Daming: I was exposed by Zhu Di's Sims life!

Jinling City has come to the end of midsummer and May. The scorching sun hangs high in the sky, scorching the clouds and water vapor without a trace, just like an alchemy furnace facing the banks of the Yangtze River, with dry firewood underneath and thin green smoke in the sky .

The capital is an alchemy furnace, but the person in power in the capital is not a master who has become a fairy on Wudang Mountain. He is just a panacea to cure the suffering of the people.

The officials in the Wenhua Hall were working hard, even though they were sweating profusely, they did not dare to rest for a moment. Zhu Di sat on a chair by the side of the hall, correcting the backlog of documents on the desk.

"Ask Hubu Shangshu Xia Yuanji to get out!"

Zhu Di corrected the paperwork, his complexion turned darker after every review, and he let out a low shout while enduring the anger in his heart.

Old Shangshu Xia who was working in the palace was confused, so he was called by the eunuch Tang Cheng, and saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

He didn't get the instructions from His Majesty the Emperor, but crackling pieces were thrown at him. Xia Yuanji didn't dare to dodge, his forehead was bruised.

"Look for yourself, what your household department has done this year!"

Zhu Di pointed at the old Shangshu's nose and cursed, "The construction of the Shuntian Imperial Palace has come to an end, and the final project is about to be completed soon, so there is only a little money missing. Those who beg grandpa and grandma over there will come to your account The department asked for money, how did your household department reply?"

Xia Yuanji replied straightforwardly: "No money!"

Tang Cheng tore apart the wax paint on the military newspaper, and said loudly: "In February, after our army won the victory in North Korea, we thought about our soldiers quickly, and took advantage of the victory to pursue them. Forcing the southern island belt of Wa Kingdom."

Now that Zhu Di wants to summon them, the meaning is self-evident.

Xia Yuanji was still upright: "No money!"

Yongle once had a martial spirit, yes, Your Majesty the Emperor has become awe-inspiring outside, and he was almost forced to hang himself if he couldn't see the household department!

Xia Yuanji was so happy that he was crazy, so there were no complaints.

"Our army discovered a large number of silver mines in the country of Wa, and the output is astonishing. The 'Iwami Silver Mountain' is particularly shocking. We tried our best to develop the mining project in the country of Wa, and the effect is very good. It is predicted that after the project is fully implemented, the annual output will be about several million. two!"

Zhu Di shuddered and sat up all of a sudden, thinking he heard it wrong: "What did King Qi say in the military newspaper?!"

"The Wa country was powerless to resist, and surrendered to our Ming Dynasty! Afterwards, the Wa country was unified, changed to Daming's 'Yingzhou Province', the original system of the Wa country was abolished, the barbarians were turned into Han, and the naturalization system. The details will be reported after returning to China."

He hesitated for a long time, and then slowly said: "Tang Cheng, go and call King Gan and Prince Gan's son, I want to see them."

Xia Yuanji spread his hands, and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, the household department is really out of money. How much money did Xiu Shuntian invest in the palace in the early stage? You need money to reopen the canal, and you need money to transport grain to the north, right? We need money for engineering materials, right? This is just the money for the construction of the palace. We still have to emigrate to Shuntian Prefecture. If we emigrate, the imperial court should not support it in terms of policy. Yes, in this way, the population problem of Shuntian Prefecture will be solved. It was saved by Tobu tightening his belt!"

"If you don't have money, why don't you fucking die!"

"His Royal Highness King Qi, may you be in peace!"

Zhu Di felt his blood pressure soar, "There's no money here, no money there, why don't you take all the officials from the Ministry of Households to Jinling City to beg for alms, I'll kill you bastard!"

Tang Cheng didn't dare to think about it, bowed his head respectfully and said: "Your maid obeys the order, I'm going to invite Prince Gan and his son to have an audience."

Xia Yuanji said tiredly, "I have nothing to say about the three battles King Qi fought, so let's talk about your battle against Oala in the north. Please give me advice. There is a Mao tax in Mobei? After that battle, did we earn something, did we earn a truckload of prickly prickly pear balls!"

Xia Yuanji, who has always hated war, now has a red neck like an angry youth, wishing he could take a boat to the country of Wa and follow King Qi to fight the enemy bravely on the battlefield!
This is not going to war, this is clearly to pick up money!
King Qi is simply Daming's God of Wealth!

"Even if you hacked me, the household department has no money."

This is a great kindness. Working under the old Zhu's family is really a desperate job.There are three days off throughout the year, and now I can take a half-day bath, and give the officials in Wenhua Palace a runny nose and tears, and immediately bow their heads to thank His Majesty the Emperor, with a voice like a mountain torrent and a tsunami.

Zhu Di muttered, a little unbelievable, "Are you sure this is the military report sent back by King Qi? Did you send it wrong?"

If he didn't do anything, it was Zhu Di's fault. Finances were Daming's life and death line, and this life and death line had always been continued by Xia Yuanji with his life.The household department headed by him is not convinced by the sky, the emperor is not convinced, no one is a bird, there is no way, no one has the ability.

With a big wave of his hand, Zhu Di said boldly, "King Qi has won a great victory in Yingzhou. He conveyed my will and rewarded all the officials. All the officials on duty in the Wenhua Palace will rest for half a day."

The prince Zhu Gaochi asked for three speeches three times in the Fengtian Palace, and in exchange for resigning from the prince's position, Zhu Zhanji was saved and was reduced to the king of Gan.

Old Shangshu Xia left Zhu Di speechless.

"Son, Zhu Gaoxuan, report."

"Okay, then I'll ask you again." Zhu Di pursued, "This year I said to allocate some money to add two pairs of stone statues to the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum to worship the ancestors and give blessings to future generations. How much money did you spend in total? How did the Ministry reply?"

"Annual production of millions of taels of silver, millions of taels?"

Zhu Di was at a loss for words for a while, and defended himself: "Is it because of my prestige that I fought with King Qi? Conquering the Southwest, Jianzhou, and North Korea, this opened up the territory of the Ming Dynasty and expanded the territory of the three provinces! Do the math yourself, we will fight After these three battles, how much money did you spend in total? King Qi has always led troops to fight quickly, and it doesn’t cost much at all. Just such a small amount of money, in exchange for the territory of the three provinces, the taxes of the three provinces! Lao Xia, you are Daming’s money Bag, don’t you understand the bill yourself, which one is more profitable, the temporary deficit bill or the eternal tax?”

Zhu Di looked at Xia Yuanji in a daze: "Old man, what did you say just now, did you say that the war was burning money and the treasury couldn't make ends meet? I can't hear you clearly, please repeat it!"

"Now that you are not fighting anymore, King Qi is going to fight again. It is true that King Qi's sending troops does not cost much money, and sometimes he even feeds back to the court, but you have to see how hard he fights!"

During the stalemate, the messenger sent by King Qi arrived at the front line, which relieved the embarrassment.

"Today, the first batch of silver ore mined has been smelted and transported to the capital by the boat division. The amount is equivalent to 5 taels."

"My emperor is wise, long live long live!"

"While cultivating Shuntian, we fought wars. In the seventh year of Yongle, the eighth year of Yongle, the ninth year of Yongle, and the tenth year of Yongle, we conquered the Southwest. In the 11th year of Yongle, we conquered Oala. , it really doesn't stop for a year?"

Xia Yuanji's hands were trembling at the moment, An couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, he no longer cared what the emperor was saying, and murmured to himself: "Millions of taels a year, tens of millions of taels in ten years, this This, this, this...if the goddamn fights down a few more Japanese countries, why are you still crying about being poor, and just turn into a local tyrant and throw money..."

"Long live God, our army has won a great victory in the country of Japan!"

Looking at the courtiers, only Xia Yuanji had the guts to talk to His Majesty the Emperor like that.

"Fight! It must be fought! One battle a year is not enough, but if you want to fight, you can fight ten battles a year! King Qi fights, and the Ministry of Households pays for it. Whoever said a truce, I, Lao Xia, will risk my life with him!"

The emperor didn't have a definite decree that the father and son should be imprisoned, but they still knew something in their hearts, shutting the door and refusing visitors, as if they had disappeared from this world.

Tang Cheng said with a smile: "How dare you fool Your Majesty, this is a letter written by King Qi, who was specially sent to send the boatman back to the country, and directly sent to Your Majesty without going through the post station. It is estimated that the current batch of cash should be delivered soon. Arrived at Jinling City."

Xia Yuanji was in tears at the end, he is as old and tired as a dog, wipe Yong Le Chao's ass, is it easy for him!

After the officials in the Wenhua Palace left, Zhu Di sat on the golden chair and tapped the armrest lightly with his fingers, wondering what he was thinking.

"In March, our army landed in the northern part of the country of Wa, launched a swift and fierce offensive against the enemy's rear, and drove directly into the capital of the country of Wa. The next day, our army wiped out the main force of tens of thousands of enemy troops on Kyushu Island in the south of the country of Japan. Liu Rong's department is the main force, marching into Honshu Island, joining forces with Zheng He's department in the north, and locking down Kyoto!"

"Let's say that in the 11th year of Yongle, when you conquered Wala in the north, our household department tried every means to collect money and food for you. You fought in the front, and we all bald in the back!"

Xia Yuanji put all his heart and soul into protecting Daming's finances, who would dare to say otherwise?
You you on the line?

Zhu Di's scalp is now numb due to the financial deficit of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Even if the news of the victory on the front line comes back, he is not in a good mood, so he beckoned to Tang Cheng: "Read."

Although the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji was not abolished as a commoner after the treason, he was also reduced to the son of Prince Gan.

Tang Cheng repeated: "King Qi said in the military newspaper that the country of Wa has been subordinated to Yingzhou Province. There is a lot of silver here, and the annual output can reach several million taels. King Qi has now transported the first batch of [-] silver back to the capital. Your Majesty , this is a happy event for the whole country to celebrate!"

……

"Ah yes yes yes."

The two monarchs and ministers fell into a strange silence, Zhu Di felt that he was right, and Xia Yuanji also felt that he was right, both of them felt that the other was wronged, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

"Ah."

The complex emotions in Zhu Di's eyes are intertwined, and after weaving and painting together, they become a tenacious attachment.

His whole life has been bumpy and wandering, from a king of Yan who has everything except the throne, to an emperor who has nothing but the throne now.

He used his own move to get to the current position, and he has no choice but to walk down the road!

For this vast Ming Empire, Zhu Di would give everything!