When Huang Jin spoke, he looked at Jiajing's face carefully.!
Jiajing's face was like a pool of stagnant water, and the ancient well was not waved, and he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Then his eyes closed slightly and said lightly: "Didn't I say that I will comprehend the way of heaven in the past few days and tell you not to disturb me?"
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Huang Jin hurriedly said, "It's a matter of the outside court. I feel it's a big deal, so I come and report it."
Jiajing still closed his eyes and was not in a hurry to ask about the matters of the outside court. Instead, he remembered something: "Is Zhang An dead?"
Zhang An is the eunuch in the Imperial Horse Prison and an old man from the Xingwang Mansion. Although his relationship with Huang Jin may not be very good, at this moment, Huang Jin felt a chill in his heart and said, "When I woke up early, I saw someone.
He carried his body out of Donghua Gate."
Jiajing snorted coldly: "This bastard, I asked him to thoroughly investigate the rioters in the palace, but he was so negligent. If it weren't for the deduction skills of Zhang Tianshi, I'm afraid that the remnants of the rioters would have taken my life at some point.
It's not certain that he is also a rebel, otherwise, how could he protect them like this?"
After scolding, Jiajing said slowly: "How can I send it out from Donghua Gate? It's so silly? Who did it?"
Huang Jin was startled. Hearing this tone, Jiajing was going to kill someone again. Although Huang Jin was not a good thing, he knew that if he was indulging in this way, sooner or later, the knife would be put on his neck, so he hurriedly said:
There was no surprise, but he went out with the dung truck, so no one knew about it."
Jiajing's murderous face was relieved and asked lazyly: "But now that Zhang An is dead, who will continue to investigate the chaos in the palace and the yellow companion, let me leave this matter to you.
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Huang Jin's face froze, investigate and prosecute the unrest? Zhang An had just died, and the unrest had already died. How can I investigate? At that time, it would be nothing more than killing innocent people, but the question is, what should I kill?
It was enough time, Huang Jin hurriedly said: "I am in the ritual prison and the affairs are complicated. It's not that I refuse to serve Your Majesty, but now the Minister of Revenue has just died and the government and the country is in chaos..."
Jiajing nodded: "What you said makes sense, so let the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor come and do it. Is it the king's surname? He has done a lot of big things for me, so he left it to him to do it.
Huang Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly, but had to say, "Yes."
Jiajing immediately said, "Yes, you just said something happened to the outside court, what happened?"
Huang Jin said: "This is the cabinet that asks the palace to embezzle some treasury silver."
The so-called treasury silver is not the national treasury, but the internal treasury.
Hearing this, Jiajing showed some impatientness: "They still want money. Do they really think I have opened a good house? Is it not enough for them to give them all the annual income every year? How much is the amount of silver deposit in the inner treasury now?"
Huang Jin said: "Last year, 5 million taels of silver were allocated military funds, several palaces were built, and a batch of firearms were purchased by the Warriors camp, so now the silver deposit is only 7 million taels."
Jiajing said coldly: "I won't give you one or two taels of silver. What should I do if I give them some today and some more of my Taoist palace tomorrow? These people are greedy and do not know how to advance or retreat."
Speaking of this, Jiajing still seemed to be incomprehensible and said: "In the past, the imperial court had a seldom deficit of 3 million silver per year. Why did it come to this day? I have made up for their shortcomings every year, but the money is getting worse and worse.
Have you used it?"
Huang Jin said: "It is said that Yang Gechen took over the Ministry of Revenue and asked the Ministry of Revenue to check the accounts. He found that the former Minister of Revenue spent money and made a lot of money. Not only did the treasury silver disappear, but he also owed more than 10 million silver in credit. Now all provinces are in
Waiting for feeding, we are waiting for the imperial court to transfer Yinbian Town...》
"Bastard!" Jiajing sneered and looked faintly: "They have made a good plan. The former Minister of Revenue is dead. They are so good that they just push all their relationships on the dead, then stretched out their hands and asked me for money.
, Do I have a mountain of gold and silver? Their deficit is their business. In short, I don’t care and pass the words on, but if something happens, the first thing I want is the heads of these people. Don’t think that I dare not kill anyone
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When he said that he was murdering, Jiajing's face was calm, but under this calmness, there was a crisis brewing.
Huang Jin hurriedly said, "I will give you instructions now..."
"No need to give me instructions. Go to the cabinet and tell them yourself, and I said I have asked for money."
Huang Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes, yes, I will tell them in person... tell them in person..."
Jiajing opened his eyes and looked at Huang Jin coldly, and suddenly said, "Why, Huang partner, are you very hot? Why are you sweating so much?"
"I...sister......" Huang Jin was stunned, as if someone had discovered a burglary. He was stunned. Even if he was so smart, no matter how good he could speak, he would be like this at this time.
It was like being trapped by electricity, and it didn't move.
Jiajing immediately smiled and said, "Yes, it's spring and the weather is getting hotter and hotter."
"Yes, yes. The weather is too hot, I'm still thinking about it. This year seems to be hotter than the year." Huang Jin hurriedly followed Jiajing's words.!
Jiajing smiled mysteriously and said, "Is there a saying that my heart is calm and I will naturally be cool? No matter how hot I am, as long as my heart calms down, I will not be afraid of the scorching heat. Besides, this is not scorching heat, you are too mixed."
Huang Jin's tears flowed down instantly, and Jiajing's words were filled with double words. Huang Jin, who had always been familiar with Jiajing, actually found that he could not understand Jiajing's thoughts at all. His throat rolled for a moment and thought of Zhang An
, I thought of the noble man who died a few days ago. At that time, those people were not called the wind and rain in the palace like themselves, and those were not important, but they died if they died. If they died so miserably, they would die, or
Throw it into the manure and transport it out in a manure truck.
Huang Jin found that he was very scared. A fear from the bottom of his heart occupied his heart. He was confused and didn't know whether Jiajing's words contained murderous intent to himself. His Majesty said that he was not calm.
What does it mean? Do you realize that you are afraid or think that you are involved in the chaos? Your Majesty said that your thoughts are too complicated. What does it mean? It means that as a eunuch, I have been in charge of many things because of my official duties.
Or do you have any other thoughts, even...
Huang Jin kowtowed quickly and cried, "Your Majesty... I should die... I will... I will... I will..."
Jiajing narrowed his eyes, and Yan Ren looked in Huang Jin's direction. The faint candlelight reflected into the depths of his eyes, making him even more mysterious. He said lightly: "Go and do things."
"Yes, yes..." Huang Jin did not feel relieved, nor did he feel that he had escaped. He had no intention of being grateful at all. He still kowtowed with fear and walked out of the palace.
As soon as he left the palace, he looked back vigilantly, as if there was a knife and a sharp blade on his neck. When he saw only the void, he breathed a sigh of relief. After a few heavy breaths, he was busy.
Often the cabinet goes in the direction.
"Your Majesty's oral order..." Huang Jin arrived at the cabinet and conveyed Jiajing's meaning.
At this time, he had calmed down. No matter what, he was a eunuch after all, and he must not make himself look unscrupulous. After experiencing too many ups and downs, Huang Jin is not ordinary after all
But when Huang Jin spoke His Majesty's oral order, the two ministers in the cabinet had changed their qualities.
In fact, they had expected that His Majesty might get angry and might bargain with the cabinet in the end, but unexpectedly, this time he refused and had no room for bargaining.
Yang Yiqing couldn't help but smile bitterly. He is now the leader. In the past, he didn't know that the firewood and rice are expensive, but now he knows the difficulties of the Minister of Revenue.
Due to the inflow of a large amount of silver, prices have soared. So the so-called annual income of the court is even less than two million taels of silver in five years. That is to say, what you used to buy with three million taels of silver, but now,
But it may not be available.
Moreover, the Zhejiang New Army also has the future New Army of Southern Zhili and Fujian New Army to be established one after another. Since the vanguard system, the imperial court could raise hundreds of thousands or millions of troops without spending a penny, but the jails of various provinces were
Seeing the new army being built, people were inevitably unbalanced by paying money, so they were more or less asking for money using various names. And in Zhejiang, schools are now being built everywhere, like a celestial girl scattering flowers.
, After seeing it, each province has its own little thoughts, each under various guises. Or it is said that a certain section of the river has been disrepaired for a long time, and may worry about the collapse of the river embankment, and it is everywhere in the name of the old county school.
Ask for money.
It's okay. The current war is simply a bottomless pit. When Liang Teng was there, he spent a lot of money. Each province wanted money. As long as he had a name, he was often willing to allocate money. The cabinet saw that the Ministry of Revenue was approved.
Just approve it, what should I do if I lose the money? Borrow it! Anyway, six million taels of silver are borrowed, and a few million more are borrowed. The Ministry of Revenue has become accustomed to spending money with big hands, and the provinces are also used to asking for money in various names.
In the end, the deficit became increasingly large, even to the point of being dumbfounded.
In half a year, the court's expenses exceeded those in the past three years.
Not only that, because of the soaring prices, officials are also human beings, especially those clear-headed officials who demanded a raise of their salary one by one, but they really couldn't survive. So the court raised their salary several times, and their salary increased, and those
Those with titles are naturally dissatisfied. You give yourself money, what should we do?
So, everyone rose, and then everyone was happy. They all said that the Ministry of Revenue was good and the court was good. But now, Yang Yiqing was stunned.