Of course, compared with the matter at hand, delaying things is still a small matter. The most important thing is that there is no way to answer them. They have to meet the emperor and get an answer immediately. They are all ministers in the military and aircraft department, so they can do it in front of the people.
Show off their power, even if the emperor is no longer worth much, he is still their emperor. They can't arrange everything for the emperor, right?
In desperation, Mr. Hu came to the palace with his belongings and asked to see the emperor immediately. Because he was the military minister on duty, he could enter the palace without reporting.
"I have met the prince."
The imperial court promoted several new auxiliary princes. These people used to be walking birds and playing with dogs in the capital. They didn't care about anything at all. But after Prince Ding left, the emperor felt a little empty, so he promoted a few more princes. The one in front of him
The person is Prince Chun, the new Prime Minister of the Office of Prime Ministerial Affairs.
"Come with me, the Emperor knows everything about the Military Aircraft Department."
Prince Chun is a good old man, and he doesn't want to take care of things among the clan members, so he has always been an idle prince. No one came to him in the past. Now, although he has become the auxiliary prince, he doesn't care too much.
He just wants to do the things he is doing well, because he is very aware of his current position, but it is different from before...
In the past, if you could become the auxiliary prince, you would really show your face among the men in the royal family. Except for Prince Ding and Prince Kang, no one else has such a status, but now this
The situation is different. This position is like a hot yam. No one is willing to be the assistant prince.
Mr. Hu followed him obediently. He was still wondering. After the Military Aircraft Department received the news, he came to the palace as soon as possible. He did not say anything about sending a telegram to the palace, but what happened in the palace?
How did you know? Could it be that there is still an informant around you? Mr. Hu's heart jumped when he thought of this. It seems that the earlier legend was true. The emperor no longer believed all the people below, so anyone
There may be an eyeliner around you. No matter what you do or what you say, you must be careful.
"You don't need to think too much about this other matter. The adults from the Hubu Yamen came early. They came to report another matter to the emperor. The various places occupied by the Suppression Army have already sent official documents to the Hubu Yamen.
Starting from next month, their taxes will not be handed over to the Household Department Yamen, and all taxes will be intercepted."
After hearing the words of the prince, Mr. Hu was startled. You must know that the suppressing army now occupies a lot of areas, occupying about one-third of the entire empire, and there are also the most
If the three prosperous southern provinces do not pay taxes, then more than half of the royal court's tax revenue will be gone. The court itself will be in a financial crisis. If this tax money is no longer available, foreign banks may come to visit.
The imperial court's largest creditors were foreign banks.
It used to be very comfortable when we borrowed money. We only needed the first few documents and the foreigner's money was transferred to our name. It wasn't that difficult to do things. But now if it's time to pay back the money, I'm afraid it will be difficult.
It's not so comfortable anymore. Some of the money was used for good purposes, but only a small part. Most of it was embezzled by officials at all levels, so it would be extremely difficult to pay back the money.
For example, in the imperial court's industrial rescue operation some time ago, it borrowed 30 million silver coins from foreign banks to build more than a dozen large factories. All the machinery and equipment were purchased from foreign countries, but in fact half of the money was All went into private pockets, and only half of the money was spent on the factory, which simply could not meet the original design standards.
Therefore, after the factory was built, it was already lagging behind. Not to mention competing with foreign factories for the market, even those factories established by the Zhenlu Army had various production processes that were one level more advanced than the factories of the imperial court.
When Mr. Hu walked into the Jinluan Hall, there were already seven or eight people kneeling here. Two ministers of the household department and four assistant ministers of the household department were all here. One of them was the president of Daqian Bank. What was the most important thing for the emperor at this moment? To get through this financial crisis, because in three days there is a repayment period from a foreign bank, the total amount is about 8.6 million silver coins.
It’s hard to imagine that the court couldn’t come up with the 8.6 million silver coins. In fact, the court’s money was useful. Every money was spent wisely. Taxes were deported every month, and some were used to pay off debts. Some are used for other things. If there is a problem with one link in the middle, it means that the capital chain is broken.
You could have split the funds with Gao Shaoyi's bank, but now that he doesn't even pay taxes, do you still expect to be able to get a loan from his bank? What's more, his bank is more ruthless than foreigners. , there are a lot of mortgage items, and many properties in the capital are now owned by banks under Gao Shaoyi, so if you continue to lend money to them, is it difficult to mortgage the palace to him?
"A group of losers always tell me that there will be no problems. Various financial security policies can allow us to do a lot of things. But now just by not paying taxes, we have already forced the court to Are you on the edge of the cliff? You can't get out more than eight million silver coins. Where do you usually spend your money?"
The emperor himself no longer paid attention to business, and usually stayed in his palace. But after hearing about this incident, he came to the Jinluan Palace angrily, and had just beaten two ministers. This was This has never happened before. These officials of the Ministry of Revenue are also very aggrieved. It is obvious that the emperor has a plan today and a measure tomorrow, and has spent all the money of the Yamen of the Ministry of Revenue. Now he comes to ask us, and the account books are all gone. It's just throwing it aside. It's not like we took all the money home. Can we get the money out by beating us?
But the question is, does anyone dare to say this? If you say this, the emperor under the holy wrath will most likely kill you. Every decision of the emperor is correct, no matter what No one can comment on how much money was spent on something, or how much money was spent in vain. If you feel that you have a hard neck, then you can just say it...