Zhao Mian's words made everyone slightly stunned, and they all looked at Zhu Xiongying, who was in the upper position.

Indeed, the changes brought by this imperial grandson to Daming, they can more or less feel it.

Take the last flood in Shandong and Henan as an example, it was the imperial grandson who took out the mirror and relieved the huge disaster relief pressure of the imperial court.

And this time in the cold disaster, he also took out anthracite, so that hundreds of people could get heating materials at a low cost, avoiding more casualties.

These are things that can be seen.

However, as for what Zhao Mian just said, the court was able to survive peacefully last year, basically relying on Zhu Xiongying, which is a bit sycophant.

Zhao Mian has always followed the grandson to do things, and before the grandson recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, he had already hugged his thighs, so in the eyes of the ministers, he was the grandson's person, and it was normal to flatter him.

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Mian continued: "In the past year, the income of the imperial court mirror was 3.48 million taels, excluding the more than 1 million taels used for disaster relief at that time, and the 2.33 million taels included in the national treasury! ”

Hearing this, all the ministers present couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

They knew that Spiegel made money, and when they were in disaster relief, they made hundreds of thousands of taels in less than a month, but they didn't pay much attention to it after that.

I didn't expect Spiegel's stamina to be so strong, and in one year, it added more than 2 million taels of revenue to the national treasury.

But it's normal to think about it.

Mirrors are a must-have for home travel, and when they were bronze mirrors before, even if the price was high, most people still managed to buy one. Nowadays, the appearance of the mirror not only greatly reduces the price, but also the effect is better than the bronze mirror, today's mirror, can almost be said to be a must-have, and even those large families, but one person is equipped with several sides.

Therefore, it shows that the mirror can have this income, which is both unexpected and reasonable.

More than 20,000 yuan into the treasury is indeed a considerable amount of income, and it can even be said to be a pillar.

However, all the ministers also understand that Spiegel's income, that is, the first year is more considerable, and the further it goes, Spiegel's income will also decrease sharply, because after every family owns it, there will no longer be such a strong market demand, and in the coming year, Spiegel will not be able to provide huge support for the treasury like this year.

The ministers were thinking in their hearts, only to hear Zhao Mian continue: "In addition to Mingjing, there is also the salt mine in Zhuqiao Town, the salt mine has been mined since June, and it has been half a year now, with a total of more than 3 million catties of salt and more than 2 million taels of income, all of which are included in the national treasury!" ”

This time, the ministers all opened their mouths slightly.

The development of salt mines in Zhuqiao Town is not even known to many officials in the court, but the people present are all members of the imperial court, and they have more or less heard of it, but they don't know much about the specifics, after all, these are all in charge of the household department.

The output of more than 20 million catties of salt in half a year really surprised them.

However, Zhao Mian's next words made them even more reluctant to whisper.

"This year, the salt mine in Zhuqiao Town has just been rolled out, and since the winter, especially affected by the cold wave, it is almost in a state of shutdown, and I believe that by the beginning of spring next year, the working face will be fully rolled out, and it is expected to exceed 10 million loads!"

Zhao Mian said, and couldn't help but have a proud look on his face.

Even the old man couldn't help but nod.

At the beginning, Zhu Xiongying told him that he wanted the entire people of Daming to eat clean salt, and now it seems that this goal is being achieved step by step.

All this happened imperceptibly, even he had to sigh that his eldest grandson had unknowingly brought so many things to Daming.

But that's not all.

Zhao Mian continued: "In addition to the above two items, the tea and horse market on the Annan side has been open for just three months, and the income is equivalent to two and a half million silver! ”

"So the income and expenditure of the past year were converted, and there was originally a deficit of more than eight million, but with the support of several industries of His Royal Highness Taisun, the deficit was reduced to more than one million!"

The voice fell, and the hall was silent for a long time.

Even the old man also showed a shocked look.

The financial affairs of the imperial court have always been a big problem, and since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the financial deficit has been almost every year, especially in recent years, it has become more and more severe.

Just like Zhao Mian said at the beginning, if it only relies on the taxes of 15 provinces in Beijing, the deficit of the national treasury this year will be as high as more than 8 million.

In the past few years, almost all of them have been eating grain.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang has always been very economical, and even the palace in the palace has not been renovated for several years.

Because once renovated, it means that it costs a lot of silver.

Moreover, the food and salary of the officials, from the real money at the beginning, was gradually replaced by treasure money, goods, wasteland, etc., which also made many officials bitter and unable to say, the emperor was so economical, how could they dare to complain?

Now, the treasury, which was originally short of more than 8 million, did not want to be under the management of the imperial grandson, but it only lost more than 1 million.

Although there is still a deficit of more than one million, the situation is obviously much better.

As Zhao Mian said before, in the past year, the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to spend it safely was because of the emperor's grandson.

Zhao Mian's rhetoric, even if there is an element of flattery, but it is also a fact, the imperial grandson has indeed brought an excellent change to the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the officials of the various ministries and halls present had to sigh in their hearts, this imperial grandson is indeed not simple, and he can ascend to this position not only by relying on a concubine.

It can even be said that the imperial grandson is even higher than the crown prince back then.

This also makes them look forward to what new atmosphere the imperial grandson can continue to bring to Daming in the coming year.

Zhu Xiongying, who presided over this small court meeting, couldn't help but feel a little excited after listening to Zhao Mian's report.

In the past year, he did bring something to Daming, but it was far from enough.

Next year, at least the finances of the imperial court should be brought back to a healthy state.

Thinking in his heart, Zhu Xiongying said: "Everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted, the deficit in the past year is still as high as more than one million, if it is not as budgeted as last year, and Yin eats grain, then after the grain is eaten, the finances of our Ming Dynasty will fall into a vicious circle." ”

"So, fellow ministers, let's discuss next year's budget, and hope that next year's court expenditure can reach a balanced state."

"Let's talk about it first!"

Hearing this, Ru Taisu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stood up and arched his hand: "Back to Your Highness, the budget of the Ministry of War for next year is a total of 9.8 million taels, of which 800,000 taels will be spent on repairing the Great Wall, 2.5 million taels will be spent on the nine border defenses, and 1 million taels will be set aside for military expenses ......for wars."

General Ru Taisu said that the budget of the military department for next year is 1510, and there is not much difference from the budget expenditure of previous years.

Zhu Xiongying listened, nodded and said, "I think that the expenses of the military department next year still need to be increased!" ”

Ru Taisu was stunned when she heard this.

The annual expenditure of the Ministry of War accounts for the majority of the expenditure of each department, because now the border defense of the Ming Dynasty is not yet stable, especially in the north, there are often wars, but he has already said that everything he can think of has been added.

In previous years, the household department had to cut a knife in the budget of the military department, but now, the imperial grandson has to increase the budget this year, so he has to be surprised, not only him, but also the other dignitaries present are secretly surprised.

I only heard Zhu Xiongying say: "I want to build fifty warships next year, so I will increase the budget of the military department by two million taels!" ”

(End of chapter)