Chapter 221 Establishing the Heya, a drastic rectification
The sky is white with snowflakes falling.
In Shengqing Palace, Qin Yun got up early.
I stayed at Zheng Ruyu last night and haven't come for a long time, so he actually felt a sense of freshness.
After a night of hard work, the bedding was wet once.
"Your Majesty, General Xiao, General Kou has returned. The wealth seized last night has been transported into the national treasury. This is the account book, please check it out." Old Feng said.
Qin Yun picked it up and took a look, unable to help but take a breath of air conditioning.
Then he snapped and closed the account book hard: "Good guy, Nier will be richer than the court!"
"Silver alone is millions of taels, which are all done for evil. I am so angry that I am ready for the morning court immediately. I have a few important things to announce!"
Mr. Feng bent down: "Yes, Your Majesty."
It is difficult for Qin Yun to calm down. Behind so much wealth is filled with innocent blood. How heavy will the mud commit sins secretly?
"Your Majesty, okay, but you still need to add clothes?"
Zheng Ruyu asked in a sweet voice, very familiar, and it made people feel restless when they glanced at it.
Qin Yun shook his head: "No need, I will go after you have a meal."
"ah?"
Zheng Ruyu's eyes were slightly surprised and a little flattered.
She was very happy that His Majesty could come to her. She never dared to think that His Majesty would have a meal with her.
Qin Yun patted her waist: "Why, don't you prepare my food?"
Zheng Ruyu's eyebrows were a little shy and said excitedly: "Accurate, ready."
"I am just a little flattered. Your Majesty wait, and I will ask me to pick it up."
She trotted away, with joy on her face.
Looking at her twisting her hips and her dignified and plump back, Qin Yun couldn't help but feel satisfied and sighed.
Is she so happy to have breakfast with her?
Looking back on Pei Yao, Li Zhimiao and others, they are all like this, treating themselves as heaven, and the happiness of the emperor is really unimaginable to ordinary people.
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Tai Chi Hall.
Qin Yun looked at the ministers below and said lightly: "I believe all the ministers have heard of what happened last night."
"Do you know how much silver you got from the Nier Club last night?"
The ministers looked at each other.
Someone bowed and said, "Ni'er will do evil, and there are many people and the stolen money will probably cost 100,000 taels!"
"No, it's more than one hundred thousand, it should be hundreds of thousands. I have heard of the chaos on the Grand Canal before, and many merchant ships have been robbed."
"At 800,000 taels, at least." Some people boldly speculated, which caused others to burst into laughter.
"Mr. Li, jokingly, what a huge sum of 800,000 taels? Even if a grassroots organization is lawless, it will not be able to get so much money, right?"
"That's right, at most, 500,000 taels."
Qin Yun looked down at the discussion below and suddenly said, "Is it funny?"
The ministers quickly calmed down and bowed their heads without saying a word.
"Xiao Aiqing, tell them how much stolen money will be in Ni'er." Qin Yun said.
Xiao Jian stood up and said loudly: "The total amount of silver is 3.7 million taels, gold is 230,000 taels, grain is thousands of stones, and various rare antiques..."
As soon as the words came, the civil and military officials in the court were shocked!
hiss……
The sound of gasping in the air was everywhere, nearly four million taels of silver?
Some ministers almost fell to the ground and said in horror: "General Xiao, four million taels, isn't it too exaggerated?"
Xiao Jian nodded: "That's right, it's nearly four million taels, which is not considered other treasures!"
The ministers looked ugly and were shocked, which was really exaggerated.
In the hall, there was a silence.
Qin Yun smiled and said nothing: "My imperial court was so poor that it was going to sell out a lot of money a few months ago, and any organization in the world could give out such a huge sum of money."
"My dear friends, are you sarcastic?
"You guys who are in high spirits and have power, will you slap in the face?"
The joking tone made the ministers tremble and they all lowered their heads, especially the ministers from relevant departments, with their faces scorching hot!
The new minister was angry, and the old minister blushed.
Qin Yun suppressed everyone's discussion and said seriously: "Ni'er's club is just the first, and other illegal organizations will be cleaned up one after another."
"I here advise you not to get involved with these people. Once you find out, you will be killed!"
"If anyone colluded, surrender as soon as possible!"
Bang bang bang bang!
One after another, some ministers knelt down and shouted: "I don't dare!"
Qin Yun said again: "The wealth collected by Ni'er will be filled into the national treasury. I plan to use this money to do something practical to promote the country."
Gu Chuntang bowed and immediately said, "Your Majesty, how can you ask what the truth is?"
Qin Yun said loudly: "First, expand the army!"
"Second, rectify the navy!"
"I have said before that I will rebuild the Jinwu Guard and the Central Army camp, but it has not been implemented due to the silver issue."
"Then it will be implemented this time. Recruiting an army of 50,000 people only belongs to me, is called Shenji Camp!"
Upon hearing this, the ministers had no objection and did not dare to do so.
Zhao Heng, Minister of War, said: "Why would you like to ask Your Majesty, how should you rectify the Navy?"
Qin Yun glanced at Su Zizai, who was trembling among the crowd.
He said lightly: "In the past, the navy made the Grand Canal a mess, was in chaos and had no effect, so I decided to surrender Su Zizai to the position of deputy admiral."
"As for the admiral, Zhou Yi, the former navy captain of Yunzhou."
"The rest of the generals, all reshuffle and reselect!"
"In addition, river yamen is set up on every section of the Grand Canal to protect the safety of the ships and crack down on water ghosts and robbers!"
Upon hearing this, the ministers' expressions changed slightly.
They didn't expect such a big rectification!
Some ministers raised objections: "Your Majesty, if you establish the Shenji Camp, the military expenditure is astronomical. If you rectify the Grand Canal Naval Army on such a large scale and establish the river yamen, you may not have any surplus of this money."
The censor also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, that's right."
"The navy is actually just a decoration, and it is impossible to fight anyone in the pass. Raising it is like burning money in vain. The court does not need to spend money on the edge, such as strengthening the army on the border, preparing grain, etc.."
Qin Yun shook his head. As a person who had traveled through time, he knew deeply how great the effect a river transport had brought to a country.
The navy is the key to protecting the river transportation.
When Emperor Gaozu built the Grand Canal, he must have considered the long-term.
"I have decided on this matter. Although the establishment of the Heyaya ya is expensive, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and I can earn this money back."
Make it back?
The ministers were stunned.
Qin Yun continued: "After clearing the various cancers in the Grand Canal, I will issue an order to collect taxes from merchant ships at the Grand Canal's yamen mouth."
"Tax money will be used as the navy's maintenance public funds to protect the people and merchants."
"When the time comes, the money for the navy will be rectified, and we will naturally come back."
Hearing this, all the ministers were shocked.
Tax collection on the river is unheard of!
"Your Majesty is inappropriate. How is this different from robbers collecting tolls?" Wei Zheng immediately stood up and opposed it sternly.