasty was too "benevolent" and too "Ming"?

The ministers buried their heads in the emperor's "shameless questioning", laughed secretly in their hearts, and remained silent, Hubu Shangshu stood alone outside the team, and it was difficult to retract back, so he had to stiffen his scalp and said: "Back to Your Majesty, this general autumn tax will be collected before February of the next year, but ...... This ......, due to the ......, well, generally can not be collected in full, the autumn tax of last year has already passed the time limit for collection, however, due to the huge expenses of the household this year, the summer tax is far away, and it is the first year of His Majesty, the cost must be greater than in previous years, so, in order to prepare some expenses, the household department specially urged the place that has not paid the autumn tax to step up the payment, this household, in these two months, there has been some improvement...... "This household department Shangshu explained the problem of the autumn tax, and explained the expenses for the first year of the emperor's accession to the throne, There has been a hint of success in urging local governments to pay taxes, and they have a little confidence. Speak without stammering.

Autumn tax? Summer tax? Yang Reform is inexplicable about this kind of thing, and only knows that there are "invoices" in the future, so is it possible to collect taxes twice a year? If you think about it carefully, you can understand that this summer and autumn are the two seasons of grain harvest, so it is no wonder that this tax has to be paid in two installments.

"When will the summer tax be collected, and when will it end? When is the autumn tax collected? Until when? Why, this autumn tax has just been collected, and rats can run in this treasury? Are you just waiting for the summer tax to be collected? Eat food? Why do I think this idiom is a description of my current situation? Yang Reform's words were very sharp, and the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty were deaf and no one squeaked.

Hube Shangshu was really hurt, thinking about how to answer by himself again, and turned around quietly The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all looking at their toes against their heads, no one stood up, only he stood alone outside the team, it seems that this question has to be answered by himself.

"Back to the emperor, this summer tax is only August of that year, and this autumn tax is only February of the following year, this ......" Hubu Shangshu found that he didn't know how to answer the question behind him. It's only April now, and if you have to wait until the summer tax in August is collected, it's really a matter of tightening your belt!

"Hehe, that is to say, it will take four months for this household to have income, so what should I do if the court wants to do things in these few months? Waiting to die? Hehe, do you want me to allocate some money to the household department? Yang Reform was sad when he talked about the treasury, and he also had a headache, and he was sad that the silver was taken away by the rats, and he tried his best to get a little silver, and he had to fill the holes dug by the rats, and the headache was his own internal money, and the consumption rate of the silver was too fast, and he had to hurry up his time to make silver. Emperor Yen's mortgage sect is really not called in vain.

Hubu Shangshu lowered his head, didn't see the emperor's playful expression, or maybe it was because he was under pressure and too nervous, he didn't hear the meaning of the emperor's words, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, if Your Majesty can support the household department with internal money, it is really good, in this way, the situation that the court has no silver to support, can be alleviated immediately, these many things, there is also money to do, this disaster relief, pay, the court will not be timid, Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is sage." ”

Yang Gai heard this and bit it! I can't wait to run down and kick this guy twice, this guy really treats himself as a Kaizi and an ATM! If you have no money, you look at your own internal money, as if you have a mountain of gold and silver at home, and you can dig gold and silver, think about it, this emperor is rich all over the world, and this mountain of gold and silver does belong to the emperor, but you know that the mountain of gold and silver is there, but you can't get it, this wealth only belongs to you in theory, Yang Reform remembered a joke about a "sailor throwing a plate".

"Alas...... My Lord Shangshu, can you not keep your eyes on my inner treasure, do you think that I am digging for gold and silver? In the second half of this year, I made up for the two million taels on each side, right? This trick is the world's elite Gongwei Jingshi, this silver, is also out of me, right? This Mao Wenlong's military salary is also out of me, right? Yuan Chonghuan patrolled Liaodong, and he had to leave him some silver, right? I have to raise it with silver, big and small, in this palace...... "Yang Reform complained to these ministers with a handful of snot and tears", lest they keep their eyes on their pockets all day long, Yang Reform knew that they were jealous of the atonement money for the Wei case.

Tobe Shangshu was frightened stupid by the emperor's words of "forgiveness", and stood there incessantly accusing himself. The other ministers even felt that this emperor was really "straightforward" and interesting. They couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Yang Gai said for a while, thinking that this prelude had also been paved, and now it was time to get down to business, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, since we are talking about the financial constraints of this household department today, you Aiqing may wish to discuss and talk about your own opinions, so as to share our worries and solve the difficulties of the imperial court." Yang Reform said here, even if he finishes the part that he should "perform", next, it is time to look at his "Saint Seiya" Liu Jishan. It is imperative to reopen the country.

As soon as Yang Reform's words were finished, there was a "buzzing" discussion below, and no one answered the conversation. Yang Reform is not in a hurry, knowing that Liu Jishan will come forward for himself. Just rest assured and wait for someone to jump out and fight for themselves.

After a while, a junior official really jumped out and said, "Your Majesty, please reopen the country's prince to pay tribute and be a regular eunuch to alleviate the current predicament of the imperial court." ”

Yang Gengai smiled secretly in his heart, and the show really came, and said: "Well, what this Qing family said is very true. ”

As soon as this topic opened, many ministers had the same expressions as they were, and they stood aside to watch the play. Some ministers frowned, thinking about the problem.

"Emperor Qiqi, the minister thinks that this matter is inappropriate, thinking that now, the country's eunuch is already stagnant, even if the tribute is reopened, the regular eunuch, I'm afraid it will be difficult to work!" A minister came out to give his opinion.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in the past, my dynasty has a precedent of opening a tribute and a regular prison, and Your Majesty can completely follow suit and reopen this tribute and regular prison, but Lord XX is extremely true, now, I have slackened in this country, and I will talk about a few prisoners studying in the country, even if the country is reopened, I'm afraid there will be no effect!" This official's remarks are the same as the meaning of the person in front of him, it is okay to open, but the effect is difficult to say.

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with what Lord XX said, there is a precedent for the founding prince to pay tribute, but now the country does not have to ...... before"

...... "Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with ......"

Yang Reform was also a little surprised, I thought that the courtiers would have a big argument, against this matter of exchanging merit for silver, against the use of "copper smell" to relieve financial pressure, and looked disdainful of copper smell, it must go through Liu Jishan and the ministers "war" to determine this open tribute, the regular supervisor, but I didn't expect that the courtiers did not object to this reopening of the tribute, the regular supervisor, think about it, maybe as this official said, there have been many emperors in the Ming Dynasty who have done this, there is a precedent, if you follow suit, there is no problem at all.

"Since this country is seriously imprisoned, does that Aiqing have a solution?" This problem goes back to the old problem. Graduation is not allocated, this gold content is not high!

A minister came out and played: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in order to solve the problem of the country's prison and prison stagnation, it is necessary to solve this historical problem!" If this problem is not solved, it will be difficult for the eunuch of the country to send money to the imperial court through the tribute and the regular eunuch! The officer made the problem clear.

Yang Gai felt that today's atmosphere was a bit strange, why did the ministers cooperate so well and talk about this matter all at once? It's too fast. There are "conspiracies". Yang Reform secretly paid attention.

"In this case, then the imperial court can open some places for the history of the country's eunuchs, and reserve some official quotas for the admission of the country's eunuchs, so that the problem of the country's eunuchs will not be solved? Wouldn't it be feasible to re-establish the country's subordinate eunuchs to pay tribute and routinely supervise them to relieve the financial pressure? What do you think? "Yang Gengai found that the thing discussed today is too easy. In just a few sentences, the issue of history has been discussed.

(To be continued)