Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 23 The Ministry of War is coming to ask for money again
"How much? Four hundred and thirty thousand taels?"

On the second day, when Lu Wenzhao took the revised account book to Wenhua Hall, Zhu Youxiao, who was in class, was said to be stunned.

His annual income from internal funds was only six million taels, but within a few days after his younger brother went to the Yumajian, he sent himself four hundred and thirty thousand taels. Zhu Youxiao didn't know what to say.

Not to mention Zhu Youxiao, even Sun Chengzong, who was arranged to teach him, could not help being dazed.

Seeing this, Lu Wenzhao could only bow slightly and replied:
"Long live back, His Royal Highness ordered Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun and Nanzhen Fusi to inspect the eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

"In the end, 127 criminal eunuchs and subordinate officials were found, and the total amount of silver confiscated was 6 taels. In addition, there were 4971 acres of pastures and 2 acres of arable land."

"There are three hundred and seventy-two mansions, one hundred and forty-five in Beijing, and two hundred and twenty-seven outside Beijing."

"The mansion, the Fifth Highness said that after checking the imperial store in a few days, it will be sold at the dental store. It should be sold for a hundred thousand taels."

"As for the seized taels of silver, because of the expenses of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, His Highness the Fifth Highness withheld [-] taels, and ordered his ministers to escort [-] taels into Beijing. It has already been handed over to the inner warehouse for posting."

Lu Wenzhao answered in an orderly manner, and told Zhu Youxiao everything Zhu Youjian wanted to say.

Of course, the [-] taels that were divided into pork cannot be said.

Anyway, after saying this, Wei Jinzhong, who was standing next to Zhu Youxiao, gritted his teeth. He didn't expect the Yumajian to make so much money.

On the contrary, Sun Chengzong, the lecturer, congratulated Zhu Youxiao happily after hearing this:
"Long live the congratulations, with the [-] taels escorted by His Royal Highness, I think the payment of the salary in half a month will relieve a lot of pressure on the court."

"I heard from the Ministry of War that Xiong Tingbi eliminated the old and the weak a month ago and checked the vacancies, which reduced the court's burden a lot. Right now there are only [-] troops in Liaodong."

"It's really a blessing for the court to reduce the military salary by [-] at once."

What Sun Chengzong said was something that Zhu Youxiao had known for a long time, but he respected Sun Chengzong. Although he knew it long ago, when he saw Sun Chengzong talking about it, he still nodded in agreement.

He glanced sideways at Wei Jinzhong and asked, "Has Cao Yin from Zhongxian and Xia Tax entered the account?"

Zhu Youxiao called Wei Jinzhong Wei Zhongxian, and he changed Wei Zhongxian's name just because the Hakka family had heard some rumors a few days ago.

Almost everyone in the government and the public knew about this matter, and people like Yang Lian and others didn't say anything, because Wei Zhongxian hadn't shown any signs yet.

But Wei Zhongxian, after hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, quickly bowed and replied:

"Cao Yin from Nanzhili and Zhejiang has been escorted to the inner transport warehouse, a total of 63 taels"

"In addition, the Changying Treasury of Taipu Temple has recorded 25 taels, and various ministries have entered the account."

“另外除了南直隶、浙江一带的秋税还没有起运，其他各省的秋税共入154万3219两5钱8分8厘。”

“内帑金花银入142万8200两，其他杂项112万4700有奇，共入252万2900两有奇。”

The national treasury in the Ming Dynasty was cumbersome. Each of the six ministries had its own small treasury, and the emperor also had his own small treasury. The collection of taxes was cumbersome, and Zhu Youxiao also had a headache hearing about it.

Fortunately, the northern autumn tax was collected, and the emperor's internal funds plus the national treasury collected a total of 406 million taels.

"How much money do you have in the money?" Zhu Youxiao asked after taking a sip of tea, and Wei Zhongxian, although illiterate, had a good memory, and quickly replied:

"At the beginning of the year, the internal funds were more than six million yuan in silver. Emperor Shenzong paid more than two million yuan in military pay for the Nine Frontiers, and the former emperor paid another two million yuan. At present, there are still 221 million taels."

"If you add the 43 taels sent by His Royal Highness, there will be 264 million taels."

"The domestic funds plus the autumn tax make a total of 670 million taels."

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, and then he could only sigh first and said:

"The Ministry of Order and the Ministry of War will pay the salaries on the same day, and all the salaries must be handed over to the border guards."

"The maidservant leads the decree." Wei Zhongxian quickly saluted and responded, but Sun Chengzong suddenly said:

"Long live, if there is no problem with the military pay of the Nine Frontiers, then the construction of the Qingling Mausoleum of the late emperor will need to be allocated money."

"According to the regulations of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, Qingling needs to pay [-] million taels of silver."

"..." After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao didn't know what to say for a while.

The imperial court only needed six million taels of silver, the Nine Frontiers’ military pay was only one hundred and fifty taels, and the imperial mausoleum also needed one and a half million taels.

But after all, he is building the imperial mausoleum for his father, so it is impossible to be stingy, so he can only nod to Wei Zhongxian and say:
"Tell the fifth younger brother, after the seven-day national mourning is over, let him go to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households to see the construction idea of ​​Qingling Mausoleum."

"Slave and servant lead the order." Wei Zhongxian saluted in a regular manner, knowing that his long live family did not trust the officials of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry, and wanted to ask the Fifth Highness to go to supervise.

Sun Chengzong did not expect that Zhu Youxiao actually asked Zhu Youjian to build the imperial tomb, so it was hard to say anything, but he was just going to continue lecturing.

In short, the [-] taels that Zhu Youjian sent to the internal funds were all spent by Zhu Youxiao before he became hot.

By the time Zhu Youjian knew about it, it was already the next day.

【钦赏九边军士银每名二两蓟辽昌易四镇赏银86万6244两，宣大山西三镇赏银42万8044两，延绥宁夏二镇赏银15万5684两，固原甘肃二镇赏银27万2746两，共计133万7518两】

【尚积欠159万9882万两，明岁需发饷754万8000两，明岁需发914万7882两】

"Your uncle's..."

Zhu Youjian looked at the memorial of the Ministry of War and almost wanted to curse.

This memorial was shown to him by Zhu Youxiao. He thought it was some kind of war, but he didn't think it was asking for money.

Originally thought that after the military salary was paid, only 147 taels were owed, but there was still nearly 9400 taels owed.

Counting next year's military expenditure, it will be more than [-] million taels.

More than [-] million taels of military expenditure, what kind of concept is this?
We must know that since the middle of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the normal annual income was 1461 million taels.

Among them, about six million taels were classified as internal funds for the extravagance and enjoyment of the emperor and the court, and more than four million taels really belonged to the Ministry of Households as imperial expenses.

The other six ministries, as well as Guanglu Temple and Taipu Temple, only have more than four million taels of folded silver.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty's military investment has accounted for 80% of the country's annual revenue.

In the forty-eighth year of Wanli, Liao paid more than [-] million taels, which has exceeded the normal annual expenditure of the imperial court.

The emperor in the late Ming Dynasty often needed to use his own private money to subsidize the imperial court, which was fine, but the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not think about tax reform, but always looked for internal funds when they had something to do.

Looking at many emperors in the Qing Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, and Song Dynasty, as long as the emperor did not speak, the emperor would pay for any official who dared to speak.

Although Zhu Youjian knew that this era belonged to the world, and it was normal for the emperor to pay for it, this thing was purely a palliative, not a root cause.

According to the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty, after paying Liao's salary next year, and then transporting some grain, the court will not have to do other things for the rest of the year.

If it is normal, forget it, Zhu Youjian is too lazy to care about it, but if there is no accident next year, the chieftain She Chongming in the southwest will raise [-] troops to rebel, and even once attacked the city of Chengdu.

Therefore, he had to find a way to increase the income of the court...

(End of this chapter)