Daming reckless man

Chapter 519
The next morning, Zhang Hao got up very early, and rode to the outside of Yuxi Palace. After arriving at Yuxi Palace, he found that Jiajing had come out, and Zhang Hao also went there immediately.

"Well, why didn't you go to Fengtian Hall?" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"Ah, I still want to come here, to accompany you, Father, I'm still a bodyguard!" Zhang Hao looked at Jiajing and said.

"Oh, yes, okay, let's go together, we will go up to Fengtian Hall later, it's very cold over there, are you dressed enough?" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao and asked, and at the same time got into the sedan chair, those eunuchs carried Jiajing over there .

"It's a lot of clothes, why isn't there a stove over there?" Zhang Hao immediately asked Jiajing.

"I don't pretend, I just hope they can calm down and deal with the affairs of the court calmly. I can bear it, can't they?" Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao and asked,

Zhang Hao twitched his lips when he heard this, thinking that something is wrong, must he torture himself?Then Zhang Hao accompanied Jiajing to the Fengtian Hall. After seeing Jiajing entering the Fengtian Hall, Zhang Hao also walked to where the ministers were, and the ministers were already waiting here.

"I have seen the emperor, long live my emperor!" The ministers saw Jiajing sitting on the dragon chair, and immediately cupped their hands and said,

"Exemption from courtesy. Today is the court, and the lord is Ai Qing, can you tell me something?" Jiajing sat there and said,
And Zhang Hao stood at the forefront of those ministers. There was no way, Lord Hou, there were no nobles to come to the court today, and the prince did not. In terms of status, he had the highest status. Then there were some cabinet ministers. On the other side, since he is honorable, he is naturally a general.

"The emperor has something to report. The emperor said that the money for salt and customs duties should be handed over to our household department to make a plan. Our household department also submitted the memorial, and many ministers also submitted it. Memorial, I don’t know if the emperor has considerations?” Sun Yingkui, Minister of the Household Department, immediately stood up and said to Jiajing.

"Well, I'm still considering this matter!" Jiajing sat there and said.

"Your Majesty, the account is about to be settled. The Ministry of Accounting also needs to plan for next year. If there is not enough money, the Ministry of Accounting will not dare to make plans! Please allow the emperor to agree!" Sun Yingkui cupped his hands again and said.

"Your majesty, this minister also means the same thing. Since I have agreed to give the money to the household department, the household department has also submitted a plan, and I ask the emperor to consider it!" Wang Bangrui also stood up and said with cupped hands.

"Your majesty, I second the proposal!" Ma Chenrui also stood up and said with cupped hands.

"Minister seconding!" Zhou Yan also stood up, followed by Zhang Jing and Yu Dafang, 7 cabinet ministers and 5 seconders, already forcing Jiajing to make a decision,

And they agreed, and the civil servants below immediately stood up and said that they seconded the proposal. Zhang Hao stood there and looked at it. Almost two-thirds of the ministers agreed, and the same was true among the ministers or the six heads. Song didn't stand up, Hu Song has always belonged to Xu Jie's faction, and Ouyang De, the person in charge of the Ministry of Rites, also stood up and agreed.

Jiajing is very angry at the moment, this is the minister of Ming Dynasty, they are staring at the money, hoping to control the money, their plan, Jiajing saw it, very dissatisfied.At this moment, Jiajing looked at Zhang Hao helplessly. There was no way. With so many ministers, Jiajing sometimes needed to compromise. At that time, there must be chaos.

Seeing Jiajing's eyes looking over, Zhang Hao immediately understood that it was time to start it himself.

"I said, what are you seconding? I didn't even understand what the plans you wrote before were!" Zhang Hao said to the ministers standing there at the moment.

Those ministers were also dumbfounded. They didn't expect Zhang Hao to be able to speak. They thought that Zhang Hao was in the capital, and he was a general, escorting Jiajing over, so they stood here and listened. When Jiajing left, he also needed to escort Jiajing back. , Now that Zhang Hao spoke suddenly, those people were a little confused.

"Well, Marquis Lu An, what do you mean?" Sun Yingkui immediately stared at Zhang Hao and asked in confusion.

"Let me ask you, what are your plans? The Ministry of War needs to start with an increase of 300 million taels. What, who has a plan? Is it going to fight the Tatars, or completely wipe out the Japanese pirates? Is there a plan? Is there a guarantee? No?" Zhang Hao looked at Wang Bangrui while talking.

"Marquis Lu An, what you said is that the Ministry of War needs to train the troops. Of course, it needs to increase the expenditure of the family, and those armors and weapons need to be updated. An increase of 300 million taels a year is not too much, right?" Wang Bangrui stared at Zhang Hao and asked. .

"It's not too much. Although I am a general, I know that the 300 million taels are being used in the army. It would be good if it can exceed 50 taels. Look at the plan of your Ministry of War. The salaries of the officers of the Ministry of War will be increased by five." times,
If your salary increases by five times, then your bonus will need to increase by five times. As Minister of the Ministry of War, your annual salary is equivalent to about 800 taels of silver, and the bonus is about 4000 taels. Anyway, we don’t know how those bonuses are calculated. just how much there are,
If you increase it by five times, your annual salary will exceed 2 taels, and the two servants in Jiajing are probably about the same. And those officials, the officials of the Ministry of War, will need to increase their expenditure by about 50 taels a year, 300 million taels, For those of you who sit here drinking tea, you took away one-sixth, am I wrong? "Zhang Hao stood there and questioned Wang Bangrui.

"Well, the salary of officials is already low, and the increase in salary is just to hope that everyone will work hard!" Wang Bangrui looked at Zhang Hao very angrily at the moment and said.

"Nonsense, isn't the salary of 800 taels not enough for you? Who are you lying to? Ordinary people spend only 2 taels of silver a year at home. You have 800 taels and a bonus of 4000 taels. Isn't that enough?

Including the gifts from your subordinates during the holidays, your family’s annual income exceeds 1 taels, and you still don’t have enough expenses. Let’s say that there is a sixth-rank chief in the Ministry of War, and the annual salary plus bonus is almost 1000 taels. Isn’t that enough?Ok? Zhang Hao stared at Wang Bangrui and continued to ask.

Wang Bangrui was very angry, but he didn't know how to refute Zhang Hao's words. If he had to say enough, it must be enough.However, who would dislike having too much money? The point is that their military department will increase their expenditure by 300 million taels this time. He actually doesn't know how to arrange it, so he has to find a way.

"I thought your Ministry of War needed 300 million taels. It was because you were going to fight, to get rid of the Tatars. I didn't expect that you just wanted to enjoy life. 50 taels is enough for five large armies to spend on the border for a year. How expensive is this? You guys are really good at it!" Zhang Hao stared at Wang Bangrui and said.Wang Bangrui blushed with anger.

"There is another 250 million taels. Look at your plan. What about increasing the cold clothes of the border soldiers, increasing the repair of the frontier fortresses, and increasing the food supply of the border soldiers? Are you talking nonsense with me?

The fort needs several 10 taels to repair every year. Now the frontier army, who doesn’t give out two sets of clothes and quilts to keep out the cold, there is a stove in the tent, and a lot of money is spent on firewood. Why, no?Are the soldiers on the front line still suffering from the cold?If not, I will check the account of your military department!" Zhang Hao immediately said to Wang Bangrui.

"Well, Marquis Lu An, this plan is indeed hasty!" Immediately, Sun Yingkui said.

"Rush, are you kidding me? This involves 2000 million taels of silver. You say rush, but you have all kinds of ideas in order to ask for this money, right? And your household department? Come on, say, What did your household department do this year, come on?
The actual expenditure of the Ministry of Households last year was 1100 million taels. Among them, the Tatars attacked the capital and spent an additional 200 million taels. Ministry expenditure is 200 million taels. At the beginning of this year, the emperor gave you 50 million taels, and the commercial tax was more than 650 million taels.
The emperor exempted the people from taxes, but the commercial tax was still collected. In addition, you applied for 150 million taels from the emperor, and the actual expenditure this year was 1050 million taels. Let me ask you, what did you do this year?This year, there are no palaces and river repairs. Last year, the expenditure was 210 million taels. How much is the expenditure this year?It seems to be 300 million taels, which is an increase of 50 taels. I just want to ask you, where did the money go?Ok? Zhang Hao stared at Sun Yingkui and questioned,

Sun Yingkui was in a cold sweat at the moment, and the officials in the household department were sweating on their backs.Then Zhang Hao cupped his hands to Jiajing and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that there is still a deficit of 100 million taels?"

"Well, I have already applied, but I haven't approved it yet!" Jiajing nodded and said.

"The expenditure of 1150 million taels, okay, money, there are no bandits in Tatar this year, and there are no people making troubles in the Ming Dynasty, and the southeast coast is fighting Japanese pirates. This year, you still owe people food and grass. I just want to ask , Where does the money go, who will tell me? Well, you are lavish, and you don’t have enough money to spend, just stare at the money controlled by the emperor, you can do it!” Zhang Hao shouted, staring at the ministers.

"Lu Anhou, it's too late. The Ministry of Household Affairs has done a lot of things this year. For example, we also paid for the application of various state capitals. In previous years, we didn't have it. But this year we gave it all, just to let them take care of themselves. Govern the region!" Ouyang De, the left servant of the household department, immediately said to Zhang Hao.

"Oh, how much space has been used and how much has increased, is there a record?" Zhang Hao stared at Ouyang De and continued to ask.

"Here, the Ministry of Accounting hasn't settled the accounts yet, so there is no total!" Ouyang De was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said.

(End of this chapter)