The Ming Dynasty started with caution

In Dongnuan Pavilion,

There are six memorials on Zhu Houzhao's imperial desk, and one in the hands of the cabinet. They are all about impeaching someone whose body position has harmed the country.

Not just banknotes, but money as well.

This is to capture Longyou and also want to capture Xishu. Does Liu Xiu have any good fruits to eat?

Zhu Houzhao touched his chin and thought about it in his mind: "Masters, you and Lao Gao are both bachelors. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"With this money, it is better to repair the palace and maintain the rooms. The winter is bitter and the officials are so cold that their waists and knees are sore. They don't complain. Isn't it just to save money for the court?" Xie Qian said bluntly.

Yan Chengjin raised his head and looked at Xie Qian, making sure he had kidney deficiency.

Li Dongyang didn't want Yan Chengjin to get into trouble, "I want to tell the new emperor an allusion."

"I'm a little tired. Let's talk tomorrow morning. Lao Gao, you stay."

Li Dongyang: "..."

Lords: "..."

Li Dongyang led the princes out of the hall.

Zhu Houzhao stood up, as if he was still a little unhappy because the princes had just treated him as a fool.

"Lao Gao, the Ministry of Finance won't give you any silver, so I thought of a way."

"What does the new emperor mean?"

"Well, robbing one's own treasury does not count as robbing. I am going with the imperial guards. Do you dare to stop the chief clerk of Jingcang? Then I will kill him."

"..." Yan Chengjin.

It stands to reason that if the emperor wants money, the Ministry of Revenue must grant it no matter what.

But most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were easy to talk to. They could hold off and then persuade them to die.

Emperor Chenghua asked for money from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but Zhou Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, often tried to dissuade him. As a result, the emperor had no choice but to dig out the money from his own funds, and finally emptied the money.

Probably no one can tell the truth except Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.

"I don't dare."

Yan Chengjin didn't think Zhu Houzhao could hide it. If the people knew that the emperor had robbed the treasury, their faces would become square, right?

Although Shen Wansan was not from the Ming Dynasty.

But in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the touching story of Shen Wansan and Zhu Yuanzhang has been included in his "One Hundred Ways to Die as Friends with the Emperor".

Encouraging Zhu Houzhao to rob the national treasury is one of them.

"The new emperor advises Mr. Wang that he can still get money." Yan Chengjin said.

Zhu Houzhao knew that Yan Chengjin did not dare, "You want ten million taels, but the national treasury doesn't have it. Do you know that Oara and Tatar are building border guards?"

Yan Chengjin thought for a moment, and now, only the Emperor's internal funds still had money.

After returning to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I asked Ye Zhun about the whereabouts of the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi, and actually went to Gu'an for a bath. It seemed that the scope and hobbies of the Supreme Emperor's micro-visits were becoming more and more extensive.

I looked up at the sky outside the window. There was a bluestone official road from Beijing to Gu'an.

It's not too late to go to Gu'an at this time.

Yan Chengjin ordered people to prepare a carriage.

"The Supreme Emperor is in Gu'an, did you ask anything?"

Ye Zhun looked around and nodded: "Yes, ask who owns this inn when eating, and ask who owns this tea house when eating tea."

"Why does the Emperor ask that?"

"Want to see which one is not yours."

"..." Yan Chengjin.

The six-wheel-drive carriage was speeding along the official road. How could he have learned the art of driving a carriage? The scenery on both sides was retreating rapidly, but the speed of the carriage was quite steady.

Yan Chengjin couldn't help but think deeply. It seemed that the Emperor was very interested in his family wealth. Should he take the initiative to invite him to his residence?

…

Gu'an, Tangchi.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi picked up the hibiscus leaves next to him. There was a brocade box next to the pool, containing spices, honey locusts, flower petals and other miscellaneous things. One person occupied a soup pool.

Seeing that it was a wealthy family, a small worker with a white cloth on his shoulders walked up and said with a flattering smile: "Sir, would you like to take a bath?"

"Go, go, no rub, no rub." Xiao Jing looked disgusted.

Rubbing hundreds of people a day, how could such dirty hands dirty the Supreme Emperor's body?

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi turned his head and saw that there were many such workers beside him, and he was a little curious: "Come here."

"...Master, how about we come?" Xiao Jing said.

The workers were already rushing to put honey locusts on the back of the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi. The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi asked: "How much money can you make in a day?"

This soup pool was built to accommodate the people of Gu'an.

He didn't know how much money he could earn or whether the county magistrate mistakenly reported auspiciousness.

"One tael of silver..."

The young worker felt a little scared when he saw the warning expressions on the big men around him.

Upon hearing this number, the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi's eyes narrowed slightly. In the past few days, he had become familiar with the livelihood of many people.

The waiter in the tea house has eight cents of silver, the inn accountant has three cents of silver, the carpenter has nine cents of silver...

They were almost half as many as during the Hongzhi period, and the supply of force servants exceeded the demand.

It is rare for this small worker to earn one tael of silver a day.

The young worker said: "The master will reward you with silver if your craftsmanship is good."

Half a quarter of an hour later, Xiao Jing stood up and took a step forward. He had already seen that the little worker was not feeling well, so he could leave just in time. "Sir, Yan Chengjin is here. It is difficult to come here in red clothes."

A moment later, in the woods.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi had already changed his clothes and looked deeply at Yan Chengjin for a long time.

"I heard that there are many of your stores in Gu'an."

This guy has so many shops that it's staggering. Unfortunately, this guy is still asking for money from the treasury all day long. I really want Jin Yiwei to see if all the money was really spent in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Yan Chengjin knew in his heart that the Emperor came to Gu'an for a small visit to people's livelihood, and did not really care about the shop.

"I would like to request a decree from the Supreme Emperor for a sum of money."

Zhu Houzhao said that after the Supreme Emperor ignored the government affairs, the money from many imperial estates and manufacturing factories in Jiangnan still belonged to the Supreme Emperor's internal funds.

And it has been a long time since the warehouse was opened. It is estimated that the stored silver is no less than 8 million taels.

The retired emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing, and when he saw the latter retreat to a distance, he asked: "You want to set up a business, how is it different from the Guangdong merchants? I don't have silver either."

It seems that the retired emperor Hongzhi's trust in him is only 99.

If it was 100, I would agree.

Inadvertently testing the trust of the retired emperor, Yan Chengjin couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, "Good merchants will eventually return to the Ministry of Revenue." One sentence is enough to explain everything.

The pupils of the retired emperor Hongzhi shrank suddenly, and he became a little bit mischievous.

In the past few days, I have visited the capital and felt that the influence of good merchants is too huge. The Yan family is devoted to the court, so they have such an idea.

"My treasury is only 15 million taels, how much silver does the Yan family want?"

"..." Yan Chengjin.

He is worthy of being the provincial emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Perhaps in addition to the imperial farm and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, the retired emperor has other cash flows.

"Fifteen million taels, that's enough."

The face of the retired emperor Hongzhi trembled, and he secretly deducted 60% from Yan Chengjin.

"I'll give you seven million taels, and I'll send the eunuch to inspect. The excess will be returned, and the insufficient amount will be ordered to be supplemented by the national treasury.

Don't let you know that I have silver."

"...I understand." Yan Chengjin.

The next day, the cabinet.

Wang Qiong held a decree, "You don't have to argue, the retired emperor has issued a decree."

Li Dongyang was surprised and bitter, as if he had eaten bitter herbs: "Why would the retired emperor issue a decree?"

"I don't know, and he also emptied the 7 million taels of the treasury."

The retired emperor didn't want to see them, but he was willing to see Yan Chengjin, and he also allocated silver from the treasury...

Jiang Mian actually had a strange feeling.