Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

If the treasury won’t lend me the money, where can I get the money from myself?

If something goes wrong by then, he would at least be charged with the crime of delaying military operations!

He immediately made a bitter face and bowed to Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, I will sign. Is it not enough for me to sign?"

"I'll borrow this 10 million!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Zhu Youxiao simply shook his head.

"My dear Lord Guo, you can't talk to me about this now."

"You have to discuss this with Wang Chengen..."

"Oh, by the way, I will also transfer those IOUs to Wang Chengen later."

"From now on, whether it's borrowing or repaying, you guys should discuss it privately!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen came over smartly, took Guo Yunhou's arm and said with a smile.

"Master Guo, let's go and talk about this. Your Majesty, don't worry about this little thing."

Seeing the smile on his face, Guo Yunhou felt an ominous feeling rising from the bottom of his heart.

Damn it!

This eunuch, wouldn't he raise the interest rate on top of the 3% compound interest? !

Just after the two of them left, an imperial censor suddenly stood up.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded calmly: "Go ahead!"

The censor said righteously, "Your Majesty, I think the matter of the bank is not appropriate."

As soon as he finished speaking, another person stood up.

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal!"

"Any ruler should put national affairs first!"

"The Ministry of Finance is in dire financial straits right now. Your Majesty should use the treasury to support the national treasury and maintain the court's expenses. Only in this way can you be a sage monarch."

Zhu Youxiao did not say anything, but just looked at the two censors and smiled without saying anything.

Upon seeing this, Wen Tiren hurriedly stepped out and bowed to Zhu Youxiao, then turned to look at the two of them.

"If I remember correctly, your name is Zhou Liangsi and your name is Liu Feng, right?"

Seeing the two imperial censors nod, Wen Tiren continued.

"I beg your pardon, but I cannot agree with what you two are saying!"

"The Ministry of Revenue is the Ministry of Revenue, and the Imperial Treasury is the Imperial Treasury!"

"Why should the Ministry of Revenue use the money from the treasury to fill the deficit?"

"Could it be that the money that Your Majesty saved up with great difficulty is just used to clean up the Ministry of Revenue's ass?"

Liu Feng said sternly: "Mr. Wen is wrong! There is already a precedent for using the internal treasury to support the Ministry of Revenue."

"I have never heard of paying interest!"

Wen Tiren glared and said, "Does the precedent have to be correct?"

"If precedents are always correct, then why do every dynasty have to carry out reforms?"

"If precedent is necessarily correct, why do we need to change dynasties?"

"Could it be that, in your opinion, the Han Dynasty and Qin Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and Sui Dynasty, and even the Ming Dynasty replacing the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty, were all wrong?"

With every sentence he spoke, he would move one step closer to Liu Feng, and the last sentence was almost shouted out face to face.

The spit sprayed all over the other person's face!

This hat is too big!

Liu Feng was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground and explained himself with a pale face.

"You bullshit!"

"When did this subordinate ever say that?"

Wen Tiren looked down at him and said with a playful look on his face, "Oh, so what you mean is that precedents are not necessarily correct?"

"Then why can't your majesty charge interest?"

"I have heard that among the people there is a saying that nine out of ten people leave and thirteen return."

"Compared to them, Your Majesty only wants 3% annual interest. Is that a problem?"

Seeing that Liu Feng was unable to answer the question, Zhou Liangsi quickly stepped in to rescue him.

"Your Majesty, putting aside the issue of the treasury borrowing silver from the Ministry of Revenue, the establishment of a silver bank by the Western Factory may be suspected of competing with the people for profits."

"Snapped!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit hard on the face.

Everyone looked at Wen Tiren in astonishment...

Chapter 262 Silver Number

Zhou Liangsi was completely confused!

"Lord Wen!"

"Don't bully others too much!"

"A gentleman uses his mouth, not his fists. Why did you slap me?"

Wen Tiren shook his numb arm and looked at him with disdain.

"Competing with the people for profit?"

“Who are the people?”

"The poor people who have no food to eat?"

"Or is he the profiteer whose thirty million taels of silver were confiscated by the rebels?!"

"Tell me, who among them is the common people?"

He did not mention those scholars, but everyone present knew that he deliberately left a fig leaf for everyone.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone subconsciously took a few steps away from Zhou Liangsi.

Damn it!

This is a big deal!

You might end up getting covered in blood!

Sure enough, Wen Tiren’s rage was not over yet. He grabbed Zhou Liangsi by the collar and asked coldly.

"Answer the question I just asked!"

How could Zhou Liangsi answer this question?

If the people are those who are too poor to have food to eat, then competing with them for profit is a joke. Where do they get the profit?

It is even more nonsense to say that it was the unscrupulous businessmen whose properties were confiscated by the rebels. Rich businessmen do not rule the country, and everyone knows this!

Name the scholars that Wen Tihen missed?

It would be better if he didn’t say it. If he did, I’m afraid he wouldn’t even have a complete body!

He doesn't understand!

The phrase 'competing with the people for profit' has always been a panacea in the court, so why doesn't it work now?

This damned guy is really determined to go against all the scholars in the world!

It was not until this time that Zhu Youxiao spoke calmly, breaking the awkward situation.

"Lord Wen, this is too much. How can you do this?"

"Come here, send Mr. Zhou to the Imperial Hospital for proper treatment."

"Before the wound on your face heals, there's no need to rush back. Just stay at home and take care of yourself."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Shizi squeezed through the crowd.

"Master Zhou, please?"

Zhou Liangsi, with the left half of his face swollen like a bun, looked at Wen Tiren hatefully, not daring to stay for a moment.

The sun in the sky became warmer.

At the time of Si, Zhu Youxiao felt like sweating slightly.

Therefore, he decisively announced that this morning court session outside the city could be ended.

They all returned to the city together, but Wang Chengen and Guo Yunhou were the only ones missing.

The two guys were bargaining in a nearby dry riverbed, leaning against the hay on the slope.

"Eunuch Wang, you know that the Ministry of Revenue is really difficult to work in! How about lowering the interest rate a bit, or canceling the compound interest?"

"Master Guo, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but His Majesty has paved the way for you to this extent, so why don't you take one more step forward?"

"Why do you say that, Eunuch Wang?"

"Commercial taxes! Just look at it. In Shanxi alone, the rebels have extorted so much money. You can imagine how wealthy those unscrupulous merchants are."

"Your Majesty has already exempted agricultural taxes, so why don't you try harder on commercial taxes?"

"But...but we have been collecting commercial taxes all the time, but we can't collect much silver at all. Last year's commercial taxes added up to less than 500,000 taels!"

"That's because you collected it in the wrong way......"

As the two chatted, the topic shifted from borrowing to commercial taxes.

Regarding taxation, Wang Chengen actually didn't know much more than Guo Yunhou.

But there is a saying that goes, "Those who are involved are the most confused!"

In addition, Wang Chengen had no connection with Shilin at all, so he would not consider other people's opinions when he put forward suggestions.

Every suggestion hits the nail on the head!

The more Guo Yunhou listened, the more excited he became. Before he knew it, he had taken out a small notebook and started to take notes silently.

He didn't even raise any objection to the 3% annual compound interest.

When Zhu Youxiao returned to the city, he immediately called Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Weixian, Qin Liangyu, Xu Guangqi and others into the palace.

"Your Majesty, I will be the vanguard!"

As soon as he entered the hall, Lu Xiangsheng knelt down and asked for orders, looking at Zhu Youxiao with anticipation.

Zhu Youxiao just waved his hand and said, "Get up first, we'll talk about this later."

After saying that, he looked at Xu Guangqi.

"Tell me, how are your preparations going?"

Xu Guangqi answered without hesitation.

"Your Majesty!"

"Two thousand mortars are ready! Ten thousand shells! Six thousand spare firing pins!"

"Thirty sets of improved Dao-type rocket launchers and three thousand Rational-type rockets!"

"Five thousand flintlock rifles, a hundred thousand pounds of gunpowder, and countless bullets!"

Zhu Youxiao turned and looked at Sun Chengzong again.

"Ministry of War?"

Sun Chengzong said in a loud voice: "All the camps in the capital can be deployed at any time!"

Zhu Youxiao asked again.