Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 409, donation frenzy
Here in the Golden Luan Hall of the Imperial Palace in the capital, Emperor Hongzhi and all the civil and military officials were going to the early court to discuss the battle with the Tartars.

"Your Majesty, the silver is no longer enough~"

Zhou Jing reported to Emperor Hongzhi with a dark face that five hundred thousand taels of silver seemed to be a lot, but when it was actually spent and used for war, it was discovered that the five hundred thousand taels of silver was really like being sprinkled with water. There is no more, but at this time the three-way army has been activated, and the arrow is on the string, so it has to be launched, which means that more money must be invested in it.

Obviously, this time, even if Zhou Jing didn't want to take out the pocket of the treasury anymore, he still had to take some out, but the bulk still had to come from Emperor Hongzhi.

"what?"

"The five hundred thousand taels of silver are gone?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, and asked with his eyes wide open.

"Yes, Your Majesty, all of them have been used up. The three armies total [-]. According to the rules, it is not enough for the armies alone to mobilize them. What's more, they also need to produce weapons, armor, etc."

"Five hundred thousand taels of silver is simply not enough."

Zhou Jing said helplessly, once the war started, there would be ten thousand taels of gold. Since ancient times, wars have been extremely expensive.

"If it's not enough, I'll give another one million taels from my internal funds."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his expression became ugly. Five hundred thousand taels of silver had already been put in, and it was impossible to say that it would be thrown away now, so he gritted his teeth and took out another one million taels of silver.

"Your Majesty Shengming~"

When all the courtiers heard this, they immediately said in unison.

"Your Majesty, this is the latest Daming Morning Post~"

At this time, a little yellow door hurried to the side of the Golden Luan Hall, handed a newspaper to Xiao Jing, and whispered something in his ear, Xiao Jing's eyes lit up slightly, and hurriedly took the newspaper to Emperor Hongzhi side said.

Originally, such a small matter as the Ming Morning Post was not worth mentioning in such an important place, but the things published in the newspaper were too important, so he had to report it to Emperor Hongzhi now.

Emperor Hongzhi took the newspaper and read it carefully, and the ministers below looked at each other one by one, full of curiosity, what kind of moth did the Ming Morning Post make, and the matter came to the Golden Palace.

"Okay~ Daming will win!"

Emperor Hongzhi read it very quickly, and then he couldn't help standing up excitedly.

Seeing Emperor Hongzhi's excited expression, all the ministers became even more curious about what happened to make Emperor Hongzhi so happy, and even called out the words that Ming would win.

To be honest, the ministers in the DPRK and China are basically not optimistic about this battle. Everyone thinks that this battle may be lost, and it is very likely that they will lose miserably, and even shake the country of Ming Dynasty.

Even Emperor Hongzhi had no confidence in his heart, but now he shouted that Ming Dynasty must win, which made everyone even more curious.

"Xiao Jing, read the contents of the newspaper to everyone~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the curious eyes of the crowd, smiled and said to Xie Jin, he was also full of confidence at this time, and felt that Ming would win this battle.

"Yes~"

Xiao Jing took the newspaper respectfully, cleared his throat slightly and began to read.

"In order to support the frontline fight against the Tartars, the Prince of Ming Dynasty launched a fundraising campaign for the entire Ming Dynasty. Those who have the money will contribute money, those who are capable will contribute, and those who have supplies will contribute supplies. We, the Ming Dynasty, are united and we will win this battle!"

"His Royal Highness donated one million taels of silver to support the frontline~"

"Liu Jin and Liu Hanlin donated [-] taels of silver~"

"The Miyun Iron Works announced that it would provide [-] sets of armor, [-] pieces of weapons, and [-] artillery pieces to the frontline soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."

"The Beijing Glass Factory announced a donation of one million taels of silver to support the frontline~"

"Tianjin Cement Plant announces to donate [-] taels of silver and [-] barrels of cement to the front line~"

"Tianjin Port announced a donation of [-] taels of silver and [-] catties of dried salted fish to the front line~"

"The First Bank of Ming Dynasty announced a donation of [-] silver dollars~"

"..."

As Xiao Jing read out the donations one by one, the entire Golden Luan Hall became silent, and everyone's eyes widened, a little unbelievable.

But soon, all these ministers were like Emperor Hongzhi, the worries in their hearts disappeared all of a sudden, and they were all like Emperor Hongzhi in their hearts. With such a year, the Ming Dynasty will surely win!

"This... How many taels of silver are there all of a sudden?"

Zhou Jingwei was a little dumbfounded, just a moment ago, he was still worrying about the money, but when Xiao Jing finished reading, he calculated slightly, the donation alone was almost five million taels of silver, such a huge The numbers are dizzying.

"Da Ming will win!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Jing couldn't help but clenched his fists and shouted loudly.

It is easy to do things with money, as long as there is money, everything is not a problem, as for the Tartars, what is it, Zhou Jing is thinking like this in his mind at this moment.

"Da Ming will win!"

When Emperor Hongzhi saw Zhou Jing shouting out, he also clenched his fists and shouted. At this time, he no longer cared about the etiquette of the king.

"Da Ming will win!"

Xiao Jing also followed suit.

The other ministers also shouted out one by one, some noble generals and some bloody civil servants were equally excited, and roared at the top of their voices, and the entire Golden Temple resounded with a neat roar, so that the guards guarding outside , the eunuchs in the palace, etc. all became curious, not knowing what happened in the Golden Luan Hall, where the emperor and ministers were roaring.

"This is my great fortune, the blessing of the country~"

"Since the crown prince and many of my companies in Ming Dynasty have expressed their intentions, I have no choice but to express them. I have decided to take out another one million taels of silver from the internal funds, plus the one million taels of silver I just promised. Two million taels of silver come out, and my Ming will definitely win this battle!"

When the Golden Luan Palace was quiet, Emperor Hongzhi also said with a smile on his face, this time, he didn't feel bad at all, and took out one million taels of silver as soon as he said it, full of confidence in his heart, this stop will surely win.

Hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said, all the ministers looked at each other, Zhang Mao stood up first and said: "Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince serve the country and the people, this is the blessing of our great Ming country and society."

"This battle is related to the fate of our Ming Dynasty, and I am willing to donate [-] taels of silver to support the front line. Ming will surely win!"

"Okay~ British Duke is worthy of being the pillar of our Ming Dynasty."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard it, he immediately praised happily, the British Duke is still very smart, and he knew what to do with just one look.

"I am also willing to donate five hundred thousand taels of silver~"

At this time, Duke Ding Xu Yongning also stood up and expressed his opinion.

"I am also willing to donate five hundred thousand taels of silver~"

Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu also stood up and said.

As the three of them stood up to express their views, the other generals and nobles were even more active. In this matter, as long as they are smart people, they will know what to do.

They are military generals Xungui, they can be regarded as representatives of the Ming military, this battle is related to the fate of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone else donated, so there is no reason for them not to donate.

"I am willing to donate one hundred thousand taels of silver~"

Even Jianchang Bo and Shou Ninghou, who have always been stingy, stood up and expressed their opinions. Although they were heartbroken, they knew clearly that money was not the most important thing at this time.

"I am willing to donate one hundred thousand taels of silver..."

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian was very embarrassed at this time. Although he was quite rich, how could he compare with Zhang Mao and Zhu Fu.

Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, and Xu Yongning, the three princes of the state, also followed Liu Jin to set up a lot of profitable industries, so each of them was rich and powerful, and some of them were silver, and they were able to donate [-] taels of silver at once.

But he, Liu Jian, is not good. He doesn't have much property, so naturally he doesn't have Zhang Mao and Zhu Fu's wealth and wealth, so he can't just donate [-] taels of silver all at once.

But he is the head of the cabinet and the head of the civil servants. The military generals and honorable groups all donated large sums of money. He, the head of the civil servants, has to make a statement, so shaking his head is also a donation. One hundred thousand taels of silver.

After speaking, Liu Jian couldn't help but feel heartbroken. It's not that he can't get out the one hundred thousand taels of silver, but after donating the one hundred thousand taels of silver, he doesn't have much wealth.

"It seems that in the future, we still need to learn from Zhang Mao and others, and also learn from Liu Jin, so as to build more industries, otherwise it will be really embarrassing at this time."

Liu Jian couldn't help thinking this way in his heart, of course he knew why Zhang Mao and others were so arrogant, because they were rich and self-willed, and it didn't hurt at all to throw hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Of course, it wasn't just Liu Jian who was heartbroken. Following Liu Jian's statement, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhou Jing, Ma Wensheng and other civil servants had to follow suit.

Casually speaking, at least tens of thousands of taels of silver must be donated, otherwise I would be really sorry for my identity, but once the tens of thousands of taels of silver are donated, everyone can't help but feel heartbroken. It's better, it's a bit uncomfortable for those who don't have money.

"Okay~ I, Da Ming, are united and united, this battle will definitely be won!"

As the ministers expressed their opinions one by one, the smile on Emperor Hongzhi's face became wider. Just a little statistics, the money donated by the ministers above the court is almost five million taels. Kill the Tartars who went south.

"Da Ming will win~"

"Da Ming will win!"

The ministers also shouted together, whether they shouted excitedly or shouted heartbroken, in short, the entire Golden Luan Palace echoed their voices. At this time, no one thought that this battle would be lost, and everyone was very confident , all firmly believe that this battle, Ming will win.

Ministers above the imperial court are expressing their donations one after another, and donations are also in full swing in the streets and alleys of the capital and Tianjin.

　Will it be a bit of a nonsense to write?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)