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Chapter 138 [Where Did All the Money Go?] 】

The palace is forbidden in the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen is looking through the recital in the study, and the little eunuch on duty comes in to pass the word. ^^ UC e-book "Your Majesty, Lord Huang is here"

Chongzhen put down the fold and said, "Invite him in."

Recently, hundreds of officials in the court have quarreled and squeezed each other, and Ao Bai has been asking for leave and not going to the court, which makes Chongzhen not very happy.

After Ao Bai entered the door, Chongzhen ordered the eunuch to move the chair and said, "Sit down." How's it going? ”

"Practicing Shaolin Golden Bell Jar every day, the body is very good, Shaolin's martial arts are indeed unique, as long as the emperor can practice the sense of qi, he can also practice this set of kung fu." Ao Bai looked at Chongzhen and said with concern: "With all due respect, the emperor's spirit doesn't look very good." ”

During the reign of Shenzong, every three, sixth, and ninth days of the month, the early dynasty was only held nine times a month, and the emperor of the Apocalypse was directly not on the early dynasty, and now Chongzhen took the throne and changed it to the morning dynasty every day, and he was about to exhaust himself.

Chongzhen pointed to a pile of recitals on the table, and said depressedly: "I approve the recitals every day after going to the court, and I only sleep for a few hours a day, how can my spirit be good?" I don't have time to practice. I'm here today to ask you to help me with some ideas. There are always ministers who oppose the opinions I put forward, and none of them can be passed smoothly, and you can see that the recitals are piled up. ”

"If you want to be perfect in everything, you don't have to do anything. Don't listen to those ministers, just make up your mind, even if there is a problem, implement a part of it first to see the effect, it is better to stop if it is not good than to press things down. I really can't stand the ministers who don't do anything. ”

Chongzhen smiled: "You don't go to court now, don't you do nothing?" ”

Ao Bai smiled bitterly: "The emperor has given me the position of Taifu, and too many people look at me unpleasantly." Before, some people said that I was a eunuch, and some people said that I controlled you, and if I participated in political affairs again, some people would definitely say that I controlled the government in a few days. If my suggestion touches the interests of some people, these people can't just say that I want to rebel? I don't go to court to protect myself, otherwise they will catch a little trick, and they will definitely attack it in groups......"

Chongzhen sighed again, since he became the emperor, he has become old-fashioned. "Recently, I heard that there were two foreigners living in your house, and immediately someone secretly wrote that you were plotting against you, so what is going on?"

Ao Bai pretended to be angry and said: "Master Xu and I are old friends, and I know a few foreign friends through him. Catholic President Long Minhua and others hope that I can persuade you to build a church in the capital, please go to them to see, the foreign girl who lives in my house is called Anna, who is Portuguese, that girl doesn't know how to look at me, she stays by my side and does not leave, and the other person is called Vieri, who was invited by Anna to be a translator and teach her Chinese. She has some skills and taught me a lot about mathematics. I know a few foreigners who are plotting against him, why doesn't anyone impeach him if he knows so much? ”

When Chongzhen heard him, he dispelled all his doubts. asked, "How is Jin Yiwei now?" ”

Ao Bai sighed: "The Red Mansion has lost a lot of information, and it can't be made up. I have sent people to various places to look for supernumeraries, and I am afraid that tens of thousands of people will have to leave Jinyiwei. ”

Chongzhen said: "Didn't you talk about this before? It's not your fault. Provide the latest hand play in this chapter"

"But what we have lost is not just people, but also wealth. The Red Mansion is the foundation of Jinyiwei, in addition to personnel information, historical information, there is also the account book. Many non-staff personnel are operating in various places as businessmen, and now that the Red Mansion has been destroyed, these people directly take the wealth belonging to the imperial court as their own, and there is no information to record it, so it is impossible to trace it back. ”

Chongzhen slapped the dragon chair and said angrily: "Yang Yuzhen must cut you with a thousand knives"

Ao Bai really wants to find the crazy and be a guest. "These people" are actually his people. The ledger is backed up in Tian Ergeng's mansion, Tian Ergeng has the big dream of becoming an emperor in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he also attaches great importance to wealth accumulation, and knows Jinyiwei well. Ao Bai and Su Meng'er searched out the account book and concealed it from the imperial court. At this time, they have already taken over a large number of shops, and many of the Jinyi Guards who have become black households have taken refuge in the Salt Gang and Heishi Village, and those who do not cooperate have been killed.

As a result, Aobai's strength increased greatly, and the wealth obtained was astronomical.

Ironically, Chongzhen wanted to deal with corrupt officials, but he didn't know that what he was in front of was the first corrupt official in the Ming Dynasty. To blame, you can only blame the Emperor of the Apocalypse for trusting Dongchang and Jinyiwei too much, and doing too well to keep secrets to the outside world.

Chongzhen didn't speak for a while, and said, "If Jinyiwei is rebuilt, how much will it cost?" ”

Ao Bai shook his head and said: "I have discussed with Miss Su, if Jinyiwei wants to restore the original scale, the cost of recruiting non-staff personnel from all over the country must be amazing, and the newcomers are not trustworthy." So I suggest that for the time being, we should not consider rebuilding Jinyiwei, which will affect the country's finances. At present, the momentum of the border passes is very good, and the Liaodong battlefield should be the main focus. The Jurchens had already made a request for peace, and were willing to pay tribute to us, only asking for trade outside the border, but Lord Sun did not agree. ”

Chongzhen said: "The only thing that can make me happy is the situation at the border pass." It turned out that it was so simple to deal with the Tartars, but if the deal was broken, they would not be able to survive...... Now that the border passes have just stabilized, there are still seven places that have reported to the Ministry of War for wages. The court really has no money. Is there any way you can fix it? ”

"The only way to solve this problem is to make the rich pay more taxes, and all the rich should be robbed to help the poor." Now those ministers, which one of them is not wealthy, and the official salary set by the imperial court is usually so much a year, where does their money come from? I chatted with foreigners, and when they talked about the Ming Dynasty, they were all praises, how rich the land was, how good the trade, in fact, except for merchants and officials, the country was already poor, and the peasants and people could not survive, and if they did not fight corruption, there would be big problems sooner or later. ”

"However, as soon as I said that the commercial tax would be increased, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty collectively opposed it. If I fight for business taxes, they will call me a dumb king. Chongzhen said, turned his head and quietly wiped his tears, and said, "Even you have no other way?" ”

Ao Bai felt that Chongzhen was too pathetic, less than twenty years old, and he was under so much pressure. I don't have a qualified helper around.

Chongzhen looked worried, and said: "Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhou, Yanqing and other places have arrears of military salaries, and the front-line sergeants are sluggish, and the morale of the army is shaken. In several border passes, military salaries were in arrears for half a year or even more than a year, and many officers and men were guarding the border passes, and the best guards could only receive 30 percent of their salaries, and many soldiers, their families, and their children were starving. There is already a trend of unstable morale in the army, and it is all up to the generals to forcibly suppress it, and if there is any case, I am afraid that there will be a mutiny at any time. Those courtiers don't care about these things at all, they know every day that they are forcing me to destroy the "Three Dynasties Canon", what should I do now? ”

A few years ago, the "Three Dynasties Classics" is a history book of the Apocalypse, a total of 24 volumes, compiling the Wanli, Taichang, and Tianqi dynasties related to the three major cases of the three major cases of the attack, the red pill, and the removal of the palace. Emperor Tianqi's idea at that time was to support the eunuchs who were loyal to him and fight against the Donglin Party, so he regarded this book as a masterpiece.

Now that the eunuchs have been eradicated, the Donglin party has regained its reuse. What they are anxious about now is not to make some reputations, but to clear their own charges and overturn the case.

To destroy the "Three Dynasties Canon" is tantamount to negating the conclusion of the previous emperor, and it is certainly not an easy task. As a result, the courtiers engaged in a heated debate over the book's existence and abolition. It's so intense that you don't have to do anything.

The so-called Qingliu is simply a group of filthy elements who only care about reputation, do not do practical things, and cover their ears and steal the bell. In their opinion, face is more important than everything. In fact, the common people don't care who is good or bad in these big people, they just want to eat well. And those big officials who only care about face-saving projects are often the type that makes people not have enough food and clothing. If you can't do a good job in your own position, what's the use of claiming justice?

Ao Bai knew that if Chongzhen destroyed the "Three Dynasties Canon" and revised the relevant historical books to clear the obstacles for the Donglin Party, there would definitely be no good results. But he proposed: "Your Majesty, I suggest that this book be destroyed, and there is no need to argue about this issue anymore." Arguing that this is just a waste of time, the eunuchs have been eradicated, and there are many who have been implicated and have done everything, so what's the use of keeping this book? Since you have already chosen a path, don't think about turning back, if you don't destroy it, the literati of the Donglin Party who want to save face will not give up, don't the court work and argue about this all day long? Decide now, and do the rest. ”

Originally, the people in the DPRK and China had an attitude of destruction, but now as soon as he heard that Ao Bai also expressed his position, Chongzhen immediately made up his mind. "You're right, isn't it a contradiction to crack down on the eunuch party and not completely overturn the case for the Donglin Party? I'll finish the matter tomorrow. After the destruction, they should not fight for anything anymore. ”

The conspiracy of Ao Bai succeeded, and he laughed three times in his heart. Won't you fight after destruction? Chongzhen still does not have a clear understanding of the dangers of the Donglin Party, and the destruction of the "Three Dynasties Classics" will only divert the attention of officials to political liquidation, which will not achieve a broad consensus, but will only make the Donglin Party happy and cause further distraction.

As soon as you came to power, you denied everything that the emperor had done, how could there be no objections? If something happens to the Donglin Party, there will be people who want to overturn the case for the Eunuch Party, so you can turn it over slowly, until I am ready and will wipe you out.

People's hearts are unstable, who will pay attention to what Aobai is doing in Shanxi and Zhangjiakou?

In Chongzhen's opinion, it solved a troublesome problem, and said: "Let's talk about military salaries, think of a way." A lot of trust has been too long, and the money has not been able to be collected for a long time. ”

Chongzhen didn't expect that the cause of this situation was still a party dispute. Today's Cabinet Office Li Guopu, with the increase in the imperial court's liquidation of the Wei Party, the more difficult his life becomes, he always keeps an eye on the people under him, for fear that someone will secretly make a mistake and snatch the throne of his auxiliary, so he suppresses several ministers everywhere and restricts everything. The head of the household is his person, and when it comes to the payment of arrears, he will hold on to it and delay it. Xuanfu, Jizhou and other places are important places for military defense, and they are also not mistaken. Fortunately, there are few soldiers in the Eight Banners, and the combat effectiveness is not good, if it is equal to the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and it enters the Central Plains through the mutiny, it will directly destroy the country. Fighting political opponents is more important than fighting foreigners, and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are so bullish.

Ao Bai asked, "How much does the total amount of arrears add up?" ”

Chongzhen looked like he wanted to hit the wall with his head, and said lightly: "One million and three hundred thousand taels." ”

Ao Bai was excited...... Nima's group of soldiers who don't fight eat not food, but energy blocks. Did Daming raise some Transformers? If he is the emperor, he will not hesitate to disarm, only the elite, and let the others retire from the army to cultivate the land and feed themselves. He frowned and said, "What did the ministers say?" ”

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "It's better to increase the salary." ”

"Can't other taxes be added? Like a salt tax? Ao Bai suggested. Anyway, the salt gang is engaged in illegal salt, and it doesn't matter if you can't collect it from them.

Chongzhen said helplessly: "The courtiers said that the Jianghuai salt merchants have lost money in the past two years, and this year's tax is only two million yuan, how can they increase the tax?" ”

Ao Bai heard Su Meng'er say that Jianghuai officials and businessmen also sold illegal salt, Wei Zhongxian's fall was particularly serious, the amount of private salt suddenly became hundreds of times the amount of salt, and in the case of huge profits and monopoly, he dared to say that he couldn't pay taxes because he lost money, and the emperor believed it, which is really a Ming characteristic.

Ao Bai stood up and said excitedly: "Two million guan, do you believe this?" I'm afraid the salt merchants' houses are all made of gold."

Using history as a mirror to know the rise and fall. Marx said: Some people have no motherland. In fact, it's not just that there is no motherland, but even the ancestors can not be wanted for money.

Chongzhen didn't know what to say, so he said lightly: "You mean, it's not that you're losing money, but that Jianghuai officials and businessmen are corrupt?" ”

"I'll give you the simplest example, Your Majesty, have you ever seen the people of the Ming Dynasty without salt? In the past two years, since everyone has had salt to eat, it has never been out of stock, and has never stopped trading. Since there is as much buying and selling as before, how can there be no money? How can taxes be less than before? If the emperor believes me, I recommend a few people to collect salt taxes and manage Jianghuai salt merchants.

When Chongzhen heard that it could increase taxes, he smiled and said, "Are you serious? What are you going to do? ”

"Of course, I sent Jinyi Wei to raid the homes of those corrupt officials who were in charge of this corrupt official, and there must be a lot of money, just to make up for the arrears of the holes. (Half of it is mine) is not ruthless at this time, and other places have learned to talk about losses, so how can there be taxes in the future? Ao Bai said seriously: "I actually don't have a very trustworthy person, can I use my father-in-law and uncle?" The emperor also saw them when they came to Beijing, and they were all military generals with bold personalities. I swear they won't put the money into their pockets (of course the money will go into my pockets, they just work for me)"

Chongzhen patted his chair and said, "Okay, I will give you the sword of Shang Fang, and the matter of collecting salt tax will be handed over to you."

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