In addition to killing people, he also confiscated money.

Silver, gold, silver tickets, treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings...... These things have it all.

Wealth follows power, the Forbidden City is the center of power in the world, even the wine vinegar noodle bureau that eats wine vinegar, sugar sauce, and beans in the palace is not an ordinary place.

Can the sugar sauce and beans eaten by the emperor and concubines be of general quality?

I don't know how many interests are exchanged in the process of purchasing.

Therefore, this meal of money is not copied much, that is, the least number of people also have a few hundred taels of silver tickets, most of them are concentrated in a few thousand taels, if the position is high, counting the antique calligraphy and painting discount, the net worth of hundreds of thousands of taels is also there.

And although there are unjust killings among them, most of them are inextricably linked to 'salt', so how poor can they be?

The key is that the number has gone up, hundreds of thousands of taels, plus some rich, and finally there should be millions of taels of silver to be looted.

With such a simple calculation, the accounts already have an approximation.

When Liu Jin came to report, he said the figure of 3.15 million taels.

Zhu Houzhao recovered a little, but his appetite was still lost, because the medicine was too bitter, and his mouth was full of bitter taste when he drank it, and everything he ate was bitter, so although his mental condition improved, it was only half better.

The constant coughing made his voice a little hoarse.

At this time, he could only lie upright on the bed, and said to Liu Jin, who was kneeling next to him: "The silver is all in my inner pocket." Wait for the court and the people to take it out when they need it in the future. Liu Jin,"

"The slave is here."

"I can't ask too much about this. It's good that you understand it. ”

Liu Jin was overjoyed in his heart, the emperor was probably really sick when he delegated power like this time.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the slave and maid will not make a mistake!"

After Liu Jin left,

The emperor opened his eyes.

There should be more than that. He understood, but he didn't pursue it.

When you become an emperor, if you have reached the point where you don't give a sip of soup to the people below, you will actually end up really alone.

This silver originally flowed in the circle of ministers, he gave it to you, you gave it to him, and now he is called the emperor to cut out 3.15 million taels at once, which is indeed not a small number.

And sometimes it's not Liu Jin who is taking it,

He only has one pair of hands, and so many jobs must still depend on the people below to do it; There is only a pair of eyes, and he can't see how much the people below are secretly hiding.

And called Liu Jin himself, about tens of thousands of taels, he still dared to take it if he was strong.

In fact, silver is useful to Zhu Houzhao, but if he has too much savings in his hands, it is not good.

Especially this year, two fortunes have been made, one is Mei Kejia and Gu Da used to ship 2.4 million taels of silver,

One is that the three cities have implemented an access system, with about 2 million taels of silver. However, at the beginning, in order to implement the access system, the emperor promised that the silver would only be used for disaster relief. This is also the reason why Min Jue feels that 50,000 taels is too low, and 200,000 taels is not high, so this is not enough.

But in fact, it doesn't matter, if there is really a disaster in the world and there is no silver in the treasury, Zhu Houzhao is not the kind of monarch who guards the silver and watches the people starve to death.

So in the end, it's still his money.

In addition, he had some savings of his own, so at the beginning of the year there was a peak, with 4.4 million taels of silver in his pocket.

Later, 1 million was allocated to Yang Yiqing, 350,000 to Wang Shouren, 300,000 to Liu Jian, and 200,000 to build a new Ningbo city.

Therefore, the uproar caused only 2.5 million taels of silver in the treasury at this time.

Of course, after the 'dusting' in the palace this time, he will be rich again.

And the salt merchants are still copying it...... The silver there is even more terrifying.

When Zhu Houzhao closed his eyes and recuperated, he was also thinking that he would have to spend some silver. He is an emperor, and it is good for him to gather all the silver from all over the world here, but in moderation, otherwise the people will be poor.

But it's easy to spend money, but it's hard to spend it right. If you really just spend it, there won't be much left to build a few palaces.

But he apparently won't.

In fact, a few days ago, I went to Zhao Prison to see Gu Zuo,

On the way back to the palace, Zhu Houzhao suddenly remembered a word: special allowance.

The official salary of the Ming Dynasty is indeed too low.

However, the overall promotion of officials will actually have unpredictable consequences. Moreover, the group of officials themselves is a huge group of vested interests, and they still send him money at this time, isn't it a brain disease?

They're doing well.

However, if the official salary is too low, it will actually cause good officials to become corrupt officials. The so-called high salary and incorruptibility are not unreasonable.

In addition, the low level of money has led to corruption becoming a common phenomenon, and some eucalyptus seeds are actually not easy to check.

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I'm afraid it won't, otherwise you should eat bran vegetables every day.

And he can only pretend that he doesn't know, after all, it is still up to officials to manage the country.

This time, he was really worried that Gu Zuo was greedy for salt and silver, so this eucalyptus would be difficult to do, and he would have to struggle for a long time just whether this person would kill or not.

The mechanism of special allowance can protect 'one's own people' very well.

Rewarding him with special allowances for special merits can on the one hand relieve the officials themselves of their real worries about firewood, rice, oil and salt, so that they have a material basis to reject corruption, and at the same time, it is also a way to strengthen imperial power, and it is also a good means to create a circle of their own people.

Because whether the special allowance is rewarded or not depends on the mood of the emperor.

Of course, in this case, corruption will still exist, because the human heart is always dissatisfied. Then there is no way, the Buddha can't surpass everyone.

No one in the Qianqing Palace was disturbed, and it was quiet, which was also suitable for him to think about these things.

The rain outside stopped, and the sun shone in,

Zhu Houzhao also felt uncomfortable lying down for a long time, so he wanted to get up and walk.

"Your Majesty!" Qiuyun watched him get up slowly, startled, approached and said, "Your Majesty should call a slave and maid." ”

"No need to help, I'm getting better." Cold and flu, not enough to ask for help.

Zhu Houzhao got up by himself, it was hot in summer, and he was not cold at all in white clothes.

I didn't take two steps to see the girl named Kui'er, who came in with a cyan porcelain bowl, the bowl was beautiful, embroidered with a green dragon, it was the medicine, it was really terrible.

Zhu Houzhao instinctively wanted to retreat, "...... Didn't you just finish drinking it? ”

Kwai Er was a little afraid to look at the disheveled emperor.

It was Qiuyun who went to pick it up, "Your Majesty, the slave knows that you must be thinking about calling officials earlier to deal with state affairs, if this is the case, this medicine is really necessary to drink, only in this way can you get better as soon as possible." Doctor Si, do you say yes? ”

Miss Kwai Er's lips were rosy and shiny, and her cheeks were slightly baby fat, which should be easy to pinch, and she lowered her head and said, "Yes...... Good medicine is bitter and good for disease. I hope that Your Majesty will be able to recover soon. ”

"Bring it." Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to listen to them say so much, didn't he just drink it.

He didn't say a word, closed his eyes, frowned, and was all bored.

Then it is to find white water to drink.

"Ahem," Zhu Houzhao's face was full of pain, and he couldn't help but say: "When Confucius said that good medicine is bitter and good for disease, he must have never drunk such a bad medicine today. ”

Miss Kwai couldn't help but laugh.

Qiuyun put the bowl back on her plate, squinted and smiled, and said, "Don't be afraid, Miss Kwai Er, medicine is bitter." ”

They looked at the emperor together, and found that he was twisting a piece of osmanthus cake and eating, probably too bitter, so they looked for something sweet to eat.

"As long as it doesn't involve government affairs, in life, Your Majesty is very lenient, you see. The ones outside, just don't listen or watch. ”

Miss Kwai Er glanced at her secretly...... In fact, what does the government have to do with these women?

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After the emperor fell ill here, it was rare for a few people in the chamberlain room to be idle.

But Yan Song has not had an easy time these days, and Xie Pi went home directly after Xie Ge returned to Beijing.

He had nowhere to go, and he was not completely isolated from those eunuchs on weekdays, so he was afraid that he would be involved at this time. So I was worried for a few days, but fortunately, everything was safe.

The attendant room knew that the emperor's holy decree called Zhang Yong back.

This is actually a political move with a lot of connotation.

Because Zhang Yong is a eunuch in the northwest town, he has great powers and responsibilities. Because of the financial support of the emperor and Yang Yiqing's vigorous rectification, the military affairs of the northwest will gradually increase the military prestige, in other words, the military power controlled by Yang Yiqing will become stronger and stronger over time.

Judging from the pattern of the emperor and the border army, it is needless to mention how important a town guard eunuch is.

But at this time, he was recalled, which was obviously not planned.

Because after the March Dynasty meeting, Zhang Yongcai returned to Guyuan with Yang Yiqing, and now he will be in the place for two months at most.

In other words, there must be something more important.

But what could it be?

All kinds of changes in the palace, when Zhang Yong came back a month later, the celebrant and the celebrant were all cleaned up, and the situation slowly calmed down at that time, what could he do?

So in fact, when Yan Song received this order, he never figured out the emperor's holy will.

But he knew there must be some kind of divine will.

Because the emperor returned to the Qianqing Palace with anger at that time, since it was anger, it was a matter of encounter, and the actions taken after encountering the matter could be a casual move?

At least this emperor is not such a character.

It wasn't until the past few days that Yan Song slowly felt some shadows,

Because Liu Jin's authorization is too great.

Hardly once did the emperor let him do something so arbitrarily.

This is the deepest thought of the emperor's heart,

Yan Song didn't dare to think about it...... Could this have been intentional?