Daming: Insist on 60 billion explosive soldiers unwaveringly

Soon, some officials served hot tea that had been brewed. Amidst the fragrance of the tea, the whole lobby fell silent, and the footsteps of soldiers patrolling outside could be heard.

The five people took a sip of the tea cups in front of them, but none of them spoke first, and all of them frowned and sat silently in their seats.

The atmosphere was dull.

It's not that they don't want to talk, but they don't know where to start.

At the critical moment, Bi Ziyan spoke first.

"One million taels of silver, if you want to raise it in one month, you have to increase income and reduce expenditure. Let's not talk about increasing income, let's talk about reducing expenditure."

Immediately, all the people held teacups in their hands and all looked at Bi Ziyan.

Bi Ziyan didn't hold back, glanced at the vacant seat, and said directly:

"One million taels of silver. The Ministry of Industry wants to manufacture Hongyi cannons and arm the Shenji Battalion. They have no way to save this money. The Ministry of Industry will not come out."

The other four held teacups and nodded without any hesitation.

Not only can the Ministry of Industry fail to save money, but if they still want to sit in the current position, they have to continue to invest money in the Ministry of Industry and continue to arm the Shenji Battalion.

Even if they understood Chongzhen's mind, they were still in the armed Shenji camp, and they also had the confidence to control the Shenji camp.

Another reason why the Ministry of Industry cannot save is the Yellow River.

This year's drought is so severe that the victims of the disasters in Shanxi and Shanxi are running around, and the hungry people are like locusts eating up a lot of vegetation.

According to their experience, the Yellow River may flood sometime this year, so money must be reserved for the treatment of the Yellow River.

The significance of the Yellow River in China is too great. If the Yellow River floods and there is no money to manage it, dozens of emperors will emerge in one night in the Ming Dynasty, and more than a million rebels will emerge.

Everyone thought about these concerns in their minds, and the expressions on their faces became more serious.

In addition to the Ministry of Industry, there are only five departments: the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War.

Bi Ziyan's eyes turned to Shen Yongmao in an instant, and the Ministry of War must be treated with caution, but the words still came out: "How is the situation of the Ministry of War?"

Shen Yongmao had taken over the Ministry of War for a while, and he was already familiar with everything in the Ministry of War. With Zhu Xieyuan's big victory, Shen Yongmao had secured his position as Minister of the Ministry of War.

However, Shen Yongmao smiled wryly, and the tea in his mouth was full of bitterness:

"At this moment, the Ministry of War has no more than 1000 taels of silver in deposit at all, and it is even in arrears for more than a year's military pay for the other armies in Nine Sides except Jizhen. Liaodong only owes half a year for paying due to His Majesty's private bank."

"To be honest, at this moment, the Nine Frontier Army has not rebelled, and it has been blessed by the 260th year of Ming Dynasty. Most of the frontier soldiers dare not have children, and they can't support themselves, let alone their wives and children, and even some The wives and daughters of the officers and soldiers have already..."

Having said this, Shen Yongmao couldn't continue, his eyes were a little red, and his hand holding the tea was trembling.

The rest of the people were also in a panic, they naturally knew that what Shen Yongmao didn't say was already an open secret of Daming.

After taking a sip of hot tea, Shen Yongmao restrained his emotions, then looked at the people around him and said:

"This is the result of Wang Shangshu's efforts to maintain it. When this incident is over, at the latest the day after tomorrow, I will set off to inspect the Nine Borders and appease the border guards."

"The autumn harvest is approaching. The Mongolian tribes on the grassland and the Houjin will invade Daming as in previous years. The border gates must be prepared. If you can raise silver, please raise 40 taels more to appease the nine border troops."

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately felt that their shoulders became heavier, and a sense of bitterness arose from the bottom of everyone's heart.

One million taels has not yet been settled, but at this moment it has increased by another 40 taels, and it has to be raised.

Chongzhen will never use 100 million taels of payment, even if they tell the tragic situation of the border soldiers, according to their understanding of Chongzhen, it is very likely that the chief soldiers of the towns are blamed, causing even greater disasters.

"Hey!" Bi Ziyan took a deep breath, and then looked at the remaining three people.

Guo Li, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, pondered for a moment and said, "This year, the Ministry of Punishment will execute a criminal in advance to reduce the expenditure of prisons in various places. It is estimated that 2 taels can be saved."

Although 2 taels is relatively small compared to 100 million, it also solved a large part of the problem. Bi Ziyan even bowed directly to Guo Li to show his gratitude.

The number of prisoners in the prison has decreased, which will affect a large part of the people from above. Guo Li will definitely be resented by the people below in the future.

As long as he makes a mistake, Guo Li will face a situation where everyone pushes him down.

However, the fact that he can say this at this moment means that he has already made such preparations.

The next moment, Bi Ziyan looked at Qian Yiqian, Minister of Rites...

Chapter 489

The Ministry of Rites is not only a place to formulate etiquette and regulate the world's etiquette, but it is also related to scholars all over the world.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites has always been the head of the six departments, and the Ministry of Rites actually needs to spend the most money.

Bi Zi looked at Qian Yiqian with serious eyes, and his heart was beating drums. If the Ministry of punishment is boiling water, then if the Ministry of Rites fails to handle it, it will be torrents and magma.

"Master Qian..."

Hearing the sound, Qian Yiqian's heart was twisted into a ball, his collar was soaked in sweat instantly, but facing the eyes of everyone in the hall, he smiled wryly and nodded:

"From now on until the end of the year, the distribution of rice rites for the many talented and talented students of the Ming Dynasty must be suspended first!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked sideways, and looked at Qian Yiqian with a flash of shock, never expecting Qian Yiqian to be so decisive.

"Qian Shangshu..."

"Master Qian..."

All the people stood up from their seats in shock, their mouths were all open, not knowing what to say.

Also speechless.

He actually suspended the rice of all the scholars.

That's a talent.

The basic talent of the Ming Dynasty to obtain a scholar.

There are not 500 million scholars in Ming Dynasty at the moment, but there are definitely 100 million talents. The lin rice of these 100 million people is an extremely huge amount anywhere.

And it's not just scholars, the number of children under the scholars will only increase, at least 500 million.

Although the lin rice of the Tongsheng is not as much as that of the scholar, but with the huge accumulation of 500 million, the lin rice of the Tongsheng will only be more than that of the scholar.

Putting it all together, Qian Yiqian saved Bi Ziyan at least 40 taels of silver with just one sentence.

40 taels of silver may not be a big deal in a prosperous age.

However, at this critical moment, it is the Dinghaishenzhen that is enough to turn things around.

Shocked, shocked.

The next moment, everyone bowed their hands to Qian Yiqian.

Bi Ziyan walked up to Qian Yiqian himself from his seat, and bowed solemnly to Qian Yiqian.

"The Ming court will never forget what Master Qian did today!"

Qian Yiqian is gambling with his personal and family reputation. When the news spreads, millions of scholars all over the world will have to poke Qian Yiqian's back.

If there is such a small-minded person, he will even remember Qian Yiqian for the rest of his life.

It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

Maybe Qian Yiqian's family and descendants will have no hope of getting ahead, and anyone who is related to him will have to disassociate himself from Qian Yiqian.

This sacrifice is not insignificant.

"Master Qian is very righteous."

"I'm ashamed of myself!"

Shen Yongmao and the others showed deep admiration on their faces, but they were even more moved in their hearts. Everything that happened today made them follow suit.

Gu Shangshu resigned, and now Qian Yiqian did the same thing.

They really have mixed feelings in their hearts.

However, at this moment, Qian Yiqian hastily returned the gift to Bi Ziyan, but he couldn't accept such a great gift from Bi Ziyan.

"Master Bi is serious, serious!"

His heart was even more disturbed.

He didn't want to do this either, but at this moment he had absolutely no way out.

Although it was very risky to do so, he always felt that compared with Zhu Youchen, Chongzhen had a better chance of winning.

He had really met Zhu Youchen.

Every time Chongzhen made a mistake, he would subconsciously compare it with Zhu Youchen, and the balance in his heart had completely tilted towards Zhu Youchen.

"King Gui will definitely hit the capital at the end of the year. He will definitely do what he says. I have no idea about the 4000 million taels of silver."

"If you want to raise enough 4000 million taels of silver, you need to rely on the strength of more officials and gentry."

"It's a pity that I used to be wise and protect myself. I didn't have any prestige in the government and the public. Even if I wanted to gather more people, I couldn't do it. This time, I can't continue to be wise and protect myself. It's time to establish my prestige."

It is a great crisis to suspend the lin rice of the world's scholars and children.

But at this moment, under the banner of saving Daming, he can further prove his decisiveness.

decisive.

As long as these two words are enough, many officials in the Donglin Party will follow him even more.

Moreover, what he did at this moment was tantamount to offending the officials in the next few decades, and when Zhu Youchen became emperor, he could be a lonely minister.

Which courtier reassures the emperor the most?

Not loyal ministers, not traitorous ministers, but lonely ministers.

Loyal ministers form cliques, treacherous ministers seek private interests, but lonely ministers are completely alone.

Is there anything more reassuring for the emperor to reuse than this?

Not accounted for.

Not at all.

All of this, Qian Yiqian thought of a general idea on the way back, and at this moment he did it without hesitation (remarkably).

It's long, but it's just a breath of time.

"¨It's not serious. I'm fully aware of the crisis Mr. Qian is carrying, and this matter will never insult Mr. Qian's reputation."

There was also a bit of joy in Bi Ziyan's words, the payment of 100 million taels was almost half settled, and he had reason to be happy at this moment.

As for the other half, he knew in his heart that it might fall on the gentry, but this matter had already been discussed before, so it might not be a problem at the moment.

At the same time, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials also directly stated that the Ministry of Officials can reduce part of the expenses and save 3 taels of silver.

Daming is short of money, but what is lacking is definitely not the money of the entire imperial court. If the imperial court's money was lost, the imperial court would have collapsed long ago. .

Chapter 490

In the lobby, everyone quickly sat down again and continued to discuss.

"Now that throttling has been resolved, let's talk about open source."

Open source.

A light flashed in the eyes of the rest of the people, and the only real solution to Daming's current predicament was Kaiyuan.

But how?

Where to open source is also a problem.

All of a sudden, the expressions of the people present became serious, but Bi Ziyan directly stated his previous plan.

"At this moment, the common people of Ming Dynasty are already a little breathless due to the pressure of the three salaries. At this moment, only the gentry still have the energy to solve this matter."

His words made everyone nod, and only the gentry had such financial resources at the moment.

At this moment, Shen Yongmao suddenly said: "There are also those merchants, they also have rich financial resources, which are enough to solve the current predicament."

But whether it is merchants or gentry, the crux of the problem at this moment is how to get them to take out their money.

No one will do things that are not beneficial, and the gentry are not warm-hearted, so there must be enough benefits to impress the gentry and businessmen.

"Businessmen seek profit. We can offer them salt for next year and allow them to sell the grassland next year."

Shen Yongmao said it directly, and the people around heard the words, and immediately thought in their hearts.