The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

Half a month later, the property of the Pu family was finally liquidated. In the morning, Zhou Shangshu reported the results of the raid in front of all the officials. A total of more than 300 million taels of silver and 15 taels of gold were put into storage. There are countless rare treasures, as well as real estate such as fertile land, villas, houses, shops, etc. Just hearing the numbers makes the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty gasp.

It is inevitable that the Pu family is rich, the century-old Duke's mansion is also the uncle of the country, but they obviously underestimated the ability of the Pu family to make money, no wonder there are so many people who invade the good land and kill people, or destroy the family for a certain formula. In this case, I don't know how many assets were obtained by robbery.

Zhao Zhang was stunned for a moment. He didn't have any concept of wealth before. He was one of the most distinguished people since he was born. He was good at everything in terms of food and clothing. It's no different, everything is the best, and he doesn't feel much, but after going out and seeing the lives of Liming people, he knows what is luxury and what is rich.

The treasury has received a large amount of money, and the courtiers are all happy. All government departments need money. In the past, there were many cases where funds were put on hold because the treasury had no money, and now they can finally relax.

"Your Majesty, I thought the Pu family would be held accountable for another crime. I heard that the Pu family controlled a whole salt field in the south and an iron mine in the northwest. These are serious crimes. These may not be all the properties of the Pu family. I hope the emperor will investigate thoroughly." Xu Shoufu stood up and said.

In fact, everyone knows these things in their hearts, and they may not have heard people mention them in private, but no one dared to tell them before. Except for the Yantian Iron Mine, it is said that the Pu family also secretly set up granaries and armories in the south, but it is also heard, yes It's hard to say whether it's true or not.

Zhao Zhang asked Jin Yiwei to slowly collect evidence of the Pu family's crimes as early as the beginning of his enthronement, and found a lot of things, but there must be omissions, and now there is nothing to cover up, what should be investigated, what should be arrested, a little Don't hesitate.

"Order Jinyi guards in various places to search and arrest fugitives across the country, and at the same time track down the properties of the Pu family. All properties under the name of the Pu family will be seized, including the shops and farms opened in the name of the stewards and female family members of the Pu family, all of which will be confiscated! "

"Your Majesty, do you want to recruit Commander Lu back?" Commander Lu Jian of Jinyiwei was sent by Zhao Zhang to the southwest to investigate the case. It seems that he has not returned for almost half a year. Damn, the entire court has had their opinions on him for a long time, but he is the emperor's confidant, and it is not so easy to bring him down first.

"No need, Commander Lu's case is almost finished, so it's better not to give up halfway. Ling Jingyun handles things carefully, so he will take charge of this matter."

The adults sighed secretly, and it was hard to continue to insist, but they couldn't help but be more cautious in their hearts, so as not to be caught by the surname Ling, who was completely ruthless.

Shen Jia looked around and thought: I am not the only one who is afraid of that paralyzed face. Looking at this prestige, Jin Yiwei will definitely be a frightening existence in the future.

From a historical point of view, Jinyiwei has no good things. The better ones handle cases for the emperor, supervise the officials, and behave well. This step, anyway, according to the news he heard when he was in Chang'an, Ling Jingyun handled the case ruthlessly and ruthlessly. In the past six months alone, several officials were knocked down by him. It was screams.

However, Shen Jia did not think that these officials were framed. Zhao Zhang had just taken office, and it was normal to slowly clear a group of officials. I have heard of many corrupt officials.

"Shen Aiqing." The emperor suddenly called out to Shen Jia.

Shen Jia regained consciousness, stood up and replied: "The minister is here."

"The deadline of half a month has come, have you completed the task I entrusted to you?"

Shen Jia blinked, and said cooperatively: "Back to the emperor, I have already made a report, but the data is relatively huge, and tools are needed."

Zhao Zhang nodded, "Bring whatever you need."

"Yes." Shen Jia went out to give an order, and soon saw two guards carrying a wooden frame in, the wooden frame was as high as an adult, with a wooden board in the middle, a bit like a frame for wall charts.

All the officials chatted in low voices, and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment secretly asked Zhou Qing: "Shangshu Zhou, do you know what that kid is going to do?"

Zhou Qing had just finished confiscating the house, so he didn't bother to ask Shen Jia about it at all. He shook his head and said, "I'm also very puzzled, but I'll find out soon."

Shen Jia came in with a roll of paper in her arms, hung it on a wooden stand, opened it, and read on the cover: "A Feasibility Report on Disaster Relief and Food Borrowing in the Five Northern Provinces."

The words were very novel, and Li Shilang curled his lips and said in a low voice, "Showing up the crowd."

Shen Jia pretended not to hear the controversy, and turned to the first page, which was a report on the grain inventory of the five northern provinces. The numbers were written side by side, and when Shen Jia gave some pointers, he could see how concise and clear the table was.

There is no need for Shen Jia to waste words, but anyone who can understand the table can see the meaning of this inventory table at a glance. The grain production of the five northern provinces is not small, but the population base is relatively large. After all, the north is the whole country. The political and economic center, the cities in the Yellow River Basin are the center of this era, and the annual food consumption is also a huge number, so the stocks are all in a state of emergency.

The second table is the population distribution table, and the third table is the amount of relief food allocated to the five northern provinces in the past three years. After Zhao Zhang ascended the throne, he cared most about people's livelihood. Where natural disasters occurred, the food and money for disaster relief were as much as possible. If the allocation goes on, this will lead to a very low grain reserve in the country.

Fortunately, there have been no major wars in the past few years, otherwise even the soldiers' food and grass would be cut off.

Shen Jia only found out about this situation after counting the data. This is very dangerous. Once aliens from the north invade, it will be very difficult for the imperial court to hold up a big battle.

But is there really no food in the whole country?No, the granaries of the government are empty, but the rich and powerful everywhere are full of granaries. Zhao Zhang does a good job in disaster relief every year, and the grain hoarded by merchants cannot be sold in large quantities. With rapid development, the price of food in the market has been relatively stable.

Shen Jia said: "Now that the treasury has money, I think the first step should be to buy grain from rich merchants from all over the country. Grain will go bad if it is stored for a long time. Presumably the rich and powerful will be happy to sell the surplus grain."

The old god Chu Shangshu asked calmly: "Master Shen, you seem to be putting the cart before the horse, right? What you want to talk about now is the issue of lending grain to the people, but you want the court to buy grain from the people, what are you trying to do?"

Shen Jiachao Chu Shangshu cupped his hands, and said loudly: "Master Shangshu thinks, with the current level of food reserves, in case of war, can the northern army be supplied with enough rations?"

"Why do you want to fight? The powerful enemies in the north are Wacha and Tatars. They were feared by our court five years ago and signed a non-aggression agreement. How dare they attack me, Dajin, Mr. Shen Thinking too much?"

Shen Jia retorted disapprovingly: "Is the lower official thinking too much or Chu Shangshu thinking too little?" He turned his head and asked Geng Yun, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, "Geng Shangshu, do you think the same way?"

Geng Shangshu took a look at the high-ranking emperor, and said calmly: "Your Excellency Shen is right, and I have mentioned this matter in memorials many times, but your household department always refuses to buy grain on the grounds that the treasury is empty."

Zhao Zhang thought of this, but it was a fact that the national treasury was empty. Buying grain was not two stones with one stone, and it would cost a lot of money, especially now that there was no large-scale war in the north, so he naturally put this matter on hold.

Zhao Zhang had discussed with Shen Jia and knew the urgency of this matter, so he said to Geng Yun: "Geng Aiqing drafted a grain reserve requirement, and the cabinet will discuss this matter in detail in a few days." He looked at Shen Jia, who was talking eloquently, glanced at him, with a smile in his eyes, "Mr. Shen, continue."

Shen Jia then went on to talk about the next table, which was a forecast table. Shen Jia used the average amount of food allocated for disaster relief in the five northern provinces in the past three years as this year's forecast. Many ministers frowned at the grain stocks they saw just now.

For disaster relief every year, allocating food is a major and difficult task. Just organizing transportation is a large expenditure, not including road loss and losses caused by delays due to weather.

After winter, roads are blocked by heavy snow in the north, and it is very difficult for food to reach the disaster area smoothly. Therefore, a lot of food is allocated every year, but the real lives saved are not ideal. This is why the emperor is always worried about the victims. Always feel like I'm not doing enough.

That's why Zhao Zhang came up with the method of lending grain, and wanted to stimulate the enthusiasm of the people to cultivate, so as to increase grain production.

"The last piece is the fund forecast table. Assuming that I want to buy [-] shi of grain, the cost that needs to be spent is not only the purchase cost, but also labor costs, packaging costs, transportation costs, and road losses..."

Zhou Shangshu's head hurt when he saw that large sum of money, he copied Pu's house and finally enriched the national treasury, but Shen Jia immediately found a way out for the money, and he didn't even feel warm.

"Mr. Shen, you have been talking for a long time but did not get to the point. The emperor did not ask you to calculate how much food and money you need for disaster relief."

"Master Shangshu, don't worry, I'm going to talk about it soon. I said this to remind the emperor that there is a huge gap in food reserves in the five northern provinces, and it needs to be filled. Secondly, it is also to pave the way for the content to be said next, so that everyone can understand it."

Shen Jia showed her thoughts clearly and clearly, and even uneducated generals could understand them. Those few tables left a very deep impression on everyone. As Shen Jia didn't say a number, they He could even recall the location of this number, and then followed Shen Jia's train of thought.