Wanli 1592

Chapter 440 Silver!silver!
Xiao Ruxun's memorial is a memorial to the war, so it is naturally written more passionately.

It is written in the memorial that since Jiajing, most of the coastal residents left their homes and went to Nanyang to survive because of the Japanese pirate rebellion. Although they were not in China, their hearts were still in China.

After the Japanese pirate rebellion has been eradicated, people's minds have returned, but Lu Song Flang Yi cleverly set up a name and obstructed them, not allowing the people of the country to return to their hometowns, what's more, even mobilizing troops to kill!
Our people open mines in Luzon, cut trees to build towns, or go to sea for sailors. All the dirty work is done by our people. Francois sits and enjoys the rewards and oppresses our people. Old and young, women and children are not allowed to rest. Twelve days a day Hours, it takes more than nine hours to work, it is really unconscionable!
Zhao Zhigao looked at it and frowned. He knew the inside story of the Japanese pirate rebellion, and he also knew the reason why Xiao Ruxun described the coastal residents in Nanyang in this way. It's been so miserable, he really doesn't know.

Xiao Ruxun said that Myanmar is vast and sparsely populated, and it is the time when people are needed for development. When he sent people to Luzon to do business, the Luzon Chinese cried and begged him, begging him to take them all to Myanmar to start a new life. Life in Luzon was really unbearable, so Xiao Ruxun sent a note to the Spaniards to take these residents away.

As a result, the Spaniards not only refused to cooperate, but also obstructed them. They apparently agreed on the surface, but secretly arranged for the army to stop them.

Xiao Ruxun sent people to look for them, but they were attacked by the Spanish army on the way. They attacked the Ming army with [-] troops, resulting in the death of one Ming soldier and dozens of wounded soldiers. He rescued the people in a deadly battle, but hundreds of people were also killed and injured. I can't swallow it no matter what!
The Spaniards are slapping Daming in the face, slapping His Majesty the Emperor in the face. It is a small barbarian country that dares to openly confront Daming.

He, Xiao Ruxun, defended the southern border for the country, and had the responsibility to ensure the peace of the land and sea in the southern border. When something happened in Luzon, he was duty-bound, and asked the imperial court to allocate military salaries so that he could send troops to Luzon to conquer dissidents, so that the Spaniards would bow their heads and plead guilty to the Ming Dynasty. tribute.

After Zhao Zhigao read the memorial, he was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted angrily: "You bastard! You can't do anything!"

In the cabinet at this time, apart from Shen Li who was on sick leave and Zhang Wei who had something to do, Chen Yubi and Shen were always there.

These two were called to the cabinet after Zhao Zhigao took over the country in order to disperse the power of Zhang Wei. Naturally, they are grateful to Zhao Zhigao, and they have always been closer to Zhao Zhigao. Knowing that the emperor prefers Zhao Zhigao, Zhao Zhigao's position will not be changed for a while .

However, such an old man who usually doesn't have much temper, why is he angry today?
Shen Yiguan stepped forward and asked cautiously: "Yuanfu, why are you angry?"

Zhao Zhigao took a deep breath, and said angrily: "Franji Yi on Luzon Island in the South Sea dared to attack the Ming army blatantly, causing one of my soldiers to die and injuring dozens of others. It's really life and death!"

"what?"

Shen Yiguan was quite shocked, and quickly took the memorial to read. Chen Yubi came over in shock, and other people in the cabinet were also shocked by the news, and they gathered around to watch.

After reading Xiao Ruxun's memorial, Shen Yiguan and Chen Yubi looked at each other and realized that this matter was not simple.

"In the past, someone from Luzon came to ask Daming for help, saying that their homeland was invaded by the Frangji people and they were homeless. They asked Daming to send troops to help restore the country. My Great Ming territory was later abandoned, but it was also a vassal state, and it was destroyed by the Frangji people for no reason, which in itself is a morally immoral thing."

Chen Yubi expounded his own views.

Shen Yiguan also nodded in agreement: "Reviving the country for Luzon is actually my Ming's duty. If you want to send troops, it is justified. It's just that time has passed and the descendants of King Luzon have disappeared. Even if the country is restored, how can we send people to govern it? It's just Franjiyi blatantly attacked our Ming Dynasty, causing one of our soldiers to die in battle and wounded dozens of others, it is really abominable, we have to be severely punished, otherwise, what face will there be for Daming?"

Chen Yubi and Shen have always been in favor of sending troops to conquer, Zhao Zhigao himself supports this view, and Xiao Ruxun also proposed the scale of the war—not big, a local war, the purpose is to subdue them, let them pay tribute, It's not bad to re-enter the tributary system, but...

"The treasury doesn't have enough money to pay..."

Zhao Zhigao sighed deeply, and with this sigh, the main combat factions stopped their flags and drums.

No money, how much suffering has been brought about by this curse that haunts Daming for the rest of his life!
However, Xiao Ruxun got 800 million taels of war indemnity from Japan in the previous battle, and also took a silver mountain and a gold mountain. The war indemnity is 160 million per year, which is paid off in five years, and the silver mountain can also provide 100 million taels of silver every year. The quota, 50 years of mining rights, is equivalent to 5000 million silver.

For three years, Wu Weizhong, the commander-in-chief of Shijian Town, guarded Japan, faithfully fulfilled his obligations in Japan, and sent Daming tens of thousands of taels of silver every quarter to make up for the shortfall.

Logically speaking, Daming's finances have doubled, so it should be much more generous. However, for some reason, after three years, the financial deficit has not improved much.

At the beginning, the finances were extremely ample, which was not a bad thing, but after a year, the money demanded by various yamen suddenly increased, not only the yamen in the capital city, but also the military expenses demanded by the local army.

For example, Liaodong asked for 30 taels of silver as military expenses to prepare for the invasion of Jurchen and Mongolia, and Jizhen also asked for 30 taels of silver to guard against Mongolian invasions.

The money was ingeniously set up, and the money sent from Japan every quarter had just entered the national treasury, but was withdrawn by various units with various reasons. The things did not see how much less money, but the money was much less.

Zhao Zhigao has repeatedly asked all departments not to raise money indiscriminately, but the effect is limited. If you don't give money, they will make trouble and do nothing. Anyway, they need money. Without money, they can't even go to work normally.

Although the emperor also needs money, the emperor's inner treasury will be opened to the outer court when necessary. Zhu Yijun is not stingy, Zhao Zhigao knows it well, and these Shuo rats take the silver and hide it in the cellar of their hometown , Even hiding in the coffin, I'm not afraid of bursting my stomach!

Zhao Zhigao alone could not fight against the entire imperial court, so the money was getting less and less, and the deficit did not necessarily improve, and the money that could not be paid out was still unable to be paid out. No matter how much money was sent from Japan, Daming still did not improve much. It is shameless for someone to urge Wu Weizhong to get money as soon as possible.

Right now Xiao Ruxun needs money to go to war, among other things, 10 taels must be needed, right?But Zhao Zhigao looked through the accounts of the national treasury and found that the Japanese money for the next quarter had been reserved by several departments.

In desperation, Zhao Zhigao decided to hand over the memorial to the emperor and let the emperor worry about it.

(End of this chapter)