Prince of Chaos

Chapter 456 How much?
Zhu Changluo did have something to do, and as the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, it would not be too much to say that he is in charge of every day.

After Matteo Ricci left, the cabinet arrived with Yang Junmin, Minister of the Household Department, and Liu Pinru, Minister of the Household Department.

When Yang Junmin knew that the cabinet intended to issue debts to supplement the national treasury, his illness miraculously recovered.

When he walked, he looked like a tiger, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't think he was a sick child who had been suffering from illness for many years.

"Your Majesty, please see me."

When everyone arrived in the hall, they saluted first.

Zhu Changluo looked at the crowd and said, "My dears, please stand up."

Then Zhu Changluo said to Wei Zhongxian: "Show the elders and Yang Shangshu and Liu Shilang a seat."

Wei Zhongxian immediately moved five Jinduns with the little eunuchs serving in the palace.

Everyone thanked them again, and then sat down on the brocade pier.

Zhu Changluo looked at Yang Junmin with concern, "How is Da Situ doing recently?"

Yang Junmin replied: "Thanks to His Highness's great blessing, I can still persevere."

Zhu Changluo sighed: "Da Situ has devoted himself to the country. After the discussion is over, the orphan will send the imperial physician to Da Situ's mansion to diagnose and treat Da Situ in person. If you need any medicine, you only need to go to the Pharmacy Bureau to get it."

Yang Junmin was very moved, and said again and again: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness."

After chatting with Yang Junmin for a few words, everyone started to get down to business.

After all, there is no precedent for such a thing as issuing national debt, and it can be regarded as the first time in the world.

Therefore, whether it is the cabinet or the Ministry of Household Affairs, they all attach great importance to it, for fear that there will be a little mistake.

Of course, what they are afraid of now is that they will not be able to get money.

After all, whoever heads the family knows the difficulties of the family.

The three ministers in the cabinet are almost so worried about the money that their beards are white every day, and the Minister of the Household Department is even more anxious all day long, for fear that one day they will not be able to get the money, which will make the emperor and the cabinet unhappy, and he will be miserable. .

Especially Emperor Wanli, a well-known miser. Every day, the eunuch came to the household department from Xishan Huangzhuang to ask when to pay back the money. The frequency of debt collection has already broken Yang Junmin.

Now, the crown prince has a whimsical idea, and he actually thought of such a beautiful thing as issuing national debt.

Although it may sound detrimental to the country's constitution, it can really bring money.

Therefore, the cabinet and the Ministry of Finance are extremely active.

Especially for Yang Junmin, his waist pain and legs were no longer sore in an instant, and his whole body felt much better.

His family saw Yang Junmin's sudden radiance at first, thinking that he was returning to the light, and the whole mansion fell into inexplicable sadness, and they were all ready to report the funeral to the palace.

But, unfortunately, he was really good.

Now the entire Yang Mansion fell into a sea of ​​joy again.

"Your Highness, I have calculated the total, and the debt issuance this time will cost at least 2000 million taels!"

Yang Junmin reported such an astronomical figure vigorously when he came up.

Zhu Changluo looked at Yang Junmin in shock, he really didn't expect the old man to speak so daringly.

He has explained to the cabinet that the maximum is 300 million taels.

How come it costs 2000 million taels in the blink of an eye?Is it true that all big households in Beijing are fools?Or did you take Xishan Huangzhuang as a fool?Treat him, the crown prince, as a wronged person?
Zhu Changluo said: "How did Da Situ calculate this number?"

Zhu Changluo didn't refute immediately, he had to ask Yang Junmin why he reported such a number first.

Yang Junmin immediately said: "Your Highness, the place that is short of money is not only North Korea's military supplies, but also many places that urgently need money for business. The three palaces in Da Nei were destroyed by fire, and this item alone costs 200 million taels."

"There is also the matter of canal dredging. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the lifeblood of the capital, but it has not been dredged for nearly ten years. Especially the section from Shandong to Tianjinwei, this section is so silted that it must be cleared once. This piece is conservatively estimated to cost 150 million taels of silver."

"There is also Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, which was damaged due to the flooding of the Yellow River and Huai River in the past few years, and now it needs to be rebuilt. This piece requires about 200 million taels of silver.

"There is also the Southwest. Because of Yang Yinglong's rebellion, the Southwest has been corrupted, refugees are everywhere, and the army's consumption is becoming more and more severe. Many soldiers have not received full military pay for almost a year. It takes 50 taels to pay the soldiers. This is not counted. The resettlement of the refugees, including the refugees, will cost 50 taels."

"and also."

Listening to Yang Junmin's one after another costing of money, Zhu Changluo couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle. Why did he say more than a dozen such costing things in one breath?

Could it be that before this, Daming did not pay for his work, or did he not do work at all?

However, Yang Junmin couldn't just listen to these things, Zhu Changluo was quite clear about some of them.

So after Yang Junmin settled the 2000 million taels of silver, Zhu Changluo spoke.

Zhu Changluo said: "Yang Shangshu, this calculation is not right. The repair work of the three palaces in Da Nei is undertaken by the Ministry of Industry, and the Xishan Huangzhuang supplies cement. The Ministry of Households should not have any money, right? There is also Yang Yinglong in Southwest China. Although he was dishonest for two years, he did not make a big fuss. Since Li Chengliang was in charge of the Ministry of War, he has never asked for money because of this matter. In addition, the dredging of the Grand Canal is indeed important, but it has not yet reached the point of urgency. And now, the court It’s an eventful time, and I can’t spare the energy to dredge the canal. These three things shouldn’t be considered urgent.”

Yang Junmin said: "Your Highness, the Ministry of Industry is in charge of the construction of the Great Inner Palace, but the Ministry of Industry will still ask our Ministry of Households to report the cost of a lot of materials. In addition, the matters of the Southwest and the dredging of the canal also need to be prevented. That’s not the case. The imperial court should make some preparations.”

Zhu Changluo really convinced Yang Junmin's rhetoric.

But then Zhu Changluo asked a crucial thing.

Zhu Changluo said: "If it is really a debt of 2000 million taels of silver, what will the household department use to repay it?"

Yang Junmin said: "Naturally, it will be paid with the coming year's tax from the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Zhu Changluo said again: "How much tax is paid by the household department every year?"

After Yang Junmin heard this, his momentum was obviously weakened, "Your Highness, you can't look at it this way. I heard from the cabinet that His Highness will restructure the salt roads, set up three major salt roads, and set up a special tax department to transfer the salt tax." .This income can also be used to repay debts.”

Zhu Changluo said: "When the salt tax was at its peak, it was only 150 million taels of silver a year. Even if the three major salt roads can increase the salt tax revenue, how much can it increase? Is it doubled or ten times? Can you conjure out of nothing? Are there tens of millions of people who eat salt?"

Yang Junmin was embarrassed, he didn't expect that this powerful tool was said to be so worthless by the crown prince, but Yang Junmin's desire for money would not be weakened by this.

Yang Junmin said: "Isn't there still the bottom of His Royal Highness's Xishan Huangzhuang?"

Zhu Changluo heard Yang Junmin's words, and he replied flatly: "This is the private property of the orphan, not the public property of the court."

"But Your Highness is the supervisor of the country."

Yang Junmin was in a hurry.

Zhu Changluo said: "Then do you want Gu and Father to mortgage the Forbidden City?"

Zhu Changluo's words frightened everyone present, which is a very serious crime.

"The minister's slip of the tongue, the minister's death penalty."

Zhu Changluo looked at the crowd who all knelt down at once, and he sighed: "Food needs to be eaten one bite at a time, and the road needs to be walked step by step. It is not a glorious thing to issue national debt. If you don't know how to restrain yourself, regardless of the severity, once the debt Send it out, but if you fail to pay, then Gu and Father Huang will lose their trust in the world."

PS: please subscribe~~
Ask for a monthly ticket~~~
Ask for support~~~
　change first

　　
　
(End of this chapter)