After hearing this, Yang Bing sneered: "It stands to reason that you can't catch me, and I don't have to bear this responsibility! I just want to get through this together with you this time. In the future, we will practice our troops well. The emperor can rely on me." , Aren’t we considerate and considerate ministers? We will come to Jiubian to earn military merits, so that we can live up to the merits left by our ancestors!"
Wang Lin took over the conversation and said: "What I'm saying is that your lords may not have paid attention to the content of the 'Platform Zhao Duilu'. The emperor's final statement of his ambition was remarkable. He wanted all nine states to unite and embrace the Han style. I Look, when the emperor comes of age, as long as the country can sustain it, this war will be inevitable!"
Several nobles looked at each other, and Marquis of Fengcheng Li Huan, who had been silent for the whole time, said: "We can't see that far, and it's hard to say how many days my body and bones can survive in the future." After speaking, he coughed twice and said: "I'll go first. Give me 50,000 yuan for a haircut."
Zhao Zuzheng answered: "Master Hou offered 50,000 yuan, but I dare not compete with him. I will offer 40,000 yuan."
The two of them took the lead, Gu Huan promised 50,000, Wu Kangbo and Li Yingchen promised 40,000, and Cheng Anbo and Guo Yingqian promised 40,000.
Wu Jijue murmured: "I'm going to go back and ask my mother-in-law, let's settle on 50,000 yuan for the time being." He wiped his sweat nervously and said with a flushed face that he had no say in the family money.
After listening to the promises made by several people, Yang Bing calculated in his mind that he was still short of 30,000 yuan, so he didn't get angry. He said in his heart that it has nothing to do with me. In addition to the two thousand taels each of you paid the customary filial piety when I first came here, I also Do you want to pay back 20,000 yuan? He said nothing and looked at Wang Lin with a dark face.
The flesh on Wang Lin's cheeks was twisted. He had been the associate minister for only two years, and these people didn't take him seriously, and he didn't receive much respect. But at this time, he was on a boat, and it was impossible not to express it. He hesitated for a long time. Said: "I will pay ten thousand."
After hearing this, Yang Bing's face became even darker. He was originally a dark-faced man, but now his face was as pale as the bottom of a pot. He was a man who had attended a private school for a few days, and now he gritted his teeth and vomited lotus flowers: "Damn it, I I took over this charcoal fire and didn't say anything about it. Instead, I made myself very angry! But they are all dead brothers. I won't say anything else. I will post the remaining 20,000 to someone!"
Zhao Zuzheng listened to Yang Bing's words and responded: "How can General Rong be allowed to bleed like this just after he arrived? I didn't calculate the account just now! I paid 45,000!"
A sinister look flashed in his big copper bell-like eyes, and he said to Wu Jijue: "Master Wu, when we were dividing wages these years, you relied on your own palm prints to eat more and occupy more! Shouldn't there be more blood this time? ?What? Just eat meat and don’t want to get beaten?!”
Wu Jijue's face turned pale, he picked up the tea cup and threw it over. Zhao Zuzheng was agile and dodged with a tilt of his head. He leaned forward, grabbed Wu Jijue's neck collar, and punched Wu Jijue in the eye socket.
Wu Jijue's body was thin, and he had long been exhausted by drinking and sex. After eating this, his eyes were full of stars. He struggled back, got away, pulled out his sword and said: "My surname is Zhao, today either you die or I die!" Zhao Zuzheng laughed evilly. , you must also draw your sword and put it right.
There was a loud clang, but it was Yang Bing who dropped the tea cup on the ground. The two people facing each other were shocked, but they heard Yang Bing shout: "Here comes someone!"
The door to the security room opened and a group of soldiers rushed in. They were all shocked when they saw the situation inside the house.
Yang Bing said: "Drag them two down and give each of them twenty sticks!" Seeing that the soldiers did not move, he yelled: "Why, do you want me to say it again?"
When the soldiers saw that Yang Bing was angry, they came over and wanted to capture him, regardless of their past friendship with the men.
At this time, the room was in chaos. Li Huan coughed heavily, stood up, knelt down on one knee, and said in military salute: "General, please calm down. This is because we did not think carefully about this matter. We must not blame the general too much. It will chill the hearts of the soldiers." .”
Several others quickly stopped the soldiers and begged Yang Bing for mercy. Yang Bing snorted and said: "I made a rule today. If I are so reckless in the future, don't blame Yang for being unkind! You go down!" The soldier waved his hand and asked them to go out.
When the door was closed, Gu Huan, Wu Kangbo, Li Yingchen, Cheng'an Bo and Guo Yingqian all said, "General Rong, please calm down. It's us who did something wrong. Brother Zhao is right, we should all take out more." Every time. The person promised forty-five thousand, which just settled the account of the last twenty thousand.
Yang Bing had a worried look on his face, nodded slowly and said, "You're going to use a knife for a few pieces of silver, you don't have to make people laugh!"
Wu Jijue wore a disguise on his face and remained silent when he saw that Yang Bing did not scold Zhao Zuzheng.
Wang Lin smoothed things over and said: "We need to work together at this time! We must not make any disagreements. It's settled that we will give everyone three days to collect the money. Today is the fourteenth and the seventeenth day, all the money will be sent to the Governor's Mansion. General Rong comes forward to take care of it!"
Seeing that everyone had no objections, he said again: "General Rong, it is getting late, let everyone go back. Tomorrow everyone will go to their respective camps and quickly start training their troops. After the New Year, General Rong will still bring everyone together. practice."
Several people agreed, but no one asked to go out for dinner, so everyone went back to their homes.
Seeing that several people had left, Yang Bing smiled bitterly and said to Wang Lin: "Wang Shilang, I made you laugh so hard that my whole intestines turned green with regret!"
Wang Lin also gave a wry smile, cupped his hands and said, "General Manager, don't be angry. These guys have to work hard slowly, don't be impatient. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."
After Wang Lin also left, Yang Bing looked at the messy mortgage room, sighed, and went home with his head down.
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The next day, the spies arranged by Jin Yiwei in Yang Bing's personal army gathered everyone together and reported the matter to the intelligence research room, possibly discussing bribery of ministers. At this time, Zhu Xizhong was dead, and the relationship between the Zhu family and the Beijing camp was not close. Zhu Yijun did not dare to be careless about his movements and immediately played the secret notes. Zhu Yijun read it, snorted coldly, and remembered it in his heart. He wanted to see how Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang reacted.
Entering the twelfth lunar month, the Ministry of Household Affairs reported year-end plans. Due to the law taking effect, in the first year of Wanli, the Treasury Department of the Ministry of Household Revenue received 2,833,858 taels of silver and 465 taels of gold. The amount of copper coins was 16,157,862 yuan, an increase of nearly half compared to last year.
At this time, the finances of the imperial court were in a mess. Although the Ministry of Revenue was in charge of the central finance, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War all had warehouses. They not only collected money, but also collected all kinds of materials and all kinds of additional consumption. The fight was fierce and chaotic. Not to mention these ministers who did not understand finance and currency, even the veteran accountants of the Ministry of Accounts could not calculate the total revenue of the central government for a year.
Zhu Yijun made a rough calculation with a pen, adding gold and silver such as Guanglu Temple Treasury, Changying Treasury, Jieshen Treasury, etc., plus a bunch of miscellaneous items such as wheat, rice, horse materials, silk cotton, etc. collected from the collection. Silver, about 12.5 million taels, plus or minus one million taels.
Looking at the expenditures again, Zhu Yijun smiled bitterly. In the first year of Wanli, there were hundreds of expenditures on various industries, soldiers, inner court, official salaries, etc., with a total expenditure of more than 13 million taels of silver, and a deficit of about 500,000.
The two are odd. Of course, it may be the same, or it may be a deficit of 1.5 million taels.
Zhu Yijun, who came from later generations, was not worried about fiscal deficits, but without reforming the fiscal and taxation policies of the entire empire and establishing a monetary and financial system under unified central control, the best way to spend money in the agricultural empire was to live within its means.
After closing the memorial to the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhu Yijun calculated the annual expenditure of the inner court. The inner palace is not counted as a peripheral institution. There are 12,729 people who specialize in gold and silver. Taicang has 1 million taels of gold and silver every year.
Including other regular bank accounts, the total income was more than 2.6 million taels. After his strict savings in the second half of the year, plus the raids on the homes of Feng Bao and other eunuchs, he actually had a balance of more than 606,000 taels. He finally did not show up.
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It’s true that you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are when you’re not a householder. Before Zhu Yijun traveled through time, he had a good job and his family income was very high. In addition, the old man also subsidized a little, so he never had to worry about not having enough income. Now that he became the home of a big empire, he thought of his various plans for the future.
, Zhu Yijun looked up to the sky and sighed. Zhang Juzheng, it’s up to you! Zhang Jing, I am also optimistic about you!