After Wang Lin, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, reported this, before Zhu Yijun expressed his position, Wu Shilai said:
"In my humble opinion, Your Majesty's internal funds cannot be spent casually. You must consider that this is the foundation for Your Majesty to honor the Queen Mother of the two palaces and maintain the hearts of the inner court and the hearts of the pro-army and guards. You cannot look for internal funds whenever the outer court is short of money. If this continues, it will inevitably create a gap between the inside and outside in the future, and even affect the peace of the inner court."
Zhu Yijun smiled after hearing this: "What Wu Qing said is quite pertinent!"
Wu Shilai handed over his hand.
Zhu Yijun added: "But this time it is about whether the price of silver coins is stable. Internal funds can still be spent, but I cannot spend internal funds in vain. After all, Wu Qing is right. I have to consider the feelings of everyone in the inner court and strictly Speaking of which, internal funds are not something I can spend however I want, nor are they my own internal funds; besides, it is indeed not the case that foreigners only think of spending internal funds when money and food are tight."
"In your Majesty's opinion?"
Wang Lin asked at this time.
Zhu Yijun stood up at this moment and said, "Let's do this. Your household department will discuss it with the internal officials of the transportation warehouse and draw up a loan deed!"
"Make it clear that internal funds are not allocated to foreign countries in silver dollars, but are loaned to foreign countries. The foreign countries have to repay them by increasing national fiscal revenue, and they also have to pay interest!"
"The reason for asking for interest is, firstly, to let people in the inner court know that there are benefits to borrowing money from the inner court to the outer court, so as not to cause dissatisfaction among the people in the inner court, and secondly, to prevent the outer court, that is, your Ministry of Household Affairs, from getting the inner money. Spend money arbitrarily, or just hope that the money will be spent without thinking about increasing income."
"this……"
Wang Lin looked stunned, and then he couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what should I do if the foreign court fails?"
"If it is not enough, change the people in power, announce the failure of the power to the outside world, resign voluntarily, and form a new ruling layer with a new chief minister, a new minister of household affairs and other officials."
Zhu Yijun said.
Wang Lin glanced at Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing stood up at this time and echoed: "Your Majesty's policy is extremely wise! It's not that internal money cannot be withdrawn, it can be borrowed from outside the court. After all, internal money is your majesty's private property, and the country cannot only protect the private property of the people in the world." , instead of protecting His Majesty’s private property.”
"But Your Majesty is the lord of the world. The whole world is not the land of the king, and the shore of the land is the king's ministers."
"Logically, Your Majesty has no distinction between public and private matters."
At this time, bachelor Liu Yingjie put forward his own opinion.
Zhu Yijun said: "Although I am the lord of the world, the world belongs to the people of the world, the land of the world, and the people of the world. Although they are constitutionally entrusted to me, I have given the people of the world the right to legally occupy private property, and It is sacred and cannot be invaded, and there must be laws to follow when I take it away. I should also have private interests and give it to me, so as to prevent the public and private affairs from being unclear and infringement."
Liu Yingjie handed over his hand and said, "I will remember the holy teachings."
Next, Wu Shilai asked: "Your Majesty, I am worried that if the silver coins from internal funds are allocated, what should we do if the people still sell land and houses at low prices to get the silver coins?"
Zhu Yijun chuckled: "Everything must be done in a certain way. If you really don't care about the safety of the country, and I don't have any silver dollars to pay or support the people, then I can only allow the soldiers and horses from all over the world to take the initiative to ask for wages! It's just to make more money." It’s just human blood.”
After hearing this, Wu Shilai said: "Your majesty is wise, I believe they must know when enough is enough."
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will not take back the rights that have been given to them to legally occupy private property, so it has not yet reached that stage. I will still lend money from internal funds to the foreign court. At that time, it will be up to Wang Qing of the Ministry of Revenue and The eunuch in charge of the inner transport warehouse will discuss this matter directly."
"According to the order!"
As a result, Cui Li, the eunuch of the Chengyun Treasury, and Wang Lin, the Minister of Household Affairs, met in the political hall not long after.
Cui Li said to Wang Lin: "It doesn't matter if we, the servants and servants in the inner court, are a little aggrieved because the internal funds are transferred to the outer court. We are just missing a few months of monthly silver. Who dares not to do our duty because of this?" No? However, the emperor and the nobles in the harem cannot be wronged, so this benefit cannot be too low. "
"Of course we understand, but the stability of the country is also very important. What Your Majesty cares most about is the stability of the country. If the interest rate is set too high, deposing foreign ministers may cause the treasury to be in a situation where the government is struggling to make ends meet. Therefore, since the father-in-law is a substitute for Your Majesty is here to talk, if you can please give me a wider interest rate, why not?"
Wang Lin said with a smile.
So, the two of them talked back and forth for a long time, and finally decided how many silver dollars the internal funds would transfer to Taicang, and how much principal and interest Taicang would need to repay the internal funds within a few years.
Over the years, Zhu Yijun had accumulated a lot of internal money by investing overseas and outside the country, as well as confiscating some criminal officials, so it was more than enough to lend a sum to foreign Korea.
…
"Your Majesty is out of pocket!"
On this day, Wang Zhixiang, the censor, informed brothers Gu Xiancheng and Gu Yuncheng that Zhu Yijun had withdrawn silver coins to increase the circulation of private silver coins.
After hearing this, the two of them looked at each other and smiled.
Gu Yuncheng then looked at Gu Xiancheng and smiled and said: "Unexpectedly, the emperor chose to use the internal money to transfer the internal money to the outer court. This can be regarded as achieving our purpose of transferring the internal money to the outer court."
Gu Xiancheng also smiled slightly: "It seems that the emperor really cares about the country."
"However, General Xian asked His Majesty in front of the emperor what to do if the world's wealthy families do not stop and continue to sell their private property at low prices, causing the silver coins on the market to continue to decrease. And His Majesty said that if that step is reached, the world's soldiers and civilians can only be allowed to Pay your own taxes and pay your own taxes.”
Wang Zhixiang said.
Gu Yuncheng's expression darkened after hearing this, and he looked at Gu Xiancheng, and then said: "In that case, we have to stop, and we have to persuade other wealthy families to stop. But if the price of silver dollars is really stable, then the land and houses that were sold at low prices will There are also maids and so on, it’s a big loss!”
Gu Xiancheng also nodded at this time, and then asked Wang Zhixiang: "Isn't the Emperor afraid that people in the inner court will betray him before doing this?"
Wang Zhixiang said: "If they stabilize the price of silver in Shenwu County, smooth the trade routes, and increase the revenue of the national treasury, it will be beneficial to the nobles and palace people in the inner court, because the silver coins withdrawn from the internal funds this time are given to the Ministry of Household Affairs in the form of loans." , if the principal and interest cannot be repaid as scheduled, everyone from the chief minister of the cabinet to the ministers of various ministries and the censor of the capital will be dismissed."
After hearing this, Gu Xiancheng began to think deeply: "How could this happen?"
Then, Gu Xiancheng looked at the two of them and said, "In this case, we cannot let the inner court get this benefit!"
Wang Zhixiang stood up immediately after hearing this: "Uncle Shi, do you want the world to be in chaos? Do you really want to force Your Majesty to rebel on your own and take your personal guards and Jiubian soldiers south to ask for pay? Once those arrogant and powerful generals are allowed to cause chaos, they will only I’m afraid that the gentry will be inferior to dogs and sheep!”
Gu Xiancheng smiled and said: "Of course I don't want the world to be in chaos, I just want Shenwu County and other real new parties to leave the court and realize the ambition of the people to prosper the court. As long as our upright ministers are allowed to govern the country, then we can Find a way to help him repay Shen Shixing's debt to the inner court! And His Majesty doesn't have to take that step."
After hearing this, Wang Zhixiang couldn't help but ask: "How to pay it back?"
"In those days, it was strictly necessary to be copied, but it benefited many soldiers and civilians. Now if Shenwu County is defeated, I'm afraid it will be the same? What's more, by analogy, it can be said that Shenwu County is the only person who has benefited the soldiers and civilians all over the world."
"Presumably, His Majesty is more willing to sacrifice Shenwu County and others than causing chaos in the world."
Gu Xian became enlightened.
Wang Zhixiang nodded after hearing this, and then couldn't help asking: "Then continue to hoard silver coins?"
Gu Xiancheng nodded.
"The Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou was sold at a discount of 1,500 taels of silver dollars."
"Suzhou Canglang Pavilion is for sale with eight hundred taels of silver dollars."
…
After Shen Shixing received the content reported by the tabloids that had been repeatedly banned, he immediately slapped the table and stood up, gnashing his teeth and saying in a deep voice: "This is going to kill the entire Shen family!"
Zhu Yijun also knew that the powerful bureaucrats were still selling off their assets to hoard money and said: "As expected, the ones who hate bureaucrats the most are the bureaucrats themselves!"
Zhu Yijun said, "Are there any memorials from Japan recently?"
"have!"
"Send it first!"
(End of chapter)
