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

Chapter 394 My emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, pays for it! (Please subscribe!!)

"Ok!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then asked: "Ouyang Lun, I heard this morning that you said that as long as you submit a plan, you can get the money from the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Ouyang Lun was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Your Majesty, that is indeed the case."

"Then can I apply?"

"Of course, the emperor is also a part of the Ming Dynasty." Ouyang Lun nodded again, and suddenly understood, this was why he was called to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in such a hurry!

"But Your Majesty, even if you are Your Majesty, if you want to approve money from the Ministry of Revenue, you still need to submit a plan, and the plan can only be released after the plan is approved by the Ministry of Revenue!"

"This is the rule of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Please understand, Your Majesty."

"Understood, of course I understand." Seeing Ouyang Lun asking for a plan from him, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled inwardly, haha, Ouyang Lun, you don't know yet, but I am very well prepared today.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang directly picked up a folder from the Long Case and threw it to Ouyang Lun.

"On the contrary, I wholeheartedly support your plan!"

Forehead.
Hearing Ouyang Lun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly had black lines on his face.

"Since you think there is no problem, then pass it quickly and then... make money!"

After reading the plan, Ouyang Lun couldn't help but laugh in his heart. What kind of plan was this? It was clearly Zhu Yuanzhang's personal shopping list. He wanted to make himself pay for it!

"This is the plan I wrote, take a look!"

As expected of Zhu Yuanzhang, he knows how to play!
"Now that you've finished reading it, let's quickly tell you if it's okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang said anxiously.

"Ahem, your majesty, my son-in-law, I think this plan is very good, but there are some minor problems." Ouyang Lun said with a smile.

"These requests of His Majesty are normal, but the people may not think so. They may think that His Majesty is just an emperor who is greedy for pleasure when he builds palaces, buys luxury cars and luxury cruise ships."

"Your Majesty, this plan must be approved, and the money must be paid. However, I have to remind Your Majesty that the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue must be disclosed regularly. This disclosure is not only for officials, but also for officials. There are people in the Ming Dynasty!"

Ouyang Lun immediately opened the folder and read the plan written by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The look he looked at Ouyang Lun was quite dissatisfied, but there was no doubt that what Ouyang Lun said was not an exaggeration, but the truth.

"Um!?"

"What's the problem?" Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Ouyang Lun and said in a deep voice: "Don't you want to give me money? I'm telling you. I'm doing this all for the Ming Dynasty. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I must have basic necessities of life. Majesty, in the past it was because we didn’t have enough money, but now that we have money, we have to allocate these things!”

"As the emperor, you are the master of the entire Ming Dynasty. You should have good food, drink, and live well. Besides, you are old and have only a few years to live, so you should enjoy it. You proposed There is no problem at all with these requirements, and even my son-in-law feels that there are too few requirements!"

"Then what do you want to do? If you ask me to cancel, what will happen?" Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Ouyang Lun, as if if he heard the word "reject" come out of Ouyang Lun's mouth, he would immediately ask the Jin Yiwei to arrest Ouyang Lun. stand up.

Ouyang Lun caught the fold, and a trace of surprise flashed across his face. Zhu Yuanzhang had actually written down the plan, so he was well prepared!
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will take a look right now!"

"As soon as your boy moved into the Zongren Mansion, he immediately started to repair the Zongren Mansion. There were all kinds of villas and man-made lakes. He also occupied the open space where I originally gave the portrait palace to my ancestors. Although I scolded you a few times, but In the end, I didn’t care what happened to you!”

"Ahem." Ouyang Lun coughed twice, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious! My son-in-law didn't tell you to be diligent and frugal, let alone deny your plan!"

"Don't try to fool me by saying that the emperor wants to be diligent and frugal. I won't accept that!"

"There are tens of millions of money in the national treasury. You can divide it as you please. I have not punished you. Now all the yamen and provinces have received the money. I, the emperor, have not gotten a penny. Do you think it is reasonable?"

Hearing Ouyang Lun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang became vigilant subconsciously, "Why does this sound so weird?!"

"If you want to complete your majesty's plan without letting the officials and people have any objections, my son-in-law really has a good suggestion here."

"Applying directly to the Ministry of Household Affairs in the name of the emperor is too eye-catching. We can change our thinking and establish a new trading company. This trading company is controlled by the imperial court, and then let this new trading company apply for funds from the Ministry of Household Affairs according to His Majesty's plan. , wouldn’t the problem be solved like this?”

Ouyang Lun said with a smile.

Hearing Ouyang Lun's suggestion, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said, "You are really smart. A trading company controlled by the imperial court. Isn't this the same as the Southern Investment Trading Co., Ltd. and the Southern Construction Trading Co., Ltd. you set up before?"

Ouyang Lun nodded, "Your Majesty is wise, but Southern Investment, Southern Construction, including Kaiping Bank, etc., are only local trading companies. I call them state-owned enterprises, while the newly established trading companies this time are directly Controlled by the central court, I call them state-owned enterprises!"

"State-owned enterprises, state-owned enterprises. This is a good name!" Zhu Yuanzhang silently muttered "state-owned enterprises" and "central state-owned enterprises".

There was a murmur in his heart. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe that Ouyang Lun had such kind intentions. This guy has always been a person who can't afford to start early when there is no profit, and he won't let go of the hawk until he sees the rabbit!

"According to your statement, Daming Oil Company is also a central enterprise?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Ouyang Lun gave a thumbs up.

Zhu Yuanzhang:
"I just don't understand. Why do you have so many central and state-owned enterprises? Just let those businessmen do the business. Why bother?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked confused.

"Your Majesty, if there was no Daming Oil Company and those merchants were allowed to resell and hoard, it would be the common people who would suffer! Your Majesty would definitely say that the merchant dared to do this, and you would chop off the merchant's head. Don't talk about this method until then. Is it useful? To hold people accountable after the incident happened has already caused harm to the people!"

"Solving problems is just a means, prevention in advance is the best way!"

"Hmph, can you prevent it in advance by establishing so-called central enterprises and state-owned enterprises?" Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes, obviously not believing Ouyang Lun's statement. "Your Majesty, these central and state-owned enterprises are the ballast of our Ming Dynasty's economy. Profit is not their only goal. As for the Ming Dynasty Oil Company, their overall operations are no different from other trading companies. They all sell rapeseed to the people. Oil, but they also have a mission, which is to ensure that the people can eat oil, and they will not raise oil prices significantly for profit like other businessmen!"

"Let's put it this way, with these state-owned enterprises and central enterprises here, even if those businessmen mess up again, we can easily control them or even replace them. Businessmen messing up the government? Haha, it doesn't exist at all!"

Ouyang Lun was very relaxed and said with a smile.

"This is the truth, wait a minute." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ouyang Lun suddenly, "If this new trading company is established, will there be many more official positions? You kid came to me to ask for an official position in a different way!"

"Your Majesty, you have wronged my son-in-law. He has no party affiliation and no relatives to arrange for, so it is useless to ask for an official position!" Ouyang Lun said with a look of injustice: "And this newly established trading company is entirely for For those who serve the royal family and the emperor, I am also going to suggest that Wang Zhong, Prince and Eunuch, be the chief treasurer. My son-in-law is not going to get involved, so why should I ask for an official comment?"

"Do you really think so?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ouyang Lun suspiciously.

"Of course, I will only intervene in this matter when I am full." Ouyang Lun said speechlessly: "If Your Majesty does not believe what I said, then let's not say anything. I will stand down now. What I just said is My son-in-law didn’t say anything, and my son-in-law will approve the money you need immediately! And the amount can be doubled!”

"It's just that when the time comes, when the time comes to face the verbal and written criticism of the people and the impeachment of hundreds of officials, Your Majesty, just don't take the blame for your son-in-law."

After saying that, Ouyang Lun planned to leave.

"and many more!"

"Did I let you go?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

"I'm so vigilant because what you did before was too scary. How many people did you recruit in the four southern provinces? Although those people are not real officials, their power, status, and salary are the same as officials. It's just salary. It’s a big deal to distribute!”

"If enrollment is expanded blindly and it is extremely easy to become an official, then who is willing to study hard for more than ten years to gain fame? Wouldn't the world be in chaos in the end?"

Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's questioning, Ouyang Lun remained extremely calm.

"Your Majesty, you are already out!"

"What's so special?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked confused.

"Ahem, it means very powerful." Ouyang Lun explained with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty still has a lot of room for development. The current number of officials is simply not enough. If we rely solely on the imperial examination to select officials, just watch. Within two years, people will be sent everywhere, and the gap will get bigger and bigger.”

"Then I will hold more imperial examinations until there are enough!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly.

"Yes, holding more imperial examinations can indeed select more talents, but it is just like fishing. If you do it every two years or every six months, you will harvest more fish, but the quality of the fish will be worse. Can this really solve the problem?" Ouyang Lun asked.

"This" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned by Ouyang Lun's rhetorical question.

"Your Majesty, I think we should walk on multiple legs. The imperial examination is undoubtedly the most important leg. At the same time, we can also conduct the civil service examination, and the civil servants can also establish the administrative establishment and business establishment. After waiting for the details, My son-in-law will write you a detailed memorial. In short, civil servants can meet the personnel needs of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also selected through professional selection. There will be no worries about no one available or unprofessional recruits."

"And the quality of talents selected by the imperial examination will not decrease because of more imperial examinations!"

After hearing what Ouyang Lun said, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to refute, but he couldn't think of the words to refute.

This guy's mouth is still so powerful. Knowing that Ming Dynasty is sending people everywhere now, he came up with some kind of civil service examination. The key is that the four southern provinces have been implementing it for some time. Judging from the current situation, this civil service examination system is very successful and has created a good foundation for the four southern provinces. The province has recruited a lot of talents. These talents have the ability and the position to be highly suitable, and they can directly go to work.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about how to refute Ouyang Lun, he suddenly thought of a problem.

"Ouyang Lun, I admit that your civil service examination system can indeed select urgently needed talents for Ming Dynasty, but if so many state-owned enterprises and central enterprises are established, the salary alone will be a huge expenditure. Nowadays, money is needed everywhere, the Ministry of Household Affairs Do you have enough money? Can you afford these state-owned enterprises and central enterprises?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite confident in the question he asked. After all, there were only a few million taels left in the treasury, which was not enough, so he concluded that Ouyang Lun had not considered this at all.

"Young people just don't think comprehensively enough!"

"Ouyang Lun, Ouyang Lun, I have to admit that your brain is really good. You can always think of some methods that others can't think of. But this method must be combined with the actual situation and cannot be just a fantasy!"

"I have to teach you a lesson today so that you don't stumble in the future."

Zhu Yuanzhang still wanted to continue preaching to Ouyang Lun.

Ouyang Lun said: "Your Majesty, of course the money is enough!"

"Enough? How can it be enough? Tens of millions of taels of silver from the national treasury have been dispersed. Although there will be a tax collection in the second half of the year, it will not exceed 50 million taels at most, and it will not be available immediately. Wait for these All the money will be put into the national treasury, and that will be a matter of next year.”

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Don't hold on!"

Ouyang Lun smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that under the leadership of my son-in-law, the Ministry of Accounts has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Kaiping Bank. As long as the Ministry of Accounts has needs, the Ministry of Accounts can obtain funds from Kaiping Bank, whether it is There is no problem in opening new state-owned enterprises or central enterprises, or giving money to various government agencies and provinces."

"Besides, this money is not really given out for free, but requires interest. The Account Department can also earn interest differences from it and increase revenue!"

"Of course the most critical point is to let professional people do professional things. The newly established trading company is responsible for the purchases of the royal family and the emperor. It has great bargaining power and can buy things at more favorable prices. The same goes for building palaces. By leaving it to this trading company, there is no need to assign additional supervisors, which saves money, time and trouble!”

"It's definitely profitable after all."

When Ouyang Lun's remarks came out, Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately stunned.

After all his calculations, he really forgot that Ouyang Lun still had the card "Kaiping Silver Cabinet" in his hand. How much money "Kaiping Silver Cabinet" had has always been a mystery. Zhu Yuanzhang also asked Jin Yiwei to investigate in secret, but However, there is no investigation, because even the current general manager of "Kaiping Silver Cabinet" seems not to know how much money there is, but there is no doubt that "Kaiping Silver Cabinet" is definitely the richest existence in the entire Ming Dynasty. How many people will Money is deposited in it, not only the common people but also officials and wealthy businessmen like to deposit money in it.

Even he, the emperor, is like this!
(End of this chapter)