Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

"Some time ago, when the tax revenue was just collected, didn't you allocate 100,000 stone of grain to Shaanxi?"

Zhu Cihong asked.

"The minister also thinks it is strange, it stands to reason that 100,000 stone of grain is only more than a month, and it should not be exhausted so quickly, and the minister will send someone to Shaanxi to find out."

Ni Yuanlu also said suspiciously, this Shaanxi just took 100,000 stone of grain, and immediately came to ask for it, it is really not right, although Shaanxi is in a big drought and there is no harvest, but there is a perennial war there, some of the people who can run have already run, and some of the people who are not qualified to run have gone to be thieves, so most of these 100,000 stones are actually military food.

"Go on."

Zhu Cihong is now Cui, leaning back in the chair, not too much dwelling on this matter, this matter Li Ruolian has already investigated, there should be a result soon, and it will be clear when the time comes.

"There was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang asked the imperial court to allocate 500,000 yuan to repair the river dam."

"There is a great drought in Henan, there is no grass in the wild, ten rooms and nine emptiness, white bones and green phosphorus, and I ask the imperial court to allocate grain for disaster relief."

"The great famine in Shanxi, asking for grain, the famine in Shandong, the general soldier Liu Zeqing, wrote to the court to ask the court to reissue military salaries, military rations, as well as Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang, and He Renlong in Tongguan are asking for military salaries."

"Also, the money of the vassal kings and clans in various places will also be distributed, but the treasury is not enough at present, so I asked the imperial court to raise and replenish the war areas in the south and south of the Yangtze River."

After Ni Yuanlu finished reading the recital, he kept silent, and carefully glanced at Zhu Cihong on the main throne, just this book is asking for money, he is helpless when he sees it, and he has to come to His Highness to ask for money.

And Fan Jingwen and Sun Chengzong didn't speak, to be honest, this time the household department came to ask for money, and they couldn't conjure up money.

Zhu Cihong rubbed his eyebrows, feeling that the pressure was too great, every day, all parties asked for money, it was not enough, and they still owed money.

"How much do you earn this year?"

He asked, first figure out the income and expenditure for a year, and see what to do, anyway, there is only one and a half million taels of silver left in his East Palace treasury, and this is the only point to get the money out.

The gold is not going to be taken out, and the 300,000 stone grain must be kept, and he also needs to raise the military war bureau and the agricultural affairs department, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp, and some plans in the future, and he will also use money.

"Back to Your Highness, this year's income is a total of 8.7 million taels of silver."

Ni Yuanlu replied truthfully.

"What about the current spending?"

Zhu Cihong asked again.

"Back to Your Highness, Liaodong has four million, officials have 1.4 million, military salaries in war-torn areas around the country are two million, and vassal kings and clans in various places have three million, and there is still a difference of two million."

As Ni Yuanlu spoke, he immediately stood up and knelt down, and said: "This family, the minister should be haggard, but the minister will try his best to maintain it, and the minister has already raised silver taels in Jiangnan and the southern region, and made up two million taels for the feudal royal clans in various places."

"The minister knows that His Royal Highness has recently obtained some silver from his house, so the minister convened this meeting this time to want His Highness to take some lines to the household department, distribute the arrears of Sichuan officials, and also relieve the disaster situation in various places."

After hearing these words, Sun Chengzong wanted to ask His Highness to approve some money for recruiting and training soldiers, but he was embarrassed to speak.

As soon as Ni Yuanlu said this, he had already cut off the hand that others stretched out to ask for money.

"Where is Qian Qianyi Fumin?"

Zhu Cihong asked suddenly.

"Back to His Royal Highness, Qian Qianyi reported a few days ago that he had led a team all the way from Shanxi, passing through Shaanxi along the way, and arrived in Sichuan.

When Fan Jingwen heard this, he stood up and said.

"Summoning him back to Beijing."

Zhu Cihong picked up the booklet on the desk, Ni Yuanlu gave him, opened it and read it, Qian Qianyi soothed the people all the way, the effect was not great, he endured hardships, and saw the cruelty of the front-line war and the suffering of the victims, the purpose can be regarded as achieved, this kind of great writer with status, it is still very useful.

"Qiu Zhizhong, go to the treasury of the East Palace and take out 1.5 million taels to the household department."

Zhu Cihong put down the booklet, walked over and helped Ni Yuanlu up, and said with a smile: "Ni Butang, this palace knows that the head of the household is hard, and now the war and natural disasters are in turmoil, Daming still depends on you, don't get tired, Daming will get better." "

Minister, Your Highness Xie is compassionate."

Ni Yuanlu finally breathed a sigh of relief, with His Royal Highness's 1.5 million taels of silver, he could be regarded as able to relieve some of the pressure, even if it was not enough for all parties, but it was better than nothing, squeeze it, boil it, and get by with less money.

"Your Highness, there is only one and a half million left of all the silver in the East Palace."

Qiu Zhizhong stood still and didn't move, but reminded a little distressedly, for fear that His Highness would forget how much money was left in the East Palace.

"This palace is reluctant, but you are still reluctant?"

Zhu Cihong glanced at Qiu Zhizhong, waved his hand, and asked him to go down and get some money, these eunuchs are selfish in their first nature, and greed is their second nature, damn it, the country is like this, and they are still reluctant to do so.

"Minister, thank Your Highness again for your compassion."

Seeing this, Ni Yuanlu immediately knelt down again and thanked him, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took his own money to make up for the money of his household, how could he not thank him.

Zhu Cihong raised his hand to signal Ni Yuanlu to get up, rubbed his eyebrows again, and picked up the booklet again to read.

"The officials in Yunnan and Guizhou owe it to Feng, and it has only been less than a year, so they will suffer for the time being, and they will make up for it in the coming year?"

Zhu Cihong looked at the booklet in Yang's hand and said, "The officials of these two places in this song are good, send it, don't come to the next year." "

Good fellow, less than a year in arrears, modern capitalists are in tears when they see it, and they feel that they are too merciful.

"Yes."

Ni Yuanlu thought to himself, the 1.5 million taels have to be squeezed again.

Zhu Cihong picked up another booklet, flipped through it, turned a few pages, and finally fixed on the page of the vassal kings and clans in various places.

He closed his eyes and recalled the little bit of Ming history he had read in his previous life, the content of the clan records.

During the Chongzhen period, the number of clan personnel in various places reached 320,000 people, the prince was ten thousand stones, and the county king was two thousand stones, and these clans, each additional descendant, not only will have a reward of two hundred stones to one thousand stones, but also be sealed from generation to generation, the eldest son hereditary prince, the second son of the county king, the rest of the town generals, auxiliary generals, generals of the country, lieutenants, etc., and so on, the whole TM is a grade, a second grade, a third grade, and a large number of cloth, tea, salt.

Even marriages have to be reimbursed by the imperial court, all kinds of land rewards, annexation, no food, all kinds of commercial monopolies, and no taxes.

In all provinces and localities, as long as there is a clan, then seven-tenths of the land in this place belongs to the clan, two-tenths belongs to the military guards, and only one-tenth belongs to the common people.

"Ni Yuanlu, Fan Jingwen."

Zhu Cihong opened his eyes, looked at the other party, and said: "This year, the clan's Yulu is don't be issued, and the officials will announce that this year's war is urgent, and natural disasters are every year. "

These vassal kings, clans, sooner or later he will all be abolished, but now he has no time to pay attention to them, now that he is at war, there can be no more major internal turmoil, he can only stop for a while, save some money and come out.

"Your Highness, this... I'm afraid there will be opinions.

Ni Yuanlu was stunned, the feudal kings and clans in various places are also a huge interest group, if they do this, maybe there will be some chaos.

"It's only a year off, is it possible that they will starve to death?"

Zhu Cihong waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's decided, let's disperse." As

he spoke, without waiting for them to react, he walked out of Jingren Palace directly.

Fan Jingwen, Sun Chengzong, and Ni Yuanlu looked at Zhu Cihong's back, looked at each other, and all smiled bitterly, His Royal Highness the Prince, even the clan dared to move, I am afraid that he is also a person who is not easy to speak, but it is the blessing of the people and the blessing of the officials.

On the one hand, it is the rule set by the ancestors, and you can't treat your family badly, and on the other hand, you really don't dare, after all, there are many people, and you can't suppress it.

And the reissue of officials and officials, His Royal Highness did not postpone it, they also saw it in their eyes, and they all said that His Highness was tyrannical, but only they knew that His Highness had never issued any tyranny to the cabinet except for killing corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

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"Spread Li Ruolian to come."

As soon as Zhu Cihong went out, he ordered someone to go to the Jinyi Wei Yamen to pass on, and he understood that now the finance of the Ming Dynasty is half in Liaodong and half in the clan, and the land annexation in various places is serious, there are too many tax-exempt people, and the commercial tax is too low.

As a result, the annual income is only more than 8 million taels, and I don't know how many officials have reached out, and the real income may be more than 10 million.

"Hey... Let's endure it, and when the army gets up, it's moving the knife.

Zhu Cihong's face was a little ugly and sighed.

After a while, Li Ruolian took a booklet and ran over in a hurry, because the eunuch told him that after today's cabinet deliberations of His Royal Highness, his face was not very good-looking, so he rushed over in a hurry, and did not dare to stop at all.

He came to Zhu Cihong and knelt directly on one knee.

"Minister Li Ruolian see His Royal Highness."