Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 203 Are You Thinking I'm Stupid?
In order to avoid the situation of long nights and many dreams, Luo Fangbo and Jiang Wubo sorted out the yellow book of fish scales and the "square objects" used for tribute almost overnight, and set off when the sky was just getting bright.

However, compared to Luo Fangbo's excitement, Jiang Wubo was a little worried: "President, you said that the little square things we tribute, can the Emperor Ming see it?"

"Wax cloth, this thing is good enough to fool those barbarians in Europe. Isn't the silk produced by our Central Plains Tangkou thousands of times better than this thing?"

"There are also silverware, wood carvings, spices, these things, can the Emperor of Ming pay attention to them?"

After counting back and forth, Uncle Jiang Wu became even more worried: "Now it seems that there are only a few ginseng, wings, and bird's nests that can be barely sold."

Luo Fangbo shook his head with a smile, and said, "As the saying goes, goose feathers are sent from a thousand miles away, and the gift is light and the affection is heavy. The reason why square things are square things is not because of their preciousness, but because of the heart."

"For example, these ginseng, wings, and bird's nests may be good things in the eyes of others, but to the emperor who is rich in the world, no matter how good the ginseng and wings are, they are nothing more than things for rinsing his mouth. A fun and interesting wood carving."

Only then did Jiang Wubo feel relieved.

It’s just that after a pause of less than 3 minutes, Uncle Jiang Wu began to worry about another problem: “What if the officials sent by Daming want to make money and don’t care about our life or death... There is an old saying that bandits are like combs, soldiers are like ..."

The envoy sent by Luo Fangbo to Daming before said with a smile: "The deputy chief is overthinking."

"Daming's salaries to officials are extremely high, and the treatment of corruption is also extremely strict. Those with more than 60 taels of money involved in the case will often strip their skins and eat grass or implicate the three clans. Those with less than 60 taels of silver, even if they have only one penny, will kill their entire family. Exile for three thousand miles."

"The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" stipulates that if an official is corrupt and harms the people, the local people can directly tie up the official and go to Beijing to sue.

"And what you said just now is like a grate... When I was in Jinan, I saw many military masters walking through the streets, but the people of Ming Dynasty were not afraid of them. From this, it can be seen that the officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty should follow suit The officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were different."

Luo Fangbo and Jiang Wubo looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

Corrupting 60 taels of silver and then peeling and eating grass?Allow the common people to tie up officials and go to Beijing to sue?
The laws stipulated quite well, but there were such regulations in the Hongwu period, so what kind of end did they end up with?

The officials and gentlemen of Ming Dynasty should be greedy as usual, and the common people still have nowhere to ask for help. Even Emperor Hongwu was hacked out of Xiang!

As for saying that the people are not afraid of officers and soldiers...

Are you so sure that the officers and people you see are real people and officers and soldiers, not what the Ming court wants you to see?
For a moment, the cabin fell silent again.

It was not until they sailed all the way to Cam Ranh Port that Luo Fangbo and Jiang Wubo discovered that the world had changed——

Outside Cam Ranh Port, one merchant ship after another is queuing up to pass the customs. Whether it is flying the flag of France or England, including those flying the flag of the Dutch East India Company, they are all queuing up honestly. .

Red card?Breakthrough?
In Lanfang Port, this kind of thing happened almost every day. Even when the Qing Dynasty was not cold, these European barbarian merchant ships would never be so honest.

Standing on the bow of the ship, Luo Fangbo watched the merchant ships queuing up to pass the customs one after another in the distance, and couldn't help but marvel: "It seems that the Ming Dynasty is different from the Qing Dynasty."

Jiang Wubo also nodded, and said, "I never thought that these barbarians would be so honest."

In front of the Lanfang fleet was a merchant ship flying the flag of the East India Company. Through the binoculars, it was obvious that those Dutch barbarians who were domineering and domineering at sea, faced the Ming tax collectors who boarded the ship for inspection. All of them are respectful, without any trace of their usual arrogance.

When it was the turn of Lanfang's fleet to pass the customs, Luo Fangbo and Jiang Wubo felt as if they had passed away.

Whether they went to sea in Guangdong before or returned to Guangdong later, the officials of the Qinghai officials all looked down at foreigners and looked at their own people with their nostrils, especially for "abandoned overseas citizens" like Luo Fangbo. ", that attitude is even worse.

As for Daming's tax collectors and Jinyi Weijun Yu who boarded the ship for inspection, although they were expressionless when they first boarded the ship, they looked completely businesslike, but when they found out that the entire fleet was the face of the people of Daming After that, a smile appeared on the tax collector's face.

"Going to sea to make money?"

"Well, did you encounter any trouble at sea?"

"Is there enough water and food? Do you want to resupply at Cam Ranh Port?"

It is almost like this, and the whole process of entering the port, registration, inspection, supply, and release is completed.

Jiang Wubo couldn't help feeling: "For the first time, for the first time in this life, I know what it's like to stand upright and be a human being."

Luo Fangbo looked at the flag on the mast thoughtfully and said, "If one day we can fly the flag of Ming Dynasty on the ship in a fair manner, but I don't know what it will be like?"

……

When Luo Fangbo and Jiang Wubo came to Daming by boat all the way, Zhu Jinsong, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and Liu Huaiwen, the minister of the household department of Ming Dynasty and the head of the treasury, were staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

As we all know, Heshen and Zhongtang are the most capable ministers of the Qing Dynasty. The houses, fields, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, shops, gold, silver and jewelry that have been corrupted over the years are estimated to be [-] million taels of silver.

In exchange for Daming Treasure Banknotes, that would be 80 billion dragon dollars.

With the arrest of Qian Deaf Laogou, He Shen and Zhongtang, this wealth worth [-] million taels of silver naturally fell into Zhu Jinsong's hands.

After getting such a windfall, Zhu Jinsong was so excited that he wanted to sing - I made money, I made money, and I didn't know how to spend it. I had a Nokia in my left hand and a Motorola in my right...

The point is that before Zhu Jinsong was happy for two days, Liu Huaiwen came to the door after getting the news.

Liu Huaiwen felt that this money should belong to Daming's treasury. After all, it was all the people's anointing, and Daming's finances had always been tight. Speed ​​up.

For example, sociology, such as railways, such as highways, such as river and bridge projects in various places, and for example, the five-armed governor's office has been clamoring for military expansion.

Besides, what do you, Emperor Ming, want so much money for?You don't cultivate a garden, don't raise a concubine, and don't go to the south of the Yangtze River. If you hold the eighty million taels of silver in your hand, what can you do to make it have babies?
But putting it in the treasury is different. This [-] million taels of silver can really give birth to babies. Maybe it will give you hundreds of thousands of troops in a lifetime, and let you take it out to smash the scene.

In short, it is two words: playing money.

The problem is that Zhu Jinsong is also reluctant to part with the eighty million taels of silver.

Although Zhu Jinsong doesn't like to build a garden or raise a concubine, Zhu Jinsong still has a Royal Academy in his hands that can be called a gold-swallowing behemoth.

Let's put it this way, the national treasury allocates 1000 million dragon yuan to the Royal Academy every year, which is roughly equivalent to 3000 million taels of silver, and Zhu Jinsong, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has to subsidize another 300 million dragon yuan, which is about [-] million taels.

Thirteen million taels of silver, at least it can be heard in the water, right?

Throwing it to the Royal Academy, not only can't even hear a sound, it's not even burning enough!

Eighty million taels of silver may seem like a lot, but if the Royal Academy is allowed to open the fire, it is estimated that it will be completely burned in three or two years, and there will be nothing left.

So Zhu Jinsong didn't want to hand over the eighty million taels of silver to Liu Huaiwen, but instead wanted to use the eighty million taels of silver to make money.

For example, to rebuild the Western Fleet, purchase goods worth 500 million taels of silver in Daming, and exchange them for 1000 million taels of silver in Europa.

The current situation is that the state treasury wants the money, but Zhu Jinsong does not want to give the money to the state treasury.

Therefore, Liu Huaiwen blocked Zhu Jinsong in the temporary palace: "Your Majesty, I will not tell you how empty the national treasury is. Anyway, you know it in your heart, but the national treasury really needs this money too much!"

Liu Huaiwen wiped away his tears: "The Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau spent 3503 million taels and 500 cents and 1000% on the treasury last year, and it is expected to increase to more than [-] million taels this year. On the Salesian Bureau, the treasury spent [-] taels last year. There are more than [-] taels, and I don’t think it will be much better this year, and there are nursing homes, which are all gold-swallowing beasts.”

"There is also the Royal Academy. The national treasury allocated 1000 million taels to the Royal Academy last year. As a result, it took more than half a year to clean up. It is estimated that 800 million taels will be allocated this year."

"There is also the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. The 1000 million taels of military expenses allocated last year, not to mention a cent at the end of the year, and another 300 million taels was temporarily allocated because of the Shenyang incident. This year, the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion If we need to expand our military, we will need even more military spending.”

"Oh, by the way, there are also river bridges and social engineering projects in various places in Ming Dynasty. Last year, the expenditure was more than 3000 million taels. If there is no 5000 million taels this year, it will definitely be unstoppable."

"Without the eighty million taels of silver, the treasury would really starve the rats to death!"

Liu Huaiwen snotted and burst into tears, so miserable that even Zhu Jinsong couldn't bear to listen to it—if you put less gold and silver in the treasury and put more two catties of grain, the mouse will not starve to death!

Besides, Zhu Jinsong didn't believe a word of these figures reported by Liu Huaiwen.

All numbers are subtracted by half, which is more or less the actual number.

Because Daming's fiscal revenue last year was only about 3000 million taels.

As for infrastructure projects such as rivers, bridges, and sociology, although Liu Huaiwen said that money is like water, in fact, it really doesn't cost much, because building materials such as cement, steel, and wood are basically expensive. They are all provided by the workshops or companies controlled by the imperial court at a low price.

Therefore, one must listen dialectically to the figures about money in Liu Huaiwen's mouth.

If he said how much money the treasury has in balance, then the real balance is about three to five times the number he said. If he said how much money the treasury has spent, even halving it is considered small, and it is not good to remove a zero. Strange.

After the two of them continued to stare at each other for a long while, Liu Huaiwen tentatively said, "How about Erba?"

Zhu Jinsong shook his head and said, "At least three sevens, Zhen seven, treasury three."

Liu Huaiwen immediately became angry: "Your Majesty, let me tell you, my youngest daughter is 17 years old this year, and she will leave the cabinet next year."

Zhu Jinsong was unmoved: "Go and tell Erdan about this, do you think he will abduct my little sister?"

After some calculations, Liu Huaiwen shouted: "Four six! The treasury six, the emperor four!"

Zhu Jinsong also made some calculations, and then said decisively: "[-]-[-]! If you agree, I will tell you where there is a silver mine - not the Iwami Silver Mountain in Japan, nor the one in Burma, but A silver mine overseas."

"By the way, there are still several gold mines, one in Daming and the other overseas."

"Forty million taels of silver, if you replace it with a few gold mines and silver mines, your treasury will definitely not suffer a loss!"

Liu Huaiwen chuckled and said, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

(End of this chapter)