Chapter 507 The partner of Chu is coming back! 【2 more】
When tens of millions of taels of gold and silver are placed in front of these civil and military forces, I wonder if these civil and military forces will expand crazily overseas one by one. After all, just conquering Japan has gained so much wealth, and the surrounding people have gained so much wealth.
What about countries big and small?
People are greedy. In the past, everyone only focused on the Ming Dynasty. The tax revenue of the entire imperial court was only a few million taels every year. It is unbelievable to say it.
Now Chu Yi has confiscated tens of millions of taels of gold and silver in one fell swoop. Even if it is a one-time deal, there will be no next time after doing it this time. But if you compare the gains, I believe that all the civil and military officials will go crazy for it.
Bar.
The reason why these officials opposed foreign conquests was simply because they could not see any benefits and would instead gain a reputation for being militaristic.
But now Chu Yi has set a precedent for them, like opening a window for them.
It turns out that foreign conquests will not only weaken the country's power, but can also obtain a large amount of wealth to enrich the national treasury.
While his thoughts were flying, Chu Yi briefly looked through the account books. Dozens of account books that were half a person tall recorded in detail the believed data of the gold and silver property that had been escorted. It was obviously impossible for Chu Yi to go carefully.
Checking means just having a rough understanding of the data.
Putting down the account book, Chu Yi glanced at Lin Ping, tapped the table gently and said: "Send the order and start loading the ship!"
A large number of supply ships were left behind, waiting for this moment.
When these empty supply ships slowly approached the shore, a large number of carriages also came to the shore, and large boxes that seemed to be tightly sealed were carefully loaded on the big ships one after another.
Naturally, hundreds of large ships cannot support that many ships. If these large boxes are fully packed, they can only fill a dozen large ships.
However, the remaining supply ships carried a large amount of precious wood, spices and other supplies.
After all, these big ships can't go back empty, so we might as well pick some valuable supplies and bring them back to the Ming Dynasty.
A large amount of supplies were transported, and in three days, hundreds of supply ships were finally fully loaded and ready to set sail.
Above the port, Chu Yi was saying goodbye to Lu Dazhu, Zhai Luan and others.
Unexpectedly, Chu Yi left Zhai Luan and Lu Dazhu to take charge of Japan, but made clear arrangements for the division of labor between the two.
Zhai Luan is responsible for the political affairs of Japan, while Lu Dazhu is responsible for dealing with the counterattacks of Japan's famous names. The two are both civil and military. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be no trouble in Japan.
In one year, the Ming Dynasty has undergone great changes. As the saying goes, it is easier to do things if you have money. During this year, the imperial court alone allocated as much as 30 to 40 million taels of silver from the treasury. Every time the Ministry of Revenue allocated
Wen Yin was all frightened.
How could they ever have so much gold and silver in their hands? It can be said that among the several departments of the imperial court, the one with the most frequent replacement of officials was the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In fact, many officials from the Ministry of Revenue could not bear the temptation of huge wealth and even tried to embezzle money allocated from the national treasury.
It's a pity that these officials are blinded by gold and silver, and they don't even think about whether the gold and silver have life flowers.
The intelligence agencies of Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang were all staring at the civil and military officials of the DPRK. They did not dare to say that if these officials said a word to their wives at night, the emperor would know about it the next day, but they wanted to find out these
The evidence of people's corruption of money and money from the treasury could not be simpler.
Zhu Houzhao showed no mercy to those officials who dared to embezzle money from the Mo treasury. He changed his magnanimous temperament and ordered that all officials who were found to have embezzled money from the Mo treasury would have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated.
If it hadn't been for the joint persuasion of Jiao Fang and other cabinet members, Zhu Houzhao would have reinstated the punishment of skinning and whitewashing practiced by the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang.
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao had a cold face. In front of him, Qian Ning, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was standing there with his head lowered. On the ground, there was a memorial.
This memorial was submitted by Qian Ning, and it contains the contents of Qian Ning's impeachment of several officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Rubbing his forehead, Zhu Houzhao looked very angry, so he heard Zhu Houzhao say: "How many corrupt officials have I killed?"
Qian Ning said almost immediately: "Reporting to your Majesty, since the national treasury has been filled, your Majesty has issued an order to kill as many as forty-eight officials of the Ministry of Finance who are corrupt."
Zhu Houzhao was slightly startled when he heard this, and then said with an angry smile: "Forty-eight people, I really didn't expect that the heads of the forty-eight people could not deter these people. Could it be said that gold and silver are really worth less than what they have on their necks?"
Are heads more important? Or do they think I can't notice their little tricks?"
Qian Ning lowered his head and said with an indifferent expression: "Human nature is greedy. Faced with so much gold and silver, there are not many people who can control their character."
Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly and said, "That's because I haven't killed enough people."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes: "Pass on my decree, order the Jinyi Guards, and Dongchang to jointly arrest the corrupt people. The evidence must be conclusive, and no one can be wronged, and no one can be indulged in vain."
Qian Ning took the order and left.
Zhu Houzhao sat down with a look of tiredness on his face, and Gu Dayong, who had been waiting at the side, stepped forward and carefully massaged Zhu Houzhao's temples.
Zhu Houzhao squinted his eyes, enjoying Gu Dayong's service and said: "Gu Dayong, do you think I am too generous to these officials?"
Gu Dayong said quickly: "Your Majesty is a benevolent king. To have a king like you is a blessing to all officials and a blessing to the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Houzhao snorted softly and said: "If Chu Daban hadn't gone on an expedition to Japan, I would have asked Chu Daban to investigate corruption strictly. I want to see whether gold and silver are more important, or my own life."
Gu Dayong smiled slightly and said: "Hasn't His Majesty already issued an order to the chief steward? I think the chief steward will be back soon."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but curled his lips and said: "I gave the order to the great companion a few months ago, but the great companion said that Japan was undecided. Now it seems that it will take long for the great companion to pacify Japan! If I had known today, I would have
You shouldn’t let Daban lead the army to Japan!”
Gu Dayong chuckled and said: "Yes, if there is a general manager sitting in the court, those people will not dare to embezzle money from the treasury, and the local officials will not dare to misappropriate the gold, silver, grain and other disaster relief materials allocated for disaster relief.
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I don't know what he thought of, Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "But Daban did a very good job in Japan this time. I never thought that the mere land of Japan could contain such a huge wealth. That's a lot of money."
Ten million taels of silver. In the past, this would have been almost as much as my tax income in the three years of the Ming Dynasty."
Gu Dayong is definitely Zhu Houzhao's most trusted servant among the cabinet. It can be said that without Chu Yi, Gu Dayong is the number one person in the cabinet. Therefore, even if the cabinet members don't know about many things, Gu Dayong is.
Know everything clearly.
Part of the wealth that Chu Yi sent people to escort back from Japan went into the national treasury on the surface, but secretly part of it went into the royal private treasury.
Even the ministers in the cabinet knew this very well but didn't say anything. After all, Chu Yi was also a slave of the Emperor's family, and it was reasonable to collect gold and silver for the Emperor. At least Chu Yi did not forget to send part of it to the Emperor.
The gold and silver were put into the national treasury, which was already quite good. After all, if Chu Yi was willing, they wouldn't be able to say anything even if all the gold and silver were put into the royal treasury.
The gold and silver that Chu Yi sent back earlier made the civil and military officials of the DPRK and China change their previous attitude of opposing the expedition to Japan. Otherwise, the 100,000-strong army would not have been dispatched so smoothly.
There was a sound of footsteps, and Gu Dayong couldn't help but frowned. He looked towards the entrance of the hall and saw a young eunuch running over. He knelt down and said to Zhu Houzhao: "I'm here to pay my respects to Your Majesty. There is an urgent military report from the chief steward."
Present it!”
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this and said: "Send it over quickly!"
The young eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully presented the letter in his hand.
Zhu Houzhao opened the letter and scanned it at a glance. A look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, and he even burst into laughter. Gu Dayong, who was standing aside, could also clearly see the contents of the letter.
When he saw the contents of the letter, Gu Dayong's expression changed slightly.
"Hahaha, Gu Daban, come and see, Chu Daban is finally willing to come back! If you do the math, Daban has been away for almost a year! My prince is already learning to speak, and he, the crown prince
The Taifu has never taught my prince a single day!"
With a smile on his face, Gu Dayong seemed to be very happy about Chu Yi's return: "The chief steward is busy with military affairs, so naturally he has no time to teach the prince. However, this time the chief steward returns, your majesty can let the chief steward
Let’s rest for a while so that the chief manager can have time to teach the prince.”
There are no absolute secrets in this world. Moreover, Chu Yi's letter first passed through the cabinet and then was forwarded to the emperor. The civil and military officials may not know it, but several cabinet ministers knew that Chu Yi had taken the seizures from Japan.
On the way back to Beijing.
What the two people knew was not a secret. It didn't take long for the news that Chu Yi was about to return to Beijing to spread.
Chu Yi had been away from Beijing for nearly a year, and many officials had almost forgotten Chu Yi, or in other words, they had forgotten the timid days when Chu Yi was dominated by his ferocious power.
Back then, Chu Yi's evil name could stop children from crying at night. As for the civil and military officials in the DPRK, every one of them would change their expressions at the mention of Chu Yi's name.
Second update...
ps: I recommend a book, a new book by an old author, "I Can Only Travel Halfway". I also want to wear it well, but I can only wear half of it.
