Too much?
All the ministers were stunned, blinked, and looked blank.
Jing Qing from the Metropolitan Procuratorate took out his ears, wondering if he was hearing hallucinations because he had too many programs last night? Or the emperor has too many leisure activities and there is something wrong with his brain.
To build the Great Baoen Temple, three hundred thousand taels of silver is still more?
Are you kidding me?
How much food will it cost just to recruit craftsmen and farmers?
There are also various materials expenses, how much is required?
After the construction is completed, you can’t leave the yard bare, right?
Not to mention getting some Western treasure trees to put inside, you must at least get some foxtail grass, right?
Since it is a temple, it is a Buddhist thing. Do you want to get some relics?
I heard that the master of Tianjie Temple is already eighty years old. Do you need to arrange a few people to wait for him every day? After the master passes away, you can set up firewood and look for the relic. If you find it, you will get the eminent monk. If you can't find it, you will get the eminent monk. It’s just that the Tao is not enough.
Even if you find it, you still have to pay Tianjie Temple for the fragrant oil. Otherwise, who would be willing to give you such a treasure as the relic?
What, you mean to use this relic to save all sentient beings? Is this the reason why you don't plan to give money?
Ah.
Buddha said: If you are not sincere, save yourself.
In addition to these miscellaneous things, do we also need to get a few incense burners, build a few merit boxes, and build a few golden bodies? Even if you don't worship Buddha and move Zhu Yuanzhang in, you can't use mud.
Spending money is everywhere, with only a few years of construction time and millions of dollars, how can you do it?
Three hundred thousand taels is more than enough. If you have the ability, just use one hundred thousand taels to build Baoen Temple.
Jing Qing looked at Zhu Yunwen with disdain in his eyes.
Zhu Yunwen was too far away from Jing Qing to see his little eyes, otherwise he would have been sent to the sea to catch Chen Zuyi.
"Well, the emperor said that 300,000 taels are not enough. I have just made some calculations. If I save some, I can still come up with 500,000 taels. It is enough for the preliminary construction. When the two taxes arrive in Beijing, there should be no problem with the follow-up money and food."
Huang Zicheng thought the emperor was wrong and took the initiative to smooth things over.
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and said: "Three hundred thousand taels is too much. Give me one hundred thousand taels, and I will find a way to build this great Baoen Temple."
"emperor!"
Xie Jin quickly stood up and shouted loudly: "I know that the emperor is considerate of the soldiers and does not want to waste too much on the country's children. However, the cost of repaying the favor temple may be a bit high. It is not as good as Yi Huang
The minister said that 500,000 taels should be allocated first, and the subsequent money and food will be allocated after autumn. "
It’s not okay if you don’t stand up and speak out.
If we don’t make it clear now, one day Baoen Temple will become a shabby temple, and the emperor will get angry and say that he didn’t stand up and tell the truth at that time, because he just didn’t know how to repay his kindness, and he will be sent to Baoen Temple to work as a sweeper. That would be too miserable.
Xie Jin was depressed, Your Majesty, if you don’t understand the cost of the project, don’t make random quotes.
Also, Huang Zicheng has already prepared a slope for you, so why can’t you just go down the slope?
Even if you don't want to go down this slope, you won't jump off the cliff.
One hundred thousand taels?
Are you kidding? With this money, we can only hire a few painters to paint the walls of Jianchu Temple. How can we build Baoen Temple?
We must stop the emperor from having such crazy ideas, otherwise in the end, it will be the emperor who is embarrassed, and he who is embarrassed.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xie Jin, Huang Zicheng and others and blinked. What's the matter? He wants less money and they are still unwilling?
"Your Majesty, building Baoen Temple will definitely cost a lot of money. I suggest that we conduct a survey first and come up with a plan..."
Seeing this, Zheng Ci was afraid that Zhu Yunwen would say another hundred thousand taels, so he quickly built another slope and signaled to Zhu Yunwen with his eyes: Your Majesty, this slope is not steep. As long as you nod, um, ah, and shout twice, it will be fine. The rest Let us handle the matter.
Zhu Yunwen rubbed his brows and said, "Since you are so kind, it wouldn't be good if I didn't take a step back."
Zheng Ci, Xie Jin and others breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhu Yunwen said: "Then the Ministry of Household Affairs will allocate 200,000 taels. That's all. It doesn't need a penny more. As for the construction drawings and specifications, I will draw them myself. Then the Ministry of Works will judge whether it is feasible. If it is feasible, we will do it. Initial preparations.”
"Your Majesty, please think twice."
Xie Jin, Zheng Ci, Huang Zicheng and others shouted quickly.
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and said: "Two hundred thousand taels is enough. My dear friends, do you have anything else to report?"
When the officials saw this, they all looked at each other and couldn't say anything else.
The emperor dug the hole himself, and it’s no one else’s fault to fall into it.
Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, came out of class, holding a wat board and said: "Your Majesty, the college entrance examination is approaching on June 6, but the examiner has not been appointed yet. I would like to ask the emperor to select the examiner so that we can arrange the college entrance examination matters."
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly and said, "Does the Ministry of Rites have any recommendations?"
Chen Di solemnly said: "Attendant of the Ministry of Rites
Dong Lun, a scholar who was also a scholar, was proficient in the classics and history. He was a great talent and could be the chief examiner. "
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly and said: "Let's do this. Dong Lun will be the chief examiner, and Taichang Shaoqing Gao Xunzhi and Imperial Academy Jijiu Yang Shiqi will be the deputy examiners. As for the review, we will arrange Hanlin bachelor Fang Xiaoru, ministerial scholar Yao Guangxiao, The three officials of the Imperial Academy, Yang Shiqi, took charge of the ceremony, specifically approved the officials, and selected them from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel."
"The Emperor's Holy Might."
Chen Di saluted and stepped aside.
"If there is nothing else to do, then just retreat."
Zhu Yunwen stood up, and all the officials saluted and shouted long live.
Kunning Palace.
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen in disbelief, then stretched out her hand, felt Zhu Yunwen's forehead with the back of her hand, frowned and said: "It's not hot, why are you talking nonsense."
Zhu Yunwen raised his hand, held Ma Enhui's hand, and said seriously: "I am very awake."
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen, shook his head slightly, and said, "What does the emperor think? It is impossible to build Baoen Temple with two hundred thousand taels. Could it be said that Baoen Temple is very small?"
Zhu Yunwen said solemnly: "Baoen Temple stores countless loyal soul bones. To put it lightly, wouldn't it be a joke to the world? In my heart, Baoen Temple should be the best in the world in terms of specifications and scale."
Ma Enhui's face turned even darker.
The larger the scale and the higher the specifications, the more money and food will be spent.
"But Your Majesty, why do you only want 200,000 taels? According to the Emperor's plan, even 2 million taels won't be enough, right?"
Ma Enhui said bitterly.
Zhu Yunwen nodded and said: "It is impossible to complete the project without ten years of effort. As for the cost of money and food, it will cost at least three million taels. If other decorations are included, the total cost will be roughly four million. About two.”
The historical Baoen Temple was built by Zhu Di in memory of Ming Taizu and Empress Ma. It employed more than 100,000 craftsmen, spent 2.5 million taels of money and grain, and millions of dollars. It took 19 years to build.
At that time, craftsmen were compulsorily recruited, and all they had to do was provide food, food, and housing. But now Zhu Yunwen is improving the salary of craftsmen, and is preparing to abolish shift craftsmen. If he wants to recruit craftsmen, he can only recruit them with money, and the money consumed will increase significantly.
Ma Enhui sighed and walked out.
Zhu Yunwen asked in confusion: "Where is the Queen going?"
Ma Enhui didn't even look back, leaving only a helpless voice: "My family is going to run out of money, so I will go to weaving to make money..."
