Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 145 Additional Budget!

Zhao Mian's words made everyone slightly taken aback, and all looked at Zhu Xiongying, who was in the upper class.

Indeed, they can more or less feel the changes that the grandson of the emperor brought to Daming.

Take the last flood in Shandong and Henan as an example. It was the emperor's grandson who took out the mirror to ease the huge pressure on the court for disaster relief.

In addition to this cold disaster, he also took out anthracite, so that countless people could obtain heating materials at a low cost, and avoided more casualties of the people.

These are things that can be seen.

However, as for what Zhao Mian said just now, last year the court was able to survive in peace, basically relying on Zhu Xiongying, which is a bit flattering.

Zhao Mian has been working with the grandson, and before the grandson recognizes his ancestors, he has hugged his thigh, so in the eyes of the ministers, he is a grandson, and it is normal to flatter him.

Under the eyes of everyone, Zhao Mian continued: "In the past year, the income of the imperial mirror was 3408 million taels. Excluding the more than 100 million taels used for disaster relief at that time, 2303 million taels were included in the treasury!"

Hearing this, all the ministers present couldn't help but looked at each other in surprise.

They knew that Ding Spiegel made money. When they were doing disaster relief, they made as much as 10 taels in less than a month, but they didn't pay much attention to it after that.

Unexpectedly, Der Spiegel's stamina was so strong that it added more than 200 million taels of income to the national treasury within a year.

But it's normal to think about it.

Mirrors are essential for home and travel. When they were bronze mirrors, even though the price was high, most people still tried to find a way to buy one.Nowadays, the appearance of mirrors not only greatly reduces the price, but also has better effects than bronze mirrors. Today's mirrors can be said to be a must-have for every household, and even those big families can equip them by themselves. Several sides.

So it shows that Jing can have this income, which is both accidental and reasonable.

More than [-] yuan was included in the national treasury, which is indeed a considerable income, and it can even be said to be a pillar.

However, all the ministers also understand that Der Spiegel’s income is considerable in the first year, and as time goes on, Der Spiegel’s income will decrease sharply, because after everyone owns it, there will no longer be such a strong market demand. In the coming year, Der Spiegel will not be able to provide huge support for the national treasury like this year.

The ministers were thinking in their hearts, only to hear Zhao Mian continue to say: "In addition to Mingjing, there is also the salt mine in Zhuqiao Town. The salt mine has been mined since June, and it has been half a year now, with a total of more than 200 salt mines. Ten thousand catties, the income is more than [-] million taels, and all of these incomes will be included in the national treasury!"

This time, all the ministers opened their mouths slightly.

Many officials in the court didn't even know about the development of salt mines in Zhuqiao Town. However, those present were all court officials. They had heard about it more or less, but they didn't know much about it. The household department is in charge.

The annual production of salt is more than 2000 million catties, which really surprised them.

However, what Zhao Mian said next made them even more unbearable to discuss in a low voice.

"This year, the Zhuqiao Town Salt Mine has just rolled out the working face, and since the beginning of winter, especially affected by the cold wave, it has almost been in a state of suspension. I believe that by the beginning of next spring, the working face will be fully rolled out, and it is expected to exceed 1000. Ten thousand loads!"

As Zhao Mian said, he couldn't help showing a look of pride on his face.

Even the old man couldn't help nodding.

At the beginning, Zhu Xiongying told him that the people of the entire Ming Dynasty should eat clean salt. Now it seems that this goal is being realized step by step.

All of this happened imperceptibly, and even he couldn't help feeling that his eldest grandson had brought so many things to Daming unknowingly.

But it's not over yet.

Zhao Mian continued: "In addition to the above two items, the tea-horse market in Annan has been opened for just three months, and the income is equivalent to 50 silver taels!"

"So the income and expenditure of the past year was converted into a deficit of more than 800 million yuan, but with the support of several industries of His Royal Highness, the deficit has been reduced to more than 100 million yuan!"

After the voice fell, Judian was silent for a while.

Even the old man showed a shocked expression.

The imperial court's finances have always been a big problem. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the finances have been in deficit almost every year, especially in recent years, it has become more and more severe.

As Zhao Mian said at the beginning, if only relying on the taxes of one capital and fifteen provinces, the deficit of the national treasury this year will be as high as more than 800 million.

In the past few years, they have been living without food.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang has always been very frugal, even the palace halls have not been renovated for several years.

Because once it is renovated, it means spending a lot of money.

Moreover, the food and salaries of the officials were gradually replaced by real gold and silver at the beginning, and replaced by precious banknotes, items, and wasteland.
Today, the national treasury, which was originally short of more than 800 million yuan, did not want to be short of more than 100 million yuan under the planning of the emperor's grandson.

Although there is still a deficit of more than 100 million, the situation has obviously improved a lot.

As Zhao Mian said before, in the past year, the emperor's grandson really contributed to the fact that the Ming Dynasty was able to survive in peace.

Zhao Mian's rhetoric, even though it contained elements of flattery, was true. The grandson of the emperor had indeed brought great changes to Daming.

In this way, the officials of the various ministries and halls present had to sigh in their hearts, this grandson of the emperor is really not simple, and he can reach this position not only because of the word "di".

It can even be said that the grandson of the emperor is above the prince of the year.

This also made them look forward to what kind of new atmosphere the emperor's grandson would continue to bring to Daming in the coming year.

After hearing Zhao Mian's report, Zhu Xiongying, who presided over the small court meeting, couldn't help feeling a little excited.

In the past year, he did bring something to Daming, but it was far from enough.

Next year, at least the court's finances should be brought back to a healthy state.

Thinking in his heart, Zhu Xiongying said: "Everything can be achieved if it is forewarned, and if it is not forewarned, it will be abandoned. In the past year, the deficit was still as high as more than 100 million. If you still don't spend according to the budget like last year and eat your own food, then after the food is used up, you will lose money." The finances of our Ming Dynasty will fall into a vicious circle."

"So, fellow ministers, let's discuss next year's budget. I hope that next year the imperial court's expenditure can reach a balanced state."

"Let the Ministry of War speak first!"

Hearing this, Minister of the Ministry of War Ru Taisu stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Returning to Your Highness, the budget of the Ministry of War for next year is 980 million taels in total, of which 80 taels will be built on the Great Wall, 250 million taels will be spent on nine frontier defenses, and 100 million will be reserved for military expenditures for war." two……"

Ru Taisu told the budget of the Ministry of War next year in detail, which is not much different from the budget expenditures of previous years.

After hearing this, Zhu Xiongying nodded and said, "I just feel that the expenditure of the Ministry of War next year needs to be increased!"

Ru Taisu was taken aback when he heard this.

The annual expenditure of the Ministry of War accounts for the bulk of the expenditures of the various ministries, because now Daming's border defense is not yet stable, especially in the north, where there are often wars, but he has said that he has added everything he can think of.

In previous years, the Ministry of Households had to cut a knife in the budget of the Ministry of War, but now, the emperor's grandson wanted to increase the budget this year, so he had to be surprised, not only him, but also the other senior officials present were also secretly surprised.

Zhu Xiongying said: "Gu wants to build 200 warships next year, so the Ministry of War budget will be increased by [-] million taels!"

(End of this chapter)