Zhang Juzheng suddenly stepped forward with the ivory board in his hand and said respectfully,"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for the great victory in Datong Prefecture!”
"But Your Majesty, Da Tong Prefecture will definitely suffer a great loss after this battle. They urgently need to allocate funds to relieve the disaster.”
"In addition, the corpses are exposed in the wild. If we don't prevent the epidemic in time, it will probably cause the spread of the plague. Everyone from the Imperial Physician Manor needs to rush to Da Tong Prefecture to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic.”
Zhu Houcong sized up the young Zhang Juzheng at the foot of the stairs, feeling somewhat satisfied.
As expected of the actual controller of the Wanli era. Although he was still young, he had considered things very thoroughly.
After the war, corpses were everywhere. If they were not dealt with urgently, when the plague broke out, the number of people who died would be even more than those who died in the war.
The Black Death and the plague in the Middle Ages had already proved this point.
"Minister Zhang is right. Pass on my decree to invite all the famous doctors in the world to enter the capital and head to Datong Prefecture to prevent the outbreak of the plague."”
"At the same time, the Ministry of Revenue will allocate 500,000 taels of silver, and the Ministry of Works will send 3,000 workers to rebuild Da Tong Prefecture and repair the city walls.”
"Immediately transport 200,000 dans of food to the Datong Prefecture. Remember, do not cause a mutiny among the people!”
Zhu Houjin issued a series of orders. His thoughts were clear and thorough.
However, at this moment, the Minister of Revenue, Qin Jin, suddenly knelt in front of Zhu Houjin."Your Majesty…"
Zhu Houyi looked at the Minister of Household Registration, Qin Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, and frowned slightly."Minister Qin, what's the matter?"
The Minister of Revenue, Qin Jin, had experienced the first two bloody incidents.
He deeply knew how decisive and vicious this seemingly young emperor was.
If it wasn't necessary, he really didn't want to get into trouble.
But there was no other way. Who asked him to be the Minister of Revenue?
"Your Majesty…the national treasury, there are less than three million taels left in the national treasury. If we use five hundred thousand taels to relieve the disaster now, I'm afraid we won't be able to last until next year's annual silver collection!”
After Qin Jin said this, he knocked his head on the floor.
He didn't even need to raise his head. Just by feeling the two chilling gazes on his back, he could already imagine Zhu Houjiu's current appearance!
"Do you mean that I have no money in the national treasury?!”
"Where's the money? Where is my silver?"
Zhu Houjin was flustered and exasperated. He flew into a rage."The dignified Darming Dynasty actually only has a mere three million taels of silver in the national treasury?!”
"Qin Jin! Is this how you become the Minister of Revenue for me?!”
"Speak! How much tax did the Ming Dynasty collect every year?”
Qin Jin was already scared out of his wits. When he heard Zhu Houjiu's question, he quickly said,"Reporting to Your Majesty, Great Ming's tax last year was 5.1 million catties of grain, roughly equivalent to 2.55 million taels of silver.”
"Hehe, last year's tax was 2.55 million taels of silver, leaving only 3 million taels of silver in the national treasury.”
"Zhen asks you, where did Zhen's silver go?!”
Qin Jin didn't dare to raise his head and said with a majestic voice,""Your Majesty, the funeral of a Martial Arts Grandmaster and your coronation ceremony both require money!”
" Besides, disasters happened frequently last year, and this year, the Yellow River burst its banks. Even building dams for disaster relief needs money…"
"What a joke! Is this the reason you gave me?"
Under Zhu Houjiu's stern gaze, Qin Jin stopped talking.
"Huang Guangsheng, how much money did Yan Song and Yang Tinghe's family confiscate?" Zhu Houyi suddenly asked.!”
The East Chamber and the Brocade Guard were responsible for seizing the property, and the seized property was sent to the hall of the Ministry of Justice.
At this moment, Huang Wensheng, the Minister of Justice, was sweating and his legs were weak.
He mustered up his courage and stood up. With a trembling voice, he said,"Reporting to Your Majesty, a total of 1,540,000 taels of silver, 3,000 taels of gold, and countless antique paintings were confiscated from Yang Tinghe's residence.”
"From Yan Song's residence…"
Huang Wensheng hesitated, but he still gritted his teeth and continued.
"We confiscated 3.1 million taels of silver and 17,000 taels of gold from Yan Song's residence.”
"Two million three hundred thousand taels of silver and twenty-four thousand taels of gold were confiscated from Yan Shifan's residence.”
When Huang Wensheng, the Minister of Justice, finished speaking, he seemed to have collapsed.
After Zhu Houjie heard Huang Wensheng's words, he laughed instead of getting angry.
"Hahaha! Look at my national treasury, it might not even have as much silver as your small vaults!”
"From the first and second ministers of the cabinet, the amount of dirty silver in the capital's residence exceeds this huge amount, even more than my national treasury!”
"Who knows how much filthy silver you officials have in your residence?!”
As soon as Zhu Houjiu finished speaking, all the officials in the court knelt down."We dare not!"
"You don't dare?" Zhu Houjin sneered. Heh, is there anything that you don't dare to do?”
"I know that you people are greedy, extorting silver, buying and selling officials, and do everything you can!”
"In the past, I didn't have the time to deal with you. Now that the crisis in Datong Prefecture has been resolved, I will eliminate you vermin of the empire one by one!”
When all the officials heard this, they were all scared out of their wits and trembled.
Greed? Which official of the Ming Dynasty wasn't greedy?
Other than Hai Rui, there was no one else.
However, there was a bottom line for everything. The officials were so greedy that the national treasury was empty. If Zhu Houyi did not show his might, these officials would be even more lawless!
Zhu Houjin wanted to let them know that this world belonged to him!
All the silver in the world is mine!
If anyone dares to touch my silver, I will make their heads fall to the ground!
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