Eight hundred and eighty-eighth chapter Lao Zhu can get
In line with the principle that no one who sees a funeral is too big, Zhang Ximeng remained silent, while Zhang Chengtian curled up on a chair, hugged himself into a ball, and just listened with his ears pricked up.
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Lao Zhu was furious and asked Zhu Biao, "Doesn't it feel bad for him to sell his land? Is he going to sell his entire family?"
Zhu Biao does not include Hu. You said that the palace is your home, but the problem is that this home is not just for the Zhu family. Fengtian Hall is the place where all important ceremonies are held in the Ming Dynasty. In any case, it is not considered to be the palace. In that case
, otherwise we can calculate the accounts clearly and avoid the trouble of taxation.
Zhu Yuanzhang is anxious, what trouble can there be? Taxation is taxation, isn't the royal exception enough?
Zhu Biao also asked, "The royal family is always an exception. What will we do in the future? Aren't you afraid that future generations will do whatever they want and cause the country to collapse?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he couldn't help it. He turned around and saw Zhang Ximeng. Lao Zhu couldn't see that he was idle and couldn't help but said angrily: "Sir, tell me!"
Zhang Ximeng was startled, "My lord, you start arguing slowly, I will listen to you!"
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Lao Zhu was anxious, "We want you to tell us now, what are we going to do about this matter?"
Zhang Ximeng was helpless and could only say: "Master, actually we might as well calculate how much money the palace can get every year and how the money is used. Let's explain this matter clearly. I thought about it.
Both you father and son can figure it out."
Zhang Ximeng smiles brightly. He is really interested in watching the fun, because this matter is not complicated... When it comes to the palace, many people think that it is rich in clothes, fine food and clothing, and it is extremely luxurious. The concubines in the palace are always there.
As far as I am concerned...actually this is a completely wrong impression.
Take the huge palace as an example. After deducting the three main halls in front of it, and then deducting the emperor's palace, the place where the queen mother, empress, young princes, princesses and others live is removed.
The remaining buildings seemed tense compared with the huge number of palace residents.
Of those so-called three thousand beauties, at least two thousand ninety-nine will live in Datongpu, which is completely different from the splendid palace.
Living like this, the food is not much better. It is not possible to go hungry, but it is absolutely impossible to have meat for every meal.
So after entering the palace, I tried my best to climb up and improve my status... In addition to the illusory favor of the emperor, I also had real food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Being able to have a separate palace, be able to eat well, wear well, have a big bed to yourself, and have several maids to serve you... these are all very realistic things.
Perhaps those who still have longing for the imperial palace do not believe this. They think that the imperial palace, which enjoys the support of the world and gathers the wealth of the world, will never be so strapped. It must be nonsense.
But for Zhang Ximeng, he presided over the revision of the history of the Song Dynasty, the history of the Yuan Dynasty, and knew too much about the palace. He could easily calculate how much the palace spent... Let's take the Song Dynasty, which is recognized as the richest financially.
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About 70% of the Song Dynasty's finances were used to raise troops, and the remaining 30%, about 20%, were used to pay salaries to officials, and less than 10% were used to pay for the palace.
As for the rest of the water transportation, river engineering, and relief to the victims, as long as something goes wrong, the finances for that year are guaranteed to be in deficit, there is no doubt about it.
If 10% reaches the palace, then this 10% is also several million yuan, or even tens of millions. Isn't it enough for the people in the palace to eat, drink and enjoy themselves?
It's really not enough.
Because this money is needed to hold various major ceremonies first, such as New Year, Lantern Festival, Qingming, Winter Solstice... important festivals are very expensive.
In addition, the emperor's birthday, the birthday of the queen mother, and the queen's birthday all need to be arranged, the prince gets married, the princess gets married...this also costs money.
In addition, the cost of offering sacrifices to heaven, earth and ancestors is also staggering.
Finally, since the palaces are all made of wood, if fires, winds, heavy rains, or damage to the palaces occur, money will have to be paid.
So after calculation, 70% to 80% of the palace's expenses were spent on these things.
The remaining bit that can be used for daily expenses should be given priority to the emperor, empress, queen mother, major nobles, princes and princesses... Just imagine, how much will fall on ordinary concubines and palace people?
When Cao Cao was about to die, he told his wives and concubines to be female concubines, to be self-sufficient, and to support themselves... From this point of view, the life in the palace is definitely not as easy as having food and clothing, and having free time to fight in the palace. On the contrary, it is a
A large group of beauties are fighting over each other for a bite of meat or a beautiful piece of clothing. That is the normal ecology. So those who dream of becoming Zhen Huan should wake up.
When the matter fell to the Ming Dynasty's palace, the situation might be better. After all, Lao Zhu's concubines were not that exaggerated, and there were not many people in the palace... But because there were too many young princesses and princes, the expenses were also staggering, and there was no way to save much money.
In the past, Empress Ma tried to find ways to support it. Later, Empress Ma handed over the property to Zongzheng Temple for management. Over the years, she was able to steadily earn millions of dollars in dividends, which allowed Lao Zhu to worry about something, but that was all.
Zhang Ximeng took his time and helped Lao Zhu settle the account. Zhu Yuanzhang's face was very dark.
"Sir, what exactly do you want to say?"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "My lord, the one who lives in the palace is the Tian family, but the one who builds the palace is the imperial court. My lord, as long as the palace, or just the three front halls, are regarded as the property of the Ming Dynasty, Zhongshu Sheng will be responsible for the maintenance of the palace."
If you sell it, it can be recorded in the court's head, and the palace will not have to spend any money."
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhang Ximeng, "That's nice to say. According to what you say, does this palace still belong to us?"
"My lord, if you don't tell me, no one will kick your Majesty out anyway. And if the palace is not well maintained, your Majesty can also take the opportunity to question the guilty and punish the officials. Think about it, is this true?"
Zhu Biao immediately said: "Father, sir, you must have made it clear that we have assigned the palace to the imperial court, and we are not giving it away casually... If the palace is not properly maintained or kept well, they will all be responsible. Isn't this a good thing?"
Lao Zhu rolled his eyelids, "Good thing? If you hand over the palace, they promise to arrange for people to take care of it. If nothing goes wrong, they will definitely reduce the number of palace staff, especially the eunuchs... Yes! They will probably abolish the eunuchs!"
Zhu Yuanzhang finally hit the key point.
With the transfer of ownership of the imperial palace, the twenty-four yamen that were originally responsible for the inner court will definitely face adjustments.
Those who should be abolished will be abolished. At most, there will be a hundred eunuchs left to serve the emperor personally. The rest is needless to say.
Zhu Biao pondered for a long time and suddenly said: "Father, you must let the child say, I think this is good! We can't force others to take that knife for the convenience of our own family! Also, burial sacrifice is a bad habit of the Yuan Dynasty.
I checked the imperial laws and regulations, and it has been clearly abolished among the people. Only for the royal family, there is no final conclusion. I think it is better to abolish and change them all, which can be regarded as our virtuous government. My father has the heart to love the people, so why should he leave such a small tail?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao fiercely and gritted his teeth. Zhu Biao felt that he had a clear conscience and straightened his chest as well, confronting Zhu Yuanzhang tit for tat.
At this time, Zhang Chengtian, who was still hugging each other, suddenly felt a gaze. He subconsciously raised his eyelids and found that Zhang Ximeng had quietly stood up and retreated.
Zhang Chengtian's heart moved, Dad is really slippery!
He also slipped away quietly. The two men came out of the study almost at the same time and went to the flower hall in the backyard. Zhang Chengtian let out a long breath and hurriedly came to his father's side.
"Dad, I think His Highness is right. He is quarreling with His Majesty again. Why don't you help?"
Zhang Ximeng chuckled, "What can I help? I've said everything that needs to be said, and the rest is for Your Majesty to weigh. It doesn't matter if father and son are fighting for life or death, it has nothing to do with me. They are still staying there, waiting to be scolded!"
Zhang Chengtian was startled, and then asked: "Dad, this matter is not difficult to weigh. It is good for the people, good for the reputation of the royal family, and at the same time, it can get more money from the court, and it can also facilitate tax collection... I don't see anything.
Question: Your Majesty is such a smart person, why can’t you figure it out?”
Zhang Chengtian came closer to his father, "Can you please give me some advice as to what this is for?"
Zhang Ximeng looked up at him and asked, "When will you go to Xingzi County?"
"Ah! Leave soon, it's only happened in the past two days!"
"Then you go, are you still going to study?" Zhang Ximeng asked.
"Read! I also plan to get a diploma from Jimin School! After all, the school's connections are very important, and I'm no better than you, so I can only accumulate them carefully on my own."
Zhang Ximeng nodded, he pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "When you ask your Majesty what to weigh, your Majesty is probably thinking about what the emperor is?"
Zhang Chengtian was startled. He seemed to understand but wanted to continue asking. Suddenly, the sound of rapid footsteps came. Zhu Yuanzhang strode over, followed by Zhu Biao.
When Lao Zhu arrived in front of Zhang Ximeng, he suddenly turned his head and said, "Why are you still following me? There are so many government affairs, go and do your business!"
Zhu Biao was a little shocked and had to turn around and run away.
Zhang Ximeng had a smile on his face and whispered: "My lord has figured it out so quickly, which is beyond my expectation. I was still thinking that you would be struggling for a while!"
Lao Zhu sighed heavily, pulled Zhang Ximeng and sat on the stone pier next to him. After pondering for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Sir, why do you say that we, the emperor, are different from ordinary people?"
, what’s the difference?”
Zhang Ximeng laughed loudly, "Your Majesty does not want to be bound by the law and does not want to abolish the eunuchs. In fact, in the final analysis, he has some hard feelings, right?"
"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang said unceremoniously: "Why do other emperors do whatever they want and stick to their word? Why can they do whatever they want without caring about anything... If we do this to ourselves and give up everything, what can we get?
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Lao Zhu's roar of filial piety echoed in the flower hall.
Zhang Ximeng suddenly laughed, "My lord, I can conquer the world!"
"The world?"
"Yes! The real world!" Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Five continents and four seas, an unprecedented territory, billions of people, and hundreds of ethnic groups, all respect the great emperor!"