I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 194 The storm arises (third update)
It's just that Zhu Youxiao and many ministers calculated it carefully and found something wrong. The money was actually not much more.

Of these 1000 million taels, 3307 million taels were recovered from local arrears, leaving only 6603 million taels, which was only 200 million taels more than last year. This was the real income of the Ming Dynasty.

And half of the extra 200 million taels of silver was transferred from internal funds, which was the emperor's money.

Calculated in this way, behind such a high income, apart from income from arrears and part of the income from internal funds, the real increase is only about 100 million taels.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao felt that he should not be fooled by numbers. There was a long way to go to increase the court's income.

"More than 1000 million, no matter what, the court will probably be better off this year, so what is the proportion of salt tax in this amount?"

Taking the question book handed over by Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao also read it in detail. Although he knew that there was a long way to go, no matter what, he could at least have a good year this year, so he wanted to ask about the salt tax, but Wang Yingjiao not only did not answer, but poured cold water on Zhu Youxiao.

"When I first took charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, I had such an income. This is all the result of Your Majesty and all the cabinet ministers. But the loyal words are hard to hear, and I still want to make it clear to Your Majesty. Although this is only the income calculated by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the real income of the Ministry of Household Affairs is the warehouse. , I am afraid that no more than 600 million will be used for expenditure."

This pouring of cold water made Zhu Youxiao wake up instantly, and everyone in the court suddenly looked at each other. What kind of medicine is sold in Wang Yingjiao's gourd? There is a gap between the budget and the actual income and expenditure, but the specific amount will have to wait until the end of the year to be determined. , why did he make the matter so clear when he first came up? Did he want to abdicate responsibility or something?

This made Ye Xianggao, Han Xu and others murmur in their hearts, why did Wang Yingjiao suddenly say this to the emperor without saying hello to them beforehand? Only Liu Yishen remained calm and unmoved.

"Oh, why is that?"

Seeing Wang Yingjiao say this, Zhu Youxiao was also confused as to why he said this.

"Your Majesty, this is not my lie, but it happens every year. Except for the northern, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, and Fujian provinces, the local government offices do not pay the full amount every year. The same is true for Liao's salary. I am afraid that I will have to pay more in due time. Allocate support from internal funds.”

What Wang Yingjiao said is actually true. Since last year, the tax arrears have become larger and larger, and even Liao's salary has been delayed. If Guangzong had not allocated 300 million taels after he came to the throne, and Zhu Youxiao had allocated another 360 million taels after he came to the throne, I am afraid that the entire court will not be able to function.

Ye Xianggao, Shen Guan and others must have known that Wang Yingjiao had named him and said that Southeast Asia had serious tax arrears and was expected to owe more taxes this year.

The courtiers in the palace are all officials of the fourth rank or above, and they are all talented people. When they heard Wang Yingjiao's words, they understood that the fun was about to begin.

The entire court was silent. Zhu Youxiao also said silently after hearing this. He was not a stupid person. He knew what Wang Yingjiao meant. It was obviously referring to Jiangnan's tax arrears.

He knew that this matter was the focus of discussion among the court officials, but he wanted to do it one by one. He wanted to discuss the salt tax first, and then discuss the tax arrears in Jiangnan after it was settled.

Just looking at the current situation, he couldn't bear it anymore. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but snorted in his heart, thinking that since you want to play, I will play with you, but don't blame me for being cruel when you play. .

So he nodded slowly, took over Wang Yingjiao's words and said: "I know that local debts happen every year, but last year the Wenhua Palace had already discussed this matter, and Bi Ziyan had not been asked to go there. He went to recover the arrears. Although it is very controversial, I think he did a pretty good job. As long as there is an example of recovering Jiangnan's arrears this year, the local arrears will be greatly reduced in the future."

Zhu Youxiao also pretended to be confused and did not mention Li Sancai's impeachment by Bi Ziyan at all.

But the emperor took over and opened the topic, giving others a chance to speak. Wang Yingjiao approached the water tower and took the lead in answering.

"Your Majesty, Bi Ziyan is not controversial now, but he is dancing on the tip of a knife. I heard that he is collecting tax arrears from large tax arrears in Jiangnan. Those large households rely on their connections and backers and will not let go of subordinate officials in the imperial court at all. In his eyes, he was scolded as a treacherous minister who was harming the country. Officials in Nanzhili also opposed his doing so, and the six departments in Nanjing impeached him. The memorials were as sparse as snow and piled up like mountains.

Now he is thoroughly investigating the corruption case of Li Sancai. Li Sancai actually dared to buy the golden nanmu used by the royal family and repair his own mansion. After being arrested, he showed no remorse at all. Even if the evidence was conclusive, he slandered him in every possible way. When the minister heard that he even sent a servant When they came to Beijing to smoothen relations, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government prepared bribes for them, and many spoke for them. "

"Your Majesty, loyal ministers who serve the country have been slandered and insulted by them. Now it is difficult to recover the tax arrears in Jiangnan. The corrupt people want to get away with bribes. The wealthy gentry owes taxes and dare to abuse them without incident.

I think if things continue like this, Bi Ziyan will have to go back home soon, and Jiangnan will remain the same, as it should be. This is what I said, although there is a budget income of 1000 million, but it will really go to the warehouse of the Ministry of Household Affairs. I am afraid that the amount used for expenditure will not be more than 600 million, or even less than this. "

As soon as these words came out, many courtiers present were surprised. They never expected that Wang Yingjiao would stand up to support Bi Ziyan. You must know that Li Sancai was the boss of Donglin, and Wang Yingjiao had also received favors from him, so even if they could not see If you are used to what he does, you shouldn't be so obviously opposed to criticizing him.

Ye Xianggao was also muttering in his heart that Wang Yingjiao had not passed the Qi beforehand. He looked at Han Xu and Zhou Jiamo, the official minister, and they both shook their heads quietly.

It seemed that the two of them didn't know anything about it either. Then he looked at Liu Yishen, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and saw that Liu Yishen was still calm and composed, as if he was asleep.

This made Ye Xianggao feel more and more uneasy.

Everyone knew that Li Sancai had a close relationship with him. He also wrote to the court many times, asking for Li Sancai to be reinstated. That's why Li Sancai sent his servants to Beijing to find him to save himself.

Now Wang Yingjiao is publicizing Li Sancai's self-rescue. If he is involved, he will really jump into the Yellow River. So his current idea is to calm down the matter quickly and stop talking about it. , the more we talk about it, the more dangerous it becomes.

It was just that he had a close relationship with Li Sancai and it was difficult for him to come forward at this time, so he turned his attention to Liu Yishen. Liu Yishen was the chief assistant. As long as he could speak out to stop this matter, he would still have a chance to change the direction of the conversation. Turn around.

But Liu Yishen was still so calm and composed, he didn't understand his instructions at all, and didn't want to care about it at all.

The opportunity was fleeting, and Wang Yingjiao's words were like a fuse, setting the entire court on fire instantly.

The debate begins!

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