The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

In fact, Jiajing didn't care about these things.

To say that what worries Jiajing the most is...

silver.

To be exact, he has no money to spend...

"Why, this month, the tax money paid to me by the two municipal bureaus has dropped by 7%?" Jiajing was furious, and threw the account books sent by the two municipal bureaus on the ground, cursing: "This What are you doing?"

The promotions of the two city bureaus were done with sincerity and trepidation.

At this time, it was Wang Xijue, who was promoted by Tianjin Bossi, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the ministers have really tried their best. But now the merchants of the Ming Dynasty marched and demonstrated and were suppressed by the court. They either fled, went on strike, or were arrested by the court. If you are deprived of trade qualifications, you can’t participate in trade. Without trade, where will the tariff money come from?”

The Shanghai Maritime Commissioner also said miserably: "Our Shanghai has been hit harder than Tianjin. A full 9% of the merchants have disappeared. Without the supply from the Ming merchants, those foreign merchant ships can't be shipped, and they have nothing to do on the docks. , It’s stagnating. Many foreign businessmen are clamoring for compensation from the Ming Dynasty court for their losses. They said that they came from a long distance and spent a lot of money. If they can’t get the goods from Daming, they will lose money! They will never come again in the future!”

Jiajing was stunned!

I wipe?

And such a thing?

Although he knew before that suppressing merchants would definitely bring about a loss of money, he never thought about it...

Such a big loss!

This is a loss of 7% of the silver. Listening to the two market managers, the loss will be even greater next month!

Looking at the scarce silver in front of him, Jiajing wanted to cry but had no tears.

You know, he is used to the days when he was lavish and extravagant, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal!

In the past, 20 years before Jiajing, Jiajing's life was also very difficult, but at that time he didn't have so many ideas, he was cultivating immortals, building palaces, mausoleums, seeking longevity... nothing at all.

Anyway, if you don’t have money, you’ll have to work hard.

But now, under Yan Song's deliberate pampering and pampering, two flowers are blooming around Jiajing!

One is called the rich flower, and the other is called the random flower!

With these two flowers in hand, and Yan Song's inexhaustible treasury, how can Jiajing spend less?

As a result, Jiajing spent more and more money.

In order to achieve longevity, he asked Zhang Tianshi to spare no effort in manpower and material resources, and spent a huge amount of money to get him all kinds of rare ganoderma lucidum, velvet antler, caterpillar fungus, ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, etc., all of which are rare varieties that have been at least a hundred years old, and each one is expensive. Fei!

Not to mention, after eating these tonics, Jiajing felt good about himself.

It's also nonsense, these nourishing things are all piled up from mountains of gold and silver, if they don't work, it's a ghost.

Jiajing recently feels in good health, eats delicious food, and sleeps like a rock, in short, I feel cute (bdcc) cute!

(ω)!

If this continues, Jiajing feels that he can live to at least 120!

But···

Now, Jiajing suddenly discovered...

Out of money?

With only 3% or less of silver left, there is no way to have so many desired things.

Nourishing things, medicines for cultivating immortals, medicines for immortality, as well as tombs, palaces, beauties...

Every land costs money, and mountains of gold and silver are thrown in to support his endless desires.

But where does the money come from?

Money is not a problem for Jiajing, the problem is no money!

The tariffs are so pitted, Jiajing wants to cry but has no tears.

In the future, I won't be able to take great tonic medicines, and even eating soil will become a problem.

He cast his hopeful eyes on the household department again.

The Minister of the Household Department is in charge of other taxes across the country, such as salt tax, iron tax, etc. Maybe it can also supplement the emperor's dry wallet?

As a result, the Minister of the Household Department came out cautiously and coughed in embarrassment: "The minister is about to report to the emperor. Last month, the other taxes of the Ministry of Household Affairs dropped sharply... 8% compared to before!"

"Pfft!" Jiajing spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"What?" The emperor roared depressedly, "Why is your tax revenue lower than the customs duty? Give me a reason!"

Hubu Shangshu said helplessly: "Your Majesty, isn't it because the imperial court suppressed businessmen?"

"A businessman? A businessman? A businessman again?"

Jiajing's eyes darkened, why is the businessman so awesome?How come I don't feel it?

"Salt merchants in Yangzhou, iron merchants in Tianjin, as well as fur, silk and other materials for domestic sale, the merchants have closed their business one after another, and the tax revenue has dropped sharply!" Twenty percent of the past."

"Twenty percent? That's not even enough to fit between the teeth!" Jiajing looked depressed.

Without losing the opportunity, Yan Song gave Shen Shixing a wink.

It's time to ask the emperor for debt!