The concubines were stunned again when they heard the six million silver. Qianxue frowned and replied: "Husband, during this great purge, we broke the bones and sucked out the marrow. We thoroughly offended all the nobles of the previous dynasty, the old eunuchs, and the monks in the capital. We copied everything we could, and then we reluctantly copied it out. Ten million taels of silver.
Moreover, the ten million taels of silver still include gold and copper.
Most of this is due to the monks. Opening a monastery brings in money quickly and they have a lot of money. "
Zhu Qiyu felt helpless when he heard this: "My eldest brother respectfully asked the emperor to build an imperial mausoleum. It cost six million taels. Together we covered our heads and ransacked the house for a long time, and we couldn't get more than two imperial mausoleums."
Qianxue shook her head: "That's not true. I mean there is only so much cash in cash, and we have also stolen a huge amount of rare treasures, shops, and fertile fields. This is the bulk of the wealth.
These can be converted into tens of millions of taels of silver, but it takes time to sell them off.
Moreover, there are also confiscated property belonging to the feudal lord, with a total value of at least more than ten million taels, which have not yet been transported to the capital. "
"That's okay. Two million taels will be allocated to Shandong, two million taels to Fujian and Zhejiang, and two million taels to Gansu.
Of the two million liang in Gansu, we promised to give one million taels to King Su, and the other one million taels will be jointly managed by Li Xuan and Ma Ang.
We have invested heavily in Gansu and made a heavy bet. I hope Li Xuan will not disappoint me. "
Lin Xiangyu praised: "My husband is really generous. Li Xuan is so young, so my husband handed over all the northwest military affairs to him."
Zhu Qiyu smiled nonchalantly and said: "Li Wenzhong has already led the army independently when he was twenty years old. Although Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are more famous, Li Wenzhong is very good at fighting, super good at fighting.
I believe that the Li family has the inherited method of leading troops in war, and I also believe that Li Xuan has the legacy of Li Wenzhong.
Besides, if you want to discover the general who can command the army, you have to try. How would you know if you don’t try?
Just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he just tried randomly. It's just that I was lucky in the early stage and found Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.
If you look at the later period, I estimate that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty must have had a heart attack from anger: Zhao Ponu, the entire army of 20,000 cavalry was destroyed, and he himself was captured.
Li Guangli had suffered several major defeats and could not explain himself. In the last battle, the entire 70,000 cavalry army was wiped out. I broke my jar and surrendered directly.
Li Ling's entire army was destroyed and he himself was captured.
That's how fighting is. If you are fooled correctly, you will be powerful; if you are fooled incorrectly, you will be honest.
What I can do is to arrange for Li Xuan a remnant of Wala whose strength has been severely damaged. He is already very easy to bully. He will definitely win as long as he stays calm. Let him practice his skills first.
We can't be as mean as King Zhao Xiaocheng, who just threw Zhao Kuo to Bai Qi when he first came up. Let's practice with the invincible Lord Wu'an and the 600,000 peak Qin army.
Can you blame Zhao Kuo for this? Whoever takes charge will just start practicing with a blank slate. Isn't this funny? "
Lin Xiangyu praised: "My husband is so kind to his confidants. He always thinks about them."
Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "Huh, good intentions are not rewarded. I was very kind to you, but you didn't even let me take concubines. Those emperors who enjoyed happiness in the previous dynasty had a harem of ten thousand people, but I am fine with this, fifteen He is firmly fixed to death."
Qianxue smiled and said: "But we are very useful. The slave family has prepared a big surprise for husband. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"Big surprise? Okay, let's go."
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No words for several days.
August 20th came in a blink of an eye.
The weather is getting colder and the autumn air is crisp.
After the turmoil caused by the Tumu Fort Incident had tormented all civil and military officials for two full years, the court had really calmed down this time, and the officials' mentality had gradually returned to peace.
Early that morning, Wang Wen and others gathered at the cabinet. After greeting each other, they made tea and prepared to drink tea and read newspapers.
Nowadays, the General Affairs Department publishes two newspapers, one is the former Di Bao, and the other is the daily newspaper of Supervisor Lian Gang.
Although all memorials were handled by the cabinet and most of the news could not escape the eyes of the cabinet, these bachelors still developed the habit of reading newspapers.
Because there is still a lot of news in the daily newspaper that the cabinet cannot understand, some of which are the movements of the inner court, and some of which are direct arrangements of the emperor.
By analyzing the daily newspapers word for word and sentence by sentence, one can carefully figure out the emperor's intentions.
Cabinet ministers will also discuss and communicate together.
Jiang Yuan first roughly read the newspaper, and then smiled at everyone: "You see, the old Han Palace where the imperial concubine lived was converted into a Han Emperor Temple, dedicated to the seven Han emperors, and the surrounding gardens of the Old Han Palace, Lao Qi The palace gardens were combined and transformed into a large garden for the people of the capital to visit.
Your Majesty is so generous. Every inch of land in the capital is worth a lot of money, so he transformed it into a garden and allowed the people to visit it. "
Xu Youzhen smiled and said: "This is a good thing. In the capital, except for streets and alleys, there are shops and mansions, and there is not even a place to hang out.
To be honest, living in the city is really depressing. No wonder His Majesty insists on going to the western suburbs. There are beautiful mountains and clear waters and picturesque scenery, which is much better than the mess in the city.
And this well in the city is full of bitterness, it’s really killing me. If I had the conditions, I would run too. "
Everyone echoed and complained endlessly.
Wei Ji didn't care much about this, but asked: "Which seven Han emperors will the Holy One enshrine?"
Jiang Yuan replied: "Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Emperor Zhongzong Xiaoxuan, Emperor Shizu Guangwu, Emperor Xianzong Xiaoming, Emperor Suzong Xiaozhang, Emperor Zhaolie."
Wei Ji nodded: "Fortunately, there is no Emperor Shizong Xiaowu, which means that the Holy One does not want to resort to violence. Of the seven Han emperors above, no matter which one the Holy One takes as an example, there will be no problem."
Wang Wen also answered: "The Holy One is really kind to the people, and has tried his best not to disturb the people. But there are wars everywhere, and it is impossible not to fight. There is nothing the Holy One can do.
This time, another mission was sent to Annan, which just set off yesterday. It's best to be polite before fighting. It's best to reach an agreement. If an agreement cannot be reached, there will eventually be a fight.
Only by capturing Annan and recovering the old port can Western trade be restarted. These are all interconnected, and no step is missing. "
Zhou Chen also echoed: "That's true. It's really not easy for your Majesty. The day before yesterday, he allocated six million taels from internal funds to the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry.
After the Ministry of Industry minted it into silver coins, two million taels were allocated to Shandong and two million taels to Zhejiang and Fujian for the purpose of building a navy and building coastal defenses.
There are also two million taels allocated to Gansu to be used as royalties for operating Gansu and opening up territory.
This is the first time in my long life that I have seen such a large amount of money being spent to support the imperial court. "
Xu Youzhen also praised: "And all the money earned from Western trade belongs to the imperial court. Once it is on track, the Ministry of Revenue will not have to worry about finances at all.
Our salaries will probably rise sharply as well. "
Everyone nodded after hearing this. Everyone had to admit that the emperor was really sincere. He practiced Taoism quietly in the mountains, but gave a large amount of his internal funds to the court for use.
The salary of hundreds of officials has actually increased by more than twice that of the orthodox dynasty, and it is still rising.
At least the lives of all honest officials have been greatly improved. It will take another three to five years, and honest officials will be able to live a more decent life even if they are not greedy or embezzling.
At this time, Wang Yining, the newly appointed Minister of Rites and Hanlin scholar, asked: "Lin Cong, Ye Sheng, Li Kan and others were sent by the Holy Emperor to Annan and North Korea.
Liu Ding read the memorial and asked to select a few more people to be the prince's ministers. He recommended Wan An, Liu Jue and Liu Ji. What do you think? "
Everyone frowned when they heard this.
The three people recommended by Liu Dingzhi were all Jinshi for thirteen years. This is too obvious. Why don't you bring one or two Jingtai Dynasty's new scholars to show off? Even the Holy Emperor just promoted a Sanyang disciple, Xiao Tan.
(End of chapter)
