"How much? Four hundred and thirty thousand taels? ”

On the second day, when Lu Wenzhao took the corrected account book and sent it to Wenhua Palace, Zhu Youxiao, who was in class, was stunned.

His annual income was only six million taels, but within a few days of his younger brother going to the Imperial Horse Prison, he sent him 430,000 taels, and Zhu Youxiao didn't know what to say.

Not to mention Zhu Youxiao, even if he was arranged to give him a lesson, Sun Chengzong, the official of Zuo Shuzi, couldn't help but be stunned.

Seeing this, Lu Wenzhao could only bow slightly and replied:

"Long live Hui, the Fifth Highness ordered Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun and Nanzhen Fusi to inspect the eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Prison."

"In the end, 127 eunuchs and officials were found to have committed crimes, and a total of 600,000 taels of silver were confiscated, in addition to 64,971 acres of pasture and 25,322 acres of cultivated land."

"There are 372 mansions, 145 in Beijing and 227 outside Beijing."

"The mansion and the Fifth Highness said that after the imperial store was cleared in the near future, it would be put up for sale in the tooth shop, and it should be sold for a hundred thousand taels."

"As for the silver taels confiscated, because of the expenses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness withheld 170,000 taels, and ordered the ministers to escort 430,000 taels into Beijing, which has been handed over to the inner carrier warehouse for posting."

Lu Wenzhao answered in an orderly manner, and told Zhu Youxiao everything that Zhu Youzhen wanted to say.

Of course, the 200,000 taels of pork that were divided cannot be said.

Anyway, after saying this, Wei Jinzhong, who was standing next to Zhu Youxiao, gritted his teeth, he didn't expect the Imperial Horse Supervisor to make so much money.

However, after hearing this, the lecturer Sun Chengzong congratulated Zhu Youxiao happily and said:

"Long live Hexi, with the 430,000 taels escorted by His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness, I think that the salary will be paid in half a month to reduce the pressure on many imperial courts."

"The minister listened to the Ministry of War, a month ago, Xiong Tingbi cut the old and weak, and checked the empty salary, which reduced a lot of burden for the imperial court, and now there are only 160,000 troops in Liaodong."

"The 200,000 military salaries were reduced all of a sudden, which is really a blessing for the imperial court."

What Sun Chengzong said was something that Zhu Youxiao had known for a long time, but he respected Sun Chengzong, although he had known it for a long time, but when he saw Sun Chengzong talking about it, he still nodded in agreement.

He glanced sideways at Wei Jinzhong and asked, "Has the silver of Zhongxian and Xia Tax been credited to the account?" ”

Zhu Youxiao called Wei Jinzhong Wei Zhongxian, just because the Ke clan blew some wind in his ears a few days ago, he changed Wei Zhongxian's name.

This matter, the government and the opposition almost knew about it, and people like Yang Lian and others didn't say anything, because Wei Zhongxian hadn't shown anything at this moment.

However, Wei Zhongxian, after hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, hurriedly bowed and replied:

"Caoyin from Nanzhili and Zhejiang has been escorted to the inner carrier, totaling 634,200 taels"

"In addition, such as the Changying Treasury of Taifu Temple, 253,202 taels were entered, and all departments were accounted for."

"In addition, except for the autumn tax in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, which has not yet been shipped, the autumn tax in other provinces has a total of 1.543219 taels, 5 yuan, 8 cents and 8 cents."

"The gold and silver in the interior are 1,428,200 taels, and the other miscellaneous items are 1,124,700 taels, for a total of 2,522,900 taels."

The treasury of the Ming Dynasty was cumbersome, each of the six ministries had its own small treasury, and the emperor also had his own small treasury, and the collection of taxes was cumbersome, and Zhu Youxiao also had a headache when he heard it.

Fortunately, the autumn tax in the north was collected, and the emperor's internal treasury collected a total of 4.06 million taels.

"How much silver do you have left?" Zhu Youxiao took a sip of tea and asked, and although Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, he had a good memory, and hurriedly replied:

"At the beginning of the year, the internal government received more than 6 million silver, Emperor Shenzong paid more than 2 million military salaries to the nine sides, and the first emperor issued another 2 million, and there are still 2.21 million taels at present."

"If you add the 430,000 taels sent by His Royal Highness Fifth Highness, there will be 2.64 million taels."

"The internal tax plus the autumn tax is a total of 6.7 million taels."

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, and then he could only sigh first and said:

"The household department and the military department are ordered to pay salaries on the same day, and all the salaries and silver must be handed over to the border guards."

"Slave and maid command." Wei Zhongxian hurriedly saluted, but Sun Chengzong suddenly spoke:

"Long live, if there is no problem with the salary of the nine-sided army, then the construction of the emperor's Qingling will need to allocate silver."

"According to the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, Qingling needs to pay 1.5 million taels of silver."

"......" After Sun Chengzong's words were finished, Zhu Youxiao didn't know what to say for a while.

The imperial court has a total of six million taels of silver, the salary of the nine-sided army is nearly one hundred and fifty, and the imperial tomb also needs one and a half million taels.

But after all, he was repairing the imperial mausoleum for his father, so naturally he couldn't be stingy, so he could only nod and say to Wei Zhongxian:

"Tell the fifth brother of the emperor that after the seven days of the national mourning, let him go to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households to see the construction ideas of Qingling."

"Slave and maid command." Wei Zhongxian saluted in a proper manner, knowing that he didn't trust the officials of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, and wanted to ask the Fifth Highness to supervise.

Sun Chengzong didn't expect that Zhu Youxiao really asked Zhu Youzhen to build the imperial mausoleum, so he didn't say anything, but he was ready to continue lecturing.

In short, Zhu Youxiao spent all the 430,000 taels that Zhu Youxiao sent to the internal treasury before it was hot.

By the time Zhu Youzhen knew about it, it was already the second day.

[Qin rewarded the nine-sided sergeant with two taels of silver per person, 866,244 taels of silver from the four towns of Liaochang Yi, 428,044 taels of silver from the three towns of Xuanda Shanxi, 155,684 taels of silver from the two towns of Yansui and Ningxia, and 272,746 taels of silver from the two towns of Guyuan and Gansu, totaling 1,337,518 taels]

[There are still 1,599,882,000 taels in arrears, 7,548,000 taels will be paid next year, and 9,147,882 taels will be paid next year]

"Your uncle's ......"

Zhu Youzhen looked at the performance of the military department, and he almost wanted to scold.

Zhu Youxiao asked him to show this recital, and he thought it was some kind of war, but he didn't want to ask for money.

originally thought that after the military salary, he only owed 1,479,400 taels of silver, but he still owed nearly 1.6 million taels.

Counting the military spending for next year, more than 9.14 million taels will be paid.

More than 9 million taels of military spending, what is this concept?

You must know that since the middle of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the normal annual income was 14.61 million taels.

Among them, about 6 million taels were classified as the luxury and pleasure of the emperor and the court, and more than 4 million taels were really owned by the household as the expenses of the imperial court.

The other six and Guanglu Temple, the folded silver of Taifu Temple is only more than four million taels.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty's military investment has accounted for 80% of the country's annual revenue.

In the 48th year of Wanli, more than 5.2 million taels of Liao salary were distributed, which exceeded the normal amount of the imperial court's annual expenditure.

The emperor at the end of the Ming Dynasty often needed to subsidize the court with his own private money, which was fine, but the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not think about tax reform, but always looked for internal money whenever there was something.

Looking at the many emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, and Song Dynasty, as long as the emperor does not open his mouth, where any official dares to open his mouth, the emperor will pay for it.

Although Zhu Youzhen knew that this era was a family and the emperor's payment was a normal operation, this thing was purely a symptom rather than a cure.

According to the financial income of the Ming Dynasty, after the Liao salary is paid next year, some grain will be transported, and the imperial court will not have to do anything else for the rest of the year.

If it's ordinary, forget it, Zhu Youzhen is too lazy to care, but if there is no accident next year, Tusi Chongming in the southwest will raise 20,000 troops to rebel, and even attack the city of Chengdu for a time.

Therefore, he had to find a way to increase the income of the imperial court......