Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

The expressions of all the officials became more and more dignified. After the team lined up, they were waiting for the order of the court in the snowstorm.

The emperor had already arrived in the hall, on the dragon chair, the emperor's high seat, and several eunuchs were standing on one side holding trays. At this time, the emperor was holding the tax and payment account book calculated by the inner court with great interest.

"Your Majesty, all the officials are waiting outside the palace."

Wang Wu reminded softly, but the emperor still acted as if he had never heard of it, and was still flipping through this book, destined to be engraved in history and become an account book for countless future generations to study and analyze.

In this way, Wang Wu didn't dare to say any more, and stood aside, waiting silently.

I don't know how long it took before the emperor finished flipping through the account book and put it on the tray held by the eunuch beside him.

"Let the officials come in."

The Son of Heaven made a sound, and immediately sat down with a flick of his sleeves.

Following the eunuch's shout, the officials who had already been stained with a layer of hoarfrost finally stepped into the hall.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

The ministers paid homage and shouted.

"Your Excellencies are exempt from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The officials got up and stood in an orderly formation.

The emperor suddenly smiled brightly: "My dear friends, don't be in a hurry to play, I have some good news, and I want to share it with you dear friends!"

As soon as this remark came out, surprised gazes immediately gathered on the smiling emperor. Lai Zongdao and Liu Qiyuan looked at each other, both obviously puzzled. Could it be that they guessed wrong in such an opening?

"A few days ago, the Ningbo Shipping Department reported that from the establishment of the Ningbo Shipping Department in the spring of August to the beginning of October, in just three months, the Ningbo Shipping Department's customs revenue reached nearly [-] taels!"

As soon as this remark came out, the court hall, which was already extremely oppressive, immediately became clamorous!

For the courtiers, they are naturally no strangers to Ningbo's Shibosi. After all, the complete overthrow of the sea ban caused quite a stir in the court at the beginning.

Of course, this so-called turmoil was only limited to the court. After all, when the emperor made the decision, the royal family was away.

And when the Ningbo Municipal Shipping Department became an established fact, a group of courtiers headed by the Minister of the Ministry of Households had strongly demanded that the Municipal Shipping Department should be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Householding, but it was also rejected by the emperor.

In this way, the Shibosi, naturally, was out of the court's sight.

Who would have imagined that the Shibosi would come out again, and it would be such a scene.

Three months, more than [-] taels of silver!

this number...

Many courtiers who already knew the tax revenue subconsciously compared it with the tax revenue in the first year of Zhaowu.

It's okay if there is no comparison, but once the comparison is made, the expressions of the courtiers suddenly become different, either ugly, worried, or frightened...

The expressions of the two pavilion elders seemed extremely dignified.

As they guessed, the Son of Heaven is a drunkard who doesn't care about drinking!

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

No matter how you think, soon, there will be congratulations from the court.

"Hahahaha!"

The emperor laughed loudly: "In three months, it will reach more than [-] taels. Presumably in the coming year, in one year, there will be millions of taels of silver in customs duties."

"In this way, the court's taxation will definitely be enough to go up to another level!"

Speaking of this, the emperor seemed to think of something suddenly, and said: "It's the end of the year, and taxes everywhere, must have been calculated clearly, right?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the court tax has been calculated clearly, the total..."

Just as Liu Qiyuan bit the bullet and spoke out, before he finished speaking, the emperor nodded and looked at Wang Wu of the inner court: "What is the tax revenue of each town and each guard this year?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the guards have handed in a total of 420 million shi of surplus food. Later, due to the continuous war, another 310 million shi of food was allocated."

"A total of 750 taels of silver, 600 shi of wheat, 130 shi of grain, 820 zhang of silk, 52 feet of silk, horse grass, and gold seized from Liaodong were paid in total for the land of each town. According to silver statistics, there are 7208 taels of gold, 130 million taels of silver, and [-] million shi of grain..."

"A total of 320 million shi grains and 2503 million taels of silver were allocated for disaster relief in various places. More than 160 million taels of silver were allocated for the repair and repair of towns and cities, and 53 shi were rebuilt in Liaodong. Up to now, 220 million shi of grain and 280 million taels of silver have been consumed. More than [-] taels..."

"There is also the need to stabilize food prices in various places, which cost a total of 130 million taels of silver..."

"The rations and rewards provided to the various ministries during the war, not counting the food consumed by the guards, amounted to 860 million shi and 1000 32 million taels of silver!"

"There are also North Korea and Denglai Jiangnan two naval divisions, and..."

"To sum up the statistics, due to this year's war, this year's income and expenditure are completely out of control, and there is a huge shortfall in internal funds. Most of the tax revenue in the next few years will be used to fill the shortfall..."

Hearing this number, the Son of Heaven naturally didn't have much expression fluctuations. It can be said that he has already been familiar with these numbers.

The bulk of the consumption of money and food was naturally this war that lasted for more than a year.

Under the huge internal and external troubles, the war is not just the war between northern Xinjiang and Mongol Houjin. In the north and south, no matter whether it is hundreds of thousands of battalions or guards all over the country, almost no army is idle.

Daheng recorded a total of 1108 million soldiers. It is conceivable how terrible the consumption is to supply such a large army for a war that lasted for more than a year!

The military rations are transferred along with the troops, and the transfer distance is not bad. If the distance is long, such as when the grain and grass were transferred to North Korea, people on the road ate horse chews, and there are many places that are not considered roads at all. One hundred shi of grain, The ones that were actually transported to the front to supply the army were less than ten shi.

Just the supply of military rations, the seemingly huge money and food income from taxation is not enough at all. At the beginning, part of it relied on the existence of banks and commercial banks, from buying with silver, to lending, and finally to direct transfer. The form of land, from controlling the overall situation at the beginning, to the most important reason why half of Jiangnan directly lost control.

In the prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River, the previous control, before it was completely overthrown and rebuilt, relied on the checks and balances of the economy and people's livelihood to achieve a barely balanced balance.

With such a large bloodletting in the north, the checks and balances of the people's livelihood and economy in the south of the Yangtze River were naturally broken in an instant, which naturally led to the complete loss of control in the south of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of battalion soldiers’ monthly military salary supply, which is also an astronomical figure. Furthermore, in this war, nearly [-] people were killed or injured. A year's taxes are all used to supply them, which may not be enough.

In fact, since the end of the war, the rewards have been completed, but the matter of pensions is still difficult due to the huge financial deficit.

The few 10 taels of tariffs paid by the Ningbo Shipbuilding Corporation were thrown into the sinkhole for pensions without even entering the treasury of domestic funds, and did not even bubble up.

The emperor was indifferent, but the officials were in an uproar in front of this number.

Just like under internal and external troubles, the conclusion that Daheng must perish!

Who doesn't know that Daheng's strong soldiers are invincible and invincible!

However, this conclusion still spread throughout the world and became the consensus of the world at the beginning!

The reason is that almost most people know that Daheng, who has inherited the mess of the Ming Dynasty, is financially unable to sustain the original war due to the many internal and external troubles.

The original prediction for this war was that the Daheng strong army would be invincible, and finally collapsed under the problem of money and food!

Even if the battle situation progressed more and more smoothly later, there are still not a few people who have this idea.

Even after the battle was over, for many people, the biggest doubt was still how Daheng maintained the war.

Now that the data is in front of us, the facts seem to be clear.

It has never been the treasury that is the center of the government that supports this war, but another military and political system other than the independence and the imperial court.

The efficiency of this system, which has been criticized by people all over the world, is obviously far beyond the cognition of people all over the world.

All in the frontier, all in the war-torn land, but forcibly carried the situation of the collapse of the sky!

In such a contrast, the role of this imperial court...

With such thoughts circulating, the uproar among the officials lasted for a while, but they calmed down strangely, and an inexplicable depression once again shrouded the entire court.

"How about the imperial court's taxes?"

During the silence, the Son of Heaven chuckled, then looked at Liu Qiyuan, Minister of the Household Department, and spoke slowly.

At this moment, the indifferent voice of the Son of Heaven, to Liu Qiyuan, seemed to be a reminder to Liu Qiyuan.

With the shocking gems in front of him, how could he have the face to say such unsightly figures from the court!

Even if we don't mention this unsightly figure, the statistics of the inner court just now clearly show that Daheng is completely supported by the system of the emperor. It's a flawless mistake, and it's dragging its feet time and time again!

After hesitating for a while, Liu Qiyuan bowed to the emperor and said slowly:

"In the second year of Zhaowu, the imperial court collected more than 220 million stones of grain and 180 million taels of silver!"

"In one year, the disaster relief consumed 80 taels of grain and 38 taels of silver. The Ministry of Industry built the road from Tongzhou to the capital. The original budget was 30 taels of silver, but now it has consumed 60 taels of silver."

"The Ministry of Households dispatched land statistics, and the consumption of silver reached 56 taels..."

"and also……"

A sentence came out slowly, and the heads of the officials lowered lower and lower.

Pearls and jade are in front, but tiles and stones are hard to be.

The brilliance in front is too bright, and it's their turn to report, it seems unsightly!

"Ah……"

When Liu Qiyuan finished his report, the emperor couldn't help but chuckled: "It seems that my courtiers and officials in this world are all great sages. Constant work!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an instant deathly silence in the hall, all civil and military officials, and even the sound of breathing subconsciously slowed down.

"I'll do the math for you. If you think about it, the border towns are at most half of the Daheng world!"

The emperor stood up, his face frosty: "Half of the Daheng world has already supported Daheng!"

"Tell me, what are the rest of the world doing?"

"Are they greedily devouring the people's fat and people's anointing, waiting for Daheng to be overthrown, so that they can change their families immediately?"

"A land with several provinces, half of the world, not only can't give me any help, but it keeps holding me back, and I won't talk about mistakes. In the end, even the salaries of officials have to be paid by me!"

"Tell me, what's the use of you if I want you!"

As soon as these words came out, the dead silence broke instantly, and the officials fell to their knees with a crash.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

"I appease my anger?"

The emperor smiled angrily, and looked at Lai Zongdao Liu Qiyuan and the two: "Come on, two elders, come and tell me, how should I appease my anger?"

"My lord is guilty!"

At this moment, Lai Zongdao, Liu Qiyuan and the elders of the pavilion were also speechless. They took off their top belts, and when they shouted, they also knelt and prostrated!

"You don't need to say, whether you are guilty or not, you have the final say!"

The Son of Heaven snorted coldly and looked around at the ministers: "I'm afraid you've forgotten that the world has changed dynasties, and it's not in the former Ming Dynasty. This is Daheng, and I'm Emperor Zhaowu!"

"Do you think that I dare not kill?"

"His Majesty!"

Liu Qiyuan still couldn't help standing up, wanting to persuade.

"Why, you still have to persuade me to take pictures slowly, not to lose people's hearts?"

The Son of Heaven didn't wait for Liu Qiyuan to say anything, but with one word, Liu Qiyuan was speechless.

"I gave you a chance, didn't I give you more than one chance?"

"I leave half of the world to you to govern!"

"But what do you give back to me, to this world?"

"It's because you can't even pay official salaries?"

"It's you lying on the people to suck blood?"

"Or do you pretend to be noble and superior to others, and the millions of people are not the people, but you are the people?"

Liu Qiyuan opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.

The Son of Heaven is right. The Son of Heaven has given them too many opportunities for so many years since he was in power in the Ming Dynasty.

If it weren't for their corruption, the emperor would not have been forced to start anew, and the emperor would not have set up the policy of endless disasters.

He knew that with the temper of today's emperor, if His Majesty is not allowed to clean up the world, this emperor will definitely suppress the vassal town with endless disasters, and will never return the world to the center of the court.

In this way, the imperial court left over from the previous Ming Dynasty will only become more and more marginalized, and eventually, it will inevitably be completely replaced by Wu Xun.

In the end, all the things left over from the previous Ming Dynasty, no matter good or bad, will probably be ruthlessly swept away by Wu Xun to the dustbin of history.

This will be a general trend, one that His Majesty may not be able to stop,

Whether in public or private, he can no longer stop His Majesty from making bold decisions.

Only by allowing His Majesty to clean up the corruption, the world can return to the court, and the civil and military will not be completely out of balance, and the essence that should be preserved can be successfully continued to this Daheng Dynasty.

Under the expectations of the officials, Liu Qiyuan bowed to the emperor, knelt down and kowtowed, but didn't say another word.