Seeing such a situation, everyone present was surprised! And the most embarrassed one was the Queen.
Tao Niang's face was livid...
"Zhongzheng, I ordered you to investigate closely with the officials. If anyone has tampered with the sealed warehouse, let me find out. No matter who is involved, I will definitely kill him!"
This was the treasure that Taizu kept to recover Yanyun. When the imperial court was preparing to recover Yanyun, that is, when it was time to use the money and food in the Fengzhuang Treasury, the amount left in the Fengzhuang Treasury was actually pitifully small, which was completely different from what was imagined.
As the manager of the inner garden, Tao Niang was really annoyed.
Ever since Third Brother started making cakes, he has never treated anyone badly in the inner garden. From the inner guards, the personal officials of the Imperial City Department, to the maids and servants in various palaces, he has never treated anyone badly.
Tao Niang has always followed the instructions of her third brother: Don't treat people around you badly, don't indulge those around you, and be sure to take good care of those around you.
I didn’t expect that I would make such a big mistake in such a big matter as sealing the warehouse.
In front of the important officials of the imperial court, Tao Niang was really pissed off!
Since the Empress wants to investigate strictly, the cabinet members will not say anything more. We don't have much money, and it is a matter of the inner court, so there is no need to get too involved.
"Tao Niang, forget it! Zhongzheng..."
"Officials, I have neglected my duties. I never thought that such things would happen in the inner garden today. I ask the officials to downgrade my crime."
If the officials say they won’t investigate, they won’t investigate. Taoniang thinks the officials are trying to save her face. However, she still needs to ask for a confession.
At this time of major events, there cannot be any disharmony between the cabinet and the officials.
"There is no such thing as a crime that is not innocent, and there is no such thing as a prisoner who steals..."
Is this the official family? As for protecting the inner garden to this extent? The elders of the cabinet did not say anything, but there were doubts.
"Please take a look, are there any other marks here besides the footprints of this visitor? Look at the dust, it must be at least ten or twenty years old, otherwise it wouldn't be so thick."
"As for the footprints, except for this time, there is no difference in other places. In other words, no one has been here for a long time before entering the pile sealing warehouse this time and the last time."
At this time, everyone focused their attention on the entire site of the pile sealing warehouse. Indeed, except for the traces of their group, other places were the same. The thick dust had covered the original sunlight of things, let alone
ground.
The dust on the ground was so thick that dust would rise up every time they stepped on it. Except for their location, everything else was the same, and there was no sign that anyone had ever been here.
"Please bring the account books and notify the Third Envoy, and send people to count the items with the Neiyuan, compare them with the records in the earlier account books, check them, and check the treasures in the sealed pile warehouse..."
Let’s call it a collection for now, it’s pitifully small.
This was the capital that Taizong once planned to redeem from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Now it can't even match the quarterly tax revenue of Bianliang City. Even wealthy families with a little bit of property in the country have no less wealth than here.
Returning to the meeting hall again, no one spoke. They were all waiting for the results of the final count of the sealed piles and wanted to know why this was the result.
"The official family, during the late emperor's time, borrowed money and food from the late emperor several times when the court was in trouble. The veteran knew it, but he didn't expect it to be like this. Two times, money and food were borrowed from the internal treasury to alleviate the court's crisis, and the total did not exceed ten
Wan Guan, it’s not like this.”
Wang Anshi also remembered that it was when he had just entered the court, took over the Three Envoys Department, and led the court's expenditures. At that time, the court had almost no reserves, and it had always been a waste of food.
The annual coins given to Beiliao back then were what the ministers persuaded the late emperor to withdraw...
"Let's count down first, money and stuff are not important."
The current imperial court has such confidence. Zhao Xi really doesn't care about this, as he can imagine.
The original inner garden, and even the rewards of the eunuchs, palace maids, and servants in the inner garden, were all withdrawn from him. It was only from him that the inner garden of the entire Song Dynasty began to change. It was also from him that the inner garden began to change.
, Only the servants in the inner garden have the confidence to reject the temptation from the outside, and only then are they loyal to the royal family from the bottom of their hearts.
It’s all the fault of money!
"That's it?"
When the inventory amount was reported, even Zhang Dun, who didn't care much about these trivial matters, couldn't help but exclaimed. It really shouldn't be!
This is a sealed warehouse... It is really incredible that there is only a reserve price of less than 500,000 yuan left.
"I remember that Taizu recorded that at the beginning of the dynasty, the treasures of the various separatist forces were collected into the sealed pile warehouse. The first time it was 500,000 guan, and then the imperial tax revenue was partially filled year by year. I thought there would be hundreds of dollars.
Ten million is enough."
It's not polite at all to feel bloated. How can I put it this way? Even if their current cabinet has not made great achievements in opening up new territories, the achievements made by the current dynasty are unmatched by previous ones.
At this time, the tax revenue of anyone in Shangzhou is comparable to the tax revenue of Tonglu in the early years. What is truly a peaceful country and a peaceful people, everything is renewed.
"Old Mr. Wen may know a lot..."
There are fewer and fewer people in Ge Lao Yuan. Fu Bi and Han Qi passed away three years ago, and Zhang Fangping and Chen Shengzhi also passed away a few years ago. At this time, Sima Guang was also bedridden for a long time, and only Wen Yanbo was left.
Quite tough.
Military generals are relatively better, because the difference between the civil and military affairs of the country and the dynasty has narrowed. The performance of the veteran generals in the martial arts hall, or the achievements they have achieved, are far more than when they led the army. In terms of connections, they are not comparable to simply being military generals.
.
Perhaps because of their open hearts, Di Qing, Zhong Jia, and Guo Kui are all still alive and well. Although they are not ready to fight, their daily lives are basically not affected.
"Then please ask Mr. Wen for a visit."
Zhao Xi intends to let it go, but the cabinet seems to be in a high mood. Whatever, it can be considered as recalling the bitterness and remembering the sweetness, even if it can expose the scars of his father, serve as a pre-war education, or strengthen the unification of thoughts.
"The old minister knows that in the second year of Qingli, the Northern Liao Dynasty forced him to cede land as a condition. Fu Yanguo was ordered to go north to negotiate and exchange for land in exchange for annual gifts. At that time, the imperial government was financially empty and had to borrow money from the Fengzhuang Treasury."
"Then, the Western thief Li Yuanhao rebelled, and the country conquered the country. He was defeated in two wars. He once again exchanged annual gifts for border peace, and had no choice but to borrow money from the Fengzhuang Treasury again..."
"During the time of the late emperor, the imperial government's finances had always been about spending money on food. For many of the court's ceremonial events, because the imperial court's finances could not make ends meet, they mostly borrowed money from the sealing treasury, so there was no longer any tax revenue to supplement the income, but only decreased year by year. Even the rewards from the late emperor
, and had to be diverted from the pile sealing warehouse."
"After the officials solved the three redundancies in the court, the late emperor no longer used the money and food in the Fengzhuang Treasury. The current reserves in the Fengzhuang Treasury are not far from the estimates of the old minister..."