Although the sudden death of Xu Congcheng and Li Wei made the capital noise for a while, it finally returned to peace.

Li Wei cried too much and died of sorrow, and he couldn't blame others for hanging himself. Xu Congcheng committed suicide by hanging himself. Although he was scolded by Zhu Yiji and was so angry that he was angry and killed, he now knows that he just wanted to stage a scene of hanging himself, but he was really dead after a mistake.

Therefore, at most, they had sympathy for the deaths of these two people, and did not arouse any public grievances.

Instead, it made the capital more peaceful.

It turns out that because of the existence of the two treasures in the world, there will be little waves caused by a certain reform, and now no one will jump out and make trouble.

Now the royal relative of Zhengxiang, the capital city, is Li Deshi, the dean of Deshi College.

However, people are devoted to the development of Deshi Academy, and have never heard anyone say that he wants to be a lord or a marquis or something. I heard that he refuses to be a throne.

Because in theory, Li Deshi wanted to be awarded a title, at least he had to be awarded a title like Wang Xijie's father Wang Wei, after all, his daughter was the Queen of the Ming Dynasty.

But Li Deshi did not accept the reward. So he is still just a student in the palace.

But even Li Deshi Fengjue was not like Li Wei, and he was not the one who made trouble at all.

Another royal relative who was originally very popular, namely Yongnian Bo Wang Wei, was already out of date. In fact, when he was not out of date, he was also very responsible.

In this way, Li Wei and Xu Congcheng will die, and the capital will of course be much more calm.

This is why Feng Bao dared to say that he died well in front of Zhu Yili and Zhang Juzheng.

Whenever there was something wrong in the past, as long as there was a reform that was not in line with the wishes of the princes and nobles, someone immediately thought that Li Wei and Xu Congcheng would jump out.

The facts do jump out every time, and they still jump happily due to their status.

Now both are dead, no one is jumping?

No one expects anyone to jump, right?

So, for Zhu Yili, he also secretly applauded himself in his heart? The two of them passed away one after another made him feel much more worry-free.

...

On that day, Zhu Yiliu was in the East Warehouse. The eunuch on duty came in to report to the Minister of Revenue for a visit.

Nowadays, the important officials in the court do not need to write a post if they have any matters, but the rules of directly requesting an audience are still effective.

Zhu Yi, Liu, Xuan, Zhang Xueyan.

Zhang Xueyan has been the Minister of Revenue for five years.

He was also a minister valued by Zhang Juzheng, but he was not as close to Zhang Juzheng as Liang Menglong, Pan Jixun, and Zeng Shengwu.

Therefore, when Zhang Juzheng was liquidated, Zhang Xueyan was spared and was not implicated, and still sat firmly in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

"I, Zhang Xueyan, bow to Your Majesty!" Zhang Xueyan came into the East Warehouse and saluted Zhu Yili.

"No gift."

Zhu Yili raised his hand to give him a seat, but he didn't bother to ask straight to the point: "Why did Mr. Zhang meet him?"

"Your Majesty, for two things, the first is to allocate funds for Chaobaihe project of the Ministry of Works, and the second is to ask for money from Nanjing Weaving Bureau. In fact, it is just one thing to put it bluntly." Zhang Xueyan did not delay the situation and answered very simply.

"What? Can't solve it?"

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue can no longer afford the money." Zhang Xueyan's face was full of disgrace.

Can't take out the money? Zhu Yili was stunned for a moment, because he thought that there was no such statement? It was said that after Zhang Juzheng worked hard to govern, the sufficient treasury could provide the needs of the Ming Dynasty for the next ten years. Why couldn't I get out the money so quickly?

The Ministry of Revenue did not approve the 2 million yuan of funds sent to other countries before, but it was a mess at that time. However, at that time, Zhu Yiliu thought that the Ministry of Revenue did not want to give it to it because many ministers in the court opposed going to sea.

Now that Zhang Xueyan takes the initiative to meet, it is not that he doesn’t want to give it to him, but that he really can’t get the money out.

"How much does these two items cost?" Zhu Yiliu asked.

"The Chaobaihe project payment is two million, while the Nanjing Weaving Bureau has a mess and a total of one million. At present, the Ministry of Revenue cannot afford so much money."

"Can't even take out the three million cash silver in the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Yiliu was filled with doubts and surprise.

"Your Majesty, I will tell you the truth. Three million can be taken out, but I can't give all the money to save money at once, right? Just like not long ago, the old son-in-law Duwei and Wu Qinghou suddenly passed away. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the court had to pay a portion of the money to handle their funerals. Although the amount was not very large, it was also money. Such sudden accidents had to be prepared at all times."

"Yes." Zhu Yili nodded.

Of course he understood the principle of "having food on your hands, you don't panic in your heart" and the emergency money needs to be kept.

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, several large amounts of expenditures have been large amounts, and they are not careless at all. For example, the maintenance of the Great Wall. In fact, General Qi Jiguang is doing this work every year, but because he was later delayed by being transferred to Guangdong for a while, he has now returned to the position of General Ji Town and governor of Ji Liao's military affairs. Not only does it take more than 1,000 miles of Great Wall in Ji Town, but other areas have to be repaired. This annual project payment requires more than one million taels of silver, and the expenditure must be prepared at any time."

Pause for a moment.

Zhang Xueyan continued: "There is also river management. The Chaobai River project fund is only one of them. Mr. Pan, the Minister of Works, carefully inspected the water level of Huang and Huai Rivers. In order to fundamentally cure floods and dredge the canal, it decided to start construction of the berth protection in the spring next year, and the stone dam and gate are expected to be completed in three years, which is estimated to cost about 5 million taels of silver. Although it will take three years, the starting funds of 1.5 million taels must be kept, otherwise what if the treasury cannot afford the money once the project is started?"

Zhu Yili nodded again.

"These are two must-have expenses, and there are some unknown but must-have expenses. For example, Xu Ge Lao went to the southwestern border to manage ethnic minorities and abolished the chieftain system. Once there is a riot or civil unrest in the local area, military expenditure will be required. In addition, there have been wars in Liaodong for many years. His Majesty promised to help Nurhaci unify the Jurchen tribes of the prefecture. Of course, the result is good, but the unified process is designated to continue to be wars. As long as there is a war, the court will have to prepare money."

Zhu Yili listened quietly.

"Your Majesty also knows that the amount you sent to another country is about to be cashed out. You also decide that the large military base you are planning to build will cost money every day. Your Majesty once founded the Zhu Group, but I don't know what Your Majesty feels. Anyway, I think that making money is like picking up soil with needles, and spending money is like washing sand."

At this moment, Zhu Yiliu seemed to have no good way to reply besides nodding.

But how could he not know the truth that "making money is like eating shit, and spending money is like losing money"?

Zhang Xueyan looked at him after complaining.

Zhu Yili sighed and asked, "The two payments Mr. Zhang just said cannot be eased, right?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know the specific details of the Nanjing Weaving Bureau, but the Chaobaihe project funds can no longer be delayed. Mr. Pan has been looking for ministers and the chief assistant Mr. Shen. It has been slowing down for a while. It seems that because of the work, the crowd is forced to stop work because of the time of work. Mr. Pan has already said it very clearly. If he delays again, not only will the previous efforts be wasted, but it may also cause riots in migrant workers."

"What about Zhang Laozhi's opinion?"

"The Chaobaihe project funds of two million cannot be owed, and they must be paid immediately. Otherwise, if the project is delayed, something will happen. Mr. Pan will be very anxious." Zhang Xueyan answered almost decisively.

"Okay." Zhu Yiliu nodded.

"But Your Majesty, there is one problem like this. I have to communicate with Your Majesty first, that is, the money from Nanjing cannot be paid."

"Why did you ask the Ministry of Revenue for silver?"

"I believe Eunuch Feng knows this matter better than me, so why don't Your Majesty ask him first."

"Okay." Zhu Yiliu agreed and then asked, "Anyway, the Ministry of Revenue is short of money now?"

"Your Majesty, it's not just a shortage, it's very shortage. There are too many places to use money, but taxes are always so difficult. I have been the Minister of Revenue for several years, and it seems like this is the case every year." Zhang Xueyan was mixed with a bit of helplessness.

Zhu Yili knew it very well that it seemed really difficult to complain so much in front of him, the emperor.

It seems that in any world, it is difficult to manage money unless it is irresponsible and erratic.

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Chapter completed!