Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 522 gritted his teeth and allocated most of his money to attack on three sides and make a big bet
When the concubines heard about 600 million silver, they were stunned again.Qianxue pouted her neck and replied: "Husband, in this big cleansing, we smashed the bones and sucked the marrow, and completely offended the nobles of the former dynasty, the old eunuchs, and the monks in the capital. Bought 1000 million taels of silver.

Moreover, the 1000 million taels of silver still include gold and copper.

Most of this is due to the monks. Opening a monastery brings in money quickly and they have a lot of money. "

Zhu Qiyu was a little helpless when he heard the words: "Brother respectfully asked the emperor to build a royal tomb and it cost 600 million taels. Together, we ransacked the house with our heads covered for a long time, and only copied less than two imperial tombs."

Qianxue shook her head: "That's not necessarily true. I mean, there is only so much cash, and we have also stolen a huge amount of rare treasures, shops, and fertile fields. This is the bulk of the wealth.

These can be converted into tens of millions of taels of silver, but it takes time to sell them off.

Moreover, there are also confiscated property belonging to the feudal lord, with a total value of at least more than ten million taels, which have not yet been transported to the capital. "

"That's okay, 200 million taels were allocated to Shandong, 200 million taels to Fujian and Zhejiang, and 200 million taels to Gansu.

Of the 200 million taels in Gansu, we promised to give 100 million taels to King Su, and the 100 million taels were handed over to Li Xuan and Ma Ang for joint management.

We invested a lot of money in Gansu and made a big bet. I hope Li Xuan will not let me down. "

Lin Xiangyu praised: "My husband is really generous. Li Xuan is so young, so my husband handed over all the northwest military affairs to him."

Zhu Qiyu smiled nonchalantly and said: "Li Wenzhong has already led the army independently when he was 20 years old. Although Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are more famous, Li Wenzhong is very good at fighting, super good at fighting.

I believe that the Li family has the inherited method of leading troops in war, and I also believe that Li Xuan has the legacy of Li Wenzhong.

Besides, if you want to discover the general who can command the army, you have to try.How would you know if you don’t try?
Just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he just tried randomly.It's just that I was lucky in the early stage and found Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.

If you look at the later period, I estimate that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty must have had a heart attack from anger: Zhao Ponu, the entire army of [-] cavalry was destroyed, and he himself was captured.

Li Guangli had suffered several major defeats, but he couldn't explain it.In the last battle, the entire army of [-] cavalry was destroyed, and I surrendered directly.

Li Ling, the whole army was destroyed, and he was captured.

That's how fighting is. If you are fooled correctly, you will be powerful; if you are fooled incorrectly, you will be honest.

What I can do is to arrange for Li Xuan a remnant of Wala whose strength has been severely damaged. He is already very easy to bully. He will definitely win as long as he stays calm. Let him practice his skills first.

We can't be as mean as King Zhao Xiaocheng, who just throws Zhao Kuo to Bai Qi when he comes up. Let's practice with the invincible Lord Wu'an and the 60 peak Qin army.

Can you blame Zhao Kuo for this? Whoever takes charge will just start practicing with a blank slate. Isn't this funny? "

Lin Xiangyu praised: "My husband is so kind to his confidants. He always thinks about them."

Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "Huh, good intentions are not rewarded. I was very kind to you, but you didn't even let me take concubines. Those emperors who enjoyed happiness in the previous dynasty had a harem of 1 people. I'm fine with this. Fifteen One, he was firmly fixed to death."

Qianxue smiled and said: "But we are very useful. The slave family has prepared a big surprise for husband. Do you want to go and have a look?"

"Big surprise? Okay, let's go."

……

I have nothing to say for several days.

Fast forward to August [-]th.

The weather is getting colder and the autumn air is crisp.

After the turmoil caused by the Tumu Fort Incident had tormented all civil and military officials for two full years, the court had really calmed down this time, and the officials' mentality had gradually returned to peace.

Early that morning, Wang Wen and others gathered at the cabinet. After greeting each other, they made tea and prepared to drink tea and read newspapers.

Now the Secretary of General Administration publishes two kinds of newspapers, one is the former residence newspaper, and the other is the daily newspaper of Director Lian Gang.Although all the memorials were handled by the cabinet, most of the news could not escape the eyes of the cabinet, but these grand scholars still formed the habit of reading newspapers.

Because there is still a lot of news in the daily newspaper that the cabinet cannot understand, some of which are the movements of the inner court, and some of which are direct arrangements of the emperor.

By analyzing the daily newspapers word for word and sentence by sentence, one can carefully figure out the emperor's intentions.

Cabinet ministers will also discuss and communicate together.

Jiang Yuan first roughly read the newspaper, and then smiled at everyone: "You see, the old Han Palace where the imperial concubine lived was converted into a Han Emperor Temple, dedicated to the seven Han emperors, and the surrounding gardens of the Old Han Palace, Lao Qi The palace gardens were combined and transformed into a large garden for the people of the capital to visit.

Your Majesty is so generous. Every inch of land in the capital is worth a lot of money, so he transformed it into a garden and allowed the people to visit it. "

Xu Youzhen smiled and said: "This is a good thing. In the capital, except for streets and alleys, there are shops and mansions, and there is not even a place to hang out.

To be honest, living in the city is really depressing.No wonder His Majesty insists on going to the western suburbs. There are beautiful mountains and clear waters and picturesque scenery, which is much better than the mess in the city.

And this well in the city is full of bitterness, it’s really killing me.If I had the conditions, I would run too. "

Everyone echoed and complained endlessly.

Wei Ji didn't care much about this, but asked: "Which seven Han emperors will the Holy One enshrine?"

Jiang Yuan replied: "Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Emperor Zhongzong Xiaoxuan, Emperor Shizu Guangwu, Emperor Xianzong Xiaoming, Emperor Suzong Xiaozhang, Emperor Zhaolie."

Wei Ji nodded: "Fortunately, there is no Emperor Shizong Xiaowu, which means that the Holy One does not want to resort to violence. Of the seven Han emperors above, no matter which one the Holy One takes as an example, there will be no problem."

Wang Wen also said: "The Holy Majesty is really kind to the people, and he has tried his best not to disturb the people. But there are wars everywhere, and it is impossible not to fight, and the Holy Majesty has no choice.

This time, another mission was sent to Annan, which just set off yesterday.It's best to be polite before fighting. It's best to reach an agreement. If an agreement cannot be reached, there will eventually be a fight.

Only by defeating Annan and taking back the old port can Western trade be restarted.This is interlocking, and it will not work if any step is missing. "

Zhou Chen also echoed: "That's true. It's really not easy for your Majesty. The day before yesterday, he allocated 600 million taels from internal funds to the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry.

After the Ministry of Industry minted them into silver coins, 200 million taels were allocated to Shandong and 200 million taels to Zhejiang and Fujian for the purpose of building a navy and building coastal defenses.

There are also 200 million taels allocated to Gansu to be used as royalties for operating Gansu and opening up territory.

This is the first time in my long life that I have seen such a large amount of money being spent to support the imperial court. "

Xu Youzhen also praised: "And all the money earned from Western trade belongs to the imperial court. Once it is on track, the Ministry of Revenue will not have to worry about finances at all.

I'm afraid our salary will also rise sharply. "

When everyone heard the words, they all nodded.Everyone had to admit that the emperor was really sincere. He practiced Taoism quietly in the mountains, but gave a large amount of his internal funds to the court for use.

The salary of hundreds of officials has actually increased by more than twice that of the orthodox dynasty, and it is still rising.

At least the lives of all honest officials have been greatly improved.It will take another three to five years, and honest officials will be able to live a more decent life even if they are not greedy or embezzling.

At this time, Wang Yining, the newly appointed Minister of Rites and Hanlin scholar, asked: "Lin Cong, Ye Sheng, Li Kan and others were sent by the Holy Emperor to Annan and North Korea.

Liu Ding read the memorial and asked to select a few more people to be the prince's ministers.He recommended Wan An, Liu Jue and Liu Ji. What do you think? "

When everyone heard this, they all frowned.

The three people recommended by Liu Dingzhi were all orthodox Jinshi for 13 years.This is too obvious, you should at least bring one or two Jingtai Chaoxin Ke Jinshi to pretend to be, even the Holy Majesty just promoted a Sanyang disciple Xiao Ying.

(End of this chapter)