Seeing that the prince was giving him face like this, Xue Guoguan hurriedly flattered him, and then peeped at the two idiots with his peripheral vision.
Zhang Sizhi understood that with the prince's consent, he could join the cabinet. He was overjoyed and thanked you loudly: "I would like to thank Your Highness. After entering the cabinet, I will work hard without complaint, persevere, and live up to the divine grace!"
Xue Guoguan expressed his expression calmly, but he was overjoyed in his heart. Although the prince's decision was just a trial, he had a way for Zhang Sizhi to win the trust of the emperor. It would not be a problem to turn him into an official Pavilion boss in advance. This means that all 20,000 taels of silver fall into his pocket, and he has a strong supporter in the cabinet who can help him at any time.
As long as Yang Sichang is properly roped in, there will no longer be any need to fear impeachment remarks from Cheng Guoxiang and Cai Guoyong. On the contrary, we need to make careful calculations with Zhang Sizhi in private on how to squeeze out these two stumbling blocks. It would be best to borrow the help of the prince, put them in jail and behead them, or transfer the supervisor from outside. That would be the best. .
Yaoji didn't want to waste time on the "ugly monster" and returned to the original question: "Where did you talk about just now? Well... yes, it's the annual income. Where is the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue? How much was the annual income last year?"
When the scapegoat father was in power, a group of ministers argued with each other for a long time. Instead of doing serious business, they just played saws in front of the emperor. In the end, they could only tax the poor people at the bottom. Real wealth The gang didn't dare to move.
Li Daiwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, was directly named, and his heart tightened at first, but he knew that he could not escape no matter what, so he had to bite the bullet and go out to speak: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, last year's quota was 21 million taels. The actual collection was 15,280,000 taels!”
Since the "three rates" tax was added, the court's tax revenue has reached new highs, which is much higher than during the Wanli period. Although Minzhong's burden has increased, Taicang's frequent tight problems have been greatly alleviated.
However, the hugely expensive war in Liaodong was still going on, and huge expenditures were made to suppress the bandits in the Central Plains. In addition, there were frequent disasters in the north, and the Qing army repeatedly invaded and plundered. It was not easy to earn 15 million taels.
It is self-evident where the more than five million taels of silver went. Even Yongzheng, who suppressed severely, had no choice but to resort to the method of returning the public to the public to curb them.
It is not the fault of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance that the money cannot be collected, and Yao Ji did not deliberately embarrass the old man: "Well, I dare to ask all my dear friends, if I want the court to collect 25 million taels of silver this year, Is there anything you can do?"
The little money collected by the inner court is not enough for the Household Department. If you want to be able to cope with the cost of large-scale military deployment, you must find another way, otherwise you will have to wait until Courier Li and a group of young men come to your door...
At present, the main fiscal expenditures are divided into Liaodong military expenditure, military suppression expenditure, relief expenditure, royal family and official expenditure. If they are all added together, there is no 25 million taels of silver in hand, and it is impossible to make ends meet.
The demise of the Ming Dynasty was due to the financial crisis caused by the huge tax pressure. In order to alleviate this problem, the people at the bottom were squeezed desperately. The people could only rebel if they could not pay taxes. This vicious circle, driven by internal and external troubles, directly led to The fall of the Ming Dynasty.
Silver is not everything, but for the current Ming Ting, silver is everything!
As soon as this question that can make people lose their heads was mentioned, the huge Huangji Palace suddenly became silent.
Everyone knows that trouble comes from the mouth. Once the prince is angered, Fan Fucui will learn from his mistakes and must not follow in his footsteps.
Although the prince was young (ten years old), he dared to disobey the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, he even ordered the appointment of a pavilion elder, which made everyone feel lingering fear.
The understatement of the order may be even worse than the thunderous methods of Emperor Chongzhen, and the prince must be vigilant and careful.
Yaoji looked around the palace. Except for Sun Chuanting, who was about to go to the south, all the ministers had lowered their eyebrows. They were afraid of hurting him. He couldn't help but laugh in his heart, so he shook out his killing move: "In this case, it will be easy to handle. The national battle in Jiading Where is Bo?"
There were several father-in-laws who dumped the blame, but there was only one whose daughter could ascend to the throne of queen, and that was Jiading Bo Zhou Kui!
Zhang Sizhi has finished his acting, now it’s time for the protagonist to appear!
Since ancient times, in the Ming Dynasty, monarchs and ministers have upset each other, and each one will be counted to death!
Zhou Kui is the father of his beautiful biological mother, who is also his grandfather and grandpa. "Grandpa and grandpa" should be more attractive!
When Zhou Kui heard his name being called, he felt extremely reluctant, but according to the rules, he had to go out and report: "Your Majesty, the prince is here!"
Seeing that Brother Xun actually asked her grandfather to come out to talk to him, Queen Zhou was even more concerned. She didn't know what kind of unthinkable thing she was going to do. She was in the main hall and couldn't go to help, so she could only pray secretly in her heart.
Yao Ji looked at the famous iron rooster in history with a slight smile, and said kindly: "The national champion is my grandfather. Everyone knows this. Now that the country is in crisis, the national champion is Jiading Bo. Since then, He will understand the righteousness and serve the country with loyalty. I don’t know how much money I can donate to the national war?"
Madan!
I like things that are simple and direct. What’s the point of going around in so many circles? Doesn’t it fall on the word “silver” in the end?
The blame-shifting father has played this "donation urging" game, and the result is very unsatisfactory. Everyone does not buy it & is very unhappy.
Today, I will continue to play. To deal with these iron roosters, we must use special methods...
Zhou Kui didn't even give Chongzhen face. When he saw his grandson asking for money, he wouldn't agree, so he tried every means to fool him: "Your Highness, Wei Chen was born in poverty. In his early years, the whole family relied on Wei Chen's practice of medicine and divination to support him. . Even after Her Majesty the Queen entered the palace, her family life depended entirely on the support sent by Her Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Queen. Although I have the heart to serve the country, I am short of money and I have no choice but to disappoint His Highness the Crown Prince. I apologize on my own."
This is a common tactic of nobles - crying about poverty!
Zhou Kui is very clear about his own position and the purpose of his grandson, so he just kneels down and lets a tiger bite the bastard, leaving you with no choice but to eat!
Not to mention taking out a thousand taels of silver, even if he took out a hundred taels of silver, it would still make him feel distressed for a long time. This is a Pixiu that can only get in but not get out!
The Guozhan also firmly believes that there are three levels of relationships: the emperor's son-in-law, the queen's daughter, and the prince's grandson. No one dares to do anything to him.
Even if this move is ridiculed by others, you can still get away with it. As long as you don't pay for it, it is a great success and it doesn't hurt!
Yaoji thought about the time when his father-in-law asked his father-in-law to donate money, and his beautiful mother took 5,000 taels of silver for him, but this guy actually only donated 3,000 taels, and kept two thousand taels for himself, and finally together with the huge All the property belongs to Li Express!
"In this case, it's better to do this. I think Guozhan's family property is less than ten thousand taels of silver. If Guozhan agrees, just sign this!"
Yaoji sent Wang Chengen to write something similar to a memorial, stamped it with the seal of the East Palace, and handed it over to Zhou Kui for his signature.
As long as you write your name, the rest will be easy. This is black and white evidence.
"this……"
Zhou Kui, an old and cunning man, suddenly became cautious. He looked at the things in front of him and hesitated, not daring to write.
My grandson is only ten years old, so he would not use this trick to deceive himself, but the lecturers in the East Palace around him are by no means ordinary people.
Xue Guoguan, the former chief assistant, also told the emperor that he wanted nobles to donate their money to help solve the urgent need of Taicang's emptiness.
Could it be that while His Majesty is traveling in immortality, and now that the Crown Prince is supervising the country, he is ignorant of reason, someone is bringing this up again behind his back?
When Yaoji, who was sitting leisurely on a small chair, saw this, he said seductively: "Is it possible that he is so hesitant in the national war because he has a huge wealth and is afraid of being exposed?"
To tell you the truth, you have to sign today whether you want to sign or not.
This is Huangji Palace, not a vegetable market, so you are not allowed to act recklessly.
Zhou Kui didn't want to fall into the trap and hurriedly defended: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, this is definitely not the case. Wei Chen thinks it is better not to sign. Wei Chen is willing to save one hundred taels of silver and donate one hundred taels of silver!"
One hundred taels of silver!
What a loud tone!
Yao Ji almost got angry. When word spread about this, the royal family lost all face by this national warrior. They really took their own words as farts. The national warlords are so stubborn, let alone other nobles. It is better to let them die directly if they are asked to donate money.
This old immortal, his face does not change color and his heart does not beat when he lies!
If Zhou Kui has nine consecutive attacks, it must be...
One comment - poor!
Second argument - no money!
Three fights—it’s up to you!
Four fights - love so much!
Five words - I am your grandpa!
Six fights - just pay for this one hundred taels!
Seven Confrontations - Whoever loves to donate, please donate!
Eight fights - If you want money, you won't give it, and if you ask for your life, you won't give it!
Jiu Dao - I am a national warrior, what do you do to me?
When Queen Zhou heard this, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she was filled with embarrassment. Her father was really unscrupulous in his words. How could he say such an amount so easily? If someone used this to say something sparsely, what would happen to his daughter in front of the princes and ministers?
Yao Ji secretly thought to himself: When I beheaded four of my chamberlains in public, I really should have invited you to come over and watch the fun. If you were so frightened that you became incontinent, it would be of educational significance.
So the grandson dug a hole for his grandfather and waited for him to jump in: "This is a certificate that the family is poor. If you don't sign it, it means that the family is well-off. If you conceal it and don't report it, you must donate fifty thousand taels of silver!" What do you think?"
"this……"
Zhou Kui was stunned on the spot while holding the brush. He never expected that his grandson would use this method to force him. Although they had different identities, they were still a family. How could he treat him like this? It was really unreasonable.
He secretly glanced at the Queen's daughter who was sitting firmly on the other side, and saw that Yufeng's face was as dark as water and her expression was calm. Perhaps she thought that the situation at home was not optimistic, so she concluded that there was no downside to the matter and that she could sign, so she did not intervene.
