Jia Yun thought about this thing not just for the enjoyment of herself and her wives, but to earn more money, and she had to have a source of money.
Even if Jia Yun becomes emperor in the future, the emperor will not be able to spend money in the treasury.
If this is really the case, he will definitely be labeled as a foolish king. At that time, the civil servants at the Yushitai may be scolded and risk their lives to remonstrate.
Therefore, even the emperor would have his own internal affairs office, dedicated to making money for himself and maintaining the emperor's daily expenses.
Emperor Yongtai was an emperor who advocated extreme frugality. He took the lead in eating ordinary and simple food in the palace to set an example for the emperor.
However, the courtiers under Emperor Yongtai were all serving rich food and meat, without any thought or thought of frugality.
Especially powerful and luxurious families like Rongguofu used extremely precious medicinal materials such as ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum to feed chickens and ducks, thereby obtaining precious chickens that were said to be able to cure diseases and prolong life.
It can be said that the emperor is the emperor and the ministers are ministers. ..net
The emperor's frugality does not make the ministers below also become frugal. On the contrary, they are two different worlds.
When Concubine Yuan returned to Ning Rongguo Mansion to visit her relatives, she had warned everyone in Rongguo Mansion to be frugal.
Unfortunately, everyone in Rongguo Mansion did not listen to it.
Jia Yun listened, but dismissed it.
Nowadays, what the rich and powerful families lack is never money.
Perhaps the national treasury is short of money, and the emperor's internal affairs office is short of money, but the ministers' homes are not short of money.
Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, worked constantly for the sake of the court and the world, but the ministers below him were arrogant and unwilling to provide money. Then, Emperor Chongzhen succeeded in committing suicide, causing the entire court and the world to fall apart, and gave King Chuang Li Zicheng and the barbarians outside the pass took advantage of the opportunity, so that the barbarians entered the pass, causing harm to the country and the country.
It is said that after King Li Zicheng entered the imperial city, he tortured tens of millions of taels of silver from the ministers' homes.
It can be said that each of these ministers is very rich. They have depleted the national treasury and put the money of the court into their own pockets. How can we avoid a situation where the national treasury is in deficit, the court has no money, the public is enriched and private, and corrupt officials are rampant?
When Emperor Yongtai ascended the throne, this trend had already become popular.
Even though Emperor Yongtai was aware of the problem, he still couldn't stop this unhealthy trend, and instead it got worse.
It is common for the eunuchs in the palace to ask for bribes. If the ministers do not pay bribes, they will be unlucky and die without a burial place.
Even the relatives of the emperor like Rong Guofu greeted the eunuchs who ran out of the palace to ask for bribes, and greeted them with smiles. Countless horses galloped past in their hearts, but they still had to hold the bribes of the filial eunuchs in their hands. .
The ministers outside the palace, together with the eunuchs in the palace, plundered and levied arbitrarily, preying on the common people, and put the money in their trouser pockets into their own pockets.
Emperor Yongtai was unaware of these things.
Deceiving superiors and concealing inferiors has been an official rule since ancient times.
The emperor is not a god and cannot predict the future.
On the contrary, the emperor never left the palace, and all information was sent to him by his subordinates.
There is a lot of room for operation.
Many officials like to report good news but don't like to report sorrow. Every day is a time of peace and prosperity. But for the people of Li, it is just the same suffering as the previous dynasty. Life has not become easier because of the change of emperor. Woke up.
Jia Yun's grasp of the court and the people is undoubtedly much clearer than that of Emperor Yongtai.
Today's world is like a big tree that is gradually rotting. Sooner or later, the building will collapse one day.
Not only was the imperial court filled with internal troubles, there were also disturbances on the imperial court's maritime frontiers.
The Japanese state took advantage of the imperial court's national policy of banning seas and continued to expand its fleet, thereby gaining naval superiority. It constantly harassed and plundered fishermen along the coast, burned, killed, and looted.
, do all kinds of evil.
Once they encountered any disturbance or an attack by the regular army, they would immediately withdraw to the sea, relying on the advantage of the maritime fleet to leave calmly. The whole process went smoothly, with almost no loss of soldiers, and huge profits.
As for the imperial army, due to the national policy of sea ban, they could not go to the sea, so they could not pursue these Japanese pirates from the sea.
For a time, the chaos in the coastal areas intensified and reached the point of being out of control.
However, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.
The location of Haijiang is too far away from the Emperor's Imperial City. Local officials are afraid of taking responsibility, and are even more afraid of losing their heads, making themselves unlucky and other factors. They often choose to conceal it collectively from bottom to top and deceive those who are far away from the Emperor. The emperor of the city.
As long as they don't say anything, the lid will be closed.
So no matter how many people died, they would only be the deaths of some insignificant civilians. Anyway, those who died were not officials from these coastal areas. How could they care about the lives of these civilians?
Even some more sinister officials would secretly contact Japanese pirates, take the opportunity to induce the pirates to go ashore, provide accurate information, and loot the wealthy merchants and local gentry along the coast, thereby obtaining the land and property of these wealthy merchants and gentry.
It can be said that the chaos in the sea area is absolutely beyond the imagination of Emperor Yongtai.
The memorials submitted by the imperial court every day, even if occasionally one or two loyal ministers and righteous officials, some loyal Qingliu officials, presented the chaos in the sea area, would still be suppressed by the cabinet officials and would not be sent to them. The emperor took a look.
Because they knew in their hearts that Emperor Yongtai didn't like this kind of bad news, but liked hearing good news.
Loyal words are offensive to the ears, and good words are bitter to the mouth.
If this matter is exposed, they will fall into even greater trouble.
These people are used to being superior, and have long been accustomed to the tricks of bullying superiors and hiding things from subordinates.
As a result, these memorials were suppressed and discarded in corners to gather dust.
Jia Yun often browses the memorials in these corners.
Because these memorials can reflect the real world situation.
The sea is uneven, and Emperor Yongtai seems to be planning to launch troops against the Huns in Mobei in the next few years.
The day when the world will be in chaos is not far away.
Jia Yun, on the other hand, wants to take advantage of the chaos in the world to earn money crazily, cultivate a direct army, and speed up the recruitment and corruption of officials in the court.
Once the world changes, he can ride on the wind and rely on his supreme military exploits to shock the emperor and stage a show of Zhao Kuangyin wearing a yellow robe, or he can monopolize power, hold the emperor hostage, and stage a drama of making three concessions and three concessions.
After learning about Jia Yun's plan and thoughts, Hua Zifang went down to arrange the matter and earn more money for Jia Yun.
