Wu Lvzhong, on the other hand, was neither fast nor slow. He either didn't bring his official seal today or had other work to do.
In short, he was dragging it out and not giving you the signature and stamp.
Zhu Ci urged him a few times, but this person still did as he pleased.
This could not be tolerated, so Zhu Ci brought the Jinyiwei and barged into the Ministry of Revenue.
When the Jinyiwei were handling a case, no one dared to come out and stop them.
The officials of the Ministry of Revenue were a bit weak, because whenever the Jinyiwei appeared, someone would be in big trouble.
In the end, Zhu Ci brought the Embroidered Uniform Guards to Wu Lvzhong.
Everyone stood up and bowed in unison. Wu Lvzhong was still looking for him.
"Your Highness, may I know why you have come? Please tell me what you are here for.”
"Wu Lvzhong, let me ask you, the imperial edict allocated 200,000 taels of military pay to the soldiers of Liaodong. Why are you holding it back?”
Zhu Ciyan pointed at him angrily in front of his desk and called him by his name.
Wu Lvzhong was not easy to get along with. He thought that he had clean hands and did not have any suspicions of corruption, bribery, or cliques.
Therefore, he wasn't afraid when he saw Zhu Ci Xin questioning him. Instead, he said indifferently,"
"This lowly official is busy with government affairs every day. Even if there is an imperial edict, I have to do it according to the urgency of the matter. If everyone was like you, Your Highness, who always let you do everything first, what would happen to the cases that others squeezed out?”
What he meant was,"I'm old anyway. I'll retire and return to my hometown on the day your crown prince ascends to the throne." Other people respect you, but I, Wu Lvzhong, do things according to the rules, but I ignore you.
Zhu Ci Xin was furious." You, you have to sign it now and stamp it!"”
"Even if it's His Highness the Crown Prince, I still have to follow the order." There were still many official matters to be dealt with in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong. The Liaodong army's pay had to be delayed for a few days.”
Zhu Ci held back his anger.""I understand. This prince shouldn't waste his breath on a dog like you. Beat him up.”
Beating referred to the Brocade Guards behind him.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards had always been ruthless when they beat people up.
Moreover, this was an order from the Crown Prince.
Therefore, Xia Dechao and Li Hao, who were behind Zhu Cijian, grabbed Wu Lvzhong with two small flags and gave him a good beating.
This time, the pot exploded. The dignified crown prince actually brought the Embroidered Uniform Guards into the Ministry of Revenue and beat the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Wu Lvzhong, half to death.
If it wasn't for the fact that this fellow was old, Xia Dechao and the others would have been even more ruthless.
"Don't, don't hit me anymore. I'll sign, I'll sign.”
Wu Lvzhong's wail came from behind him.
Starting from the orthodox era, the Ming court had to subsidize the food and pay of the border guards on an annual basis. It was called the " annual rule " and was paid by the capital.
This time, the " annual allowance " of 200,000 taels of military pay from the Ministry of Revenue was finally in Zhu Ci's hands.
Changping commander Li Shouyu led three thousand iron cavalry to escort the two hundred thousand taels of silver into Liaodong.
200,000 taels of silver. The real money was less than 80,000 taels of silver. The rest was the votes.
When we watch ancient dramas with the Ming Dynasty as the historical background, we can often see the characters in the dramas take out stacks of banknotes.
However, we have to say regretfully that this is the screenwriter's fiction. In fact, the Ming Dynasty people did not have silver notes to use.
In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a kind of treasure note that circulated, but the value of the treasure note depreciated very quickly, so that it was like waste paper, and no one was willing to use it.
The folk trade mainly used copper coins and silver, but before the silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's silver stock was limited.
The imperial court also banned the mining of silver, so the silver circulating in the market was not abundant.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a large amount of silver flowed in from overseas, which enriched the folk silver trade.
If they were transporting silver, one million taels of silver would be a hundred thousand catties.
Not only was it inconvenient to transport so much silver, but it was also easy to attract thieves on the road.
Fortunately, the bank had become an independent financial organization in the late Ming Dynasty. Not only did it manage exchanges, but it also made loans and provided the convenience of issuing cards to withdraw money.
Originally, the notes exchanged between the two places had also become a credit circulation tool with the nature of banknotes issued by banks.
Therefore, Zhu Ci Xin and the others brought 200,000 taels of silver into Liaodong.
In fact, most of them were bank tickets. These tickets could be used in both places, so it was very convenient to exchange them.
However, there was a problem. Zhu Ci's plan was to give Liaodong 800,000 taels of silver as military pay.
Chongzhen only gave him 200,000 taels, which meant that there was still a gap of 600,000 taels.
At this moment, Zhu Ci Xin made a bold decision.
It was a decision that could make his father faint from anger.
That was to send all of the assets of Chen Yan, Wang Zongdao, Wang Zhixin, and the others that the Embroidered Uniform Guards had confiscated, a total of 670,000 taels of silver, to Liaodong.
For this reason, Zhu Ciao went to the North Town Fu Department and found Luo Yangxing.
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