Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

Zhu Yuanzhang's words can be regarded as saving Liang Shangshu. For the past few days, he has been doing accounts even in his dreams, thinking about how he can get 100 million taels out of the account with only 300 million taels of silver left in the household department.

Moreover, the 100 million taels of silver was held in the treasury, and it was money that could not be moved until the most critical moment.

As the Minister of the Household Department, Liang Qingbiao must consider how to earn money, not how to spend it. In other words, as long as he has money, everything is easy to talk about. As for whether he can raise money elsewhere, it is none of his business.

Seeing Liang Qingbiao's expression, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew what he was thinking in his heart, and he didn't make things difficult for him after a faint smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to the ministers present and said.

"Mentors and workers, this trip to the sea is to conquer Japan first, and then to colonize it! For this kind of thing, the ministers should live with the country. You donated silver to the court, and the court earned money. Naturally, you have to share it. Fang Aiqing is a good example of those who give you bonuses, everyone can subscribe now with money, the more money you pay, the more shares you will naturally have."

This sentence directly caused Fang Xiaoru a lot of invisible hatred. Everyone had already despised this spineless Hanlin scholar just now, and now they all focused their eyes on him.

Fang Xiaoru felt aggrieved, and said to himself, it is a bit unkind of you to steal a donkey and make me pull out the prongs, but you are the emperor, you can do whatever you say, can't you if I don't speak.

At this time, the six ministers and nine ministers present also hesitated, Ma Weiran, the Minister of Dali Temple, finally couldn't help but stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers are unwilling to pay, but they still don't quite understand why this sea trip can bring profits to Daming. Please, Your Majesty, give the ministers a brief explanation."

In fact, the minister of Dali Temple was quite courageous to be able to say this. Who didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor with an iron fist, and it took courage to make a direct remonstrance.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry at all, but replied with a smile.

"Actually, it's very simple. When the Northern Yuan Dynasty ruled our people in the Central Plains, they divided the world into four classes, and our Han people were the fourth class. Their status was like cattle and horses! Now we have sent the fourth prince Yan Wang Zhu Di to send troops to the Northern Expedition , Expel Beiyuan! We treat all the people under the Ming Dynasty equally, regardless of their ethnicity!"

Turning the subject, Zhu Yuanzhang continued.

"But for those Japanese pirates who invade our coast, we must subdue them and use them as slaves, just like driving cattle and horses! Killing a Japanese pirate is like killing a pig and a donkey, but we can make them work for us as cattle and horses. These dirty and tiresome things such as living, fishing and mining are all done by these Dongying Japanese slaves. You don’t have to suffer from the people of Ming Dynasty. Colonization means conquering them first, and then using them as slaves. All the available resources of the Wa country are transferred to my Ming Dynasty, and everything is for my use!"

Hearing these words was very encouraging, and these ministers also had lingering fears about the Japanese pirates attacking the coast, and they began to feel a little loose.

However, everyone is a mess, even if they figured out some things, they can't stand up first, otherwise they will look very shameless and make other colleagues laugh.

So even if the truth is made clear, no one came out to respond, which made Zhu Yuanzhang look very embarrassed.

Xu Da had already seen that Zhu Yuanzhang's complexion was not good, and thought that if he continued like this, he would look very embarrassed, and the embarrassment would naturally explode after a long time.

But for him, this is also a very good opportunity. If he stands up and fully supports him at this time, then the superior will naturally remember him as a big favor.

Just when Xu Da was about to stand up and respond, Song Lian stepped forward first.

"Your Majesty is Ying Mingzong. Since my minister Song Lian is a member of the cabinet and has received the great favor of the emperor, he should go all out at this time. I have a total of 5000 taels of silver. I donate all of it to Your Majesty to support my Ming colonization of Dongying!"

Song Lian is an upright official, and it is not too much to describe it as clear as water and bright as a mirror. At this time, he took out 5000 taels of silver all at once, which is really a waste of money.

And Song Lian's attitude at this time was very firm, and his eyes also showed an absolute trust in Zhu Yuanzhang.

What he had imagined before was not bad at all. If he took out the money by himself, he could gain Zhu Yuanzhang's trust and approval.

At this time, all the civil and military officials present were staring at the usually serious old master with weird and surprised expressions.

The ministers present all felt that the emperor was just using an illusory prospect to defraud everyone of their money to enrich the treasury.

Only Song Lian, a silly old man, actually believed Zhu Yuanzhang's nonsense. This book is almost stupid, but it's no wonder that he can become a member of the cabinet.

Only Xu Da was full of remorse at this time. He stared at Song Lian fiercely, regretting that he was a step late in expressing his opinion and let this old man take the lead.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and he didn't expect Song Lian to be like this, so he immediately told Zhu Biao.

"Biao'er, hurry up and write down a note for Mr. Song. At the critical moment, I have to look at the old minister!"

This sentence directly appealed to the ministers present. I am afraid that if everyone does not pay the money, it will be difficult for the emperor.

But for Zhu Yuanzhang's statement of long-distance colonization, everyone really couldn't believe it, so everyone took out a few hundred taels to fool around.

After all, the salaries of Ming officials were quite low, and being able to spend a few hundred taels to buy treasury bonds and invest in caravans was enough to give His Majesty the face of the emperor.

At this time, Li Shanchang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, suddenly came out of the shift and stood still, glanced at the officials present, and then said loudly.

"My minister Li Shanchang is willing to give 5 taels of silver to support the imperial court's national policy!"

The officials were in an uproar, and the entire court was shocked. Is this Li Shanchang crazy?

Now that the Ming Dynasty has just been founded for more than ten years, the average annual salary of the officials is only a few tens of taels of silver, even for first-rank officials, it is only more than 150 taels a year.

Although Li Shanchang, as a duke, has many manors and fields, plus the rewards from the emperor, his net worth is naturally high, but he discounted all the farmlands and rewards, and these years are only tens of thousands of taels of silver.

In other words, even if Li Shanchang's move didn't ruin his family, he probably left very little.

The atmosphere above the court suddenly became weird, and everyone was naturally puzzled, but it was difficult to whisper in front of the emperor, and they were all thinking about what Li Shanchang wanted to do.

When Li Shanchang came, Xu Da became even more depressed. Song Lian's performance just now was considered to be cutting off, why did he kill Li Shanchang halfway!

At this moment, Xu Da was completely confused, but he has come to his senses now. If he doesn't show himself now, I'm afraid there will be a lot of rushing up in the future, and it will be too late to spend money by then.

Gritting his teeth, Xu Da stepped out of the shift and said, "Your Majesty, my minister Xu Da is willing to donate 10 taels of silver. I wish my Ming colonial caravan a smooth voyage!"

Crazy, completely crazy now!