On the tenth day of the third month of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, the two palaces issued an edict in the name of Zhao Xu.
On the grounds that the whole world will celebrate the new king's accession to the throne, he will give rewards to the officials in front of the palace, the officials in the imperial city, and the officials in the palace.
This is a practice passed down from the late Tang Dynasty.
During the Five Dynasties, the imperial army rewarded money, but the payment was a little less, or even just a few days late.
Qiu Ba dared to ask for reward money with a knife.
Although the Song Dynasty no longer worried about the Forbidden Army rebelling.
However, this tradition has persisted and has become a routine now.
Whenever a new king takes the throne, he will be given rewards by those in front of the palace.
Because she wanted a reward, on this day Empress Dowager Xiang took Zhao Xu to the property his father left to him - a huge palace building located to the north of Yanhe Hall.
Prepare to open the treasure house left by the Daxing Emperor and take some of it directly as a reward.
Shi Deyi, as Da Diao Dang, the most trusted figure of Emperor Daxing during his lifetime, personally opened the gate of the palace called Jingfu Palace.
Zhao Xu followed Empress Dowager Xiang and walked into the building complex with the highest concentration of wealth in the world with a trembling heart.
Yes!
It’s the whole world!
Not only the Liao, Song, Western Xia, Qing and Tang Dynasties, Tubo, Cochin, Zhenla, Japan and Goryeo were all known to the Song Dynasty.
But the whole world!
"I, Emperor Taizu, was born in the military. Since I ascended the throne, I have made it my ambition to restore Youyan!"
"So, the treasures and silks from the internal treasury of the Southern Tang, Hou Shu and other rebellious countries were collected into Da Nei as money to seal the stakes!"
"At the beginning, I received two million pieces of silk and tens of millions of gold, silver and copper coins, thinking that I would use them to reward the brave warriors when I return to Youyan in the future!"
As Shi Deyi walked, he introduced the origin of this inner treasury to the Queen Mother and everyone.
"However, the year has not passed, and my ambition has not been fulfilled, so I was promoted to immortality... After that, the wealth and silk from the inner treasury were sealed and moved to Zuozang..."
"After Emperor Daxing ascended the throne, he expressed his ancestral ambition and wanted to visit his homeland behind the mountains!"
"So, imitating Taizu's story, we rebuilt Jingfu Hall in this palace!"
"Collect all the world's wealth, gold and silver, and put them into the emperor's inner treasury as a military expense!"
"So, Yubi personally wrote a poem for the emperor..."
"Five seasons are lost, and the wolf and the hole are blazing. The ancestor of Yi founded the country, and he thought of punishing Ai. He built an internal palace to recruit soldiers. His great-grandson guarded it, and dared to forget his ambition!" Zhao Xu whispered in his heart, that poem A royal poem written by his father.
Shi Deyi, who was in front of him, also bowed and said: "The poem of Emperor Daxing goes like this: The five seasons are lost, and the wolves are blazing. The ancestor of Yi founded the country, thinking about punishing Ai. He established the inner palace, and the foundation was to recruit soldiers. Great-grandson Guard it and dare to forget your ambition!"
"The imperial poem has the character thirty-two, so Emperor Daxing built thirty-two inner treasuries here to collect the world's gold, silver, and copper coins to prepare for future expenses!"
As soon as Shi De said that, he walked to a warehouse. He took out the bronze talisman and compared it with the bronze talisman in the hand of a minister guarding in front of the warehouse.
The latter immediately stepped forward respectfully and opened the sealed warehouse of Emperor Daxing on behalf of the Emperor and the Queen Mother.
On the door, there is a big five characters.
This means that it is the first of the thirty-two inner treasuries of the Emperor in the Xining era.
The treasury door opened, and the hall was filled with yellow, orange, orange and gold colors.
It's all gold!
One ingot after another!
In this warehouse alone, there are probably two to three thousand ingots of gold.
Each ingot of gold should weigh fifty taels.
Here is hundreds of thousands taels of gold!
Don’t feel less!
How much gold was produced in the Song Dynasty in one year?
Zhao Xu remembered that in his previous life, the highest gold production occurred in the fourth year of Shaosheng.
That year, a secretary reported that a total of 11,200 taels of gold produced by metallurgy, mines and methods in the world were turned over to the state treasury, breaking the record since Zhao Xu ascended the throne. Therefore, Zhao Xu also issued a special edict to reward him. Regarding the supervisor.
And here, the gold reserves in this warehouse are equivalent to the gold income of more than a dozen Shaosheng's four-year treasury.
"The first four treasuries were lost in five seasons, and they all stored gold, thinking that they would be rewarded to the generals in the future to reward their meritorious service!" Shi Deyi said softly.
Zhao Xu looked at the gold in front of him.
He shook his hand gently.
In his previous life, after he took charge, the wealth left to him by his father had already been consumed in the Yuanyou era.
Especially gold and silver, only a fraction is left.
The rest was spent in the process.
During the Yuanyou era, policies went back and forth.
The Empress Dowager herself was very concerned with saving face, and would reduce or reduce local taxes at every turn.
By the time Zhao Xu came to power, his father, during the Xining and Yuanfeng eras, was reluctant to eat or wear clothes, and the wealth he had accumulated little by little could not be more than 10 million yuan.
What Zhao Xu was most dissatisfied with was that he had never seen this kind of wealth before taking office!
The money his father left to him!
My money! ! ! !
You just left 10 million yuan for me? !
Do you still want me to thank you? !
Now, Zhao Xu was more than nine years ahead of schedule and followed Empress Dowager Xiang into these warehouses.
His money!
The wealth that his father had worked so hard to save!
Finally he can hold it in his hand!
At least, if others want to use it now, they have to ask him and Queen Mother Xiang.
Otherwise, even if you only have a copper plate here, you won’t be able to get out!
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There are thirty-two treasuries in Xining, the first four treasury all store gold, and the last 12 treasuries all store silver.
The rest are piled with copper coins, copper ingots, ivory, spices, and silk cloth!
Zhao Xu and the Empress Dowager Xiang just took a casual look at it, and it took them a full hour to finish it.
As for the relevant amount of money stored in the treasury, you still need to go inside and check it before you know it.
But according to Shi Deyi's estimate, the gold alone is probably no less than 800,000 taels, and the silver is no less than 2 million taels!
Copper coins, copper ingots, ivory, incense, silk cloth and other property are worth at least 30 million guan!
And that's not all.
Shi Deyi led the Empress Dowager Xiang and Zhao Xu past the first-level gate of Jingfu Hall, and then through the first-level south-facing corridor.
A brand new warehouse group comes into view here.
"After Xining, all thirty-two treasuries were full, so Emperor Daxing ordered his ministers to wait in the south of Jingfu Hall to build additional treasury to store Yuanfeng wealth and silk!"
Shi Deyi still introduced.
"Emperor Daxing once again composed a poem and dedicated it to the Yuanfeng Treasure House!"
Of course Zhao Xu knew.
He whispered softly in his heart: "Every day I am pious and cautious, and I will follow my legacy in vain. If I don't care about my martial arts, how will I become a warrior?"
Shi Deyi, who was beside him, bowed and said in reverence: "Every day I am pious and cautious, and I will follow my inheritance without thinking. If I don't show my martial arts, how will I become a warrior?"
"The first five treasury, imitating the story of Xining, all store gold, the last five treasury all store silver, and the rest are copper coins, silk, Jiaozi, ivory, spices..."
"Although the Five-Road Expedition to Xia, the Battle of Yongle City, and other large and small battles, leading Luo to Bian, rebuilding Bian Jing, etc., the internal treasury spent a lot of money..."
"However, these twenty warehouses are still generally full!"
As soon as Shi De said this, he knelt down and kowtowed to Empress Dowager Xiang and Zhao Xu and said: "When Emperor Daxing was alive, he could only wear three or five pieces of clothing, and his daily needs could only be thousands. During the three years of confinement, he did not make a single incense burner. It was used by the emperor." , all of which were bought by our ministers from Daxiangguo Temple and Donghua Gate, but they are common things commonly used by common people..."
"Emperor Daxing worked hard, thinking day and night, saving in every possible way, and he did this every day for nineteen years!"
"Leaving these billions of money is to save for our descendants and prepare for the future!"
"I hope your Majesty and everyone will know the Emperor's profound intentions!"
"Old minister, I would like to pay my respects again!"
As a result, even Queen Mother Xiang was moved to tears.
She recalled that her husband was indeed frugal in food and clothing during his lifetime.
After his death, the imperial belongings were taken out from the Funing Palace. Apart from the imperial belongings presented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs every year in accordance with the system, there were only three or five additional exquisite items. The rest were all ordinary people's belongings.
Zhao Xu looked at the various treasures piled up like mountains in each treasure house.
It's all his money!
My money!
There was a sparkle in his eyes.
This money can no longer be spent carelessly.
They are all useful and of great use!
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Well, thank you all for reading!
Note: There is indeed a lot of money in Shenzong’s internal treasury!
