Chapter 345: Your Majesty still hasnt repaired the imperial mausoleum?
After formulating Shanxi's personnel appointments, Zhu Youxiao made a plan for next year's financial budget.
Three million taels of tax money and 4.5 million taels of Liaoxiang were allocated to the arsenal for funding.
Zhu Youxiao also sold it miserably in front of hundreds of officials. The gifts collected this year will not be used as internal funds, but will also be allocated to the arsenal for funding purposes.
But he asked the Ministry of Revenue to give him an IOU for five hundred thousand taels of silver. When the treasury was full and full, he would take the IOU and ask for the silver.
The officials secretly complained in their hearts that the emperor was so shameless. You had confiscated so many houses and collected countless amounts of money and food. Will you have no money?
But even if they knew it in their hearts, they didn't dare to say it openly, otherwise their lives would be at risk.
Cheng Guoxiang was also made to laugh bitterly by the emperor's operation. It was obviously you who said it yourself, but in the end we still have to pay the bill.
However, he still followed the emperor's wishes and made an IOU in the name of Hubu, because he knew the emperor's temper and the emperor would not deliberately make things difficult.
He also ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to prepare one million taels of silver for the construction of Denglai navy and ships, as well as for the food and salary of the generals in Denglai town.
Building a navy is very expensive, and the construction of ports is a big project.
Zhu Youxiao did not want to build a shabby port just because he had no money.
As for those large ships, it is not an easy job, it is expensive and time-consuming.
The current main ships of the Ming Dynasty Navy are large Fuchuan ships. Each ship can accommodate more than two hundred people, but its draft is too deep, its start and stop are slow and heavy, and its maneuverability is very poor.
Although it is a very good maritime ship, its shortcomings are too obvious and prominent, making it a living target in naval battles.
Therefore, in his conception, this large-scale fortune ship was prepared to be used as a transport of troops and materials, or a supply ship.
In fact, when it comes to the ships used by the navy, in this era, ships from Western countries are of course more suitable.
But Zhu Youxiao couldn't obtain their manufacturing process and drawings, and he didn't want to spend too much time and energy on this matter, so he decided to use his own.
He planned to use the normal-sized Fuzhou ship as the main ship of the navy. Each of these warships could accommodate more than a hundred people.
The bow of the ship can carry one large Hongyi cannon, six Qianjin Folang machine guns, as well as dozens of thunder cannons, gunpowder crossbows, and fire blunderbuss. The power is very impressive.
This relatively small Fuchuan is quite qualified in terms of draft and maneuverability to deal with conventional naval battles, and it is also one of the more important ships of the Ming Dynasty.
But the problem now is that there are only five ships of this type in the Denglai naval fleet, and two of them have been left for too long, are old and damaged, and require extensive repairs.
Although Yuan Keli had more than 200 warships, most of them were light and fast warships, and even the Haicang Ship and Cangshan Ship were less than fifty.
Such a powerful organization is enough to fight slaves and pirates, but if you want to go to sea to fight, you are simply asking for death.
Therefore, shipbuilding is also an urgent matter. This can not only be solved with money, but also takes time to build.
Therefore, Yuan Keli's Denglai Town needs absolute support.
Naturally, he cannot afford this expense alone. Last year, it was just a start, which cost him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Even if he owned a gold mine, he would not be able to withstand such a huge consumption.
Regarding taxes and grains, Zhu Youxiao also made a clear division of taxes and grains. Five million stones, grains and rice were used as backup to deal with natural disasters and famines next year.
Another three million stone grains and rice were allocated specifically for military rations to support all military supplies in Jiubian and Liaodong. The rest can be dispatched by the Ministry of Revenue.
The officials were naturally dissatisfied with the emperor's obvious distinction in distribution.
Not to mention anything else, all the money was shared out without even paying back their salaries, which was really unacceptable to them.
Some officials finally couldn't help it and tried to persuade the emperor under pressure. The general meaning was that they should put the foundation of national affairs first and spend money where needed.
According to them, since Lao Nu has been suppressed and the Mongolian tribes in the northern grasslands are no longer a threat, there is no need to spend so much money on the military.
As for the so-called prevention of natural disasters, they even disagreed, thinking that the emperor was being alarmist.
The top priority now is to clear out the salary arrears of officials and the funding of various ministries and regional yamen.
They even said that since His Majesty has ascended the throne, the repair of the imperial mausoleum should be put on the agenda. It is best to choose a geomantic treasure land as soon as possible and start construction.
Zhu Youxiao became furious after hearing this. Wasn't he cursing himself for an early death?
I'm not even twenty yet, so I have to start preparing for my own funeral?
It seems that there are many people who want to drown themselves.
Although Zhu Youxiao is from a later generation and does not believe too much in feudal superstition, how could he endure such words?
Seeing the emperor's anger, the admonishing officials stood down and trembled, still hesitating and saying that it was for the emperor's good and that they should abide by etiquette.
Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered that all of them be dragged down to the imperial staff, but there were few people alive under his imperial staff.
When Yang Huan reported that the official had died violently, the anger in Zhu Youxiao's heart finally dissipated a little.
After that, no official dared to give advice anymore. They just stood there and looked at each other, not even daring to raise their heads.
After a long while, Wang Shaowei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, held a memorial in his hand and reported to the emperor the review and performance report of the officials in the capital during the year.
After Zhu Youxiao saw this, he demoted all these incompetent and idle officials and sent them to the southwest to serve as local officials.
Although there are only a dozen of them, the southwest is currently in a critical period of reform and restoration, and it is a time when there is a shortage of people.
For these Confucian scholars who read poetry and books all day long, Zhu Youxiao was a little reluctant to kill them now.
Throwing them to remote areas to civilize the chieftains and barbarians is the best choice and their best destination.
The group of officials he brought over last time are now doing a very good job in educating them.
What kind of person should be put in what kind of position, so that he can give full play to his ambitions and talents that he thinks are the best in the world.
There were also several officials, and Zhu Youxiao dismissed them directly from their posts and sent them home.
For such a person to stay in the court is really dirty to his eyes.
Even if Zhu Youxiao wanted to ransack their property, he would not be interested at all. The little money they had could not arouse his desire at all.
Being able to let them go home and live a good life is considered a great blessing on his part.