Wanli 1592

Chapter 679
Seeing Shen's usual meaningful gaze, Shi Xing naturally knew what he should do.

"What the Ministry of War can produce will definitely be used to support Xiao Zhennan's fight against the enemy. Artillery, gunpowder, lead, matchlocks, crossbow bolts, armor, whatever can be produced in the arsenals of various places, the Ministry of War will definitely take it, but the transportation cost is not If there are military silver taels, it is not something that the Ministry of War can take out."

Shi Xing naturally supports Xiao Ruxun, he can use whatever the Ministry of War can produce, and fully supports Xiao Ruxun to win the battle, but other problems are indeed beyond his ability to solve, and the funds of his Ministry of War are not used for rewards and transportation. It is allocated from the national treasury after accounting by the Ministry of Households.

Right now, Yang Junmin, the person in charge of the household department, has been knocked down, and many bureaucrats in the household department are being quarantined for inspection. The entire household department is in a temporary shutdown, no one is in charge, only a few small shrimps are still on duty, and they are desperately cooperating with Cai Guozhen Investigation, the situation is very embarrassing.

The national treasury is even more embarrassing. No one in the household department can make up for people to go in. The key point is people, and China has never been short of officials since ancient times, but the key point of the national treasury is money. There is really no money left.

The frontline soldiers are fighting. They fight so desperately. To put it bluntly, they are nothing more than money and promotion.

In addition, it is the first-level credit. The country stipulates that beheading the head of the northern prisoner is the highest level of credit. During the Jiajing period, it was 30 taels of silver per head of the northern prisoner. Now it has risen to 50 taels of silver per head of the northern prisoner. The market sees a rise.

But Xiao Ruxun can fight, but he has never lost in any battle. Xiao Ruxun beat the 1 northern captives on the ground before, and knocked down more than [-] heads. Later, he went north to Datong and wiped out several northern captives. Thousands of warrior heads.

Right now, a large number of northern captives are going south, and there is almost no doubt about winning the battle. If you do another one, it might cost nearly 150 heads. If you just count rewards, it is a matter of [-] million taels of silver !

Of course, there are also many people who choose to use their heads for promotion. For example, general generals and grassroots officers are more inclined to use their heads for promotion. They will use money to buy heads from grassroots soldiers for promotion.

There were also forced robberies. Some officers used their power to snatch the heads of soldiers. This happened several times in Xiao Ruxun's army.

There were a total of five officers who committed the crime, and one of them had a lot of military merits, and then there was no more, and nothing like this happened again.

There are so many heads, counting the silver, that is really a huge sum of money. I really want people to lower the price and bring it back to the level of the Jiajing era.

But the bosses all know that apart from Xiao Ruxun, there is no other general in Guochao who can get so many heads. Xiao Ruxun is an exception, there is only one.

Most generals may not be able to get fifty heads a year. If you forcefully lower the price, let’s not talk about whether Xiao Ruxun will be dissatisfied. In the war, I am afraid that the loss will be even greater.

Therefore, the matter of price reduction has not been considered, but even if it is not 150 million, hundreds of thousands of silver still have to be prepared. After all, if the army wins, the army must be rewarded, right?
Where does the silver come from?The empty treasury?

Shen has always been in charge of auditing the account books of the Ministry of Accounts in person. The information he has received so far is already shocking, and except for the part of the bureaucrats of the Jin family, other parts cannot be shown to the emperor. This is for sure. Judging from what the bureaucrats have done so far, it is enough for them to punish the nine clans.

Putting aside these words, money is indeed an imminent matter. At this time, the emperor is in a rage, and no one dares to use this matter to ask the emperor to pay for money to reward the army, for fear that the emperor will get rid of them in a fit of anger. There is also competition within the Annihilation Group.

Shen Yiguan looked at the silent bosses and sighed.

Even if the Jin faction is eliminated, the other factions are not vegetarians, and they may not be of the same mind with themselves. Many things have to be pawns by themselves. Can't avoid it.

"Carry out the house!"

Shen Yiguan sighed again, and reluctantly resorted to the last resort: "Please Your Majesty, the Jin Yiwei guards ransacked the house, sold the antiques and jades obtained from the raid, and escorted the border guards to reward the army along with the silver taels obtained!"

Copy home.

This is something that every official does not want to hear but has to face. Confiscating a home is not something that can be done casually. It requires the permission of many bigwigs and the support of the emperor. With such a trick.

Shen Li swallowed hard.

Things have developed to the present situation, which he could not have expected. In the 26th year of Wanli, everyone seemed to be a lot more impetuous.

"Has it really come to this point?"

Shen Yiguan looked at Shen Li, and the meaning was very clear—you haven't reached this point yet, don't you have a B number in your heart?My elder Shen Ge?
Shen Li looked away in embarrassment.

He naturally knew it in his heart. As for asking this question, he was really a little palpitated by Shen Yiguan and others' cruel and violent methods.

How soon after the Jingcha started to ransack the house?Can you put on a show for outsiders to see, don't let others think that you are poor and crazy to engage in this Beijing inspection, do you know that the current court is afraid of your behavior inside and outside the court?
Shen Yitong also understands this point, but he understands that killing snakes means killing them, and they cannot be given a chance to survive, they must be beaten to death with a stick, otherwise many variables will arise.

Nowadays, faction alliances bound by common interests only exist to liquidate the Jin faction. Once the Jin faction is overthrown, there will be a lot of filth among them. Not to mention, the filth has already occurred right now, and Shen Yi has already begun to be vigilant. .

As a last resort, we can only use the "blood and sweat" money of the bureaucrats of the Jin Dynasty whose homes were ransacked to appease the soldiers.

After all, the army is the first right now.

"There is no other way right now, but to raise a sum of money for military expenses by raiding the house, otherwise, the 50 northern captives will not reason with us, so please support Xiao Zhennan with all your strength! We must overcome this hurdle, When these northern captives are wiped out, the rest will be much easier."

Shen Yiguan's meaning is also very clear, everyone should work together to overcome the difficulties, and when the difficulties are over, the problem will no longer exist.

Because everyone can attack the Jin family and those profiteers in an open and honest manner. The money and wealth in their hands are truly incomparable.

At that time, even if everyone eats their mouths full of oil, they will still have the remaining silver from the rich to replenish the treasury.

How could Shen Yiguan not be tempted?

(End of this chapter)