Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 413 Where did the money go?
When he went out, Wang Chengen had already transferred a carriage from the palace.

But Chongzhen did not take the carriage, but found two eunuchs to sit on the carriage, while he and Zhu Cijiong wore phoenix-winged helmets with visors and blatantly mingled among the accompanying barbarians.

The safety string in Chongzhen's mind was always taut.

The reason is also very simple, because what he is doing now has touched the fundamental interests of too many people, so there are many people who want to kill him now.

Jian Nu must wish for him to die early.

The clan vassal must also hate him so much that he gritted his teeth.

There is no need to say much about the ministers such as Qian Guogong, Wei Guogong, and Bao Guogong.

Even those Taoist masters now probably hate him to the bone, because Chongzhen wanted to reform Confucian etiquette and ban folk footbinding, which touched the rebellious scales of these Taoist masters.

Daoxue's stubbornness is absolutely beyond imagination.

Therefore, personal security work must not be taken lightly.

A group of people came to the East Palace, but the prince Zhu Cihong was not at home.

In order to avoid suspicion, Chongzhen did not enter the princess' bedroom, but asked the princess to carry the emperor's eldest grandson to the hall.

The two-month-old baby's small face has begun to grow, and a pair of big black eyes are staring at Chongzhen. Chongzhen has also experienced the first-class blood relationship, which should be the memory of this body.

Zhu Cijiong also leaned over and said with a smile, "You really look like Big Brother."

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Jiong'er, you will be 17 years later."

"Father, I don't want to get married so soon." Zhu Cijiong said hastily, "I want to learn from Huo Qubing. Huo Qubing said that the Huns are still alive. Why do we have a family? I have to wait until Jiannu is wiped out before getting married."

"Okay, then it's up to you." Chongzhen didn't mean to force his son at all.

When the father and son were teasing Zhu and Xun, Zhu Cihong finally walked in quickly from outside.

"My son came late to greet you, and I hope the emperor will forgive me." Zhu Cihong knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty to Chongzhen when he entered.

"Get up." Chongzhen handed Zhu Hexun to Zhu Cijiong, sat down and asked, "You just returned to Beijing from another place?"

"Yes, my son went to Songjiang Mansion." Zhu Cihong stood up and explained, "There is a food shortage in Songjiang Mansion, and the people are dissatisfied with the repeated price hikes in grain shops. They gathered people to riot and even smashed and looted."

"My son is worried that the situation in Songjiang Mansion will get out of control."

"So I went to Songjiang Mansion with Jin Xuan."

"There's actually a food shortage in Songjiang Mansion?" Chongzhen instantly sensed the abnormality.

"How could there be a food shortage in Songjiang Mansion?" Zhu Cijiong said in amazement, "I'm afraid there is a famous place here?"

"Third brother is right." Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "I went to Songjiang Mansion this time to find out, and found that cotton fields are planted at about 160 million mu, accounting for about [-]% of the total farmland in Songjiang Mansion."

"In other words, there are still about 300 million mu of rice planted in Songjiang Prefecture."

"This year's situation is not bad. Calculated at two shi per mu, 600 million shi of rice can be harvested."

"600 million shi of rice is enough to feed 200 million people in a prefecture of Songjiang, so there will never be a food shortage."

After a while, he continued: "So this matter is definitely caused by human beings, and some people are maliciously hoarding food!"

Zhu Cijiong said with a dark face: "Father, maybe it's those clans, vassals, kings, officials and gentry who are doing things."

"Jiong'er, be confident, these people must be stirring up the wind and the rain." Chongzhen's eyes turned cold, and he said, "I guess they felt that the opportunity had already appeared, so they couldn't help but jumped out."

"Father, speaking of this, the recent public opinion in Beijing is a bit wrong." Zhu Cihong said angrily, "Those censor officials are going crazy and scolding you in their memorials, because this son-in-law has already quarreled with them Many times, once even moved his hands, Erchen broke Li Huie's forehead."

"Brother, well done." Zhu Cijiong praised, "This bastard deserves to be beaten."

"Nonsense." Chongzhen reprimanded, "You are the crown prince, the prince of the country, how can you fight with civil servants."

"Father, you don't know how much Li Hui'e is going too far." Zhu Cihong said, "After seeing his crazy and rebellious words, if I can bear it, I will be a son of man in vain."

"It's nothing more than eight crimes. It's no big deal." Chongzhen said, "He's not as good as Zuo Guangxian."

"Father, have you read Li Hui'e's memorabilia?" Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Father, Li Huie is actually making use of the topic. What they are really dissatisfied with is the authority of Prince Qin and the impact of the imperial examination on the imperial court. The huge impact of the Talent Ceremony is what these civil servants are most dissatisfied with, Elder Lu Ge is also quite critical of this matter, but Elder Zhang Ge is quite supportive."

"I know, Father and Emperor know about it." Chongzhen nodded happily.

Obviously, Zhu Cihong has truly possessed the ability to think independently.

Although he has been surrounded by civil officials all the time this year, he has not been misled by civil officials.

Zhu Cihong even learned to forbear, and learned to hide his strength and bide his time. For example, the civil official group asked him to move back to the East Palace from the Kang family courtyard, so he chose to compromise instead of being tough with the civil official group.

When Zhu Cihong wanted to continue talking, he was stopped by Chongzhen.

"Okay, stop talking, Hong'er." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Let's go back to Guozijian."

In Nanjing, only Guozijian is the base of the imperial party, and only in Guozijian is there no need to worry about being monitored, otherwise you will never know whether there will be a civil servant's ear on the wall.

At present, the father and son came to the Imperial College surrounded by Wang Chengen, Gao Qiqian, Hu Guozhu and others.

At this time, Ma Mingpao, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, and all those working in Nanjing had already gathered in the Guozijian, and were waiting in the Yilun hall for Chongzhen to summon them.

Ma Mingpao finally removed the adverb.

Now he is the official head of the House of Internal Affairs.

Seeing the Chongzhen father and son walking in, Ma Mingjue and the others got up one after another.

"Okay." Before Ma Mingpao and others bowed down, they were stopped by Chongzhen, and said, "You all know how much I hate those red tapes, so don't get rid of those bad habits of bowing down."

Ma Mingpao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I just want to bow to you."

After finishing speaking, Ma Mingpao led all the scholars to bow to the ground: "Your servant waits to kowtow to the Holy One."

"Get flat." Chongzhen went to the grand teacher's chair in the hall and sat down. Gao Qiqian hurriedly brought a brocade cushion to cushion Chongzhen's back. Chongzhen adjusted his sitting posture to make himself as comfortable as possible, and then He asked, "Ma Qing, the evil wind in Nanjing city has been quite strong recently, have you not been affected?"

"How could the House of Internal Affairs be influenced by those rotten Confucians." Ma Mingpao shook his head and said, "However, it is not a problem to let these rotten Confucian officials in Beijing and the lost clan vassals and ministers mix together for a long time , Your Majesty, why don't I call the prince Qin's sons to deal with these people?"

"Hey, the energy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs should not be wasted on such nonsense." Chongzhen said with a wave of his hand, "The most important job of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at present is to prepare for the Northern Expedition, especially the preparation of salary, food, grass, and weapons and equipment. This is business, don't waste your precious energy on other things."

Things have priorities, and conflicts have priorities.

Chongzhen will not lose the big because of small losses, and ignore foreign enemies because of internal disputes.

Besides, the conflict between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the civil service group has not reached the point of incompatibility.

As far as the moment is concerned, the civil official group is only fueling the flames, and the real monsters are those clan vassals and nobles.

Ruan Dacheng still said a little resentfully: "These people insulted the Holy One too much, I thought that they should not be lightly forgiven, and let them continue to cooperate secretly, there is no guarantee that there will be troubles, the rice shortage in Songjiang Mansion may be caused by these people. "

Yuan Haigong still has some hard-to-change natures. This is the relapse of his old problem of being keen on political struggles.

However, Chongzhen did not reprimand Ruan Dacheng. In fact, people like Ruan Dacheng are not completely useless. Such a person is a hound if used well, and can kill the prey alive. Not only will it kill its prey, but it will also kill its owner.

"Ruan Qing, this matter will be discussed separately." Chongzhen pressed Ruan Dacheng down, and then asked Ma Minglu, "Ma Qing, tell me now, how much wealth has been accumulated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs over the past year ?”

"My lord, the total assets on the books of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have increased to [-] million taels."

Ma Mingpao said without hesitation: "The profit on the book has already exceeded 5000 million taels."

The number mentioned by Ma Mingpao did not take into account the benefits that Chongzhen had gained from Yunnan.

"The profit exceeded 5000 million?" It was the first time for everyone here to hear this figure, and they were immediately excited. In addition to being excited for the financial affluence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they were also happy that the scholars could get more dividends from it this year. Based on 5000 million yuan, each scholar can get 250 taels.

Ma Mingpao glanced at more than a dozen of them, gave Shizhong a look, and said with a wry smile, "I know what you are thinking, do you want to share dividends? Then I can only tell you with great regret that this year's dividends are gone."

"Ma Qing, what nonsense are you talking about?" Chongzhen said, "How can there be no dividends? Everyone has been busy for a whole year, and they just count on the dividends to have a good year. You can't let the horse run and not let the horse run." Grass."

"Your Majesty, I don't want to withhold everyone's dividends, but I really can't get any money." Ma Ming smiled bitterly, "Why did I deliberately emphasize the assets and profits on the book just now? Because these are really just the numbers on the book , In fact, the Ministry of Internal Affairs only has 100 million taels of cash left in the account of the Royal Bank.”

"Where's the money? Where's the silver?" Huang Zongxi said in a deep voice, "Where did the silver go?"

Ever since Huang Zongxi became a member of the Supervision Section, everyone looked like a corrupt criminal, especially Ma Mingpao.

Ma Mingpao said angrily: "Huang Taichong, don't look at me like that, I'm not corrupt."

(End of this chapter)