Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 364 The 250 million taels of tribute silver spread throughout the court
"What His Highness Taisun said is absolutely true. Nowadays, His Highness Prince Yan is so disobedient to the imperial court. If in the future, Prince Yan's Palace completely civilizes Goryeo and Japan, then wouldn't Prince Yan's Palace..."

Huang Zicheng also looked angry.

In the eyes of these civil servants who respect etiquette and law, King Yan's move was considered a treasonous act.

Zhu Yunwen asked slowly: "Mr. Huang, do you think this matter can be reported to Grandpa Huang?"

"His Majesty?"

Hearing this, Huang Zicheng's heart tightened, and he felt a little timid when he thought of Zhu Yuanzhang, who seemed to be able to see through their minds.

However, thinking of etiquette, Huang Zicheng felt reassured.

"My great grandson is Yingming. King Yan is so arrogant. As the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, my great grandson should be impeached as a matter of course. All the ministers in the court must also follow suit."

Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but worry: "But before King Yan's New Year's Day, he just paid 250 million taels of silver to Grandpa Huang!"

Huang Zicheng comforted him in a slow voice: "Don't worry, Your Highness Taisun. Your Highness, King Yan, used to pay tribute to Your Majesty every year!"

"Mr. Huang, this time it's silver!"

Zhu Yunwen said seriously,

"silver?"

Huang Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted. His eyes widened and he asked in disbelief.

"My grandson said that the 250 million taels of tribute silver are all silver. There are no copper coins, treasure banknotes, or other treasures to replace it?"

"Exactly!"

Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly.

Huang Zicheng was stunned on the spot. That was 250 taels of silver.
"The King of Yan actually paid such a large amount of silver. Such a Japanese Yin Mountain can produce at least 100 million taels of silver every year!"

Zhu Yunwen said with a serious face: "At least 150 million taels!"

"This..." Huang Zicheng was stunned.

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly said again: "Mr. Huang, the emperor has strictly ordered no one to tell anyone about the tribute of silver from King Yan's uncle.

Gu Ye only told Mr. Huang about this matter.

Therefore, Mr. Huang is requested to keep his mouth shut! "

Huang Zicheng immediately said to Zhu Yunwen with a grateful face: "His Royal Highness Taisun trusts Wei Chen so much, Wei Chen must not dare to let His Highness down!"

"Guzi believes in Mr. Huang's loyalty!"

Zhu Yunwen nodded slowly.

Then he talked about his worries.

"I'm just worried, Grandpa Huang likes money.

King Yan had just paid so much money to the emperor last year. As soon as the Chinese New Year was over this year, news of this happened in Beiping Mansion. It should be King Yan's intention.

Even the officials of Prince Yan's Mansion who had returned from Goryeo and Japan openly promoted the beauty of Goryeo and Japan in Beiping Mansion!

He persuaded those northern scholars to serve in Prince Yan's palace, and to serve as officials in Goryeo and Japan.

For all these things, I'm afraid Grandpa Huang will forgive King Yan for the sake of the 250 million taels of tribute silver! "

"How can Prince Yan be so cunning and cunning?"

Huang Zicheng's brows furrowed for a moment, "I use such a heavy amount of money to bribe Your Majesty, but if the court allows King Yan to continue to do this, tens of thousands of scholars in Beiping Mansion will join King Yan.

In this way, the power of Prince Yan's Mansion is even greater and difficult to control! "

Zhu Yunwen frowned and said, "What should we do?"

Huang Zicheng felt cruel and suggested: "Your Highness, we can do this..."

Zhu Yunwen's face was filled with joy, and then he said worriedly: "Mr. Huang, is this plan really possible?"

Huang Zicheng was full of confidence, "Your Highness is the crown prince, and although those courtiers dare not disobey His Majesty, they will never dare to go against His Majesty.

As long as the minister's search for someone is more secretive, His Majesty the Custodian will think that the matter was spread out deliberately by King Yan in order to win over the northern scholars.

In the court, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of War have always been very short of money.

Let them know about this, and they will report it day and night. When Your Majesty is angry, King Yan's move will definitely outweigh the gain! "

"good!"

Zhu Yunwen's confidence suddenly increased, "I'll leave this matter to Mr. Huang!"

"Your Highness, please rest assured..."

Huang Zicheng looked solemn.

……

Two days later.

Suddenly a merchant came from Beiping Mansion.

When the merchant was drinking with his friends, his friends did not believe some things about Beiping Mansion and thought that the merchant was exaggerating.

The merchant, who was already a little drunk, suddenly became furious and started to show off loudly.

"How does Brother Zhang know that during the New Year alone, Prince Yan's Mansion distributes New Year's goods to those Yanshan guards and officials, which means it pulls hundreds of carts!"

"Just an ordinary Yanshan Guard soldier is given half a catty of good quality pig meat, five catties of fresh vegetables, one tael of silver, five taels of treasure banknotes..."

"We have seen this with our own eyes! If an ordinary soldier can get so many annual benefits, how much can hundreds of households, thousands of households, or even commanders get?"

"Also, we heard that when the officials in Prince Yan's residence go home to celebrate the New Year, they use carriages to transport the New Year's goods distributed by His Highness Prince Yan!"

"How is this possible? How many soldiers and officers are there in Prince Yan's Mansion? How many officials are there? His Highness is giving out New Year's goods like this. How much money does Prince Yan's Mansion have?"

"Tsk!"

The merchant looked disdainful, "It's rare but strange. Did you know that His Royal Highness King Yan has a silver mountain in the Japanese country, which can refine millions of taels of silver every year."

"Even during last year's New Year's Day, His Highness King Yan paid a tribute of 250 million taels of silver to His Majesty!
It’s all silver, no treasure notes or copper coins can be exchanged..."

"Hiss... is it like this?"

"Yes, the news has spread throughout Beiping Mansion now. All the scholars in the north are looking for ways to enter Prince Yan's Mansion and work as scribes for His Highness Prince Yan!"

"..."

"What, last year, the 250 million taels of silver that King Yan paid tribute to His Majesty were all silver?"

"Two and a half million taels of silver... In this way, after so many years, how much money has your majesty accumulated in your internal funds?"

"So much silver..."

The entire court suddenly felt an undercurrent. …

Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting quietly on the dragon chair, watching Zhu Yunwen reviewing the memorial.

Suddenly, a chamberlain walked out of the hall with an anxious face and bowed his head to report to the two tigers.

"Go and investigate carefully!"

Erhu's expression changed drastically, he quickly shouted to the chamberlain, and walked quickly into the palace.

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked slowly.

Erhu carefully reported: "Your Highness, the entire capital suddenly knows for some reason that His Highness King Yan paid tribute to His Majesty before the New Year!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sat up straight and stood firm.

"We didn't strictly order you to keep this matter secret. How come we found out about it so quickly and even the entire Yingtian City knew about it?"

On the side, Zhu Yunwen was also shocked.

Erhu hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, according to the report from the chamberlain, it seems that a merchant from Beiping Mansion said it while having a drink with someone and during an argument..."

"Merchant?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression condensed and he said slowly: "Tell us about it in detail!"

"The end will follow the order!"

Erhu quickly recounted what the servant had reported to him word for word.

After listening, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help squinting his eyes and frowning in thought.

There was sudden silence in the entire hall.

After a long while, Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said, "It's really ridiculous. What we wanted to hide was revealed by a businessman!"

"Where is the merchant?"

Erhu was stunned and quickly apologized, "Damn it, I forgot to send someone to catch this person!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "There is no need to arrest him. Let's interrogate him carefully to see if he said it accidentally or was someone asked him to say it?"

Erhu was startled, "What is your Majesty's intention?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Go to the trial first and then talk!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Erhu responded and then left with a solemn expression!

He felt that this matter was not simple.

However, after checking in Yingtian City for an afternoon, he learned that the merchant had taken the fleet back to Peiping again.

Seeing this, the two tigers reported to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Immediately, he ordered his subordinates to rush to Beiping Mansion overnight to capture him.

As for Erhu, he stayed by Zhu Yuanzhang's side. As long as there was nothing serious, he would not leave Zhu Yuanzhang for too long.

Day two.

In the court, there are the Ministers of the Ministry of Hubu, the Minister of Industry, the Minister of War, and even the Minister of Officials and the Minister of Rites...

Anyone with the slightest excuse would start impeaching the Minister of Household Affairs.

Or, in a roundabout way, he wanted to dig out some money from Zhu Yuanzhang from other places.

According to their calculations, in the past five years, Zhu Yuanzhang had accumulated at least 500 million taels of silver in his internal funds just by relying on the tribute silver that Zhu Di paid to Zhu Yuanzhang every year.

As for other belongings, they are countless.

It's just that His Majesty regards wealth as his life. With so much wealth in his hands, he only rewards those military officers who have reached official positions so little!
Now, with so many of their senior members playing together, they should be able to deduct some money from the internal funds.

pity.

As soon as they started playing, the originally hunched body suddenly straightened up, like an angry lion, scolding the courtiers.

All the courtiers were suddenly startled and their faces were full of fear.

They were so foolish that they actually underestimated the status of silver in His Majesty's heart.

After going to court, Zhu Yuanzhang was still full of indignation.

"Dasun, you must have watched carefully today. Those rogue officials are eating the salaries we give them, but they don't think about how to govern the world, handle government affairs, or share our worries, so they just keep an eye on our internal funds!"

"Let's save some coffin books and some wealth for our eldest grandson, and they won't let us go. They are really a bunch of thieves..."

Zhu Yunwen nodded in agreement and said: "What the emperor said is absolutely true, these courtiers have indeed gone too far!
The salary that the court receives every year is not enough for them to waste, but they want to focus on Grandpa Huang's internal funds! "

Zhu Yuanzhang was delighted, "Our eldest grandson is still facing me."

Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed and couldn't help but say: "It's also my fault for this, Fourth Uncle. I just paid tribute to the emperor's grandpa. He was so arrogant that all the courtiers were stunned..."

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face instantly faded.

Zhu Yunwen suddenly felt something in his heart and quickly changed the subject, "However, the fourth uncle's Prince Yan's Mansion is really rich. It can give so many New Year's benefits to those Yanshan Guards and officials during the mere New Year's Day.

Now, it has caused thousands of scholars in Beiping Mansion to want to enter Prince Yan's Mansion and serve as officials in Goryeo and Japan..."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly smiled and said: "It's just a rumor, my grandson must not take it too seriously!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Yunwen was inexplicably panicked and responded quickly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said gently: "Okay, don't think about these bad things, hurry up and review the memorial!"

"Yunwen, as an emperor, you sit in this deep palace all day long. Only by reviewing memorials can you understand the lives of the people in the world and understand what those officials are doing and thinking..."

"Therefore, you must pay attention to the memorials submitted by every official in the future, and do not slack off because of your fatigue."

"Grandson, remember!"

"good……"

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(End of this chapter)