Chapter 507: A bowl of water should be flat
"The Xuanda army recovered Liaodong and annihilated Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou and other traitors, annihilated the Manchu Tartars who had plagued my Ming Dynasty for decades in one fell swoop, and then wiped out Li Zicheng and other thieves in the pass, and exterminated the Yiren occupation in the south, and expanded the territory for my Ming Dynasty.
Ma Shiying, who has regained his life, has been quite low-key on weekdays since he came to the capital, although the presence of the right attendant of the Ministry of Gui is very low, but today he is like a chicken blood and started a fight with the first assistant of the dynasty, which also made many people stunned.
But there is no shortage of smart people in this world, and soon some people will see that this group of feelings is to hug Yue Yang's thick legs. Thinking of this, many people looked at him with a trace of disdain in their eyes. Soon, several officials joined the battle and opened fire on Ma Shiying, and a sentence of eunuch lackeys rang out in the main hall, and the scolding quickly escalated into an invulnerable attack.
Looking at the Tai Chi Hall that was as lively as a vegetable market, Yue Yang sighed lightly, and rubbed his temples with his index finger, which was really embarrassing. He didn't expect this Ma Shiying to suddenly jump out to help him, but Yue Yang still had to sell him this favor, after all, people are so hard to speak for you and even fight the ministers with their tongues, if you don't express it, your reputation in the future will not be very good.
And fame is sometimes worthless, sometimes it is very valuable, in short, it is better not to throw it away easily. In Yue Yang's opinion, Ma Shiying was scolded as a eunuch is really a bit wronged, and the person who really has something to do with the eunuch party is actually his good friend Ruan Dacheng, Ma Shiying is just affected by this friend.
"Enough!"
Just when Ma Shiying and a group of people were arguing, a cold voice sounded.
As the words fell, Yue Yang stood up and looked at everyone coldly: "Ben Hou has been arguing with you for a long time, it is nothing more than whether Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou and the army should go out of the suburbs of the city and return victoriously, but Ben Hou wants to ask Chen Ge Lao, do you know how much silver is needed to treat these tens of thousands of troops." Can the household take out this money? If the household department can come up with this silver, then shouldn't the Xuan army under the command of Ben Hou also send out the reward owed to the Xuan army? ”
As soon as Yue Yang's words came out, the ministers who were still criticizing Ma Shiying suddenly stopped moving as if they had been immobilized, and Chongzhen, who was originally sitting on the dragon chair watching the excitement, also looked dumbfounded, all because Yue Yang's words directly talked about the core issue.
If Chongzhen is to be allowed to go out to work in the suburbs, he must just use the royal guard of honor, and the scale is not enough, otherwise it will be the emperor's face. According to the royal etiquette, if the emperor wants to personally lead the team to work in the suburbs, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty must participate, and they must mobilize at least tens of thousands of people and escort the army, etc., and then they have to carry out preliminary preparations and various rewards, and Lin Lin does not have more than 300,000 taels of silver, so don't even think about it.
But here comes the problem again. If you want to reward Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, what about Yueyang's Xuan army. You must know that the Xuan army has made such a great contribution over the years, but the court's reward for them is pitiful, and even a few years ago, it raised the Manchu Qing Dynasty and pacified Fujian, and captured Zheng Zhilong alive. Okay, this time you have the money to give Hong Chengchou and them a reward of silver, so shouldn't you also pay back the money you owe me?
Anything that involves silver will seem unusually realistic, after all, no amount of eloquence can compare to real money. Now that Yue Yang has said, it's no problem for you to reward the three armies. But please send me the money you owe us.
And Ma Shiying, who originally jumped out to fight against Chen Yan, finally put down his heart when he mentioned his throat, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said in his heart: "This master has finally stood up and spoke." ”
Ma Shiying's purpose in standing up today is very simple, that is, to stand in line. This thing has been around since it had classes. It is estimated that it will stay with humanity forever.
Ma Shiying had been pondering the reasons for his dismissal from public office since he was last dismissed, and later he figured out that the reason why he was pulled down was not because he embezzled public funds, nor because he was too stupid. It's that he doesn't have a strong backer behind him, and if he could have had a backer behind him who is enough to protect himself, he won't fall to that point. What a big problem is embezzlement of public funds and bribes, who has used their own money to bribe these days. But I just fell on this hurdle, which is already very revealing.
It was Ma Shiying who had been trying to find a backer for himself since he successfully recovered, originally he wanted to get closer to Zhou Tingru in the dynasty, but Zhou Tingru was the first assistant of the dynasty after all, and the people who waited for him to report to him every day could line up from his house to the city gate.
But a few days ago, since Yueyang entered Beijing, Ma Shiying has set his eyes on him, and he has admired the name of this marquis Ma Shiying for a long time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the biggest minister in the Ming Dynasty. As a horse and a loyal and brave marquis, he holds Shanxi, Shandong, and Liaodong, and more importantly, he still holds a gun in his hand, so the character is simply not too awesome.
But what puzzled Ma Shiying was that his colleagues were attacking Yue Yang one after another, and scolded him as soon as he was mentioned, didn't they know that Yue Yang's wings were already full, and no one could do anything about it? For such a big bull, it is simply stupid to attack people without wanting to please them.
In fact, Ma Shiying also knows that these people can't put down the shelf to please a martial artist who is vulgar and unsightly in their eyes, but what's wrong with the martial artist? Look at the people under him, Hailou, Wuqing, Chen Zhi, Tang Hu, Yue Shunbao, Hu Laosan, these people, before following Yue Yang, the biggest official was a small official who was not in the grade, and Yue Shunbao and Hu Laosan were even scholars and nurses, but which of these people is not a general and a feudal official on the Weizhen side now, what a stupid person it must be to give up such a big tree for a little pity and self-esteem.
Hard work pays off, today Ma Shiying finally waited for the opportunity to pat himself, so he stood up without hesitation and did it with Chen Yan, don't look at him being sprayed with blood by Chen Yan and several famous officials, but he was really not very afraid. No, Yue Yang finally stood up and spoke, and after only saying two words, the person who scolded him just now was speechless, no matter how powerful your mouth is, can it be used as silver?
Seeing that Yue Yang raised the most important question, Chongzhen couldn't be silent, he looked at Li Bei, the head of the household department, and asked: "Li Aiqing, as the head of the household department, tell me how much silver the household department still has, can you support this outing?" ”
Seeing the big boss speak, Li Zhiwen gritted his teeth and stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, there are still 1.13 million silver dollars in the household department now. At least 300,000 silver dollars are needed for this outskirts labor, but if all the rewards of the Xuan army are sown, at least 600,000 silver dollars must be added, so that at least 900,000 silver dollars are needed to meet the needs. ”
"What...... Nine hundred thousand! ”
Everyone was startled as soon as Li Bei's words came out, and Chen Yan jumped up even more: "Lord Li, how did the reward of the Xuan army reach 600,000 silver dollars, are you mistaken?" ”
Due to its high purity and high quality, the silver dollar made in Shanxi is not only sought after by merchants, but also has entered more and more households over time, and even remote places such as North Korea and Annam have begun to recognize this currency, and now it has gradually become the main unit of the Ming household department to count the silver taels.
Seeing that Chen Yan questioned his words, Li Zhiwen did not give him face, but said with a calm face: "Elder Chen Ge, if you question the words of the lower officials, you can go to the household department to check the accounts at any time, and the lower officials are willing to confront you in front of His Majesty and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty!" ”
Seeing that Li was angry with Chen Yan, he remembered that what he had just said was too ambiguous, and he had the meaning of questioning Li Zhiwen's character, so he naturally complained that people were angry, although he was a cabinet scholar, he didn't want to easily offend the God of Wealth who was in charge of the household.
But before he could apologize to Li Zhiwen, Yue Yang on the side asked with a smile: "Elder Chen Ge, since you are so insistent on holding a suburban labor, Ben Hou is not easy to object, but you can't favor one over the other, shouldn't you pay back the money you owe to our Xuan army?" ”
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Looking at Yue Yangpi's smiling face, Chen Yan almost wanted to bite a mouthful of teeth, according to Li Bei's words, if you really want to get it all, it will take 900,000 silver dollars of white flowers, now that the year is approaching, the treasury has finally saved more than one million silver dollars, those Qingliu Beijing officials are looking forward to having a fat year, if you want to scatter this silver like this, those Beijing officials who have no oil and water will have to eat themselves alive, he Chen Yan can't stand the hatred of so many people even if he is in the cow!
Just when Chen Yan was in a dilemma, Zhou Tingru, who was the boss of the cabinet, coughed lightly and spoke: "Your Majesty, according to what the old minister can see, we still have to hold this outing, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the meritorious soldiers, but after all, the silver in the imperial court is not much, and we can't do it in a big way, so our related matters can be simplified, and it is best to control it at 100,000 taels...... Well, within 100,000 silver dollars, this will not make Li Shangshu too difficult, what do you think, Your Majesty? ”
Chongzhen didn't agree immediately, but said to the ministers: "What do you think?" ”
The others didn't speak, and Ma Shiying, who was already determined to shoot the horse to the end, immediately asked: "Elder Zhou Ge, since you have to give rewards to the two adults Hong and Sun and the army, then the reward of the Xuan army will not be paid?" (To be continued......)
ps:Yesterday after the code was uploaded.,But I forgot to publish it.,I found out in the morning.,I'm really sorry for everyone!