Chapter 507: Chu Daban is coming back! [2 more]
When tens of millions of taels of gold and silver are placed in front of these civil and military forces, I don't know if these civil and military forces will expand wildly one by one, after all, just by conquering a Dongying, so much wealth has been obtained, what about the surrounding countries, large and small?
People's hearts are greedy, in the past, everyone just stared at the Ming Dynasty, and the taxes of the entire imperial court were only millions of taels every year, which was unbelievable.
Now Chu Yi has confiscated tens of millions of taels of gold and silver at once, even if this is a one-shot deal, there will be no next time after doing it this time, but if it is compared, I believe that those civil and military officials will also be crazy about it.
The reason why these officials oppose foreign conquest is simply because they do not see any benefit, but will end up with a notoriety of being reckless.
But now Chu Yi has set a precedent for them, as if he has opened a window for them.
It turns out that instead of weakening the country, foreign conquest can obtain a large amount of wealth to replenish the national treasury.
Between his thoughts flying, Chu Yi briefly looked through the account books, dozens of account books that were half a person tall recorded in detail the belief data of these gold and silver property that were escorted, Chu Yi obviously couldn't check it carefully, that is, just a general understanding of the data.
Putting down the account book, Chu Yi glanced at Lin Ping, and gently tapped on the table and ordered: "Pass the order down and start loading!" ”
A large number of supply ships were left behind, waiting for this moment.
As these empty supply ships slowly approached the shore, a large number of wagons also came to the shore, and large boxes that seemed to be very tightly sealed were carefully loaded on top of the large ships.
Hundreds of big ships naturally don't need so many ships, and these big boxes are just big ships that can fill a dozen ships.
However, the remaining supply ships were loaded with a large amount of precious wood, spices and other materials.
After all, these big ships can't go back, so just pick up some valuable materials and bring them back to Daming.
A large amount of supplies were brought in, and in three days, hundreds of supply ships were finally fully loaded and ready to set sail.
On the port, Chu Yi was saying goodbye to Lu Dazhu, Zhai Luan and others.
Unexpectedly, Chu Yi left Zhai Luan and Lu Dazhu to sit in Dongying, but he made clear arrangements for the division of labor between the two.
Zhai Luan is in charge of Dongying's political affairs, and Lu Dazhu is responsible for dealing with Dongying's counterattack, the two are one and the same, if nothing else, Dongying will not have any chaos.
In one year, Daming has changed very much, and it is the so-called rich and easy to do. In this year, the imperial court alone allocated as much as 30 million or 40 million taels of silver from the treasury, and every time the household transferred the silver, it was terrifying.
How could they have ever had so much gold and silver, it can be said that among the several departments of the imperial court, the most diligent change of officials is the household department.
In fact, many household officials could not stand the temptation of huge wealth, and even tried in vain to embezzle the silver allocated by the state treasury.
It's a pity that these officials are blinded by gold and silver, and they don't want to think about whether these gold and silver have a life to take or not.
The intelligence agencies of Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang stared at the Chinese military officials of the DPRK one by one, and did not dare to say that these officials would say a word to their wives at night, and the next day the Son of Heaven would be able to find out, but it was very simple to find out the evidence of these people's greed for ink treasury silver.
Zhu Houzhao was not merciless to these officials who dared to be greedy for the ink treasury silver, and changed his magnanimous temperament, but all the officials who were found to be greedy for the ink treasury silver were investigated to the end and their families were exterminated.
If it weren't for the joint persuasion of Jiao Fang and other cabinet members, I am afraid that Zhu Houzhao would have to reinstate the punishment of stripping skin and filling grass practiced by Zhu Yuanzhang, the former Taizu.
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao was having a cold face, and in front of him, Qian Ning, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was standing there with his head down, and on the ground, it was a piece of music.
This recital was presented by Qian Ning, and it was the content of Qian Ning's impeachment of several household officials.
Rubbing his forehead, Zhu Houzhao looked angry, and he heard Zhu Houzhao say: "How many ink-greedy officials have I killed?" ”
Qian Ning said almost immediately: "Back to Your Majesty, since the treasury has been full, Your Majesty has ordered the killing of as many as forty-eight officials of the household department who are greedy for ink. ”
Zhu Houzhao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then smiled angrily: "Forty-eight people, I really didn't expect that the heads of forty-eight people were not able to deter these people, could it be said that gold and silver things are really more important than the heads on their necks?" Or do they think I won't be able to notice their little movements? ”
Qian Ning lowered his head and said with an indifferent expression: "Human nature is greedy, in the face of so much gold and silver, there are not many people who can control their hearts. ”
Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly and said, "That's not enough people I killed." ”
While speaking, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes: "Spread my will, order Jinyiwei and Dongchang to jointly arrest the person who is greedy for ink, and the evidence must be conclusive, not to wronged one person, not to indulge one person in vain." ”
Channing took the order and left.
Zhu Houzhao sat down with a little tiredness on his face, and Gu Da, who had been serving on the side, stepped forward at this moment and carefully massaged Zhu Houzhao's temples.
Zhu Houzhao squinted his eyes, enjoying Gu Dayong's service and said, "Gu Daban, do you think I'm too lenient for these officials?" ”
Gu Dayong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, that is a benevolent monarch, to be able to have a monarch like Your Majesty, that is the blessing of a hundred officials, the blessing of the Ming Dynasty." ”
Zhu Houzhao snorted lightly and said: "If it weren't for Chu Daban's expedition to Dongying, I would definitely let Chu Daban strictly investigate the corruption of ink, but I would like to see if gold and silver are important, or my own life is important." ”
Gu Dayong smiled slightly and said, "Didn't Your Majesty already give an order to the chief manager, and the chief manager will be back soon." ”
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but pouted and said: "A few months ago, I gave an edict to the big companion, but the big companion said that Dongying was undecided, and now, the big companion wants to calm Dongying, I don't know how long it will take!" I knew that today, I shouldn't have let Otomo lead the army to Dongying in the first place! ”
Gu Dayong chuckled and said: "Yes, if there is a chief administrator sitting in the court, those people will not dare to be greedy for the silver of the treasury, and those local officials will not dare to embezzle the gold, silver, grain and other disaster relief materials allocated for disaster relief!" ”
I don't know what I thought, Zhu Houzhao said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "But the big companion is doing a very beautiful job in Dongying this time, I never thought that the land of Dongying would contain such a great wealth, which is enough to be tens of millions of taels of silver." If this had been placed in the past, it would have been almost my tax income for three years in the Ming Dynasty. ”
Gu Dayong is definitely Zhu Houzhao's most relied on chamberlain in this big interior, it can be said that Chu Yi is not there, Gu Dayong is the first person in the inner house, so for many things, even if the cabinet members don't know, Gu Dayong knows it clearly.
A part of the wealth that Chu Yi sent someone to escort back from Dongying went into the treasury on the surface, but secretly it went into the royal private treasury.
Even the cabinet elders knew about this but didn't say anything, after all, Chu Yi was also a slave of the Son of Heaven, and it was reasonable to search for gold and silver for the Son of Heaven, at least Chu Yi didn't forget to charge some of the gold and silver into the treasury, which was already quite good, after all, if Chu Yi was willing, even if all the gold and silver were filled into the royal treasury, they wouldn't be able to say anything.
The gold and silver items that Chu Yi sent to escort back earlier made the Korean Chinese military officials change their previous attitude against the conquest of Dongying, otherwise, the 100,000 troops would not have been sent out so smoothly.
There was a sound of footsteps, Gu Dayong couldn't help frowning, and looked towards the entrance of the main hall, only to see a little eunuch running over, bowing down and saying to Zhu Houzhao: "Slave and maid to see Your Majesty, there is a chief administrator to rush the army report!" ”
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Hurry up!" ”
The little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully presented the letter in his hand.
Zhu Houzhao opened the letter and swept it through the ten lines at a glance, his face suddenly showed a look of surprise, and he even laughed out loud, and Gu Dayong, who was standing on the side, could also clearly see the content of the letter.
When he saw the contents of the letter, Gu Dayong's expression changed slightly.
"Hahaha, Gu Daban, come and see, Chu Daban is finally willing to come back! If you do the math, Otomo has been gone for almost a year! My emperor is already babbling, but he, the crown prince, has never taught me a day! ”
Gu Da said with a smile on his face, as if he was very happy about Chu Yi's return: "The chief manager is busy with military affairs, so naturally he has no time to teach the prince, but this time the chief manager returns, Your Majesty can let the chief manager rest for a while, so that the chief manager has time to teach the prince." ”
There is no absolute secret in this world, and Chu Yi's letter still passed through the cabinet first and then forwarded to the Son of Heaven, the civil and military officials may not know, but several cabinet elders know that Chu Yi has embarked on the road back to Beijing with the capture from Dongying.
What the two of them knew was not a secret, and it didn't take long for the news that Chu Yi was about to return to Beijing spread.
Chu Yi has been away from Beijing for nearly a year, and many officials have almost forgotten Chu Yi, or they have forgotten the days of trembling when they were dominated by Chu Yi's fierce power.
I think that Chu Yi's murderous name can stop children crying at night, as for the Chinese military officials of the DPRK, which one does not mention Chu Yi's name and change color.
The second update.
ps: I recommend a book, a new book by an old author, "I Can Only Cross Half" I also want to wear it well, but I can only wear half of it