As an emperor, whenever he wants to achieve something, his first priority is basically finance.
Today is no exception. The financial situation of the Qian Dynasty is not very satisfactory to it, and it can even be said that it cannot support its ambitious ambitions.
If you don't have enough money in your hands, even if Mingjun is sitting on the throne, there will be no way to accomplish anything.
The first target now is naturally the money owed by the Ministry of Revenue.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the total amount of money lent out is almost 12 million taels, which is equivalent to 30% to 40% of the national treasury's annual income.
Moreover, it seems that a huge sum of money can be collected under today's nose.
It's a pity that the emperor is still alive and well. Judging from his strong body, he may be able to survive for more than ten years.
As long as he doesn't want to create a reputation for discord between father and son, he has to retreat temporarily when faced with matters related to the emperor.
It just so happened that most of the people who owed money in the Ministry of Revenue were a group of relatives of the emperor.
Especially the gang of princes and county princes under the emperor's knees were the most aggressive in borrowing money from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Almost every family has more than one million taels, and the exaggerated amount has reached almost three million taels. It is simply using the national treasury as a private treasury.
But every time the Ministry of Household Affairs sent people to press for payment, these princes and princes would cry out, as if their plan to build a magnificent mansion was not real.
However, due to the emperor's favor, he cannot use force now.
Even the Ministry of Accounts' bank borrowing hole cannot be closed.
In fact, the income of the lower-level officials in Beijing is very pitiful. If they want to live a stable life in the capital, they really need help from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
This is a good deed. Now I don't want to become the enemy of the lower-level officials in Beijing because of a bunch of princes and county princes.
What can be done is to limit the amount and frequency of bank loans borrowed by the account department.
But even though this is the case, Jin Jin has also received a lot of criticism. There are many related rumors in the city of Beijing, which are not very friendly to Jin Jin's reputation.
These things made a fuss in the court, and Jia Rong naturally heard about it.
He didn't want to take the initiative to repay the money. It was said that both the Ning Mansion and the Rong Mansion owed a lot of money to the Ministry of Revenue, at least five hundred thousand taels, and they were considered to be large debtors.
But no one else will return the favor. If Ning Rong and his wife take the initiative too much, they will really become the target of the Xungui Group.
On the contrary, you can repay a little secretly, just saying that you are worried about being targeted now, and others can't say anything.
Yuanchun can also be used as an excuse to pay back the money, and outsiders can't comment at all.
In fact, this is what Ning Mansion did.
He quietly repaid the one hundred thousand taels of silver, and also specially gave Dai Quan, the chief internal officer, a chance to remind him at some point.
Apart from anything else, Jia Qiang, who works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs when the occasion arises, can easily go further.
In addition, gaining today's favor is also an easy way to eliminate certain disasters.
Sure enough, one time when Dai Quan went out of the palace to renovate and collect some money, he specially invited Jia Rong to come over and have a drink, and by the way, he told some secrets in the palace.
After taking the three thousand taels of silver notes from Jia Rong, Dai Quan spoke with satisfaction.
According to him, he is quite satisfied with Ning Mansion quietly repaying the money.
He even mentioned the major case that had caused shock in the court before, that is, the case that happened to Lian Er and Jia Zhu in Tongzhou, which was handled quickly by the court.
Neither the current government nor the cabinet were merciful this time. They chopped off more than a dozen heads in one go and exiled half the village to a bitter cold place.
It's not that I have any dissatisfaction or opinion about this case, I just indirectly expressed some goodwill and thought that Lian Er and Jia Zhu performed well.
In addition, Jia Qiang, who is currently in charge of the coal mine business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Shanxi Province, is also quite satisfied and will not hesitate to take a further step when he is senior enough.
It is said that it is true that the national treasury is short of money, but it is also true that we are not short of money today.
Each emperor has his own inner treasury, which is the emperor's private property.
With the help of coal mining and briquette business, today's internal treasury can earn a fixed income of one million taels or more every year, which is not a small amount.
It is also for this reason that when I spend money on my own today, I have always been very generous and have never felt the distress of lack of money.
Sometimes, when the household department is seriously short of silver, a group of court bosses will try to target the current internal treasury, but only with very few successes.
This is also the confidence to achieve something today. Don’t worry when you have food in hand.
In short, Jia Rong gained a lot from the one hundred thousand taels of silver that should have been paid back.
Turning around, he talked to the big guys in the Rong Mansion and explained the secrets inside.
Then, he directly received 110,000 taels of silver, and he helped to repay the Hubu 100,000 taels for the Rong Mansion, while he was left with more than 10,000 taels.
It's not that Jia Rong is greedy, but that the Rong Mansion actively provides benefits.
No way, after hearing Jia Rong's report that Jin Jin was quite satisfied with Lian Er and Jia Zhu, the big bosses in the Rong Mansion were overjoyed, and naturally they wanted Jin Jin to pay more attention to them.
Of course they know that paying back the money owed to the household department at this time is the best opportunity to curry favor with the present.
It's a pity that the old lady doesn't have the courage to be the first person.
Even if it's something like quietly repaying the money, I don't want to do it myself.
Then it can only be done by Jia Rong, a young man who is bold and does not know how powerful he is. Naturally, he will be given enough benefits.
If anything happens in the future, Rong Mansion will naturally be able to blame all the trouble on Jia Rong, the person in charge. Will he get enough benefits?
Jia Rong didn't know what to say about Rongfu's mentality of wanting to take advantage of the benefits but not willing to take risks.
On the contrary, the Wang family and the Shi family were not so hesitant.
At the party, Jia Rong explained her operation and subsequent impact, and then ignored it.
But what did those two do?
I also paid back the money quietly, and directly paid half of the money I owed, saying it with full sincerity.
It has to be said that the heads of these two families are very courageous and all they want is today's favor. They have been silent for too long.
In fact, the opportunity in Jia Rong's eyes will come soon.
If you are not afraid of having ideas today, you are afraid that you will simply lie flat today without any intention or determination to change. Then it will be difficult to operate.
As long as there is a disturbance in the court, Jia Rong can gather the power of the four major families in Jinling and make a good operation.
Because of dissatisfaction with the income of the Ministry of Household Affairs, three Yangzhou salt patrol censors were replaced in succession within two years, with a very harsh attitude.
You must know that when Lin Ruhai was the salt inspector of Yangzhou, the salt tax paid to the Ministry of Household Affairs exceeded 10 million taels every year, and at its peak it reached an astonishing 13 million taels.
But the successor after Lin Ruhai directly reduced the salt tax for that year to less than 10 million taels, to more than 9 million taels.
The second term was even more exaggerated. Salt tax revenue dropped to more than 800,000 taels...