Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 182, I have never been so rich

In the early court, the faces of all the officials were very ugly. Without it, just now everyone was forced to donate money and food, especially the ones in front who were sympathetic to the world and kept saying that the disaster was urgent, and they were all named by Emperor Hongzhi one by one. , All of them bleed hard once.

This time, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty donated a total of more than [-] taels of silver and more than [-] dans of grain. In addition, Emperor Hongzhi decided to use [-] taels of silver from his internal funds to purchase grain relief. Disaster victims, this is more than one million taels of silver alone.

"Humph~"

At this time, Zhou Jing looked as if his parents were dead, with a dark face, he couldn't help but snorted coldly when he saw the British public Zhang Mao, and blamed all this on Zhang Mao.

Zhang Mao rubbed his nose, feeling a little helpless, there was no other way, now he has become a public enemy of the Manchu Dynasty, even the Duke of Cheng, Zhu Fu, and Duke of Ding Xu Yongning, who have always had a good relationship with him, don’t look good at this time .

These nobles are actually all of the same urine, they can only enter but not exit.

Especially in the Ming Dynasty, these military generals and nobles did not have any right to speak, and the literati had the final say in the court, so they cared more about their own property, and there were often shameless people like nobles and relatives of the emperor. Ask for a reward from above.

The most shameless of the Hongzhi Dynasty in this regard are naturally the two brothers Zhang Yanling, the uncle of Jianchang, and Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning. They either asked the emperor for salt, land, or rewards. The typical Grandet style of only entering but not exiting people.

I don’t have any political appeals, and it’s impossible to have any appeals, so I take the little things in my hand very seriously. In today’s early court, these are the first money and the grain. All of them are as uncomfortable as cutting flesh. Naturally, he would not give Zhang Mao any good looks.

Just when Zhang Mao was about to leave, Xiao Huangmen hurried over and called Zhang Mao, and conveyed the will of Emperor Hongzhi, asking him to discuss matters with the three cabinet ministers, six ministers and other important officials in the court.

"It's not a good time."

Zhang Mao complained in his heart. In the past, this kind of discussion had never been done by military generals and nobles. Now he called himself over. This is not to roast himself on the fire, but it is impossible not to go. Soon, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Ma Wensheng, Zhang Mao and others came to the Qianqing Palace of Emperor Hongzhi.

In the past, after the early dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi would leave the court ministers to discuss state affairs. Everyone is used to it, and they are not unfamiliar at all.

But this time, Zhang Mao, a noble general, was added this time, and everyone felt that there was something wrong, especially Zhou Jing didn't have a good face towards Zhang Mao, and he was far away from Zhang Mao. The look of bitterness and hatred.

As for Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and the others, they were all in deep thought. The Emperor Hongzhi would not call Zhang Mao here for no reason. If it was just this time, it would be fine.

However, a practice has been formed so slowly, which means that the status of military generals has begun to rise sharply, and the power in the hands of civil servants will be threatened. This is not in the interests of civil servants.

The crowd didn't wait long, and Emperor Hongzhi came over, motioning the crowd not to be too polite, and sat down and spoke slowly.

"Zhou Jing, we raised [-] million taels of silver today, plus [-] dans of food, should be enough for this disaster relief?"

Unsurprisingly, Emperor Hongzhi first talked about disaster relief in the three northern provinces. This matter is indeed imminent now, and the victims of the disaster are in urgent need of relief.

"Your Majesty's grace is mighty, and the government has worked together to raise enough money and food. This time the disaster relief must be enough."

Zhou Jing immediately got up and replied, although it was very painful when donating money and food, but at this moment he felt that his housekeeper of the Ming Dynasty suddenly became rich, and he had never been able to hold [-] million in his hands like today Two silver.

This is a very large sum of money.

You must know that in the past, even if there was a famine, the imperial court allocated two to three hundred thousand taels of silver for disaster relief.

He had already planned in his mind, and used about half a million taels of silver to buy food to relieve the victims, and the remaining half a million taels of silver could be used to enrich the treasury, which was regarded as non-operating income.

"That's good. Then I will hand over the purchase of food to your household department. We must collect enough food as soon as possible to send to various regions, and provide food relief as soon as possible, so that the victims can tide over the difficulties."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded in satisfaction, in a good mood.

Although he felt a little heartbroken about the [-] taels of silver that he took out, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all donated it. Naturally, he, the emperor, had to express it. In addition to the dividends from Xishan Coal Industry, Xiao Houzhao of Zhu Houzhao Glass Factory Respect, his pocket is also bulging.

In the past, it was absolutely impossible for him to generously hand out half a million silver at one time. It would be considered astonishing to be able to hand out more than one hundred and two hundred thousand taels of silver. After all, this money is really hard-won. The emperor is also poor.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi thought of Liu Jin and this young man. Now that Emperor Hongzhi's pockets are bulging, his waist is naturally hardened, and he has the confidence to do something. It's all because of that young man.

I was also thinking in my heart when I must find an opportunity to give a good reward.

Because the matter of money and food has been resolved, there are not many things to discuss next, nothing more than how to use this money and food for disaster relief, to prevent corruption and embezzlement from below, and so on.

During this discussion, Emperor Hongzhi also named Zhang Mao again and asked him to express his views. At the same time, he also praised Zhang Mao a lot.

Soon, the discussion was over, and everyone went back to work according to Emperor Hongzhi's instructions.

"Father, did I hit the mark?"

Zhu Houzhao, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, found Emperor Hongzhi as soon as the ministers left, and said proudly.

"Yes, exactly as you said."

When the father and son were together, the smile on Emperor Hongzhi's face was also put away, and he said very solemnly, and then told Zhu Houzhao everything that happened in the morning.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect the old man, the British Duke, to be so smart."

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Zhu Houzhao's impression of Zhang Mao changed all of a sudden. In the past, Zhang Mao felt like an old man with no sense of existence. Unexpectedly, this time it played a big role.

(End of this chapter)