From a prince to a commoner mortal all of a sudden, and now he has to run outside the barracks to ask to see a former bandit, Zhu Shaoyang feels more depressed in his heart, but also feels that his self-esteem has been humiliated.

The governor Li Shuchu and the chief soldier Qi Guoyuan in the barracks couldn't help but smile when they heard that the prince of the former Zhou Dynasty had come to visit.

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." Li Shuchu laughed, "Let's go, go meet this Zhu Gongzi." ”

Speaking of which, Li Shuchu and Zhu Shaoxuan are still somewhat related, after all, his wife is from the old Zhu family. On the other hand, after all, now that the new dynasty has been established, the emperor has also explained several times that he has to treat these former dynasty clans well.

Li Shuchu and Qi Guoyuan personally greeted each other at the gate of the barracks, and this politeness and courtesy made Zhu Shaoyang a little flattered, and then he even felt in his heart that he had a sense of superiority as His Royal Highness the Prince in the past.

Zhu Shaoxuan took a box from the steward behind him and walked in front of Li Shuchu and Qi Guoyuan.

"Li Duchen, Qi Zongzhen, this is a little silver taels from our Kaifeng Zhu family, I hope to reward the warriors of the imperial court."

The small wooden box was opened, and inside was a stack of silver tickets, all of which were large silver tickets of 100 yuan, and a pile of 100 tickets, a full 100 yuan.

Qi Guoyuan looked at so many silver tickets, but he was a little surprised.

He reached out and picked up a stack in the box, and flipped through it, all of which were brand new silver tickets, new silver tickets from the Four Seas Bank.

"A million silver dollars? Good guy, the Kaifeng Zhu family is really a local giant, and the shot is different. This money is really a reward for my Kaifeng Town soldiers? ”

Zhu Shaoyang said, "Reward the soldiers, it should be." ”

Qi Guoyuan unceremoniously took the cash box and handed it to the adjutant behind him, "Adjutant Wang, count the silver tickets." Then open a receipt to this Zhu Gongzi. ”

Zhu Shaoyan was a little surprised, Qi Guoyuan was direct.

He smiled, "No need for receipts." ”

Qi Guoyuan's one-eyed glare, "What do you mean, could it be that my old Qi will still be greedy for your silver?" Since you reward officers and soldiers with money, then this money will definitely be used to reward officers and soldiers, and every penny will be included in the army's finances. ”

These words are very straightforward, but Zhu Shaoyang doesn't believe it.

He has seen too many officers, who doesn't drink the blood of soldiers and deduct military salaries? Let's just say that in the past, when Zuo Liangyu was in Henan, he didn't go to their Zhou Wangfu to persuade him to pay him, and their Zhou Wangfu gave three or five thousand every time. But in the end, a few taels of this money will really go to the soldiers. It's not all in the pockets of the officers.

Zhu Shaoyang believes that most of this million silver dollars will definitely fall into the hands of Qi Guoyuan in the end, and maybe Li Shuchu will also share it in the end.

Zhu Shaoyang chuckled, "The general led the troops to protect the peace of the party, and the reward and subsidy are also what our place should do." As he spoke, he beckoned the steward to bring up another box.

The box was opened, but there were three smaller boxes inside.

Zhu Shaoyang took out the first small box, opened it and sent it to Li Shuchu, "Here is 500,000 silver dollars, a little bit of heart from our Kaifeng Zhu family to the governor's yamen?" ”

Li Shuchu smiled slightly. "What do you mean? Bribing the officer? ”

"Of course not, it's just that now Henan is in a state of ruins, and silver money is needed everywhere, and this money is only donated to the governor's yamen. for expenses. Zhu Shaoxuan wiped the sweat on his forehead.

In these years, you have to rush to beg for money. However, he believes that there is no one in the world who can't get along with money, let alone this kind of money that is sent to the door on its own initiative. Li Shuchu is just pretending. When the money really arrives in his hands, how to use it, and where it will be used, it is not up to him to have the final say.

"Oh. It turns out that the Kaifeng Zhu family is so righteous, then I will accept it, and I will also write a receipt to Zhu Gongzi, and when I turn around the money into the account of the yamen, how to spend it in the future, where it is used, I will definitely write a detailed record and send it to the Zhu Mansion. Moreover, I will definitely report this good deed to the court truthfully, and ask the court to issue an edict to commend your Zhu family's righteous deeds. ”

"It doesn't have to be so much trouble, it doesn't have to be so much trouble."

"It has to be."

Zhu Shaoyang saw that Li Xiangchu had accepted 500,000 yuan, took out a second small box, opened it, and it was still 500,000 yuan.

"These are for General Qi."

Qi Guoyuan also smiled, "This should be donated to the military camp, right?" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhu Shaoyan can't say that it was given to Qi Guoyuan personally.

"There's also a box in it, wouldn't it also be a silver ticket, and who did it give it to?"

Zhu Shaoyang was very embarrassed, and there were 500,000 yuan in the third silver box, which was originally going to be given to those officers in Kaifeng Military Town. But now, he can only say that the Zhu family in Kaifeng wants to donate funds from the various provinces in Henan and the divisions and associations in Kaifeng Military Town.

Li Shuchu and Qi Guoyuan were not polite at all, they received as much as they sent, four boxes of silver tickets, a total of 2.5 million yuan, of which Qi Guoyuan's Kaifeng Military Town received 170,000 yuan, and Li Shuchu's governor's palace received 800,000 yuan.

They happily accepted all the silver tickets, and then handed over the receipts, and signed their names on them and stamped their private and official seals.

Holding a few receipts, Zhu Shaoyang thought to himself, it is really necessary to be a ** and set up a memorial arch, and collect money when he collects money, and he has to come to such a set. He didn't believe that after they had taken the money, they would really take the money out of their pockets.

With a few receipts in hand, Zhu Shaoyang finally left the fortress. On the way back, Zhu Shaoxuan, who was sitting in the carriage, suddenly thought that he had given away all the money, but he got nothing but a few receipts.

The money was given away, but neither Li Shuchu nor Qi Guoyuan gave them any promises from the Zhu family. He looked at the receipts in his hand, and suddenly regretted that he shouldn't have accepted them.

"Li Shuchu and Qi Guoyuan won't accept the money and refuse to do things, right? These bastards! ”

When he returned to the Zhou Palace, Kaifeng City, he immediately went to see his father.

As soon as Zhu Gongfang, the king of the old Zhou, saw him, he immediately stood up and asked expectantly, "Did they collect the money?" ”

Zhu Shaoyang nodded a little weakly, "I accepted it all, I was very happy." ”

"That's good, with short hands, you have to do things for us if you eat us. 2.5 million silver dollars, as long as they dare to collect such a large amount of money, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. ”

"They were happy to collect the money, but they gave the receipt." As he spoke, Zhu Shaoyang took out the receipts. Zhu Gongyu looked at the receipts, and looked at the detailed information on them, indicating the time, place, witness, and amount of money received. There were also the signatures and seals of Li Shuchu and Qi Guoyuan, staring at the scene.

"You want a receipt from them?" Zhu Gongyu couldn't help but shout angrily.

He's seen stupidity, but he's never seen such stupidity, giving gifts and bribes and asking people to make receipts.

"I didn't, they took the initiative to fight."

"If they hit, you will take it? You're so stupid, you also need a receipt for this thing, you should go to a restaurant to eat and drink, and ask for an invoice when you leave? Idiot! ”

He asked his son to pay a bribe, but now he has a receipt. It is equivalent to taking the handle of the person who collects the money. This is not to give money, but to blackmail people. Isn't it too early to die?

"But Li Shuchu and Qi Guoyuan are not bad, and they also said that they would come to visit in person in two days." Zhu Shaoyang argued.

"Leave the receipt, you go out." Zhu Gongyu waved his hand a little weakly, and he had no choice when he met such a sad son. Is it really still the Ming Dynasty?

Zhuxian Town Barracks.

Li Shuchu and Qi Guoyuan looked at the boxes of silver tickets in front of them, looked at each other and smiled.

"This Kaifeng old Zhu family is really bold, and it is 2.5 million silver dollar coupons as soon as it is shot."

"Can we take this money?" Qi Guoyuan asked.

Li Shuchu said with a smile, "What can't be accepted, Zhu Shaoyang also said it clearly." This money is not for us, it is not considered a bribe, it is a donation from the locality, and it is for the expenses of the military camp and the yamen. This money can't fall into our pockets, and in the end it will be used by the people. Besides, our receipts are all typed, and then a special account will be set up for the money. The special funds are earmarked, and every penny and every penny used is recorded in the special account. If you want to regularly disclose the whereabouts of the money, you have to report it to the imperial court. ”

Henan is located in the Central Plains, but when it comes to troubled times, Henan is often the hardest hit area, the area with the most hungry people, and the area most affected by war.

Li Shu first came to the Central Plains to serve as the governor, and after taking office, the pressure was also very great. The emperor had already announced that he would double the salaries of all officials, even the salaries of officials, and that he would also try to cancel the local levies. This is good governance, but it also means that finances will be very tight, and it will not be possible for the imperial court to withdraw money indefinitely.

Not to mention, the localities also have to restore production, self-help after the disaster, clean up the census, etc., and no money is required for any of them. What the emperor gave him was not money but policy, and asked him to clean up the commercial tax and raise funds from the commercial tax to carry out self-rescue.

However, in order to receive commercial taxes, you must first sort out the upper and lower levels, and you have to rectify the rule of officials, all of which require money.

Now the Zhu family has sent 2.5 million at once, but it is a charcoal in the snow.

"I don't think this money should be distributed like this, give you one million in Kaifeng Military Town, which will be used for food, rewards, and the resettlement of soldiers and their families, as well as the construction of new forts, forts, and military stations. In addition, 700,000 is used for the expenses of the shelf army and the mobilization army, the reserve army and the township army, what do you think? ”

Qi Guoyuan smiled, "I have no opinion, I will do what the governor wants." "Qi Guoyuan didn't expect to start with this money from the beginning, he is the founder of the country, he is also the founding viscount, and he is also a senior officer of the former general. The salaries of the officials of the Han Empire have increased greatly, and even if they do not drink the blood of the soldiers, they still have a high income.

What's more, there are all kinds of rewards and subsidies, and he usually eats and lives in the barracks, and he doesn't have to spend his own money. Hubei's wife is also from an ordinary peasant family, knows how to be diligent and thrifty, and does not talk about pomp and circumstance, and now his income can live a very decent life, and there is no need to send his future for some money.

"The remaining 800,000 yuan will be used for salary increases for officials in the two provinces and counties, and for post-disaster reconstruction, which will be included in the special account as special funds."

Qi Guoyuan smiled, "Although 800,000 is a lot, but tens of millions of people in the prefectures and counties of the two provinces, these two provinces are also the most severely affected areas by bandits over the years, especially now there are still a large number of bandits in western Henan, and it is indispensable to restore this money." 800,000, I'm afraid it's not enough. ”

He said meaningfully to Li Shuchu, "The Kaifeng Zhu family is very rich, I think you can get another 18 million from them, and there are many clans in Luoyang and other places." ”

The Ming Dynasty has a domain all over the world, especially in Henan, and there is almost no county without a domain. This is the heaviest mountain on the heads of the people of Henan, but now, Qi Guoyuan feels that this is the largest gold mine in Henan.

"I'll write a letter to Your Majesty." Li Shuchu thought for a while and replied. (To be continued.) )