Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 383 This Ouyang Lun is the true God of Wealth! (Please subscribe!!)
The next day, morning.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down on the dragon chair and immediately began to search for Ouyang Lun's location. After seeing Ouyang Lun's traces, he felt relieved.

In order to force Ouyang Lun to come to court, he, Zhu Yuanzhang, had spent a lot of thought. Now that the matter was 90% done, he naturally did not want to fail.

Pretending to suppress the Prince Consort Party and letting the Huaixi Party see hope, they madly targeted the Prince Consort Party and Ouyang Lun, forcing Ouyang Lun to take over the post of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue at the same time. Then he could no longer be like Zongren Ling. You don't have to go to court at will.

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied with his plan this time.

Ouyang Lun, Ouyang Lun, this time I want to show you what the art of the emperor is, don't you be afraid!
It's okay to be afraid. You work for Ming Dynasty honestly and use all your abilities. But don't let me down!
The more I thought about it, the happier I became, and even Zhu Yuanzhang smiled unabashedly.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's silly and happy look, the officials were also a little confused. Did His Majesty encounter something happy? It's so rare to smile so happily!
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the time has come. It's time to go to court. Are all the officials looking at you?"

Wang Zhong reminded carefully.

Oh oh
Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang react and his expression returned to normal.

There is no way, it is not easy to trick Ouyang Lun once. For Zhu Yuanzhang, it is no less than a big victory.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Lan Yu limped out. Yesterday, he was beaten twenty times, and his butt had already bloomed. Fortunately, as a military general, Lan Yu was already rough-skinned and thick-bodied, with strong physical fitness. After smearing the finest gold sore medicine on his body, he could barely come to the court, but his walking posture was somewhat weird.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "Is Lan Yu's silver-sounding matter really as serious as you said?! Yesterday, I and all the civil and military officials agreed that the Ministry of Revenue would release the loan a few days later. Why do you bring it up again today?"

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

"It's Your Majesty!" Lan Yu stood up straight, "I'm here to start the memorial for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Today should be the day for the army to raise their voices, but because of Ouyang Shangshu, the silence of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers was reduced. No points were distributed!”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Lan Yu and frowned, "If you are injured, just rest for two days. There is no need to force yourself to come to court. If the people find out, then I will be said to be unkind and inconsiderate to my ministers!"

"Please ask Your Majesty to take a closer look and ask Prince Consort Ouyang to issue the soldiers' Xiangyin as soon as possible!"

Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his inner joy and asked seriously.

After hearing Song Guogong Feng Sheng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, obviously he was persuaded.

"Sapphire?"

"Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"

Therefore, facial expression control is lost.

Lan Yu cupped her hands.

Seeing that Lan Yu was still sticking her butt out and bowing her body, it seemed that she would not retreat until he reported her.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand helplessly, "Lanyu, just tell me if you have anything to do."

This person is none other than Song Guogong Feng Sheng.

“Tell me everything one by one!”

"Your Majesty, we did agree yesterday to give Ouyang Shangshu some time to sort out the accounts of the household department, but the food supply for the soldiers cannot be delayed! If the soldiers cannot apologize, they will definitely be resentful of the Ming Dynasty. If at this time, some people with ulterior motives are used If people take advantage of it, I'm afraid big trouble will happen. What Liang Guogong said is by no means an exaggeration, but there is indeed a risk in this regard!"

Seeing this, Feng Sheng immediately continued: "Your Majesty, I also learned that not only the soldiers in the army are eager to receive their salaries, but also many officials are eager to receive their salaries. Officials' salaries are already small, and now officials Their salaries have not been paid for a long time, and I am afraid they will not be interested in doing anything. How can they manage the Ming Dynasty well?"

"Ahem, dear friends, what do you want to do today?"

"It doesn't matter if the salary of us officials and generals stops for a few days, but the salary of the soldiers must be paid. Many soldiers and their families live on this small amount of salary. If the salary is delayed for a day, they may go hungry for a day. , if the announcement is delayed for one more day, I’m afraid people will still starve to death!”

When Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question, Lan Yu didn't panic at all, because someone immediately stood up and spoke.

Um.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded secretly, then looked at Ouyang Lun, "What do you think of Ouyang Lun?"

"What does His Majesty say? I will do whatever I want!"

Ouyang Lun cupped his hands directly.

"Shit! You are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. If I decide everything for you, then why do you, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, do it? You have to make a decision on this matter!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "If the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is If there is trouble, I will ask you for it, but if the imperial army causes trouble because of the loss of salary, I will still ask you for it!"

Cough
Zhu Yuanzhang, you really want both!

Oh shit.

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Ouyang Lun really wanted to scold his mother in the street.

Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and other Huaixi Party officials all laughed. After the court yesterday, they discussed many ways to deal with Ouyang Lun, and this was one of them.

In their opinion, if they want to deal with Ouyang Lun, they still have to start from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although Ouyang Lun had already proposed to the Ministry of Household Affairs yesterday to postpone the loan for a few days, the civil and military officials and the emperor also agreed.

This is enough to show that Ouyang Lun is completely unfamiliar with the situation of the Ministry of Revenue, so as long as he finds an irresistible reason to refuse the funding from the Ministry of Revenue, he can make Ouyang Lun embarrassed in public. A Minister of the Ministry of Revenue who can't even solve the problem of funding from the Ministry of Revenue, Is it necessary to keep it?

Just when Lan Yu and others were expecting Ouyang Lun to refuse the loan again, they heard Ouyang Lun say calmly: "Dong Guo of Liang and Duke of Song are right, this army is the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers' salaries must not be delayed." !”

"If I remember correctly, the amount of Xiangyin given to the army this time is probably more than three million taels, right?"

Hearing Ouyang Lun's accurate words about the military Xiangyin, Lan Yu was slightly startled, and then snorted coldly, "That's right! It is said that the national treasury is abundant now. Could it be that Ouyang Shangshu can't even get out this mere three million taels!"

"If you don't want to give it, just say so and we'll let His Majesty make the decision."

In Lan Yu's view, Ouyang Lun probably doesn't want to give money. What he has to do now is to make the matter bigger. It is best to make it known to everyone. This will ruin Ouyang Lun's reputation. This person's reputation must be ruined. It will be extremely troublesome to do things in the future. Maybe Ouyang Lun will not be able to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for a few days, and he will take the initiative to resign.

Three hundred taels of silver is definitely a large amount of money for the current Ming Dynasty treasury. No one dares to give it out without checking it carefully.

Just when the ministers in the court and even Zhu Yuanzhang were thinking about what kind of excuse Ouyang Lun would use to reject Lan Yu, Ouyang Lun smiled and said: "What did Duke Liang say? What did the Ming army do?" Without their hard work guarding the borders, how could our Ming Dynasty have such a stable and peaceful life?"

"Although I, Ouyang Lun, have just taken over as Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, I will never lose a cent of the army. In fact, I had people deal with the matter of military expenditures before I went to court. The food is 3.56 million, and your Majesty The rewards for meritorious soldiers are 1.34 million taels, totaling 4.9 million taels!" "All of this silver has now been distributed to the soldiers! ="

"Not only that, the Ministry of Revenue has also planned to upgrade the equipment of the Ming Dynasty this year. All equipment will be replaced. It is necessary to bring the combat effectiveness of our Ming army to a higher level! The total amount of this plan will reach 30 million !!”

hiss--

As soon as Ouyang Lun said these words, all the civil and military officials in the Tai Chi Hall took a breath of cold air.

Then there was immediate silence.

thirty million.
Everyone's eyes fell on Ouyang Lun alone, with various expressions of shock, joy, and suspicion.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also quite shocked, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Ouyang Lun, what are you doing?
Zhu Yuanzhang has no objection to the distribution of grain and rewards, but you directly plan to spend 30 million to replace equipment for the Ming army, but you don't even report such a big thing to me! ?
I always feel that Ouyang Lun is spending Zhu Yuanzhang's money to earn face for himself.

If word of this gets out, I'm afraid all the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty will remember him as Ouyang Lun.

So angry!

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to scold Ouyang Lun, but he still endured it. He couldn't help it. It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang pushed Ouyang Lun to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. It was only on the second day that he became the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue that he vetoed Ouyang Lun or dismissed him. Ouyang Lun's official position as Minister of Household Affairs was no less than that of Zhu Yuanzhang, who slapped himself hard in front of all the civil and military officials.

I can only endure it temporarily.

Let’s first see what Ouyang Lun wants to do. If there is anything illegal in this, take him down directly!
The figure of thirty million taels immediately knocked Lan Yu and others out of their wits.

With these 30 million taels of silver, the Ming Dynasty's army can be completely transformed and its combat power soars!

As a general, who doesn’t want to command the most powerful army and fight the richest battles?

Can.
Lan Yu glanced at Ouyang Lun with complicated eyes.

Knowing that most of the Ming Dynasty's army was in the hands of the Huaixi Party generals, although they could not directly control the military, let alone rebel, there was no doubt that the Huaixi Party had the greatest influence on the army. Of course, this had to get rid of the emperor. After Zhu Yuanzhang, as long as Zhu Yuanzhang is still there, no general will dare to rebel. Even if a general dares to rebel, no soldiers will follow him.

But the Huaixi Party will definitely benefit the most from the increase in military strength.

Why did Ouyang Lun do this? Doesn't this mean helping their Huaixi Party?

Or, this is actually Ouyang Lun's plan. The 30 million is just a hole dug by Ouyang Lun for them!
It makes perfect sense when you think about it!
Lan Yu thought so, as did Feng Sheng, Wang Bi and other Huaixi Party officials, and even Zhu Yuanzhang and other courtiers thought so.

What a sinister boy! I originally thought that this guy would come up with an excuse to refuse, but I didn't expect that this guy would not only agree to give money, but also give more money. Let's not say whether Ouyang Lun will take out the 30 million, even if he takes it. There will definitely be levels set up layer by layer when you come out.

This routine is so familiar!
Damn it, isn’t this just painting a cake? !
I often use this method, and it never works.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, Ouyang Lun spoke again.

"Of course, with such a large amount of money, the treasury will definitely not spend it all at once. After all, that would be too inefficient and disrespectful of money. Although you are all brave and capable generals, you have certainly never spent so much money. ! But don’t worry, as the Minister of Household Affairs, I will teach you how to spend money step by step."

"In this way, please generals, after you go down, write a plan for the equipment that needs to be replaced by the troops you command, and even the future military development plan, and then submit it to the Ministry of Household Affairs for review. Whoever writes the plan is more practical. Better yet, let’s give our excellence to that general. Oh, not to allocate funds to that army!”

"This is also a necessary procedure, lest the soldiers below say our household department is unfair!"

After hearing what Ouyang Lun said, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng, Wang Bi and others were stunned.

Write a plan?
Does it need to be approved by the Ministry of Household Affairs?
Although it sounds reasonable, it still feels weird there.

But if you submit a plan and you get money, then you can find a few military advisers and staff to write up a few plans. Even if the Ministry of Revenue vetoes a few, as long as one is approved, then you will get money!

Thinking of this, Lan Yu and others can accept it.

"Since Ouyang Shangshu has said so, let's go down and prepare!"

"But if we have made a plan by then, and the Ministry of Revenue deliberately refuses to approve it, then don't blame us for signing a letter and participating in your plan!"

As soon as Lan Yu said this, other generals also agreed.

"Of course, I still say that as long as the plan is reasonable, our Ministry of Revenue will definitely approve it!"

"After all, I also hope that Ming's army will become stronger and stronger!"

Ouyang Lun said with great sincerity.

Seeing that Ouyang Lun spoke so sincerely, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others couldn't help but wonder. Could it be that they had misunderstood Ouyang Lun?
Does Ouyang Lun really want to give the army 30 million?
For a moment, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others felt guilty towards Ouyang Lun.

The eyes he looked at Ouyang Lun were not as hostile as before.

Seeing that the military can get 30 million, although the money has not been given out yet, it has been said out, just like an IOU. This gave other yamen an idea, such as the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Honglu Temple, etc. all began to make plans in their minds, preparing to talk to Ouyang Lun and give them some, not to mention 30 million. No matter what, they must give 10 million!
Just when the officials were about to speak, Ouyang Lun spoke before them, "Everyone, I, Ouyang Lun, am not only good to the army! The same goes for other departments, and we treat everyone equally!"

"As long as you have needs, just make plans. For example, the quota for the Sixth Department is about 30 million, the quota for Jiuqing Yamen is about 10 million, and the following provinces are also 10 million!"

"In a word, you make plans, requests, and demands, and I will take care of the money matters!"

What the hell!What the hell!What the hell!

This Ouyang Lun is the true God of Wealth!

The way Baiguan looked at Ouyang Lun completely changed.

"Besides, please don't make trouble with His Majesty over such trivial matters from now on. You see, he looks really bad now, eh."

(End of this chapter)