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Volume 1: Eagle Chapter 523: Silver

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    Opening Wei Mi's eyes, Emperor Tianqi showed a comfortable smile on his face. Looking at Queen Zhang lying next to him like a kitten, the smile on Emperor Tianqi's face became even stronger.  Thinking about what happened last night, Emperor Tianqi felt a little bit dumbfounded. He hadn't been so out of character for a long time.  After looking around and seeing no one, Emperor Tianqi slowly got out of bed.  Without disturbing the sleeping Queen Zhang, Emperor Tianqi slowly walked out.  Unexpectedly, he saw Wang Chengen as soon as he arrived at the outer hall. Emperor Tianqi smiled and said: Wait for me to change my clothes!  " "Yes, Your Majesty!  "Wang Chengen hurried over and served Emperor Tianqi with a smile, while telling the eunuchs and maids to be careful. After washing up and having breakfast, Emperor Tianqi began to repeat his usual work. Although there was a cabinet and a ceremonial supervisor, Tianqi  The emperor still didn't want to be lazy, and it was safer to look at some things by himself. After looking through some memorials, Emperor Tianqi finally saw a more important memorial. The person who submitted the letter was Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of Civil Affairs.  The memorial read: Requesting repayment of official debt. He sighed helplessly. He originally thought that he had done a lot, but for the first time, Emperor Tianqi discovered that he had too many things to do and the responsibilities were heavy.  It's a long way to go! After passing the flattering words in front of him, Emperor Tianqi's eyes fell directly on the business behind him. The above topic was just a commonplace. The Chinese New Year was coming soon, and the landlord's family had no food left, and these days of being an official were not enough.  It¡¯s not easy. Emperor Tianqi¡¯s mentality is very clear. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, many officials could not rely on their salaries, but there were still many people who still had to rely on these salaries to survive.  Otherwise, these people may not be able to survive this year. In this memorial, Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of Civil Affairs, hopes that Emperor Tianqi can make up for the salary arrears of the court in the early years of Wanli.  The reform once reversed the political decline, and Emperor Wanli became a wealthy emperor. This Emperor Wanli was also a thrifty emperor. The court no longer owed officials much salary, but the three major conquests of Wanli consumed countless treasury.  The originally full treasury already owed a lot of money to Emperor Tianqi. However, Emperor Tianqi punished corrupt officials, and after this year, there were already 12 million in the treasury.  Two deposits of silver were collected. This year, a total of 8 million taels of silver were collected from the treasury, and the rest went into Emperor Tianqi's inner treasury. As for the salt tax, a total of 16 million taels were collected from the treasury in half a year, and the government and the public were immediately shocked.  They were stunned. After a year of spending in the Ming Dynasty, the treasury still had one thousand two hundred taels of silver. This was something that had never been thought of before. After this incident, everyone in the government and the public expressed their admiration for Emperor Tianqi.  But when money came, things started to happen. All the officials in the imperial court focused on it, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs was no exception. In Zhou Jiamo's memorial, Zhou Jiamo applied for a tattoo of 2.3 million taels of silver from Emperor Tianqi, which was used to give money to Emperor Tianqi.  Officials at all levels distributed salaries and New Year subsidies. The most important thing was to make up for the salary owed to officials. Emperor Tianqi sighed softly. He was still very grateful to Zhang Juzheng. If he had not made Zhang Juzheng's reforms, he would never have done it.  Such a good situation. Although the three major powers were greatly depleted, they were much better off than the Jiajing Dynasty. Looking at the cabinet votes below, Emperor Tianqi could only smile and shook his head.  You are pushing useless bullshit, but the central idea is the same, right!  " However, Emperor Tianqi knew that the cabinet did not dare to write anything else. In the past, the treasury had no money.  No one will make a fuss.  If anyone makes trouble, he will be labeled as ignorant.  But now that the treasury is rich, if the officials' salaries are not paid, I'm afraid things will be very troublesome.  The cabinet does not want to provoke those censors headed by the Inspectorate and those mad dogs.  The cabinet absolutely respects ghosts and gods and keeps them at a distance.  Thinking of those corrupt officials who were full of fat heads, Emperor Tianqi wished he had to pay his salary. At first, Emperor Tianqi himself knew that things could not be done this way.  Thinking of those officials who couldn't reveal the blame, Emperor Tianqi looked back at Wang Chengen and said, "This memorial will be sent to the Chief of Ceremonies to be draped in red. I'm sure!" Wang Chengen immediately gave a respectful salute and said with a smile on his face:  "Yes, your Majesty, don't worry, Nubei will do it now!" Looking back, Emperor Tianqi continued to flip through the memorials in his hands. Many of them were small things, but the big ones were all related to money.  After handling the matter, Emperor Tianqi rubbed his swollen forehead. Only then did Emperor Tianqi feel that he felt much better.  "Your Majesty, drink tea!" Seeing that Emperor Tianqi seemed to have dealt with everything, Wang Chengen hurriedly held a bowl of tea.He walked in front of Emperor Tianqi and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is the tea prepared by Nubei. The temperature is just right now!" Taking the tea handed over by Wang Chengen, Emperor Tianqi took a sip gently and said: "  Is there anything important in these memorials? Please pick them out for me to read." "Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen answered respectfully, turning over the memorials on one side slowly. These were all taken from the Chief of Ceremonies.  Wang Chengen had already read the memorial.  As the personal eunuch of Emperor Tianqi, Wang Chengen naturally has advantages that others do not have. Basically, whatever Emperor Tianqi asks, Wang Chengen can give an answer.  "Your Majesty, this memorial was submitted by Mr. Yuan Yingtai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. He said that many palaces in the palace are in disrepair. Now that the treasury has money, he hopes to repair the palaces in the palace! It will cost about two million taels of silver.  The cabinet vote is approved!" Wang Chengen looked at Emperor Tianqi carefully, but the expression on his face did not change at all.  Emperor Tianqi's brows suddenly frowned. Since Yuan Yingtai became Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he has done very well in regulating the Yellow River and other things.  Although he knew that Yuan Yingtai didn't know anything about military affairs, Emperor Tianqi didn't want everyone to be an all-rounder.  His impression of Yuan Yingtai was pretty good, but Emperor Tianqi couldn't figure out why he got such a flattering memorial.  Although Emperor Tianqi traveled through time from later generations, he couldn't figure out this matter.  The ministers of the Ming Dynasty knew very well that there was always no money in the treasury, and when they had money they would naturally spend it where it should be spent.  But the emperor cannot ignore it, otherwise he will be labeled as a father without a king.  At that time, Emperor Jiajing had a dispute with his ministers because he wanted to build a palace. The ministers wanted to use the money to govern the country, but the Emperor Jiajing wanted to build the palace he had burned down.  When the matter came to an end, the ministers naturally backed down. Since then, this tradition has remained.  Let¡¯s not talk about the lack of money in the treasury. If you have money, you must give it to the emperor to spend some money. Yuan Yingtai will naturally submit this memorial.  Without thinking clearly, Emperor Tianqi shook his head, glanced at Wang Chengen, and said, "How much money do I have in my inner treasury?" Because of his personality, Emperor Tianqi was not as concerned about how much money he had like other emperors.  money.  "Go back to the emperor, because at the end of the year, the money of the Longchang has arrived. The salt alone has made a profit of 26 million taels, and the rest of the income is about 4 million taels, totaling around 30 million taels. The house was searched.  The silver earned was 16 million taels, and there were originally about 24 million taels in the inner treasury. Now the emperor's inner treasury contains about 70 million taels of silver! "Wang Chengen is naturally very familiar with these, and he is not at all afraid of this!  He said it without hesitation.  Emperor Tianqi was stunned. Although he knew that the Ming Dynasty was not without silver, there was too much silver!  After thinking about the information of later generations, Emperor Tianqi knew that it was not because he had too much money, but because he was poor.  He shook his head with a wry smile, and asked with a serious face: "Longchang has brought so much money, won't it affect the operation of the Longchang?" "Back to the emperor, Nubei has already asked, and they have already allocated the money they will spend next year.  The money has been set aside, there will be no mistakes!" Wang Chengen's expression did not change at all, and he bowed.  He nodded. Since this was the case, Emperor Tianqi was naturally relieved.  After pondering for a moment, Emperor Tianqi said with a serious face: "Since there is no shortage of money in the inner treasury, don't use the money from the treasury to repair the palace, use the silver from the inner treasury!" "Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen will naturally not object. Now  There is money in the inner treasury, so the two million taels naturally don't matter.  What's more, this is money to repair the palace, so no one dares to say anything.  Putting down the memorial in his hand, Wang Chengen picked up another memorial, but this time he did not open it. Instead, he respectfully said to Emperor Tianqi: "Your Majesty, this is a secret memorial from Lord Luo Sigong, the commander of Jinyi Guards!"  He handed it to Emperor Tianqi respectfully.  Reaching out to take the memorial, Emperor Tianqi slowly read it, but soon Emperor Tianqi sighed softly.  This is Luo Sigong's petition to punish the rebels of the White Lotus Sect and the rift between the slaves. The case has almost been tried, and Luo Sigong hopes that Emperor Tianqi will issue an edict.  Luo Sigong's tone was very cautious, for fear of offending Emperor Tianqi. In fact, all of these people should be executed in Lingchi, but Luo Sigong did not dare to take this idea.  You must know that there is a saint from the White Lotus Sect here. This is where Luo Sigong is undecided.  That pretty face flashed through my mind, and Emperor Tianqi was like a god again. Although Emperor Tianqi had countless women around him, these were all sent in. Emperor Tianqi had no right to choose.  The Saint of the White Lotus Sect was different. She was the first woman that Emperor Tianqi had a crush on after he came to this world. However, Emperor Tianqi did not think about it for too long and said to Wang Chengen on the side: "WangWell, what do you think is the appropriate thing to do about this matter?  "(To be continued)
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