Hai Rui's trip south this time did not collect as much cash as Zhu Yijun imagined - a salt merchant's sum of several hundred thousand taels was somewhat of a fantasy.
The main reason is that these salt merchants can only be regarded as gloves. Most of them have been given away, and it is difficult to say how much they can keep.
In contrast, salt merchants do not ship as much as the transshipment magistrates, salt ambassadors, and deputy envoys.
All the salt merchants, big and small, have more than 600,000 taels of silver, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings in stock.
In response to an official's request, nearly a hundred people were killed, but 1.3 million taels were copied!
Sensational!
Sure enough, no wealthy businessman can compare to the three years of clearing up the magistrate.
This was just the number before meeting Li Chunfang.
If we add in the large salt merchants promised by Li Chunfang, part of the grain tax paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the family fortunes of more than ten important officials such as Xu Shi, the imperial censor, Zhu Gang, Yingtianfu Yin, Ji Lian, the minister of the Ministry of War, and the prefect of Taizhou,
I'm afraid I can still raise nearly three million taels.
The total is five million taels!
In the fifth year of Longqing's reign, the national treasury's annual revenue was only three million, which was enough to last nearly two years in one trip.
Not only these, but also the hundreds of thousands of extra salt imports, 30% of tea classes, and grain taxes that will be given away every year.
At least millions more taels are produced every year.
The harvest was so rich that Zhu Yijun couldn't help but want to come here every year.
In addition to the salt administration, there are also horse markets, shipping departments, border defenses, air rates, grain taxes, tea taxes... I can't even clear them all even if I eat them with my fingers for ten years.
Anyway, with so much money, I can finally show off my talents!
In the past, it was difficult for a clever woman to make a living without rice, so she could only move around in political affairs, but it was different from now on.
As long as he has these silver coins, he can imitate Emperor Wuzong and gain military power!
The weapon of criticism cannot replace the weapon of criticism.
If you want Yuyu to clarify Wanliai, you have to fight hard.
Gu Huan had set up his camp in the capital for a long time and kept his troops stationary, just waiting for money and food.
Only by crushing the Beijing camp into one piece can he be qualified to touch the Jin party and shake the southeast!
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Wang Guangguang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, came to Chengguang Hall out of breath. The sweat on his forehead was somewhat rude, which showed that he came in a hurry.
There is no way, this is five million taels of cash!
The national treasury currently has various items of silver, which when converted, is only this amount.
If you don't worry about this as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, it's basically time to leave this position.
Wang Guoguang took the handkerchief handed by the eunuch outside Chengguang Hall, wiped his sweat a little, straightened his clothes, and then entered the hall.
As soon as Fang entered the palace, he saw the palm prints of the emperor, the chief assistant, and the chief ceremonial officer, each holding paper and pen to write and draw.
Wang Guoguang glanced twice before calming down and stepped forward to salute: "Your Majesty."
Zhu Yijun raised his head slightly, nodded and motioned for him to sit down.
Then he had no time to pay attention to Wang Guoguang, and only argued with Zhang Juzheng: "Yuanfu, in order to appease the armies, I borrowed a full one million taels of internal funds last time!"
"For this reason, my mother and queen came to me several times, saying that it was the reason for my wedding to Prince Lu, and there was almost a quarrel between mother and son!"
"Yuan Fu, this money should be paid back to the internal funds first and then divided, right?"
Previously, upon learning that the new emperor had ascended the throne, the officers and soldiers started making noises and demanded the arrears of food and wages from the court.
In order to quell this incident, the Taikou gave out 300,000 taels, the Taipu Siku took out 300,000 taels, the Jieshen treasury gave out 200,000 taels, and the internal funds paid out one million.
This matter is naturally the bargaining chip for dividing money now.
Zhang Juzheng said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the inner court has contributed one million to this matter, and the outer court has contributed 800,000. The total amount should be paid back to the internal funds of 200,000."
Zhu Yijun said earnestly: "Yuanfu, that's not the calculation. The officers and soldiers are making noise. It's because they are in arrears of pay. They are all old accounts from previous years. This has nothing to do with internal funds."
Zhang Juzheng was suddenly enlightened and agreed: "Yes, the old accounts should not be included in the internal funds, but..."
He looked at Wang Guoguang: "Wang Shangshu, I remember that Mu Miao asked the Ministry of Finance to borrow money several times before. Does the Ministry of Finance still have old accounts?"
Zhu Yijun choked.
When Wang Guoguang was about to answer, he quickly interrupted.
He waved his hand and said, "Okay, the palace and the palace are all integrated into one body. Just say this and go out of your way."
"Then let's divide it according to the rules. The money copied by the Jin Yiwei will go to the internal coffers, and the money copied by the government office will go to the foreign court. The extra grain tax will be divided equally among everyone."
This is strange. This time, no one other than Jin Yiwei has intervened in the house raid.
Zhang Juzheng shook his head: "Your Majesty, although these are family wealth, they are actually the salt tax of greed."
"As I wish, you may as well enter the capital according to the salt tax, 70% of it will go to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the rest will be equally divided between the Taipu Temple treasury and the internal funds."
The two of them pulled and pulled and reached a stalemate.
Wang Guoguang looked at it for a long time and couldn't help but interjected: "Your Majesty, Yuan Fu, national affairs are the most important thing. Why don't we settle the areas that need money first and then talk about other things?"
If you follow this wrangling method, you won't be able to get a result.
Wang Guoguang immediately came up with a reliable explanation.
After hearing Wang Guoguang's words, the two stopped arguing.
After pondering for a moment, they both reluctantly nodded.
Zhu Yijun was the first to speak: "Based on the assessment, let's repay part of the salary owed to officials at all levels."
"Now the debts owed by the two capitals and one province will be distributed first, and the debts owed by other provinces must also be set aside first."
"The performance that should be paid this year must be reserved for internal funds."
"After all, it's about nine hundred thousand taels in total."
Clarifying the administration of officials is not possible without spending money. After all, lack of money will turn people into ghosts.
Only after I was given money could I cooperate with Thunder's methods.
Zhang Juzheng directly agreed: "The Holy Ming has no fault, Your Majesty."
It's not that the two people share the spoils equally, it's just that they have different opinions on the use of the silver coins, but there is no difference between them when it is used for the examination.
It's just that if you open your mouth, you will throw away nine hundred thousand taels.
Zhang Hong picked up the pen next to him and wrote down the word "salary". Next to it was written five million. After deducting nine hundred thousand, the remaining four million one million was left.
Zhang Juzheng continued: "Your Majesty, we will pilot it for two more seasons. By August, it will be one year."
"I would like to request that the examination method be tried out in Huguang, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi and other provinces."
Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Juzheng and knew that he wanted to start farming as soon as possible.
He thought for a while and nodded slowly: "I don't know anything about political affairs. You can just discuss it with the cabinet and court officials."
"However... we still need to sort out all the shortcomings and flaws by then and come up with a more complete charter."
When it comes to such specific matters, he will not interfere.
Just grasp the general direction.
Zhang Juzheng bowed in response.
After the two of them had finished talking, Wang Guoguang said impatiently: "Your Majesty, the grain from the Yamen has arrived in Beijing, totaling 2,710,150 one stone per bucket."
"It's 400,000 dan less than in previous years. Compared with Yingcangchang, it's also 290,000 dan less."
"Can you be merciful and buy part of it from the people around the capital?"
This part of the missing part was caused by the sinking of the water transport ship, or Wang Zongmu took part of it and used it for shipping.
This is all the food and wages of the border town, and this part has to be compensated anyway.
The people in the surrounding area are actually the big households in the surrounding area. After all, there are too many tax-free people in the capital.
Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other.
Naturally, you have to accept this account. You can't take advantage of it and ignore the loss.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said to Wang Guoguang: "Based on the market price, it's 80%. You still have to go through the household department to pay the bill."
What the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs wants to put into storage is all miscellaneous grains, including husked rice mixed with wheat.
There is no fixed number of how much a stone of miscellaneous grains costs. Sometimes it costs two cents, and sometimes it costs one to two cents.
But now there are only minor disasters, and it is not too expensive. It costs seven yuan per stone in Beijing.
If you buy it at 80% of the price, it will be 160,000 taels.
Zhang Hong picked up a pen next to him and wrote down the words "grain and silver". He estimated it again and found that after using another 4.1 million and deducting 160,000, there was only 3.94 million left.
Wang Guoguang naturally didn't say anything and quickly thanked him.
But he did not retreat immediately. Instead, he spoke again: "Your Majesty, this year's vassal salary has increased a lot, and the internal funds require more than 100,000 yuan more..."
There are so many places where money is spent, so I can only list them by name, as much as I need.
But Zhu Yijun couldn't rely on him.
He flatly refused and said: "Wang Shangshu himself said before that the accounts should be settled where money is urgently needed. The feudal lords and vassals have their own established practices. Where can I put it now?"
Although Zhu Yijun knew that Wang Guoguang was right, the amount of money taken from internal funds was increasing year by year, all in the name of increasing the vassal's salary and grain.
The royal family spends millions of dollars, but the actual amount spent on the inner court is only 37% compared with the vassal salary and food.
Gold-eating beast!
But Zhi Zhi Gui knows that there is nothing he can do now. He has just ascended the throne and it is really not the right time to disturb the clan.
His tone was firm, leaving no room for Wang Guoguang to negotiate.
Seeing this, Wang Guoguang could only shut his mouth.
Then, Zhang Juzheng took over the conversation again: "Your Majesty, there is still a shortfall of 700,000 taels in the military expenditures of Guangdong, Guangxi, Ningxia and Xuanda. We have reported this to the War Department several times."
The needs of the border town are naturally the most urgent items nowadays.
Zhu Yijun shook his head: "I know about Guangdong, Guangxi and Ningxia, but Xuanda..."
He really didn't want Xuanda to suck blood anymore.
The words reached his lips and he paused again.
After all, he really didn't know whether these people had just created their names or were really short of money.
What if it's the latter?
Zhu Yijun thought for a while, then waved his hand and compromised: "That's it, the three places total 700,000."
Zhang Hong wrote the word "bianzhen" on the paper, 3.94 million. After deducting 700,000, there was only 3.24 million left.
Zhu Yijun was not in the mood to calculate this.
His intuitive feeling now is that Xuanda is really asking for money!
Yesterday it was "Forage for horses. In addition to the main horse, one month is added for each year of age to support the horse."
Today I want to "Xuanfu Town guest soldiers silver."
Tomorrow will be "the completion of the construction of the border fort and city piers".
It's 38,000 yuan each time. It's not much, but it's too frequent.
In the fifth year of Longqing's reign, border towns spent 4,291,926 taels and two cents of silver, and Xuanda accounted for 30%!
On the contrary, the over-grain amounted to 946,986 shi, five buckets and seven liters, accounting for only one and a half percent.
For those who don’t know, they think they don’t eat food and only eat silver.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun asked: "Why doesn't Wang Chonggu come to Beijing?"
Last year he was promoted to Minister of War, but he requested to postpone his entry to Beijing on the grounds that the Tatars were patrolling the border.
Naturally, the Central Committee gave him kind words and persuaded him to definitely go to Beijing and take up a post in the next year.
It’s already February 17th, and it’s not over yet?
Four hundred miles has traveled three thousand miles.
Seeing that the emperor was a little angry, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but persuade him: "It should be soon. The day before yesterday, Mr. Yang Ge had already invited him to become an official."
Yang Bo's current cabinet position is occupied by Zhang Siwei.
The emperor and the chief minister made it clear that they did not want to see the Jin party occupying three seats in the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites.
Wang Chonggu wanted to go to Beijing, and Yang Bo had to become an official.
On the other hand, since Yang Bo invited him, Wang Chonggu should also come to Beijing.
Zhu Yijun still said gloomily: "I have been arranging the arrangements for half a year, and it looks like I am going to trick him into going to Beijing and kill him."
Zhang Juzheng gave the emperor a strange look and was too embarrassed to refute.
But he brought up another matter: "Your Majesty, it's time for someone to take over as Governor Xuanda."
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Does Yuan Fu have any recommendations?"
For matters that are consistent with his interests, he will respect those recommended by the cabinet.
Naturally, Zhang Juzheng can be trusted with matters related to Xuanda.
Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment: "Resurrection, the former Right Capital Censor of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, assisted in the military affairs of the capital camp, what about Tan Lun?"
Zhu Yijun was silent.
This person was quite what he expected.
He was born as a Jinshi, but he was a veteran general in actual combat.
Regarding the ability of civil servants to lead, Qi Jiguang, Liu Xian, and Yu Dayou all received command under him and were recommended and promoted by him to varying degrees.
Talking about the actual achievements of military commanders, there is the great victory of Pinghaiwei when he was patrolling Fujian, killing more than 10,000 enemies and quelling the Japanese invasion in Fujian.
In terms of the resume of the ministers, they include governor of Sichuan, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, governor of Jiliao, and the central committee of the north and south. Almost all of them have served.
As the saying goes, "After thirty years of military service, his first achievements were 21,500 extraordinary achievements, and he conquered the city in a short time." With a solid record of success, he was one of the best generals and ministers in the world.
However, a capable person is a capable person, but he is not in good health.
Zhu Yijun asked with concern: "I heard that Tan Erhua has a physical illness?"
I don’t know why, but lung diseases are particularly common in this era.
Zhang Juzheng's father, Zhu Xizhong, and Tan Lun were all like this.
At first, Tan Lun was suffering from lung disease. When he went to court, he repeatedly coughed and produced phlegm. He was accused of misconduct by officials, so he retired and returned to his hometown.
Nowadays, people are still going to go to Xuan University because they are afraid of dying of illness.
Zhang Juzheng considered it and said: "Just using his reputation to intimidate Xuanda and Tatar, there should be no direct confrontation."
Zhu Yijun thought about it and agreed to it.
Finally, I would like to remind you: "Ask first. If your body really can't bear it, don't force it. We are all national scholars, so we should have a good result."
Zhang Juzheng was silent and said yes.
Zhu Yijun sat up slightly and looked at Zhang Juzheng: "Yuanfu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Ningxia, and Xuanda have paid 700,000 yuan. I have nothing to say, but..."
"The pay and silver of the Beijing camp must also be distributed!"
Zhang Juzheng paused and explained: "I'm afraid I have to ask the Ministry of War about this matter."
Some camp guards don't pay because they don't have money, but some camp guards don't pay because they do it on purpose.
Not all officials wanted the emperor to have a strong army directly under their control.
Zhu Yijun naturally understood this.
It was precisely because he understood that he made no move after calling Hui Xihuan.
Only when we can pay the salary at this time can we dare to put this matter on the agenda.
He said sincerely: "As for the Ministry of War, we will wait until Wang Chonggu comes to Beijing. Now, I want 1.5 million taels of salary!"
Zhang Juzheng had no reaction, but Wang Guoguang and Zhang Hong beside him could not help but feel their hearts skip a beat.
Guangdong, Guangxi, Ningxia, and Xuanda only cost 700,000 yuan, while a Beijing camp actually cost 1.5 million taels.
Don't you want to expand the army?
Zhu Yijun naturally knew what they were thinking.
Before Zhang Juzheng could speak, he explained: "In addition to military pay, there are also craftsmen, firearms, and silver rewards. This is not just talking."
Zhang Ju was expressionless, thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the total is only five million, and one and a half million is a bit too much."
"Other Guanglu Temple Treasury, Taipu Temple Treasury, Jieshen Treasury, etc. are still short of accounts."
"Especially the Jieshen Treasury of the Ministry of Industry. In the past six months, it has been a mausoleum and the Yellow River. His Majesty also asked Zhu Shangshu to build a ship."
"Your Majesty... please be considerate."
He knew that the emperor wanted to prepare the capital camp and craft firearms, etc., but he didn't care about the details.
But there is only so much money, so we still have to be considerate of those from the Ministry of Etiquette and the Ministry of Accounts who are not on the table.
Wang Guoguang also opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, last year Ningxia and Shaanxi experienced a landslide. The relief funds were transferred from the local treasury, but there is still a shortfall."
Zhu Yijun was helpless, why were there so many places short of money?
Shipbuilding really shouldn't be done sparingly. He also knew that Taipusi was short of silver for horse prices and silver for guest soldiers.
There is nothing to say about disaster relief.
Zhu Yijun sighed: "It's only 1.2 million, it can't be any less, Yuan Fu."
Seeing the emperor's concession, Zhang Juzheng bowed down to apologize.
Zhu Yijun casually waved, indicating that it was okay.
Zhang Hong silently wrote down the word "Jingying" beside him, which was 3.24 million. After deducting 1.2 million, there was still 2.04 million left.
Finally, seeing that the emperor and the Ministry of Household Affairs did not mention any other names, he made a note of "remaining 2.04 million, internal funds, Taicang, Guanglu Temple, Taipu Temple, Jieshen Treasury, etc., to be waited for."
The imperial court will decide how to distribute it."
Zhang Juzheng looked at the somewhat aggrieved emperor and couldn't help but persuade him: "Your Majesty, we have just changed the Yuan Dynasty and the salt policy has been pacified. From now on, if we get an extra million taels every year, we won't be so embarrassed."
"Your Majesty has a long life, there is no need to rush."
This means that you are still young and your good days are yet to come.
Zhu Yijun nodded and listened.
But he thought about it and emphasized: "But this silver cannot be distributed without authorization without going beyond the governor."
Previously, Uncle Zhang Wu was a loser. Sometimes, when the pay was finished in the capital camp, his subordinates would not know until he informed him.
Now that he has replaced Gu Huan, this gap can no longer be opened.
For soldiers, whoever pays them counts.
It's really too much to go beyond the capital to pay the governor.
Zhang Juzheng nodded and accepted the matter.
Seeing that the emperor was still a little worried, he couldn't help but look at the emperor and said seriously: "Your Majesty, if you have doubts, you might as well... conduct a military parade in person!"
Chapter completed!