After hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao, who was extremely shocked, finally came back to his senses and subconsciously looked up at Li Huan.
Zhu Houzhao said almost instinctively: "Li Qing, is what you said true? Did you really confiscate gold and silver worth tens of millions of taels in Yangzhou Mansion this time?"
Even now, as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao still can't believe Li Huan's words.
Zhu Houzhao really couldn't imagine that such an astonishing amount of tens of millions of taels of property could be confiscated from his home. You must know that the tax revenue earned by the huge Ming Dynasty in a year was only a few million taels.
And in its inner treasury, thanks to the fact that Li Huan confiscated his family and exterminated his family several times in the past few years, and continued to transfer gold and silver wealth to his inner treasury, it barely reached tens of millions.
It’s just that not long ago, after a great war, not only was the silver in the treasury almost depleted, but Zhu Houzhao also kept allocating gold and silver from the treasury to support Li Huan and Wang Yangming in fighting the Tatars at the front.
A great battle.
It can be said that after that battle, the Ming Dynasty really consumed a lot of supplies. After all, Li Huan, Wang Yangming and others were at the front, and they mobilized hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. The war lasted for more than half a year.
There is nothing in the world that consumes more gold and silver wealth than war. It can be imagined that after winning that war, Ming Dynasty actually lost a lot of energy.
At least as far as Zhu Houzhao knew, even the internal treasury that had previously amounted to tens of millions of taels now only had a few million taels left. As for the national treasury, it was also completely empty.
Up and down the court, all the civil and military ministers of the dynasty were worried about where to raise money to maintain the situation of the world.
Now that Li Huan suddenly informed Zhu Houzhao that tens of millions of taels of gold and silver had been confiscated from Yangzhou Mansion, it was understandable that Zhu Houzhao would react like this.
Seeing Zhu Houzhao's shocked and expectant look, Li Huan nodded slowly towards Zhu Houzhao and said: "Return to your majesty, how dare I deceive your majesty on such matters? Now that I have transferred the gold and silver cargo to the capital, among the carriages behind me.
There are gold and silver items worth millions of taels that were brought back first."
Li Huan said with a chuckle: "If that were not the case, I should go to the palace with your Majesty for the banquet. It involves so much gold and silver. If you can't keep an eye on these gold and silver and send them to your Majesty's inner treasury, I will go to the palace with you."
Don’t worry.”
"well!"
After hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but praise him repeatedly. He even reached out and patted Li Huan's shoulder, and said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that the Qing family would bring me such a surprise.
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The sound of Zhu Houzhao's hearty laughter came from the carriage. Just listening to the laughter showed how good Zhu Houzhao was at this moment.
Outside the carriage, Zhang Huai, Lin Pingzhi and others were accompanying them. The guards in imperial robes protecting Li Huan and the emperor naturally felt a little happy in their hearts.
In the carriage, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and suddenly smiled and said: "I can't wait to hear what Aiqing said. In this case, I will go with Aiqing, and I also want to see these gold and silver gifts with my own eyes."
Into the inner vault.”
Zhu Houzhao's face was full of interest. Let alone him, even any emperor would not be able to remain calm in the face of millions of gold and silver.
As he spoke, the carriage creaked and creaked and arrived in front of the imperial city.
Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and others went to call for the palace gate to be opened, and then a group of royal guards began to maintain order, driving one carriage after another into the imperial city.
That is to say, the imperial city is vast, otherwise, hundreds of carts that suddenly enter may not be able to accommodate it.
As the royal treasury, it naturally occupies a corner of the imperial city, and its defense is also extremely tight.
After all, what is stored here is the private property of the royal family. The inner treasury contains not only gold and silver, but also many priceless treasures.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao and Li Huan got off the carriage together, and came to the inner treasury surrounded by everyone.
At the same time, the carriages also stopped. A group of royal guards stepped forward and lifted the huge boxes from the carriages. Then, a group of internal servants who were responsible for managing the inner treasury came on.
These boxes were carried into the inner warehouse in advance, and they were ready to be counted and compiled.
Soon a burst of exclamations came from the inner treasury, and even Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao and others who were standing at the door could hear clearly.
When Zhu Houzhao heard the exclamation, he couldn't help but look curious. He walked into the inner treasury first and said to Li Huan, "Li Qing, come with me to take a look."
Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao walked into the inner treasury together, while the others stayed outside the inner treasury.
Walking into the inner warehouse, the space suddenly became much brighter, and more than a dozen chamberlains, large and small, were opening the boxes that had been brought in.
And among these opened boxes were neatly placed ingots of gold, and the boxes of gold exuded a dazzling golden light.
Even though these chamberlains managed the inner treasury for the emperor and were used to seeing many gold and silver treasures, they couldn't help but be amazed when they suddenly looked at the boxes of gold.
The value of gold is ten times that of silver. Not to mention other things, the dozens of boxes of gold in front of you are worth a lot of money.
Originally, these chamberlains were still distressed about the silver that had been moved out in a steady stream, but now they looked at the large boxes of gold and silver that were brought in, and their faces were full of joy.
An old chamberlain shouted excitedly to his little chamberlain: "Quick, what are you doing here? Why don't you count our family quickly? Then make a list and put it into the treasury. If there is anything wrong, we will
I’ll chop off your heads.”
Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao, who had just come in, naturally saw such a scene, and Zhu Houzhao also saw the gold in the open box.
Even Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but squint his eyes, and subconsciously took a few steps forward to reach a large box. The densely packed palm-sized gold ingots in the box looked so charming.
Such a box may weigh no less than a thousand kilograms, containing nearly ten thousand taels and worth nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Although I have heard Li Huan say before about the amount of gold and silver he did not get from this robbery, it is just a number after all. Although it is the same excitement, but if you really want to say it, it is more exciting to hold this real gold in your hands.
Some.
After a while, Zhu Houzhao exhaled and threw the gold ingot in his hand into the box. His eyes fell on Li Huan and said slowly: "Li Qing, you said that the gold confiscated this time was 1.5 million taels."
A lot, more than 20 million taels of silver, and countless other valuables?"
Li Huan nodded slightly.
Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly and said: "I won't leave today. I will just watch these gold and silver go into the inner treasury here."
Li Huan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, obviously he didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao would make such a decision.
However, Zhu Houzhao had already found a place to sit there, watching with great interest as the servants in charge of the inner treasury carried boxes of gold into the inner treasury.
Just looking at Zhu Houzhao's money-obsessed look, Li Huan couldn't help but smile. No matter who persuaded him now, I'm afraid Zhu Houzhao would not leave.
Li Huan smiled slightly and said: "Then the minister went and ordered his men to transfer the many gold and silver properties on the ship without stopping, even if it was overnight."
Dozens of large ships were filled with confiscated property, and hundreds of large vehicles were only pulling things from one or two large ships. If they were all transferred, it would probably not take a day or two to transport them all.
may not be possible.
Of course, the most important thing right now is to transport those gold and silver items into the imperial city first. Li Huan is not a fool. His return this time will definitely not be able to hide it from the civil and military officials above the court.
He has dozens of ships, large and small, and the movement is so loud that anyone who is not a fool would know that he must have brought back the wealth confiscated from Yangzhou Mansion when he returned this time.
It's just that these people didn't know how much wealth he had confiscated in Yangzhou Mansion, so they didn't react.
However, with so many carts being transported, anyone who is not a fool will definitely realize that he has confiscated a lot of wealth in Yangzhou Mansion. When the time comes, the important officials in the court will definitely come up with the idea of seizing these properties.
Normally, part of the confiscated proceeds must go to the national treasury, so if the important officials in the court react, they will definitely come to the emperor to ask for an explanation.
What's more, the treasury is now empty. Once the ministers come to look for the emperor, even the emperor will not be able to refuse.
Therefore, Li Huan knew very well that before these people could react, it was only right to put as much gold and silver as possible into the inner treasury.
After all, in Li Huan's view, once these gold and silver wealth are put into the national treasury, it will not be so easy to use them. Instead, they will be included in the emperor's inner treasury. With the emperor's temperament, as long as there is really a need, the emperor will definitely
He would allocate it from the inner treasury without hesitation. In contrast, Li Huan felt that it would be better for these wealth to belong to the emperor's inner treasury.
The emperor came out of the palace in disguise to welcome Li Huan back to the city, and Li Huan entered the imperial city with hundreds of carts. Such a big movement naturally spread at an extremely fast speed.
cabinet
Several cabinet ministers were sitting there with frowns on their faces, and there were several memorials placed in front of them.
Wang Hao stroked his gray beard, looked up at Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai, and Wang Yangming and said calmly: "Everyone, the Ministry of Industry has requested to repair the river. Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan Province has suffered a flood, and the court is in urgent need of relief for the victims. Gansu and Ningxia places
Due to the war, the autumn grain harvest has failed in large areas and all industries have withered. It is necessary for the court to allocate money and food to restore people's livelihood..."
Listening to Wang Hao's words, Zhang Cai, Yang Tinghe and Wang Yangming all had sad faces.
What Wang Hao said are all urgent problems facing the court that need to be solved. If these problems are not solved, they will inevitably lead to extremely serious consequences.
If you want to solve these problems, it is actually not difficult. It is nothing more than tax exemptions and the court mobilizing money and food for relief. In the final analysis, it is a money problem.
But the biggest problem right now is that the court has no money.
After a great war, the national treasury, which was still relatively full, suddenly hit its bottom. Faced with this situation, several cabinet ministers were unable to do anything about it.
As the saying goes, it's hard for a good woman to make a meal without rice. No matter how many means they have, facing the empty treasury, they can't think of any effective solution for a while.
Seeing the expressions of several people in his eyes, Wang Hao said calmly: "Wang said before that resorting to military violence is not beneficial to the country, but now, a big war will waste countless money..."
Wang Yangming, who had not spoken for a long time, couldn't help but frowned, glanced at Wang Hao lightly and said, "What Mr. Wang said is that the imperial court should not send troops to quell the rebellion of King Anhua, but should let the Tatars go to the northwest.
Do you want to plunder the provincial land?"
Wang Hao glanced at Wang Yangming and said, "I didn't say that."
Yang Tinghe on the side coughed slightly when he saw this and said: "You two, the most important thing right now is how to raise money and food to solve the problem, rather than discussing these irrelevant matters here."
Wang Hao snorted coldly and said: "Anyway, I can't think of any solution. If you have any good ideas, you might as well speak up."
At this time, Zhang Cai coughed lightly and said: "If you don't want me to invite the emperor, please send some money from your internal funds..."
At this moment, there was a sound of rapid footsteps, and an official appeared at the door of the hall, looking into the hall.
Wang Hao glanced at the official and said immediately: "What's the matter in such a hurry?"
At the same time, several eyes fell on the official.
The official took a deep breath and said: "Come back to the pavilion, I just got news that your majesty left the palace incognito and went to personally welcome the champion back to the capital."
"It's absurd, it's really absurd. How could His Majesty, with his body of so much money, leave the imperial city so lightly? If something unexpected happens, who can bear this responsibility?"
Wang Hao's expression changed involuntarily after hearing this, and he slapped the table with anger on his face.
Wang Hao's reaction made the official shrink back in fright.
Yang Tinghe first said to Wang Hao: "Brother Ji, calm down. I will meet with your majesty later to persuade him." While speaking, Yang Tinghe glanced at the official and said, "Is there anything else?"
The official hurriedly said: "The other thing is that the champion has returned this time, and together with hundreds of carts, they entered the imperial city in a mighty manner. Many people saw it and said that the cart must be carrying the champion.
The property confiscated by Yangzhou Prefecture..."
"What!"
Wang Hao, who was angry, suddenly jumped up, stared at the official with wide eyes and said: "What do you mean, hundreds of carts?"
The official shrank his neck and said subconsciously: "The people below reported that they saw hundreds of large vehicles entering the imperial city."
Zhang Cai took a deep breath and said with a strange look in his eyes: "Why have we forgotten this? The Champion Marquis killed a lot of people in Yangzhou Prefecture. I don't know how many powerful people were confiscated and exterminated by him. He must have brought them back when he came back this time."
The property confiscated in Yangzhou Prefecture."
Yang Tinghe's eyes fell on Wang Yangming and said quietly: "The national treasury is empty. With such a batch of property filled into the national treasury, all the current problems can be solved. You are willing to come with me to see the emperor."
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