I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 172
Imperial property, as the name implies, is royal property.

Although it is the emperor's private property on the surface, it is actually directly linked to the inner treasury and is the source of income for the entire inner court.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the imperial property internal treasury had always been the emperor's personal small treasury, and it was also the most ruthless thing to grab in the harem. After all, whoever could manage the imperial property internal treasury for the emperor would be the emperor's favorite person.

But since Zhu Yuanzhang created the Great Ming Dynasty and ascended the throne, no one in the harem, no matter the queen or the concubines, can no longer touch the imperial treasure.It even raised the status of the internal treasury to a position as high as that of the household treasury.

The reason for this situation is not complicated, just because Zhu Yuanzhang once said: "The world and I do not distinguish between public and private."

And this situation lasted until Zhu Zhanji's son Zhu Qiyu, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, came to the throne, and it disappeared invisibly amid the growing power of the harem.

Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention was naturally good, and he showed the world that the inner court would never steal money secretly.

But Zhu Yuanzhang certainly didn't expect that because he didn't distinguish between public and private, it directly caused several emperors of the future generations to put their hands into the pockets of the treasury without any scruples, messing up the country's finances.

Of course, in this current year, what Zhu Yuanzhang said is still very effective. No one in the imperial treasury except Li Tian himself and the eunuch who served him dared to make any attempts.

As for the state treasury and the internal treasury, there is no distinction between public and private, and the current eunuchs in the inner court have not yet had the guts to reach out to the state treasury.

Knowing that the eldest brother summoned him, Zhu Gaosui, who had just taken over the imperial family for more than half a month, was secretly happy, and dared not write any ink, dragged Jiang Bao and hurried out of the palace.

Clarification Workshop and Nanjuxian Workshop are both located in Dongcheng, along Chongwen Street all the way to the north, but it's just a quick effort.

Sitting in the extravagant carriage, Zhu Gaosui was not honest all the way, and in a few words, he would bring the topic to the bank, which made Jiang Bao tireless.

Taking advantage of the time when Zhu Gaosui finished arranging his clothes and finally shut up, Jiang Bao hurriedly said:

"Your Highness, Juxianfang is ahead, and this old servant will go down and inform Dongchang first."

"No, no, no." Zhu Gaosui stopped his movements when he heard the sound, and waved his hands again and again:
"The king asked the carriage to stop directly at Haiyun Street. Mr. Jiang, you should talk to the king carefully. What is the reason why the emperor summoned the king? Is it because the money in the bank is not enough?"

Jiang Bao's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, King Zhao really came after the Qian Zhuang, it seems that Wang Zhao has discovered that the Qian Zhuang was not created by the inner court.

"Your Highness is overthinking. There are still several million taels of silver in the internal treasury, and there are more than 100 taels at the Household Reform Bureau. The silver is still enough for now."

Hearing Jiang Bao's words, the veins on Zhu Gaosui's forehead throbbed unconsciously, and he was very surprised.

Now he is taking care of the imperial property, and the internal treasury has no other income at all, except for the 50 taels from King Jin a few days ago. How can there be so much money.

Hey, with a sudden slap on the head, Zhu Gaosui suddenly realized that he had missed something. Whenever Zheng He didn't bring back a million or so taels from his voyages to the West, the money in the internal treasury must have come from here.

There was such a big mistake in the things he planned, Zhu Gaosui suddenly lost his mind, stopped questioning Jiang Bao, and sat down honestly in Juxianfang.

"My brother pays homage to the emperor's brother."

In the back hall of the bank, Zhu Gaosui was saluting Li Tian sternly.

"Jiang Bao left in less than a moment, Gao Sui, you came quickly enough." Li Tian smiled and said, waving his hands to signal Zhu Gaosui to flatten himself.

"Brother Huang calls, how dare my younger brother neglect you."

By the way, a little flatterer patted him, and Zhu Gaosui also grinned, and hurriedly sat aside.

After taking a deep look at Zhu Gaosui, he ordered Jiang Bao to pour some tea. Li Tian chuckled a few times, and cut straight to the point:

"Earlier, Wang Fu told me that the distribution of the imperial property was more than 100 million taels of silver. I want to ask you, is this true or not?"

When Zhu Gaosui heard the question, he looked a little embarrassed.

Most of the imperial property is Zhuangzi and fields. How could there be more than 100 million taels of silver? Didn't the emperor ask it knowingly?

But after pondering for a while, Zhu Gaosui immediately understood the deep meaning of Li Tian's words, and immediately nodded and smiled:
"Of course this is true. There are ten thousand hectares of fertile land in the imperial property, and there are more than 30 Zhuangzi who make wine, make silk and boil sugar. It is normal for them to earn one million taels of silver a month."

Seeing King Zhao open his eyes and talking nonsense, both Jiang Bao and Wang Fu couldn't help laughing, the emperor wanted to swallow this million silver for nothing.

"Very good, very good, I handed over the imperial wealth to you, Gao Sui, it really is the right person."

Clapping his palms and laughing, Li Tian pretended to be overjoyed, and immediately said loudly:

"I was worried that the money in the internal treasury would not be enough, but now it's all right. From now on, I will receive millions of taels of silver every month, and I won't have to worry about expenses anymore."

When Li Tian's words fell to the ground, Zhu Gaosui's hand holding the teacup trembled violently, and his face suddenly turned pale as far as the naked eye could see.

He has been thinking about it for so many years, and finally managed to build such a large family business. He earns 2000 million taels a year, which makes him a high-spirited man. The emperor is planning to kill him now?

"Brother Huang, the reason why there are so many profits this month is that the silk-making Zhuangzi has caught up with the good times. Under normal circumstances, there will never be so many."

"Oh? There's still this hidden story, so tell me, how much can the royal family earn in a month?"

Seeing that his elder brother was not seeing rabbits or hawks, Zhu Gaosui felt a pain in his heart, gritted his teeth, and slowly stretched out two fingers and said:

"Brother Huang, the usual time is about...about 20 taels of silver."

"It's only 20 taels of silver? Gao Sui, are you kidding me? There are only a few silk-making villages, and they earn more than 100 million taels of silver in a month?"

"The younger brother dare not tease the emperor, but the usual day is only 20 taels."

Looking at Zhu Gaosui's cautious face with his lips pursed, Li Tian secretly laughed in his heart, tapped on the table and said with a smile:
"That's good, there are still a lot of silk in the palace treasury, Gao Sui, you sold it for me, and then I will split the bill with you."

As soon as Li Tian said this, Zhu Gaosui was dumbfounded. Although he didn't know how many raw silks there were in the palace, he knew it was not a decimal number when he thought about it with his toes.

The market for raw silk is so bad right now, he just found a random reason to sell it, and he has no other choice but to grit his teeth and eat it.

Thinking of Hulala losing millions of taels of silver, Zhu Gaosui felt so uncomfortable that he just wanted to faint, and immediately lost all shame, bowed down, and told the truth.

"Brother Huang, forgive me, the distribution of the imperial wealth actually does not have a million taels of silver at all. It is because the ministers are obsessed with ghosts and want to take this opportunity to meddle in the bank, so they did such stupid things. The ministers and ministers are willing to be punished."

(End of this chapter)