Chapter 221 Establishing the Heya, a drastic rectification
The sky is white, with falling snowflakes.
In the Shengqing Palace, Qin Yun got up early.
He stayed at Zheng Ruyu's place last night. After not coming for a long time, he actually felt a sense of freshness.
After fighting hard all night, the bedding got wet once.
"Your Majesty, General Xiao and General Kou have returned. The wealth seized last night has been transported to the treasury. Here is the account book. Please take a look at it." Old Feng said.
Qin Yun picked it up and took a look at it, and couldn't help but take a breath of air.
Then with a snap, he closed the account book hard: "Good guy, the Ni'er Society is richer than the imperial court!"
"The silver alone is worth millions of taels. This is all due to evil deeds. I am so angry that I am going to prepare for the morning court immediately. I have some important things to announce!"
Mr. Feng bent down and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
It's hard for Qin Yun to calm down. Behind so much wealth is filled with innocent blood. How serious is the evil Ni'er has secretly committed?
"Your Majesty, that's it. Do you need more clothes?"
The watery Zheng Ruyu asked in a sweet voice, very familiar, making people feel restless at just one glance.
Qin Yun shook his head: "No, I will accompany you to have dinner before leaving."
"ah?"
Zheng Ruyu's eyes were slightly surprised, but also a little flattered.
She was very happy that His Majesty could come to her. She never dared to think that His Majesty would accompany her to have a meal.
Qin Yun patted her waist: "Why, you didn't prepare food for me?"
Zheng Ruyu's eyebrows were slightly shy and she said excitedly: "Okay, we're ready."
"I'm just a little flattered. Your Majesty, wait a moment. I'll let someone go get it."
She trotted away with a joyful look 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 you?
Thinking back to Pei Yao, Li Zhimiao, etc., they were all like this. They regarded themselves as gods and the emperor's happiness was really unimaginable to ordinary people.
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Tai Chi Hall.
Qin Yun looked at the ministers below and said calmly: "I believe all the ministers have heard about what happened last night."
"Do you know how much silver was collected at Ni'er Club last night?"
The ministers looked at each other.
Someone raised his hand and said: "Ni'er will do evil things. With the strength of the crowd, I'm afraid the stolen money will be one hundred thousand taels!"
"No, it's not just one hundred thousand, it should be several hundred thousand. I have heard about the chaos on the Grand Canal before, and many merchant ships have been robbed."
"Eight hundred thousand taels, at least." Someone boldly guessed, causing others to burst into laughter.
"Master Li, are you joking? Eight hundred thousand taels is such a huge sum of money. No matter how lawless a reckless organization is, it won't be able to get so much money, right?"
"That's right, up to five hundred thousand taels."
Qin Yun looked at the discussion below indifferently and said coldly: "Is it funny?"
All the ministers quickly fell silent and bowed their heads in silence.
"Xiao Aiqing, tell them how much stolen money Ni'er will have." Qin Yundao said.
Xiao Jian stood up and said loudly: "A total of 3.7 million taels of silver, 230,000 taels of gold, thousands of dan of grain, and various rare antiques..."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the court was shocked!
hiss……
There were gasps of air-conditioning everywhere. Nearly four million taels of silver?
A minister's jaw almost dropped to the ground, and he said in horror: "General Xiao, four million taels, isn't that too exaggerated?"
Xiao Jian nodded: "Yes, it's nearly four million taels, not counting other treasures!"
All the ministers looked ugly and were shocked. It was really an exaggeration.
There was a period of silence in the palace.
Qin Yun smiled but said: "A few months ago, my court was so poor that it wanted to sell its iron pot, but any organization in the world can come up with such a huge sum of money."
"My dear friends, do you think it's ironic or not?"
"You guys who hold high positions in temples and hold power, do you want to be slapped in the face or not?"
The joking tone made the ministers tremble and lower their heads, especially some ministers from relevant departments, whose faces were burning!
New ministers are angry and old ministers are blushing.
Qin Yun suppressed everyone's discussion and said seriously: "The Ni'er Society is just the first one, and other illegal organizations will be liquidated one after another."
"I hereby advise you not to get involved with these people. Once discovered, everyone will be executed!"
"Those who have colluded should surrender as soon as possible!"
Bang bang bang!
One after another, ministers knelt down and shouted: "I don't dare!"
Qin Yun added: "The wealth collected by Ni'er will be put into the national treasury. I plan to use this money to do some practical things to rejuvenate the country."
Gu Chuntang cupped his hands and immediately said: "Your Majesty, may I ask what the truth is?"
Qin Yun said loudly: "First, expand the army!"
"Second, rectify the Navy!"
"I have said before that I would rebuild the Jinwu Guards and the Chinese Army Camp, but due to money issues, it has never been implemented."
"Then let's make it happen this time. Recruit an army of 50,000 people, subordinate only to me, and call it the Shenji Battalion!"
After hearing this, the ministers had no objections and did not dare to raise any objections.
Zhao Heng, Minister of the Ministry of War, said: "How dare I ask Your Majesty, how to rectify the navy?"
Qin Yun's eyes glanced at Su Zizi, who was shivering in the crowd.
He said calmly: "In the past, the navy made the Grand Canal a mess. It was a smoky mess and did nothing. Therefore, I decided to demote Su Zizai's position to deputy admiral."
"As for the admiral, the former naval captain in Yunzhou, Zhou Yi, will serve as the commander-in-chief."
"Shuffle the rest of the generals and select them again!"
"In addition, river bureaus are set up at every section of the Grand Canal to protect the safety of ships and severely crack down on water ghost bandits!"
Hearing this, the ministers' expressions changed slightly.
They didn't expect such a big overhaul!
Some ministers raised objections: "Your Majesty, the military expenditures for establishing the Shenji Camp will be astronomical. If we continue to rectify the Grand Canal Navy on such a large scale and establish river offices, I am afraid that there will be no balance of this money."
The imperial censor also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, that's right."
"The navy is actually just a decoration. You can't fight anyone in the pass. Keeping it is like wasting money. The court does not need to use the money on the cutting edge, such as strengthening the border army, preparing food, etc."
Qin Yun shook his head. As someone who had traveled through time, he knew how important a river transport was to a country.
The navy is the key to protecting river transportation.
When Emperor Gaozu built the Grand Canal, he must have considered the long term.
"I have made up my mind on this matter. Although the establishment of Heya will cost money, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and I can earn back the money."
Earn it back?
The ministers were stunned.
Qin Yun continued: "After I have cleaned up all the cancers in the Grand Canal, I will issue orders to collect taxes from merchant ships at all the offices of the Grand Canal."
"The tax money will be used as public funds for the navy's maintenance to protect the people and businessmen."
"When the time comes to rectify the navy's money, it will naturally come back."
Hearing this, all the ministers were shocked.
Collecting taxes on the river is unheard of!
"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. How is this different from a robber collecting tolls?" Wei Zheng immediately stood up and objected sternly.