Daming reckless man

Chapter 499 The Difficulties of the Ministry of Household

Zhang Hao had just arrived at the household department, and Sun Yingkui, the secretary of the household department, immediately pulled Zhang Hao to sit down and said that he still wanted to find Zhang Hao.

"Why?" Zhang Hao looked at Sun Yingkui puzzled.

"Look, our household department is really poor, and now we all rely on the emperor to give us money. This year, the emperor exempts the world from taxes. Of course, we can still receive a lot of commercial taxes, but we are still poor. We were short-lived before. The money I got now is also to make up for the shortfall before.
No, we want to discuss with you, that is, the tax on Xuanhua, and the salt, you can directly hand it over to our household department instead of asking us to go to the emperor for approval, do you think it will work? " Sun Yingkui looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"Hiss!~ I said Sun Shangshu, you are wrong, now the money belongs to your household department, it just needs to be approved by the emperor, not that the emperor embezzled this money for other purposes!" Zhang Hao looked at Sun Yingkui and asked .

"Hey, that's what I said, but for some small money, we also go to the emperor for approval, which will delay the matter, so we are thinking now, wouldn't it be better to hand it directly to our household department?" Sun Yingkui looked at it with a sigh Followed by Zhang Hao and said.

"Well, I said Sun Shangshu, the emperor has given you money for a year, so it can't be now, will you have no money?" Zhang Hao immediately stared at Sun Yingkui and asked.

"How can there be any money? Isn't the court's expenditure too big now?" Sun Yingkui immediately shook his head and said, Zhang Hao looked at Sun Yingkui when he heard it. There are still three months before the Chinese New Year, and they spent all the money for a year ,
Moreover, the taxes from Xuanhua and salt were increased. Although they didn't get all of them, Jiajing also approved some, which was more than what they asked for before. Now they have no money. , where did that money go.

"My lord, you don't know. The money from the Ministry of Civil Affairs is really useless. We made up for last year's deficit of more than 130 million taels. There is no way. It is impossible not to give money to others. What will happen when we need money? Do? Right?

For salt, we got 100 million taels now, and for Xuanhua, we got 80 taels. In fact, we got 50 taels more. This money is not much, and it was not enough in previous years. Officials know that our household department has money, so they come to apply for money, and we can't do it if we don't give it! "Sun Yingkui said to Zhang Hao.

"That's not right. My three workshops have increased taxes by 100 million taels this year. Your household department took them away. You didn't have them before. You have no money. They are engaged in woolen yarn, I guess. , There is another corruption down there, I really don’t have time to investigate, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate doesn’t know what they are doing, so I don’t want to investigate!” Zhang Hao said to Sun Yingkui while sitting there.

"Hey, I don't dare to say no, there must be some, but it's true that our household department has no money now, so we still hope that you can talk to the emperor and give us these, is it possible?" Sun Yingkui looked Then Zhang Hao asked.

"Don't ask me, the emperor probably won't agree. The money has already been given to you. Are you still like this? When the emperor finds out, he will be even more angry. Maybe another official from the household department will be investigated. Can you Think it through!" Zhang Hao immediately stared at Sun Yingkui and said.

"That's right, eh, now I don't know what to do now. It's not good to ask for money. The emperor will also ask. Now the only business tax comes, otherwise, it will be troublesome!" Sun Yingkui said with a sigh.

"You'd better tell those officials not to mention this matter in front of the emperor, otherwise, I guess there will be an investigation. I don't want to investigate the case, but when it comes to my hands, I have to. Anyway, you Think it over yourself!" Zhang Hao said to Sun Yingkui with a smile.

"Understood, my lord, but you still ask me from the side. Of course, I also know that if you agree, the emperor may also agree, but, hey!" Sun Yingkui looked at Zhang Hao and said, he knew If Zhang Hao said he would give them Zhang Hao's energy, there would be no problem with Jiajing, but if Zhang Hao didn't let go, then Jiajing would definitely not agree.

"But it's not a crime, right? You know how corrupt those officials are now. If the money is handed over to you, it's estimated that nothing will be left for the whole year, and it's still not enough money to spend, right?" Zhang Hao said with a smile. Follow Sun Yingkui and said.

"Hey!" Sun Yingkui nodded with a wry smile,
Soon, some officials calculated Zhang Hao’s salary. All the salary added up was about 5000 taels of silver. Zhang Hao took the money and left. The officials of the household department were very surprised. Zhang Hao’s salary was too high. Less than a year, it is 5000 taels of silver, and none of their officials have 200 taels of silver after working for a year.

"So many positions are paid for their salaries, the emperor is too partial!" A head of the household department, sitting there, said very jealously, Zhang Hao has five or six positions, and the salary of Lord Hou is also quite a lot. ,

In addition, in recent months, the emperor gave Zhang Hao 500 taels more every month, and the officials of the household department did not know what the 500 taels were for. Anyway, Jiajing said that he would give it, and now they can only give it.

Zhang Hao took the money and left quickly, while Sun Yingkui sat there thinking about it. Now the household department really has no money. In the whole warehouse, there is no 20 taels in total, and there is still three months of salary. It is obviously not enough. If there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, it is probably not enough. This year is not a disaster year. At least, there is no army to quell the chaos, and the cost is much less, but the money is gone!
"My lord, for this matter, we still need to go to the emperor to see if we can transfer 100 million taels from the emperor. Why should we give us the money for the border tax?" A servant looked at Sun Yingkui and asked. .

"How to ask? What is the reason to ask? Is it the reason that there is no money? In addition, those accounts should be cleared up now. If they are not cleared up, the emperor will investigate it later, but it will be terrible. How corrupt are the officials below? Rotten? Don't think that I don't know!" Sun Yingkui said angrily while sitting there.

"Yes, my lord, otherwise let the Metropolitan Procuratorate investigate some people and their property, and then our household department will have money, otherwise, when the emperor comes to investigate, the money will enter the emperor's hands. Especially in this case, why don't we check it ourselves!" the servant said.

"Who are you going to investigate, who do you dare to investigate, those who dare to corrupt, who are not in the court, do you really think that the people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate are blind, really don't know?" Sun Yingkui looked at the servant and said ,

The servant heard it, and sat down speechlessly. Now that the household department has no money, they are indeed in a dilemma.

"Tomorrow, I'll go to the cabinet and let the cabinet find a solution. If you don't have money, you can't do it!" Sun Yingkui said while sitting there,

And after Zhang Hao received the money, he went to his new mansion, and saw that the construction is almost done now, and several buildings are the same as his own design, but the glass has not been installed yet, and the glass of the whole mansion is not. I haven't pretended yet, just waiting for Zhang Hao to pull the glass back.

"Young master, are you here?" A person in charge here saw Zhang Hao approaching, and immediately asked.

"The only thing missing is the glass. I'll have the workshop ship it over and install it all!" Zhang Hao said to the manager.

"That's right, the glass hasn't been installed properly, we dare not get those furniture here, for fear of being drenched by the rain!" The manager nodded and said.

"Well, okay, I will arrange it when the time comes. I have no opinion on the others, not bad!" Zhang Hao nodded and said, for ancient buildings, Zhang Hao still likes them very much, many of them are log buildings, antique, Zhang Hao likes it very much.

"Yes, young master, young master, do you think there is anything else that needs to be added to the garden? We specially invited craftsmen from Suzhou to build it. They also brought the Taihu Stone. It is very beautiful. What else do you think needs to be done?" Continue to speak to Zhang Hao.

"No, my elder brother thinks there is no problem, then there is no problem!" Zhang Hao said to the manager.

"Yes, young master!" The manager nodded and said, while Zhang Hao continued to look at the entire mansion. The mansion covers an area of ​​more than 150 acres, including 18 courtyards of various types. There are gardens between the yards, and there are gardens and The pond cost a lot of money. Zhang Hao was very satisfied when he saw it. It’s just that it’s autumn now, and many jobs have already lost their leaves, so the effect can’t be seen. It will be beautiful in midsummer.
Zhang Hao didn't return to the British government until noon. When he got home, he gave Xu Shiyun the money from his salary.

"Husband, there is still money at home!" Xu Shiyun took the money, looked at Zhang Hao and said, she still has a lot of money!

"I know, this is my salary, it must be handed over to my family, you take it!" Zhang Hao said to Xu Shiyun.

"Oh, have you visited the new mansion?" Xu Shiyun asked after hearing what Zhang Hao said.

"Look, it's not bad, it's really good, I can't see what's missing for a while, and I'll build it when I find out!" Zhang Hao explained to Xu Shiyun.

"Yes, anyway, it's fine if the husband agrees. Daddy said, let us move there in the twelfth lunar month. Then we need to celebrate the New Year in the new mansion!" Xu Shiyun looked at Zhang Hao and said.

"Okay, move there when the time comes. Also, tell your mother if you need to buy some maids. If you need to buy them, you can buy them and train them earlier. You can do this yourself!" Zhang Hao said to Xu Shiyun,
There is definitely a need for maids at the new mansion, and maids also need to be investigated and known. There are two types of maids, one is girls from common people's homes near the capital, who come to work in the mansion, and the other is someone who sells their daughters Well, if you buy it from the family, you will be a member of the family in the future. When you marry, you will also marry from the family. Of course, you will also marry the family soldiers of the family.

(End of this chapter)