"Obey the order!"

Li Yan hurriedly bowed down and replied.

Zhu Jie felt a little depressed, and said hatefully: "It's a pity that over the years, we have rarely fought naval battles, and there are too few excellent commanders at sea......

Li Yan smiled bitterly: "No way, we have too many debts over the years, in the past two hundred years, there have been very few naval battles in the imperial court, and most of them are petty fights, the largest naval battle is still the Battle of Liaoluo Bay commanded by Zheng Zhilong, and it was also at that time that our Ming warships were too small and the firepower was too weak, and all the disadvantages of the hundred battles were not from books, they were all fought step by step from actual combat......

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "It seems that I really need to plan the development of the naval fleet, now that the year has passed, there are many affairs in Beijing, and a month after the decree, I will go south to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect the Longjiang Bao Shipyard and Quanzhou Bao Shipyard, and Mao Yuanyi, Huang Zongxi, Xu Yifan, Zheng Sen, and Bi Dengfu will drive south!" ”

After a day, it was a three-day dynasty, and now it has passed the Shangyuan Festival, the first month is coming to an end, and the plan of the year lies in the spring, and the affairs of the various ministries above the court began to be heavy.

The first is the matter of the Ministry of Households, Huang Zongxi has now been in the office of the Ministry of Household Affairs for a year, and the ministries control the affairs of the Ministry of Households, according to Zhu Jie's will, the Ministry of Households must draw up a detailed budget of the imperial court's revenue and expenditure every year and submit it to the cabinet for deliberation.

"Your Majesty, in half a month, the silver taels of Western countries can be transported to the capital, do you think this compensation silver taels need to be directly included in the treasury of the household department and filled with annual income?"

Huang Zongxi asked.

Huang Zongxi has been an angry little daughter-in-law for a year, it is too difficult, the court has to spend money everywhere, and Huang Zongxi will be sad to death, if it is not for Dongying's silver taels to be paid into the treasury, I really don't know how to get out.

If this silver is charged into the treasury, then there is really no need to worry, the silver for disaster relief, the silver for pensions, the silver for river workers, the silver for water conservancy, including the salaries of officials, can be easily solved.

"What? Taichong, the millions of taels of silver that Dongying brought back, isn't it enough for you? Now you're eyeing the silver that the West has brought back, you can't be so greedy, hehe......"

Zhu Jie said with a smile.

Huang Zongxi was stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "Your Majesty, isn't this silver handed over to the treasury?" So what to do? Deposit your private child? ”

Zhu Jie shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I don't need so much silver in the palace, and the annual expenses in the future will be limited to 500,000 taels of silver, and the rest will be charged to the treasury, but this silver cannot enter the treasury to meet daily expenses, I have decided that all seven million taels of silver will go to Yongxing Bank, and separately subsidize the Ming fleet with one million taels of silver every year, and in the shortest possible time, prepare to build a second fleet!" ”

Huang Zongxi's face turned dark, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty, now that our Ming fleet is strong enough, the imperial court lists more than two million taels of silver for the naval fleet every year, which is enough for the naval fleet, and you even want to increase the expenditure of one million taels of silver for the Ming fleet again?" What about the expenses of the imperial court? You know, this year alone, river engineering, water conservancy and other livelihood will exceed three million taels of silver, in addition, there are also Dongying, Mobei two wars under the casualty of the soldiers is also a huge expense, this year, the imperial court is not easier than last year, is in need of this silver! ”

"Taichong!"

Zhu Jie's face sank, and he shouted: "It is precisely because the Ming fleet is strong enough that we were able to successfully expedition to the East, and we were able to retreat under the pressure of the four Western countries and get the compensation of seven million taels of silver, but is our Ming fleet really strong enough?" It's still far away, if it is strong enough, even if the four Western countries are united, they will definitely not dare to watch the interests of our Ming Empire! This silver was earned by the Ming fleet for the imperial court, so why not leave it to the Ming fleet? You know, where did we get more than seven million taels of silver from Dongying, and why should we even hand over this silver to the treasury? People's livelihood is important, but national defense is the top priority! In my lifetime, I don't want Western countries to be driving giant ships to show off their might at the door of the Ming Dynasty! Such a shameful appearance, once is enough, how can it be careless? ”

Huang Zongxi's face was bitter, and he said bitterly: "Your Majesty, you are too biased in doing this, if you feel that the funds of the Ming fleet are insufficient, you can add additional expenses from the household department, but what is the matter with taking out this silver separately and listing it separately for the Ming fleet?" Could it be that the Tianwei Army and the Tianxiong Army are not biological? Tens of thousands of people are not your people, in the past 20 years, the Central Plains has suffered many natural disasters, people's livelihood has withered, and vitality has been greatly damaged, it is the time to recuperate and feed back the people's livelihood......"

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied: "Tai Chong, I know what you mean, it's just that this silver must be listed separately, not only for the sake of the Ming fleet, but also for the currency reform we want to implement, how can it be done without enough silver taels as a backing?" Since the beginning of this year, the currency system reform has been officially implemented, and the household department needs to print and mint 1 million gold coins this year, and use 500,000 taels of gold to mint; 20 million silver coins, 60 million auxiliary silver coins, 15 million taels of silver, within ten years, the number of domestic gold coins reached 10 million, 10,000 silver coins, and 40,000 auxiliary silver coins. The annual subsidy of one million taels of silver to the Ming fleet is directly allocated by Yongxing Bank every year. ”

This is equivalent to depositing the silver directly in the bank, seven million taels of silver, seven years, the interest alone has a million taels, Huang Zongxi is distressed and is about to cry, there is no drama at all, this year, some of them are worried......

"Don't worry, Taichong, I have already calculated, the finances of a few years and a year will definitely exceed 30 million taels, the sea ban has been completely relaxed, and the goods flowing into the Ming Empire from the West every year exceed tens of millions of taels of silver, just the customs silver, there will be no less than millions of taels of silver, enough to meet these expenses, and our finances will continue to improve next year!" Your hard days are coming to an end, what are you worried about? ”

(End of chapter)