"Although we are emperors, we have never seen so much gold, silver and jewelry at one time." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Silver is really a good thing, and people can't control their greed when they see it." ”

"That Mr. Qin is really amazing! It was just a small ploy, and it made a net profit of 50 million taels of silver for the treasury. Queen Ma said, "We used to suspect that he was just talking on paper, but now it seems that this is definitely not the case. ”

"Jupachi, with this silver, you can immediately start doing a lot of things that you couldn't do before. Let Daming prosper, let the people be fed, clothed, and fed. Mr. Qin is my benefactor of the Ming Dynasty and the benefactor of all the people. ”

"That's right, if you have silver, you have everything. Yangzhou needs to be rebuilt, the victims of Shaanxi and Gansu need relief, and the remnants of the southwest need to be exterminated...... When the household department has this money in the account, everything can be carried out. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "So talents like Mr. Qin are hard to find through the ages." Earning money for the treasury is a testament to his strength. ”

"Shall we repay him, then?" Queen Ma said, "No, it should be something for him." ”

"It's a reward." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "For ordinary courtiers, I can only say reward, but I want to say that I want to repay Mr. Qin." He bowed his head and pondered: "What is good for him?" He can't give him gold and silver, and he doesn't like power, so he ...... in vain."

"Didn't he want girls to come to his class, and the villagers weren't active?" Queen Ma said, "It's better to do this, let's send two female students to him." ”

"Great idea!" Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands and said, "But who should I send over?" ”

"Just Princess Ningguo and Xu Da's youngest daughter Xu Miaojin." Queen Ma Road.

"Good! That's it. Zhu Yuanzhang said, looking at the mountains of gold, silver and jewelry in front of him, he seemed a little reluctant, "Speaking of which, these 50 million taels of silver, we don't actually need to hand them over to the treasury, they can be regarded as the emperor's private wealth." After all, the pair of characters was written by us and sold to Shen Wansan in person, and the silver should belong to the emperor personally. ”

"Chongba, the entire Daming country is yours, what private vault do you care?" Queen Ma smiled. She also saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was greedy after seeing so much silver.

In ancient times, emperors had small private treasuries.

The silver of the treasury belongs to the treasury, and the emperor's silver belongs to the emperor, and the two have nothing to do with each other.

The emperor rewarded his concubines, princes, and ministers with his own private money instead of the state treasury. The state treasury will only be used when large sums of money are needed for major state events.

No one dares to take care of it with their own money, and with the money from the treasury, it depends on the faces of the household officials.

For example, if the emperor wants to build a palace, hold a large banquet, or send troops, the people in the household department will say that such a thing will cost the people and money and the country will not benefit the country, so they refuse to give money. And the emperor still has no way to deal with them, because the reason they give is very legitimate. You can't just give an order to kill them if you don't like what you want, and that would be the act of a faint king.

Moreover, the household department also has the responsibilities of the household department, the expenses of the royal family need to be managed by the household department, the income of officials needs to be paid by the household department, and the military salary expenses need to be provided by the household department...... In a year of great disaster, it is also necessary to ensure that there is enough silver for disaster relief. If you can't take it out, it's a dereliction of duty. In view of the important responsibility of the household department, the emperor could not use the treasury money without reason.

At the end of the dynasty, when the monarch's power was weakened, even if the emperor had a legitimate reason to ask for money, some of the powerful ministers of the household department dared not to give it. Once the last emperor was still crying and asking for money from the head of the household.

He couldn't even get the money for his own marriage.

Therefore, the private treasury is still very important to the emperor.

If Zhu Yuanzhang used 50 million taels of silver to enrich his treasury this time, then in the future, he would want to build the palace and repair the palace, and if he wanted to have a big feast, he would have a big feast. The officials of the household department could only watch with their eyes and did not dare to gossip.

"The girl is right, the whole Ming is ours. Let us hand over all this money to the treasury. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The country, the country, for the emperor, must also put the country before the family." ”

"This is the Hongwu Emperor in the hearts of the people!" Queen Ma said, "I'll go back and prepare now and send the two female students over to him." This time I want to send it in person, to be honest, I have long wanted to meet that knowledgeable Mr. Qin with my own eyes. ”

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"Old minister Lu Chang, meet His Majesty the Emperor." At this time, an old minister came over tremblingly and greeted the emperor. He saw the mountains of silver on the ground at a glance, and he couldn't help but rub his eyes.

I was so excited that my body trembled.

Lu Chang, as the head of the Ming Dynasty, has an annual treasury income of only about two million taels of silver. In the past, everything I did had to be carefully calculated, and when I paid for it, I also had to pick and search.

The emperor wanted to allocate funds to Yangzhou, but he couldn't come forward, and he couldn't come up with the money to exterminate the bandits in the southwest...... He had to keep the money, pay the officials and the palace maids and eunuchs, and maintain the basic operation of the country.

He, the head of the household, is very poor and very poor.

And now, with such a large sum of silver piled up in front of him, how could he not be excited?

"Great, great...... Tobe finally has money now!! Lu Chang's eyes lit up.

"Who said that the silver belonged to the household?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "There are 50 million taels of silver, all of which we get from selling words." It is not a state tax, so it should go to the emperor alone. ”

"Fifty million taels...... All owned by His Majesty alone? Lu Chang's voice trembled.

"Why, shouldn't it?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Fifty million taels is earned by us, not by your household." Lu Chang, could it be that you even remember the emperor's silver? ”

"Gift...... Your Majesty, the old minister, the old minister doesn't dare. Lu Chang sweated on his back.

"Lu Chang, if you look greedy. Let the officials of the Ministry of Households also try to earn 50 million taels, and when the time comes, you will use it to enrich the treasury, and we will reward you without saying a word. Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Your Majesty, old minister...... doesn't have that ability, and all the officials in the household department don't have that ability. Lu Chang said, "They are all ordinary people, how can they compare to Your Majesty is a true dragon......

"You don't have to do anything supernatural." Zhu Yuanzhang said, seeing Lu Chang's appearance, his heart was very happy.

"However, Your Majesty...... A full fifty million taels of silver to fill your personal treasury...... Isn't it...... Too much? Lu Chang said, "The emperor has a treasury behind him, where can he use so much silver?" According to the old minister, it is completely enough to keep tens of thousands of taels......"