The account book clearly states that there are 18825,679 taels of cash silver, and various gold, silver and jewelry, antiques, real estate, shops, etc., and a series of things. Although the statistics have not been completed, it is expected that it will not be less than 20 million taels.

Seeing this, even Yang Feng couldn't help but be amazed. What does it mean to be rich enough to rival a country? That's it. It's just three maritime merchants and more than a dozen salt merchants. The property of these people is actually equivalent to the taxes in the seventh and eighth year of the Ming Dynasty. How terrible it is.

After putting down the account book, Yang Feng couldn't help but sigh. No wonder the Ming Dynasty in another time and space would destroy the country. The money of the Ming Dynasty was concentrated in the hands of these wealthy businessmen and gentry. These people occupied 80% of the land and wealth of the Ming Dynasty, but they never thought about how to do something for the country and the court. Every day, they only knew that they were extravagant and wanted to live and die in a dream, and they didn't even want to pay taxes.

Most of the people who account for 80% of the Ming Dynasty lived a life of not covering their clothes and not filling their stomachs. The soldiers guarding the border could not even have enough food. Especially after the end, the climate of the Little Glacier was raging in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and countless people became refugees. In the end, the number of refugees as many as tens of millions of refugees overturned the vast Ming Dynasty.

After reading it, Yang Feng pondered for a while, then asked someone to call Tian Ergeng over and handed him the account book.

Tian Ergeng's reaction was even more unbearable. When he saw the numbers on the account book, he was so scared that he even fell to the ground.

"Hou...Hou...Hou...Hou, is this... this...is it true?" A red tide appeared on Tian Ergeng's face, which was not known to be frightened or surprised. He bent down and picked up the account book again, but Yang Feng found that his hand holding the account book was still trembling slightly.

Yang Feng looked at him angrily: "This is the final number that the Royal Trading Company of the Ming Dynasty mobilized dozens of accountants and shopkeepers to work hard for several days before they calculated. Do you think it is true or false?"

"If it is true, the emperor will definitely be very happy after reporting to the court!" Tian Ergeng looked at the number of books and looked at it again and again, and a sense of joy surged in his heart. Tian Ergeng has been worried about his future career over the days. After all, he suffered such a huge loss in Shaoxing. Five hundred Jinyi's personal army was destroyed by a group of unknown people. This is simply an unprecedented shame in the founding of the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years. In addition, Chen Fuyang and other three maritime merchants and more than ten salt merchants were separated. I am afraid that the hat of incompetence in doing things will not be taken off. He, the commander of the Jinyiwei, probably could not sit steadily, but when he saw this account book, his mood immediately began to revitalize.

What does the court need most today?

Is it necessary to ask? What you need most is silver. Without silver, you can't do anything? Although I lost 500 Jinyiwei, I then helped Jiangning Hou to overthrow the governor of Shaoxing Yu Shanqiu. Now I have obtained 18 million taels of silver and more than 20 million taels of silver. This is a huge contribution. With this contribution in hand, my position as the commander of Jinyiwei will not only not be taken down, but I may be able to take a step forward.

When Tian Ergeng thought of this, his heart began to pound, and a hot look appeared in his eyes. He hesitated for a moment and tentatively said to Yang Feng: "Mr. Marquis, I wonder what you plan to deal with this money?"

Yang Feng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Why... Lord Tian also has ideas about this money?"

"Hey...Master, don't make jokes about the emperor. Even if you take the courage of the leopard, you won't dare to make the idea of ​​this money!" Tian Ergeng was so scared that he waved his hands repeatedly. His family knew his family affairs. He was just a commander of the Jinyiwei. To put it bluntly, it was the emperor's minions and thugs. How dare he think about these money would be lost.

"A gentleman loves money and takes it as a way." Yang Feng smiled and said, "Mr. Tian, ​​although you have lost hundreds of Jinyiwei because of your fault, this time you will help me to handle such a big case, that is credit. The rule of our Ming Dynasty is that you will reward merits and punish you. How to punish you is Your Majesty's business, but this time you and Jinyiwei have made a lot of contributions, so I decided to allocate 100,000 taels of silver from these silver to the dead Jinyiwei as a pension. As for your Lord Tian's bounty, this time, this time I will not be able to interfere with you. Let Your Majesty decide to take it. What does Lord Tian think?"

As soon as Yang Feng finished speaking, he heard a "thump" sound. Tian Ergeng knelt down at Yang Feng, and saw him choking and saying, "I thanked the Lord for those dead robes!"

It is said that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are excellent actors and are born with their own acting skills. However, Tian Ergeng was not an exercise this time, and he is really grateful to Yang Feng. You should know that although the Jinyiwei also has his own pensions, the Ming Dynasty's finances are not abundant now, and the Jinyiwei cannot pay much money. Now Yang Feng allocated 100,000 taels of silver at once. After the distribution was made, each dead Jinyiwei also had 200 taels of pensions. These money was enough for their family to arrange their future lives calmly.

"Get up!" Seeing Tian Ergeng's excited look, Yang Feng couldn't help but sigh. It was all for money.

He thought about it again and said, "There is also the ability to achieve such a great gain this time. The Fujian Navy and the Jiangning Army soldiers made great efforts, so this marquis held 10% of the money and released the rest to the capital. What do Lord Tian think?"

"this……"

Tian Ergeng stopped talking this time. Logically speaking, Yang Feng made such a great effort this time, and the Jiangning Army and the Fujian Navy intercepted 10% of the ratio. This ratio is definitely not too much, but judging from the total, the amount of money is definitely not large. 10% is also more than three million taels of silver, which is equivalent to the taxes of the Ming Dynasty for half a year. Tian Ergeng just thought about it and felt a little nervous. If the ministers in the court knew about it, they might cause another trouble.

Tian Ergeng was indeed guessing this time. When the court learned that Yang Feng and Tian Ergeng had plundered more than 38 million taels of silver in Shaoxing, the civil and military officials of the court almost lost their voices.

This is not 3800 taels of silver, but more than 38 million taels of silver. To be honest, with this amount of silver, there are too many things that Daming can do.

In fact, this is true. When the news came out of the cabinet, the entire court's civil and military officials became crazy, and countless memorials flew to Zhu Youxiao's Dragon Case like snowflakes.

"Bang..."

Zhu Youxiao threw a thick stack of memorials on the Long Case: "My officials are really idle. Before the money is shipped, these people are yelling to divide the spoils, and they don't urinate to see if they have the blessing!"

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Wei Zhongxian, who was standing beside him with his hands down, was startled by Zhu Youxiao's words and quickly reminded him: "If this is spread, I don't know what gossip to say outside."

"Come on." Zhu Youxiao sneered and looked around and asked back, "Who's spreading it? Is it you Wei Zhongxian, or are you going to spread it?"

"I don't dare!" In the imperial study, the eunuch who was responsible for serving Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but kneel on the ground, including Wei Zhongxian, who was not spared.

Since Zhu Youxiao was fooled by a eunuch to go to Youhu last time and almost drowned, Wei Zhongxian, who was almost scared to death, cleaned the palace several times. There were no one thousand or eight hundred people beaten or driven out of the palace. It can be said that these cleanings have almost cut off the eyeliner that penetrated the palace. Even if there are a few fish that have left behind, they cannot cause any storm.

Those who can serve him in the imperial study room and Zhu Youxiao are all his confidants. Now Zhu Youxiao says this clearly because he distrusts Wei Zhongxian. Our Nine Thousand Years later was naturally scared.

Seeing a large area of ​​the imperial study kneeling, Zhu Youxiao snorted from his nose: "Forget it, get up. If you can't even believe it, then I will not have many people who can trust."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After hearing what Zhu Youxiao said, the eunuchs got up one after another, but they all had smiles on their faces. Didn't you hear what Your Majesty said just now? People are the people His Majesty trust the most.

Unlike those eunuchs, Zhu Youxiao felt bitter in his heart. As a dignified emperor, except for a few people, the only one whom he trusted the most was a group of eunuchs. How sad this is.

"It seems that changing the imperial examination is urgent. The imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years have raised a large group of idiots who only know how to fight for power but do not know how to do things. If this continues, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger."

Zhu Youxiao thought to himself, but said to Wei Zhongxian: "Big Palm, what do you think about this?"

Wei Zhongxian smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Your Majesty, first of all, I admire the fact that Marquis of Jiangning scouted his house and got silver. It would be fine if he got 20 million taels of silver from Yangzhou last time, but this time he got more than 30 million taels of silver after arriving in Shaoxing. This ability is probably the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty."

"Yes!" Zhu Youxiao also sighed: "Yang Aiqing not only ran around and worked hard for the country over the years, but also kept getting a large sum of silver for the court. I really couldn't imagine that if it weren't for the silver and high-yield grain that Yang Aiqing had obtained over the years, the Ming Dynasty would have become? But you also saw that before the silver was shipped to the capital, the people below began to clamor for the distribution of the silver. While these people were thinking of these silver, they were clamoring to punish the people who made the silver. I really don't know how these people's skin grew and how they were so thick!"

Wei Zhongxian was very indifferent to this, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Since ancient times, people are sinister. Are there few people who pick up chopsticks and eat meat and put down chopsticks to curse? Just ignore them, but how to arrange distribution after the money arrives in Beijing is a headache. I guess the people in the cabinet will probably come to the door soon."

As soon as Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he heard the voice of an eunuch sounding outside: "Report to Your Majesty, Master Gu, Master Yang and others are asking for a meeting outside!"

"Hey... I really mean Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!"
Chapter completed!