"How much? Four hundred and thirty thousand taels?"

On the second day, when Lu Wenzhao brought the corrected account book to Wenhua Hall, Zhu Youxiao, who was in class, was said to be stunned.

His annual income from internal funds was only six million taels. However, a few days after his brother went to the Royal Horse Prison, he sent him 430,000 taels. Zhu Youxiao didn't know what to say.

Not to mention Zhu Youxiao, even if he was arranged to teach him Zuo Shuzi and Sun Chengzong, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Seeing this, Lu Wenzhao could only bow slightly and reply:

"Long live the return, His Highness the Fifth Prince ordered Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun and Nanzhen Fusi to inspect the eunuchs of the Royal Horse Supervisor."

"In the end, 127 eunuchs and minor officials were found to have committed crimes. The total amount of silver confiscated was 600,000 taels. In addition, there were 64,971 acres of pasture and 25,322 acres of cultivated land."

"There are three hundred and seventy-two residences, one hundred and forty-five in the capital, and two hundred and twenty-seven outside the capital."

"The residence, His Highness the Fifth Prince said that after the imperial shop is inspected in the near future, it will be put up for sale at the dental shop. It should be sold for a hundred thousand taels."

"As for the confiscated silver taels, His Highness the Fifth Highness intercepted 170,000 taels due to the expenses of the Imperial Horse Guards. He ordered his ministers to escort 430,000 taels to the capital. They have been handed over to the inner transport warehouse for affixing a note."

Lu Wenzhao answered in an orderly manner and told Zhu Youxiao everything he wanted to say.

Of course, we can't say anything about the two hundred thousand taels that were distributed as pork.

Anyway, after these words were spoken, Wei Jinzhong, who was standing next to Zhu Youxiao, had his teeth broken. He did not expect that the Royal Horse Supervisor could make so much money.

However, after hearing this, the lecturer Sun Chengzong happily congratulated Zhu Youxiao and said:

"Long live Congratulations. With the 430,000 taels escorted by His Highness the Fifth Prince, I think the announcement in half a month will alleviate a lot of pressure on the court."

"I heard from the Ministry of War that Xiong Tingbi eliminated the old and weak a few months ago and checked the salary vacancies, which reduced a lot of the burden on the court. At present, there are only 160,000 troops in Liaodong."

"The military pay was reduced by 200,000 yuan at once, which is really a blessing to the court."

What Sun Chengzong said was something Zhu Youxiao had known for a long time, but he respected Sun Chengzong. Although he had known about it for a long time, when Sun Chengzong mentioned it, he still nodded in agreement.

He glanced sideways at Wei Jinzhong and asked, "Zhongxian, has Xia Shui's money been credited to his account?"

Zhu Youxiao called Wei Jinzhong Wei Zhongxian. Just because the Ke family had heard something from him a few days ago, he changed his name to Wei Zhongxian.

Almost everyone in the government and the public knew about this matter. Yang Lian and others did not say anything because Wei Zhongxian had not shown much prominence at this moment.

Wei Zhongxian, on the other hand, after hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, quickly bowed and replied:

"Caoyin from South Zhili and Zhejiang has been escorted to the inner shipping warehouse, totaling 634,200 taels."

"In addition, the Changying Treasury of Taipu Temple received 253,202 taels, and various ministries also recorded their accounts."

"In addition, except for South Zhili, the autumn tax collection in Zhejiang has not yet started. The autumn tax revenue from other provinces totaled 1,543,219 taels, 5 cents, 8 cents."

"The internal money was 1,428,200 taels of gold and silver, and other miscellaneous items were 1,124,700 taels, for a total of 2,522,900 taels."

The treasury of the Ming Dynasty was complicated. Each of the six ministries had its own small treasury, and the emperor also had his own small treasury. Tax collection was cumbersome, and Zhu Youxiao also had a headache.

Fortunately, the autumn tax in the north was collected, and the emperor's internal funds and the treasury collected a total of 4.06 million taels.

"How much money is left in the internal fund?" Zhu Youxiao took a sip of tea and asked. Although Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, he had a good memory and quickly replied:

"The internal funds received at the beginning of the year were more than 6 million taels. Emperor Shenzong issued more than 2 million taels for the Nine-Border Army. The late emperor also received another 2 million taels. At present, there are still 2.21 million taels."

"If we add the 430,000 taels sent by His Highness the Fifth Prince, there will be 2.64 million taels left."

"Internal funds plus autumn taxes, the total is 6.7 million taels."

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, and then he could only sigh and said:

"I ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War to issue an order today, and all wages and salaries must be handed over to the border guards."

"Your servant accepts the order." Wei Zhongxian saluted quickly in response, but Sun Chengzong suddenly said:

"Long live, if there is no problem with paying the troops of the Nine Borders, then the late emperor's Qingling Mausoleum construction will need to allocate money."

"According to the instructions from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, Qingling needs to provide 1.5 million taels of silver."

"..." After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao didn't know what to say for a while.

The imperial court only has a total of six million taels of silver, and the nine-border army's salary is nearly one hundred and fifty. The imperial mausoleum also needs one and a half million taels.

But after all, he was building the imperial mausoleum for his father, so he couldn't be stingy, so he could only nod and said to Wei Zhongxian:

"Tell the emperor's fifth brother that after the seven days of national mourning are over, let him go to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household to see the construction ideas of Qingling Mausoleum."

"Your servant accepts the order." Wei Zhongxian saluted politely, knowing that his long live family did not trust the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works, and wanted to ask the Fifth Highness to come and supervise him.

Sun Chengzong did not expect that Zhu Youxiao actually asked Zhu Youjian to build the imperial mausoleum, so he had nothing to say and was just going to continue teaching.

In short, Zhu Youxiao spent all of the 430,000 taels that Zhu Youjian sent to his internal funds before he could get enough of it.

By the time Zhu Youjian found out about this, it was already the next day.

[Jiubian sergeants are rewarded with 2 taels of silver each. The fourth town of Changyi in Liaoning is rewarded with 866,244 taels of silver, the three towns of Xuanda, Shanxi are rewarded with 428,044 taels of silver, the second town of Yansui, Ningxia is rewarded with 155,684 taels of silver, and Guyuan, Gansu

The two towns rewarded 272,746 taels of silver, totaling 1,337,518 taels]

[There is still an accumulated debt of 1,599,882 taels, 7,548,000 taels will be paid next year, and 9,147,882 taels will be paid next year]

"Your uncle's..."

Zhu Youjian looked at the memorial from the Ministry of War and almost wanted to curse.

Zhu Youxiao had someone show this memorial to him. He thought it was about a war, but he didn't expect it was for money.

It was originally thought that after the military pay was paid, only 1,479,400 taels of pay would be owed, but instead, nearly 1,600,000 taels were still owed.

Including next year's military expenditure, we need to pay more than 9.14 million taels.

More than nine million taels of military expenditure, what is this concept?

We must know that since the middle of Wanli Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, the normal annual income was 14.61 million taels.

Among them, about 6 million taels were classified as internal funds for the emperor and the court's luxury enjoyment, and more than 4 million taels actually belonged to the Ministry of Household Affairs as expenses for the court.

The other six departments, Guanglu Temple, and Taipu Temple only had more than four million taels of silver.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty's military investment accounted for 80% of the country's annual income.

In the 48th year of Wanli's reign, more than 5.2 million taels of Liao salary were allocated, which already exceeded the imperial court's normal expenditure for the whole year.

The emperors in the late Ming Dynasty often needed to use their own private money to subsidize the court, which was fine. However, Ming Dynasty officials did not think about tax reform, but always looked for internal funds whenever something happened.

Looking at the many emperors in the Qing Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, and Song Dynasty, as long as the emperor did not speak, any official who dared to speak would ask the emperor to pay.

Although Zhu Youjian knew that in this era, everything was under control and it was normal for the emperor to pay money, this thing was purely treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

According to the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty, if the Liaoxiang is distributed next year and some grain is shipped, well, the court will not have to do anything else for the rest of the year.

If it was normal, forget it, Zhu Youjian didn't bother to care, but if nothing happens next year, She Chongming, the chieftain in the southwest, would raise 20,000 troops to rebel, and even once attacked the city of Chengdu.
Chapter completed!