Ming Zuo

Chapter 1432 Desperate
Hearing that Zuo Menggeng planned to open the Forbidden City to the public, Cao Huachun suffered a huge shock.

"Your Majesty clearly learned that the imperial palace is a place where the royal spirit gathers and where all the people look up to. How can it be like a busy street where people can come and go? In this way, where is the majesty of the royal family?"

Zuo Menggeng helped him up again.

"Hehe, our imperial family doesn't live here, what's the influence of being majestic or not?"

He pointed to the magnificent Forbidden City and expressed his thoughts.

"Look, such a large palace group requires a huge amount of money every year just for maintenance. Isn't it the situation of Ming Dynasty if it only relies on state financial appropriations in the long run? Instead of this, it is better to open this place so that all people in the world can Browsing and sightseeing. Tickets, peripherals and other items can also be a source of income, reducing the financial burden on the country.”

Hearing him use Daming as a metaphor, many people present changed their minds.

Especially in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the financial constraints made many people unforgettable.

Why did Ming Dynasty die?

Faint monarchs and ministers, extravagant suzerains and vassals, land annexation, natural and man-made disasters, etc., are actually just appearances.

When the shocking news came, Zuo Menggeng's eyes immediately turned red.

But Zuo Menggeng did.

The outside world generally talks about the expenses of the suzerain vassal, and they don't have an overall impression of the expenses of the palace.

One million taels!

The Eastern Front is clearly out of the question.

Following Zuo Menggeng's order, this army that the Manchu Qing relied on will face the vortex of national war.

"Cao Gong, I haven't seen you for many years, and I haven't thanked you for saving my life yet!"

Azige was impatient and a little undecided.

Zuo Menggeng handed over the matter to Qian Qianyi.

Although most of the expenses are maintained by industries such as Huangzhuang, if these industries are acquired, aren't they still competing for profits with the people?
Now the Forbidden City is vacant, which saves a lot of personnel expenses, but it is not enough to maintain the building without 100 million yuan a year.

Since you want to run away, avoid chasing soldiers to catch up and wipe out the back road.

Just thinking about it makes Zuo Menggeng's head hurt.

The news of the massacre of the city by the Qing army spread, and the people in Xinye, Nanyang and other places in front of them all ran away after hearing the news.

Qian Qianyi stepped forward and looked at Cao Huachun, as if it was really an old friend meeting, and he was very sad.

Knowing the advance speed of the National Defense Forces, the generals of the Qing army were extremely helpless.

Cao Huachun was also very happy to see his old friend.

Everyone felt his anger and dared not persuade him.

Because the Central Plains strategic cluster has already entered the boundary of Kaifeng Prefecture, it will definitely be ahead of them.

"Mu Zhaigong, you and Mr. Cao are old friends, and this matter is under the management of your department. Talk to each other and come up with a suitable plan."

Is it feasible to divert to this era?

Further ahead, Ruzhou Prefecture, Henan Prefecture and other places are also clearing the fields with strong walls.

The Confucius Museum is like this, isn’t the Forbidden City more attractive?
When Zuo Menggeng explained everything clearly, everyone suddenly realized, and they were all very moved.

As for the atrocities committed by Azig and Duoduo, everyone felt that no amount of punishment could be too severe.

When Qian Qianyi went to the wild and returned to his hometown, Zhou Yanru still didn't let him go, insisting on killing him.

The Confucius Museum in Qufu no longer needs financial support from the state and can be self-financed.

At the critical moment when Sun Chengzong built the Liaodong defense line, Emperor Tianqi even did not hesitate to destroy the strategic decision in order to rebuild the three halls.

After all, the empire was built on the basis of business. Anything that can make money, the high-level officials are very supportive.

Regardless of how they discussed, Zuo Menggeng said to Zhang Yan: "It's hard to come back once, and I don't know when the next time will be. Go back to the place where you used to live, and bring anything you can't bear. From now on This is a museum, and it’s impossible to take it away.”

Hou Xun and others will definitely not agree to let the empire pay this money for no reason.

"Tell Huang Sanhu to beat him to death."

Dodo's eyes were full of fierce light.

Lu Ping once made a statistics in private.

The head of the Ministry of Culture must not be bad at doing such a thing.

Then let the operators of the palace sell some peripheral products, maybe it will be enough to support themselves.

In addition, the huge imperial palace, the royal family plus the eunuchs, maids, guards, and daily maintenance and operation costs are actually quite astonishing.

They didn't know that the Military Intelligence Bureau was already operating in Henan.

But when the bad news came, Azig and Duoduo were shocked.

Financial collapse.

In a normal year, excluding all kinds of major projects, the annual expenditure of the palace exceeds 1000 million taels.

Another thing is that most of the territory of Kaifeng Prefecture is a flooded area, and the roads are muddy and difficult to walk. They are also afraid that they will not be able to get out if they get stuck.

There is only one way.

There is only one core reason.

It can be said that Cao Huachun was his savior.

People in this era are more in awe and yearning for imperial power.

But they didn't know that their actions had caused earth-shattering consequences.

Zuo Menggeng couldn't be more clear about the annual revenue of the Palace Museum of later generations.

And the consumption of the Forbidden City in front of the country's finances is obvious to all.

The data really scared Zuo Menggeng enough.

There is no one who does not like the ability to reduce the country's financial consumption on a large scale.

"What should we do now?"

"Your Majesty, when Azig and Duoduo evacuated from Xiangyang, they actually massacred the city. All the people in the city were killed."

Azige and Duoduo entered the territory of Henan, but they couldn't even find a grain of food.

"It turned out to be Mr. Qian. From now on, he will beg for food under Mr. Qian's command. Please take care of him."

Azig and Duoduo are still adhering to the old tactics.

It sure works.

Zhang Yan had already seen Liang Fa running fast, and knowing that there was a military and national event, she went inside accompanied by Xu Ruolin.

After all, the previous Confucius Museum has already opened a good example.

Just when the two of them led the army to besiege Li Zicheng, Liang Yue, who had originally retreated to Gansu, made a comeback.Xi'an was captured in just ten days, and now they are in Shangzhou, blocking their way to enter Shaanxi.

Forced to do nothing, Qian Qianyi had no choice but to follow Cao Huachun's path to save his life.

That is, the Forbidden City creates its own income.

After deliberation, Azig and Duoduo decided to go to Shangzhou and Lantian and go northward to Shaanxi to avoid the attack of the National Defense Forces.

"The Chinese army has already reached Xuzhou, and they will be able to capture Jiaxian at the latest in the day after tomorrow. By then, we will have nowhere to go."

If you have a chance, you can enter the place where the emperor once lived. As long as the tickets are not too exaggerated, I believe there will be countless people flocking to it.

If it succeeds, no matter how fast the Wehrmacht advances, it is impossible to catch up with them.

Azig and Duoduo did not dare to go in the direction of Kaifeng Mansion.

"Then attack Shangzhou by force. How capable is he, Liang Yue, who dares to stop my army from advancing?"

Because of the victory over Li Zicheng, Duoduo looked down on the peasant army very much.

He didn't think Liang Yue would be better than Li Zicheng.

Even if Liang Yue seized Wuguan, he had an absolute geographical advantage.

(End of this chapter)