Lao Zhu not only kills, but also employs people.

After these people were dragged down, he easily promoted some people according to his own list.

He regarded these people not only by the historical records he saw, but also by the achievements and abilities of these people.

After promoting these people, Lao Zhu spoke again: "Today, in Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Tianjin and other places, the plague is rampant, and the people have suffered countless deaths and injuries. ”

"Nowadays, it is very difficult for people to make a living, let alone pay taxes."

"So, let's prepare to exempt these places from tax for one year, and tell me what you think."

Just now, such an exciting thing as blood splattering Jinluan happened, and now these ministers still have the picture of Wang Sunhui's head on the ground echoing in their minds, and they have not been able to react to what Lao Zhu said about tax reduction and exemption.

It's just that they can't react, which doesn't mean that Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household department, can't react either.

Ni Yuanlu, a great calligrapher who was once elegant and famous in history, has completely penetrated into the eyes of money after taking charge of the household department at this time, under the pressure of Lao Zhu.

At this moment, when he heard Lao Zhu mention taxes, he was the first to react, and subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to object, "Your Majesty, this matter is not ......."

It's just that Ni Yuanlu was halfway through speaking, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he immediately stopped his words and changed his words and asked, "Can the money in the inner treasury survive next year?" ”

To tell the truth, although all the money for the robbery was returned to the inner treasury, Lao Zhu basically did not keep it for himself.

There are places where the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Officials need money, and after Ni Yuanlu calculates it, after compressing everything to the extreme, he goes to Lao Zhu to ask for it.

Anyway, there is no money in the treasury, the money is in the inner treasury, and he has nowhere to get money if he doesn't look for Lao Zhu.

And Lao Zhu was not stingy every time, and after verifying that the expenses were reasonable, as long as Ni Yuanlu wanted it, he would let the inner library allocate it.

In this way, the inner treasury has already produced millions of taels of silver.

Ni Yuanlu felt that even if there was a lot of money to copy the house last time, the inner treasury should be empty now.

What's more, seeing that the war is about to start, there will only be more places to use money, if the taxes in these places are reduced or exempted at this moment, then when the inner treasury has no money, it will be difficult for the Ming Dynasty's finances to survive next year.

Thinking of this, Ni Yuanlu directly told Lao Zhu He what he had calculated during this time.

"Now outside Shanhaiguan, the elite of the nine sides is lost, and Jiannu may bypass the Shanhaiguan defense line at any time and take the hinterland of my Daming."

"In order to deal with Jiannu, I must recruit elite soldiers again, this expense, the minister calculated, plus the armor, at least three million taels of silver."

"In addition to recruiting new soldiers, in order to prevent Jiannu from knocking on the border and entering the customs this year, the minister thinks that he should transfer garrisons from all over the country to Yu Jiannu, and this cost is tentatively set at between 60 and 800,000 taels."

"And now that disasters are everywhere, and there are displaced people everywhere, in order to appease these displaced people, the imperial court needs to allocate at least 500,000 taels, which is also a large expense."

"By the way, and Your Majesty wants to rebuild the Huimin Pharmacy, provide free medical treatment for the people, and curb the plague, which is a big expense, and it is estimated that it will take ......"

"Okay, okay, don't read it."

Lao Zhu couldn't help but feel a little headache when he heard Ni Yuanlu read out the various expenses one by one as if he were reading an account book.

Running a country is similar to living a life, there is a way to live with money, and there is a way to live without money.

Before, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was empty, and even the military salary could not be paid, and it seemed that there was a shortage of one million taels of silver, as long as the Ming Dynasty made up for it, it seemed that he could get rid of the dilemma of poverty immediately.

As a result, Lao Zhu killed so many people, and copied out millions of taels, all of which were filled in, and there was no sign of getting rid of poverty, but it made Lao Zhu feel poorer and poorer.

It's just that Lao Zhu can't help it, he knows that Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household, is already very responsible, and he is also trying his best to reduce the various expenses of the imperial court, and what can be reported is where money must be given.

But there is no way, who made Daming's foundation too bad now.

Today's Da Ming is like a patient who has been in deficit for a long time.

The silver taels that Lao Zhu copied out before were like a dose of medicine, and his life was temporarily suspended.

But the body has been in deficit for so long, and if you want to make up for it, you need more medicine.

"The money should be out, and there is no need to save it."

Lao Zhu pondered for a moment, and then said, "If the inner library can't hold it at that time, we will find a way." ”

"Huh?"

When Ni Yuanlu heard Lao Zhu say that he would find a way, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his eyes to his colleagues.

Looking at the sparse Lala, among whom there were many colleagues who were known for their integrity, Ni Yuanlu subconsciously said, "I'm afraid it's ...... Not enough. ”

And the officials who were watched by Ni Yuanlu almost knelt down crying and begging for mercy when they heard Ni Yuanlu say this.

We're already planning to donate, we'll donate when we get back, and we won't keep any of them when the time comes, so don't look at us like that.

And Lao Zhu looked at Ni Yuanlu's movements, and couldn't help crying and laughing, "Let's say find a way from other places, what do you want?" ”

Raiding the house to make money can be an emergency, but it must not be done as a continuous way to make money.

Otherwise, they will only be more fierce and evil to the people if they are ordered to collect money, and Lao Zhu will never allow this to happen.

When he said think of other ways, he meant thinking of ways from his old Zhu family.

A blessed king fattened Li Zicheng, and it was more than enough to provide military salaries for Li Zicheng's 200,000 army.

After all, it was always his old Zhu family, and it was better to let him kill than to let Li Zicheng and other outsiders kill him.

And in addition, there is also Zheng Zhilong's side, the money in his hand, even if he completes the tasks he assigned to him, he will definitely have a lot of wealth, so Li Zicheng, who borrowed some from him and was already completely tied to Daming, would definitely be happy.

"Money matters, it's not a big problem, you don't have to worry."

Lao Zhu pondered for a moment, and then continued to speak: "As for those displaced people, they not only need to be relieved, but also resettled. ”

"The homeless people have no roots, no matter how much money the court has, it is not enough to give relief, and when the court has no money to help, they will still make trouble, and at that time, they will be the next thieves."

"Placement ......"

Ni Yuanlu subconsciously shook his head, how easy is it to settle.

It's not that he hasn't thought about this, but now the land of Daming is basically in the hands of the gentry, and there is basically no spare land.

And there are so many people affected by the disaster, where can we get so much land to settle them?

"Your Majesty, there is not so much land to resettle."

"Abolish the Huangzhuang and distribute it to the homeless."

Lao Zhu thought for a moment, and then said: "If we remember correctly, there should be more than 30,000 hectares of Huangzhuang today, all of which will be abolished, and as many as can be resettled." ”

"In addition to Huangzhuang, doesn't the rebuilding of Huimin Pharmacy also require a large number of people? These manpower should be recruited from the displaced people as much as possible, so that the displaced people can have a job and a way to live. ”

The Imperial Estate was the exclusive land of the royal family, and the taxes from these lands were not in the national treasury and were used exclusively for the expenses of the royal family.

In fact, the royal family is the largest landlord, but tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, the tax revenue that can really fall into the hands of the royal family will not be much at all.

Therefore, Lao Zhu simply abolished the imperial village, and as for the future expenses of the royal family, when the Ming Dynasty is pacified, it is enough to find any expenses.

"Your Majesty, this ...... This is against the ancestral system. ”

When Ni Yuanlu heard that Lao Zhu actually wanted to abolish the Huangzhuang, he was stunned for a moment, and then directly objected.

"Ancestry? What ancestry? ”

Lao Zhu snorted coldly, he is the ancestor, and what he said is the ancestral system.

Of course, he definitely can't say that to Ni Yuanlu, "Grandpa Tai was a commoner back then...... Begging for food, he laid down this country just to make the people live better. ”

"If you let him know that future generations will compete with the people for profit and occupy tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, do you see if he will jump out of the coffin and abolish these ancestral systems."

Since Lao Zhu ascended the throne and became the emperor, he has been very taboo about his origin of begging, and generally does not allow others to mention it at all, let alone say it himself.

It's just that now after the baptism of history, he has become much more open-minded, and he doesn't care so much about his background.

Therefore, he originally wanted to say that he was born as a civilian, but he directly changed his words to say that he was begging for food.

In his current opinion, there is no shame in his background in begging, but it is shameful that the people under his rule are still begging for food.

"This ......"

Ni Yuanlu was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Jiang Dejing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and found that he, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did not react in the slightest to the emperor's decision to violate the ancestral system.

At that moment, he didn't say much, and bowed directly to Lao Zhu, "Your Majesty is pregnant with the people, and it is the son of the Holy Heaven, which is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty and the blessing of the people." ”

After Ni Yuanlu said this, the rest of the officials also bowed and saluted, echoing Ni Yuanlu's words and patting Lao Zhu's ass.

As for Jiang Dejing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he was naturally among them, Ni Yuanlu glanced at him just now, he saw it, and he knew what Ni Yuanlu meant.

But he didn't mean to stand up at all, first, he felt that it was a good thing to abolish the Huangzhuang to resettle the displaced people.

Second, it is because, last time Lao Zhu disagreed, he asked Guang Shiheng and them to go to the imperial mausoleum to ask the great grandfather, this time if he talked to Lao Zhu about the ancestral system in this matter, what if Lao Zhu sent him to the imperial mausoleum.

So Jiang Dejing thinks that the ancestral system should be changed, anyway, it is for the sake of the people, and there is no need for him to fight against Lao Zhu in this matter, and it is not worth it to put his life into it when the time comes.

With Lao Zhu opening his mouth to ensure that there is no problem with the money, and he also took out the Huangzhuang to resettle the displaced people, Ni Yuanlu naturally has no opinion on the matter of reducing the tax.

After the matter was discussed, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, looked a little hesitant, obviously hesitating about something.

When Jiannu negotiated peace, it had been delayed for two months, and yesterday he went to meet the saint to ask Lao Zhu's opinion, but Lao Zhu still did not express his position, but just asked him to take it to the court today.

But this kind of thing, there is no need to think about it, there will be people who oppose it, if he dares to say it now, I am afraid that he will be sprayed to death by the rest of the officials.

Therefore, Chen Xinjia hesitated for a long time, thinking of Lao Zhu's explanation yesterday, he finally spoke:

"Your Majesty, Jiannu has submitted a peace document, please let Your Majesty take a look."