Chapter 321 How much property did Emperor Kangxing have?
The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and calmed down before asking: "What's the matter?"
Jia Yun said: "Sun Chen discovered that the national treasury is currently short of silver, and even the Ministry of Internal Affairs is poor. The court needs to continue to spend money, and it needs money to quell the rebellion of the Shui family. Sun Chen expected that the Jing family would probably rebel. In this way, it would be difficult to quell the rebellion of the Jing family."
It takes a lot of money.”
"If there is a shortage of silver, seriously speaking, our Qing Dynasty will be in danger of falling. For the sake of Qing Dynasty, in order to protect the country built by my ancestors of the Xia family, and in order to allow the Empress Dowager to enjoy her old age in peace and not encounter disasters in her later years,
Sun Chen has decided to give up his previous property, and Sun Chen’s wife is also willing to give up her dowry.”
"Sun Chen knew that the emperor's grandfather left a fortune, and he did not hide it from the emperor's grandmother. Sun Chen originally planned to use this property, but Sun Chen wanted to honor the emperor's grandmother in his heart. Without the permission of the emperor's grandmother, Sun Chen would do it without permission.
Using this property would be unfilial and disrespectful to the imperial grandmother."
"It's just that the imperial court is currently short of silver. If it is not solved, the consequences will be very serious. Therefore, Sun Chen has to shamelessly come to ask the emperor's grandmother today, hoping that the emperor's grandmother will generously and kindly hand over the emperor's grandfather's property to Sun Chen. In order to celebrate the dynasty,
For the sake of the Xia family, and for the imperial grandmother herself."
"Even if you take out this property, the Imperial Grandmother's own property will not be used up in the next life, let alone this life. Sun Chen can also swear to the Imperial Grandmother that Sun Chen will definitely make a lot of money as soon as possible. In the future, Sun Chen will
Honor the royal grandmother financially."
After speaking such a long speech in one go, before he finished, Jia Yun took out a copy of "Qing Bao" and placed it on the table.
Jia Yun said: "This is the "Qing Bao" issued to the world. This newspaper will be circulated in all the territories of our Qing Dynasty. If the emperor's grandmother is willing to give away the property of the emperor's grandfather, the matter will be published in the "Qing Bao".
I believe that all the people in the world will praise the Imperial Grandmother for her generosity and kindness. This is also the Imperial Grandmother’s accumulation of virtue, and the Imperial Grandmother will be as rich and prosperous in her next life as she was in this life.”
The Queen Mother: "..."
In fact, she had guessed in advance that Jia Yun was probably going to ask her for Emperor Kangxing's property, because she knew that both the treasury and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were poor, and the Qing Dynasty was spending too much money.
She originally planned to hand over all the property of Emperor Kangxing to Xia Hao when Xia Hao ascended the throne, but she didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin like Jia Yun would suddenly come out and seize the throne forcefully and quickly.
Originally, she thought that because of Jia Yun's ruthlessness and the fact that the treasury and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were poor after seizing the throne, she would probably rob Emperor Kangxing of his property, and maybe even her property.
In the end, Jia Yun did not do this and handed over all the property of Emperor Kangxing to her. This satisfied her and was one of the reasons why she did not cause trouble before Jia Yun ascended the throne.
Jia Yun also satisfied her with how she handled the funerals of the two late emperors.
Moreover, now that Jia Yun has ascended the throne, the matter is a foregone conclusion.
Even though she was still dissatisfied, she had to temporarily accept Jia Yun as the new emperor.
For these reasons, before Jia Yun came today, the Empress Dowager had already considered that once Jia Yun came to her to ask for Emperor Kangxing's property, she would discuss the conditions with Jia Yun. If Jia Yun met all her conditions,
She then gave half of Emperor Kangxing's property to Jia Yun.
As for the other half of the property, she thought that it might be left to other princes and grandsons to take over the throne in the future...
Now, Jia Yun's long speech made the Empress Dowager confused.
After reacting, the Empress Dowager could not help but sigh at Jia Yun's cleverness and tact. Look at this long speech, how thoughtful and persuasive it was!
Indeed, the imperial court is short of silver now, and will have to spend a lot of money in the future.
Indeed, if the shortage of silver is not resolved, the Qing Dynasty may fall. If this happens, she, the Empress Dowager, will encounter disaster in her later years.
Indeed, Jia Yun, the new emperor, had given out his personal property, and Xue Baochai, the empress, had given out her dowry. Even if she, the empress dowager, did not give out her personal property, it would be inconvenient for her to guard Emperor Kangxing's property.
Indeed, Jia Yun, who raised an army to seize the throne, could have robbed Emperor Kangxing's property, but did not do so.
Indeed, even if Emperor Kangxing's property was handed over, she, the Empress Dowager, would still have a lot of personal property.
As for Jia Yun's vow that she would be filial to her financially in the future, she doesn't really care about it. She has enough personal property, and it seems that she only has a few years to live, and she does care about reputation and accumulation of virtue.
I care that my next life can be as noble and glorious as this one.
However, after pondering for a while, the Empress Dowager still said: "I can give you half of your imperial grandfather's property, but there is something you have to promise me."
Jia Yun said: "I'm afraid half of the property is not enough, so I'll give it all."
The Queen Mother: "..."
After thinking for a long time, the Empress Dowager gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll give it all, but you have to agree to what I propose!"
Jia Yun was overjoyed. He had been mentally prepared that the Empress Dowager might not be willing to give him Emperor Kangxing's property. However, after being surprised for a few seconds, he calmed down. He had already guessed that this
What kind of conditions is this old grandmother going to make...
"Imperial grandmother, please speak." Jia Yun said respectfully.
The Empress Dowager said: "Prince Yiping, Prince Zhongshun and your eldest and third emperor brothers are still being imprisoned by you, as well as your fourth emperor brother who is far away in Shengjing. I think you should also want to
Fix him?"
"The thing I want you to agree to is to let Prince Yihei and Prince Zhongshun go, and let Prince Zhongshun continue to be in charge of the clan. Let your eldest brother and the third brother go, and let your eldest brother be the king's camp.
Jiedushi, as for your Fourth Emperor brother, let him continue to be a general to quell the rebellion of the Shui family, and then let him be a Jiedushi of Shengjing."
Jia Yun: "..."
His expression suddenly darkened.
As he expected, this old grandmother really wanted him to forgive her princes and grandsons, but this old grandmother was thicker-skinned and more stubborn than he expected!
How could Jia Yun not guess that this old grandmother was still dissatisfied with him as the new emperor and did not want him to become emperor!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Jia Yun said solemnly: "I have ascended the throne, and I have said many sincere words to you. I didn't expect that the imperial grandmother is still dissatisfied with me inheriting the throne! This morning I
I have just abolished Chang'an Jiedushi and Jingying Jiedushi. This kind of official position is a disaster for our Qing Dynasty. I will abolish other Jiedushi in the future!"
"Let the eldest emperor brother serve as the military governor of the Beijing camp? Let the fourth emperor brother continue to suppress the rebellion of the Shui family and then serve as the military governor of Shengjing? And let Prince Zhongshun continue to serve as the clan commander? Does the imperial grandmother think I am a fool?
If this happens, wouldn't it give the eldest and fourth emperor brothers an opportunity to raise troops to seize the throne? If this happens, our Qing Dynasty will definitely be in chaos, and once the Jing family raises troops, our Qing Dynasty will definitely fall!"
"Royal Grandma, do you really want me to commit fratricide with the eldest brother and the fourth brother? You want me to destroy the Qing Dynasty and make my Xia family lose their great country? In this case, how can you still have the dignity to die?
After death, go to see the imperial grandfather and father? Go to meet the ancestors of my Xia family? With all due respect, if this happens, the imperial grandmother will definitely encounter disaster, and she will not have the chance to be buried in the imperial mausoleum of my Xia family."
"If the imperial grandmother gives me the property of the imperial grandfather, I will keep the lives of the eldest emperor brother, the third emperor brother, the fourth emperor brother, and Prince Yihei. This is my bottom line! If the imperial grandmother insists not to give it, then,
In order to celebrate my dynasty, I may have to get rid of the three royal brothers!"
"In addition, the emperor's grandfather is the late emperor, and his property comes from the country. Logically speaking, even the emperor's grandmother is not qualified to take this property as his own. If the emperor's grandmother does not give it to him, I will have no choice but to take it away by force!
"
The Queen Mother: "You... cough cough... cough cough..."
Haha, originally Jia Yun did still have some filial respect for the Empress Dowager. In any case, this was his biological grandmother in this life, the wife of Emperor Kangxing, and the biological mother of Emperor Tianzhi.
Originally, Jia Yun planned that if the Empress Dowager insisted on refusing to give it, he would not take it by force for a while, but would use other methods to get money. Emperor Kangxing's property would be taken away after the Empress Dowager passed away.
But now Jia Yun has changed her attention and her attitude has become very tough!
Because the stubbornness of the Empress Dowager made him angry!
Jia Yun continued to say seriously: "Sun Chen asked one last time, does the imperial grandmother give it or not? If she gives it, things will be like what Sun Chen said at the beginning. If she doesn't give it, things will be like what Sun Chen said just now.
Got it!"
The Empress Dowager stopped coughing this time. She stared at Jia Yun in silence, and Jia Yun stared at her, their eyes clashing.
After this continued for a while, the Queen Mother sighed deeply...
This is a sigh of resignation!
The Empress Dowager knew that Prince Zhongshun was probably going to die, because Jia Yun only said to save the lives of Princes Xia Hao, Xia Hui, Xia Yi, and Yiping, but not Prince Zhongshun!
In fact, Jia Yun only said "keep" and did not say that she didn't want their lives. The "keep" here was just for the time being and might be taken away in the future...
The prince's seizure of the throne has been very cruel since ancient times. For example, in the previous life, nine sons seized the throne. After Yongzheng seized the throne, most of the other princes met a tragic end.
How could an emperor like Jia Yun, who raised an army to seize the throne, be merciful?
It is not difficult to imagine that if he was not the emperor this time, but Xia Hao, Xia Yi, Prince Zhongshun, and Prince Yiping, he would probably be executed.
Because Xia Hao is at odds with him, Xia Yi is scheming, Prince Zhongshun is sinister, and Prince Yiping is also scheming. Moreover, because he has great prestige in the military, his survival is a great threat to the new emperor.
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Emperor Kangxing left a huge amount of property!
Dozens of eunuchs were mobilized and it took an hour to move Emperor Kangxing's property from the Ningshou Palace area to the Yangxin Palace courtyard.
Because of the vigil for the two late emperors, many princes, ministers and officials gathered in the palace. Therefore, during the process of moving the property, many princes, ministers and officials came to watch.
Originally, some people were dissatisfied, such as Feng Xie, the Minister of Rites. Feng Xie originally thought that Jia Yun had robbed the property, so he expressed his dissatisfaction euphemistically in front of Jia Yun. However, he learned that the Empress Dowager had "taken the initiative" to give it to Feng Xie.
Xie suddenly had nothing to say.
What does this mean? Not only does this mean that Jia Yun, the new emperor, is rich, and the court's current crisis of lack of silver can be temporarily solved, it also means that even the Empress Dowager has recognized Jia Yun, the new emperor!
Ji Cunxiao, Lian Liang, Xiao Fu, Xu Shi and other ministers were overjoyed and praised the Empress Dowager, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai. They also learned that Jia Yun had given out her personal property and Xue Baochai had given out her dowry.
thing.
It took more than an hour, until the evening of that day, to register all the property.
What made Jia Yun dumbfounded was that Ji Cunxiao, Lian Liang, Xiao Fu, Xu Shi and other ministers were all paying attention to the property registration. When they learned the estimated value of the property, they were overjoyed. Some even approached Jia directly.
Yun wants money...
Even Liu Xie, the Minister of Rites, couldn't help but said to Jia Yun: "The Ministry of Rites is in urgent need of money. Can the Emperor allocate 200,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Rites now?"
Before Jia Yun could speak, Lian Liang, the cabinet minister and minister of the Ministry of War, couldn't help but cursed: "You Liu Xie, now the emperor has just obtained this property, you can't wait to go to the emperor directly to ask for money? It's the most important thing at the moment.
The Ministry of War is in urgent need of money!"
Ji Cunxiao said hurriedly: "Even if you want silver, you have to wait until the emperor transfers the money to the household department before you ask for it!"
Ji Cunxiao is now not only a cabinet minister but also the Minister of Household Affairs.
After the death of Emperor Tianzhi, Emperor Kangxing regained power for three days. During this period, he demoted Zhao Fu, the former Minister of Household Affairs, because the Zhao family and the Jing family were family friends, and because the Ministry of Households was poor, Emperor Kangxing blamed Zhao Fu.
Fu, also because Zhao Fu was a confidant of Emperor Tianzhi rather than a confidant of Emperor Kangxing.
After Jia Yun came to the throne, he made Ji Cunxiao concurrently serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the country's finances. For such an important department, Jia Yun would naturally find an upright minister, and even if Ji Cunxiao was easily favored by Jia Yun,
Ji Cunxiao was actually "bought", but Ji Cunxiao could be considered an honest official.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, Xiao Fu said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry is also short of silver."
Jia Yun: "..."
Some princes and ministers quarreled in front of Jia Yun...
"We'll discuss the matter of transferring money tomorrow. It's already dinner time. Let's all go eat."
After saying that, Jia Yun walked away, and there was silence behind her. When Jia Yun walked away, they started arguing again...
Jia Yun came to Yongshou Palace. Xue Baochai, Xiren, Zijuan, Qingwen, Qin Keqing and other female relatives were all waiting for him to have dinner. He had already sent someone to say hello in advance, saying that they would come to Yongshou Palace for today's dinner.
Xue Baochai and others had already heard about the transfer of belongings from Ningshou Palace in the afternoon, but no one dared to ask about it in public, including Qingwen. She might have just lived in the palace for a few days. Qingwen now has a lot of respect for Jia Yun, the emperor.
He was so awe-struck that he even restrained his usual temper.
Jia Yun and Xue Baochai still sat down to eat, while everyone else stood to serve.
But this time, Jia Yun did not remain silent during the meal. He knew that Xue Baochai must be concerned about Emperor Kangxing's property, so he took the initiative to say: "The emperor's grandmother has rewarded me with the emperor's grandfather's property. This property
The value is estimated to be approximately 2.5 million taels of silver."
Xue Baochai was immediately shocked: "..."
The female relatives were all shocked: "..."
In fact, Jia Yun was shocked when he learned about this number.
Originally, he expected that it would be great if Emperor Kangxing could leave more than one million taels of property, but it turned out to be as high as two and a half million taels. After thinking about it, it was not surprising. After all, he had been the emperor for so many years.
The emperor also lived in luxury for so many years, Emperor Kangxing!
With so much property at once, Jia Yun could omit several other ways to make money quickly that she originally planned. However, there is still one way to make money that Jia Yun will implement.
That’s a house raid!
Emperor Tianzhi taught by words and deeds, how could Jia Yun not raid homes to make money?
Don’t forget, Jia Yun used to be the commander of the Jinyi Mansion, so he is professional in confiscating homes!