Tianqi asked casually.
However, Ye Xianggao bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have arranged for the Ministry of Household Affairs to prepare food and salary for disaster relief, but it is still far from enough. Therefore, I hope that your Majesty can allocate part of it from the inner treasury and send it to various places for disaster relief."
After speaking, he looked at Tianqi.
The purpose of his visit this time was to get money and food from the inner treasury to enrich the household department.
"Can't the Ministry of Revenue even come up with money for disaster relief?" Tianqi frowned.
The inner treasury is the emperor's own small treasury. If it is given to the outer court, it is like a meat bun beating a dog, and there is no hope of getting it back.
Ye Xianggao said: "There have been disasters in various places in the past few years. The tax money collected by the Ministry of Revenue is less than in previous years. Because of the relationship between slaves and thieves, Liaodong has to allocate a large amount of money and food from the Ministry of Revenue to defend against slaves and thieves. Now many places There are earth dragons turning around, and the tax money that can be collected this year will be even less."
"Then let the Ministry of Household Affairs find a way. I remember that Zhu Guozhen, a scholar from Wuyingdian, took over the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it was up to him to raise money and food to help the victims," Tianqi said.
After speaking, he stretched out his hand to the side.
The little eunuch standing by the side hurriedly handed the teacup to Tianqi's hands.
Ye Xianggao understood that it was not easy to get money from the inner treasury, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the disaster relief work cannot be delayed. I am afraid that the victims will not see the money and food for the disaster relief. Over time, they will be easily deceived and do unwise things." For the sake of the disaster victims in the world and the stability of the Ming Dynasty, please use the internal treasury to provide relief to the victims."
"I already told you to let the Ministry of Revenue raise money and food. Could it be that without me, the Cabinet's Ministry of Revenue wouldn't be able to do its work?" Tianqi's face sank, and he placed the tureen in his hand on the imperial desk.
"I am guilty."
Ye Xianggao knelt down facing Tianqi.
Han Xu next to him also knelt on the ground.
"You two dears, if you have nothing to do, please step back! I'm tired." Tianqi waved his hand, signaling Ye Xianggao and Han Xu to step back.
The little savings in the inner treasury have long been depleted by the outer court. What's more important is that the outer court has no credibility in this matter. When they asked for money from the inner treasury, they always said they would make up for it, but in the past, it was so In many years, he has not seen it made up once.
"Please ask your Majesty to allocate some silver from the inner treasury to help the victims." Ye Xianggao knelt down, his forehead pressed against the blanket on the ground.
Han Xu also acted in the same manner.
Seeing this, Tianqi understood that he was playing rogue and forced him to take out money from his inner treasury to provide disaster relief.
Although he was dissatisfied, he also knew that he could not let a chief assistant and a second assistant kneel like this in Qianqing Palace.
Suppressing the displeasure in his heart, he said: "Both dears, please get up. I will take out 30,000 taels from the inner treasury to help the victims."
"Your Majesty, the most severely affected place this time is Luanzhou. In addition, many places in Shandong were also affected. Thirty thousand taels is simply not enough to relieve the victims in so many places." Ye Xianggao raised his head and looked at Tianqi.
The meaning is very clear, thirty thousand taels is not enough, the inner treasury must come up with more silver.
"Isn't there still a household department? If all the disaster relief money and food come from my internal treasury, then what else does the imperial court need from the household department?" Tianqi looked dissatisfied.
Unexpectedly, these people were not satisfied with thirty thousand taels of silver.
Ye Xianggao said: "I originally wanted to cut off the next batch of money and grain sent to Liaodong and use it to relieve the victims first, but when I thought that Shanhaiguan was also affected by the disaster, the old slave would probably take this opportunity to send troops, so I let him The Ministry of Revenue sent the money and grain to Liaodong in advance."
"You mean that the money and food from the Ministry of Revenue was given to Liaodong, and the money and food for disaster relief in other parts of the Ming Dynasty have to come out of my internal treasury?" Tianqi's face darkened.
The cabinet is using the money from its inner treasury as belongings to the household department.
Ye Xianggao said: "The situation this year is really special. If there had not been such a wide-ranging natural disaster, there would be no need to use the inner treasury of the Holy Emperor."
"No need to explain, I don't want to hear it, just tell me how much money you want from my inner treasury?" Tianqi understood that thirty thousand taels of silver could not send away the chief minister of the cabinet.
"Three hundred thousand taels." Ye Xianggao looked up at Tianqi.
Snapped!
Tianqi's hand on the imperial desk shook and knocked over the teacup in his hand.
When the little eunuch serving him saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to lift the teacup up and wiped the water stains on the table with his sleeves.
"Step aside." Tianqi pushed the little eunuch angrily.
The little eunuch was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground.
Tianqi looked at Ye Xianggao with an ugly face and said: "The inner treasury can provide up to one hundred thousand taels, and I won't have any more. The cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs will find a solution for the shortfall."
He believed that the Ministry of Household Affairs did not have much money and food, but he did not believe that it could not even come up with money and food to help the victims.
"I obey the decree." Ye Xianggao understands the principle of giving up when something is good.
He knew that if he continued to force him, he would only push the emperor into a hurry. By then, he would most likely lose even one hundred thousand taels of silver, leaving the Ministry of Household Affairs to bear the disaster relief money alone.
"Okay, if you have nothing to do, please leave!"
The inner treasury was gone, and Tianqi was in a bad mood. He didn't want to look at the two people in front of him anymore.
"I have something to report." At this time, Han Xu suddenly said.
Tianqi frowned and said with dissatisfaction: "What else is there? I don't have any money in my inner treasury to give you any more."
"What I want to talk about is about the tiger-character flag." Han Xu said, "The tiger-character flag is called a Ming Dynasty business, but it secretly raises private soldiers and secretly sends troops to the Tumut tribe to destroy the stability of our border areas of the Ming Dynasty. Such wolfish ambitions I would like to ask the Holy One to issue an order to kill him as soon as possible."
Seeing that he was not asking for money, Tian Qi's face brightened and he said, "Didn't Datong and Xuanfu have already been asked to expand their border armies? It won't be too late to take action against the tiger-shaped flag when the new recruits of the border army are trained."
As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I wanted to get rid of the existence of the Tiger Character Banner that threatened the Ming Dynasty. However, I also knew that the Tiger Character Banner could conquer the Tumote tribe, and it still had some strength. Unlike Xu Hongru's rebellion back then, Local troops alone can quell the situation.
"I think we can't wait any longer." Han Xu said, "Now the imperial court is running around to provide disaster relief and lacks available money and food. The Tiger-Character Banner started as a merchant. Eradicating the Tiger-Character Banner can alleviate the shortage of money and food in the household department."
Hearing this, Tianqi looked thoughtful.
Even in the palace, he had heard of the tiger-character flag's richness.
So I weighed in my mind whether to follow Han Xu's request and send out the imperial army to attack the tiger-character flag in order to solve the imperial court's dilemma of lack of money and food.
"Ye Aiqing, what do you think?" Tianqi did not immediately agree to Han Xu's request, but asked Ye Xianggao.
Ye Xianggao said: "I thought we could use troops against the Tiger Flag, but relying solely on the troops from Datong and Xuanfu may not be enough. After all, the expanded border army recruit camps in these two places are too short to be used."
"Ai Qing wants the court to send out a large army?" Tianqi asked.
