Zhu Gaoxu was silent.

He never expected that the imperial treasury would be out of money again.

Last time, Zheng He brought back the goods and earned 10 million taels of silver for the court.

Then, corrupt censors such as Liu Guan were copied, and with the help of the corruption case of the Military Arts Bureau, many corrupt officials in the court were destroyed.

The houses where these borers were copied, the current silver was worth several million taels of silver. If you count the antique calligraphy and paintings, it would not be less than ten million taels of silver!

When the cold winter came later, Zhu Gaoxu felt pity for the common people to be unable to keep warm, so he made fun of honeycomb coal and gave the Ministry of Revenue 30% of the profit.

The sales of honeycomb coal in the past few months have been extremely popular. With the participation of wealthy businessmen and giants, the total profit is at least million taels.

This huge income of several consecutive times, totaling 30 to 40 million taels of silver, is comparable to half of the total fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty in the year, and it is gone like this?

Your uncle!

Zhu Gaoxu's face twitched a little, and his dead fish's eyes suddenly turned round and he looked at Xia Yuanji in disbelief.

"Old Xia, where is the money? What about the money and grain of the Ministry of Revenue? What does it mean to have limited money and grain? I have roughly estimated that the Ministry of Revenue has 30 to 40 million taels of silver in the past few months..."

"What? Thirty to four hundred thousand taels?" Xia Yuanzhanghua was anxious and roared with a stern face: "Your Highness the King of Han, don't joke. My Ministry of Revenue only has 16.42 million taels of income, where did it come from 30 million taels..."

As soon as these words came out, it was Zhu Gaoxu's turn to be stunned.

"This is not right. The first time I tasted ten million taels, I copied Liu Guan's home of those borers..."

The two of them stared at each other with a detailed look, and finally came to a ridiculous conclusion.

Zhu Gaoxu did not make any mistakes in the estimates. The court's investment in the past few months has indeed been 30 to 40 million taels.

However, not all of these 30 to 40 million taels of silver were entered into the treasury, but most of them were entered into the treasury!

For example, antique calligraphy and paintings confiscated from the homes of corrupt officials were sent directly to the treasury. Xia Yuanji didn't even see him, let alone cashing in to fill the treasury!

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu was stunned. It turned out that Zhu Di, a thief behind the scenes, was causing trouble and not being a son!

Although the Ministry of Revenue claims to be in charge of all the money and food of the Ming Dynasty, this "all" does not include the treasury!

What is that?

That is the private property of the emperor, the royal family!

In other words, the treasury is the emperor's small treasury!

The warehouses under the Ministry of Revenue are mainly national treasurys mainly Tai Warehouse, as well as various warehouses east of Zuoshunmen, Baoshanmen and Nancheng Ciqi, which are the areas under the Ministry of Revenue.

The 12 Inner Government Office, the Sacrifice House, the Shenletang, the Taichang Temple, the Guanglu Temple, the Imperial College and other departments each have their own warehouses, which are the funds of these departments and the Ministry of Revenue has no jurisdiction.

There are also Chang Yingku of Taipu Temple and Jieshenku of the Ministry of Works, which are exclusively owned by these two departments, and the Ministry of Revenue also has no right to intervene.

In addition, it is the emperor's treasury, called the "Twelve Treasuries of the Inner Palace", with an annual income of more than one million taels of gold and silver.

The inner treasury can only be used and managed by the emperor himself. The Ministry of Revenue can send officials to inspect and register the income and expenditure of the inner treasury, but it has no right to manage it.

The Ministry of Industry is only responsible for checking what enters the internal warehouse, such as "Hongwu and Yongle, the annual tribute lottery sections of prefectures and counties in various places, and the Ministry of Industry is inspecting the Chinese side to send the internal warehouse."

The Ministry of Revenue is only responsible for keeping accounts, "the treasury and silver belong to the government, and even if the plan is made, the ministers cannot check the profits and losses."

In other words, even the "Jichen" of the Ministry of Revenue cannot fully understand the actual accounts, but the actual management personnel are entirely composed of eunuchs.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu was furious and his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Zhu Laosi, Zhu Laosi, you are such a traitor!

He was obviously the richest local rich man in the Ming Dynasty, holding countless silver. Last time he had the face to cry with him, and he cheated half of his sweater members!

A beast is worse than a beast!

Not being a son of man!

frenzied!

Lost all conscience!

Losing power and humiliating the country!

Zhu Gaoxu was so angry that he wanted to ride a fast horse to catch up with Zhu Di and settle the score with this trick!

Fortunately, reason defeated the anger, and he finally held it back.

"Xia Yuanji, you spent all that more than 16 million taels so soon?"

"Aren't you a 'little abacus'? Are you going to do it, you..."

Xia Yuanji: "!!!"

Scumbag!

What a scumbag!

When it’s good, call me Lao Xia!

When it’s not good, just call Xia Yuanji!

"His Highness of the King of Han, the old minister has already said that the three major projects of the Yongle New Deal, the construction of the Shuntian imperial capital, the compilation of literature Dacheng and Zheng He's voyage to the West, are the top priority of the new policy, and funds must be allocated for a long time to support the smooth progress of the project."

"In addition, officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry are exploring Yanshan salt mines in various parts of the world and opening new salt fields. In the past, those salt fields are gradually improving..."

"As long as these huge expenditures are added, where can the Ministry of Revenue still have any remaining money? If the King of Han doesn't believe it, he can go to inspect the treasury. He really has no money..."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyes helplessly.

He remembered what Zhu Di, the thief who was a thief, said again. Although most of the things were fake, such as Zhu Wei, who was not absent-minded, was also the richest landlord in the Ming Dynasty, there was one thing that was really right.

This Xia Yuanji is really a small calculation for QQ Sosu!

The treasury definitely has money now, but this old man is unwilling to use it and has arranged where the remaining money will go.

If I had known that such a thing was happening, Zhu Gaoxu would have been very damn bad at first when he brought the Ministry of Revenue to join the gang!

When Zhu Gaoxu thought of this, he couldn't help but complain: "Xia Yuanji, you old guy, the Ministry of Revenue has no money, so you promised so quickly that day? If I had known that I had done it alone, how could I have to look at the face of you, the old guy..."

Before he finished speaking, the Censor Gu Zuo immediately widened his eyes and stared at Zhu Gaoxu fiercely.

"Your Highness the King of Han, Shangshu Xia is an important minister in the court. The emperor's humeral and arm, please respect him..."

"Respect your uncle, Gu Liqing, what are you calling a dog? I have a fight with me and let me vent my anger..."

Everyone: "????"

Crazy?

Absolutely crazy!

This Han prince is starting to be in trouble again!

Subconsciously, everyone looked up tactfully, looking around, and ignoring him at all.

Zhu Gaoxu returned to the back of the imperial desk with a depressed face, looking at the piles of folds on the table, his face full of endless love.

He now understood clearly that Zhu Di was a complete cheat!

He knew that the court was in financial difficulties, but he was determined to fight the northern expedition alone, throwing this mess to his sons, trying his best to raise money and food!

Whoever supervises the country and governs the country will be responsible for making money for him in war and money for his civil and military achievements!

Making money is the task of the state supervisor!

However, what’s most annoying is that this damn thief is full of money and food in his treasury!

Dog-good cheating thief, your uncle!

Zhu Gaoxu became more and more angry the more he thought about it, and he touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

Like those landlords and old wealth, Zhu Di was a small peasant who liked to stock up on gold and silver even though he became emperor.

However, such an approach will greatly damage the circulation of money and indirectly inhibit the economic development of the Ming Dynasty.

So, what should we do to empty the small treasury of Emperor Yongle?

Hiss...this idea is very tempting!
Chapter completed!